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Ben Clissen

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Review
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay: Our Pre-Cruise Hotel of Choice
Where we stayed before Icon of the Seas: modern rooms, a rooftop pool deck and a short ride to PortMiami, plus what to know about the partial bay views, the destination fee and embarkation-day traffic.
Star Plates
All the Dishes We Went Back For on Celebrity Xcel
Seven nights, four restaurants and one simple rule: if we would order it again tomorrow, it earns a place in The Plate Log.
News
Celebrity Beyond Is Coming Back to Southampton, and the Itinerary Is Worth the Wait
Celebrity’s 2028 and 2029 deployment puts four Edge Series ships in Europe, the most it has ever had there, and brings a renovated Celebrity Beyond back to Southampton for the first time since 2023.
Review
Royal Beach Club Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas, A Review
The first thing you notice when the ferry pulls in is that there are actually two separate docking piers. One for Family Beach and Party Cove, and one for Chill…

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