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The ship was spotless, the crew was professional and friendly, the food was fabulous, and the amenities were superb.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

My observation was that for most of our fellow passengers, this wasn’t their first cruise. We met people who were on their ninth,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>fifteenth, or even twenty-second cruise.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

The majority ethnicity of the passengers was non-white. Almost everyone was overweight. Almost everyone appeared economically comfortable. And the feeling was<\/strong><\/em> we were one big happy family all together having fun on a big boat.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

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It was a microcosm of what we wish society could be.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

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