The top Groupon coupon provider in the state of Florida is the cruise ship Victory. It leaves twice a day, seven days a week, and travels all of three miles out into the ocean from Port Canaveral.
There is a lot to these inexpensive cruises. The entertainment and buffet are worth the $25 fee. With a coupon, it’s $23. You also have three decks with slots, craps, other table games like 3-card poker, blackjack, etc. There’s no one stopping you from just sitting outside on a deck enjoying the sun, the stars, or watching a rocket being shot off another ship at sea.
The servers are super friends, whether a waitress in the café, or, a gal bringing drinks, table dealers, or the men in security.
Safe and Sound
My son and I were on one of the buffet afternoon cruises that go out at 11 a.m. My son asked me to carry his wife’s large vintage faux leather bag so he could chuck into it – a book, his reading glasses, a cribbage board, and a deck of cards. If I could pull myself away from a 3-card poker table, we would play cribbage out on the upper deck. I carried a little Mexican bag around my waist with sunglasses and cash. Didn’t need the big bag, but carried it because he asked me to.
After a few hands at the 3-card poker table where I had put the bag down, I left but forgot the bag. An hour or so later, the loudspeaker announced my name. The sound was loud enough over the conversations, laughter, and machines so I could hear the heavy footsteps of two burly men coming toward me in the aisle. They asked me to follow them. I floated along after them gayly thinking, “Well, maybe I’ve won something I don’t know about.”
Back to the tables
After my driver license verified my identity, one of the security men, the tallest and strongest, looked down at me and said sternly, “You can’t bring a deck of cards on the ship.” They let me keep the cards, however, and I went back to the 3-card table where one of the players greeted me, “I see you found your bag.” This time when I left the table, I looked at several of the friendly faces and said, “In unison now, you’re supposed to say, ‘Don’t forget your bag.”’ So, they did, and we all laughed.
The ship was returning to port when I joined my son and the crowd who were gathered on the top deck sitting in easy chairs listening to the entertainment. Vic Picone, leader of the musical four-person male group called Eleqants, took the stage then and introduced their 1950—1980’s music, “I see we all went to the school at the same time.” He went on, “In l958 we had the song, Little Star, that sold over five million copies;” then the group sang the song which brought them such recognition.
Great staff
As we left the ship, several staff members were there to clap and bid us goodbye. These included one dealer, who noticed my son carrying the large bag under his arm, “I see your bag is safe,” she called.
Shirley Buchanan in the Victory office told me later that they advertise the Victory Cruise on billboards, television, radio, and print, and once had a second ship that sailed out of Jacksonville. “You can call our main office at 321-799-0021 if you want us to mail you a coupon.” She had huge burst of laughter when I told her I was calling my travel article: The World’s Shortest Ocean Cruise.
“Maybe there could be one on the Black Sea,” I wavered. “I guess you must mean that this is true for the Victory Cruises in the U.S.”
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World’s Shortest Ocean Cruise
The top Groupon coupon provider in the state of Florida is the cruise ship Victory. It leaves twice a day, seven days a week, and travels all of three miles out into the ocean from Port Canaveral.
There is a lot to these inexpensive cruises. The entertainment and buffet are worth the $25 fee. With a coupon, it’s $23. You also have three decks with slots, craps, other table games like 3-card poker, blackjack, etc. There’s no one stopping you from just sitting outside on a deck enjoying the sun, the stars, or watching a rocket being shot off another ship at sea.
The servers are super friends, whether a waitress in the café, or, a gal bringing drinks, table dealers, or the men in security.
Safe and Sound
My son and I were on one of the buffet afternoon cruises that go out at 11 a.m. My son asked me to carry his wife’s large vintage faux leather bag so he could chuck into it – a book, his reading glasses, a cribbage board, and a deck of cards. If I could pull myself away from a 3-card poker table, we would play cribbage out on the upper deck. I carried a little Mexican bag around my waist with sunglasses and cash. Didn’t need the big bag, but carried it because he asked me to.
After a few hands at the 3-card poker table where I had put the bag down, I left but forgot the bag. An hour or so later, the loudspeaker announced my name. The sound was loud enough over the conversations, laughter, and machines so I could hear the heavy footsteps of two burly men coming toward me in the aisle. They asked me to follow them. I floated along after them gayly thinking, “Well, maybe I’ve won something I don’t know about.”
Back to the tables
After my driver license verified my identity, one of the security men, the tallest and strongest, looked down at me and said sternly, “You can’t bring a deck of cards on the ship.” They let me keep the cards, however, and I went back to the 3-card table where one of the players greeted me, “I see you found your bag.” This time when I left the table, I looked at several of the friendly faces and said, “In unison now, you’re supposed to say, ‘Don’t forget your bag.”’ So, they did, and we all laughed.
The ship was returning to port when I joined my son and the crowd who were gathered on the top deck sitting in easy chairs listening to the entertainment. Vic Picone, leader of the musical four-person male group called Eleqants, took the stage then and introduced their 1950—1980’s music, “I see we all went to the school at the same time.” He went on, “In l958 we had the song, Little Star, that sold over five million copies;” then the group sang the song which brought them such recognition.
Great staff
As we left the ship, several staff members were there to clap and bid us goodbye. These included one dealer, who noticed my son carrying the large bag under his arm, “I see your bag is safe,” she called.
Shirley Buchanan in the Victory office told me later that they advertise the Victory Cruise on billboards, television, radio, and print, and once had a second ship that sailed out of Jacksonville. “You can call our main office at 321-799-0021 if you want us to mail you a coupon.” She had huge burst of laughter when I told her I was calling my travel article: The World’s Shortest Ocean Cruise.
“Maybe there could be one on the Black Sea,” I wavered. “I guess you must mean that this is true for the Victory Cruises in the U.S.”
If you would like to purchase this article for your publication, please click here to contact the author directly.
