Florida, no cruise, part one

When we were in Las Vegas last year, we were given a certificate for a "free" cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas. Ma has wanted to go on a cruise for a long time. Pa made reservations for the cruise and we were charged "the tax" on our credit card. We then used-up all our airline points to book our travel to and from Ft. Lauderdale. Just before Christmas, we received a call telling us the cruise line was "changing days." Pa explained that the flights could not be changed and asked them to send us something in writing explaining what had happened; nothing was ever received. After talking with a dozen people, being treated very rudely, we were told the best they could do was to take our "tax money" and apply it towards a hotel for us to stay at. The tax money would only cover one night! They told us we shouldn't have made the airline reservations until we had received the "cruise tickets." [None of this was ever explained to us when they made our reservations and took our credit card information!] To make a long story short, we went to Florida [the airline tickets were use or lose] and we found a place to stay at Daytona Beach the first two nights [yes, we had to rent a car because Daytona is not near Ft. Lauderdale,] and stayed with a dear friend in Hollywood the third night. Here are some pictures while staying in Daytona.