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But the caveat for us overnight visitors: cursion.
the cruise ship visitors tend to go back to Despite more people, though, my long-
the ship by 5 p.m., so peace is restored for time friend, Laura, and I loved our two-
evenings. Those crowds make renting golf night stay on Catalina. We toured the
carts more problematic: They can be had beautiful landmark Casino, a 1929 Art Deco
now usually for just a two-hour block. But marvel that once hosted ballroom dances,
we covered a lot in our two-hour golf cart big bands, and movies. Movies are still pre-
tour — pretty much the whole circuit route sented here on Friday and Saturday nights,
of the town. And we chose to drive on a and the magnificent ballroom can be
day when there were no cruise ships in rented for weddings and private events.
town — making for a far more pleasant ex- We drove our golf cart past the Casino
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