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Remember,
never pack your passport, birth certificate,
airline ticket or cruise documents in a bag
that's to be checked. When traveling on an
air/sea package departing from a U.S. port,
once you check your bag at your hometown airport,
you may not see it until you arrive at your
cabin on ship. |
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Pack a carry-on with one change of clothes,
toiletries, valuable items, camera, film,
and any essentials you'll need. |
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A fanny pack is a good item to take for carrying
your i.d. and ship cruise card. |
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Luggage
is stored under your bed; keep this in mind
when planning what to take. A pullman and
a carry-on are really all you need unless
you change clothes 4x a day. Find out how
many formal nights the ship has and what the
dress code is for evening meals. Most larger
cruise ships have washer/dryer and ironing
facilities. |
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Take
a beach bag or large tote bag (preferably
one that top-zips and has mulitiple pockets).
This is invaluable for shore excursions and
jaunts to the pool. On some shore excursions
you need to bring beach towels (your cabin
steward will give them to you). These take
up room! Also, if you have water shoes, bring
them-rather than having to rent them. |
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Women should take along hair clips, headbands,
etc. - and everyone needs a tight fitting
cap or hat. It gets windy. Pack some good
hair conditioner and lip balm - the sun and
wind is very drying. |
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In regard to toiletries, you don't get anything
except bar soap in your cabin! Pack travel
size items of everything you'll need - plus
don't forget waterproof suntan lotion (15+
or above). Another good item is a can of WrinkleFree
- just spray on for no more wrinkles. |
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Bring some binoculars for ocean viewing and
coming into shore. |
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Bring zip lock bags for lots of things - snacks
and food (you might want to take some fruit
or other snack foods off the ship for shore
excursions), wet stuff, leaky bottles, shells
from the beach. |
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When
you buy liquor off the ship, it's delivered
to the ship but not to your cabin until the
last day of the cruise. Think about how you're
going to carry it off - bottles are heavy! |
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Tipping
is done your last full day on ship. Keep some
cash aside for this. |
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The debarkation process can be lengthy - have
a good book and don't schedule your flight
home too early. If you do need to schedule
a morning flight, talk to the purser the night
before. He'll put you on the list to be the
first ones off. |
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