My fiance and I are going on our first cruise. I wanted to see if anyone had any advice/anything we should know for our cruise that is next week!
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Read everything on the web site concerning cruises on that line, and then visit the information concerning your particular ship, and read all of that.
Be ABSOLUTELY SURE to pack your cruise documents and IDs in your purse or tote bag -- they will take your luggage from you at the dock, and you MUST have those papers to check in and get on the ship! There are NO exceptions to this!
Be sure to get to the dock when they say! If you are late you are not allowed to board the ship, and get 0 refund! No exceptions to this, either -- it is federal law!
Carry all medicines on your person, and your camera, too!
Be sure to take flipflops or water shoes, because the decks around pools get both hot and slippery.
You will need a coverup to walk through the ship while you are wearing your swimsuit. They are very picky about that! A large t-shirt will do.
Take a tote bag for use during the day on the ship. It will hold your daily program, sunglasses, sunscreen, paperback or puzzle book, etc. VERY handy.
One swimsuit is plenty.
Wear your sneakers to travel and while on shore.
Ladies do NOT need hose, heels, or perfume! Wear fancy sandals or nice flats for evening, and stop by the shop for a quick squirt of perfume from the testers. You might find a new favorite you just have to get!
Take half the clothes you think you need! If you are in a swimsuit most of the day, your shorts and tops will last for at least two days.
Don't take a hairdryer, since that is provided in your cabin.
Don't take a clothes iron! You CANNOT use it in your cabin, and many ships have self-serve laundry facilities for passengers, and those include irons. If your ship does not have facilities for passenger use, it will have a for-a-fee laundry and pressing service. Personally, I only take clothes that I can wash in the sink in my cabin, hang overnight to dry, and that never need ironing. I don't like to pay for laundry, or to take time to hang out in a laundry.
Read the daily program carefully, because it lists all facilities and the times they are open, plus all activities for that day. You will get a copy in your cabin, usually in the evening before the day it concerns. If you don't read about an activity, you don't know to go give it a try! Stick it in your tote bag.
A nice souvenir of your trip will be to keep all of the daily programs, and the daily 2 or 3 page news summaries. If you ask your dining room waiter to save them for you, you can also get all of the evening menus.
Unless you have unlimited funds for alcohol and soda, develop a taste for iced tea, which is always free on board and very good.
Go have a blast!
Be ABSOLUTELY SURE to pack your cruise documents and IDs in your purse or tote bag -- they will take your luggage from you at the dock, and you MUST have those papers to check in and get on the ship! There are NO exceptions to this!
Be sure to get to the dock when they say! If you are late you are not allowed to board the ship, and get 0 refund! No exceptions to this, either -- it is federal law!
Carry all medicines on your person, and your camera, too!
Be sure to take flipflops or water shoes, because the decks around pools get both hot and slippery.
You will need a coverup to walk through the ship while you are wearing your swimsuit. They are very picky about that! A large t-shirt will do.
Take a tote bag for use during the day on the ship. It will hold your daily program, sunglasses, sunscreen, paperback or puzzle book, etc. VERY handy.
One swimsuit is plenty.
Wear your sneakers to travel and while on shore.
Ladies do NOT need hose, heels, or perfume! Wear fancy sandals or nice flats for evening, and stop by the shop for a quick squirt of perfume from the testers. You might find a new favorite you just have to get!
Take half the clothes you think you need! If you are in a swimsuit most of the day, your shorts and tops will last for at least two days.
Don't take a hairdryer, since that is provided in your cabin.
Don't take a clothes iron! You CANNOT use it in your cabin, and many ships have self-serve laundry facilities for passengers, and those include irons. If your ship does not have facilities for passenger use, it will have a for-a-fee laundry and pressing service. Personally, I only take clothes that I can wash in the sink in my cabin, hang overnight to dry, and that never need ironing. I don't like to pay for laundry, or to take time to hang out in a laundry.
Read the daily program carefully, because it lists all facilities and the times they are open, plus all activities for that day. You will get a copy in your cabin, usually in the evening before the day it concerns. If you don't read about an activity, you don't know to go give it a try! Stick it in your tote bag.
A nice souvenir of your trip will be to keep all of the daily programs, and the daily 2 or 3 page news summaries. If you ask your dining room waiter to save them for you, you can also get all of the evening menus.
Unless you have unlimited funds for alcohol and soda, develop a taste for iced tea, which is always free on board and very good.
Go have a blast!
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