Taking your first cruise? Top Ten Cruise Tips for first-time cruisers.
10. When you first receive your cruise documents in the mail take time to review them in detail. It may be a few weeks before your departure, but if you wait to the last minute, you may miss the opportunity for online check-in or pre-registering for excursions.
9. Plan on changing your outfit before dinner the first night? Bring those clothes in your carry-on bag as it may take some time for luggage to arrive at your cabin. Better yet...toss your bathing suit in your carry-on, too, and hit the pool before dinner.
8. Once you settle into your cabin, head straight the spa if you'd like to book a massage or facial. The prime time slots fill up quickly and you want to ensure you get that relaxing massage. Ask if there are any specials on any particular day.
7. Toss a sweater or wrap that you can wear with all outfits into your luggage. The air conditioning may be blasting in some areas or it may be windy when taking a late night stroll on the top deck.
6. Resist the urge to go shopping in the ship's stores the first few days. There may be specials on certain items as the days go by.
5. Depending on your port-of-call, you may need a photo ID to get back onboard after your shore excursion. It may be easier to carry a driver's license then your passport as you go ashore. It’s easier to get a new driver’s license that passport should you lose it.
4. Keep all the receipts you get onboard. Not only does this help when reviewing your final bill, but some ships may offer a special if you buy a certain number or amount of things. For example, if you purchased and have the actual receipts for four photos, there may be an offer to get a free photo frame.
3. Look under the bed! You may be able to store your suitcases and onboard purchases under the bed instead of taking up valuable closet space.
2. Pack an alarm clock. Many cabins do not have clocks in them. You can easily arrange for a wake-up call, but you don't want to be late for dinner or miss the mid-night buffet.
1. Be Leonardo DiCaprio. Go to the front of the ship, raise your hands in the air and scream, “I’m the King of the World.”
~ Information provided by Club ABC Tours
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." ~ Mark Twain
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