REQ: Top tips for first timers

We go on our first cruise in October (Majesty of the Seas 4 nighter)
I've seen many great tips (bring an over the door shoe caddy for extra
storage,etc.) on several cruise sites.
Can anyone else give me your best tip learned from past cruises?
Also, I have heard that canned drinks on board cost upwards of $1.50.
Is it ok to bring our own aboard? If so,whats the best method you know
of packing these? Thanks for any and all responses.

piujnhfds @lknmdgsa.net wrote in message
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We go on our first cruise in October (Majesty of the Seas 4 nighter)
I've seen many great tips (bring an over the door shoe caddy for extra
storage,etc.) on several cruise sites.
Can anyone else give me your best tip learned from past cruises?
Also, I have heard that canned drinks on board cost upwards of $1.50.
Is it ok to bring our own aboard? If so,whats the best method you know
of packing these? Thanks for any and all responses.

Don't buy liquor in foreign ports, no matter how cheap it is. The money you
save will be offset by the hassle of schlepping all that weight through the
airport on your way home.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:44:35 GMT, piujnhfds @lknmdgsa.net wrote:

Can anyone else give me your best tip learned from past cruises?

Aft-facing balcony.


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Binoculars, get a pair someplace, you can get some really good quality used
ones on ebay. Amazing what you are missing without them.

Soft drinks, water, etc are sold all over the planet, I just purchase them
in port and carry them back on the ship. It makes no sense at all to bring
a case of coke from home when you can purchase it at each port stop. Way
less hassle.


piujnhfds @lknmdgsa.net wrote in message
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We go on our first cruise in October (Majesty of the Seas 4 nighter)
I've seen many great tips (bring an over the door shoe caddy for extra
storage,etc.) on several cruise sites.
Can anyone else give me your best tip learned from past cruises?
Also, I have heard that canned drinks on board cost upwards of $1.50.
Is it ok to bring our own aboard? If so,whats the best method you know
of packing these? Thanks for any and all responses.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:27:16 GMT, "Mike Cordelli"
wrote:

Binoculars, get a pair someplace, you can get some really good quality used
ones on ebay. Amazing what you are missing without them.

Yes, just ask SUNSET.


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Binoculars, not a telescope.







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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:27:16 GMT, "Mike Cordelli"
wrote:

Binoculars, get a pair someplace, you can get some really good quality
used
ones on ebay. Amazing what you are missing without them.

Yes, just ask SUNSET.


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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:34:03 GMT, (CupCaked)
wrote:

Take lots of singles for porters' tips at the airport or at the piers.
Small bills will come in very handy

Take a handful; then get another handful. You'll need them.

PS. Forget Tom and Mary Milano's $2 "trick".


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Thanks for the great response so far.
Please keep them coming.!!!

piujnhfds wrote:
Thanks for the great response so far.
Please keep them coming.!!!

Bring: Highlighters to help you organize your day
Your own portable or bottle to carry drinks around (iced tea,
lemonade and stuff)

Do: All the stuff you want to, but spend some time just chillin;
On a deck chair, in the hot tub, by a window, in a corner
of a bar, whatever place appeals to you.
Feel free to try something new, that you don't know if you'll
like. If you don't it's no skin off your nose.
Keep mind and heart open. Have an attitude of optomism.

--
Julie
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Most people here never mention that cruise ships have free juice
machines throughout the ship. Featuring leamonaid, fruit punch,
water, and mayby apple or orange juice. Or whatever. Why pay for pop
when the lemonaid is free and usually delicious.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:44:35 GMT, piujnhfds @lknmdgsa.net wrote:

We go on our first cruise in October (Majesty of the Seas 4 nighter)
I've seen many great tips (bring an over the door shoe caddy for extra
storage,etc.) on several cruise sites.
Can anyone else give me your best tip learned from past cruises?
Also, I have heard that canned drinks on board cost upwards of $1.50.
Is it ok to bring our own aboard? If so,whats the best method you know
of packing these? Thanks for any and all responses.