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15 Top Cruise Tips From 5 Leading Cruise Bloggers
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Jan 29, 2025
Five leading cruise bloggers, all finalists in the "World Of Cruising" WAVE Awards "Favourite Cruise Blogs" come together to reveal 15 of their top cruising tips, tricks and hacks. Essential cruise tips that will help you pack better, save money and make more of your time on board a cruise ship. The bloggers are: Danielle Fear : http://www.cruisemiss.com Dave Monk: http://www.shipmonk.com Emma Leteace: http://wwww.cruisingisntjustforoldpeople.co.uk Flavia Gray: http://www.shipsandchampagne.com Gary Bembridge: http://www.tipsfortravellers.com Please take time to like the video and consider subscribing to the channel
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my name's Emma and I'm a blogger at
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cruising's and just for all people to
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code at UK my name's Danielle but I've
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been an autumn a readers as cruise miss
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I'm Dave Mann otherwise known as shiver
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monk my name is Flavia gray and my
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website is ships of champagne calm and
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I'm Gary beverage of tips for travelers
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so let's go in here the best cruise tips
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that we have for you
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I like to pack things like dresses and
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blouses on the hanger so that when I get
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on board all I have to do is open the
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case
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get all the hangers together lift them
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out put them straight in the wardrobe
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with the claws already attached to them
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and ladies let's face it even if we took
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every single hang out of our wardrobe it
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horn would still be looking for more
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when we get on board one of the things I
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find really challenging when I'm on a
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cruise is keeping the cabin tidy
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especially if there's more than two of
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you sharing a room so I found the
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solution to this is to buy one of these
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over the door shoe hanging racks and
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they have 24 pockets in them you can put
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practically anything in them from
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sunglasses some cream medicines these
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are really easy to get on eBay you can
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just order them online and another
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little tip is I pre-packed
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pockets at home and then I rolled it up
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and put it in the suitcase so when I
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arrived in the ship all I had to do is
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unroll it and hang it up so I don't
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things that I recommend and I always do
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is take my own little tooth repair kit
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so while ships have medical centers on
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board they do not have dentists on board
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so if you have a problem with your tooth
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you know filling falls out or a tooth
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cracks or something if you have one of
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those little tooth repair kits you can
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buy them from a drugstore or from a
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pharmacy they're great for patching up
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little problem solving problems you can
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either tide you over till you get to the
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next port where there is an emergency
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dentist that you can try and see or you
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can often just tide you over until you
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get back home and see your own dentist
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if like me you travel with lots of
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different pieces of technology a laptop
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mobile phone camera iPod got hair dryers
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straighteners things like that it really
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does paint a pack a small extension
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cable I've been on cruise ships where
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they've had USB outlets in the cabin
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they've had English sockets they've had
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European sockets it's been marvelous you
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can plug everything in and don't need to
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worry about it
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however I've also been on ships that
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have got one lonely plug socket and if
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you're traveling with a friend who also
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has 10,000 different bits of equipment
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it can become very tricky it really does
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pay even if it's just an extra two
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outlets it's real
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gonna be worth it I'm going to be
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cruising on Independence of the Seas and
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if you're going on a ship like that
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there's a few things you're going to
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need to remember to take for the
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rockwool they require you to wear a pair
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of trainers if you or your family are
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looking to use the ice rink then you
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need to make sure you pack a pair of
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long trousers and a pair of socks for
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those of you looking to use the
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FlowRider ladies please pack a swimsuit
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because a bikini will not stay on with
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the force of the water also guys have a
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pair of swim shorts with the drawstring
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do it up really tightly and you be sure
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not to lose them if you like doing the
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behind-the-scenes tour then going into
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the galley or visiting the bridge you
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are required to wear a pair of shoes
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with close toes
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no matter what cabin you've booked if
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you put inside if you put balcony but a
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guaranteed version of that cabin and it
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will be cheaper than a cabin where
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you've picked the specific cabin because
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you you sort of end up with the leftover
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cabins but if you don't mind being at
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the back of the ship or lower down which
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I don't at all price is the main thing
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for me I don't care where I am a
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guaranteed cabin can be assigned at any
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point up to your cruise it could be a
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week before it could be a month before
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it could be a day before you will at
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least get the category that you've paid
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for and you could get an upgrade which
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would be fantastic but worst case
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scenario you get what you paid for so
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only thing that's too bad a risk it
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makes sure you know what your cruise is
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really going to cost you and budget
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appropriately Cruise Lines largely price
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fares to get people on the ship and once
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you're on the ship they want you to
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spend as much money as possible the
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things to really watch out for are
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gratuities secondly excursions Wi-Fi is
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also very expensive and also very
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importantly is drinks so most cruise
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lines do not include drinks they can
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mount up pretty significantly the fifth
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thing that you should really watch out
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for is specialty dining more and more
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cruise ships have alternative dining
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venues which they charge for above and
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beyond you know the buffet or with room
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service or the main dining room don't
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assume that drinks packages are cheaper
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than buying drinks as you go before you
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get a drinks package work out how many
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drinks you're likely to have a day and
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see how much that's going to cost you
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compared to the drinks package because
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sometimes it can be like you have to
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have eight drinks a day to make that
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your money from the drinks package which
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I just couldn't do if you've got a poor
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intensive cruise it might not be as
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worthwhile having a drink package you're
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probably not going to drink as many
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cocktails so just have a look before you
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cruise always have travel insurance and
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in recent years a lot of travel
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insurance providers have been catering
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towards cruise passengers and there are
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cruise specific policies available and
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these can often include things like
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emergency formal wear hey're miss ports
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airline issues cancel show excursions if
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you need to see the onboard doctor for
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whatever reason it can run incredibly
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expensive it can cost anywhere between
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50 and 100 pounds just for the
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consultation before you even have any
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tests before you have any medications
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prescribed it really does pay
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to have a good policy and it definitely
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pays to have a cruise specific policy
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consider an inside cabin not just
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because they're cheapest but you get the
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best night's sleep in the entire world
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it's so dark you save quite a lot of
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money by booking an inside cabin it can
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sometimes be hundreds and I would prefer
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to spend that on a beverage package or
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an excursion than a window or balcony
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really so at least consider an inside
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cabin
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use your phone not always in the way
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that you normally would because the cost
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of calls and Wi-Fi can be expensive
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Christ's art take a picture of your room
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number it can be very easy to forget
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where you are
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and it's not always on your card
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secondly when you get off the ship to go
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on a shore excursion take a picture of
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the back on board time because the one
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thing you don't want to do is miss the
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boat don't always trust the time on your
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phone because if you're on a ship you
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might go through a time zone the ship
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doesn't change its time your phone does
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so always make sure you're on ship time
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thirdly remember as well with phones to
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keep them away from your key card is
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because the magnetic strip at the back
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can become de magnetized there's nothing
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worse than walking back to your room at
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one end of a big ship trying the key
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card and it doesn't work keep your card
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in one place and your phone in another
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so what are things that I like to do
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also because I like to suffix ploor more
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is use the hop on hop off buses in ports
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and cities where the cruise calls that
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someone has worked out and curated the
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best places to go they will have a route
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which covers those most efficiently
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they'll have a map which showing you
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where they are and also they will have
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commentary which so you'll get an
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overview of the city their history what
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it's about you'll get taken to all the
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must-see places a stop will normally be
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at or near where the ship caused that
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and if there isn't a regular stop there
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they will often add in a specific stop
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for when ships are in port it's a good
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idea to put some things on the Van Slyke
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shore excursions spa treatments and
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restaurants but don't go too mad
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remember a cruise is a holiday not a
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marathon leave yourself some free time
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it's good idea as well to make a
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schedule before you go that sounds a bit
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organized but at least you'll know where
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you're eating what you're doing where
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you're going what time the shore
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excursions are of course you'll get
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reminders you're getting the tickets on
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the ship but it's always good to know
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what am i doing today don't forget to
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leave
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I would fit out the night before
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disembarkation as you know you have to
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leave your creases outside of your cabin
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the night before you leave the ship and
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nobody wants to see you naked passenger
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