There are many things to love about cruises. The food, the courteous staff, the pool, the excursions, the shows. My husband and I have been on many cruises and here is some simple advice to help you if you have decided to sail the high seas!
1- Go to your doctor and get sea sick patches. Do not hesitate or chance this. The Dramamine will make you sleepy, the pressure bands might not work. The sea sick patches always work for me and I suffer from severe motion sickness.
2-We brought an over the door shoe rack to hang over the bathroom door. Tight spaces need solutions. This is an excellent space saver to have any and all of the things you need in the bathroom and any medicines you need to bring along.
3- If you are not spending much time in your room, do not get a suite. It's not worth the price if you are going to hang out in the lido deck most of the time. If you are going to hang out on lido make sure you get up early on days at sea to get a chair. They fill up fast and you are not allowed to hold a seat.
4-Go to the dining room every night. If you only eat at the buffet and fast food you are missing out on trying things you otherwise wouldn't try in a restaurant. It is included in the price and they always have something I've never tried or wanted to try. If you don't like what they serve, send it back and get something else. Also, if you don't like anything there are other dining options always open to you, (Or complementary room service, which if you got the suite you might want to hang out in there anyway.)
5- research the excursions before getting on the cruise, sometimes they sound good, or amazing, but can be really expensive disappointments. The fact they ensure you will get back to the ship on time before it disembarks is really important.
6- always stay on ship time. Get a watch. You do not want to see your ship disembark without you.
7-Days at sea are nice days for relaxing, but if your port of call is not a place you are interested in remember the ship has awesome deals on massages, beauty treatments, and of course the gym and pool will be empty so it's a bonus.
8- Check out the shows. A recent cruise we went on had Mama Mia on Broadway. Sure, it wasn't Broadway, but really what is (Broadway of course!). It was still pretty good being on such a small stage.
Hope this helps!
1- Go to your doctor and get sea sick patches. Do not hesitate or chance this. The Dramamine will make you sleepy, the pressure bands might not work. The sea sick patches always work for me and I suffer from severe motion sickness.
2-We brought an over the door shoe rack to hang over the bathroom door. Tight spaces need solutions. This is an excellent space saver to have any and all of the things you need in the bathroom and any medicines you need to bring along.
3- If you are not spending much time in your room, do not get a suite. It's not worth the price if you are going to hang out in the lido deck most of the time. If you are going to hang out on lido make sure you get up early on days at sea to get a chair. They fill up fast and you are not allowed to hold a seat.
4-Go to the dining room every night. If you only eat at the buffet and fast food you are missing out on trying things you otherwise wouldn't try in a restaurant. It is included in the price and they always have something I've never tried or wanted to try. If you don't like what they serve, send it back and get something else. Also, if you don't like anything there are other dining options always open to you, (Or complementary room service, which if you got the suite you might want to hang out in there anyway.)
5- research the excursions before getting on the cruise, sometimes they sound good, or amazing, but can be really expensive disappointments. The fact they ensure you will get back to the ship on time before it disembarks is really important.
6- always stay on ship time. Get a watch. You do not want to see your ship disembark without you.
7-Days at sea are nice days for relaxing, but if your port of call is not a place you are interested in remember the ship has awesome deals on massages, beauty treatments, and of course the gym and pool will be empty so it's a bonus.
8- Check out the shows. A recent cruise we went on had Mama Mia on Broadway. Sure, it wasn't Broadway, but really what is (Broadway of course!). It was still pretty good being on such a small stage.
Hope this helps!
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