Alaskan cruise suggestions one

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I’m taking a cruise and did a search for suggestions. The next few blogs for tasks are things I learned. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. These notes are for on the ship.

Arrival: To avoid long lines sign in late in the day before the ship leaves.
Bed: lump bed? Ask your room steward if there is an egg-crate you can use. They keep a supply of them on the ship to help make lumpy beds more comfortable for guests.
Bill: Handle your bill from your ship’s TV to save time
Cabin: Always use your cabin safe.
Cabin: have steward remove drinks
Cabin: slide suite case under the bed
Cabin: wipe down the cabin
Camera: Take a photo of your home and email address in case lose a camera
Cameras: are watching you constantly
Candy: head to the ice cream parlor (every ship will have one) and ask for the candy toppings, without ice cream.
Cash: suggest bringing about $20 in ones and carrying a few with you anywhere you go
Clean: there will hand sanitizers around the ship
Clock: Change phone to ship time.
Clothes clips: Several clothespins or binder clips (you are visiting Alaska at the lightest time of the year; these are to close the curtains tight for better sleeping.
Cold: Bring something warm to wear at dinner
Crime: Be careful of crime
Cruise line transfers from the airport are a terrible deal
Cruise prices are the same on every website
Ditch the Walkie-Talkies and Instead Chat with the App
Don’t be shy about asking for anything to make yourself more comfy
Door: Decorate your door so it is easier to find.
Drill: Attend Muster Drill/emergency bill
Drink: Bring drink flavor pouches for free drinks
Eat: You can order a second (or third or fourth) entrée at no charge
Eat: Breakfast and lunch are also served in the main dining room
Eat: arrive first can see where you sit.
Eat: Be careful overeating
Eat: check which items in specialty coffee shops are free
Eat: Fresh vegetables/ fruits early in the cruise and sparse later
Eat: make a special request for your server to only bring out the bread basket when your main course is served
Eat: Only go early or on time, if you like standing in line
Eat: order one of the mains as an appetizer instead
Eat: Skip the Buffet on Day 1. There are usually a few other complimentary dining options available
Eat: to avoid gaining weight most ships will have a spa menu that is not so many calories
Eat: Why Go To a Specialty Restaurant on the First Night and Never Formal Night
Eat: You can always order your favorite dish, even if it’s not on the menu.
Entertainment: good seats at the theater. On some ships, one of those theatre entrances may be accessed at a non-thru corridor
Excursion-related talks will be listed in the ship’s daily program
Exercise: Use steps for extra exercise.
Fan: suggest bringing a portable fan
Guest Services: Go to Guest Services late at night or early in the morning to avoid lines
Hangers: Not enough hangers
Internet: Use Wi-Fi during Off-Peak Hours for Maximum Speed
Internet: Ask crew best place for Wi-Fi.
Internet: Not good Wi-Fi
Late: ships don’t wait for late arrivals from excursions
Laundry: Some ships have self-serve laundry, but not all. May be expensive
Laundry: Take packets of Woo lite and something to hang clothes on. Onboard laundry, services can be expensive. Washing your own socks and underwear leaves more money for fun.
Making the most of your inside cruise cabin
Money: ATM withdrawal fee as high as $15! So we always recommend bringing cash
Money: Avoid at fees $15, go to the casino and buy casino credit buy your chips, cash out at the purser’s desk!
Money: Bring a few hundred on board as machine fees are high tax at end of the voyage.
Money: Now that your funds are loaded as gambling credits, you can simply cash out those casino funds with the casino purser
Phone app: Most cruise lines now have their own app that you can use onboard complimentary.
Phone: Can’ access cell phone at sea. Some use little radios
Port visits: Walking a couple of blocks in port can save a lot of cash on taxis
Prepay: If you prepay for items you save money
Rising Star: Operations ‘rising star” means there has been a death on the ship.
Rules: Each ship has rules of what is permitted i.e. clothesline
Schedule: Take a photo each morning of the ship’s daily planner
Seasickness, green apples, saltine crackers try ginger pills or buy a can of ginger ale as a tried-and-true natural remedy.
Set TV to a bridge cam channel
Ship: Look for themed events on the ship
Ship: Take advantage of on ship tour
Shops: Wait for the end of the cruise at shops
Shower curtain: clothespins at bottom of shower Curtin keeps it straighter.
Sickness: Free motion sickness pills are available at Guest Services
Sound can travel within the cabins when you make whoopie
Spa: best time for spa days of shore excursions
Spa: the spa can provide an alternative place to shower
Spa: use the spa on port day cheaper
Spas: Cruise spas will offer info sessions on treatments and procedures designed to sell cruise passengers on a treatment
Take advantage of discounts early
The aft and bow tend to be very overlooked places to relax onboard
Tips: don’t forget tips.
Use walkie-talkies to keep in touch aboard the ship
Wait until later in the cruise to do the newest attractions
Weigh: yourself as soon as you get on board so you can keep tabs of any weight gain during the cruise

Sources
Princess Cruises Tips: 5 Things You Need To Know Before Cruisinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qioaf1Q2d-Y
Food on the Grand Princess – Slideshow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrobl4CTqs
10 tips on Princess

10 Tips for Planning Your Alaska Cruise


Top 10 tips for planning your Alaska cruisehttps://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2019/01/17/top-10-tips-planning-your-alaska-cruise
Top 15 Alaska Cruise Tips Every Cruiser Needs to Know for 2019
https://eatsleepcruise.com/2017/05/top-15-alaska-cruise-tips/
Outspoken Advice from Local Alaskans
http://www.alaska.org/cruises/advice/alaska-cruise-tips
Best Alaska Cruise Packing Tips
https://thevacationgals.com/best-alaska-cruise-packing-tips/
Packing Advice for a 2-Week Land+Cruise Tour to Alaskahttp://travelingwiththejones.com/2014/04/29/packing-advice-for-a-2-week-landcruise-tour-to-alaska/
Alaska Cruise Watch Outs. 8 Things Brochures Don’t Tell You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9MPoFUekXc
9 Top Cruise Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for 2019 / 2020. How to Have an Amazing Cruisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoamy17fz2o
Cruise Packing Tips: 21 Unusual (But Essential) Items to pack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFJvNuw9K8
9 Things Cruise Lines Don’t Want You To Know. And Won’t Tell Youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs5UKha9ALc
10 Mistakes First Time Cruisers Make
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29jvFtbUCsQ
10 things cruise lines don’t talk about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0ThNTDhrc
TRAVEL TIP | 12 Cruise Ship Tips from a Former Employeehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmTPOFSTaI
Alaska Cruise & Packing Tips | MsGoldgirl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWjp-7UqSU
What to expect on an Alaskan Cruise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-HdEEGaVs
WHAT TO PACK FOR AN ALASKAN CRUISE | Cruise Tipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aOY1OADx0
Alaska Cruise Tips. 6 Need to Knows Before You Gohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn7dpNw5kSI
Alaska Cruise Tips. 6 Need to Knows Before You Gohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn7dpNw5kSI
What to Pack For A Cruise | Must Have Itemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1S0AP2ShKw
What To Pack For A Cruise | Must Have Itemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1S0AP2ShKw
107 Best Cruise Tips, Tricks, Secrets, and Freebies

107 Best Cruise Tips, Tricks, Secrets, and Freebies


50 Best Cruise Hacks 2019: Tips to Save Money, Wi-Fi, Weight & Hassle

50 Best Cruise Hacks: Tips to Save Money, WiFi, Weight & Hassle in 2023


Making the most of your inside cruise cabin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NEvjc3_Ikk
Cruise Cabin Organization Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4zXQ1Vdxk

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