Topic: Cruise Packing list essential ~ apparently

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In your dreams...hopefully.

Hi Morton
As you are one of the anonymous ones on here (no town/area).
Are you by any chance one of the Glory Hunter Man U fans who have never been to Manchester?
Pardon me if im wrong:o,or is it you just dont like Liverpool.
That's OK because i dont like Chelsea (oh no your not a cockney)
Anyway im an Evertonian since 15:00hrs.:DC'mon the toffees!!.
JC

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Hi Morton
As you are one of the anonymous ones on here (no town/area).
Are you by any chance one of the Glory Hunter Man U fans who have never been to Manchester?
Pardon me if im wrong:o,or is it you just dont like Liverpool.
That's OK because i dont like Chelsea (oh no your not a cockney)
Anyway im an Evertonian since 15:00hrs.:DC'mon the toffees!!.
JC

Anonymous I like.

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Anonymous I like.

Hi Morton.
Why dont you change you name to Morton,Anon.
Then everybody will be searching their Atlas for Anon.
JC

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Hi Morton.
Why dont you change you name to Morton,Anon.
Then everybody will be searching their Atlas for Anon.
JC

Thank you for your jest. I'm flattered you're taking an interest. Morton UK I like and that's how it will stay.

addsd crazy glue to my list

Did you copy n paste that list, or did you actually spend time typing that list in? if so, you have WAY too much time on your hands!

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Did you copy n paste that list, or did you actually spend time typing that list in? if so, you have WAY too much time on your hands!

Nah, copied and pasted it!

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Just found this list on an American website and thought if I packed this lot I'd have no space for anything else

What does everyone else think?

Essentials
airline tickets or e-ticket confirmation

cruise documents

passports and visas (if necessary) or proof of citizenship (check with your cruise line for requirements)

vaccination certificate (if required)

wallet and fanny pack / Bum bag

driver's license and auto insurance card - in case you decide to rent a car when ashore

medical insurance cards and medical history (especially if traveling alone)

another picture ID - if you don't take driver's license

credit cards - be sure to call credit card companies before traveling to alert them you are traveling outside your normal area ATM card

watch

pre-paid phone card

cash or traveler's checks (be sure to keep traveler's checks receipt in separate location)

3 copies of airline tickets, cruise tickets, passports/visas, itinerary - pack 1 copy in carry on, 1 copy in checked luggage, and leave one copy with someone at home

contact numbers to report lost/stolen credit cards or traveler's checks

emergency numbers at home

prescription drugs and any other essential medications in carry on bag

glasses, contacts, contacts cleaner

extra reading glasses

sunglasses

reading sunglasses

guidebooks and other port of call information

foreign language phrase book or dictionary

maps

reading material - books to read while on the plane or lounging by the pool

journal or notebook and pen/pencil - for making notes to tell your friends back home about your experiences

business cards with email address to give out to new cruise friends

currency conversion chart

plug adaptor and converter

cell phone and charger

PDA and charger

home and email addresses of friends/relatives back home - for sending postcards, emails, or gifts

laptop computer

binoculars

film camera and manual

extra film (don't put undeveloped film in checked luggage)

disposable underwater camera - for snorkeling or beach days

digital camera and manual

extra memory cards for digital camera

batteries for digital camera

battery charger

extension cord with multiple plug-ins

duct tape or strapping tape

walkman and tapes (for walking on deck or on treadmill)

small travel alarm clock - battery operated

lighted dial clock for cruise ship cabin

extra plastic cable-lock ties for securing luggage for return trip (better than locks, but one-time use only)

extra luggage name tags (in case yours are lost on the outbound trip)

zip loc bags of all sizes and garbage/laundry bags

small flashlight

night light

corkscrew (be sure to put in checked luggage)

Swiss Army knife or something similar with screwdriver head, etc. (be sure to put in checked luggage)

small umbrella

collapsible travel pillow for those long airplane flights

ear plugs or "ear planes"

small first aid kit (band aids, Q-tips, vaseline, dramamine, antibiotic cream, bandages, anti-diarrheal medication, cortisone

cream, aspirin/tylenol/advil)

Crazy glue

playing cards

sports gear (e.g. snorkeling gear)

bug spray (not for your cabin on the ship, but for those pesky mosquitoes and "nonos" ashore)

sun screen/sun block and lip sunblock

germicidal hand cleaner

hand lotion

rubbing alcohol or foot lotion for soothing tired, hot feet

hats/caps/visors

insulated large coffee mugs

empty folding tote bag - for souvenirs or the beach

clothes pins

sewing kit and scissors (pack in checked luggage)

travel-sized Woolite

handi-wipes

From: What To Pack for a Cruise - Everything You Need to Take on a Cruise Vacation|Add Your Own Packing Tip|Cruise Reviews|Cruise Line And Cruise Ship Ratings

Another thread that needs bringing to the top again

Crazy glue is known as Super Glue in the UK Neil

I have all that on my list and the following items:

- String, about 5 metres for cloths line and tieing up pirates.
- A Pair of 10 km range walkie-talkies and charger, my 85 year old father wanders off and gets lost a lot.
- GPS sat nav
- Amazon Kindle e-book reader
- Camping Spoon, Fork and knife set (folds up)
- Wide mouth insulated/vacumn food container for Ice cubes on the beach.
- Wine cooler freezer pack
- Strapon LED head torch for reading my Kindle in the dark and finding way off of a dark sinking ship
- Iron on Wonderweb hemming tape for trouser bottoms
- Sticky lint remover rolls or brush
- Long range Wifi antanne for hacking into wifi hotspots when docked
- Mini milk wisk/frother to make my own capachino the way I like it
- Kite to fly from the back of the ship
- Loc8tor Radio tracking luggage tags and detector. Works up to 300 feet !
- Swimming pool chorine tester strips
- Artists Sketch Pad and pencil set
- Electricians neon screwdriver
- Wireless bluetooth headphones and adpater for TV/Kindle/Ipod etc...
- Old pair of prescription glasses to use inside snorkle visor
- Underwater plastic housing for camera
- Emergency tooth repair kit
- Sea sickness tablets
- Gorrilla grip bendy mini-tripod for cameras
- Mosquito net material (depends where I go) but big enough for a window or doorway
- Stick on Velcro roll
- Emergency first aid kit and needle pack
- Medical digital thermometer
- Blood presure monitor
- Champagne bottle stopper
- Andrex moist toilet wipes
- Half an emergency toilet roll
- Stain remover
- Plastic drinks glasses for beach use
- Plastic food containers to take stuff from breakfast for a lunchtime snack on the beach

Of course since all this (and your list above) takes up all my luggage allowance this is applicable to Nudist cruises only.

Another useful tip is to take a fake wallet and old dummy/broken mobile phone. In the old wallet you put "expired" credit cards/library card id/bus pass etc... a few old low denomination foriegn currency notes (not the currency of your location) ~ I use Nigerian. Then if you are mugged you can hand that over, together with the old mobile phone (and perhaps have a £5 watch on your wrist for shore excursions too) and start screaming. The thief will run off thinking he has got what he was after...s****** s****** chortle chortle.