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We just got back from our first cruise and here are the things we noted, (depending on the length of your cruise and your specific circumstances these may or may not be relevant): Hanging door shoe organizer w/ pockets (saves your room from getting cluttered up, it may already be a tight space),hanging shoe holder for the closet (for keeping shoes together), towel clips for chairs, suction cups w/ hanger hooks - so helpful for hanging general things on walls, hooks for doors (to hang bags and other things), if you are going super tropical make sure you have a good bug repellant and sun screen of course, hanging toiletries bags are also cool but not required, a comfortable bag for excursions (walking around st. Thomas with a huge bag no straps gets old quickly, general medicines (Motrin, band aids, allergy melds) all the meds on the ship are crazy expensive, make sure to take a lot of pictures because the photos on the ships are crazy expensive. Other advice - come ready to engage in conversation (the cruising community is so welcoming, we met so many people that just loved to chat randomly, please tip the service people they are awesome too) also, pack half as many clothes as you think you will need (after our first hour on the cruise we saw that no one really cares that you are dressed to the 9s, just be comfortable. [personal opinion on cheers - depending on how much alcohol you drink, you may just want to get a Yeti cup and fill it up with juice or water and ice. Some people swear by cheers but we didn't drink more then three alcoholic beverages a day and we stayed away from sodas. Juice, water, lemonade, and iced tea are free; the yeti was 30-40 dollars and we got to keep our beverages with us all day, wherever we went.]. I hope this helps!

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I'm looking forward to the review too. We sail on Magic next week (our first cruise)

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