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My granddaughter is a type 1 diabetic. She carries needles and insulin with her and she has never even been asked to take them out of her carryon. If your stepson makes an alarm go off because of his pump he can just show the agent what it is and I don't think it will be an issue.

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16 days till voyages to antiquity cruise from Venice to Athens. First small ship cruise.

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There is bus service from behind the wharf shopping center in lahaina to Whaler's Village in Kaanapali Beach. The bus leaves on the half hour and returns on the hour. It costs $2 per ride or you can buy a day pass for $5. The day pass is good if you plan to transfer and continue to Kapalua.

There is lots to do both in Lahaina and Kaanapali. Enjoy you carless day on the west side!

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Kaanapali beach on Maui Hawaii

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We always put our toothbrushes and toothpaste in a glass on the vanity.

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I like north face and Columbia. Actually, the first time we saw zip off pants was when we were visiting friends in Switzerland. Local folks in Europe wear these types of clothing just as much as Americans!

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Just a head's up - if the folks posting on TA only have 1 or 2 posts it could be the same person with different screen names??

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Last time we flew from Hawaii to LAX they routed us via San Francisco. When we got to the airport we met about ten other people who were routed the same dumb way. So we all went over to the plane that was flying nonstop to LAX and met about a dozen people there that were going to San Francisco via LAX. Grrrrr. A nice man at the counter changed all of our tickets to non stops, thank goodness.

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Prescription anti barf and anti diarrhea medications. Have had to use them several times on cruises and land vacations and they were a godsend.

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You can use face time if both parties have reasonably fast wifi. Perhaps you can do this at a cyber cafe at a port stop?

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You can buy a copy of the shirt that Tom Selleck wore in Magnum PI a bunch of years ago. Magnum PI was very popular in Europe and I have seen Europeans wearing that shirt a number of times.

Since the internet things have become very global. You used to be able to spot Americans by the clothes they wore but now that is rarely possible.

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We've seen plenty of aloha shirts in Europe - and not just on American tourists. We have several friends in Germany and Switzerland and they all own and wear aloha shirts from time to time.

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I don't usually book cruises that far out. If I'm using airline miles I book air as soon as I book the cruise. If not, I use a website like kayak where i can track the airfare's ups and downs and I book when I think the fare has hit bottom. Of course I'm wrong most of the time. :(.

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I have seen dogs several times at the airport as well. I talked to a guy at a store who had his "support dog" with him and he told me there are online websites where you can buy the required documents. So it is really difficult to know if the dogs you saw were legitimate support animals.

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We each pack just a carry on for a 14 day cruise. We do have travel clothes that dry fast and don't wrinkle because we travel a lot and rarely check a bag - even for 2 months in Europe. You can bring liquids if they are less than 3.5 ounces each and are in a quart Baggie. Just do whatever makes you comfortable.

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We had a similar problem with a photo disk we bought a bunch of years ago in Mexico. Fortunately, we had a computer geek neighbor who changed a few things in the computer settings and voila, the pics came up. Maybe you have a neighbor or a teenage geek that can help you out? If not, you can take your laptop to Best Buy Geek Squad or somewhere similar and they could assist you for a few bucks. Good luck!

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We taped a 8 pack of soda to a case of water and attached a luggage tag to it and it arrived in our room in pretty good condition!

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Saw it once in Hawaii. Didn't even realize what it was till I read A Pale Flash of Green by John McDonald.

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Hilo Hattie's here in Hawaii has matching outfits for men, women and kids. Maybe check out their webpage?

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Looked again. The cache on princess cays is GC2NV7E. You can look it up and read the logs.

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PS. I just looked at the geocaching.com map and did not see a cache on princess cays??

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We have cached on a bunch of the Caribbean islands. Before we leave we run a pocket query of each port and print a geocaching map of each port. We also note the terrain rating so we don't try for a 4 or 5 if we have limited time.

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If I were really concerned about what umbrella to buy, I would go to a site like amazon and read customer reviews. If I found one That sounded good, I would either buy it from amazon or see if I could find a store that carried it locally. We have had numerous folding umbrellas and I have not found a relationship between price and quality.

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Tons of carnival t shirts on eBay but taking a cruise to buy one sounds like a lot more fun!

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DH and I both have goretex jackets with hoods that are lightweight and fold into a compact shape that we prefer to an umbrella. They are spendy - about $100 at a sporting goods store - but we have worn them many times over the years - you might want to consider that as an alternative.

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