What Do You Collect On Your Cruises?

[RollTide73]

Christmas ornaments & magnets from everywhere. We also try to get local art if we find something of interest. We collected casino chips in Vegas last summer. We have chips from 25 casinos!

[LyndaKroooze]

I like to buy an inexpensive piece of real jewelry. So I've bought a small silver stingray pendant on a silver chain. A silver bracelet with tanzanite stones, a silver ring with a large mystic topaz etc...

 

None of the pieces were more than $100.00, most $25-50 and I get to wear them a lot. My stingray has become my everyday necklace, and when I'm stressed about something I rub his belly and think of the sandbar. Gives me some peace.

 

On a side note- not trying to be a pain in the A**,but to the lady who takes home pieces of coral - please please don't! Seashells - no problem, rocks, sand ok, but coral is a living thing and sooooo important to the environment.

[pauleydm]

We collect art, sculptures and spices from local artisans. If we are not 100% the pieces are authentic, we do you purchase anything.

[paul929207]

Memories

[nator555]

A shell from most islands and definitely lots of professional photographs. I really like the pics they take. I spend more on pics than alcohol lol. We also try to find a Harley Davidson shirt at some point on our cruise.

[kadey]

Sand from around the world!

[griffy116]

My Grandson collects a ship's model from the ship and he buys a map of each island or country we visit. When he gets home, they are framed and are around the walls in his room. I collect a Christmas ornament. One that is locally made. Couldn't find an ornament locally made in Curacao, but found a little pair of the dutch shoes, hand-painted with a cord attached that was easily used as a Christmas ornament. Every year when it's cold outside and we put our tree up, we remember the WONDERFUL place we were at when we located each of the ornaments. Our tree is now almost exclusively decorated with these ornaments commemorating each trip.

[lady_cruiser]

I collect the Sign and Sail cards and decks of playing cards from ports we visit.

[dwightnwynonia]

This is something that I am planning this time on our cruise. Figure I will have an empty bottle for it.

 

We do this with a shot glass from the port and sand from the beach in it and seal it with wax

 

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[Flatbush Flyer]

Sand from around the world!

 

 

Just don't bring it into states like California or Hawaii without agricultural inspection. It's what you don't always see that devastates crops.

[Flatbush Flyer]

I like to buy an inexpensive piece of real jewelry. So I've bought a small silver stingray pendant on a silver chain. A silver bracelet with tanzanite stones, a silver ring with a large mystic topaz etc...

 

 

 

None of the pieces were more than $100.00, most $25-50 and I get to wear them a lot. My stingray has become my everyday necklace, and when I'm stressed about something I rub his belly and think of the sandbar. Gives me some peace.

 

 

 

On a side note- not trying to be a pain in the A**,but to the lady who takes home pieces of coral - please please don't! Seashells - no problem, rocks, sand ok, but coral is a living thing and sooooo important to the environment.

 

 

NO! Rocks, shells, sand, soil, anything not inspected by an agricultural agent when it arrives in many home ports (most noticeably in California and Hawaii- I think Australia and New Zealand are equally vigilant) is not allowed. Please don't subject our agricultural industries to microbiotic or other "hitchhikers".

[NMLady]

We play lots of cards so collect a deck of cards from every port we visit.

 

When we've used the cards as much as we can, we then put the decks, in their original box, into a "where we've been" box.

[pris993]

The best thing of all memories. :)

[Krazy Kruizers]

What do you collect while on a Carnival cruise? Anything from the ships? Anything from the ports?

 

I collect ships on a stick, the medallions, sail and sign cards, deck plan booklet, and the ship models.

 

Ships on a Stick Total: 30

 

Carnival Medallions: 10

Deck Plans Books: 3- Glory, Valor, and Dream

 

Royal Caribbean Medallions: 3

Sail and Sign Card/Seapass: 9

 

Limited to 6 pictures to post, the rest will be in replies to this post.

 

 

Nice collection.

We collect Christmas ornaments from around the world and have 1 Christmas tree dedicated to them.

[sparks1093]

Coffee cup

Ship's pin

Ship magnet

 

Those are the three big ones. I take the S&S cards and attach a piece of magnet to the back of them and put them below the ship magnet they were used on in a display on my work station.

[Dusie]

I have accordian folders with patters and excursion information in them, sail and sign cards, and flags from every island/country we've sailed to.

[trev71]

I always buy pens (writing pens) with the cruise ship name on them. I usually buy 5 or so of each.

 

Also we buy a picture from the cruise ship of each port of call we been too

Edited March 25, 2015 by trev71

[preschool teacher]

I'm into key chains....get a locally made one wherever we go.....

[missymckibben]

T-Shirts and Christmas ornaments

[Christine Frances]

I have a "cruise charm bracelet" and I try to collect a sterling charm from every country we visit. For some countries I have 2 ie Rome & Venice --- or I should

say had as I lost my little gondola:( Got to go back to Venice lol I enjoy wearing it on a cruise as it is a good conversation starter.

Edited March 25, 2015 by Christine Frances

[shealea]

I've decided after reading this post a bit back that I now want to start collecting ornaments from the different ports we visit.

 

I've been on 4 cruises to Alaska. But NO ornaments from there, as I just recently decided to collect them. ha! I will be cruising there again, so I will be sure to pick up ornaments from each port.

 

From my other two cruises ...... darn, I will have no ornaments from there!

[tweetypie_67]

We have collected slot tokens for my son since 1997. When he was 3 or 4 he was fascinated with a slot token that my dad had from Atlantic city, nj. My dad gave it to him and he called it his " big penny". A short time later my father died suddenly n my son was devastated. He would fall asleep every night clutching his big penny. When he was 13 I made a shadow box full of them for his birthday. He is 23 now and has them from ships and casinos all over the world. I was very sad when most of the ships converted computerized slots:(

[klhage89]

We also collect an ornament from each island we visit and put the year on the bottom of it. Each Christmas when we decorate the tree, they bring back such great memories.

[Wayfairers]

I don't collect anything...we travel most of the year now so I just collect memories.

Edited March 28, 2015 by Wayfairers

[tbmrt]

We like to purchase something for the tray shelves in our home from every port....Getting a little crowded up there now though...May have to do something else.