old bag Posted October 29, 2012 #51 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Unless we are flying to a cruise port ... we take a limo to the cruise ship. As soon as we lock the front door, our vacation begins! (Of course, it helps that we are within 1.5 hours of a drive from TWO different ports of departure!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocheese Posted October 30, 2012 #52 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We used to have a cruise tradition but after three surprise cruise souvenirs 9 months after our second and third cruises, we decided toi make a few changes. That's out tradition too. But we already made the changes, so no surprises in 9 months. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havinsnest Posted October 30, 2012 Author #53 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Mine is a silly one.... As soon as I enter the ships main doors I say "Honey, I'm Home!" OceanDreams Those are the words I used as I entered our cabin on our second cruise - we were in the exact same suite as our first cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatleang Posted October 31, 2012 #54 Share Posted October 31, 2012 We used to have a cruise tradition but after three surprise cruise souvenirs 9 months after our second and third cruises, we decided toi make a few changes. Omg, this made me laugh. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz_M Posted November 1, 2012 #55 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Loved all your replies and got a few tips for my first NCL cruise ;) Board early, dump the carry on in the cabin asap, run madly round the ship taking photos before everyone boards and to get my bearings, have lunch, meet up with fellow CC or other forum cruisers in RL (real life!) for sailaway drinks ... then time to relax with new friends :D AaaahhHH :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedel Posted November 1, 2012 #56 Share Posted November 1, 2012 we usually rent the largest Limo- 24 person Hummer - being that we were 20 people we have drinks on the way down , then pour out of the limo dressed in our best Seventies outfit for the embarkation pic - it was a blast , people did not know what to think, others wanted pictures with us this year we have another great theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdncruzer Posted November 1, 2012 #57 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Put up our door sign and take a pix. It's goofy...but we always do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker@sea Posted November 1, 2012 #58 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I always shed a tear as I pay off my C.C. bill after a every cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL Michelle Posted November 3, 2012 #59 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Outside of bringing our luggage on and off the ship, we NEVER USE THE ELEVATORS....stairs only! Makes me feel a little less guilty about eating whatever I want for a few days :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debnjoe1438 Posted November 3, 2012 #60 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I was curious about this, too. So I Googled it. Apparently, it's nautical superstition. Disaster will follow if you step onto a boat with your Left Foot first. Thanks for the info. I'm not superstitious, however I may think about this one:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisee<3 Posted November 3, 2012 #61 Share Posted November 3, 2012 neverrr everrrr use the elevator & always take a picture of my first meal on board :D yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokomo_Man Posted November 3, 2012 #62 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I always go to Key Largo for an extra few days. That way the vacation gets expanded a few days, "The Woman to Blame" had the extra time to do as she pleased, and I got a few days extra SCUBA diving. Once it became tradition I kept doing it... even on departures from Boston, Galveston, and Port Canaveral. I guess now it's just any excuse to go to "The Keys".:D Bob Memories of Naked Fanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICANTWAITTOCRUISE Posted November 3, 2012 #63 Share Posted November 3, 2012 We "Try" all the bars for at least one drink at some point during cruise and keep track of it. We get dressed every night for dinner. Sounds like we think some go naked, haha. But we "change clothes" and take pics, and "go out" to dinner. We start people watching on day one and assign random "code" names to people, like "visor man" or "country girl". We laugh about the muster drill. This came about because our first cruise that happened to be with our young adult kids, unfortunately the send off champagne sort of got to us. We learned our lesson. however we had to be escorted to ours on another cruise, with a funny story that went along with it, so I guess we didn't completely learn our lesson. So much fun...maybe I'll book another one tonight. I've finally convinced my husband that short ones and non-balcony ones are fun too. Before that, he was a "cruise snob". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeny25 Posted November 4, 2012 #64 Share Posted November 4, 2012 2 drinks, one in each hand at sail away!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted November 4, 2012 #65 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Yes we always go out to dinner at a fancy restaurant the night before the cruise to get us in the right frame of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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