What Do You Do For Sail Away BESIDES The Main Party

[Host Kat]

16 hours ago, JBSteelerfan said:

That is our plan each time as well!  Great views and we also have the dolphins escorting the ship out in Galveston.

 

Love seeing the dolphins too! Also waving madly  to the galveston,com  Cruise Cam on top of the Harbor House hotel.

 

Kat

[DarrenM]

5 hours ago, clo said:

Someone mentioned this recently and it reminded me that I'd asked this some time ago.  I thought you had said you've only been on one cruise.  I'm sincerely curious if that's true and also sincerely curious that, if true, how can you post so much?

2 cruises with another booked. So they are 100% wrong. That's a lot to be wrong by.

 

One Disney and one celebrity with another one booked.

 

And another after that. And then another.

 

But I have huge experience with that one cruise with celebrity. I was there every day.

 

The Disney one was about 100 years ago though. Actually it was about 6 weeks after 9/11. 

 

 

 

 

[GUT2407]

Most of our cruises tend to leave about dinner time, so a good feed out on deck with the sun setting over Sydney Harbour bridge behind us has become a bit of a tradition for us, sometimes a burger from the grill, sometimes a plate from the buffet. Generally stay there for a few hours till we are out of Sydney Heads.

[h_blond2]

I have no interest in the sail away parties. You can find me in a lounger, watching the water go by! 

[DarrenM]

1 hour ago, h_blond2 said:

I have no interest in the sail away parties. You can find me in a lounger, watching the water go by! 

I love your dog.

 

And I will join you on the loungers

[Jimnbigd]

I'm usually still unpacking my luggage.

[DarrenM]

1 hour ago, Jimnbigd said:

I'm usually still unpacking my luggage.

I have a great tip for you.

 

Dont bother.

 

You only have to re pack it all days later.

 

So the odd shirt might have a crease where it doesn't normally but who cares?

 

Well I suppose a few of the formal night police might but the rest of us are just out looking for fun.

 

We're only looking for fun.

[leaveitallbehind]

16 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

 

Well I suppose a few of the formal night police might but the rest of us are just out looking for fun.

 

 

....as thoroughly discussed on another thread, you really need to get over this issue as with very few cruise line exceptions "formal" nights do not exist.

Edited October 10, 2019 by leaveitallbehind

[DarrenM]

1 minute ago, leaveitallbehind said:

 

....as thoroughly discussed on another thread, you really need to get over this issue as with very few cruise line exceptions "formal" nights do not exist.

Ok I hear you.

 

Its just lighthearted comments.

 

I am not really scared of formal nights.

 

Honest.

[Pat.D]

29 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

Well I suppose a few of the formal night police might but the rest of us are just out looking for fun.

 

For some odd reason I kind of like to unpack when on a ship, dunno why as I never do at resorts or hotels.

 

As for formal nights, I used to enjoy them and dressed to impress... not so much anymore as I need the space in my luggage for my scuba gear :)   lol!   (got my priorities straight!) 

[leaveitallbehind]

14 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

Ok I hear you.

 

Its just lighthearted comments.

 

I am not really scared of formal nights.

 

Honest.

 

....OK, if you say so....

[mom says]

49 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

I have a great tip for you.

 

Dont bother.

 

You only have to re pack it all days later.

 

So the odd shirt might have a crease where it doesn't normally but who cares?

 

Well I suppose a few of the formal night police might but the rest of us are just out looking for fun.

 

We're only looking for fun.

So you are dragging your suitcase from under the bed and rooting around in it every time you need something? No thank you. We tend to take cruises longer than a week, and I much prefer to have my things neatly stored so they are easily accessible  without getting down on my hands and knees. And while I'm unaware of any kind of formal night police on any of the lines we have sailed,  I take care in my appearance,  so minimizing creases and wrinkles matters to me. Of course YMMV. 

[leaveitallbehind]

10 minutes ago, mom says said:

So you are dragging your suitcase from under the bed and rooting around in it every time you need something? No thank you. We tend to take cruises longer than a week, and I much prefer to have my things neatly stored so they are easily accessible  without getting down on my hands and knees. And while I'm unaware of any kind of formal night police on any of the lines we have sailed,  I take care in my appearance,  so minimizing creases and wrinkles matters to me. Of course YMMV. 

 

Agree with that!  And if someone is taking what they need each day out of a suitcase, where are they putting what they have already worn as dirty?

 

Our tried and true for us is to unpack everything on day 1, store the empty suitcases under the bed, and at the end of each day we fold what we wore that day and put it in the suitcase under the bed.  (On longer cruises we have the ship launder our clothes mid-way and repeat the process). Not only does this conveniently isolate our dirty clothes, but by the last night we are 90% packed to return home.  Makes enjoying the last night very easy!  And as you say, YMMV.

Edited October 10, 2019 by leaveitallbehind

[DarrenM]

I just throw the dirty stiff overboard. Naturally.

 

Cant be seen wearing the same thing twice.

 

I had to look up what YMMV meant.

[DarrenM]

I have never unpacked ever. Whether on a cruise or two weeks in magaluf.

 

I have been known to not even unpack when I get home.

[ldubs]

18 hours ago, clo said:

Someone mentioned this recently and it reminded me that I'd asked this some time ago.  I thought you had said you've only been on one cruise.  I'm sincerely curious if that's true and also sincerely curious that, if true, how can you post so much?

 

Yeah, doesn't he know there is a generally accepted minimum number of cruises for posting. Lol.  

 

[DarrenM]

How many? 

 

Does the fact my cruises went up 100% this year and go up another 50% next year count for nothing? They are huge numbers.

[ldubs]

13 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

Most of our cruises tend to leave about dinner time, so a good feed out on deck with the sun setting over Sydney Harbour bridge behind us has become a bit of a tradition for us, sometimes a burger from the grill, sometimes a plate from the buffet. Generally stay there for a few hours till we are out of Sydney Heads.

 

Similar for us was leaving on the Crown (I think) Princess out under the Golden Gate Bridge.  Beautiful.  

 

I generally am happy to avoid crowds, but on the sail away it is kind of fun to be in a midst of a group of happy folks.  So, we will frequently join in.    

[DarrenM]

Never thought of it like that. 

 

Leaving at sunset overlooking Sydney harbour bridge sounds absolute bliss.

[ldubs]

2 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

How many? 

 

Does the fact my cruises went up 100% this year and go up another 50% next year count for nothing? They are huge numbers.

 

Sorry Darren but the answer to your question is a closely held secret. But in lieu of actual experience you can paste answers from Google and it is all good.   

[DarrenM]

Curse those secret rules.

Edited October 10, 2019 by DarrenM

[ldubs]

I'm told in confidence that at 10K posts we get to learn the secret hand shake.   

 

 

[DarrenM]

I hope they realise that I am a freemason. And as such know all the dodgy handshakes out there.

[leaveitallbehind]

26 minutes ago, ldubs said:

I'm told in confidence that at 10K posts we get to learn the secret hand shake.   

 

 

 

Along with a magic decoder ring to wear during the secret hand shake......

Keep posting.

Edited October 10, 2019 by leaveitallbehind

[ldubs]

I tried the high-sign for the Brotherhood of the Loyal Raccoons, but never got any responses.  

 

(How many know where this comes from without looking on Google.  Hint -- best sit-com ever.)