Never travel with out insurance. Wound up with a medical emergency a couple days before a European cruise. Insurance covered cost of entire cruise, tours and air fare.
I had a heart attack on a curse it covered my cruise, my emergency flights , ambulance, and medical my insurance didn't cover. In the tune of about $300.000.00 dollars.
Bought the internet package, BUT forgot to turn on Airplane Mode 🫣 Thank goodness my phone carrier alerted me within an hour and took care of the charges I had rang up!
I always wear a cheap Timex on my cruise with time from where I’m from on it bc your cell will automatically change. Make sure you know what time the ship leaves the port bc they will leave you! Seasoned cruisers get on the pool deck to watch ppl running for the ship, then later as boats bring them to the cruise ship. Never go on a cruise without travel insurance & a passport. If you get injured off the ship in another country, the hospital won’t treat you & if you need transportation to get back to the ship, you’ll need a passport. Take ibuprofen, Benadryl, alka-seltzer, Tums, Emetrol for nausea, & if you have medical issues that could possibly flare up, take supplements that could help in the middle of the night. You won’t have to spend your vacation hunting for this stuff off ship or pay double for it on the ship. Make copies of your cruise paperwork, passport, & important paperwork etc… to have with you off ship, then keep the originals in your safe in your room. Put a bright sticky note on the safe so when your cruise is over, you won’t leave stuff inside.
I work for an airline, and I can't tell you how many times I hear the words "what do you mean my flight is canceled/delayed? My cruise is today!" My first cruise is in November. Believe I'm flying in the day before. Airline employee standby flights for a cruise are also a no-go.
Excellent choice. My nerves can't take the idea of flying in day of. I've never had a close call flying for a cruise, but I have had PLENTY of other experiences with cancelled and delayed flights. Give yourself some space to proceed with plan B.
If we are flying in winter from Canada (or Northern USA) we plan to fly in 2 days before departure- not 1 day. A winter storm can easily impair flights for more than a day and we want that extra margin of safety. We budget accordingly.
🤯Most important is company kept when traveling, yet… I’m cruising in 2025 with a person with NPD😮 TEMPTED to record him & post the behavior to educate the public on NPD! 😊🤬
I speak as someone who had to find my husband's case in the luggage room in the middle of the night because he accidentally packed the trousers he was going to wear going home. Luckily it was a small ship. On another cruise he was called back to portside because he had packed a folding penknife because I was always leaving string labels on my clothes. They did let him keep it. We have done one fly cruise where we flew in the same morning. It all went fine but I would not do it again.
Our very first cruise we flew in the same day as the departure. Lucky everything worked out and we made it to the ship no problem. After that we decided it was much more relaxing to fly in the day before.
I've done the fly in the same day many times. No problems. Until we had a flight delay, and I missed my ship. Never again, always arrive at least one day early. More days if I've crossed multiple time zones.
True experiences: My parents missed their cruise because the airplane getting them to the the embarkation spaces was cancelled because of fog, making it impossible for the plane to take off. I became seasicksick on the third day of using the patch on a 7 day cruise. I did not cover my land legs for several weeks after the cruise ended. Some people are just more sensitive to motion sickness than others. I think I was the only person seasick on that cruise.
I'm on O2 and my concentrator has to be registered to the airline. My rental concentrator quit when I got to the airport and the provider did not have the same model. I was not allowed to fly, lost my fee. Luckily, we were able to throw our stuff in our van and drive to Florida - we got to the port an hour before we boarded. We slept until 11 the next day.
My wife went to bury her grandfather in Tennessee. She was an hour late to the funeral because of the time change. The state is split into two different time zones.
Closed loop cruises are cruises that leave and return to the SAME PORT. If a cruise leaves Seattle (stops in Vancouver) and ends in Anchorage or leaves Boston (stops in Bermuda or a Caribbean island) and ends in Ft. Lauderdale, you need a passport.
If you cruise from L.A. or San Francisco to Hawaii and back, you will need a passport. The ship will stop in Ensenada, MX. If a cruise leaving a U.S. port doesn't stop at a foreign port, it needs a U.S. crew.
I noticed that your weather app on your phone said Niceville... Would that be FL? If so... hey neighbor, I'm in Crestview! 😊 We are cruising in 2 weeks... thanks for the awesome video!
My wife holds all of our passports and on one cruise we got to the port to find out that my passport was expired. We had to contact a friend/neighbor to go into our house, get my birth certificate and email it to us so we could print it out at the port and give it to them so I could get on the ship.
That's a good question. Maybe you can determine the answer by looking at your flights to the departure port city. If your flight is a long one with one or more connections, then you should consider a larger buffer time before ship departure. Maybe the first flight of the day before or even two days before to be sure. If you are flying a nonstop from your airport directly to the departure city, then scheduling the earliest nonstop flight for the day before embarkation day should be good. And don't forget to factor in winter snow storms, or severe rain storms and wind events in your area or in connecting cities. I also like to add sufficient time so that the odds are in my favor for a successful departure.
Make sure the cruise insurance covers enough that if your return home flight is missed by 5 minutes checking your bag that the insurance only pays $500 and the expense of a room till the next day and the new flight which with the airline that only has one flight a day as well as food cost for the night totals almost $600. Remember that you have to pay for the expenses and put in a claim to get it back maybe a month later!
And if you have an accident or some medical problems make sure you call + notify insurance company almost instantly, otherwise they will try to not pay or reimburse. And keep copies of everything and try to have photos of the injury , the more gruesome the better.
I was taking an Alaska cruise with a group. The bus driver from the airport kept getting lost. We could see the ship but she couldn’t figure how to get there. Our true organizer finally called someone and we made it to the ship on time. We didn’t have to wait I long lines. We just walked up to the window.
So I've been on many cruises and ship time and local time has always been the same. They inform you to change times on your devices. Also passports are required for some countries depending on line and country. Definitely ensure you know the rules or risk being denied boarding even for closed loop cruises.
And I've been on many cruises that ship time and local time are NOT the same. ALWAYS be aware of ship time. Frequently the ship's app keeps ship time for you even when it isn't connected to wifi. Best thing though is to be aware of the time difference.
Thought I had my phone turned off. Turns out I didn’t and by the time I realized it, I had racked up almost $500 in phone charges. I haggled with my phone company and they knocked off around $125. I was very upset with the whole ordeal.
ALWAYS FLY THE DAY BEFORE YOUR CRUISE DEPARTS!!!!! A major air line canceled a flight to Fort Lauderdale and did NOT make it up. People on that flight missed their cruise.
I usually book cruises many months in advance, and even then, some of the best shore excursions have already been sold out. I used to fly in the same day as embarkation, that worked good until it didn't and I missed the ship. It cost me big bucks to chase the ship at its next port stop.
so your telling me I can’t smoke my crack on a roller coaster while i’m drinking my moonshine I smuggled on board in my zip lock bags? I spent a whole $50 on this cruise. this is outrageous I have rites as a freeman!
We carry our luggage off the ship. This way we can get off quick and on our way. We just got off Carnival Liberty 3 weeks ago. Our group was called around 7:40am and we were at our car by 8am. We also sailed with our birth certificate
Trip insurance is a must. On our last cruise, on the last full day of the 7-night cruise, my wife got sick. She went to the ship's medical center and was given a Covid test. She was positive. They gave her some medication, quarantined her in our room for the rest of the cruise, and handed her a bill for $1457.00. Our private insurance refused to reimburse us since the illness happened at sea with a foreign doctor treating her. Thankfully we had trip insurance. Not only did they reimburse the entire $1457.00 but they also reimbursed 1/7 of the cruise fare for the day that my wife was stuck in the cabin.
I am so sick and tired of cruisers bringing on medical marijuana ,CBDs, and joints. Then they get an attitude with security and claim it is okay in their state. Happens a ton on Carnival
Please take note ….if you are married OR divorced and still use your married name , make sure you take marriage license with you . Some cruise lines need both because your married name is different than your birth certificate !!! This happened to me for the first time EVER with celebrity crises and I was almost not able to board !!!!!!!!! 😮
If you are divorced and/or remarried, or have a surname that differs from your child's surname, or if there is a custody order for your kids... *even if you have sole custody, or you *foster*, or have *guardianship*, then bring copies of your custody papers, divorce settlement, passports for all, AND a dated parental consent letter which is signed by the *other* parent (if they have any parental rights) approving the trip. You can absolutely be denied entry without that documentation.
@@kpl-CAyou are so correct. I took my foster baby with me on our Hawaiian cruise and while we got on with no problem, an unknown passenger reported to authorities about me having the baby and I had to prove that I had custody of the baby. It was crazy.
There is an unless with the last one and that's unless your part of an air cruise travel package they're more rare and expensive but those often are protected
#17 Not choosing the right cruise FOR YOU. I may write a fabulously positive review about my perfect vacation. If you read between the lines you’ll realize that I said nothing about casinos, nightlife, comedians, or game shows - because I’m not really interested in those things - so if that’s what you want you should ignore my enthusiastic high rating. On the other hand, if (like me) you want a peaceful and quiet time with fabulous service on a small ship that’s easy to get around on, you may want to avoid the highly rated cruise that’s all about the party and high level activities. Also think carefully about the ages of your children. My grandkids loved DCL until they were about 14 or 15 but after that they hated it. (The adults in our group now love sailing DCL without the kids, because this is what is right FOR US.) One size does not fit all.
Probably not anymore but check the website. It's also a good idea. We just got off and all of us ended up with it. About 1/4 of the people were coughing by the third day
You do not need to be vaccinated, but remember covid is still very much alive. Just practice good hand hygiene and keep a small bottle of sanitizer on you. Not only covid RSU and the flu is out there, be safe
@@lisaadams1249 yup! 😞 first time getting it too & I had just said I was behind with my booster. I wish I stayed on top of it. I've been sick 3 weeks so far!
On Disney, you can choose late seating or early seating. When cruising as a couple; eat early, you can then attend the later performance of the theater show -- this usually means fewer children in the theater.
We are leaving in 36 hrs for Seattle to cruise to Alaska. NCL included airfare in our cruise cost, so they made arrangements. Of course, we are arriving in Seattle (from the east coast) 2 hrs before embarkation time and 4 hrs before all aboard. I'm terrified.
@@mecmaneen last week we left SoCal to SC, to NYC then bus transferred 1.5 hrs to Brooklyn for a Canadian cruise. It had me scared being so tight. Carry a bag with your cruise info, your Id, valuables and meds with you. Let the porters take your bags at the ship. Hope you got transfers from the airport to the ship. Lucky you are not leaving from Vancouver, the customs is horrible
@@mecmaneen we did the Alaska 15 day two years in a row it is really nice. But we never left in October, the towns start closing up for winter in late September.. our trip from SoCal to NYC was 16hours with time change. We had plenty of airport time to decompress. Left at 11pm though. Have fun. Scatchewan ride the white pass railroad into Canada and back. It was awesome
Anyone who trips up on prohibited items is simply being a victim of their own stupidity. Some of the things covered in this video are just fatuous. One item that can be more complex than it appears is allowing the cruise line to schedule air travel. With us, this meant we would have to awake at oh-dark-thirty, drive an hour and a half to a sunrise flight, and have a layover to the cruise port….where we would be expected to board the ship prior to departure, all on the same day. And this was in the middle of January, and we live in the U.S. Midwest. Needless to say, we rescheduled our flight to the previous day- and were charged by the cruise line for doing so (and of course we had additional expenses of hotel, meals, and transport to the cruise port). As a final real injunction: because of what has already been said, as well as other reasons, buy the insurance package. Not cheap, but just do it.
Its still risky if they catch you, your off the ship no refund and if they find it while your underway now you need to fly home. However realistically they are not searching even as well as an airport so if you threw a few edible gummies inside your gummy vitamins for instance they would have 0 way of knowing.
Is the juice worth the squeeze? Is the risk worth the reward? Is getting caught with a few gummies worth the money you have spent to get on the cruise ship and the time you took off from work? Don't do the crime if you can't (or don't want to) do the time. For me the answer is no. I don't even smuggle alcohol. The stress and worry of getting caught is too draining. And Murphy's Law abounds when you do these things. Nobody "plans" to get caught...but they do.
didn't know that RC allows drugs onboard. I reported and complained every day of my 4-day cruise (balcony cabin) only for them not to be able to remedy the problem (they blamed the port of Galveston security or customs). Someone in my area was smoking weed, pot, marijuana. They only compensated me $100 for a $1300 trip. Good riddance RC-royal Caribbean never again!
What about your boyfriend bringing his concealed carry backpack as his carry on… and forgetting to make sure there was not a bullet in the bottom of the bag. Best part is, he made it through airport security 3 times & on/off the cruise ship 4 times before he found out about it…
Airport security is honestly a joke. They put us through all that, yet miss so much. I had this self defense sharpish heavy metal keychain thingy (bought from a self defense company..it was a legit weapon) in the bottom of my purse and completely forgot about it. Through security with flying colors on both departure and return. Didn't even realize it was in there until I was unpacking.
One thing to never do is make any sort of comment about jumping off the ship. A few years ago I was sailing the Caribbean and apparently a woman was either dropping off or picking their kid up from the onboard daycare (in port, in Aruba) and the kid was being fussy. The mother made a comment, something like “ugh! You make me want to jump off this ship!” Well, Carnival staff called an ambulance and had her and her group taken off the ship and she had to go to the hospital to be evaluated. Then they had to find their own way back home. So just don’t say things like that.
Cruising is supposed to be leisure with little nervous or anxiety. A slower relaxed speaking speed not in such rush to finish off may sound better to the audience. It also gives breathing space to reminisce the presenters gems of wisdom. Do you agree?
I almost never buy travel insurance and often arrive on the day of departure. I understand the risks of both and choose to take them. Each person has to do what they think best for them. But overall good info.
Exactly. I keep watching cruising videos in the hope I'll find something that actually appeals, but no. It looks like hell on earth to me, a keen independent traveller who prefers to avoid crowds at all costs. I think the smaller ships look more interesting, like 500 passengers or less. Especially the ships under sail where there is far less 'entertainment' and more options to stop at smaller ports that the floating gin palaces can't dock.
We also, wherever possible, take trains rather than fly (we're in Europe), less of a cattle truck experience. My husband at 6ft 7 finds flying painful and distressing.
Never travel with out insurance. Wound up with a medical emergency a couple days before a European cruise. Insurance covered cost of entire cruise, tours and air fare.
I had a heart attack on a curse it covered my cruise, my emergency flights , ambulance, and medical my insurance didn't cover. In the tune of about $300.000.00 dollars.
I agree. We always get insurance…have had to cancel 3 times due to emergencies. Got all our $ back in all 3 cases.
@@simpleways4157 which insurance did you use?
Never use it.
Bought the internet package, BUT forgot to turn on Airplane Mode 🫣 Thank goodness my phone carrier alerted me within an hour and took care of the charges I had rang up!
I always wear a cheap Timex on my cruise with time from where I’m from on it bc your cell will automatically change.
Make sure you know what time the ship leaves the port bc they will leave you! Seasoned cruisers get on the pool deck to watch ppl running for the ship, then later as boats bring them to the cruise ship.
Never go on a cruise without travel insurance & a passport. If you get injured off the ship in another country, the hospital won’t treat you & if you need transportation to get back to the ship, you’ll need a passport.
Take ibuprofen, Benadryl, alka-seltzer, Tums, Emetrol for nausea, & if you have medical issues that could possibly flare up, take supplements that could help in the middle of the night. You won’t have to spend your vacation hunting for this stuff off ship or pay double for it on the ship.
Make copies of your cruise paperwork, passport, & important paperwork etc… to have with you off ship, then keep the originals in your safe in your room. Put a bright sticky note on the safe so when your cruise is over, you won’t leave stuff inside.
It’s possible to set a smartphone to a specific time. I set mine to ship’s time.
I work for an airline, and I can't tell you how many times I hear the words "what do you mean my flight is canceled/delayed? My cruise is today!" My first cruise is in November. Believe I'm flying in the day before. Airline employee standby flights for a cruise are also a no-go.
Excellent choice. My nerves can't take the idea of flying in day of. I've never had a close call flying for a cruise, but I have had PLENTY of other experiences with cancelled and delayed flights. Give yourself some space to proceed with plan B.
If we are flying in winter from Canada (or Northern USA) we plan to fly in 2 days before departure- not 1 day. A winter storm can easily impair flights for more than a day and we want that extra margin of safety. We budget accordingly.
Never travel with a toxic person or partner. Big mistake.
Omg this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes that is why my parents are booking together 😢
🤯Most important is company kept when traveling, yet… I’m cruising in 2025 with a person with NPD😮
TEMPTED to record him & post the behavior to educate the public on NPD! 😊🤬
I speak as someone who had to find my husband's case in the luggage room in the middle of the night because he accidentally packed the trousers he was going to wear going home. Luckily it was a small ship. On another cruise he was called back to portside because he had packed a folding penknife because I was always leaving string labels on my clothes. They did let him keep it. We have done one fly cruise where we flew in the same morning. It all went fine but I would not do it again.
Our very first cruise we flew in the same day as the departure. Lucky everything worked out and we made it to the ship no problem. After that we decided it was much more relaxing to fly in the day before.
I've done the fly in the same day many times. No problems. Until we had a flight delay, and I missed my ship. Never again, always arrive at least one day early. More days if I've crossed multiple time zones.
True experiences: My parents missed their cruise because the airplane getting them to the the embarkation spaces was cancelled because of fog, making it impossible for the plane to take off.
I became seasicksick on the third day of using the patch on a 7 day cruise. I did not cover my land legs for several weeks after the cruise ended. Some people are just more sensitive to motion sickness than others. I think I was the only person seasick on that cruise.
I know it's an added expense, but never fly in the same day of the cruise. Always come at least the day before.
I'm on O2 and my concentrator has to be registered to the airline. My rental concentrator quit when I got to the airport and the provider did not have the same model. I was not allowed to fly, lost my fee. Luckily, we were able to throw our stuff in our van and drive to Florida - we got to the port an hour before we boarded. We slept until 11 the next day.
I'm curious - what is a concentrator?
It concentrates room air and I wear a cannula so I can breathe. Moral of the story- don't smoke.
Yes! make sure to change your devise and alarm times to the local time zone... Don't get left behind!!!🤗
My wife went to bury her grandfather in Tennessee. She was an hour late to the funeral because of the time change. The state is split into two different time zones.
Closed loop cruises are cruises that leave and return to the SAME PORT. If a cruise leaves Seattle (stops in Vancouver) and ends in Anchorage or leaves Boston (stops in Bermuda or a Caribbean island) and ends in Ft. Lauderdale, you need a passport.
If you cruise from L.A. or San Francisco to Hawaii and back, you will need a passport. The ship will stop in Ensenada, MX. If a cruise leaving a U.S. port doesn't stop at a foreign port, it needs a U.S. crew.
I noticed that your weather app on your phone said Niceville... Would that be FL? If so... hey neighbor, I'm in Crestview! 😊 We are cruising in 2 weeks... thanks for the awesome video!
My wife holds all of our passports and on one cruise we got to the port to find out that my passport was expired.
We had to contact a friend/neighbor to go into our house, get my birth certificate and email it to us so we could print it out at the port and give it to them so I could get on the ship.
Wowwwww
@@gigi4874-w3w I don’t know about other cruise lines, but DCL made it very easy.
Would it actually be better to fly in 2 days before the cruise? Just to avoid any confusion.
That's a good question. Maybe you can determine the answer by looking at your flights to the departure port city. If your flight is a long one with one or more connections, then you should consider a larger buffer time before ship departure. Maybe the first flight of the day before or even two days before to be sure. If you are flying a nonstop from your airport directly to the departure city, then scheduling the earliest nonstop flight for the day before embarkation day should be good. And don't forget to factor in winter snow storms, or severe rain storms and wind events in your area or in connecting cities. I also like to add sufficient time so that the odds are in my favor for a successful departure.
Make sure the cruise insurance covers enough that if your return home flight is missed by 5 minutes checking your bag that the insurance only pays $500 and the expense of a room till the next day and the new flight which with the airline that only has one flight a day as well as food cost for the night totals almost $600. Remember that you have to pay for the expenses and put in a claim to get it back maybe a month later!
And if you have an accident or some medical problems make sure you call + notify insurance company almost instantly, otherwise they will try to not pay or reimburse. And keep copies of everything and try to have photos of the injury , the more gruesome the better.
I was taking an Alaska cruise with a group. The bus driver from the airport kept getting lost. We could see the ship but she couldn’t figure how to get there. Our true organizer finally called someone and we made it to the ship on time. We didn’t have to wait I long lines. We just walked up to the window.
Female drivers..m
So I've been on many cruises and ship time and local time has always been the same. They inform you to change times on your devices. Also passports are required for some countries depending on line and country. Definitely ensure you know the rules or risk being denied boarding even for closed loop cruises.
And I've been on many cruises that ship time and local time are NOT the same. ALWAYS be aware of ship time. Frequently the ship's app keeps ship time for you even when it isn't connected to wifi. Best thing though is to be aware of the time difference.
Ship time is the original port that you leave in/at.
@brendalyckman338 it's never been on the 20 cruises I've taken. Ship time has always changed.
NCL has flexible (your time) dinner schedules.
@@gloriacastillo2898ok.
Thought I had my phone turned off. Turns out I didn’t and by the time I realized it, I had racked up almost $500 in phone charges. I haggled with my phone company and they knocked off around $125. I was very upset with the whole ordeal.
tip you are on holiday leave the phone at home relax trust me the world wont end if you dont read the post about some grade zed celeb having a burger
Insurance is a must and yes I always fly in a day or 2 before the cruise especially if there is a big time difference
What insurance company did you use, please?
ALWAYS FLY THE DAY BEFORE YOUR CRUISE DEPARTS!!!!! A major air line canceled a flight to Fort Lauderdale and did NOT make it up. People on that flight missed their cruise.
I usually book cruises many months in advance, and even then, some of the best shore excursions have already been sold out. I used to fly in the same day as embarkation, that worked good until it didn't and I missed the ship. It cost me big bucks to chase the ship at its next port stop.
Never book flight through the cruise line. Always easier to buy separate, especially if you are a rewards member even if you aren’t a frequent Flyer.😊
so your telling me I can’t smoke my crack on a roller coaster while i’m drinking my moonshine I smuggled on board in my zip lock bags? I spent a whole $50 on this cruise. this is outrageous I have rites as a freeman!
Notice she didn’t say “don’t smuggle booze” :). But yeah, leave the crack at home.
Of course not. You might spill the moonshine.
😢😅😊😂
Went on a cruise for the first time last year we booked our flight the same day had no issues thank God😅
We carry our luggage off the ship. This way we can get off quick and on our way. We just got off Carnival Liberty 3 weeks ago. Our group was called around 7:40am and we were at our car by 8am. We also sailed with our birth certificate
Trip insurance is a must. On our last cruise, on the last full day of the 7-night cruise, my wife got sick. She went to the ship's medical center and was given a Covid test. She was positive. They gave her some medication, quarantined her in our room for the rest of the cruise, and handed her a bill for $1457.00. Our private insurance refused to reimburse us since the illness happened at sea with a foreign doctor treating her.
Thankfully we had trip insurance. Not only did they reimburse the entire $1457.00 but they also reimbursed 1/7 of the cruise fare for the day that my wife was stuck in the cabin.
excellent video...thanks
I am so sick and tired of cruisers bringing on medical marijuana ,CBDs, and joints. Then they get an attitude with security and claim it is okay in their state. Happens a ton on Carnival
Great tips, thanks
Please take note ….if you are married OR divorced and still use your married name , make sure you take marriage license with you . Some cruise lines need both because your married name is different than your birth certificate !!! This happened to me for the first time EVER with celebrity crises and I was almost not able to board !!!!!!!!! 😮
If you are divorced and/or remarried, or have a surname that differs from your child's surname, or if there is a custody order for your kids...
*even if you have sole custody,
or you *foster*,
or have *guardianship*,
then bring copies of your custody papers, divorce settlement, passports for all, AND a dated parental consent letter which is signed by the *other* parent (if they have any parental rights) approving the trip.
You can absolutely be denied entry without that documentation.
@@kpl-CAyou are so correct. I took my foster baby with me on our Hawaiian cruise and while we got on with no problem, an unknown passenger reported to authorities about me having the baby and I had to prove that I had custody of the baby. It was crazy.
Thank you
The nausea patches say that they last 3 days; (through experimentation, I have found that they last 9)!
Thanks for the info
Good information
great video
There is an unless with the last one and that's unless your part of an air cruise travel package they're more rare and expensive but those often are protected
#17
Not choosing the right cruise FOR YOU.
I may write a fabulously positive review about my perfect vacation. If you read between the lines you’ll realize that I said nothing about casinos, nightlife, comedians, or game shows - because I’m not really interested in those things - so if that’s what you want you should ignore my enthusiastic high rating. On the other hand, if (like me) you want a peaceful and quiet time with fabulous service on a small ship that’s easy to get around on, you may want to avoid the highly rated cruise that’s all about the party and high level activities. Also think carefully about the ages of your children. My grandkids loved DCL until they were about 14 or 15 but after that they hated it. (The adults in our group now love sailing DCL without the kids, because this is what is right FOR US.)
One size does not fit all.
Absolute truth!!!
Me and my wife is planning a cruise on carnival radiance. I have 1 question. Do you have to be vaccinated to get on
Probably not anymore but check the website. It's also a good idea. We just got off and all of us ended up with it. About 1/4 of the people were coughing by the third day
@@Lori_Loh no
You do not need to be vaccinated, but remember covid is still very much alive. Just practice good hand hygiene and keep a small bottle of sanitizer on you. Not only covid RSU and the flu is out there, be safe
@@lisaadams1249 yup! 😞 first time getting it too & I had just said I was behind with my booster. I wish I stayed on top of it. I've been sick 3 weeks so far!
On Disney, you can choose late seating or early seating. When cruising as a couple; eat early, you can then attend the later performance of the theater show -- this usually means fewer children in the theater.
You forgot to mention transfers, or booking the airfare through the cruiseline, they make sure you have spacing and time to spare.
We are leaving in 36 hrs for Seattle to cruise to Alaska. NCL included airfare in our cruise cost, so they made arrangements. Of course, we are arriving in Seattle (from the east coast) 2 hrs before embarkation time and 4 hrs before all aboard. I'm terrified.
@@mecmaneen last week we left SoCal to SC, to NYC then bus transferred 1.5 hrs to Brooklyn for a Canadian cruise. It had me scared being so tight. Carry a bag with your cruise info, your Id, valuables and meds with you. Let the porters take your bags at the ship. Hope you got transfers from the airport to the ship. Lucky you are not leaving from Vancouver, the customs is horrible
@@mecmaneen we did the Alaska 15 day two years in a row it is really nice. But we never left in October, the towns start closing up for winter in late September.. our trip from SoCal to NYC was 16hours with time change. We had plenty of airport time to decompress. Left at 11pm though. Have fun. Scatchewan ride the white pass railroad into Canada and back. It was awesome
Anyone who trips up on prohibited items is simply being a victim of their own stupidity. Some of the things covered in this video are just fatuous. One item that can be more complex than it appears is allowing the cruise line to schedule air travel. With us, this meant we would have to awake at oh-dark-thirty, drive an hour and a half to a sunrise flight, and have a layover to the cruise port….where we would be expected to board the ship prior to departure, all on the same day. And this was in the middle of January, and we live in the U.S. Midwest. Needless to say, we rescheduled our flight to the previous day- and were charged by the cruise line for doing so (and of course we had additional expenses of hotel, meals, and transport to the cruise port). As a final real injunction: because of what has already been said, as well as other reasons, buy the insurance package. Not cheap, but just do it.
Please, what insurance agency did you use? I’m from Iowa, cruising in July. Thanks!
@@FengShuiSusan We bought the insurance package offered by the cruise line. Not cheap, but we felt it was necessary.
Always use a wrist watch instead of your phone for the time to be back on the ship l. Like she said your phone can jump to an hour ahead of time.
How lax is cruise security? Like if I had some special gummies mixed with regular ones, any issues?
Its still risky if they catch you, your off the ship no refund and if they find it while your underway now you need to fly home. However realistically they are not searching even as well as an airport so if you threw a few edible gummies inside your gummy vitamins for instance they would have 0 way of knowing.
Depends on the country.
Don’t you will definitely get caught i have heard stories of people getting fines for it
Don't do it. We cruise Carnival and the drug dogs will sniff it out and you and your party could be bared from cruising.
Is the juice worth the squeeze? Is the risk worth the reward? Is getting caught with a few gummies worth the money you have spent to get on the cruise ship and the time you took off from work? Don't do the crime if you can't (or don't want to) do the time. For me the answer is no. I don't even smuggle alcohol. The stress and worry of getting caught is too draining. And Murphy's Law abounds when you do these things. Nobody "plans" to get caught...but they do.
New sub, was curious what content you would share ...ha Jamaica and marijuana, imagine that 😂
Why does the passport need to be six months later? What’s the point of an expiration date then?
If you were injured or hospitalized & you had to miss your cruise & go home later. Murphy s law
not just cruise lines most travel companies make same requirement
Also, some nomad travelers/backpackers “sell” passports in the last several months to raise the money to go on…then get a new one.
didn't know that RC allows drugs onboard. I reported and complained every day of my 4-day cruise (balcony cabin) only for them not to be able to remedy the problem (they blamed the port of Galveston security or customs). Someone in my area was smoking weed, pot, marijuana. They only compensated me $100 for a $1300 trip. Good riddance RC-royal Caribbean never again!
Carnival had cracked down on this. Everyone is subject to dog sniffing
What about your boyfriend bringing his concealed carry backpack as his carry on… and forgetting to make sure there was not a bullet in the bottom of the bag. Best part is, he made it through airport security 3 times & on/off the cruise ship 4 times before he found out about it…
Airport security is honestly a joke. They put us through all that, yet miss so much. I had this self defense sharpish heavy metal keychain thingy (bought from a self defense company..it was a legit weapon) in the bottom of my purse and completely forgot about it. Through security with flying colors on both departure and return. Didn't even realize it was in there until I was unpacking.
Without a weapon what was he going to do with it, throw it? They care about weapons, not a single bullet.
Ignorance of the Law ( or a Cruise Line's Regulations) is No Excuse. Learn before you embark!
All Logical Common Sense things! It is sad that people need to be told all these warnings. 🙄
It's not necessarily common sense for people who have never been on a cruise.. or have had a Vaca of the sort.. just saying
Don't worry, there's usually some idiots that can ruin your cruise.
Taking a cruise is a bad vacation decision to begin with…
Too many rules, hidden costs and crowded spaces plus those barely functioning toilets
My next cruise we are leaving the ship one day early so we can just roll our luggage off the boat.
We had to wait 1.5 hours before the could find the correct gangway, ugh!! The other gangway had no way to roll off the luggage from Deck 5.
It is not a bad decision if you fail to do something. This should have been 16 things you need to do. More direct, easier to follow. No click-bait.
One thing to never do is make any sort of comment about jumping off the ship. A few years ago I was sailing the Caribbean and apparently a woman was either dropping off or picking their kid up from the onboard daycare (in port, in Aruba) and the kid was being fussy. The mother made a comment, something like “ugh! You make me want to jump off this ship!” Well, Carnival staff called an ambulance and had her and her group taken off the ship and she had to go to the hospital to be evaluated. Then they had to find their own way back home. So just don’t say things like that.
Cruising is supposed to be leisure with little nervous or anxiety. A slower relaxed speaking speed not in such rush to finish off may sound better to the audience. It also gives breathing space to reminisce the presenters gems of wisdom. Do you agree?
I almost never buy travel insurance and often arrive on the day of departure. I understand the risks of both and choose to take them. Each person has to do what they think best for them. But overall good info.
Which will work out perfectly for you...until the day it doesn't. May the odds be ever in your favor!
Being able to “navigate the ship like a pro”. I guess no-one should ever go on a cruise for the first time.
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Book a Carnival trip
Cattle boat, that's all
Exactly. I keep watching cruising videos in the hope I'll find something that actually appeals, but no. It looks like hell on earth to me, a keen independent traveller who prefers to avoid crowds at all costs. I think the smaller ships look more interesting, like 500 passengers or less. Especially the ships under sail where there is far less 'entertainment' and more options to stop at smaller ports that the floating gin palaces can't dock.
We also, wherever possible, take trains rather than fly (we're in Europe), less of a cattle truck experience. My husband at 6ft 7 finds flying painful and distressing.
Dictatorship on water
Is it just me, but does cruising seem like the biggest pain in the ass there is - and people pay squillions for this? Whoosh!
It's not just you.😊
Cruise “influencers” can make it seem that way. But in reality, it’s usually pretty simple.
After my first cruise, I vowed to go on a cruise every year. Life then COVID got in the way but on my Dec cruise, I’ll be planning my next cruise!
It’s not really that difficult. Read the cruise lines policies and use common sense.
@@bethdavis6863 amen also DONT BE AN ENTITLED A-HOLE