jerseygirl79 Posted October 4, 2009 #1 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Just packed my suit case last night. I'm ready to go!!! One problem... my ship doesn't pull out for 30 days. *sigh* What to do to pass the time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillPooh Posted October 4, 2009 #2 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Get in your car, drive south, and come pack for me? I haven't even started! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear5751 Posted October 4, 2009 #3 Share Posted October 4, 2009 1/2 packed, 13 days and are they dragging.....I am ready to go.... cmon, lets go!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkie103 Posted October 4, 2009 #4 Share Posted October 4, 2009 14 days to go and I have "gathered" but if I packed that early I would forget what I had in the suitcase!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeBeeCee Posted October 4, 2009 #5 Share Posted October 4, 2009 14 days to go and I have "gathered" but if I packed that early I would forget what I had in the suitcase!:eek: Exactly why I don't pack early...:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lds26 Posted October 4, 2009 #6 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I packed for my lil sons about a month ago I have been just trying to make the time go by quicker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccer Posted October 4, 2009 #7 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Maybe I am different, but I pack the night before. Of course I travel for business a lot so I am used to it. I do enjoy packing for cruise much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katmarha Posted October 4, 2009 #8 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Maybe I am different, but I pack the night before. Of course I travel for business a lot so I am used to it. I do enjoy packing for cruise much better. WOW!!!! I could never do that, I know that I would forget something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty dingo Posted October 4, 2009 #9 Share Posted October 4, 2009 You could practice unpacking in your cruise cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusandgidgetsmom Posted October 4, 2009 #10 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Just spend time reading about us procrastinators on this site that will not pack until the night before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaGators Posted October 4, 2009 #11 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I "gather" stuff in one location, but don't start to really pack until about a week before we leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieastrosfan Posted October 4, 2009 #12 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Maybe I am different, but I pack the night before. Of course I travel for business a lot so I am used to it. I do enjoy packing for cruise much better. Same here. I'll keep tweaking my list until a couple days before, then I'll print it out, and start packing the day before it's time to go. Although, I may do a trial run this time, as my large suitcase bit the dust last cruise, and I want to see if I can cram everything in my midsize for 4 days without buying a suitcase right now. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natk Posted October 4, 2009 #13 Share Posted October 4, 2009 WOW!!!! I could never do that, I know that I would forget something! Sometimes we don't pack until the taxi is on the way to take us to the airport...There is very little that if we forget it that we can't pick up.. As long as we remember the underwear everything else can be taken care of (neither my wife of I are the "commando" types) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetz Posted October 4, 2009 #14 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Maybe I am different, but I pack the night before. Of course I travel for business a lot so I am used to it. I do enjoy packing for cruise much better. I pack the night before also...less wrinkles! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted October 4, 2009 #15 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Going to Vegas next saturday (for a week) and packing this morning! Suitcase already looks TOO FULL - and I am scared to weigh it (and you know I will be throwing in some things here and there during the week?) Anyhow the stuff in there is mostly CRUISE STUFF - nice/dressier clothes for evening, casual for daytime - flipflops, sandals, sunscreen, sunhat, etc.....only thing missing is the lanyards! :D:D Cruising in January and thinking I should just clean and repack everything and I'll be all set to go again! ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remharri Posted October 4, 2009 #16 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Oh me too! I finished packing last night and then realized I have bought way too many new clothes and I have more then enough. I still packed it all anyway! Now the waiting game.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkie103 Posted October 4, 2009 #17 Share Posted October 4, 2009 First cruise I packed a week before and every time I looked at the suitcase I added something, so now I gather until the day before and then pack. It's worked out well for me. I have things on hangers and they don't get wrinkled. Two years ago we were returning from Scotland on the Queen Mary2 and I had to ship our formal clothes to Southampton to meet the ship so we didn't have to lug them around Scotland for two weeks. That was really traumatic, seeing your formal dress and DH's tux leave a week before we did and wondering if they would show up in our cabin three weeks later. Cunard came through and the bag was waiting for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepnite10 Posted October 4, 2009 #18 Share Posted October 4, 2009 packing that early give you the time to go back and unpack half the cloths you won t really need.. unforuntately, i pack the evening befor and don t have time to do a full inventory..:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvmypuggle Posted October 4, 2009 #19 Share Posted October 4, 2009 am always surprised when people say they pack so early. How do you remember what you have packed? lol if it works for you, that's great. I personally pack the week of my trip as I tend to shop up until right before. :D to kill the time between now & the cruise, you could plan a precruise party for you & cruisemates. Make piña colidas & listen to Bob Marley!!! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WetFeetTheNovel Posted October 4, 2009 #20 Share Posted October 4, 2009 We had to say this...you can always prepare for the cruise by reading an adventure book about the islands! Put on a flowered shirt or sun dress...get a drink with one of those funny little umbrellas, and enjoy! We know, shameless self promotion. Oh well, Bill and Debra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkie103 Posted October 4, 2009 #21 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I also listen to island music, look at pictures from past cruises and drive my co-workers crazy by wearing my tropical scrubs, even in the winter!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMarie Posted October 4, 2009 #22 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Just packed my suit case last night. I'm ready to go!!! One problem... my ship doesn't pull out for 30 days. *sigh* What to do to pass the time!!! Things to do: Lay out on a chaise lounge with sunglasses on, catch a few rays. Practice drinking the DOD. Repeatedly. Do a few dance steps. After the DODs, it's been said my dancing get better. Peruse the CCL website for the next cruise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtalum Posted October 4, 2009 #23 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Man y'all are ambitious. We pack the night before we leave town. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylcorwin Posted October 4, 2009 #24 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Same here. I'll keep tweaking my list until a couple days before, then I'll print it out, and start packing the day before it's time to go. Although, I may do a trial run this time, as my large suitcase bit the dust last cruise, and I want to see if I can cram everything in my midsize for 4 days without buying a suitcase right now. :oI have a list I tweak too. I keep tweaking it til the week before (I'm now 16 days away), then decide at the last minute that THIS would work better than THAT. Now that I found out mine is a Halloween cruise, I'm tweaking costume & accessories. I'm also cramming for 70's & 80's music trivia contests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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