jh979 Posted November 16, 2011 #1 Share Posted November 16, 2011 My wife has been moaning for weeks that we need to go on a cruise (after all it has been a whole year since we went on our last one). At lunch Monday(her birthday), she again brought up the cruise idea. What she doesn't know is that we have a cruise booked in February that is her Christmas gift. My thoughts have been to get a big box stuff it with various things that would lead to the bottom of the box where the cruise tickets would be. I have also considered a trail of small gifts around the house leading finally to the tickets. On the Princess website, they have some gifts for onboard...can you buy those and have them sent to you at home? Any suggestions for the small gifts leading to the cruise tickets...we are booked on the Crown Princess Southern trip. Thanks for any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teegee16 Posted November 16, 2011 #2 Share Posted November 16, 2011 you might be able to pick up some trinkets from princess or cruises in general on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted November 16, 2011 #3 Share Posted November 16, 2011 you might be able to pick up some trinkets from princess or cruises in general on ebay. While on e-bay, look for some postcards from the islands you'll be visiting. What a wonderful Christmas gift!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mph045 Posted November 16, 2011 #4 Share Posted November 16, 2011 You may want to consider makeing up a small cruise album with past pictures and placeing it in a XMAS Box or watch a video XMAS day of a cruise you may have taken in the past cruise before she opens up the present. Or type or create a sheet of paper with the cruise itenerary and place it in an envelope for her to open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Times Prince Posted November 16, 2011 #5 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Go to a travel agent's office and pick up a Princess cruise book that has your cruise in it. Wrap it and put a note to be opened on the outside: You and I have had so much fun When we're together in the sun.Open the book and you will seea present for you - page 33 That way she won't know WHICH cruise or when - until a surprise at the last moment. If you want to make a treasure hunt - have some of the gifts leading up to the last be things she might use on a cruise, like a mystery novel, but not letting the cat out of the bag too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted November 17, 2011 #6 Share Posted November 17, 2011 You can get a guidebook for the area you're cruising to, or even go on some of the websites for the ports. Often they have a brochure they'll mail to (or you can download and print). You can have it mailed to your business address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsayin Posted November 17, 2011 #7 Share Posted November 17, 2011 If you have already selected Princess excursions for the various ports, you can create and print a customized brochure for her through your Cruise Personalizer. Even if you haven't selected excursions, you can still put together a brochure with suggested excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs224 Posted November 17, 2011 #8 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We did something similar for my sister & her family a couple years ago (not a cruise but a weekend away for them). We created little puzzles for each of them. The answer to each puzzle was a clue. We did a word search, with words that would hint at what they would do. A box of scrabble letters that needed to be arranged to the name of the city. A map, with co-ordinates that they needed to find then connect the dots. A picture of the area, made into a puzzle they needed to put together. Another idea would be a carry on bag, with "essentials" and a cruise guide book, or printed port guides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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