Fanny Packs??

[joyyak]

I saw mention somewhere in a post that a "must" to pack is a fannypack. I am curious if people are still using these? It would sure beat carrying a bag, but I was leaning towards not using one on port calls. Could use some input on this one!!

 

Dawn Princess - Alaska

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

fannypacks

 

Haven't used them in serveral years. In crowded areas you have to careful that someone doesn't have a knife to cut it off quickly.

 

Husband just puts money in deep pocket bermudas that have a a button and velcro strip.

 

I carry a tiny, very light weight purse that i can sling over my shoulder - just to have kleenex, bandaides, stuff like that.

 

[dustyroad]

i agree about not using the fanny. i stick out a little in the front as it is without one of those glued to my stomach. i have a wonderful weave looking bag ( not straw )that has a long comfortable strap i sling over my chest too. it has a zipper for closing and it carrys all the things i need just fine. my small camera fits in it as well.

 

DUSTY

 

Carnival Spirit, 9/10/03 Alaska glacier bay

 

Carvival Spirit, 5/11/05

Alaska glacier bay again

[Charlene]

My Husband and I always use a fanny pack while on a cruise!! In ports or even just on the ship!

 

Happiness is always being on a Ship

 

Charlene

~~lvs2cruz~~

Sun Princess - Feb.7/05

 

 

 

 

[ejhall]

I use a fanny pack when I vacation/cruise. If you're worried about it being a temptation to a thief, it can go under a shirt or jacket.

 

Celebrity Infinity 9/5/04 (I can't wait! Woohoo!)

Celebrity Mercury 6/12/98

[cruisinqt]

We always use fanny packs whenever we go on vacation. How could someone cut off the fannypack with a knife without you knowing it or feeling it? I recently saw a show on the travel channel about pickpockets and thieves. It said that over the shoulder purses are easy to pick. The thief reaches in, grabs your wallet and leaves without you ever knowing it. It even showed thieves actually doing that on hidden cameras in Las Vegas.

It also showed thieves on hidden cameras stealing from backpacks and large canvas bags. It never showed a thief cutting off a fannypack and stealing it.On the show they said that thieves want to slip in, steal, and then leave without anyone knowing or sounding an alarm. I do believe having someone cut off a fannypack would be felt and the person would be very loud in sounding the alarm. On the show they showed thieves from all over the world stealing on hidden cameras. They even interviewed former thieves who had turned a new leaf. These former thieves recommended the use of fannypacks.

We got our fannypacks at Wal-Mart for under $10.00 and they are genuine leather. I don't have a flat stomach either, and I guess it's not that flattering on me. But I am there to have a nice vacation and enjoy myself.I enjoy myself much better without having to lug a heavy purse around all of the time. With a fannypack, I just put in a few essentials and go.And I also feel much safer, too. We vacation several times a year and never leave home without our fannypacks. Enjoy your cruise!

[klauer]

I usually bring a small shoulder bag that I hold close to my body. There are so many cute purses out there that look a lot better than a fanny pack, IMHO.

[lougee1043]

i always use a fanny pack when going ashore on cruises but i use it as a gut pack -- i want the pouch in front of me where i can see and feel it --its hard to get stuff out when its in the back

 

lougee1043

 

 

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[CaptData]

I'm disabled and the local police said that it was better to use a fanny pack then a purse.

 

One the pack is in front and is usually closed.

 

Two since it is in front the theft will generally chose an easier target (a purse slung over a shoulder, the longer the strap the better).

 

3 the only way to remove quickly is to cut it which would set off the alarm which they want to avoid.

 

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Dawn Princess - Eastern Carb 01/03

Dawn Princess Panamal Canal 11/02

 

[Mincruiser]

I have also heard that if you put the fanny pack on as belt (thru the loops) it becomes much harder to get it away from you!

 

 

Ryndam 1998 -Alaska

Patriot 2001- Hawaii

Westerdam - July 2004

[lougee1043]

or just wrapped around the belt

 

lougee1043

 

 

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til our next cruise on the Galaxy

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10/92 HAL - Westerdam

4/01 HAL - Zaandam

5/02 HAL - Maasdam

8/02 HAL - Zaandam

3/03 HAL -Statendam

cancelled due to surgeries

12/03 HAL - Statendam replacement cruise

3/04 HAL Oosterdam

3/05 Celebrity Galaxy

[ejhall]

I found a really nice fanny pack from a Totes outlet store, with many zipper pockets (one of them an organizer section) for $6.99!

 

Celebrity Infinity 9/5/04 (I can't wait! Woohoo!)

Celebrity Mercury 6/12/98

[lougee1043]

for really important stuff such as plane tix -passports etc that you dont want to leave on the ship you could also consider wearing a money belt --its under your clothes and no one will get that off you without you noticing

 

lougee1043

 

 

Since we last sailed on the Oosterdam

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til our next cruise on the Galaxy

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9/87 HAL - Noordham

10/92 HAL - Westerdam

4/01 HAL - Zaandam

5/02 HAL - Maasdam

8/02 HAL - Zaandam

3/03 HAL -Statendam

cancelled due to surgeries

12/03 HAL - Statendam replacement cruise

3/04 HAL Oosterdam

3/05 Celebrity Galaxy

[karfest]

My family laughs at me for wearing the outdated fanny pack- but they are quick to want to put their items in it! It's still the handiest way to haul a few items. Not real stylish but the tourists I see are not exactly off the runways in Milan!

I also have a small backpack that comes in handy, but it seems like you could get pick pocketed if not paying attention.

 

Karen

 

[lougee1043]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by karfest:

I are not exactly off the runways in Milan!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

we flew into milan and therefore were off the runway and i used a fanny pack there and through the rest of italy too

 

lougee1043

 

 

Since we last sailed on the Oosterdam

<img src=http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&prgb=2325FF&cdt=2004;03;28;08;00;00&timezone=GMT-0800>

 

til our next cruise on the Galaxy

<img src=http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&prgb=2325FF&cdt=2005;03;21;18;00;00&timezone=GMT-0800>

 

9/87 HAL - Noordham

10/92 HAL - Westerdam

4/01 HAL - Zaandam

5/02 HAL - Maasdam

8/02 HAL - Zaandam

3/03 HAL -Statendam

cancelled due to surgeries

12/03 HAL - Statendam replacement cruise

3/04 HAL Oosterdam

3/05 Celebrity Galaxy

[joyyak]

Little did I know this would evoke so many responses!!

 

I think my decision is made - take a fannypack and shoulder bag and interchange depending on the situation!!

 

Thanks for all the really good posts!

 

Joycel

 

Dawn Princess - Alaska

 

[bibb]

My wife and I both use fanny packs worn in the front. Mine has several zippered pockets and I carry two digital cameras plus spare batteries and memory cards for each of them. I like it best when approaching security areas by taking all the change, keys, pens and whatever out of my pockets and put in the front zipper pocket and send it through the x-ray machines.

 

Be careful with yoour shoulder purse; they are the easiest "snatch and run" bags for pick pockets.

 

In either case, "If an item is one you can't get along without (i.e. passport in a foreign country or all of your cash) don't carry it in any container subject to pick pocketing." If I lose my cameras, I'll be hurt but I can buy more.

 

I'd say, "Go with the fanny pack worn in front and don't worry about what others think."

 

Bibb

 

From the North banks of the Piscataqua.

 

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[klauer]

Just a thought -- would you wear a fanny pack walking around your home town? It seems to me that it would clearly identify you as a tourist. Also, the ones I have seen just have a snap together-type closure, which I think would be really easy to unsnap from the back of the waist in an instant (unless you put it though your belt loops, like a poster above suggested).

[vanclan]

Fanny Packs rock I use on as my purse every day and I'm certainly not a tourist 365 days/year. sure, most of the time, it is slung over my shoulder like a regular purse--but as soon as security is a concern, and/or I need my hands free-it buckles on and is worn in front. I've lived in third world countries where pick pockets were rampent and never had a problem. A lot of it is just common sense and vigilance.

[Charlene]

Another thought

 

If you don't wear a belt that day, you can do what I do, safety pin it to my shorts or capri's that I have on that day. I hide the safety pin under the elastic waist band. That way the thief cannot cut it off of you.

 

Happiness is being on a cruise

 

Charlene

~~lvs2cruz~~

Sun Princess - Feb.7/05

 

 

 

 

[bUU]

I typically wear a fanny pack at home, when I don't feel like dragging along a backpack.

 

RCI - Serendade of the Seas (S. Carib.)

 

[mariakitty]

Nothing says "tourist" more than a fanny pack, but then I've seen some "interesting" purses and packs as well.

 

This is a good time to mention that the word "fanny" is a woman's front bottom in the UK and many other parts of the world, so depending on where you are traveling be prepared for snickers! My husband is from New Zealand and he finds the term fanny pack very funny because it has nothing to do with one's behind in his mind.

 

Carnival Celebration 12/22/90

RCCL Monarch of the Seas 9/92

Carival Ecstasy 9/2002

NCL Spirit 6/12/2004

[bUU]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mariakitty:

This is a good time to mention that the word "fanny" is a woman's front bottom in the UK and many other parts of the world, so depending on where you are traveling be prepared for snickers! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, given that the fanny pack is often worn in the front (for security), it may not be such an inappropriate term!

 

RCI - Serendade of the Seas (S. Carib.)

 

[laginog]

I use mine all the time---both on and off the ship!!!

[Poohb]

Did anyone know that in England a 'fanny' means something else? Some enlish friends of ours told us that they were slightly embarrassed while visiting a beach in the states and someone complained about having sand stuck to their fanny.....In England it's a slang term for vagina.