When does your countdown start?

[DrewCC2225]

How many days out from your cruise do you start getting really excited and start counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds? For me.. once we hit 50 days I start counting down the days but once we get within 30 days I start counting the hours LOL What about you guys?

[Another_Critic]

After I get a NEGATIVE on my pre-boarding COVID test.

[DrewCC2225]

6 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

After I get a NEGATIVE on my pre-boarding COVID test.

I hear that. Hopefully they do away with that sooner than later.

[barbeyg]

When it drops to the double digits I start getting enthused.  Of course, I'm excited every time I log into the cruise planner.  No matter how long away it is.  😂  Just seeing them there thrills me.  

 

I'm apparently easily thrilled.  😁

[BND]

We're cruising in two days.  I just did my emed covid test and I'm neg so good to go.  DH is doing his after work around 2.  Will get excited then, but I never count the minutes or seconds lol.  I don't really get into it until online check in.  Our mentality really changed the last 5 years with DH's parents health declining knowing we were always at risk of having to cancel.  They're gone now and my parents are getting to the point of us having to think about the same.  We have a different perspective than we did when we were cruising in our 40's and 50's and our parents were still healthy.

Edited July 20, 2022 by BND

[mickeygirl78]

As soon as I have one booked I load it into my vacation count down app. I’m always excited but once it gets down to 30 days, then it starts to feel close. That’s when I start making lists of what to bring, etc…

[lola2013]

The excitement starts the minute I make a reservation!  I sail in 32 days...lists are made (months ago), clothes are pulled and ready to be ironed...new suitcase purchased...

ARE WE THERE YET??????????😎

[DrewCC2225]

17 minutes ago, lola2013 said:

The excitement starts the minute I make a reservation!  I sail in 32 days...lists are made (months ago), clothes are pulled and ready to be ironed...new suitcase purchased...

ARE WE THERE YET??????????😎

I love that you have the clothes pulled already! 

[lola2013]

5 minutes ago, DrewCC2225 said:

I love that you have the clothes pulled already! 

I couldn't sleep one night a couple of weeks ago...decided to put my time to good use...naturally my thoughts went to cruise clothes!!!

Edited July 20, 2022 by lola2013

[jeh10641]

I get excited the moment I book my cruise. I immediately create a spreadsheet and start to research sights and sites including hotels and dining before, during and after the cruise.

 

Jim

[DrewCC2225]

14 minutes ago, lola2013 said:

I couldn't sleep one night a couple of weeks ago...decided to put my time to good use...naturally my thoughts went to cruise clothes!!!

I don’t blame you. My cruise is in 46 days and I have the luggage out with some small things packed up already. 

[Another_Critic]

4 minutes ago, DrewCC2225 said:

I don’t blame you. My cruise is in 46 days and I have the luggage out with some small things packed up already. 

Another milestone to check off tomorrow ... check in for your cruise.  🙂

[Ozzie26]

My countdown started with the first cruise after the restart last July. Since then I have sailed 14 more times and the countdown to my next cruise begins the day I disembark. I cruise in 15 more days with another 14 cruises already booked. Hopefully my countdown will never actually end. 

[DrewCC2225]

9 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

Another milestone to check off tomorrow ... check in for your cruise.  🙂

I know - super excited about that l. It’s our first one since the shut down. 

[orville99]

Pre covid - 3 days; post covid - 2 days. Too many other things to do in between cruises.

[ReneeFLL]

2 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

After I get a NEGATIVE on my pre-boarding COVID test.

That’s like me. It then becomes real.

[cruiselvr04]

It used to be when we got our documents in the mail.  We’d do a little dancing, literally.

Then it was once we could check in on line.

 

Although I plan, I now can’t get excited or do much packing until after I get a negative test.

[rudeney]

50 minutes ago, jeh10641 said:

I get excited the moment I book my cruise. I immediately create a spreadsheet and start to research sights and sites including hotels and dining before, during and after the cruise.

 

Jim

 

 

Same here - I keep everything together in OneNote.  When we get home, I scan all of the paper we collected on the cruise (Cruise Compass, receipts, etc.) and drop it in a folder for future reference.  One day when I'm gone, the kids will have to go through a few terabytes of my "stuff" on the computer, but that's probably better than having to look through file cabinets and decide what to toss.

[crzndeb]

For me, getting older, traveling solo, and 40+ years of cruising, my excitement is more anxiety as it gets closer. My excitement starts after flights (most long), handing luggage to port workers, and finally stepping on the ship. Then I can totally relax and let it all go. 😉

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

4 hours ago, DrewCC2225 said:

How many days out from your cruise do you start getting really excited and start counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds? For me.. once we hit 50 days I start counting down the days but once we get within 30 days I start counting the hours LOL What about you guys?

Immediately when the current cruise ended. We do 4-6 a year and cannot wait for the next one.

[lovescats5]

Since we fly coast to coast to get on a ship we do not really get excited until we are on the ship.  So many things can happen now-a-days, especially with all the flight cancellations.

[Surfguyxxx]

I start getting giddy about a week before when I bring out the suitcases and look in the closet to see what I need and mostly I don't need.  Also looking into my cruise bin to grab luggage tags, digital clock etc.  

[JOHN 57]

right after I pay for the cruise

[ONECRUISER]

Have one Cruise started at the 475 Day Mark. We're doing a 16nite and I send my Grand Daughter Picture of Count every 25 Days. Hotel, at times Booked 1yr plus when able

[Zach1213]

My wife and I plan our vacations so last minute since we both travel for work and plan them around when we get random down time, so...usually when we get to the airport to depart is when we actually start counting down and getting in the mindset. To be fair, sometimes that's only like 48 hours after booking said trip 🙂