What did you rewear on your trip?

[kirby1200]

Most people, including myself pack double or triple what is really needed for any trip. In reading about clothing to bring, I'm wondering what are the bare essentials? If you're like me, many times I've reworn favorite clothing, and had many things untouched. If this was your experience while in Alaska, what did you wear most?

 

Lisa

[kellywhitehills]

Most people, including myself pack double or triple what is really needed for any trip. In reading about clothing to bring, I'm wondering what are the bare essentials? If you're like me, many times I've reworn favorite clothing, and had many things untouched. If this was your experience while in Alaska, what did you wear most?

 

Lisa

 

I wore my jeans tee shirts and flannel most of the time..I did pack a heavy robe to wear out on the balcony in the morning and never used it..

 

Kelly

[agabbymama]

My long underwear was the only article of clothing I re-wore.

 

And my coat of course.

 

We were on an 11 day cruisetour through the Yukon and Interior Alaska and it was pretty chilly every day.

[sunsetbeachgal]

HI,

 

I see from your signature that you are cruising in mid-September, so I expect that what I re-wore in June may not be what you need to wear in September! Jeans, long sleeve cotton shirts and a fleece vest was about all we needed. And comfy shoes.

[mii]

I wore jeans much of the time, also fleece jacket and of course my raincoat as it rained much of the time. Also the same sweatshirt was worn 2-3 times.

 

Marilyn

[ellbon]

i wore jeans or black pants during the day. lived in my fleece.

 

also wore black pants at night with different tops. found the ship was warm and i could wear short sleeves at night.

[stired]

I re-wore my long underwear, my rain/wind pants, my favorite long-sleeve wool over-shirt and my turtlenecks, since we went on several glacier excursions, as well as what we wore on the cruise ship through College Fjord and Glacier Bay. Other necessities were good gloves and warm hat.

[ellbon]

underwear, gloves and hat nev er used but on dog sledding day. went in july..

[232271]

underwear, gloves and hat nev er used but on dog sledding day. went in july..

 

so you think that we wont need hats and scarves for the glacier days in July?

I hate to drag along stuff I wont use.....the temps look alot warmer than I thought being in the 50's and 60's at ports....did you wear shorts at all?

We are from Texas and the 50's find us still wearing shorts......

[GORDONCHICK]

so you think that we wont need hats and scarves for the glacier days in July?

I hate to drag along stuff I wont use.....the temps look alot warmer than I thought being in the 50's and 60's at ports....did you wear shorts at all?

We are from Texas and the 50's find us still wearing shorts......

 

The wind coming off the glaciers is very cold. I would definitely take gloves. If you typically wear hats when it's cold at home, then you should take them I don't, but DH does. And he wore his on the glacier day.

[GORDONCHICK]

Most people, including myself pack double or triple what is really needed for any trip. In reading about clothing to bring, I'm wondering what are the bare essentials? If you're like me, many times I've reworn favorite clothing, and had many things untouched. If this was your experience while in Alaska, what did you wear most?

 

Lisa

 

 

My advice is to pack your favorite things for cold and wet weather (last Sept, we had lots of rain on our trip) and a few other pieces you think you will wear. Then have your things laundered halfway through the cruise if you don't liek to rewear clothing without laundering. It was our first time to do the "stuff the bag for $X" to be laundered, and I can guaranty we will be doing that from now on. I loved taking less clothing, as I have enough non-clothing stuff!

[Stout93]

I spilled some red wine on my pants and shirt one night (wine glass tipped when the ship rolled a bit).

 

Our cabin was a short walk from the laundry facilities, so we actually did a load of laundry one day. I know it doesnt sound like great fun while you're on a cruise, but we sat on our balcony drinking more wine while we waited, not bad at all.

 

When I go on another cruise to Alaska, we'll probably plan on doing a load again in the middle of the cruise....save some space in the luggage.

[robinsegg]

I rewore a lot of things during the day - mostly jeans and my light-weight Columbia zip pants ( the kind that become shorts).

 

I rewore my formal outfit and rewore slacks in the evening as well. Didn't need my "hiking sneakers" and regular sneakers - could have left the latter at home.

 

I live in a cold climate (NW British Columbia) and wore gloves and a hat when out on deck for long periods. Plus fleee and gortex.

[kellywhitehills]

I was thinking about getting a wool Pendelton Shirt to wear over my tshirts..I was wondering is they were a good choice for the wet weather..

[LisaH]

so you think that we wont need hats and scarves for the glacier days in July?

I hate to drag along stuff I wont use.....the temps look alot warmer than I thought being in the 50's and 60's at ports....did you wear shorts at all?

We are from Texas and the 50's find us still wearing shorts......

 

Hey 232271 - Plano, TX here. We went last July and we needed gloves on Glacier Bay and College Fjord day. My husband (bald) also wore a baseball cap to keep his head warm. Those two days were the only day we needed gloves and jackets. We did a 3-day land tour first and had shorts on in Anchorage and Denali but once on the ship - no shorts - too chilly outside but not tooo cold.

 

If you want to email me since we are so close - lisa.hudson@eds.com

[Toyz711]

sept '06...the downey wrinkle releaser did an amazing job..not only taking out wrinkles, but keeping things smelling fresh:eek: .

took 2 pair of heavy jeans...wore each 2 times. since they got wet (in rained in juneau and ketchikan) had to alternate days.

took black long pants and beige long pants to mix-match with tops for evening (did NCL..didn't need formal clothes)

had some nice blouses, but i was more comfortable in my light-weight sweaters, evenings on the ship.

the downey spray kept the things that got wet, from the rain, from smelling. really great in keeping the cig smoke (from casino) from building up in the fabric.

remember good, heavy socks to keep feet warm, water-proof shoes (if feet get wet you will be cold). only wore gloves on whale watching..coldest day of our trip. glacier viewing was a great day..no wind = no wind chill..didn't need coat!!

[miakoda]

You can do laundry on some ships on sea days. NCL Pearl had laundry facilities. We both took a medium suitcase and washed and rewore long-sleeved tees, long undies, underwear, and socks.

 

Unless it's hot pink, I'll bet no one would notice if you wore the same thing twice (and if they do, do you care?).

 

Keep in mind that I'm not high maintenance - I know it's vacation, but I didn't mind doing two small loads of laundry that week. A lot of people (probably most) don't want to do laundry on their vacation.

 

Layers, layers, layers, gloves, hat, ballcap, rain jacket (and pants if you have them depending upon what excursion you do).

 

As the old packing saying goes, lay out all your clothes and all your money, take half the clothes and twice the money.

[AlinaMaria]

We did a 10-day Alaska cruise RT San Francisco and had to fly from Miami to San Francisco. Packing light was extremely important. We wore everything more than once and learned that I can have just as much and need less Tylenol for back pain...LOL

 

Evenings: I only took 2 pairs of black pants, 1 formal top and 3 nice casual evenings tops, This took care of 8 nights and the other two we were late in port (Juneau and Skagway) and we had dinner at the buffet and pizza place while we enjoyed the beautiful scenery! Shoes: one pair black mules

 

Days: 2 pairs of jeans and one sweatpant, 4 light acrylic sweaters and 2 nice cotton t's, one polar fleece jacket and one raincoat. Shoes: one pair of black leather flats (for sea days) and one pair of leather sport shoes.

 

We did take scarf, gloves, hat and most definitely needed it all for the glacier day!

 

Have a wonderful time!

 

AlinaMaria

[thegotogirl]

Most people, including myself pack double or triple what is really needed for any trip. In reading about clothing to bring, I'm wondering what are the bare essentials? If you're like me, many times I've reworn favorite clothing, and had many things untouched. If this was your experience while in Alaska, what did you wear most?

 

Lisa

 

I wore my black LLBEAN polar fleece vest almost daily. I wore a white t-shirt under all of my fleece (long sleeve...then the vest) so that it would stay fresh and clean. It worked well

[kenish]

We take old socks and underwear that we've set aside during the year. After doing laundry halfway through the trip, we wear them one last time and discard them. It frees up space for souveneirs. :)

[GORDONCHICK]

We take old socks and underwear that we've set aside during the year. After doing laundry halfway through the trip, we wear them one last time and discard them. It frees up space for souveneirs. :)

 

You know, I told a lady at work about this. She and her DH plus two other couples were taking a cruise to Alaska in May (my co-worker's first cruise). She told her DH. He decided that's what he was going to do. But the funniest thing about it is - he told everyone about this! And when I say everyone, I mean complete strangers in the airport before they even left OKC, people on the plane, people at the hotel the night before the cruise, as well as people on their cruise. Now, everytime I hear someone talk about this on here, I'm gonna think of Buck (and yes, that's his given name).

[thegotogirl]

so you think that we wont need hats and scarves for the glacier days in July?

I hate to drag along stuff I wont use.....the temps look alot warmer than I thought being in the 50's and 60's at ports....did you wear shorts at all?

We are from Texas and the 50's find us still wearing shorts......

 

Cruising through the Tracy Arm Glacier was the only day that we had rain on our cruise last week, and believe me...you needed all of the warm coverage that you could get!!! Other than that day, we all still wore long pants including my DH who will always opt for shorts. The shorter pants did not come our until our flight home.

[luvtosee]

I usually buy one of the cruise logo sweatshirts/jackets on our cruises. I use them all the time at home (except summer). They work great on the ship, too.:D

[soupbones wife]

We went to Europe a few years back for 3 weeks and yes, my DH took all of his old underwear, and I mean old, elastic coming apart and everything. He would wear it once then turn inside out one last time wear and discard. We were allowed only 1 suitcase each for a 22 day bus tour. He takes great pride in telling everyone about this. Is going to do this again in two weeks for our land tour/cruise in Alaska.

[AlinaMaria]

We take old socks and underwear that we've set aside during the year. After doing laundry halfway through the trip, we wear them one last time and discard them. It frees up space for souveneirs. :)[/quote

 

I had read about this on the boards some time ago and tried it on my recent Alaska Cruise. It is a great idea and I will be making it one my new "travel traditions".

 

It frees up space for souvenirs OR makes your luggage "lighter" when flying...

 

AlinaMaria