ollieandstorm Posted November 13, 2009 #101 Share Posted November 13, 2009 We are flying in to Barcelona the day before to take a look round and will book a nice restaurant for the evening meal, booked a nice hotel too. You will find lots of lovely restaurants in Barcelona the people there are great too!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadci Posted December 14, 2009 #102 Share Posted December 14, 2009 This will be our first cruise. 2 days before the cruise we are getting married here in Indianapolis and then driving to the port. I would assume that the night before the cruise we will pretty much go to sleep after we check in at the hotel. We've been together for 5 years so a "wedding night" is not as appealing as it is to some ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakdaddy42 Posted December 14, 2009 #103 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I stress... My DW insists on fling out the day of the cruise. So I stress... What if the alarm doesn't go off? What if we get up late? What if our car to the airport doesn't arrive? Did we pack the Valium? What if the unpredictable DC traffic gets unpredictable? What airport did you say we are to be fling out? What if there is a flight delay? Did we pack the Valium? What if we miss the plane? Is the luggage over weight? What if the car from the airport to the ship isn't there? Honey Will you unpack the Valium!? :confused: I have the same issues, except I pack the Valium in the carry on for easy access for the wife. Valium the wonder drug makes my stress a lot less, I start loading her up 2 days before the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred&Lily Posted December 30, 2009 #104 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Never stress and never book a cruise until about 3 or 4 weeks before leaving and have done a couple cruises booking the week before - including a last-minute Mediterranean cruise. For cruises out of Tampa or FLL and Miami I search for Panthers or Tampa Bay Lightning games to see night before. Nothing gives me a bigger thrill than buying NHL tickets in the parking lot for $20. (Just doesn't happen in Toronto). For Southern Caribbean out of San Juan we go early and look for Salsa dancing at a night club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottagoacruzn Posted January 17, 2010 #105 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Hi, try and get some sleep, if its possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY CANADIANS Posted January 22, 2010 #106 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakalina Posted January 23, 2010 #107 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Xanax is my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSpartan Posted February 7, 2010 #108 Share Posted February 7, 2010 We usually have a dinner party, either at our house or a neighboring house, since it is the start of our vacation... We have usually been packed for a week at that point, so no worries there... This coming Saturday, I'll be camped out at Ft Lauderdale airport hoping and praying that my sister and bro-in-law's flight from Boston via Detroit isn't snowed in...they arrive at 11pm! They ain't gonna be too happy the next morning when we wake them up to drive to the port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmarante Posted April 20, 2010 #109 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Run around screamind, " I can't Wait 4 my cruise!!!!!!!!!!!":) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blonde375 Posted April 22, 2010 #110 Share Posted April 22, 2010 We always fly the day of the cruise, so the evening before we leave (for any vacation) we have dinner with my parents to fill them in on any last instructions for the kids before we leave...... the kids are Harley who is 6 (Rottweiller), Haley who is 4 (Chihuahua) and Emma who is 3 (Chihuahua). They just love going to grandma's house!!!:D Then we go home and DH packs (finally!) and we try to sleep... never happens.... just watch the clock tick tock! Did someone on this thread mention valium?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelo7 Posted March 26, 2011 #111 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Sleep and ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJK Posted March 26, 2011 #112 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Drive 16 hours and get a hotel late and try to sleep for a few hours !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellybutton530 Posted May 25, 2011 #113 Share Posted May 25, 2011 1. Last-minute shopping 2. Clean out the ice chest 3. Affix luggage tags on checked bags 4. Long hot bath 5. In bed by 10pm local time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davechipp74 Posted May 26, 2011 #114 Share Posted May 26, 2011 call everyone and rub it in :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raytownlady Posted May 30, 2011 #115 Share Posted May 30, 2011 It's usually a low key day since we were up in the middle of the night to go to the airport for an early AM flight. It's nice to have that pre cruise day to relax, soak up some sunshine, have a nice meal and cocktail and crash early. flyining in from the Midwest so this just about sums up our night before embarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in Cali Posted May 30, 2011 #116 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I have the same issues, except I pack the Valium in the carry on for easy access for the wife. Valium the wonder drug makes my stress a lot less, I start loading her up 2 days before the cruise. :cool: :eek: :p Made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlvaZell Posted June 21, 2011 #117 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Keep it clean please:p We normally travel the day before and stay in a nice hotel enjoy a good meal and a bottle of wine (Or 2) I usually don't sleep very well because I'm too excited!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshin00 Posted June 27, 2011 #118 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Even though I live a short drive from 5 ports of call.....I tend to drive to the port the day before and stay at a hotel so there is less than a one percent chance of anything going wrong on the way to the port the day of...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLvacation Posted July 7, 2011 #119 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Bree usually checks our documents a half a dozen times ... lol .. and depending where we are going out of , some times we travel in the day before ! ! ! Luggage waiting by the door and a final carry on check of things we may need .. such as swim suits ... Zanax and sun tan lotion ! ! ! as well as we spoil our self when traveling to ports close to home .. and have a Town Car / Limo pick us up and take us to the port ... all these things are double checked ! ! ! and away WE go ! ! ! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habenero Posted July 18, 2011 #120 Share Posted July 18, 2011 We often arrive at the port a day or 2 early and I attempt to get to sleep a bit earlier than normal on the night before we cruise. I have too much adrenaline flowing to sleep the night before we leave the house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cperk97 Posted July 18, 2011 #121 Share Posted July 18, 2011 We don't do anything special. But I can tell you this, I don't sleep well at all. I am just too excited! Jo Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How'sBartCruisin'? Posted August 5, 2011 #122 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Sleep....because I have no intention on sleeping much for the next ___ days. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How'sBartCruisin'? Posted August 5, 2011 #123 Share Posted August 5, 2011 We also sing, "We're going on a cruise...we're going on a cruise...we're going on a cruise..." over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Girl Forever Posted August 29, 2011 #124 Share Posted August 29, 2011 peticure pack eat out or order in triple check documents try to get to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndsilver31 Posted September 2, 2011 #125 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My wife and I are going on our FIRST cruise in Sept 2012 on RCI Freedom of the Seas, so we dont have a cruise ritual yet. But when we do go on vacation, we always go out to dinner to the same resturant the night before we leave. This is our way of marking the beginning of our vacation. So we will do the same thing next year for our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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