Cruise Critic Recommendations

Several friends on the Cruise Critic World Cruise thread have recommended additional items to bring along.  The Cruise Maniac (David and Linda) suggest that you bring along a flashlight; small screw driver kit; stapler/staples; luggage scale--to weigh at end of cruise; clock with light; single dollar bills for tips; power converter kit, and extension cord.  We use our IPad with Dream Clock app to have a clock and night light at night.  It also serves as an alarm clock.

Another Cruise Critic member, ssbeagle suggests that you bring a laundry bag from the Dollar Store.

All of these are great ideas.  You just have to remember to not overpack and keep things as small and light as possible.

Temporary Change of Address

This morning an interesting discussion appeared on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for this world cruise.  The item discussed was what do USA passengers do with their mail, since the US Postal Service will only hold mail for 30 days.

What we have done on previous world cruises is to setup a Temporary Change of Address to our daughter's home.  The mail gets delivered to her place and upon return we change everything back to our address.  This has worked for us.  Thanks for our daughter getting all that extra mail!!!