Packing for 4 Month Cruise

[atoll]

Originally Posted by sarafina

Ok, not rockin that either...



The cruising community is pretty strange. They sorta seem to live from departure to departure. Like the rest of their life is just a holding pattern...

i betcha shes got sexy underware on underneath,try find a happy medium!!

ps alaska can be cold in winter so if you 'must' wear underware make sure it is thermal......................lol

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by sarafina

man.. I SO am not rockin that look!

Unfortunately gringos look like gringos no matter where we go. I am curreent,y in Colombia trying to find clothes in my bag that say, "Don't rob me" but finding it tough. Maybe its the white socks and docker shorts. At least my passport aint hanging around my neck - LOL

As a sailor maybe for the cruise you should stay with the look we supposedly wear well...

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by Ex-Calif

Unfortunately gringos look like gringos no matter where we go. I am curreent,y in Colombia trying to find clothes in my bag that say, "Don't rob me" but finding it tough. Maybe its the white socks and docker shorts. At least my passport aint hanging around my neck - LOL

As a sailor maybe for the cruise you should stay with the look we supposedly wear well...

Oh! And don't forget to bring a change of foulies like this guy apparently did...

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Ex-Calif

Unfortunately gringos look like gringos no matter where we go. I am curreent,y in Colombia trying to find clothes in my bag that say, "Don't rob me" but finding it tough. Maybe its the white socks and docker shorts. At least my passport aint hanging around my neck - LOL

As a sailor maybe for the cruise you should stay with the look we supposedly wear well...

and rememember if when wearing oilies and you want to keep that aura of mystique(that we like about you so much on cf) go commando underneath!!!

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by sarafina

The cruising community is pretty strange. They sorta seem to live from departure to departure. Like the rest of their life is just a holding pattern...

Where you cruising from / to?

Remember, could be worse - could be "doing" Europe. by coach. in 10 days .

[sarafina]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

Where you cruising from / to?

Remember, could be worse - could be "doing" Europe. by coach. in 10 days .

They made a movie didn't they? ; -D



We will be on an Alaska inner-passage with Celebrity, which I guess, given the alternatives, is a pretty good trip.

So I have noticed an interesting thing on this other cruisers forum; You all know how here we get crazy on the anchor, number of hulls and guns aboard threads?

On that forum they get crazy over- get this- formal wear on the formal dining nights, kids on the ship, and alcohol aboard...

And I am gonna really have to consider how badly I wanna maintain my supposed air of mystique... Them foulies (which are going along for the glacier trips) might CHAFE!!

[atoll]

Originally Posted by sarafina

They made a movie didn't they? ; -D



We will be on an Alaska inner-passage with Celebrity, which I guess, given the alternatives, is a pretty good trip.

So I have noticed an interesting thing on this other cruisers forum; You all know how here we get crazy on the anchor, number of hulls and guns aboard threads?

On that forum they get crazy over- get this- formal wear on the formal dining nights, kids on the ship, and alcohol aboard...

And I am gonna really have to consider how badly I wanna maintain my supposed air of mystique... Them foulies (which are going along for the glacier trips) might CHAFE!!

vaseline and stockings,old sailors trick..........,have a good one and take a rifle,if not for polar bears,might frighten off the lynch mob.......

[David_Old_Jersey]

Alsaka would be nice to see, but for 10 days?.....possibly a bit like a road trip in Oz.........MMFA (miles and miles of......... ).

Originally Posted by sarafina

On that forum they get crazy over- get this- formal wear on the formal dining nights, kids on the ship, and alcohol aboard...

Is that too much or not enough? ...........I recall reading about a resort in the Carribean who did all inclusive deals food & board etc (including for the booze)......and then Brits started turning up (drinking own weight in Beer is called an Aperitif!).

[delmarrey]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

Alsaka would be nice to see, but for 10 days?.....possibly a bit like a road trip in Oz.........MMFA (miles and miles of......... ).



Is that too much or not enough? ...........I recall reading about a resort in the Carribean who did all inclusive deals food & board etc (including for the booze)......and then Brits started turning up (drinking own weight in Beer is called an Aperitif!).

Actually, the sites are awesome it's hard to get tired of the views. Taking the Alaska State Ferry is like a cruise. And after 25 years it's something I'll never forget. Even after living there for a year.


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[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by sarafina

They made a movie didn't they? ; -D

We will be on an Alaska inner-passage with Celebrity, which I guess, given the alternatives, is a pretty good trip.

So I have noticed an interesting thing on this other cruisers forum; You all know how here we get crazy on the anchor, number of hulls and guns aboard threads?

On that forum they get crazy over- get this- formal wear on the formal dining nights, kids on the ship, and alcohol aboard...

And I am gonna really have to consider how badly I wanna maintain my supposed air of mystique... Them foulies (which are going along for the glacier trips) might CHAFE!!

Just don't get them started on pancakes vs. waffles!!!!!

[atoll]

i'd still pack vaseline,nylon stockings and a rifle incase you get bored..........

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by atoll

i'd still pack vaseline,nylon stockings and a rifle incase you get bored..........

Or things get nasty in the buffet line...

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by delmarrey

Actually, the sites are awesome it's hard to get tired of the views. Taking the Alaska State Ferry is like a cruise. And after 25 years it's something I'll never forget. Even after living there for a year.


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When and where did you live for a year? I was in Valdez '92~'94 after post clean-up from the Joe Hazelwood mishap. Did 850 miles on the Yukon in my dinghy and also on a weather window shot out through the Valdez Narrows and Colombia Glacier.

[delmarrey]

Originally Posted by deckofficer

When and where did you live for a year? I was in Valdez '92~'94 after post clean-up from the Joe Hazelwood mishap. Did 850 miles on the Yukon in my dinghy and also on a weather window shot out through the Valdez Narrows and Colombia Glacier.

I spent the summer of 76 in Willow and wintered over in Anchorage in 86. I even collected a permanent fund once. But did travel about every road available (not restricted). In 87 I took the train thru the mountain between Portage and Whittier. Got on the ferry (on a rare sunny day) to Skagway and drove the rest of the way down to Seattle. Been here ever since. Awesome sights! You feel like you're the only one in the world, at times and able to see the horizon and curvature of the earth up there. Cordova was a blast. It poured rain for three days, non stop.

Did you ever get to Homer?

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[atoll]

Originally Posted by delmarrey

I spent the summer of 76 in Willow and wintered over in Anchorage in 86. I even collected a permanent fund once. But did travel about every road available (not restricted). In 87 I took the train thru the mountain between Portage and Whittier. Got on the ferry (on a rare sunny day) to Skagway and drove the rest of the way down to Seattle. Been here ever since. Awesome sights! You feel like you're the only one in the world, at times and able to see the horizon and curvature of the earth up there. Cordova was a blast. It poured rain for three days, non stop.

Did you ever get to Homer?

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wotca do fer fun in those parts?,sarafina is still quite young and nimble looking,an i guess if she puts on the war paint she might like a twirl or two any reccomendations fer a night out fer a lively lass in them parts?