Happy Monday everyone!
We are getting close... only 10 more of these to go!
Today's Forget Me Not is a reminder for your carry on bag. Not your whole carry on bag, just a small part of it, or one small bag separate from the sunscreen, the swimsuits (for those brave souls who will be taking an ice plunge), and from the bottles of wine. This is a reminder to pack casual dinner wear in your carry on for that evenings dinner just in case your luggage does not make it to your cabin in time for your dinner seating.
The cast members will do their very best to get each cabin its luggage before you have to head to dinner, but there are a few factors that slow this process down.
* First, they can only deliver luggage that the port authority
has already cleared and loaded on to the boat.
* Second, remember, that people can arrive as late as
2:30 - 3:00, which is only 2 1/2 hours before dinner. Which
means their luggage still has to clear the port authority,
and find its way to their floor after they board.
* Third there could be up to 2,700 passengers on the boat
who each are allowed to check 2 bags in. That is a
possible, 5,400 pieces of luggage that have to navigate
the narrow corridors of the boat to find their home away
from home.
* And fourth each cabin steward only has 2 hands.
So, it is understandable that your luggage may take a little longer to find its way to your cabin than it will for dinner time to arrive. But if you remember to pack your casual dinner clothes in your carry on, you will not have to worry. You will be all set to go.
What we have found that works well for this is packing cubes, one for each person. If you are in a small group, say of 2 like my traveling party this time around, you can probably find room for the cubes in another bag, or put the 2 in a small bag that can be tucked away in a larger carry on. However, if you are in a larger group of say 5 or 6, and each person has their own cube, having one bag dedicated to the packing cubes would work best. We would then have one of the adults take care of that carry on. Then, come dinner time, we were ready to go whether the luggage made it or not. This gave us one other advantage. if the luggage did make it, we did not have to hurry and unpack to try to find the clothes for that evenings dinner.
Have a great week,
Oh, one more thing, be thinking carry on with wheels, or back packs.
~Tink~