A - Welcome to Cruise Addicts
B - Welcome to Cruising
C - We took the kids to Disney a few years ago and we flew. We had each a backpack of clothes for carry on and a big suitcase full of snacks and so forth
Trade:::: Backpack of snacks for suitcases of clothes, but don't go crazy it is only a 5 da'er.
With the exception of a few hours for setups the ships buffet will be open from apx 7 am till apx 11 pm for all other carnal demands there is room service, YOU WILL NOT STARVE. Kids want a hamburger go to the Lido grill for a burger and fries, or wherever it is on the ship you are on, an ice cream, it's there somewhere, slice of pizza most all ships have a pizza station nowdays. What I am trying to say is there is no reason to take food on with you, with the exception of specialty dining and a small amount of specialty items all the food is free. If the kids are soda freaks get them a "soda card", pay one price and they can drink all they want, if you are into gor met coffee you can get a coffee card that saves you on the super special coffees. So if you want to pack a backpack full of Lays Wavies go for it but you will be giving up valuable space for things like tablets, gameboys, laptops and any other "fun" stuff. As I said if you starve on a cruise ship it will be because you are anorexic.
OH and you want a "midnight snack" just call room service there will be a menu in the cabin of what is available and you can even get a hamburger, just tip the guy a couple bucks, he's working late.
Which brings up another point, take about $20 or so in 1's, they come in handy in these situations, a couple now and then come in handy.
Any other advice we can get will be great.
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