Ocean Cruising: A bit of friendly advice.
Ocean cruising is coming back! Here's some unsolicited advice: 5 and 7 day cruises are usually almost the same price and itinerary. Get the 7 day version if you can. The first and last "day" are included in the count. And frankly, half of day 1 is all work getting aboard and situated, and all of the last day is work getting off the ship, to an airport, and going home. WiFi is slow and expensive. Trust me if it's Netflix or the like that you're worried about, the cruise line has you covered with huge movies and shows in the ship's library streamed directly to your stateroom TV for free - no internet required. For little things, most of the time there's almost always free internet you can find in port. Unpack everything as soon as you're in your stateroom and put it all "away" in the wardrobes and drawers of your stateroom. Then, as you enjoy your cruise, dirty clothes and souvenirs get packed as you go. This will make everything les