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PrevidnoCOVID-19 informacije: Izbruhov je bilo veliko COVID-19 (nov koronavirus) na potniških ladjah v začetku leta 2020. Okužbe se na krovu lahko širijo, zdravstvena oskrba na krovu pa je omejena. Med izbruhom so karantene in pristanišča izzivi deloma zaradi velikega števila ljudi na krovu. Vlada ZDA in Kanade priporočata izogibanje potovanju s križarkami zaenkrat. Najbolj ogroženi so starejši potniki in tisti z osnovnimi zdravstvenimi težavami.

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Potniške ladje so način potovanja z velikimi koristmi in nekaj pomanjkljivosti. Nekateri jih imajo radi; drugi se ne zmenijo zanje. Omogočajo enostaven obisk več krajev na enem potovanju, pri čemer ni treba prepakirati stvari in z avtomobilom / vlakom / avtobusom / letalom potovati na vsako lokacijo. Na križarjenju je skupaj z vami tudi vaš "hotel" - kabina, obroki in prevoz ter celo zabava. Enkrat razpakirate in lahko greste spat Cabo San Lucas in se zbudi noter Puerto Vallarta, in tako naprej do drugih destinacij, da se prepakira le na koncu križarjenja. To lahko naredi odlično potovalno izkušnjo. Vaš občutek, kje ste, je ogrožen le, če se ne seznanite s svojim načrtom potovanja in dnevnimi ladijskimi glasili, dostavljenimi v vašo kabino.

Takšno vzorčenje različnih pristanišč, mest, otokov ali obal v regiji vam lahko pomaga, da se odločite, ali in kje želite kasneje obiskati dlje časa. Tipični potovalni programi omejujejo čas, ki ga preživite v posameznem kraju; ponavadi to pomeni le en dan aktivnosti ali ogledov. Vključujejo lahko tudi enega ali več dni na morju - raj, če uživate v sproščujočem dnevu ob bazenu ali drugih ladijskih aktivnostih, manj pa, če imate raje bolj aktivno in odprto raziskovanje na kopnem. Kljub temu koristi odtehtajo pomanjkljivosti za dovolj ljudi, ki podpirajo rastočo industrijo.

Danes lahko obiščete vsako celino na svetu, tudi Antarktika, s križarko. Eksotične destinacije, kot je Galapaški otoki, jih najbolje obiskujejo majhna ekspedicijska plovila. Čeprav so ta križarjenja draga, boste potovali s strokovnimi vodniki.

Ta članek se osredotoča na križarjenja po morju in ladje. Potniške ladje predstavljajo le eno izmed številnih možnosti za potovanje potnikov po morju; trajekti doseči izolirane obalne izvoze brez ceste in otokov, kjer razdalja ali omejena količina prometa onemogoča gradnjo avtocestnega mostu, rečni čoln in barški kanal križarjenja ponujajo bolj poglobljen, od blizu pogled na številne države v njihovi notranjosti, medtem ko je nekaj preostalih oceanske ladje niso bili zasnovani kot lebdeči hoteli za zabavo, temveč kot praktična transportna plovila, zgrajena za hitrost. Za potovanja na manjših plovilih glej Križarjenje z majhnimi plovili.

Razumeti

Zlata doba čezoceanskega potovanja potnikov je močno zbledela. Nekaj ​​preživelih ladij iz obdobja velike oceanske ladje so bili večinoma spremenjeni v križarjenja, ohranjeni kot muzeji in / ali hoteli ali pa so postavljeni. To ne pomeni, da tudi potovanja po morju z ladjo ni več. V resnici moderno potniške ladje so včasih hitrejši od nekdanjih morskih plovb in na nek način bolj razkošni - in če želite večino uživati, vam ni treba kupovati vozovnic prvega razreda. Cunard "kraljice" Kraljica Marija 2, Kraljica Viktorija in Kraljica Elizabeta še vedno sezonsko prečkajo tradicionalne hitre atlantske prehode in jih včasih uporabljajo kot križarke. Kraljica Marija 2, ki je bil predstavljen leta 2004, poteka od Southampton do New York City, prej dobro utrjena pot za več konkurenčnih čezatlantskih potniških linij. V tistih časih so bili potniki fizično ločeni glede na razred prehoda, ki so ga rezervirali (ponazorjeno v filmu "Titanic"). Danes si skoraj vsi javni objekti in površine delijo vsi potniki.

Slika potovanja s križarjenjem, ki jo je naslikala TV serija Čoln ljubezni (predvajano 1977-87) ni posebej zavajajoče (razen o neizogibni blaženosti pred razkritjem in vseameriški posadki), vendar je res tako nepopolna. Zaradi ekonomije obsega večina sodobnih križark prevaža veliko potnikov. Medtem ko se luksuzni segment križarjenja ponaša z majhnimi ladjami - celo "butičnimi" plovili ali "mega-jahtami" - večina ladij tvori plavajoča mesta. Potovanja se gibljejo od nekaj dni do popolnih obhodov sveta, ki trajajo tri mesece ali več, medtem ko se cene gibljejo od nekaj sto do 100.000 ameriških dolarjev ali več.

Luksuzne križarke lahko imajo ladje s približno 100–800 potniki. Večje ladje prepeljejo od 2000 do 3500 potnikov, medtem ko lahko ladje prevažajo več kot 5000. Največja križarka na svetu, Simfonija morja lahko prevaža 6700 potnikov (5500 pri dvojni zasedenosti) in je bruto tonaža skoraj petkrat večja od Titanik! Vsaka velikost ima svoje prednosti; na primer:

  • Manjše ladje lahko obiščejo manjša pristanišča v zelo zaželenih, razgibanih obalah ali nenavadnih krajih, npr. riviera, Galapagos, fjordi.
  • Večje ladje lahko ponujajo še nekaj udobja, kot je razloženo v "Na krovu" spodaj, vendar morajo uporabljati velika pristanišča (ali sidrišča / privezišča na morju) in za prevoz toliko ljudi potrebujejo prometno in potovalno infrastrukturo.
  • Mega-ladje ponujajo ogromne javne prostore in obsežne dejavnosti, vendar so omejene na večja pristanišča s še večjo turistično infrastrukturo.

Križarjenja ponujajo zelo različne poti. Primeri segajo od:

  • Nekaj ​​dni na morju ali do bližnjega pristanišča. Ti se lahko ponudijo kot uvod v križarjenje ali samo kot priložnost za zabavo.
  • En ali dva tedna za obisk pristanišč in znamenitosti v določeni regiji, v skladu s spodnjimi "vrstami križarjenj".
  • Mesec ali več videti regijo sveta ali tri ali več mesecev iti po svetu; življenjska izkušnja.

Vsako križarjenje je sestavljeno iz enega ali več križarjenja, npr. 1-2-tedenski "krožni izlet" je lahko en segment, medtem ko obisk dveh ali več regij včasih vključuje 2-3 segmente križarjenja po vsem svetu. Na ta način lahko križarjenja prodajajo cenovno ugodne "kose" dolgih križarjenj, ki jih sicer malokdo lahko upošteva. Neredko bodo križarke kupile dva ali tri hrbtne / zaporedne segmente, da bi zgradile daljše križarjenje, npr. 7–10 dni od Floride do zahodnih Karibov, povratek, nato 7–10 dni za vzhodno ali dve ali več svetovnih regij, ko so daleč stran.

Ceno ekonomskega križarjenja lahko primerjamo z bivanjem v hotelu z majhnimi sobami, vendar z dobrimi prostori, obroki itd. Običajne kabine lahko stanejo 80–150 USD na osebo na dan, medtem ko cena luksuznega križarjenja ali ekspedicijskega križarjenja v polarne regije lahko stane 1.000 USD na dan - da, na osebo. Če se osredotočite le na ekonomijo, lahko dobite nekoliko starejšo, slabše okrašeno in opremljeno ladjo; ti maja morajo plačati za obroke (redko); ali pa v vaši kabini lahko hrupijo ladijski motorji ali drugi viri. Če plačate nekoliko več za skoraj isto križarjenje, vendar na kakovostnejši ali novejši ladji, boste bi morali dobite boljše udobje, udobje itd.

Izbira križarjenja - zgodnja vprašanja

Ta splošni članek naj bi vam zlasti za križarke, ki prvič prihajajo, pomagal razumeti, kaj se dogaja na križarjenju in kaj bi lahko ustrezalo temu, kar bi radi. Pred tem si lahko zastavite ključna vprašanja:

  • Kdo bo v vaši skupini, na primer samo prijatelji, par, družina staršev in otrok, večgeneracijska družina (vključno s starši)? In ali ima kateri od članov posebne potrebe, npr.
  • Kateri "kaliber" križarjenja vas zanima? - gospodarstvo, mainstream, premium, luksuz, odprava?
  • Kakšen je vaš proračun? Zdaj v žepu in za gotovino, potrebno med / po potovanju, npr. Plačila, ki jih boste izvedli vsaj kot polog za križarjenje in (verjetno) za nakup potovalnega zavarovanja kmalu po rezervaciji potovanja, saj plačate preostanek križarjenja stanejo nekaj mesecev pred odhodom, po potrebi pri nakupu letalskih vozovnic do / iz križarjenja in za kritje sredstev za morebitne nepomembne stroške med potovanjem?
    • Ali vaš proračun ustreza običajnemu križarjenju z veliko ugodnostmi (o katerih bomo razpravljali spodaj)? Ali morda "all-inclusive", kjer (za bistveno večje stroške) skoraj vse plačajo vsi in za vse, npr. Ogledi, spa storitve, neomejene alkoholne pijače?
  • Koliko časa imajo vsi v vaši skupini, da skupaj potujejo in kdaj? In kako dobro se »kdaj« ujema s tistimi, kam bi si morda želeli iti, na primer Aljaska januarja ima lahko določene zaplete.
  • Koliko časa želite preživeti na posameznem križarjenju? Vsako križarjenje se običajno razlikuje glede na čas, ki ga preživijo na svojih ciljih. To je še posebej pomembno za križarjenja po Karibih in Sredozemlju, ki se lahko ustavijo na več otokih in mestih tudi v nekaj dneh. Nekatera križarjenja bodo na vsakem cilju preživela nekaj ur, nekatera pa cel dan ali več. Oglejte si načrt potovanja in se vprašajte, ali želite večino časa preživeti sproščujoče na ladji ali raje raziščete posamezne cilje.

Z osnovnimi odgovori na ta vprašanja in uporabo tega članka (upamo) boste lahko ustvarili sliko, kakšno križarjenje vam najbolj ustreza. Številni so presenečeni, da lahko stroški križarjenja (ob upoštevanju spodaj navedenih nasvetov o izogibanju stroškom) stanejo približno enako kot potovanje ali primerne dolžine počitnic z letalom / bivanjem, storitev in nastanitve.

Podjetja

Potniške ladje v pristanišču Key West

Križarjenja "Veliki trije"

"Veliki trije" industrije oceanskih križarjenj so (od največjih do najmanjših) Carnival Corporation, Križarjenja po Karibih, in Holdings Norwegian Cruise Line. Skupaj prepeljejo 80 odstotkov vseh potnikov na križarjenju.

Carnival Corporation je največji od Velikih treh. V lasti ima devet križarjenj:

Križarjenja po Karibih je drugi največji od velikih treh. V celoti je v lasti treh križark in ima večino četrtine (Silversea).

Holdings Norwegian Cruise Line je najmanjši od Velikih treh. V lasti ima tri križarke:

Neodvisne križarjenja

Možnosti križarjenja z majhnimi ladjami

Za manj tradicionalno križarjenje,

Poglej tudi: Trajekti z Baltskega morja, Hurtigruten

Križarjenja

Na vaše izkušnje bo bistveno vplivala izbrana vrsta križarjenja. Videli boste razpravo o drugih vprašanjih glede časovnega razporeda (sezona visoke / nizke sezone in "ramena") ter razdalj in o tem, kako jih prehoditi kasneje.

Na a pristaniško intenzivna načrt poti, razen nekaj morskih dni:

  • Morda boste kosili nekega večera, nato pa uživali v zabavi, plesu itd., Šli spat in se zbudili priklopljeni v naslednjem pristanišču.
  • Pri tipičnem celodnevnem obisku pristanišča lahko pogosto začnete na kopnem ob 7–8 zjutraj, pričakujete pa nazaj približno 30 minut pred odhodom ladje ob 17–18.
    • Lahko zajtrkujete na ladji na svojem izbranem kraju in se odpeljete na pot do organizirane ture, samostojne ture ali dejavnosti ali samo sprehoda.
    • "Celodnevni" ogled lahko vključuje kosilo; glej opis ture. Poldnevni jutranji ogled vas lahko pripelje nazaj na ladjo za kosilo, nato pa lahko popoldne izberete nakupovanje ali sprehod. Poldnevni ogledi, ki se začnejo kmalu po kosilu na krovu, vam omogočajo, da se zjutraj sprehodite po kopnem ali kupite.
    • Glejte razpravo o turneji v "Na kopno" spodaj

Če imate raje takšno križarjenje:

  • Poiščite načrte poti v regijah, ki ponujajo številna bližnja pristanišča, kot so Sredozemlje, Baltski, The Fjords, Združeno kraljestvo, Karibi, Aljaska, Avstralija, Južni Tihi ocean in Mehiška riviera.
  • Poiščite pristanišča odhoda v regiji, da zmanjšate število dni na morju: na primer karibska potovanja, ki se začnejo v San Juanu za Karibe, Amsterdam ali Kopenhagen za Baltik ali fjorde.
  • V nasprotju s tem lahko ladje iz Miamija, Fort Lauderdaleja ali Tampe trajajo 1-2 dni, da dosežejo Karibe, in iste, da se vrnejo. Toda tam imate na voljo več možnosti za križarjenja in ladje in se lahko odločite za vožnjo do katerega koli pristanišča, če živite dovolj blizu (glejte "Vstopite" spodaj).

Če vam je ljubše morski dnevi, lahko poiščete:

  • Ponovno postavite križarjenja (pogosto prečkanje oceanov) oz prehodi same po sebi. Prvi odpelje ladjo v novo regijo za številne segmente, ki izkoristijo bližajočo se visoko sezono, na primer od Aljaske do "zime" na Karibih. Slednje vključuje del večjega križarjenja v drugo regijo. Oboje običajno traja dva tedna ali več in pogosto gre za enosmerne mednarodne lete, da doseže odhodna ali končna pristanišča. (Glejte "Letenje" pod "Vstopite" spodaj.)
  • Obiski oddaljenih otokov ali regij, npr. Potovanje na / okoli Havajev iz Los Angelesa.
  • Segmenti križarjenj po vsem svetu, ki običajno prečkajo glavne regije v obdobju 3–6 tednov. Tudi ti bodo običajno vključevali enosmerne mednarodne lete.
  • Križarjenja po vsem svetu, ki trajajo 90 dni ali več - je najbolje razmisliti, ko veste, da ste zadovoljni veliko dni na morju.

Ko najdete potovanje, ki vas privlači, si oglejte spodnji "Naredi" in opis ladje (on-line ali v brošuri), da boste ocenili dejavnosti na krovu.

Obstajajo tudi različni križarjenja za posebne interese, npr. za bridžistke (morda z nekaj mojstri na krovu), estradnike, predavanja o kulturi, politologiji ali zgodovini ali načinu LGBT. Obstajali so celo križarjenja po Linuxu, "geek", big band, rokenrol in domači kino, med katerimi so tudi vsakoletni dogodki. Nekaj ​​križarjenj vam bo pomagalo, da jih najdete. Njihov načrt potovanja se lahko bolj osredotoča na dejavnosti na krovu kot na cilje.

Križarjenja / teme

Križarjenja po oceanu

Križarjenja do Grenlandija so običajno tipa "Expedition"
  • Klasična križarjenja še vedno obstajajo, križarjenja, kjer se oblečete za večerjo. Ekskluzivne ladje so pokroviteljice bogate stranke in ladje so bolj oceanske jahte z večjimi kabinami kot sodobni oceanski velikani. Posebna podkategorija so velike jadrnice.
  • Križarjenja po ogledih so zasnovani tako, da vključujejo čim več znamenitosti, poti, vključno s sredozemskimi in pristaniškimi mesti severne in zahodne Evrope. Podrazred, ki bolj spominja na odprave, so križarjenja okoli Rta Horn, na Antarktiko ali v Milford Sound. Na takšnih križarjenjih boste običajno potovali na posebej izdelanih ladjah.
  • Klubska križarjenja so danes priljubljeni. Skoraj vedno vključujejo izlete po kopnem, wellness, fitnes in sončenje na krovu. Vzdušje in pravila oblačenja na krovu so ležerni. Ta križarjenja so pogosta po vsem svetu.
  • Zabavna križarjenja so namenjeni zabavi gostov in vključujejo profesionalni zabavni program ter diskoteke in kinodvorane. To "različico v Las Vegasu" klubskega križarjenja v glavnem ponujajo ameriška križarjenja na Karibih.
  • Mini križarjenja enega ali nekaj dni se običajno vkrcajo na velike trajekte, ki so na primer pogosti v Baltsko morje.
  • Tematska križarjenja - kot že ime pove, so osredotočeni na teme, kot so glasba, šport, wellness ali fine dining. Na krovu so pogosto znani ljudje, kot so olimpijski medalisti, zvezdniški kuharji, pevci ali orkestri. Ta križarjenja so lahko precej draga in jih je običajno vredno razmisliti le, če vas tema zelo zanima.
  • Odprave pomeni omejeno število gostov in visoke cene na ladjah, ki so dovolj majhne, ​​da pridejo do krajev, kamor običajne križarke ne bi mogle. Priljubljene so destinacije, kot sta Amazonka ali Poljaki. Zlasti ledolomci, ki so potrebni za pot do polarnih delov sveta, ponujajo le nekaj deset kabin. Takšna križarjenja so namenjena ljudem, ki želijo doživeti in izvedeti več o destinacijah, pogosto pa jih vodijo akademiki in drugi strokovnjaki, ki imajo na krovu predavanja.
  • Križarjenja po vsem svetu luksuzne križarke trajajo vsaj tri mesece, cene pa se začnejo od 15.000 USD. To so v praksi serije krajših križarjenj, ki trajajo vsak teden ali dva, in jih je mogoče rezervirati ločeno.
  • Tovorna križarjenja zveni eksotično, a na presenetljivo veliko tovornjaki lahko potujete kot potnik plačnik. Za dolge razdalje so te pogosto cenejše od običajnih križarjenj in se zagotovo razlikujejo od drugih oblik potovanja. Vendar je nekaj pomanjkljivosti: na krovu na splošno ni zabave in kabine so precej špartanske. Pristanišča in vozni redi so načrtovani glede na tovorni promet in ne glede na želje para dodatnih potnikov.
  • Prva potovanja - potovanje na prvem potovanju iz ladjedelnice (ali iz katerega drugega odhodnega pristanišča) do stranke je lahko presenetljivo poceni, če so na voljo vozovnice. To so "testne vožnje" novih ladij in so lahko prave dogodivščine. Zaključna dela se med prvo plovbo še vedno izvajajo na notranjosti, poleg tega pa je posadka pogosto neizkušena ali se ne pozna dobro. Na takem potovanju se lahko zgodi marsikaj - v najslabšem primeru je okvara motorja sredi oceana, poti pa se med plovbo pogosto spremenijo.

Rečna križarjenja

Rečna ladja za križarjenje na pritoku Jangce

Značaj teh križarjenj je odvisen od mest in regij ob reki. Te so pogoste pri večjih rekah, kot je na primer reka Donava (Evropa), Volga (Azija) oz Nil (Afrika). Veliko paketnih ogledov do Kitajska vključujejo večdnevno križarjenje ob reki Jangce vključno s prehodom skozi ladijske zapore jezu Tri soteske.

Te ladje in čolni so veliko manjši od oceanskih križark in zabava na krovu je veliko bolj omejena.

Sezona križarjenj

Številne križarjenja imajo "visoke", "nizke" in "ramenske" sezone. Običajno sledijo najbolj in najmanj zaželenim časom za obisk regije, vmesni časi, npr. Zima za Fjorde in pozno poletje ter jesen za Karibe (tropske nevihte), se štejejo za nezaželene. Pričakujte, da boste v visoki sezoni plačali premijske cene, bistveno manj v "nizki", in morda boste našli nekaj ugodnih ponudb v "rami", na primer za "premestitev".

Spodaj repozicioniranje križarjenj, veliko ladij se prenaša med oddaljene regije, ki imajo nasprotno sezono, npr. med Sredozemljem, Baltikom ali Aljaska in Karibi, Južna Amerika, Avstralija, ali Nova Zelandija. Dolge razdalje zahtevajo veliko morskih dni, pogosto za privlačne dneve na morju po ugodnih dnevnih cenah. Na spodnji strani med križarjenjem morda ne boste videli kaj drugega kot ocean.

Tu je nekaj najbolj priljubljenih križarjenj na svetu:

  • Sredozemlje - križarjenja v zadnjem in vzhodnem delu pogosto vključujejo pristanišča v Črnem ali Rdečem morju
  • Zahodna Evropa - nekatera križarjenja so razširjena vse do Kanarskih otokov in Azorskih otokov
  • Severna Evropa - vključno s Severnim in Baltskim morjem, če iščete krajše križarjenje, je to lahko dobro območje
  • Karibi - verjetno najbolj priljubljena destinacija za križarjenja, nekateri izleti se nadaljujejo vse do južnoameriške obale
  • Oceanija - pogosto v vodah Avstralije in Nove Zelandije, včasih pa vključuje tudi otoke v južnem Tihem oceanu
  • Hladna območja sveta, na primer Grenlandija, Svalbard in Antarktika običajno jih obiščejo posebne ladje, ki imajo možnost potovanja po ledu

Bodite pripravljeni na slabo vreme ali led, ki spreminja načrt potovanja. Običajno križarjenje načrtuje druge cilje, če je nemogoče slediti prvotnemu urniku.

Demografija križarjenja

Medtem ko je križarjenje nekoč skrbelo predvsem za upokojence, se je starost potnikov bistveno razlikovala. Mednarodno združenje za križarjenja (CLIA) je leta 2018 poročalo, da je povprečna starost potnikov na križarjenjih 46,7 leta, kar je nekoliko mlajše od prebivalstva Japonske in Nemčije (47,3 leta oziroma 47,1 leta). Številne vrstice privlačijo pare, stare od 20 do 40 let, križarjenja z zabavami privabljajo mlade odrasle, Disney in drugi pa se osredotočajo na družine z otroki in najstniki. Križarjenje se je zaradi dobro zasnovanih programov za otroke, celo posebne konfiguracije kabine, spremenilo v izjemno priljubljene družinske počitnice.

Nekateri načrti potovanj in križarjenja lahko privabijo več starejših, na primer križarjenja po čezatlantskem in pacifiškem preusmerjanju, Nizozemska – Amerika (zelo učinkovito podpira, vendar ne trži le za starejše). Razlogi vključujejo stroške, dolžino križarjenja, število dni na morju in datume, ki so v nasprotju s šolo.

Če ste za vas pomembni demografski podatki o križarjenjih, natančno preberite opis križarjenja, raziščite spletna mesta o križarjenju (glejte "Drugi viri" spodaj) in v svojem potovalnem / križarskem agentu izveste verjetne demografske podatke o katerem koli potovanju, ki ga razmišljate. Veseli boste, da ste to storili, ali tvegate, da se vkrcate na ladjo, polno divjih mladih odraslih ali starejših z omejenimi dejavnostmi.

Če je invalid ali noseča

Če ima kdo v vaši stranki fizična omejitev, križarjenje lahko običajno pomaga - še posebej, če je predhodno o tem obveščen. Brez žrtvovanja osebne zasebnosti uporabite svojega zastopnika (ali neposredno, če ni vpleten noben zastopnik), da ga seznanite z vašimi potrebami in kdaj se prijavijo, npr.

  • Če potrebujete dostop do posebnih prostorov v kabini, vam lahko dodeli kabino, ki je posebej opremljena za vaše splošne potrebe, npr. ADA kvalificiran. Sem lahko spadajo pragovi za vrata z majhnim dvigom ali brez njih, priročna držala za kabino in kopalnico ter posebna kopalna oprema.
  • Pomagajte pri pomembnih razdaljah hoje za vkrcanje in izkrcanje (postopek, opisan spodaj) ali obisk pristanišč. V nekaterih pristaniščih je ladja zasidrana na morju, udeleženci ekskurzije na kopnem pa se z majhnimi čolni prepeljejo na kopno, kar bi lahko pomenilo izzive, če niste predhodno poskrbeli za pomoč posadke.
  • Če kupite paket letenja / križarjenja ali podaljšanja križarjenja (o katerem je razpravljalo tudi spodaj), morate omeniti katero koli drugo pomoč, ki jo potrebujete.
  • Nekatera podjetja lahko od vas zahtevajo tudi pomočnika, ki vam bo pomagal v izrednih razmerah.

Križarjenje vas lahko oddalji od pravega objekti za predporodno nego in porod, zlasti napredne zdravstvene oskrbe, saj bolniki niso opremljeni ali opremljeni z osebjem za rojstvo ali nedonošenčke. Če imate kakršne koli zaplete ali če ste med tretjim križarjenjem že v tretjem trimesečju, se posvetujte s svojim zdravnikom. Nato obvestite križarjenje prek svojega zastopnika, če ga uporabljate. Opomba o njegovi sposobnosti za potovanje lahko pomiri strahove linije in osebja med postopkom vkrcanja.

Številne križarjenja vam dejansko ne dovolijo križarjenja, ko dosežete določeno točko nosečnosti - pogosto 24 tednov. Če tega ne preverite, lahko ob prihodu na pomol zavrnete vkrcanje, če ste predaleč. Tudi rojstvo na morju ima nekaj zanimivih, a nerešljivih zapletov glede državljanstva.

Rezervirajte križarjenje

Queen Mary 2 v Wellingtonu na Novi Zelandiji

Križarjenje lahko rezervirate pri več vrstah ponudnikov, npr. Neposredno s križarjenjem (po telefonu ali on-line), prek spletnega spletnega mesta za potovanja (ki lahko ponuja tudi (celo paket) letov, hotelov, ogledov, et al.) prek spletnega mesta, ki prodaja samo križarjenja, in prek potovalnih agencij ali križarjenj, ki ponujajo svoje osebne nasvete in storitve. Večina agentov za svoje storitve zaračuna malo, razen če imate posebne zahteve / potrebe. Poleg spletnih virov vprašajte sosede, ki potujejo, ali poiščite agencijo v bližini doma. Bodite selektivni in pogosto boste našli koga, ki vam lahko pomaga - za zapletena potovanja so lahko dobri nasveti in dogovori o potovanju zelo koristni ali celo ključni.

  • Vse pologe in končna plačila opravite s kreditno kartico. V primeru, da gre kaj narobe, boste uživali najboljšo možno zaščito banke izdajateljice. Debitne kartice takega redko ponujajo.
  • Ko ste na spletu, zagotovite, da iščete uglednega spletnega prodajalca, torej poiščite poverilnice. Strokovnjaki za križarjenja so certificirani pri Mednarodnem združenju za križarjenja (CLIA) in bodo imeli pečat s pooblastilom CLIA. Veliko njihovega osebja je usposobljenih agentov; nekateri so specializirani za določene križarjenja s podrobnimi vpogledi v ponudbo katere koli ladje ali križarjenja.
  • Če postanete ponavljajoča se stranka, vam prodajalci lahko ponudijo, da vam dodelijo zastopnika, ki se lahko nauči vaših želja in (z več križarjenji v preteklih letih) lahko svetuje in pomaga, pomaga pri težavah, ki se pojavljajo v času vašega potovanja, celo ponujajo obvestila o neobjavljenih ponudbe, informacije, ki niso na voljo samo on-line.

Ko najdete eno ali več križarjenj, ki vam ustrezajo, vas zanima celotni stroški in pogoji, vključno s pristaniškimi taksami in davki, možnosti, kako enostavno in pravočasno priti do pristanišča in nazaj, kaj zahteva križarjenje in druge podrobnosti, ki se redko odražajo v cenah ali straneh brošure ali spletnega mesta. Prikazane cene so na osebo za dvojno bivanje v kabini, ki je običajno namenjena dvema odraslima osebama. Če imate skupino 3-4 oseb (npr. Družina), so stroški na osebo za tretjega in četrtega v isti kabini (namenjeni 3-4 osebam) morda nižji. Prikazane cene bodo odražale pristaniške pristojbine, ne pa tudi davkov, ker se davki razlikujejo glede na državo (včasih država / provinca) in drugi dejavniki. Davki bodo prikazani v obračunanih cenah križarjenja posebej za vas; v nasprotnem primeru je račun nepopoln, netočen in morda lažen.

Križarjenje, ki si ga ogledujete, boste morda lahko podaljšali ekonomsko če kabine so na voljo. Rezervacijo katerega koli podaljška je priporočljivo hkrati z rezervacijo začetnega križarjenja, vsaj pred začetkom križarjenja. Lahko vprašate za podaljšanje tik pred vkrcanjem ali po njem, vendar ga boste imeli malo upanja v visoki sezoni ko so križarjenja dokaj polna in praktično ne upamo, da bi zasedli isto kabino.

Če želite križariti sami (npr. V kabini z dvojno zasedenostjo), boste pogosto plačani z enim samim doplačilom, pogosto enakim stroškom druge osebe. Pričakujte, da bo naveden "dvojno", ker križarjenja ne marajo gostov z enim križarjenjem v kabinah (tudi če plačajo dvojno ceno za kabino); ladja od vas ne more zaslužiti drugih prihodkov v restavracijah, barih in trgovinah na krovu, pa tudi za druge storitve. Če je samo križarjenje za vas ključnega pomena, dovolite, da vam informiran križarjenje / potovalni agent pomaga pri izbiri in kabini.

Če želite bolje razumeti podrobnosti o stroških, kako delujejo in pomen osnovnih pogodb o križarjenjih, vsaj poiščite in prebavite povezane članke na spletnih mestih za potovanja / križarjenja, preden se odločite za rezervacijo. Številni njihovi pogoji temeljijo na mednarodnem pomorskem pravu in zakonih države, v kateri je ladja registrirana, redko tistih, ki veljajo za domovino popotnika. Naklonili se bodo križarjenju - še en razlog, zakaj postane kakovostno potovalno zavarovanje pomembno.

Če nimate precejšnjih izkušenj z izbiro in rezervacijo križarjenja, razmislite o uporabi agenta. Moral bi vam v veliki meri pomagati pri razumevanju pogodbe, vseh fiksnih stroškov, vseh razpoložljivih možnosti ter njihovih stroškov in uvoza. Preden kupite katero koli križarjenje ali paket, mora predložiti popoln račun, ki odraža vse stroške in osnovno pogodbo o križarjenju, ter vam podrobno razložiti potrebne ukrepe za križarjenje (npr. Glejte "Prihod do pristanišča" spodaj) za natančen pregled. To vam omogoča spraševanje o podrobnostih in zahtevanje sprememb.

Če še vedno želite rezervirati samostojno (npr. Po spletu ali po telefonu s križarjenjem), ko se približujete "točki nakupa", vam moramo ponuditi celotno ceno (vključno z vsemi davki in pristojbinami) na podlagi vseh parametre, ki ste jih izbrali, in pogodbo o križarjenju. Če kupujete on-line, preglejte (in natisnite) račun in pogodbo o pregledu. Ko se strinjate s pogoji, uporabite iste parametre, da se vrnete v ponudbo in dokončate rezervacijo. (Več kot nekajdnevni "pregled" lahko privede do nekaterih sprememb stroškov, zato bodite takoj.) Ko rezervirate križarjenje sami, postanete v celoti odgovorni za številne podrobnosti, ki jih obkrožajo (mnogi so razloženi kasneje). Morali jih boste pametno urediti sami. Vsi se morajo medsebojno dopolnjevati, na primer za "Letenje v / iz pristanišča", obravnavano spodaj.

Potovalno zavarovanje

Za bolj poglobljeno razpravo glej Potovalno zavarovanje

Če se vaše potovanje, ko ga načrtujete, začne zapletati ali znatne stroške ali če ste križar prvič, razmislite o potovalnem zavarovanju. Drugi razlogi vključujejo, če se nameravate odpraviti na "avanturistične" ali tvegane ture ali dejavnosti (npr. Jadralno padalstvo), če imate kakršno koli zdravstveno stanje, ki bi se lahko vnelo in zahteva zdravljenje ali evakuacijo, bo oddaljenost od doma zelo velika možnost, da ponudnik osnovnih potovalnih storitev bankrotira ali če ste bili prisiljeni sprejeti tesne letalske povezave.

Če želite biti upravičeni do vsega razpoložljivega kritja, ga morate običajno kupiti kmalu po rezervaciji potovanja, še posebej takoj, ko položite varščino, če je že pred potovanjem, sicer plačate v celoti naenkrat. Njeni stroški bodo v osnovi odvisni od skupnih stroškov potovanja (razen stroškov in obveznosti, ki jih je mogoče brezplačno odpovedati ali z delnim ali celotnim povračilom), starosti potnikov, ki jih je treba kriti, stopnji kritja in možnostih kritja, zahtevanih za nekatere težave, npr. zdravljenje bolezni ali poškodb (na ladji in zunaj nje) ali medicinska evakuacija. Dobro zavarovanje zajema že obstoječe zdravstvene razmere, če jih kupite takoj po rezervaciji potovanja in pogosto ne, če jih kupite pozneje.

Boljše zavarovalne cene in / ali kritje lahko pridobite z nakupom kritja prek združenja, ki mu pripadate, npr. AAA, AA, AARP.

Potovalni strokovnjaki odsvetujejo "zavarovanje" letalskih prevoznikov ali križarjenj.

  • Ponujena pokritost se pogosto osredotoča le ali predvsem na odgovornosti proge, medtem ko bo politika kakovosti zajemala vse elemente in tveganja vašega potovanja od konca do konca, z možnostmi za mnoga tveganja, ki veljajo samo za vas.
  • Zaščita križarjenja (proti plačilu) krije izbrana križarjenja in dejansko ni zavarovanje. Noben zakon ali vladna agencija ni pristojna za njihove pogoje in morda ne bo mogoče zagotoviti nobenih zagotovil glede obljub o zaščiti. Pristojbina za obljubljene zaščite lahko znaša velik del običajnega, dobro kupljenega celotnega zavarovanja potovanja.

Drugi viri

Številna spletna mesta ponujajo objektivne informacije o različnih križarjenjih, ladjah, križarjenjih regijah in pristaniščih ter o tem, kako izbrati, se pripraviti in se odpraviti na križarjenje. Mnogi ponujajo strokovne ocene, nekateri ponujajo ocene potnikov. Ker pa križarjenja pogosto prodajajo prek tretjih oseb, jih tukaj ni mogoče navesti. Če jih želite najti, uporabite dober iskalnik, ki med vašimi iskalnimi parametri vsebuje ključne besede "križarjenje" in "nasvet" ali "pregled".

Ta spletna mesta in revije o potovanjih razpravljajo o drugih dragocenih temah, na primer o "sezoni valov" (kdaj rezervirati, ne kdaj iti) v primerjavi z drugimi časi, razumeti, kaj je vključeno (in ne) v prikazane cene, panožne trende, ki lahko povzročijo znižanje cen . Dober potovalni / križarski agent bo imel ta in druga spoznanja. Točno vedeti, kdaj in kako najbolje rezervirati križarjenje receives nearly constant attention in travel articles, and approaches being an art.

Kabine

Cabin on the Wilderness Discoverer

Your accommodations can range widely: they are usually determined by cost. Most cruise lines promote their ships as luxurious, and cabin (aka stateroom) furnishings can range from quite "nice" to "utterly elegant". The less expensive tend to be quite a bit smaller than ordinary hotel rooms—space you may only use for a few hours each day to sleep anyway. But every square inch is usable, e.g., luggage fits under the bed to allow you to unpack many/all items and hang them in closets or store on shelves/in drawers for easy access.

Cabin grades and categories

On large ships, you'll find a number of cabin grades or categories within each cabin type. They involve location, size, quality of view, features, etc. Good travel/cruise agents have access to the nuances of features and shortfalls for each. Cabin costs will vary not only by type but by those gradations/categories. For any cabin type, costs reflected in brochures and on web sites usually apply to the lowest grade. One useful site (among many) for information on ship layouts and features is CruiseDeckPlans.

Cabin types

The basic types include:

  • Notri cabins are the least expensive and located in the interior of the ship, hence the name. They lack any window, and ship's air is "piped-in". On some new ships, they may have live video displays "fed" by exterior cameras.
  • Ocean view have windows that don't open (the ship's air is "piped-in") and are slightly more expensive. The least expensive may have partially or substantially obstructed views.
  • Balcony/veranda at even higher prices, with outside chairs, perhaps a table, to watch sunsets, have a room-service meal or treat, and watch passing ships and land. On older ships, the least expensive may have partially or substantially obstructed views.
  • Mini-suites in full suites (the latter often multi-room) with private verandas, shower/bathtubs, sitting areas, perhaps hot tubs and other amenities, and at the highest prices.

Perhaps oddly, suites and the least expensive cabins tend to sell out first.

Cabins designed for the disabled will have many handrails, flat thresholds and wider doors to aid accessibility and safety. Some cruise lines cater to such clientele by offering greater numbers of prepared cabins. Many may have an ADA (American Disabilities Act) certification.

A few other cabins and all hallways have handrails for safety during occasional rough weather. On ships built in the late 1990s or later, few passengers will be:

  • Bothered by pitching and rolling of the ship; they're built with highly-effective stabilizers.
  • Disturbed by the ship's engines or screws (propellers); they're very quiet.
  • Disturbed by public announcements; these are heard in hallways and public areas. For key announcements, they are piped into cabins; all can be heard in cabin on a designated TV channel.

Lastnosti

  • Virtually all cabins have twin beds, usually joined to create a generous queen, with side tables/drawers or shelves. If you prefer them separated, let the cruise line know. Suites may have king-sized beds. (See also "Sleep" below.)
    • Cabins configured for families may also have a pull-down or wall-mounted bunk-bed, sleeper sofa or settee, or another twin/queen bed.
  • All come with a small safe. While on board, you should lock all valuables in it (e.g., fine jewelry, passports, charge cards, cash), and leave them there unless needed, e.g., for a port visit, shopping ashore or dressing for dinner.
  • Expect to find a large wall-mounted mirror or two. Handy for checking your appearance, they also make the cabin seem bigger.
  • Majhna private bathrooms with showers are the minimum, with better cabins offering more space, shower/baths or larger showers. Each type will offer at least minimal toiletries typical for a motel (if you need specific ones, bring them or buy them near the port), small cabinets and shelves for all toiletries, at least one counter and lavatory, a toilet that operates by power suction, and a portable or installed hairdryer. Operate the toilet exactly as instructed.
  • All will have a telefon with wake-up call capability (synchronized to the ship's time).
  • Virtually all will have a TV, some even an attached DVD player.
  • All will have at least a reach-in closet with a hanging rod, some hangars and a shelf often holding your life-vests. You'll also find storage drawers or shelves elsewhere. Suites may have walk-ins, with numerous shelves.
  • Better cabins resemble hotel rooms and may have a settee, desk with chair ali več.
  • Better ships/cabins often offer a small refrigerator, holding chilled cans and bottles for sale. If you bring your own drinks, ask the cabin steward to empty it of items for sale, which can be very pricey. Then put your own it it.
  • Power outlets and wattage are minimized—this is essential to avoid fire risk.
    • The bathroom should have a low-wattage, usually 120 V 60 Hz outlet, adequate for such as a shaver, and a 220 V outlet for the ship's hair-dryer if it's not built-in.
      • If the dryer is not installed in the bathroom, a 220 V outlet may be near the bed or desk, likely with a portable hair-dryer stored nearby.
    • Near the bed or desk, you may find one or two low-wattage, usually 120 V 60 Hz outlets, adequate only for such as a laptop or to charge electronics.
    • Net result: Don't bring your own iron, or use your own hairdryer or anything that heats food or liquid. If found during embarkation, they may be seized. If used, they may trip a circuit breaker serving other uses and cabins.
  • Knowing these features and limits, experienced cruisers variously bring:
    • A short, well-made 120 V extension cord to use low-wattage items at convenient locations.
    • One or two nite-lites in case needed.
    • A small, plug-in surge arrester, to prevent electrical damage to personal electronics.
    • For warm climes, a small fan. Cabin air conditioners effectively but slowly change cabin temperature, but airflow is often modest. A fan can help cabin comfort substantially.
    • A power converter and adapter plugs if your electronics aren't compatible with available cabin power, or if you'll travel before or after your cruise where power is incompatible.
    • Some form of air deodorizer; balcony fresh air (if you have one) quickly helps but can also quickly compromise cabin air temperature and humidity.

Cabin location

Location can affect price somewhat because parts of a ship are more desirable for some passengers, e.g.,

  • To avoid the effects of ship's rolling or pitching, some opt for a cabin on a lower deck or closer to amidships.
  • To sunbathe on their balcony, many choose a deck well below any over-hanging upper deck.
  • Those who need quiet to sleep should choose locations away from lobbies and elevators, and with at least one deck between their cabin and any place with late-night revelers, e.g., nightclubs, showrooms.
  • Those with mobility challenges may prefer to be near elevators.

Drugo

Cabin water is fully potable, usually obtained by reverse-osmosis, so efficient that some large ships visiting ports with water shortages may offload potable water. (It does not substantially soften the water.) Older ships may use distillation supplemented by fresh water on-loads. All ships carefully treat the water to ensure its safety. Taste in cabins may be somewhat bland or have a hint of chemicals. Elsewhere, water often receives additional filtration to assure excellent taste for use in bars, dining rooms, kitchens, and buffet self-serve drink dispensers.

As you get interested in any cruise, ship or cabin type, go to the cruise line's web site and others for more details. Again, a good travel/cruise agent can help you find the features you need or want.

Key ships officers

Bridge on the Norwegian Jade

The ship and your cruise depend on them. Just a few of them include:

  • The Kapitan: He or she is called the ship's master for a reason, with total operational command and responsibility of the vessel and when and where it goes. Depending on the ship's nation of registry, some may be able to officiate at weddings, as can accredited, "resident", or pre-certified clergy.
  • The Hotel Manager: In charge of all staff that deliver on-board services, e.g., Purser/Customer Services, food and bar service, cabin staff, tour office, shops and nearly countless behind-the-scenes support staff.
  • The Cruise Director: Responsible for all entertainment, special activities, key briefings and announcements, and any port or shopping advisers.
  • The Maitre d' for your dining room, the headwaiter, and (perhaps) most-especially your waiter for the area where your table is located if you have opted for traditional evening dining (see "Eat" below). They stand ready to make special arrangements for you on-request such as birthday or anniversary celebrations, table changes, and special or required dining needs, e.g., food allergies, special diets.

Vstopi

The best-known destinations for cruise ships are tropical ports in the Karibi ali Mexican Riviera, Sredozemsko and Northern Europe, but cruises can be found almost anywhere there's enough water to float a ship and cities or sites to visit. Cruise ships of various sizes visit the coasts of Aljaska, Nordijske države, South-East Asia, Vzhodna Azija, southern Europe, Avstralija in Nova Zelandija, Oceanija in Nova Anglija; and various islands of the Pacific Ocean. Tudi Severni pol in Antarctica are now destinations, though the latter has emerging ecological questions.

In addition, specially designed river boats in barges ply navigable rivers and lakes of Evropi, Kitajska, Brazilija, Egipt, Severna Amerika and numerous other places. However, as noted above, this article focuses on ocean cruising and ships.

What to pack

For more discussion, see Packing for a cruise and Recommended dinner dress under "Eat" below.

This can vary substantially according to the region you'll cruise, e.g., clothing for cool/cold areas versus warm, conservative colors for Europe, items to cover arms and legs as you enter many religious buildings worldwide.

If you'll fly to/from a cruise port, see Letenje for other advice and suggestions. Many experienced cruisers find certain items necessities, e.g.,:

  • Polarized sunglasses with strong light filtration, including full UV protection.
  • Sanitizing wipes or solution. If you purchase any, look for active sanitizing ingredients beyond just alcohol. Most intended for hands have a glycerin base to prevent drying skin. Avoid using them on hard surfaces as they leave an undesirable residue.
  • Skin protection. Essential for all cruises, the sun not only strikes you from above, but is reflected off the water on boat excursions and at beaches. See the article on Sončne opekline in zaščita pred soncem. Pack and use protection, e.g., adequate clothing, brimmed hats, "fresh" sunblock with high UV A/B protection ratings (yes, it has a finite shelf-life). Ship's stores have some such items but charge dearly for them. You'll also find them ashore, but usually at a premium over offerings at home.
  • Binoculars. Most passing views from ship are at a considerable distance.
  • Lepilni trak. Useful to make temporary repairs to luggage and other items.

Essential papers

Cruise ship leaving Miami

Any authority looking at airline tickets, boarding passes and passports will examine names carefully. TSA and other security authorities often require that key papers (e.g., airline tickets, passports, visas, ship boarding passes) precisely reflect your full name. This applies to all persons in your travel group, e.g., spouse, children (toddlers perhaps excepted). It starts by making sure that whoever books your cruise (and any associated airline tickets) accurately enters each full name on reservations and later-generated tickets.

Potni listi in visas

Unless your ship's itinerary is confined to your home country (not often), you must prepare for a cruise as you would for any other international trip, to include passports, perhaps visas. Many countries to be visited may levy few or no visa requirements on day-visitors via cruise ship. But, check with the cruise line (through your agent if used) well ahead of time. Some lines will arrange needed visas for scheduled port visits, but also check specifically for visa requirements if you have an international flight itinerary.

  • The cruise-line will often insist that your passport have more than six months before it expires as of the date your international travel ends. They are echoing requirements of countries the ship will visit and/or where you'll fly, e.g., many that require visas will not issue them for passports with less time.
  • Lacking a passport, or any required visa, you risk being denied boarding on your departing flight or ship at embarkation without refund or other compensation. Your resulting expenses maja also not be covered by travel insurance (you have a duty to fully prepare for your entire trip).
  • If your passport is stolen during a visit ashore during an international cruise, you will be left stranded; the cruise line will not let you return to the ship.

Very occasionally, port officials in certain countries will require review of all passenger passports before clearing the ship for passengers to go ashore. If so, they may join the ship a few days in-advance, and the ship will announce a day or so before the port visit that the staff must gather all passports for inspection or passengers will be processed in-person.

Before you leave home, make machine or photo color copies of at least the primary, facing pages of each passport per details in the above linked article. Use the passports when instructed by authorities, e.g., going through airport, airline or customs and immigration processing, or processing for initial ship's embarkation. Take the originals with you ashore on the rare occasion needed per ship's daily news or announcements. Otherwise, once on board, leave them in your cabin's safe and take the copies ashore (with government-issued photo identification) instead.

On your request, the United States can issue special passport cards for possible use at land borders and on cruise ships. However, in the event something comes up and you need to fly home from an international port of call, they are not accepted for international air travel.

Boarding passes and tickets

Once booked and paid, you must promptly go to your cruise line's web site to register. Immigration authorities require that any ship leaving their jurisdiction have personal data of all passengers well in-advance of cruise embarkation. And your agent or the line may need to mail documents to you reflecting that registration data. On the cruise line's web site, using your booking number, complete all details about all people in your travel group for whom you are responsible. If to informally travel with others, ensure they understand this. Data needed will include full names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers (or the equivalent for other countries), passport details, emergency contact names and phone numbers, how you want your shipboard account established/paid (an indicator, not a final commitment.) (see "Embarkation" and "Buy" below).

Once registered, within 60 days or so of cruise start, the line's web site will often allow you to print your boarding passes (see "Embarkation"). Others may mail them (and other information) to you as noted above. You may get one set of papers listing all persons in your group, or a set for each person. Web site or mail, you should also have the cruise contract and boarding instructions and times. If you've paid the line for flights or airport-to-port transfers, you should also find vouchers or flight tickets (or Internet links to them for printing at home). If you don't have these key papers in-hand in usable form at least three weeks before your cruise, notify your agent/cruise line immediately.

Per "Embarkation", each person will need his/her boarding pass and passport to be processed on board.

Cruise-line luggage tags

Tags showing your name, cruise ship, cruise date/identity/number and cabin number are essential to ensure your large luggage reaches your cabin.

  • Some lines will send you durable tags in-advance, to attach at least to your large luggage. If so, they'll often come with your boarding passes and vouchers if you have prepaid transfers.
  • Others will offer tags for you on-line. If so, print them (in color if possible). Yes, they'll be on printer paper. Then fold each as indicated into a narrow strip, and reinforce it with transparent package sealing tape. When you're ready to attach one, wrap it around a fixed luggage handle, information showing, and then staple multiple times or apply strong tape at the overlapping ends. The results can be surprisingly durable.
  • If you make your own flight arrangements, you'll have to get yourself and all bags to the port/cruise terminal. You can wait to attach the cruise-line tags as you claim them at the end of your flight, but do so before your bags reach the port if possible. If you have no tags, porters at the terminal can create them using your boarding pass data.
  • If you have arranged services through the cruise-line to transfer your checked luggage from the end of your flight to the ship, you need to attach the cruise tags as you check the luggage to začeti flying. Before you leave the terminal at the port city's airport, get confirmation from any welcoming cruise-line staff about transfers and any responsibilities you have, e.g., if flying internationally, you may have to first claim your bags to go through customs and immigration processing before re-checking them into the cruise line luggage system at the airport.

Other essential papers

If travel is international, take no more prescription medications than you'll need on your trip—with convincing documentation that they belong to you and are necessary, e.g., properly labeled bottles with your name, perhaps a copy of the doctor's prescription. Leave the medications in and pack their prescribed bottles; otherwise, the meds lose their link to the prescriptions, and may be summarily confiscated as you enter or transit some countries.

  • If any contain a controlled or narcotic ingredient, make absolutely sure you will not violate any law of any country you'll enter — even as a skozi cruise or flight passenger, e.g., as needed, have the country's written permission to carry the meds within its borders. Most countries with restrictions will have ways to apply in advance for permission. If so, apply well in-advance, especially if hard copy postings are involved, e.g., such can require 1-2 months, while e-mail perhaps 1-2 weeks, even if your initial efforts prove incomplete.
  • Some countries may have unexpected restrictions on entering/transiting with some basic medications, e.g., for Japan anything containing pseudoephedrine (‎Afrinol, Sudafed, Sinutab) or kodein (some cough and anti-diarrhea medicines). Always read the ingredients. Without prior permission to have them, they will be confiscated, and you may be arrested. You'll have to consult (and likely be examined by) a physician in the country to to obtain replacement/substitute medication if it's available.
  • Without action in-advance to comply with their laws, in a few countries for some medications the consequences can be severe, e.g., fine, arrest, possible prison.

Izogibajte se paying duty on valuable items you take with you. You'll be exasperated as you return home if customs officials charge you duty for jewelry, a late model camera or electronics you took with you. Glej Proof of What You Already Own

If you have purchased potovalno zavarovanje, take at least a summary of the policy coverage and how to contact the insurer for help from wherever you will go on the trip. And leave a copy of that with someone at home who can help with any actions needed or may benefit from its terms.

Flying to/from port

Hurtigruten takes you along Norway's coast

Cruise ships sail from an increasing number of port cities. Most people must fly to get to them. If that applies to you, you have options. They include arranging your own flights (discussed later), choosing a cruise line fly/cruise package, choosing a cruise extension, or making a flight deviation request to suit your needs/desires to/from the cruise.

For all those options, if you miss your ship's departure (actually from any port), you are responsible for joining it at its next port of call or getting home on your own. (That can be very expensive unless covered by travel insurance and you acted diligently to not miss the ship.) Some sources imply that ships will delay departure for flights their line has arranged that arrive late. More accurately, they may delay, but only if it doesn't compromise the ship's ability to reach the next port on-schedule. Accordingly:

  • Fly to a departure port under the simplest possible flight arrangements (e.g., to avoid missed connections/lost luggage), scheduled to arrive in plenty of time for you to reach the ship's terminal at least two hours before sailing. Otherwise, fly to reach the port area the day before, even if it means you must pay there for an overnight stay, meals and transfers. (For return flights, see also "Disembarkation" discussion below.)
  • If flying to a distant overseas departure port, plan to get to the port city/area at least a day before cruise departure, again despite the overnight costs and transfers. Such "day early" arrivals at distant ports are good industry practice and so should be offered by your cruise line in any fly/cruise package. Your insistence about decent flight routes and timing should not be treated by any agent or cruise line as a flight deviation request (discussed below). If you'll have a long flight, you'll appreciate the chance to rest after arrival anyway.

A fly/cruise package means the line makes all arrangements for you to fly to, go on and return from the cruise. This offers convenience and confidence for first-time cruisers or those going to/from unfamiliar ports. Those packages include air travel (economy, from/to select gateway airports), land transfers to/from ship, and may include lodging. Lines reserve seats well in-advance, anticipating demand by those liking the option (and for other uses). Those packages have trade-offs:

  • Oni ponavadi cost more than arranging your own flights and transfers; "usually" because some offers may be a good deal — an effort to help cruise line business. The line may want to develop new, expanded or unusual passenger or destination "markets", or it may be trying to fill empty cabins. Others may regularly offer "free airfare" or reduced air rates. Take care with "free". If you see anything in the trip description or the total invoiced/quoted cruise cost that in-effect refunds/rebates for air support not used, the offer really isn't free, but it still may be desirable.
  • The line's choices of flights/routes are often made semi-automatically, emphasizing cruise-line cost-avoidance (e.g., using airline seats they've already blocked), then your cruise departure time.
  • You have little control over their initial choices. Results occasionally have inconvenient flight times, use busy air hubs, have short connections, require considerable walking between gates/terminals, choose seats for group/family members apart from each other, and/or have quite long total times en route.
  • If you have special needs that would affect transfers or seating need/preference, let your agent or the line know, preferably before the line makes initial flight choices. This may give you/your agent some leverage in later negotiations over cruise line choices. And some high-end cruise lines may offer premium flight seating at relativno modest cost, which is perhaps crucial for tall or "mature" passengers.
  • The line will notify you of proposed flight details 45-60 days ahead of the cruise. Promptly examine them. If any detail appears problematic, promptly question its wisdom (through your agent if used), and decline to accept until corrected or explained to your full satisfaction.

Most lines also offer cruise extensions. You can opt to spend 2-3 (perhaps more) nights at/near a port area/city immediately before and/or after your cruise. Extensions can be somewhat to decidedly pricey, are integrated into your overall trip, with flight arrangements, quality lodging and transfers usually included. Meals may not be included; some may be. They may include one or more tours. The line should not demand any flight deviation fee (see below). Cruise brochures, your travel agent and the cruise-line's website will variously describe the extensions available. If travel involves flying overseas, and if you can, choose the number of days of the extension with intent to use at least some of the first day at the port destination to rest, with the remainder for exploring.

Flight deviation requests. A "deviation" is used to arrange flight dates for early arrival at the cruise port city/area, en route stay-overs, specific flight dates/times, aircraft cabin class, airlines or specific flight numbers that suit your preferences. The request must be based on what's actually possible, so your prior research is essential, or your request may be fruitless. For a fee (e.g., US$75–150 per person), the cruise line will proces (not book) your request for special flight arrangements. This request should preferably be placed through any agent that booked your cruise. You should formulate and submit it long before cruise start, and ensure it's understood by any agent used.

If your agent already knows of your needs/preferences, he/she maja be able to negotiate minor changes to flight choices by the line with no deviation request needed or fee involved. If that fails, you may need/want a deviation. The line usually begins work to satisfy your deviation request after it has chosen/proposed initial flight arrangements, e.g., in a fly/cruise package. This may be a short time after you make full payment for the package.

  • The later your request, the more difficult it will be to arrange, and likely more costly. (Cruise lines block seats in-advance, and they may be quickly spoken for. A late deviation request can force the line to quote you added costs to "cold purchase" necessary air tickets, at substantial extra cost to you even using their mass/wholesale contacts.)
  • Your request may be one of hundreds being processed for that cruise, so make it simple, e.g., clear objectives with few alternatives/options; each requires some research by whomever works to help you.
  • The more specific, "exotic" or luxurious your request (e.g., first- or business-class seating), the more expensive your deviation (beyond the deviation processing fee) will tend to be. After any negotiations, you'll receive (through your agent if any) the line's final offer of arrangements and cost and itinerary details. As above, examine each detail for feasibility and whether it meets your objectives.
    • If the cruise cost includes airfare, the line's web site or your invoice for the total cruise cost will usually include a sum reflecting a flight "refund". If negotiations for the flight deviation fail, you will (usually) have that sum to use as you look for flights on your own or with travel agent help if you wish.
    • If you've booked a cruise with prices that say "airfare included", and then you make a deviation request, watch out for unusually high air charges for minor changes to time, seating, route or airline. They may be an effort by the cruise line to recoup under-calculated air costs in the original price.
  • If your initial request might be difficult to fill, you should first ask about the line's policy on deviation charges. If negotiations fail, many cruise lines won't charge the deviation fee.

Booking your own: If you're a seasoned traveler or have a good travel agent, you/your agent maja do better by booking your own flights and lodging. This can mean better economy, flight dates and times, routes, seating and hotels you prefer. However, if your cruise starts at one distant port and ends at a different one, look at both self/agent-arranged flights and cruise-line fly/cruise packages.

  • On your own, you may face buying one-way air tickets for all in your party. On many airlines, one-way domestic tickets can cost more than round trips on the same dates. For international flights, one-way tickets can cost more than twice as much as round-trips on the same dates.
  • You/your agent may also be able to find "open jaw" tickets for less than one-way full-fare prices.
  • As a last resort, you/your agent may know of budget web sites, flight packagers or brokers, or unscheduled airline charters. They may offer quality arrangements or "econo" bookings. The latter may require that all in your party be "flexible" about dates, routes, times en route, and on-board niceties. It occasionally involves need to claim luggage from one carrier while en route, take it to another carrier or terminal (even airport) and recheck it. Unless you are clearly "booked through" (as reflected on your detailed itinerary, later on boarding passes), the two or more airlines involved have no responsibility for making your arranged flight connections, for you ali your luggage.

If you arrange anything on your own, keep any affected agent informed of your intent, efforts and results. Regardless of how you've gotten airline tickets, once you're booked, check frequent-flier miles you may have and if they apply. If you have enough, and "your airline" or "alliance" gets chosen to transport you, you may be able to use your "miles"/points for seating upgrades. Contact the airline directly.

Regardless of how arranged, ensure you have completely adequate scheduled connection times to make flight check-ins and flight connections (including possibly going through customs/immigration at some airports) en route to reach the start of your cruise, and for return flights. Include extra time for unpredictable delays. Consider everything that might make you late, e.g., flight schedules, "tricky" connections, seasonal weather anywhere on your route, distance/time between the cruise ports and airports, ground transport dependability/availability, how far in advance you need to check-in for flights. If you don't have fully-adequate time, choose other arrangements.

Such complexity, risk and cost point to the usefulness of a travel or cruise agent and the importance of quality trip insurance.

Home to/from port by land

In contrast to flying, you might pogon to your port city if practical without great effort and if the costs are right. With an adequate vehicle, you can take and bring home much more than allowed by air, which is quite useful for serious shoppers with family souvenirs, etc. It may allow you to visit the port area one or more days before or after the cruise. If it looks tempting, examine and compare:

  • Using a hotel/motel park-stay-cruise package near the port. Some let you park for 7–14 days at no or small charge (but without assurance of vehicle security) and offer shuttles to/from the port. Certain web sites specialize in finding such offers.
  • Driving and parking at a commercial parking lot near or at the port. They nearly always offer shuttles to and from the port. They can be pricey for multi-week cruises, but do offer some security for your vehicle. Lots in/on the port are often much more expensive than off-port.
  • Renting a car or van one-way each way. If your group is 3 or more adults or a family, you'll need a sizable vehicle for all, to assure comfort and room for luggage. Renting lets you "up-size" as needed and avoid parking costs for long cruises. However, watch out for large drop-off fees, especially if the drive crosses state lines. Major rental brands should have an office for vehicle drop-off and pick-up near the port, often offering shuttles to/from.

If you can obtain quality, convenient bus or train service (as in Europe), you might obtain similar benefits, with simplicity and savings possible over a car. Examine the carrier's costs, reputation for punctuality, schedules, locations of terminals, transfers needed and any parking costs near home, and plan your departures accordingly.

Embarkation

Elevator on the Carnival Fantasy

This all starts as you reach your ship's terminal. The walking distance from ground transport to on-board ship can vary from 100–300 meters or more depending on terminal design and ship size. If anyone in your party has mobility challenges, request help in-advance.

If you'll board a large ship, examine the cruise line's instructions on when to arrive. Consider that:

  • A large group will eagerly reach the terminal as early as they can—perhaps forgetting that the same staff (ship's, terminal and customs) that processes them will first have to help nearly all on-board passengers disembark. If you are also that early, you'll likely spend considerable time idle in line waiting to be processed, with no guarantee of seating, refreshments or shelter from the weather.
  • Many other embarking passengers will precisely follow the cruise line advice and arrive at the designated time. That can create another line.
  • Once all staff are ready to embark passengers, only very frequent customers of that line, or those who've booked suites, will receive any preferential processing.

So if you have a choice, consider reaching the terminal 30 minutes or so after the time mentioned by the cruise line. In any event, reach the cruise terminal at least two hours before the ship is scheduled to sail. As above, if your agent or cruise line has arranged a flight that lahko cause you to reach the port later, resno question its wisdom well in-advance. If you're traveling in a group (e.g., family), don't begin embarkation processing without all members present.

At the cruise terminal, give your large baggage (virtually no limit on numbers, but don't pack to much), with cruise tags attached, to porters for mandatory, separate security screening, then loading on the ship. They deserve a modest tip. As above, if you have no tags to attach, the porters will help you to fill-in blank tags using details on your boarding pass.

You won't see those large bags until they arrive at your cabin door. Delivery may take 2–3 hours, perhaps more. If you've paid the cruise line for airport-to-terminal transfers, and you have no intermediate customs processing at the airport, you may not see your checked luggage after initial airport check-in until it reaches the terminal, perhaps even at your cabin. But learn the full process and understand your responsibilities.

As you start in-processing at the ship's terminal, officials will examine your boarding passes and passports. Nato:

  • You and your hand-carried items will be scanned, much as at an airport — but without limits on numbers or non-alcoholic liquids. If you hope to bring beer, wine or liquor aboard (in checked or carried bags), understand and pack for the cruise line's policy about what you are allowed to bring aboard. Policy can range from no restrictions to confiscation of any "no no" found during embarkation.
  • You'll be instructed to fill-out and sign a simple current health statement, one for at least each person in your group. If anyone reports or exhibits symptoms of something that might be communicable, he/she may be interviewed. At worst, he/she may be denied boarding, at no liability to the cruise line. (Law requires ship's officers to minimize health risks to all the (perhaps) thousands of passengers and crew on board.) This event should be covered by good trip insurance.
  • You'll be shown to a processing counter to provide identification, set up a shipboard charge account and be issued a cabin key card for each person in your group. (See also "Ashore" and "Buy" below)
  • From there, you'll begin boarding. At the counter or on the way on-board, you'll each have an electronic identification photo taken, computer-linked to your cabin key/card. After that, you are free to board and walk about on-board. Later, as you disembark and re-board, you'll have to use your card, and the photos will electronically pop-up on a monitor used by ship's security staff.
    • On the way aboard, you'll often encounter a ship's commercial photographer. All pictures they take throughout the cruise have no cost unless you choose to buy one as you find it later in the ship's photo gallery. They tend to be rather pricey.

Once on board, a lounge or the buffet and casual food counters await, usually on upper decks. You'll often be instructed not to go to your cabin until their readiness is announced (your cabin steward is completely cleaning and sanitizing it, and changing all linens and towels in your cabin and many others). So, after food if any, it's a good time to walk about the ship to get oriented.

  • Top-side you'll probably see a swimming pool or more, other sports and exercise facilities, bars, perhaps the spa and a forward lounge.
  • Likely on lower, public decks, you'll find the Purser's Desk (aka Customer Service), often a concierge desk and shore tour ticket office, future cruise sales desk, perhaps shops (not open), and an Internet café somewhere.

Before sailing, there will be a safety at sea briefing that everyone must attend. Cruise lines and captains take this maritime law requirement seriously. You'll find instructions in your cabin, and papers and announcements will tell where and when to go. It includes learning the location of vaš emergency "muster station", ways to get there, emergency signals and procedures, and how to wear your life vest. You may or may not need to take or don your life-vest—stored in your cabin. All ship's services will be closed during this time. If anyone in your group has mobility problems, this is a good time to tell the staff for your muster station so they can prearrange special help for emergencies. Truants will be called to a separate, later briefing at staff's convenience. Continuing truancy can result in being ordered to disembark at the next port.

If time permits after the briefing and before sailing, go top-side for departure. It's always interesting, often scenic (take your camera if light will be adequate), with a bon voyage party likely.

Obiti

Nautical directions

Since you're on a ship, you'll want to learn at least a little bit of nautical lingo, especially for navigating the ship. The front of the ship is the lok and the back is the krmi; all directions aboard the ship are relative to those two locations. If something is closer to the bow, it's fore ali naprej; if it's closer to the stern, it's aft. Starboard is to the right if you're facing the bow; port is to the left. And if something is in the middle of the ship (either fore-to-aft or starboard-to-port), it's amidships.

One of the long corridors on the Mariner of the Seas

The key advantage of a cruise ship is that it does most of the "getting around" za you. See "Understand" (above) and the following sections for details about ships and port visits. Basically, you unpack once, then visit the ports on your ship's itinerary and only repack at the end of the cruise. Careful consideration of the cruise itinerary and daily bulletins will eliminate confusion about where you are, what's happening, and where you'll go next.

As you explore the ship, you'll note that instead of numbers, decks may have fanciful names. You may find yourself referring frequently to the small pocket-map in your cabin and diagrams in elevators and stairwells to figure out where you are and whether the Lido Deck is above or below the Promenade Deck. The biggest ships can have 15 or more decks (counting bars and whatnot perched above the pools), making even the most conscientious stair-climbers resort to elevators from time to time. Thankfully, elevators will have an outside and inside list of facilities for each deck. But they often do not tell you if any is aft or forward, so again you'll need to look at the pocket-map.

Only rarely does a ship fail to visit a scheduled port. This most often stems from adverse weather, rarely by equipment failure or accident. If weather threatens, the captain will avoid the effects of the weather as much as possible, and will make announcements explaining what is happening and if alternate ports will be visited.

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Cruising southeastern Alaska's Inside Passage

Some ships have been outfitted with millions of dollars worth of art and elaborate interior decor, but generally after a few days there isn't to much to see on most cruise ships. The real sights are ashore. Some ships travel to geographically interesting areas such as Aljaska ali Skandinavija where they make efforts to view shorelines up-close, e.g., Fjords and glaciers. Generally speaking, the smaller the ship, the better proximity to scenery you can expect, because they won't need to stick to deep and open water. On large ships, other scenery may be too far off to really enjoy its details, though binoculars help. Glede na regijo in sezono lahko opazite kite, delfine ali leteče ribe, ki plavajo v bližini ali celo sledijo zraven.

Če teh ugodnosti primanjkuje, se prave priložnosti za oglede pojavijo, ko se približate pristanišču in se odpravite na obale, o katerih bomo razpravljali spodaj.

Fotografirati

  • Obala so redko ravne črte, če pa fotografirate ocean, naj bo obzorje vodoravno.
  • Če nameravate fotografirati ocean ali oddaljene predmete, se naučite, katere situacije priporočajo UV ali krožni polarizacijski filter, in se na to pripravite.
  • Daljnogledi so bistvenega pomena pri pogledu na ladje in obale, običajno na precejšnji razdalji. Če jih nameravate fotografirati, poskrbite, da imate objektiv z goriščno razdaljo, ki ga lahko znatno povečate.

Ali

Ko načrtujete vsakodnevne dejavnosti, bo vse na vozilu temeljilo na ladijski čas. Glede na svoj načrt potovanja ladja običajno spremeni svoj čas, da se strinja s katerim koli časovnim pasom, v katerega je vstopila. To zagotavlja, da lahko vse aktivnosti in oglede na krovu in na kopnem izkoristite z zaupanjem glede časa. Vaš kabinski telefon bo sinhroniziran s tem časom, zato vas prosimo, da uporabite svojo funkcijo budilke in tako zagotovite, da ne boste zamudili nobenega dogodka.

Na krovu

Območje bazena in bar ob bazenu na krogu MS Independence of the Seas

Velike ladje bodo imele večino ali vse spodaj opisane funkcije - mega-ladje še več. Manjše ladje (na primer 600-1200 potniških zmogljivosti) jih bodo imele veliko, vendar v manjšem številu ali manjšem obsegu.

Obdani boste z vodo, v kateri ne morete plavati (mimo gre s približno 15-20 vozli), vendar bodo imele vsaj ene najmanjše ladje vsaj eno "bazen" (morda pokriti, sicer uporabni samo v toplih podnebjih) in ležalniki. Bazeni ne bodo odlični za plavanje v krogih, nekatere nove ladje pa so opremljene z majhnimi bazeni, ki plavajo proti sedanjim. Večina jih je napolnjenih s predelano morsko vodo. Starši dojenčkov in majhnih otrok (ali osebje na nekaterih ladjah, npr. Disney) morajo zagotoviti, da njihovi malčki ne ustvarjajo nobenih varnostnih ali sanitarnih težav.

Brez zakonskih omejitev, ki veljajo za kopenske objekte, ima večina potniških ladij igralnica (ne Disney). Pričakujte več poudarka na igrah na ladjah, ki skrbijo za Američane kot za Evropejce. Ne pričakujte namiznih iger ali avtomatov s stopnjami izplačila, ki so celo blizu tistim, ki jih najdemo v boljših kopenskih igralnicah; koncesionarji prostor drago plačajo. Za igre na srečo bo odprt samo na morju. Če dobite precej denarja, prosite, naj vam zaslužek prejme v obliki čeka. V nasprotnem primeru boste morda morali nositi in zaščititi gotovino. (Nagrado bi lahko pretvorili v ladijske kredite, vendar na številnih ladjah neizkoriščenih dobropisov ob koncu križarjenja ne povrnete: izgubili jih boste. Pametna uporaba zelo velikega števila dobropisov do konca križarjenja morda ni majhen podvig.)

Na večjih ladjah sta vzor Las Vegas in Broadway zabava. Predstavili bodo pevsko-plesne oddaje, pevce, komike, čarovnike, žonglerje in drugo zabavo v živo. Na velikih ladjah jih bodo predstavili v velikem gledališču; na majhnih ladjah bodo uporabljali bivalni prostor z odrom. Oddaje običajno sledijo večerji, lahko pa tudi pred tistimi, ki se odločijo za "pozno" večerjo. Med predstavami in po njih druga prizorišča ponujajo majhne skupine, piano bare in plešejo ob glasbi v živo ali džokeju. Posebna križarjenja, osredotočena na določene vrste glasbe ali izvajalce / skupine, bodo uporabila več istih prizorišč.

Za kulturno ali geografsko pomembne cilje ali posebne dogodke ladje pogosto ponujajo strokovnjake predavatelji. Nekatere ladje imajo na krovu kaplani izvajati verske obrede, čeprav je to izven konic, na primer božič, velika noč, vse manj pogosto. Da bi to okrepili v drugih primerih, lahko sprejmejo pooblaščene potnike (z ustreznimi potrebščinami) kot prostovoljce za opravljanje bogoslužja.

Gledališče v MS Eurodam

A kinodvorana najdemo na večini ladij, predvajamo filme, podobne tistim, ki jih najdemo na letalskih družbah. Običajno obstaja knjižnica na krovu za vaše bralno zadovoljstvo, vendar ne pričakujte najnovejših romanov, razen če jih ne zapustite s prejšnjega križarjenja. Če imajo kabine DVD predvajalnike, ima knjižnica lahko skromno zbirko naslovov. Ponuja lahko tudi elektronsko ali tablo igre pregledati. Pogosto boste našli Internetna kavarna (obravnavano kasneje), ki ponuja več računalnikov z omrežnim tiskalnikom. Poleg tega bi morali najti nekoga, ki bi izdal opremo za košarko, namizni tenis, naključne deske in druge namene.

Ladja bo pogosto ponujala prostor in sedeže za podporo improviziranim ali organiziranim most, celo turnirji. In osebje zelo pogosto malenkosti in druga tekmovanja. In v večini morskih dni boste videli vsaj enega velikega Bingo ponujena seja.

Nakupovanje je na voljo s trgovinami na krovu. (Glejte "Nakup" spodaj.) Brez carine bodo, vendar ne pričakujte velikih ugodnih ponudb. Tudi oni bodo odprti samo na morju.

Poroke na morju so možne na nekaterih ladjah, kot je Bermudi-registrirana linija Princess, vendar zahteva izvedbo naprednih zahtev in načrtovanja.

Prejeli boste dnevno glasilo z urnikom dejavnosti, primerno omeniti dražbe umetnosti (domnevno "najbolj nevarno mesto na ladji"), bingo, kuhinjski ogledi, pristaniška in nakupovalna predavanja, križarjenje izpopolnjevalna predavanja (avtorji naravoslovja, zgodovinarji, politologi itd.), pouk umetnosti in obrti, tekmovanja ob bazenu, plesni tečajiitd. Družinsko usmerjena križarjenja (zlasti Disney) bodo imela veliko dejavnosti, značilne za starost in osebje, namenjeno otrokom in najstnikom.

Večina ladij ima telovadnica ali zdravstveni dom z vadbenimi napravami. Pogosto ponujajo programe navodil za vadbene režime ali Tai Chi itd., Z zmernimi stroški, ki jih je morda treba predhodno rezervirati. Mnogi ljudje uporabljajo sprehajalno ploščad ali zgornjo stezo za sprehode / tek. Prvi se običajno vrti okoli ladje na srednjem krovu & ndash, vendar ima lahko stopnice, ki vas motijo. V tem primeru bi bila zgornja proga morda boljša, če bi bila na voljo (pogosto je sončni prostor na voljo za tekače ob določenem času, običajno zjutraj). Nekatere ladje najdejo prostor za postavitev zelenice, simulatorja golfa, igrišča za košarko ali tenis (zaprto z mrežami za lovljenje žog). Nekatere zelo velike ladje imajo drsališča, plezalne stene, "parke za surfanje" in druge dejavnosti.

Spa objekti so osnovna križarjenja. Vse od masaž do frizerstva do eksotičnih zdravstvenih in lepotnih tretmajev je na voljo z doplačilom.

Nekatere evropske ladje imajo lahko krov za naturistično sončenje, to je zgornja paluba, da drugim ljudem preprečimo pogled. Ker pa ima običajno zgornji krov najboljše razglede, se zgodi, da ljudje vstopijo na ta krov s svojo kamero. To je seveda prepovedano.

Na kopno

Reševalni čoln iz "Ponosa Amerike", ki se uporablja kot razpis na Havajih.

Uporabiti morate svoj kartica ključa v kabini vsakič, ko odidete in se vkrcate na ladjo. Tako ugotovijo, ali ste na krovu, in kako vas prepozna ladijsko varnostno osebje. V nasprotnem primeru vas lahko pustijo za seboj.

  • Redno boste dobili navodila, da se vrnete na ladjo vsaj 30 minut pred načrtovanim odhodom.
  • V bližnjem času odhoda boste na podlagi sledenja, kdo ni na krovu, morda slišali obvestila, da se nekateri potniki lahko obrnejo na mizo naročnika - ti "pogrešajo".

Vnaprej raziščite vsako mesto, ki ga boste obiskali. To vam lahko z malo ali brez stroškov močno izboljša izkušnjo križarjenja. Številna pristanišča in bližnje znamenitosti pokrivajo ciljne strani Wikivoyage, spletna mesta za potovanja (npr. WhatsInPortin knjige.

Ladja bo običajno pristala na pomolu. Če nobena ni na voljo, se bo zasidrala ali privezala na morju, ladijski rešilni čolni ali komercialni čolni pa razpis na priročno mesto na kopnem. V podrobnem načrtu poti bo navedeno, kako bo vaša ladja obiskala vsako pristanišče.

  • Če ste na zelo veliki ladji, lahko razpis traja precej časa. Običajno najprej odidejo ladijski izletniki, nato pa "zgodnje ptice", ki prejmejo ponudbene vstopnice / številke, ki pridejo prvi. Če niste kupili ladijske ture, temu primerno načrtujte čas na kopnem.
  • Če vreme ustvari razburkano morje v katerem koli pristanišču, kjer se vaša ladja zasidra / priveže, so razpisi za obalo morda neuporabni in zato preklicani. Če vas ladja ne more pripeljati na obalo v pristanišču, linija maja ponujajo povračilo za razočaranje, vendar volja povrniti stroške ladijskih ogledov, kupljenih, a odpovedanih.
Pristanišče Sveti Janez na Antigvi. Ko primerjate velikost ladij za križarjenje s tisoči potnikov in velikostjo mesta, je enostavno razumeti, kako pomemben je križarski turizem za nekatere otoške države

Čas obiska pristanišča navadno potnikom dovolijo, da gredo na kopno do 7-8 ure z odhodom ladje pogosto ob 5-6 uri. Na zgodnejši ali poznejši čas odhoda lahko vplivajo plimovanje, razdalja do naslednjega pristanišča ali posebne potrebe po izletu na kopno; izkrcanje lahko nekoliko zadrži pristaniško carinjenje ladje ali potnikov. Na posebnih postajališčih lahko nekatere ladje ostanejo pozneje, morda čez noč ali več noči.

The izletniška pisarna bo ponudil različne oglede, kulturne obiske in organizirane dejavnosti (npr. potapljanje, snorklanje, kajakaštvo, kolesarjenje) - ponudbe, ki jih narekuje narava vsakega pristanišča, podnebje, letni čas in čas v pristanišču.

  • V glavnih pristaniščih pogosto uporabljajo velike klimatizirane avtobuse za 30-50 ljudi. V priljubljenih pristaniščih bo tudi veliko klimatiziranih taksijev, limuzin ali kombijev z najetimi vozniki / vodniki: avtomobili, ki lahko prevažajo 3-4 odrasle osebe, kombiji za 6 ali več.
  • Celodnevni izleti pogosto zapolnijo tako rekoč ves čas v pristanišču. Običajno najdete tudi ponujene poldnevne oglede, zjutraj in popoldne - vredno razmisliti, ali je sprehod ali nakupovanje pred ali po kosilu tudi privlačno.
  • Če ste samozavestni popotnik ali ste že obiskali pristanišče in želite obiskati posebne kraje, vam bo morda dobro najeti avto z voznikom / vodnikom, da si ogledate izbrano in oblikovano pot. Vključuje lahko samo vašo družino / skupino ali 2-4 sopotnike ali tako. Ponovno so morda priporočljivi napredni dogovori.

Ladijske ture pogosto stanejo več kot enakovredne ture, o katerih se samostojno dogovorite z domačini, npr. Lahko najamete taksi ali kombi z voznikom / vodnikom po ceni 40–50 USD na uro za 4–6 oseb. V nasprotju s tem lahko poldnevna tura ladje znaša od 50 do 100 USD na osebo, s celodnevnimi 125–300 USD. Toda za te dodatne stroške ladijske ture zagotavljajo:

  • Veliko udobje pri rezervaciji ture, čeprav vam lahko predhodne raziskave zelo pomagajo pri vaših dogovorih.
  • Nekaj ​​samozavesti glede načrta potovanja, če se boste odpravili daleč od pristanišča.
  • Nekatera zagotovila na posebej "podjetniških" lokacijah, da vas ne bo prevaral voznik ali "posrednik" ob pomolu.
  • Večje zagotovilo, da bo ladja počakala, če se vaša tura ne vrne pravočasno. Spet bo čim dlje čakal na ladijske ture in maja počakajte na njih same, vendar le, če lahko pride do naslednjega pristanišča po voznem redu brez visokih dodanih stroškov (goriva).

Zelo priljubljeni izleti z ladje maja zapolnite veliko dni pred izplutjem (jih je mogoče kupiti on-line). Morda bi jih bilo pametno raziskati in se zavezati nekaterim ali narediti napredne, samoorganizirane alternative, kot je upravičeno, na primer, če:

  • Vaše srce je pripravljeno na plavanje z delfini ali skopi ali na plezanje po ledeniku.
  • Osredotočeni ste na celodnevno turo v resnično posebnem kraju, oddaljenem od pristanišča, npr. Normandske plaže iz Le Havra.

Razpoložljivost ogledov je močno odvisna od lokacije / priljubljenosti turneje. Na primer obstaja več operaterjev in desetine avtobusov, ki vozijo potnike Cancún do Chichén Itzá. Tega ne boste videli na majhnih in manj obiskanih karibskih otokih. Z več potniškimi ladjami v pristanišču so lahko ture kjer koli razprodane.

V nekaterih pristaniščih morajo ladje pristajati med komercialnimi tovornimi operacijami. Sprehod od / do ladje je lahko v nepredvidljivo nevarni dejavnosti, ki jo celo prepove pristaniška uprava. Oglejte si ladijsko glasilo, kjer najdete pristaniške razmere, in poslušajte obvestila direktorja križarjenja ali pristaniškega svetovalca. Na takih pristaniščih bo večina ladij organizirala prevoz od ladje do terminala s taksiji / avtobusi, celo do nakupovalnega območja ali centra mesta. V tem primeru poiščite podrobnosti tudi o povratnem prevozu. Če ne potrebujete prevoza, morate zahtevati prevoz, ki se izogne ​​nevarnosti, in morda vnaprej zaslišajte direktorja križarjenja o varnostnih vprašanjih.

Kot je podrobneje razloženo spodaj, je lahko UV vsebnost sonca zelo velika na kateri koli turi, zlasti poleti ali blizu katere koli zemljepisne širine poleti. Zaščitite se. Glejte "Ostanite zdravi" spodaj.

Nakup

Denar

Obvestite se o morebitnih dodatnih stroških na krovu prej vaše potovanje - kaj je vključeno v ceno in kaj ne. Poskusite spletna vprašanja za "križarjenje" in "nasvet".

Ključ kabine. Za udobje in spodbujanje a vzdušje priložnostne porabe, večina potniških ladij uporablja "brezgotovinski" sistem, v katerem s ključem kabine (kartico) zaračunavate vse stroške na ladji, včasih razen iger na srečo. Dva ali več kabinskih ključev / kartic se lahko sklicujeta na eno kreditno kartico ali gotovinski račun (vnaprej dan denarni polog), npr. Za pare in družine. Na koncu vsakega križarjenja bo ladja s kreditno kartico ali z gotovinskim pologom poravnala končno stanje na vašem računu.

  • Lahko dobite trenutno stanje na vašem računu, s seznamom vseh stroškov, kadar koli, včasih tudi na kabinskem televizorju. Preglejte te podrobnosti vsaj pred koncem križarjenja, da boste imeli čas, da dvomite v morebitne stroške.
  • Če je povezan s kreditno kartico, se bo stanje na vašem računu samodejno bremenilo; veliko linij med vašo kreditno kartico bremeni za druge stroške (razložene pred križarjenjem, npr. napitnine za osebje). Na koncu križarjenja se stanje samodejno poravna - kar omogoča uporabo ključa vaše kabine do zadnjega večera.
  • Vsak denarni račun morate poravnati osebno. To tvega dolge vrste na mizi Purserja zadnji cel dan križarjenja, saj tudi mnogi drugi plačujejo svoje račune. Po plačilu pred izkrcanjem morda ne boste mogli več zaračunati.
  • Ob debarkaciji ne bo smel zapustiti vsakogar, ki svojega računa ni poravnal v celoti.

Bolje opremljene ladje lahko ponudijo eno ali več Bankomati. Običajno naj bi igre na srečo naredili bolj priročno. Zato običajno ponujajo samo valuto, ki jo uporablja igralnica. Njihove provizije so v primerjavi z bankami na kopnem običajno precej visoke. Če za izlet na kopno potrebujete "tujo" valuto, vam osebje "Excursion" morda svetuje, kje jo lahko dobite na kopnem. Priložnost lahko vključuje tudi uporabo ladijskega nabavljača za zamenjavo vaše valute za majhne lokalne količine.

Upravljanje stanja na računu

Za plačilo stanja ladijskega računa boste morali naročiti gotovino ali račun kreditne / debetne kartice. Stroški na vašem računu lahko vključujejo stroške pijač, ogledov, obedov v posebnih restavracijah, nakupov trgovskega blaga, spa storitev itd. Zaradi vašega razloga lahko vaš račun prejme dobropise, na primer, če je treba plačane ture odpovedati ali jih morda odobriti vnaprej do pogostih križark. Pazite, da boste uporabili vse odobrene kredite. Nobena ne bo povrnjena kot dobropis na računu ali ob bremenitvi na koncu križarjenja, z izjemo odpovedi potovanja z ukrepanjem ladijskega osebja.

Prekuhavanje

Nasveti na krovu imajo dve obliki - doplačila za posebne pijače, posebne restavracije in nekatere storitve (obravnavane spodaj) in (navsezadnje neobvezno) nasvete za ladijsko osebje (ne častnike), ki se običajno zaračunajo ob koncu križarjenja.

Preberite priporočila križarjenja za prevrnitev ladijsko osebje. Predlagajo "primerno" neobvezno zneski - ključni del dohodka osebja. Priporočeni zneski se lahko nekoliko razlikujejo glede na vaš razred kabine.

  • Veliko križarjenj te zneske samodejno doda na ladijske račune potnikov - to lahko znaša 12-15 USD na dan na potnika. Ta metoda zagotavlja, da vse osebje, ki prispeva k vašim izkušnjam s križarjenjem (npr. kuharji, čistilci in vzdrževalci), ne samo vaš natakar in stevard, prejeli nekaj dodatnega dohodka in priznanje.
    • Noben avtomatski napitnina ne gre ladijskim častnikom.
  • Pred koncem križarjenja lahko to samodejno prevrnitev zavrnete ali prilagodite po želji. Royal Caribbean in drugi to možnost ponujajo vnaprej, vendar možnosti ali načina, kako jo izkoristiti, morda ne bodo očitni.
  • Kot spodbuda za redne stranke lahko nekatere križarjenja in potovalne / križarske agencije plačujejo napitnine.
  • Ali samodejno ali osebno, si vsak član posadke, ki je še posebej izboljšal vaše izkušnje s križarjenjem, nekaj zasluži - morda poleg samodejnih zneskov.
  • Številne izkušene križarke ugotovijo, da ima delni napitnina za ključne člane posadke (npr. Kabinskega upravnika) na križarjenju pogosto dobre rezultate.

Nekatere križarjenja ali križarjenja imajo politiko „prepovedi odlaganja“, ki je pogosto namenjena evropskim ali drugim trgom, kjer je odlaganje kulturno tuje in lahko prestraši stranke, če jih plačate. V resnici so napitnine vgrajene v višjo ceno tistih križarjenj, na katerih potniki plačujejo tudi davek.

Nakupovanje na krovu

Veliko preddverje na kraljici Mariji 2

Križarke izkoristijo svoj mednarodni status / status na morju brezcarinsko nakupovanje (npr. za alkoholne pijače, nakit (kostumski in dragi), kozmetiko, parfume) po spodobnih, če ne celo izjemnih cenah. Velike ladje imajo običajno butike, ki prodajajo oblačila / spominke z logotipom, morda ponujajo priložnostne in večerne obleke (nekaj jih vključuje tudi najem tuksa / formalne najemnine). Druge trgovine ponujajo osnovne izdelke, sladkarije in zdravila brez recepta. Vse bodo odprte samo na morju.

  • Morda boste videli "prodajo na pločnikih", posebne ponudbe za nakit in ure, proti koncu pa še prodajo za zastarela oblačila z logotipi in druge predmete.
  • Vse ustekleničena pijača, kupljena na krovu, bo hranjena do zadnjega celotnega dne vašega križarjenja in nato dostavljena v vašo kabino, verjetno v škatlah, vendar bo v škatli treba več oblazinjenja, da bo pripravljena za prevoz ali (z nadaljnjo pripravo) preverjena prtljago, da odleti domov.
  • Ladijsko blago nima predplačila dajatve ali davka, saj je kupljen / dostavljen na krovu, zato je zanj treba plačati dajatev, ko se vrnete domov če vsi nakupi potovanj presegajo oprostitev dajatev.
    • Če razmišljate o nakupu dragega predmeta (npr. Nakit, enkratni predmeti), preverite, ali je ta oproščen, npr. Je bil narejen v vaši državi, je bil tam že uvožen in nato poslan na ladjo. , ali je resnično enoten, na primer edinstveno umetniško delo. Če je tako, vam z ustreznim potrdilom upravnika ladijske trgovine morda ne bo treba šteti predmeta v svoj dodatek za dajatve.
    • Če državljani ZDA pri nakupih na krovu presežejo svoj dodatek za dajatve in se na ladjo vrnejo v ZDA, mora ladja (po zakonu) o teh nakupih obvestiti ameriški carinski urad pristanišča. Ti potniki lahko pričakujejo "posebno" carinsko pozornost. Nekaj ​​ladij lahko poskrbi za carinsko obdelavo na krovu.

Caveat emptor (naj se kupec pazi) je dober nasvet kjer koli in velja na vozilu. Potniki na križarjenju so "ujetniški trg".

  • Le malo artiklov v trgovinah na krovu bo super ugodno. Tudi križarke v mednarodnih vodah upoštevajo zakone države, pod katero zastavijo, in kupci so lahko drugače obravnavani kot podjetja na kopnem; zahteva zaščito potrošnikov, ki jo običajno uživate doma maja ne uspe. Vendar imajo križarjenja običajno splošne politike, ki kupce ščitijo pred vsemi, razen kupčevim kesanjem ali neprevidno škodo na blagu.
  • Osebje, ki dela v spa ali telovadnica lahko navaja zelo drage losjone / napitke, storitve, teste ali tretmaje z trdil koristi za zdravje ali druge koristi. Preden rečete "da", se morate naučiti njihovih kvalificiranih kvalifikacij in razumeti resničnost ponudbe.
  • V preteklosti so bili primeri, ko so na dražbah na krovu (običajno koncesionarji, ki ponujajo preproge / preproge, slike itd.) Neupravičeno trdili vrednost izdelka, ponujali ponaredke znanih del ali vplivali na dražbe na načine, ki bi bili nezakoniti na kopnem. večina držav. Na srečo se je veliko teh praks močno zmanjšalo zaradi večjih in uspešnih skupinskih tožb. Osnovni nasvet: Kupite tisto, kar vam je všeč z disciplino (da vključite tudi stroške odvoza predmeta domov), ne kot naložbo.

Za križarjenja po Evropi: Evropska unija (EU) je začela obračunavati svoj DDV za vso prodajo in storitve na ladji (vključno s pristojbinami za storitve) na katerem koli križarjenju, ki odhaja in se konča v EU brez obiska pristanišča zunaj EU (ali območje EU z DDV). Ker lahko to bistveno poslabša prodajo na krovu, linije (na novo) načrtujejo številne križarjenja za obisk pristanišč "zunaj", npr. Gibraltar in Casablanca.

Nakupovanje na kopno

Nakupovanje ostaja zelo priljubljena dejavnost, saj skoraj vsa pristanišča ponujajo vsaj obrt in spominke, ki odražajo cilj, vendar pogosto niso tam. (Grobo pravilo za "lokalne" spominke: dlje ko se odpravite od pristanišča, nižje so lahko cene za določene vrste predmetov.) Drugi ponujajo široko paleto blaga, vključno s kamerami / objektivi, oblačili, elektroniko , nakit in "gurmanski" potrošni material. Če obstaja možnost, da jih boste kupili s kreditno, debetno ali bankomatsko kartico:

  • Banka izdajateljica vnaprej obvestite, kje in kdaj boste potovali - vseeno vedno dobra praksa.
  • Upoštevajte dobre prakse, s katerimi zagotovite, da jih drugi ne bodo izgubili ali zlorabili. Glej Denar za popolno razpravo.

Nekatere destinacije lahko ponudijo "resno nakupovanje": brezcarinsko in / ali zelo konkurenčno, npr. Sveti Martin in Sveti Tomaž na Karibih (morda razen za "oblikovalske trgovine") Hong Kong in Singapur če se uspešno pogajate. Na primer razprava o brezcarinskem nakupovanju in carinskih obveznostih, glej Sveti Tomaž # Nakup. Če ste nagnjeni k resnemu nakupovanju nekje, ki vam ni znan, bi vam morale spletne raziskave pomagati razumeti, kaj lahko pričakujete, npr. Trgovine, davke / dajatve in na kaj morate biti pozorni.

Ladja ima lahko a pristaniški nakupovalni svetovalec ki lahko zagotovi koristne informacije in lahko priporoči (celo izpostavi) nekatere trgovce in blagovne znamke / izdelke. Ti svetovalci so pogosto zaposleni v trgovskih podjetjih, ki od trgovcev in blagovnih znamk, ki jih priporočajo, prejemajo velike honorarje (celo provizije). To ne zagotavlja (ali izpodbija) ugleda katerega koli trgovca ali blagovne znamke, prav tako ne bi smelo dvomiti o sposobnosti konkurentov - čeprav lahko "svetovalec" omenja posebno garancijo za prodane trgovce. Njihove pristojbine lahko zvišajo končne cene, ki jih zahtevajo "priporočeni trgovci". V zaželenih krajih nakupovanja je večina trgovcev precej odgovornih.

Na drugih lokacijah bodite pozorni na trgovce, zahtevke za izdelke, garancije, fiksne, etiketirane in pogajalske cene ter končni stroški preko dogovorjenih cen, npr. skrita dajatev ali davek. Čeprav so upravičeni do povračila davkov / dajatev, jih boste morda lahko dobili le na določenih mestih, ko zapustite jurisdikcijo, npr. Letališčih, in samo za vsak nakup, ki presega znaten znesek. V zadnjem pristanišču davčne jurisdikcije pristanišče morda nima "statusa" niti urada, ki bi ponujal ali obdeloval vračila. Vračilo kupnine po pošti, ko ste doma, je lahko problematično.

Takšni izzivi povzročajo, da resni kupci iščejo križarjenja po resnično necarinskih in visoko konkurenčnih krajih. Kjer koli nameravate nakupovati, bi vam nekatere raziskave pomagale razumeti vsako pristanišče in njegove trgovce, kaj lahko vidite in kaj stane drugje.

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Jej

Restavracija ob norveški zori

Večina linij močno vlaga v kakovost in količino hrane in se s tem hvali. Redko kdaj obroki niso vključeni v ceno običajnega križarjenja, razen občasnih restavracij in sobne postrežbe.

Ponudbe vključujejo bazen ob bazenu okrepčevalnice kjer lahko naročite hamburger, "psa", shake, pico ali kaj podobnega in se brez plačila odpravite. Seveda ni "brezplačno"; plačali ste jo ob nakupu vozovnice. Na skoraj vseh potniških ladjah boste našli tudi bife, ponavadi na enem od zgornjih krovov, ki je na voljo ves čas obrokov in običajno ponuja nekaj od zgodnjega jutra do poznega večera. Na boljših ladjah se lahko samopostrežni bife zdi skoraj kot ekstravaganca. Sobna strežba je običajno na voljo ves čas, razen po določeni pozni noči pred izkrcanjem na večini križarjenj. Včasih boste morda morali zanj plačati napitnino ali doplačilo pozno zvečer.

Ob običajnem času obrokov boste našli sedeča jedilnica s popolno postrežbo natakarjev, ponavadi z jedilnikom z več hodi, ki vsebuje spremenljivo modne jedi. (Vlažne kopalke lahko poškodujejo stole v jedilnici; ne nosite ga tam, tudi pod ovojem ali prevleko; tudi če je precej suho, boste morda alarmirali osebje jedilnice.) Vsaj ena jedilnica bo na voljo sedeči zajtrk in kosilo (redko boste imeli redno dodeljeno tabelo). Odprt bo 2–3 ure, približno ob običajnem času za kateri koli obrok. Za zajtrk se jedilnik vsak dan ne bo bistveno spremenil. Za kosilo in večerjo se bo jedilnik spreminjal vsak dan. Za večerjo bo ponavadi na voljo rubrika s predmeti, ki so vedno na voljo, in ena za večerne "posebnosti".

Tradicionalna večerna večerja storitev je ob določenih urah, glasbeno zgodnje / glavno in pozno zasedanje. Če izberete čas ali velikost mize (najbolje, ko rezervirate križarjenje), boste vsak večer takrat sedeli za isto mizo.

  • Če nastavitve vaše mize niso izpolnjene (vsaj navedene na kartici ključa v kabini), se po vkrcanju čim prej obrnite na maitre de za pomoč.
  • Izjeme od običajnega časa in mize se lahko pojavijo, ko je ladja v pristanišču in veliko potnikov jedo na kopno. Dnevno glasilo bo to omenjalo. V tem primeru lahko z »neznanci« delite drugo mizo, tudi v drugi jedilnici.

Velikost mize je lahko od 2 do 8-10 ljudi, občasno tudi več. Okrogle mize za 6-8 se zdijo ugodne za enostaven pogovor med vsemi. Če vi / vaša skupina v celoti ne zasedite mize, boste druge goste srečali kot sopotnike. To je ponavadi zanimiv čas, ko se z novimi neznanci na "odprtem sedenju" (glej spodaj) razdeli več kot je mogoče. Tudi pomaga vašim natakarjem pri učenju in predvidevanju pomembnih potreb in željanpr. košer, vegetarijansko, alergije na hrano, nastavitve in čas pijače.

Restavracija manjše rečne križarke

Za zagotovitev pravočasne storitve, v 30 minutah po odprtju jedilnice za vaše sedenje. Velike kuhinje morajo naenkrat postreči več sto (morda na tisoče) potnikov, vsak tečaj, s pričakovanji o svežini in primernih temperaturah.

Veliko križarjenj ponuja prosti slog, izbira ali odprta jedilnica, ki omogočajo večerjo kadar koli med večerjo. Ponudba je na voljo v ločenih jedilnicah, vendar bodo meniji enaki kot pri načrtovanih zasedanjih. Ko vstopite, boste morda morali počakati na mizo, tako kot bi to storili brez rezervacij za restavracije doma. Če je še posebej zasedeno, jih je v vaši zabavi le nekaj in ste pripravljeni povedati Maitre de, da jih boste "delili". Zelo mu pomaga pri učinkoviti uporabi miz / sedežev, zato lahko hitreje sede.

Večina ladij tudi ponuja specialne restavracije, pogosto z mednarodnimi temami, ponavadi samo z rezervacijo. (Če nimate rezervacije, lahko poskusite »bo delil«, vendar se na to ne zanašajte; večina restavracij, ki so tam rezervirali, ne pričakuje, da bodo delili.) Mnoge takšne restavracije imajo doplačila (npr. 20 USD na osebo ali več) za izjemna postrežba in jedi, najbolj zasluženo. Če običajno kosite v določenem položaju, vendar nameravate vsak večer uporabiti posebno restavracijo, večeru prej povejte navadnemu natakarju.

Priporočena večerna obleka v jedilnicah se po križarjenjih nekoliko razlikuje. Za podrobnosti vsaka križarjenje na svoji spletni strani razloži pričakovani kodeks oblačenja, na križarjenjih pa bi morali najti podrobnosti.

  • Številne ladje "glavne linije" večino večerov razglašajo, da je treba le "country club" ali "resort" priložnostna oblačila: srajca z ovratnikom in hlače za moške, skoraj vse, razen oblačil za ženske (šali se). Pogosto bodo imeli eno ali dve "formalni" noči na teden: tuks ali temna obleka in kravata za moške, večerna oblačila za ženske.
  • Nekatere luksuzne linije lahko vsak večer razglasijo za polformalne - plašč in kravata za moške, večerna oblačila za ženske.
  • Za vsak večer veljajo enaki standardi oblačenja v posebnih restavracijah.

Sram vas bo, vaši sopotniki, vaš natakar in drugi če greste na večerjo v jedilnico, oblečeni v kavbojke, kratke hlače, brezrokavnike ali podobno obleko v bazenu, in neustrezna obleka na uradnih nočeh. Prav tako vam lahko zavrnejo sedenje.

Če vas ne zanima "sedeča večerja" ob uradnih nočeh (ali kateri koli večer), lahko raje samopostrežni bife uporabite za večerjo. Ponudba hrane bo nekoliko podobna ponudbi v jedilnicah tiste noči, vendar pogosto nimajo predmetov, ki zahtevajo zapletene storitve. Obleka tukaj vključuje pokrito oblačilo za bazen. Bife posredno ponuja še eno ugodnost: če morate leteti v / iz pristanišča in morda prelahko presežete omejitve prtljage (npr. Morate spakirati majhne otroke ali starejše in sebe), razmislite o tem, da zapustite pol-in formalno obleko (in s tem povezano čevlji / dodatki) doma. Prostor za pakiranje in težo, ki sta sicer potrebni, lahko zmanjšate za morda 20-25 odstotkov.

Pijte

Bar na MS Eurodam

Tipične sponke kot so kava, čaj / ledeni čaj, limonada in sokovi (za zajtrk) so na voljo brezplačno. Druge pijače običajno niso vključene v ceno križarjenja, tudi če v promocijski brošuri križarjenja piše ali vključuje "all-inclusive".

  • Tisti "drugi" (npr. brezalkoholne pijače, ustekleničena voda, sveže stisnjeni sokovi, specialne kave, piva, vino, mešane pijače) je lahko drag. Navedene cene ne vključujejo 15-18 odstotkov provizije / doplačila za storitve.
  • Pričakujte, da boste na vseh javnih krovih našli enega ali več dobro založenih lokalov, ki bodo strokovno poskrbeli po vaših željah, mnogi se bodo odprli sredi do poznega jutra, nekateri pa bodo odprti zelo pozno.
  • Vse jedilnice bodo imele zelo dober seznam vin, z nekaj ponudbami na kozarec, pa tudi ustekleničeno vodo, mešane pijače in specialne kave. Če tistega večera ne dokončate steklenice vina, jo z veseljem zamašijo in nanjo brezplačno vpokličejo številko vaše kabine. Če ste na večerjo prinesli svoje vino (steklenico), ga bodo postregli, vendar bodo zaračunali "pristojbino za zamašek"; če tega obroka ne zaužijejo, ga bodo pozneje zamašili na enak način kot kupljeno steklenico.
  • Majhen hladilnik v vaši kabini je lahko napolnjen z brezalkoholnimi pijačami, čipsom ali bonboni. Previdno upoštevajte, če se vam zaračuna, zlasti če imate otroke. Udobje lahko premaga odpornost kljub stroškom.

Veliko križarjenj ponuja paketi pijač za neomejeno polnjenje brezalkoholnih pijač, nekatere za posebne kave, vino, celo nekaj za mešane pijače. Mnogi vključujejo pristojbino za storitev. Vendar pa jasno razumejte pogoje, preden se zavežete kateremu koli. Primeri:

  • "Pop / soda vstopnica" pogosto znaša 30–45 ameriških dolarjev na teden (na osebo, ne sme se deliti), kar znaša 5-8 ločeno kupljenih pijač vsak dan. (Precejšnja povprečna dnevna stopnja porabe.)
  • Paket mešanih pijač se začne pri 50 ameriških dolarjih na osebo na dan, medtem ko lahko na nekaterih linijah dobite paket "pivo in vino ob obroku" za 25 ameriških dolarjev (januar 2020). Večina pijač, katerih cene so ločene, znaša približno 7–11 ameriških dolarjev. To spet pomeni precejšnjo dnevno porabo, da se vam paket splača, še posebej, če razmišljate o osupljivem, uh, odhodu na kopno.
  • Če odložite nakup paketa na dan ali več, cena pogosto ostane enaka.
  • Za vse člane vaše skupine niste dolžni kupiti nobene vrste paketa. Toda pogoji paketa prepovedujejo skupno rabo pijač z nikomer.

Ne glede na pristojbino za storitev so nekatere mešane pijače morda cenejše, kot bi jih našli ob boljših zalivkah na kopnem, vendar ne računajte na to. Običajno pa najdete posebne ponudbe pijač, omenjene v dnevnem glasilu ladje.

Ti stroški nekatere ljudi spodbudijo, da jih poskušajo prinesti s seboj. But most lines forbid bringing liquor on board, and any found (at embarkation or as you board from later port visits) will be "held for you", and returned on the last full day of the cruise in the same packaging as received. A few lines confiscate contraband liquor. A few others will allow you to initially bring 1-2 bottles of wine per cabin; if opened/decanted outside your cabin, you'll be charged the "corkage fee" as above. Most lines will allow you to bring your own soft drinks. For details, consult the cruise line web site.

Some ships are primarily party vessels, full of young adults taking advantage of bargain duty-free drinks and (perhaps) lower drinking ages in international waters. You may identify them by their extremely uneventful itineraries: straight out to sea, stay there for much of the trip, then back to port. Their advertising is usually also not particularly subtle. If you want one, you'll recognize the signs; if you want to avoid one, likewise.

Responsible cruise lines avoid unbridled drinking by:

  • Requiring at least one occupant of each cabin to be a minimum age (with some exceptions for legitimate families) and by not serving alcohol to anyone under 21.
  • Training and directing wait staffs to control service to those who've had too much.

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Twin Cabin on P&O MV Azura

Let your travel agent or cruise line know your cabin needs in advance to ensure your cabin assignment and preparation meets them.

Shortly after arriving at your cabin, introduce yourself to your cabin steward as he/she stops by, and discuss any preferences or needs for service not already met, e.g., ice at certain times, softer or firmer pillows, emptying the refrigerator of unwanted items. He/she will often have an assistant, and will both work as a team. If you brought sanitizing wipes or solution, you might sanitize key surfaces like the lavatory counters, telephone handset, TV remote and desktop — the latter is often missed in their cabin preparation.

For families, in addition to the bedding noted earlier, some cabins will have a pull-down bunk-bed (not appropriate for small children due to safety, or for full-sized adults due to height and weight) and/or a pull-out sleeper-settee or sleeper-sofa. If you've booked as a family, your steward will "unlock" any "pull-down" or pull-out, for your use whenever desired. It will be made-up each morning and prepared for use each evening.

If there are more than 2 adults, your cabin steward will prepare the second bed or sleeper-sofa each morning and evening. For 3-4 adults, ensure your agent or the cruise line chooses a cabin with at least some visual privacy for sleepers. Suites usually have such privacy, and often more options. The cabin steward (or butler) will be ready to explain use of all and prepare them as needed.

If your cabin is not as described, desired or needed on arrival, resolve the issues through your cabin steward before you retire the first night.

Ostani varen

Lifeboat on the Queen Mary II

Because of the numerous advancements in modern shipbuilding and other technology, cruise travel is generally very safe. The crew of your ship are trained to calmly and efficiently handle emergencies that may arise. Occasionally, non-trivial problems may be discovered and addressed while going completely unnoticed by passengers.

Za razliko od oceanske ladje of yore, cruise ships are not built for great speed or unusual maneuvers. Whenever feasible, they avoid bad weather even if this means delays, in deference to security and passenger comfort.

The press often recounts public incidents/accidents — a few deservedly, that may induce unnecessary cruise-customer concern.

  • Cruise accidents resulting in serious passenger injuries or deaths are rare when one remembers that hundreds of ships are at sea at any moment nearly every day of the year. Cruise lines and every ship's captain and his/her crew regularly train for problems and inspect ship condition and sanitation to thoroughly minimize troubles.
  • Stories about the frequency of sickness outbreaks often get overblown. The same maladies affect all travel and group occasions. Only on a cruise does enough time lapse for symptoms to surface 2-4 days after infection.

Na krovu

Follow what you learned at the Safety at Sea briefing. In the event of a life-threatening emergency, instructions will be given on where to report (not necessarily your lifeboat or muster station designated in the briefing) and what to bring with you (e.g., adequate clothing, crucial medications, your life vest and cruise ID card). You'll know what to do if you're distant from your cabin. Remain as orderly as you can and do not panic as you muster or are evacuated; acting out of place will only make matters more complicated and increase chances of injury to yourself or others.

Be aware of your surroundings at all times, especially at night. Don't worry about going about on your own, just be vigilant around bars where late-night, intoxicated passengers are a possibility. Keep an eye on your belongings and don't flaunt nor take them with you everywhere; leaving your iPod on a pool chair unattended while you quickly order a drink is just asking for someone to snatch it. Lock expensive items and jewelry in your cabin safe, then use or wear it only when appropriate.

Families traveling with children should be cautious as well. While family-friendly lines like Disney are "age-proofed" for their safety, other lines and older ships may not be and there are many hazards that could put them in a dangerous situation; npr. being left unsupervised on a balcony, falling down the stairs, swimming in a pool without a lifeguard, etc. Older teenagers should be given some freedom about what they'd like to do and where they want to relax during the cruise, but you should always know the whereabouts of younger children. Some ships even offer two-way, on-board "walkie talkies" for rent for your group to stay in-touch.

Very minor fires are not rare, especially in the many restaurant kitchens on board, e.g., in fryers. The crew is trained and equipped to deal with them. There is no reason to panic just because you see a crew member with extinguishing equipment.

Piracy incidents are virtually nonexistent in the regions of the world where most cruise lines sail (sever in Južna Amerika, Evropiitd.). It can be a legitimate concern to cruisers sailing some waters, e.g., near a few African countries and a few locations in Asia. However, no ship has ever been boarded by pirates if going more than 17 knots, a speed easily attained by cruise ships. Many ships plying those waters also have non-lethal means to "discourage" pirates.

Always report anything suspicious or concerning to a crew member; they will investigate or get someone who can to investigate the matter. Trust your instincts as well. If a situation or activity doesn't feel "right" to you, it may not be, e.g., substantial smell of smoke may be cause to activate the fire alarm.

Ashore

While you are safest while on-board the ship, this may not be the case ashore. It's useful to learn a bit about each destination you plan to visit beforehand and to act responsibly wherever you are.

When ashore, hold on to your boarding card as though it's your passport - without it you may not be allowed back on board without substantial delay. Actually, at many destinations, passengers won't need to present or carry their passport - the boarding card is enough. However, you should always carry at least a passport photocopy and government-issued photo identification as well as your ship's card.

Ostani zdrav

Typical pool area

Sunburn

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At sea, on beaches or small boats, bare skin can sunburn very rapidly between mid-morning and mid-afternoon. That ruins cruises for more people than any other cause. Sunburns (and their pain) can last until well after you return home. For a few, they may later induce permanent skin damage, and even cancer. So before you'll be exposed to sun for more than a short time, take effective precautions with clothing, a hat and highly-rated sunblock so that you can fully enjoy whatever recreation you choose.

Queasiness

No discussion here of any medication is authoritative. Consult your physician or pharmacist for any question or issue.

Some people experience queasiness on cruise ships. This is very unlikely on large or recently-built vessels, which consistently have highly effective stabilizers. Even so, some sensitive inner ears may react to even imperceptibly slow and gentle rocking of a calm sea. Localized intense storms may make the ocean rough for a day or so. And very-occasionally, major storms can't be avoided, but full-fledged tropical storms always are.

  • If you know or worry that it may be a problem, pick a cabin location that minimizes movement when the ship rolls and pitches; e.g., amidship and/or on a lower deck.
  • Over-the-counter motion sickness medications (e.g., Dramamine, Bonine) usually help. (Reportedly, Draminine has a tendency to cause drowsiness that can make it impractical to use for the duration of a cruise.)
  • Prescription trans-dermal Scopalomine patches can be very effective. But a few people have troubling side-effects. So, (with the permission/help of a doctor) test a patch before the cruise if you like the multi-day convenience they promise.
  • Some people find relief with special wristbands that claim to stimulate pressure points that are believed to counteract the nausea of motion sickness. Their effectiveness has not yet been clinically verified.

Staying well can be as simple as eating (and drinking) responsibly. Generous helpings of that beautiful, fresh pineapple for breakfast vsak morning can cause problems, as can the portions of wonderful and rich delights at dinner. Marine biologists know that the calf of a blue whale can gain up to 30 pounds per day. The next fastest weight-gaining mammal may be the cruise passenger - actually known to gain 6-7 pounds per week if he or she "over celebrates".

Care about exercise and choices of tours

If you exercise only occasionally or seldom, you may find the ship's gym tempting. "Exercise" some moderation in the same way you would with sunbathing to ensure it doesn't compromise enjoying your cruise. Similarly, available tours will demand different levels of physical effort. Whether privately arranged or offered by the ship, understand what each demands and choose wisely.

Outbreaks

Passengers and crew are susceptible to nalezljive bolezni (e.g., the flu, colds, Norovirus), but thankfully this happens only zelo occasionally due to great effort and care by the ship's staff, and by passengers who cooperate with health protections. It occurs because large numbers of people from countless places have close proximity, share facilities, forget to be responsible, and stay aboard long enough for symptoms to appear.

Preprečevanje

Most maladies spread much in the same ways as the common cold. Stifling coughs and sneezes into your sleeve helps greatly. And ships regularly provide hand disinfectant dispensers at entrances to dining areas; use them, but don't rely completely on them. You can help yourself if you:

  • Wash hands very frequently and thoroughly.
  • Substitute "elbow bumps" for handshakes with staff and fellow passengers; at the very least, wash up well after shaking someone's hand.
  • Use sanitizing wipes or solution on key parts of your cabin occasionally. This is no criticism of your cabin steward, whose efforts will also be thorough, but an added protection nonetheless.
  • Use your cabin bathroom rather than public restrooms whenever you can.

If you become ill

  • Report it as soon as possible, very preferably by cabin phone.
  • The medical staff can help considerably, may attend to you in your cabin, and may direct you to remain there and cancel any port visits until you recover (usually within a couple days) to avoid spreading the malady. Such direction is often reinforced by law in ports.
  • If the illness is deemed the ship's responsibility (e.g., several other passengers have or have had it), you may not be charged for medical services and may receive reimbursement for pre-paid but missed ship's tours.
  • Specially-equipped teams of ship's staff will thoroughly clean and sanitize any "accidents" in your cabin. So report them, and report public accidents as well.

Ships that see "possible signs" of an outbreak (even several passengers with sea-sickness) will set up extensive precautions and health/sanitation protocols to limit spread of any infectious agent. This can include hand sanitizer dispensers at entry to all public areas, barriers to self-help in buffets, nearly constant sanitizing of railings, door handles and public restrooms everywhere. Use and respect those measures.

Food and drink ashore

Although shipboard food and water will be sanitary, the usual precautions for overseas travel should be taken when eating and drinking ashore.

  • Advance research about your port visits should include looking for possible health risks.
  • In well-developed countries and touristy areas, food and water maja be safe. In addition to research, consult the ship's port descriptions and the port adviser. Even with assurances, take care with sidewalk food stands and road-side cafés. Crowds of locals only indicate popularity and low cost, not necessarily safety.
  • In less developed countries, ports and areas, take care to avoid local water and food-borne bacteria or parasites, including drinks made with ice a bar/restaurant may make using local tap water.
  • If in doubt about getting water ashore, buy it in sealed, labeled bottles.
  • Restrooms in "rustic" places in any country may have no tissues or napkins, so bring your own.
  • As with safety, there might also be health risks ashore that are not present on-board — especially in tropical countries. Before your cruise, check the situation in each of the destinations you'll visit.

Carrying bottled water

Few ports prohibit bringing bottles of water ashore. You'll see pricey offerings each time you leave the ship. Ask a ship's officer in-advance if sealed bottles are necessary; if not, you could refill your own, with buffet beverage/water dispensers perhaps offering better tasting water than that in your cabin.

Medical staff

Nearly all cruise ships have one, with an accredited doctor. Larger ships may also have two or more nurses or even a dentist. Most will offer open hours ("sick call") in the morning and late afternoon for routine ailments, with on-demand response (even in-cabin) for injuries or major illnesses. Most can effectively render first- and second-aid, perhaps more depending on the doctor's experience and on-board facilities, e.g., X-ray. They carry basic medications and supplies typically needed for cruises. Don't depend on them to replace special medications you use, even with near-equivalents.

  • If the ship's itinerary is quite repetitive during a season, the doctor maja have standing with pharmacies in some ports. He/she maja be able to issue usable scripts for your needs, but the ship's staff must pick up the medications at a fee to you. Again, don't expect the pharmacy on an island to be stocked with the medications you require - in some cases "pharmacy" might only be a shelf in the harbor's convenience store.
  • Unless your problem appears to have been caused by some condition or event that's the ship's responsibility, expect to be charged a fee for their services. Your regular health insurance may not cover such fees, but good trip insurance usually does.
  • Some ships have modest dialysis capability. If you need it, learn in advance if it's the type you need and you can reserve time slots. If available and as needed, reserve the service/times through your agent if you used one. Check with your health insurance agent to see if your regular health insurance covers any or all of what will be a substantial cost. Also check (before you commit to initial coverage) if your trip insurance covers this need.
  • Though the doctor and staff often wear ship's uniforms, many are concessionaires, not ship or cruise line officers. Nevertheless, for serious conditions, the doctor's decision about continuing your cruise under illness or injury will usually prevail. Medicinska evakuacija can be unbelievably expensive, and so you should ensure it will be covered by your trip insurance.

Physical limitations

If you have physical limitations, have your agent arrange needed services in advance, e.g., wheelchair to embark/disembark, for port visits/during the cruise, perhaps even to rent a "power chair" motorized wheelchair (usually only available for round-trip cruises).

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Calling

Many cruise ships are now equipped with cell phone-to-satellite transponders, which take over automatically at sea to provide wireless phone service throughout the ship. Your cell phone works just like at home and bills its usage back to your regular cell phone bill.

  • As your phone switches over to that "Cellular at Sea", you are roaming at their pricey per minute rates — the allotment of minutes on your plan doesn't apply here. Data should work as well, but cost can add up fast if your phone automatically checks e-mail.
  • Once the ship docks at a port with available cell service compatible with your phone, and you then turn it on or disable flight mode, your phone will likely use shore signals instead, providing that your cell phone company has a roaming contract with a local cell-service provider. Keep in mind that international calling from island nations' networks can be rather expensive too.
  • Experienced cruisers (wanting to avoid ship's costs) simply ensure that their cell phones are turned off or in flight mode while on-board.

Most ships offer ship-to-shore phone service from your cabin, but again at rather expensive rates. They may also levy heavy tolls on people at home who call you by phone on the ship.

Internet on-board

On-board Internet cafés and Wi-Fi hotspots are increasingly common, but the rates also tend to be fairly steep and the speeds (usually relying on high-latency satellite links shared with ship's business) can be unimpressive, though that is improving on some lines.

  • All usage will involve a fee, unless it's been paid-for in-advance as a kind of perk. If not, you may well want to buy a block of minutes (also linked to megabytes of usage), at a lower per-minute rate, early in your cruise. You'll have two basic ways of using Internet: at the "Internet Café" on desktop PCs (that can print essential papers, e.g., flight boarding passes at a small fee per page), or through your laptop/tablet.
  • If offered in your cabin, WiFi signal strength should be decent and dependable, but check it first on your device. Coverage elsewhere may vary wildly: most of the ship is constructed of steel — an unfriendly material for dependable wireless connections.
  • As with "calling" above, you may be able to use the local, on-shore cell phone/WiFi network for logging-in when the ship is docked or anchored very near a populated coast. This will be cheaper and likely faster than what the ship provides, but probably much slower and definitely more expensive than at home.
  • 'Avoid depending on a ship's Internet service to download major files of any kind, e.g., video clips, security/software updates. Networked, real time gaming will be frustrating and expensive. On-board, consider limiting yourself to e-mail, unless cost is no object. If using faster services ashore (and promptly back home), you might turn your automatic updates back on.
  • If you can, avoid depending on the day before disembarkation to conduct essential business. It's usually the busiest day for on-board internet use, with unusually slow response because so many passengers are checking flight details/getting boarding passes, using up surplus pre-purchased time, and doing other tasks, all while ship's business is especially intense. PCs in the Internet Café will be equally busy.

Internet ashore

If you find these cautions worrisome, you can usually find Internet cafés and WiFi nets at or near many ports, often offering much better rates and speed. You'll often find nets in modern cruise terminals: look for ship's staff. Also look for them for objective advice — they use other port cafés as well.

Anytime you use any computer while traveling, ensure that all private or sensitive portions of your sessions and data are secure, e.g., avoid doing financial or highly-personal business, use your own laptop if possible, have pro-active security capabilities installed and running, use wired Ethernet instead of WiFi if possible, set up a unique and complex password just for the trip, look for the https in networked sessions any time privacy or security is needed. See more discussion at Internet access.

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Bathing in hot springs on Deception Island as part of an Antarctic cruise

Look for laundry rooms in ship descriptions—not all ships have them. If laundry rooms are available, each will have two or more pairs of washers/dryers, detergent and softener dispensers (all usually taking coins/tokens, obtained at the Purser's desk, or perhaps from a coin machine in the laundry room), and irons and ironing boards. A large ship may have a laundry room on each deck where cabins are located.

If you'll be cruising for more than a week or so, on a ship without self-serve laundry facilities, you may have to pack substantially more clothes. All ships offer laundry services, but they're quite pricey. Some folks bring detergent (e.g., Woolite) to hand-wash select items in their cabin, though humidity creates extended drying times.

Pojdi naprej

This is a recap of a typical disembarkation process. Near the end of each cruise segment (not necessarily when you'll finally disembark), the Cruise Director will give a briefing that covers specific details for that ship/cruise and debarkation port, to include likely local customs and immigration (C&I) processing. His/her comments will also cover those staying aboard for the next segment.

Final processing to leave the ship is called "debarkation" or "disembarkation". This involves getting perhaps a few thousand passengers off the ship as efficiently as possible. You can't all leave at once. So you'll likely receive a questionnaire several days before the cruise segment end, asking what travel arrangements (if any) you have made to return home. Your answers (e.g., staying aboard, end-of-cruise tour, scheduled flight departure date/time) will determine in what group you will disembark. ("Staying aboard" may still require some form of immigration processing on or off the ship. If so, that will also be arranged and announced.)

  • Two or so days before your final cruise end, you'll receive luggage tags indicating your debarkation group. Instructions that come with them will indicate the time your group is načrtovano to be called to leave the ship.
    • If your group's scheduled debarkation provides too little time to comfortably reach a necessary place ashore in plenty of time (e.g., your airline's check-in counter), notify the Pursor's Office/customer service immediately.
  • On most ships, those tags will be colored and/or numbered. You can obtain more from the pursor/customer service desk if needed.
  • On the last night, place a tag on a fixed handle of each piece of your luggage and put at least your large, packed luggage outside your cabin door—usually by 10 or 11PM. It will be taken by stewards that night for you to claim ashore in the terminal the next morning.
    • Unlike airlines, you can put out two or more pieces per person. If you're flying home, you'll need a way to deal with all pieces somewhere ashore before check-in for your flight.
  • You can also put out carry-on bags, but:
    • Don't pack in them what you'll need in the morning, e.g., keep necessary toiletries/other liquids, something to wear to leave the ship. If you'll be flying home, you'll need to later transfer some items (e.g., liquids you've kept for morning use) into your to-be-checked luggage before you approach the airline counter for a flight.
    • Always keep with you any bags that have medications, valuables and valuable papers inside.
    • Do not re-lock the room safe after you take out belongings for the last time. If you do, the next occupants of your cabin will have to ask a very-busy technician to open it, often with a considerable wait.

Some ships offer a "walk off" or "express" disembarkation option. On the questionnaire, you can choose to leave the ship early as part of such a group receiving special, expedited C&I processing if you carry off all your possessions. If you opt for it, do ne miss the call for your group to disembark, or you will be directed to leave in the very last group instead. Everyone in your party should opt for it; otherwise, you'll be processed and outside the terminal perhaps 2-3 hours before the rest reach you.

At some major ports, some ships offer special luggage handling services for flying home on certain airlines. For a fee, late the last night, they will take specially-tagged luggage to (perhaps through) your airline check-in at the airport. Before you opt for this, understand the process and your responsibilities, e.g., all belongings you have in-hand to go through pier-side customs, the others as designated elsewhere.

Typically, people opting for express walk-off, those having early flights or cruise-line shore excursions are given the earliest group debarkation times.

Your last morning, you may be instructed to leave your cabin somewhat early (yes, at least one dining room and the buffet will open quite early for breakfast), and proceed to a specific public area on the ship to wait to be called to disembark.

  • Consider having a hearty breakfast. You may face several hours before the next opportunity for decent food.
  • If anyone in your personal group has a physical limitation affecting debarkation, request help in-advance. He/she may be given permission (and baggage tags) to depart at any time to include members of the family. If he/she needs to be seated while waiting (perhaps 1–2 hours) to disembark, they should go to your assigned public area promptly after breakfast.
  • Your waiting area won't necessarily be on the same deck as for exiting the ship. If not, you may have to negotiate stairs with your belongings because elevators will be very busy; those with mobility challenges will have priority.
  • In that waiting area, you'll eventually be called by color/number to disembark — usually not before the scheduled time.
    • Many ships do not call groups using the public address system. You may be notified only by staff in your assigned public area.
    • If you're not part of the "express" group that leaves early, and you miss your "regular" group's call, you can usually leave any time later without complications.

As you walk off the ship into the terminal, you'll be ushered to a large area with masses of luggage, considerably less if you disembark in one of the last groups. Your luggage will be arranged according to your disembarkation group. You'll need to pick-out your pieces and proceed to C&I or other processing if any. Porters will likely be available to help. After any processing, many options begin, e.g.,

  • If you have an end-of-cruise tour, cruise extension or prepaid airport transfer arranged, you'll be ushered to a bus or other vehicle to transport you, often with your luggage placed on board.
  • Other transport can take many forms, e.g., self-arranged taxis, surries to paid parking lots or local hotels.

Once you leave the terminal to travel independently, or after any ship's tour or cruise extension, you basically have full responsibility to reach whatever destination or follow-on transport awaits.

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