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Intrigue & Shirmp Cocktail on the High Seas

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When we saw the a thread titled "Tips for First-Time Cruisers", we just had to check it out. It wasn't nearly as salacious as we hoped, but it was full of useful information. We have a mental block about cruises--too many pairs of Dockers pants in one place frightens us--but we suppose being arming the rest of you with some knowledge couldn't hurt. To wit, some tips for ships:

·Excursions: Try to avoid the ship excursions which only move as fast as the slowest person and are very pricey. Go independently by rental car, bus, taxi or just walking. It is more fun, cheaper, and you get to see so much more.

·Seasickness: My most important recommendation for a first-time cruiser is get your doc to prescribe the ear patch and wear it the entire time! We had a big storm the day we spent at sea and I did not even get queasy. If I had been sick (and I get motion sickness very easily), it would have been a miserable trip.

·Shoppng: If you are a perfume buyer (I save all year), checkout prices at home before buying in the Island-good idea for buying anything! Ships also have bogo in the liquors and will sometimes match prices on the islands so you don't have to schlep them.

Here's our suggestion: To earn some extra cash, improve your shuffleboard skills so that you can hustle some seniors. They can't resist double-or-nothing when it comes to shuffleboard.

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