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Carry-on Packing

Passport / birth certificates
Drivers license
Auto Insurance card (if renting a car ashore in port of call)
Vaccination certificate (if required)
Credit and Debit cards (alert bank prior to travel so they are aware and don’t freeze your account)
Cruise docs
Itinerary
Excursion docs
Airline tickets or e-ticket confirmation
Hotel booking
Land transfer info; rental car, bus, etc
Dollar bills for tipping
Travel insurance info
Emergency #’s
- Emergency contacts
- Credit and debit card companies
- Travel agent
- Cruise line
- Excursions
Addresses for sending post cards or gifts
Traveling companions’ emergency #’s
Medical cards and medical FSA card & copies
Prescription medications and copies of prescriptions and list of meds you’re taking
Medical history (Especially if traveling alone with health issue)
Cell phone & charger
iPod & charger
Camera
Hand sanitizer
Suntan lotion and lip balm
Chap stick
Sunglasses
Water bottle
Goodies, gummies, etc.
Luggage id’s (Also a count & picture of your checked luggage if it gets lost)
Eyedrops
Book
Champagne/ Wine (You can carry on 2 bottles per stateroom on most cruise lines)
Swimsuit / Bathing suit
Bathing suit cover up
Hat (if desired to shade sun while on deck; ones with strings are good because it gets windy!)
Flip-flops or sandals (if not already wearing them!)
Quick change of clothes (if you don’t get your luggage before dinner)
Unopened flats of soda and/or bottled water

General Items

Medicine
- Any prescription meds
- Motion sickness (Dramamine)
- Benadryl
- Ibuprofen
- Acetaminophen
- Tums
- Pepcid
- Immodium
- Pepto Bismol
- Sudafed
- Orajel
- Aloe Vera for sun burns
- Vaseline (Hours of walking in wet bathing suits causes chafing; use for prevention and remedy)
- Neosporin
- Eye drops
- Flonase or saline spray
Extra memory cards
Extra batteries
Roll of duct tape
Corkscrew
Rum Runners
Plastic Shot glasses
Mixing bottle
Small water spray bottle
Walkie Talkies (Disney provides these on board)
Binoculars
Hand sanitizer
Hangers
Zip-lock bags
Clothes pins or Clips (for drying bathing suits in shower or clipping towels onto deck chairs to keep them from blowing away- They sell fancy / decorative ones)
Power strip
Small extension cord
Night Light
Alarm clock (or just use watch or phone)
Lanyard
Watch (Cell phone automatically get time from the tower; when changing time zones local time is different than ship’s time and you can get into trouble. Dual time zone one’s are a good option.)
Super glue
Portable speaker(s) for playing music
Closeable cups or bottles for drinks
Snacks / Candy you can’t get on board
Water bottle flavor packets
Small cooler for room or pool deck
Post-it notes for leaving messages
Pop-up hamper
Sun tan lotion
Chap stick / Lip balm (SPF)
Sunglasses
Highlighter (for daily activities sheet)
Pre-paid phone card
Glasses, contacts, contacts cleaner
Extra reading glasses
Reading sunglasses
Guidebooks and other port of call information
Foreign language phrase book or dictionary
Maps
Reading material
Journal or notebook and pen/pencil
Business cards with email address to give out to new cruise friends
Currency conversion chart
Laptop computer & power cord
Disposable underwater camera
Extra plastic cable-lock ties for securing luggage for return trip
Small pliers or diagonal cutter for removing plastic cable lock ties (pack in outer pocket of luggage,not inside!)
Extra luggage name tags
Small flashlight
Swiss Army knife or something similar with screwdriver head, etc.
Small umbrella
Collapsible travel pillow for those long airplane flights
Ear plugs or "ear planes"
Playing cards
Sports gear (snorkeling gear, diving, rock-climbing, workout)- for fit and sanitary reasons
Bug spray (not for your cabin on the ship, but for those pesky pests ashore)
Hats/caps/visors
Insulated large coffee mugs
Empty folding tote bag - for souvenirs or the beach
Small sewing kit and scissors (pack in checked luggage)
Small box / bottle of laundry detergent
Travel-sized Woolite
Fabic or dryer sheets
Handi-wipes
Photo album to share pictures of those adorable kids, grandkids, or pets with new friends
Tablet or e-book and charger
Shoe horn for getting those shoes back on your swollen feet
Large plastic trash bags for dirty clothes
Tote bags (2)