Alright, so maybe I'm just a bit ahead of myself - but why not start to talk about what we're going to pack?
This being our 5th Disney cruise, but our first "up north", we're in a quandry about what to pack while trying to thwart attempts by the airlines to charge us for all the bags! We've gotten pretty good at trimming down our luggage to carry-on only for our Carribbean/Mexico Disney Cruises, but we are wondering what everyone is doing as far as clothes, outerwear (like extra hats, rain jacket, etc.), extra pairs of binoculars, boots?
Will you NOT be packing shorts, polo shirts?
By the way, I saw the poster who gave great scans of the navigators and pics of the meals. My family was hoping to have a lot of king crab legs, salmon steaks, etc. I would think they would stock up there from local places, but maybe not? What does everyone think?
Ben, Jenny, and Lily (DD8)
This being our 5th Disney cruise, but our first "up north", we're in a quandry about what to pack while trying to thwart attempts by the airlines to charge us for all the bags! We've gotten pretty good at trimming down our luggage to carry-on only for our Carribbean/Mexico Disney Cruises, but we are wondering what everyone is doing as far as clothes, outerwear (like extra hats, rain jacket, etc.), extra pairs of binoculars, boots?
Will you NOT be packing shorts, polo shirts?
By the way, I saw the poster who gave great scans of the navigators and pics of the meals. My family was hoping to have a lot of king crab legs, salmon steaks, etc. I would think they would stock up there from local places, but maybe not? What does everyone think?
Ben, Jenny, and Lily (DD8)
We had a pile of 8 extra lobsters on the table once. 
I expect that we will request a couple extra lobster tails this cruise as well. 
I am getting so excited. 
We are flying Southwest so the baggage fees are not a problem but I don't like to carry more than two each anyway. 
If I can get by with three total I'll do it ....... but I also have to think about what we are taking home after the cruise. 
For daytime wear we will probably have jeans and t-shirts. I have no problem wearing a pair of jeans more than once, so I think 3 will be plenty for us. One we will wear on the way and 2 packed. I can do a load of laundry if needed. Dennis will have his "big bag" for his camera stuff, c-pap machine and laptop. All three of these items fit in one bag. Not sure if we will use the laptop, but he brings it to download photos if nothing else. Even though we are driving, my goal is one packed bag each and one carryon (plus Dennis' camera bag carryon). No pirate night stuff for us this trip either. Trip reports seem to be that this is a "non-event" event on these cruises. I hope not to purchase much stuff. We have enough stuff!! 
We have started getting small, small things as rememberances and really for me the photos are the souvineers I enjoy the most. 
And of course a light jacket for each.
Your Mom would be a good addition to the "geezers"! 
