We had four people and 8 (yes, 8) bags - one bag for each person, one bag with shoes only, (one mom, two DD's, and DH with size 15 shoes), one bag with Christmas tree, lights, decorations, door decorations, electronics, and misc. hardware stuff, and one electric guitar.
Have to agree with NAT&MAGSMOM - too many clothes in the dd-13's bag (she packed herself with a list I prepared -- I think she tossed it in the garbage on her way into her room to pack), plus her 2 carry-ons stuffed - the rule is you have to carry what you pack, and there was a lot of whining, especially on disembarking Sat - she stayed up way to late and got up way too early (to make last breakfast with our Dis gang).
The grownups are all unpacked. We are going to unpack DD-13 tonight (we came home and found one of our cats really ill--spent all day at the after hours Vet yesterday, and she had to be put to sleep today
)so we are a little behind. I plan on having her take the clothes she actually wore and put them in one pile, and the clothes she didn't wear in another pile, hoping that she will understand that she took way too much.
From GenieDana's list, we used all of those items except for the alarm clock - wake up call on the cabin phone worked great.
We used the duct tape to stabilize the tree (rolled a piece over on itself and fastened the base of the tree to the table with no marks on the table at the end of the cruise).
We used the hairdryer for two girls with very long hair, and one Mom who is always in a hurry (the cabin dryers are terrible).
We used the Walkie-talkies every day onboard to keep up with DD-13 and her friends (one of whom was 12, and they did not want to do the 10-12 program, and Disney would not let her do the Stack), used them in Grand Cayman and Cozumel when we split up to shop, and put the rest of our Dis friends on the same frequency for CC - so DHs could find us after their fishing trip, and so that we could keep up with the teens at their beach, making sure everyone arrived at their excursions on time.
We used the extension cord to plug in the tree (with lights), the lights we put around our porthole, the battery charter for the 2-ways, the electric guitar so it could be played over on the bed, 2 cell phone chargers, and our battery recharger.
I have gotten so sea sick on smaller charter fishing vessels that once I was going to have the captain radio for a helicopter, as I knew that I would not make it the 22 miles back to port. I used the seasick medication twice - once in the middle of the night when I had to get up with DD-13 who had eaten too much rich food and the boat was really rocking -- I had been lying in bed thinking about the fact that I was really feeling the motion and not feeling well - took it and was able to get to sleep and felt great in the morning; and the other time after CC when I had one (one only) Conk Cooler with alcohol in it at the end of the day which gave me some sort of bad lower GI symptoms, which at first I thought was seasickness. Did feel much better after the Bonine, though.
DH had purchased two over-the-door shoe holders, but only one got in the bag - he actually put the shoes in it (I had meant it for toiletries, etc.). Since we had so many shoes, it was full, and we could have used the second - batteries, 2-ways, film, cell phones, chargers, etc. were all over the place - had to spend too much time hunting things down some days. I would bring two the next time.
If we can keep this thread going, jgalecpa (young, good looking guy with the big fish and a great personality and sense of humor) will be home tomorrow. I know Rieann has a few things in mind that she brought that she did not use, and he will be posting the same. They did actually need the WD-40.
I did not do a very thorough job on my medicine (suprisingly, as DH is an MD), and the one thing requested by a DD was a Band-Aid - did I have one? No.
I think it will be hard to get a consensus on this post!!
