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I told my wife that according to RC rules,  women are not allowed to wear underwear.  I did keep a straight face but she still didnt believe me

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

This is not my mistake - but let's go with not having a general packing list for the basics needed on the cruise.
My DH was a little irked that I wanted to review the basic clothes that we had packed for one cruise....so I just let it go.  Come to find out that he completely forgot to pack any underwear - none, nada, zilch.  All he had was what he wore to travel.
Did I mention that this was a 15 day Panama Canal cruise?    
It made for a memorable cruise.  We were sailing with his parents and to this day we have never told them what happened.  That cruise was in 2006.
Needless to say, underwear is the first thing we both pack and we try not to burst out laughing when we do so.  

I usually wear a sport coat, button down shirt and tie, and slacks, anything less and I will get skinned alive since the wife gets our picture from that night from every cruise. 

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Credit card bills ???

If you pay the supplemental whether at the 200% or 150% level, you will get 2 points per night.

The only snack policy should be bring enough to share!  
j/k but we made new friends when we had an extra mini bag of pretzels at the R bar on Rhapsody.....I wasn't nice enough to share my mini package of mixed nuts.....that would have been nutz!

In our house it really means "here she goes again"!  ?
I might be the only one glad that Freedom out of NJ is not available to book yet.....my credit card thanks RC for the cooling down period.

I just told my DH that I will be running away from home to jump on the Freedom from NJ.  He just shook his head....does that mean he wants to go too?  

We bought full face snorkel masks from Wildhorn Outfitter via Amazon.
We have used the regular snorkel equipment many times and feel that the full face masks are easier for swimmers of any ability to use.  If you can breathe and float, you can snorkel with a full face mask.
hth

The best seats will vary from person to person.
In my experience, the Key seats were not always the "best" seats in the venue.  Some times, we decided to sit in other sections.  I would suggest that on embarkation day or whenever you can, go into the venues and take a look around and figure out what looks good to you.  Then when you head to the actual shows, you can compared the Key seating area to what you considered good seats earlier.
Have a great trip.

Did anyone else read the title of the thread and hear @Matt's voice say "Get ready to hear the Top Ten things that experienced cruises wish they had known before their first cruise............UP NEXT!!!"
While I sit in timeout from posting, I am going to watch the replay of last night's live stream.     ?

I am probably going to trigger your OCD, but we are “morning of” packers

I like the brand of toothpaste the guy or gal in the forward suite was using in the video so I’d go with the forward one.  

i am so sad. Now I have to book more cruises to console myself. Where is my Husband's card?

@Matt  I think the Brilliance Group Cruise might have to have a bakery taste test meet up so that we can determine which of these places are better than the other!