You really don't need money for food, as you're meals should be covered with the cruise. This is the case with Royal Caribbean and the Carnival Lines, I don't know about Norwegian. $2000 should be plenty (plus credit cards), for souvenirs, shopping and meals on shore.
Some notes: take advantage of the cruise booked excursions, they're guaranteed and checked out by the cruise line. if you intend to do any serious duty free shopping, the ship has a professional "buyer" who makes arrangements with local duty free merchants, there are some really good deals to be had. Stay in the "tourist areas" if you're going out on your own, the ship has no problem leaving without you, and it's up to you to get to the next port and meet the ship.The shipboard excursions will get you back to the ship on time. If one of those is running late, the ship will wait. Bring a suit for formal night, have a date with your significant other, cruises can be a great chance to reconnect. There's stuff to do on the ship, but make sure you bring portable DVD players or IPODs, you will be spending time by the pool. This is a real chance to cut loose, 99% of the folks on the cruise with you, you'll never see again, so have fun, be social, get stupid if you want to. aaannnnnndddd... even if you're not prone to motion sickness, go to your doctor and get a prescription for scopamine patches. If the seas get rough even the biggest boats move, and you will get queasy. Casey Dougall wrote: > Yeah!!! > > Yes, yes... Cruse and air fair are paid in full. time to get the rest of my > spending cash together and I'm set!!! > > So how much money should I really need? is $2000 enough. I have no clue. > Haven't been on a cruse before. > > WESTERN CARIBBEAN > > DATE DESTINATION > > Nov 15 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA UNITED STATES > > Nov 16 2008 PRINCESS CAYS, BAHAMAS > > Nov 17 2008 AT SEA > > Nov 18 2008 OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA > > Nov 19 2008 GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS > > Nov 20 2008 COZUMEL, MEXICO > > Nov 21 2008 AT SEA > > Nov 22 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA UNITED STATES > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
