When do you feel like you’re finally on vacation.....

I feel like I am on vacation when my wife and I are in the car heading to Galveston.

The beginning of my cruise is the point I clear the final hurdle in the terminal.

But, my tropical state of mind does not hit until my luggage is in my cabin.

My answer is similar to the one above.

I feel like I am on vacation when we start to drive to the port.

I'm not in full vacation mode until after muster though.

After muster, once the ship starts moving away from port, Funship special in hand.

Every morning when I wake up, and remember I'M RETIRED !!!!!! EVERY. DAY. IS. VACATION. Every week is 6 Saturdays, and a Sunday.

Seeing the ship as we uber to it

As soon as I get in my car after the last day of work, I yell very loudly “ I’m on VACATION”

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Our Cruise is in 5 days.

 

I can never decide which is worse the week leading up to a cruise or the week following.

 

So my question is when do you finally feel like you’re on vacation. For me it’s when I am thru security and I am walking on the gangway to the ship.

 

It’s as though the stress falls off of me on the walk.

 

I’m usually nearly 100 percent relaxed once our room isn’t available.

On my way to the cruiseport .

Once I give my suitcase to the sky cap at the airport and head to security ;o)

After the drill.

When I take that first sip of my Rum Punch as the ship pulls away from the dock.

I’m like some of the others. Don’t feel like I’m on vacation until after the Muster Drill. That seems a little like work to me, something we HAVE to do! Then I’m heading to the top deck for the sail away party, now it’s started big time!

When we back out of the garage and head for the airport.

The first time I hear the toilet flush :)

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As soon as I step foot on the ship. Then I know that I'm there. The car to the airport didn't break down on the way to the airport. The plane was on time. Our plane landed safely. Our shuttle to the hotel picked us up. The hotel didn't overbook and I have a room. The next day the shuttle took me to the port without incident. I didn't die of boredom waiting for embarkation to begin. Now I step foot on the ship and can relax! :cool:

For me it's the last day of work before we head out. As soon as I get off my body says it's party time.

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When I light a doobey after I call in sick the day before we’re supposed to leave!

When I start packing my suitcase. That's usually the day or night before we hit the road to drive to our cruise. Sometimes we leave as much as 3 days before cruise day and so we are well into vacay mode days before we step onto the ship. I really begin to enjoy the drive after we get south of Jacksonville FL, that's when I start to feel that I'm 'there' but it's all an escalating excitement from the time that I start laying things into my suitcase.

They now have a machine that goes PING! :D

It's the most expensive machine on the whole ship!

For me vacation starts when the ship's horn sounds as they leave the dock.

The moment I’m done with work the day before. My vacation starts on that drive home.

 

 

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I agree.

Walking up the gangway is when I feel I am officially on vacation. I love that walk!

I usually stay in a hotel in the city the night before. My vacation first starts when I am in a taxi/Uber heading to the hotel. Seeing the palm trees and scenery lets me know I'm there. Then it just gets progressively better. Into the hotel, then go to the beach/pool/city, then go to the ship the next day, then the muster drill ends.

I would say it's not even close that the week after is way worse than the week before. During the week before, yea, you just want to be there already. However, it is excitement for what is to come. The week after, I am depressed that I am no longer on that fun vacation, but back to work. Counting down the long period until the next vacation. That part is brutal.

It's the most expensive machine on the whole ship!

I knew at least one person on here would get that! :'):'):')

I'm one of those weirdos who loves to fly. For me, it's the moment after I load my carry-on into the overhead bin, settle into my seat, and sip on a glass of wine from the flight attendant. Pure joy! :)

My moment is when I'm through TSA at the airport, at that point there's no turning back...have wife, boarding pass, passport, carry-on, credit card and lots of cash...at that point relaxation settles in and pushes me toward the nearest airport bar.

I get the first rush of vacation excitement when I see the ship as we pull into the port but the official "vacation has begun" feeling comes the moment I step out on to the lido deck. I celebrate that feeling with a frozen fruity concoction in a hurricane glass!