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In the past 4 years we have gone on 3x 20 hour ferry journeys plus extra Irish Sea crossings totalling over 110 human hours of ferry travel for us. We are no experts but have learnt a lot from our mistakes. These are some of our tips for making those boring journeys just that little bit better: For the parents: Take your own bottle of wine& a corkscrew – borrow glasses on board Extra breakfast – you can buy milk on board. Ours always decide that they don’t like crusty bread, croissants & pain au chocolat on ferries. For the baby: Disposable bottles & ready made formula – our steriliser needed an adapter to work. There tends to be a microwave near the cafe area so microwave bottles are fine on board. Your own blanket/baby sleeping bag – ferry baby quilts are not great. For the kids: Small toys! You will have a lot to carry. Our 2 oldest have pink trunkis which they love dragging around. They can hold loads of useful toys and its a way of getting the kids to be responsible for their own stuff. A magazine each – we save this for the return journey. more »