Tips:
(1) Plan and start your cruise wisely so your last event day (i.e. most challenging day) falls on the day when you have most time to play.
(2) Maximise your Day 1 by not starting your cruise too close to midnight PST. E.g. If you start your cruise at 11pm PST, you have only 1 hour for Day 1 before Day 2 starts at midnight.
(3) Before you submit your last order for the day, ensure that your new orders for the next day are doable. Refresh it till you get a doable order or an order with higher gem value (to hasten your progress for the next day). Once you submit your last order for the day, your cruise screen is locked and you can't refresh until the new cruise day starts.
(4) Ensure your appliances are free at each new event day (midnight PST) so you can cook the order items for the new day.
Note:
(1) Using gems to speed through the days doesn't help if you speed up a few days in between. Unless you speed through all days, the game will force you back to the original 10 days schedule. So either speed through
all cruise days to the completion of your Day 10 or not at all. The last few days, usually the last 2 days, will be the more challenging days. Thus if you want to speed, its best you do so then.
(2) Cruise orders and prizes may vary according to levels.
(3) Your cruise ends just before
midnight PST on your Day 11. It's important to note this and convert to your own time zone so you don't miss out. You can use this
Time Zone Converter to figure out your local time. You can enter "San Francisco" for the S8 time zone (PST).