12-3-09 December 3, 2009 3 nite WONDER

[krdisneybound]

Anyone planning on booking this cruise or already booked??


this is the place to start chatting and meeting new friends.

[fireworks fan]

Hi! I just booked this cruise this week:cool1: It will be our first cruise, me, DH, DD5, and DS2. As soon as we get back from WDW, I will be going into full planning mode :goodvibes

[yeahdisney]

We just booked this cruise. DD will be 11 DS will be 8. Their first cruise and it is a surprise.

[tngal]

Just booked this cruise! Can't wait to see the ship at christmas time! this will be our 2nd Disney cruise (my 3rd cruise all together) . My 2 DD's will be 5 and 11 and the time of sailing. Lookin forward to it!!

[tngal]

hmmm...do you think we're going to have the whole ship to ourselves?? LOL, I know there are others out there who are going on this cruise too!!:banana: :banana:

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Well, now that we are less than a year out from the cruise, maybe more posters will show up:)

[tngal]

Well, until everyone else shows up, I guess we'll get to know one another..sound good. My name is Lisa and I am mom to two girls ages 10 and 5. I live in southeast tennessee...how about you?

[fireworks fan]

Hi Lisa, I'm Mary and I live in the nw suburbs of Chicago were it is a balmy 9 degrees right now. Sure wish I was on a cruise today :lmao: I have two kids, a boy, 3, and a girl, 6. I used to live in Germantown, TN briefly when I was a kid.

[tngal]

Wow!! 9 degrees..Holy Cow!! We thought we were cold at 42 today! I'm sending you some warm wishes! What do you do ? I'm a SAHM and i'm 33.
This will be our 2nd Disney cruise, my mom and stepdad are going along as well and this will be their first disney cruise and their first cruise ever! I talked them into a room with verandah, that it was definitely worth the $$!! Looking forward to "chatting" with you more!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Hi Lisa, I'm a SAHM too, and my parents and my in-laws are also joining us on the cruise. I'm hoping we can add on a few days in WDW before the cruise too.

Unfortunately, your warm wishes are not making a dent in our snow yet! It just won't quit, but at least the temps are in the teens today:lmao: Anyway, hope you have a great holiday!:santa:

[tngal]

Oh man! Maybe I need to wish a little harder for some warm temps your way! We have been having lows in the teens but it does warm up to around 35 or 40 during the day.
I look forward to my mom and dad coming along...but i don't know if i could handle traveling with the in-laws lol.
If you don't get to go to WDW before the cruise, where will you stay? We want to spend an extra day or two before but just not WDW. My dh,kids and myself stayed at the Radisson last time, but just was not overly impressed. We were looking at the Residence inn this tme around, esp. with their being more of us going.
Do you know your room assignment yet? I am already planning the magnetic signs and stuff for our door :) You think I might be somewhat excited about our trip lol.
I have a myspace if you would like to check it out and add me if you do myspace as well. just go to myspace.com/scarlett233. Hope to hear from you soon and have a great Christmas!

Lisa

[alldiz]

Ok....count me in:cool1:

Just added the 3 night cruise to my WDW stay. I'll be at the WLV from 11-27 to 12-3.

Then off to the Wonder:cool1: :banana: :dance3: I am sooo excited:yay:

My 1st DCL...and my DD's 1st cruise..she is 6.

My room number is 6231....Navigators verandah:cloud9:

I have one question.....What do I do till Dec 3rd:headache:
I'll just have to read others TR's to get through it.:goodvibes
Kerri

[tngal]

Ok....count me in:cool1:

Just added the 3 night cruise to my WDW stay. I'll be at the WLV from 11-27 to 12-3.

Then off to the Wonder:cool1: :banana: :dance3: I am sooo excited:yay:

My 1st DCL...and my DD's 1st cruise..she is 6.

My room number is 6231....Navigators verandah:cloud9:

I have one question.....What do I do till Dec 3rd:headache:
I'll just have to read others TR's to get through it.:goodvibes
Kerri


Hey! I see you made it !!! our room # is 6606 and 6604 (my mom and stepdad are going with us) I have wondered the same thing...what can i do till Dec.3??? I am just going to busy myself with making t-shirts, etc!! Look forward to getting to know you !!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Welcome, Kerri! Well, it looks like we will have 3 little girls all around the same age-at least in the same kids club anyway. It would be nice if they knew someone ahead of time.

If you find any good trip reports, please pass them along :goodvibes

[alldiz]

Hi....
Looking forward to getting to know you "guys":goodvibes
these are my new favorite trip reports:goodvibes

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1758672

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1853401
Kerri

[tngal]

Ok, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I could definitely handle being on the Wonder right now! It is pouring down snow right now and I'm soooo cold! Its just so hard to pass the time until Dec. isn't it lol. I think it would be great if the "3 girls" got to know one another also and had someone somewhat familiar to play with! Now if it was the same with my oldest DD!! She has a hard time making friends because she is mildly autistic and that tends to "scare" off some of the other kids. She is very loving and wants to be everyones friend.
Hope to hear from all of you soon and hope to maybe some new faces on here soon!!!!!

Lisa

[alldiz]

Ok, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I could definitely handle being on the Wonder right now! It is pouring down snow right now and I'm soooo cold! Its just so hard to pass the time until Dec. isn't it lol. I think it would be great if the "3 girls" got to know one another also and had someone somewhat familiar to play with! Now if it was the same with my oldest DD!! She has a hard time making friends because she is mildly autistic and that tends to "scare" off some of the other kids. She is very loving and wants to be everyones friend.
Hope to hear from all of you soon and hope to maybe some new faces on here soon!!!!!

Lisa

I "need" the Wonder:goodvibes
I have no vacations planned till then and i am DYING::yes::

I would love for the kids to get to know each other....DD can't really type on the computer yet....and she is "emerging as a reader"....so I don't know how to do that. I'm sure your DD will be fine.....so many nice kids will be around.
Kerri

[fireworks fan]

Wow, we've actually made it to page 2:cool1: Its actually feeling relatively balmy here after our subzero temps last week. School closed because it was so cold. I would have much rather been on the Wonder than trapped in my house!

Mary

[gwynesmom]

Hi everyone, we are doing the 4day land and 3night cruise and are getting really excited. We have two kids 6 & 4 and they have never been to DW or a cruise. This is our 2nd cruise but first one on disney. We have several other family members coming along too!! Would love to meet some of you.:cheer2:

[tngal]

Hi everyone, we are doing the 4day land and 3night cruise and are getting really excited. We have two kids 6 & 4 and they have never been to DW or a cruise. This is our 2nd cruise but first one on disney. We have several other family members coming along too!! Would love to meet some of you.:cheer2:

Hi and Welcome! Nice to see more people joining in on this thread! I have 2 girls ages (at time of sailing) 5 and 11. I have been on two cruises, one of those non-disney and I loved the Disney cruise!! We've never been to WDW, but plan on making that trip sometime though. What deck/room number are you? We will be on deck 6, room 6606. Look forward to getting to know all of you!!

Lisa

[tngal]

Wow, we've actually made it to page 2:cool1: Its actually feeling relatively balmy here after our subzero temps last week. School closed because it was so cold. I would have much rather been on the Wonder than trapped in my house!

Mary

Granted we've not been nowhere near as cold as you've been, but cold enough here! I would Definitely rather be on the Wonder right now! We had about 2 inches of snow and Wind chills in the single digits...BRRR!! Looking forward to relaxing on the balcony with a drink in my hand!!

Just wondering....are any of you planning on using or interested in the Fish Extender thing? I was looking at making some, but didn't know if this cruise meet thread had gotten big enough for that yet. I have already got some magnet designs figured out and am going to do the girls some T-shirts. Just wondering...

Looking forward to hearing from all of you again real soon!!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Hi Lisa,

I think the fish extender would be fun, especially for the kids. I wanted to make some door magnets as well.

Its finally hit the low 30's here again, so we're coming out of the deep freeze, at least temporarily. :cool1:



Welcome, gwynesmom! Hi everyone, we are doing the 4day land and 3night cruise and are getting really excited. We have two kids 6 & 4 and they have never been to DW or a cruise. This is our 2nd cruise but first one on disney. We have several other family members coming along too!! Would love to meet some of you.

[mousebrat]

We booked as well!!! We will be staying at the Poly for 5 nights before we get on the Wonder. Along with myself, I'll have DH, DS (3 almost 4 years old then), and DS (just turned 1 then). We are going to celebrate my birthday that I share with my youngest son.

This will be our third Disney cruise for us, our oldest son's second (if you don't count when I was pregnant for the first one), and our youngest son's first.

We can't wait to return to Disney and see all the Christmas decorations. I've seen the pictures of Castaway Cay and we are so excited.

[tngal]

We booked as well!!! We will be staying at the Poly for 5 nights before we get on the Wonder. Along with myself, I'll have DH, DS (3 almost 4 years old then), and DS (just turned 1 then). We are going to celebrate my birthday that I share with my youngest son.

This will be our third Disney cruise for us, our oldest son's second (if you don't count when I was pregnant for the first one), and our youngest son's first.

We can't wait to return to Disney and see all the Christmas decorations. I've seen the pictures of Castaway Cay and we are so excited.

Welcome! Looks our little group is growing! :cool1: We are going to have a lot of younger kids! I have a dd that will be almost 6 at that time and another dd that is 11. Looking forwarde to you joining our group and getting to know you all.

Lisa

[alldiz]

Hi and Welcome! Nice to see more people joining in on this thread! I have 2 girls ages (at time of sailing) 5 and 11. I have been on two cruises, one of those non-disney and I loved the Disney cruise!! We've never been to WDW, but plan on making that trip sometime though. What deck/room number are you? We will be on deck 6, room 6606. Look forward to getting to know all of you!!

Lisa
Right down the hall from ya in 6136:goodvibes
Granted we've not been nowhere near as cold as you've been, but cold enough here! I would Definitely rather be on the Wonder right now! We had about 2 inches of snow and Wind chills in the single digits...BRRR!! Looking forward to relaxing on the balcony with a drink in my hand!!

Just wondering....are any of you planning on using or interested in the Fish Extender thing? I was looking at making some, but didn't know if this cruise meet thread had gotten big enough for that yet. I have already got some magnet designs figured out and am going to do the girls some T-shirts. Just wondering...

Looking forward to hearing from all of you again real soon!!!

Lisa
I've seen the fish extender pics....but I'm not quite sure what to do with them:confused3
We booked as well!!! We will be staying at the Poly for 5 nights before we get on the Wonder. Along with myself, I'll have DH, DS (3 almost 4 years old then), and DS (just turned 1 then). We are going to celebrate my birthday that I share with my youngest son.

This will be our third Disney cruise for us, our oldest son's second (if you don't count when I was pregnant for the first one), and our youngest son's first.

We can't wait to return to Disney and see all the Christmas decorations. I've seen the pictures of Castaway Cay and we are so excited.
I'm sooooo excited....I saw pics and they even decorate Castaway Cay for Christmas:cool1:
Welcome! Looks our little group is growing! :cool1: We are going to have a lot of younger kids! I have a dd that will be almost 6 at that time and another dd that is 11. Looking forwarde to you joining our group and getting to know you all.

Lisa

So happy there will be a lot of young kids:goodvibes Of course I shouldn't have expected anything else....this is a Disney cruise:goodvibes
Kerri

[tngal]

This is great! I am so glad to see this group adding more people on to it! Who knows how big it will be by the time sail time rolls around!!
As for the Fish extenders, it is just something where everyone in your cruise thread group exchanges little gifts, mainly for the kids. Nothing outrageous or expensive, but just little trinket type things. You can do a google search and their are several threads that will come up that will give you some info.
Do any of you have myspace or facebook? If you would like to see pics or have a more "personable" way to message just PM me and I'll send you the link to either of my pages. Just thought it would be nice to "meet" who we're gonna cruise with!!
So, Alldiz...you're gonna be my "neighbor" onboard huh? Cool!!

Looking forward to hearing from all of you!!! :cheer2: :cheer2:

Lisa

[mousebrat]

Considering that we are currently under a ice storm warning, I really wish that I was on the Wonder. My sister is currently on the Magic in the Western Carribean. Oh to be her right now...

We are also on deck 6 in room 6108.

I haven't looked into the fish extenders yet but need to do that. My two month old sometimes hinders the computer time!

I'm also very interested in making my little ones pirate costumes for this trip. My oldest will be very excited to dress up so I'm wanting to get a head start on sewing. If I can only convince my husband to dress up as well.

I'm not on facebook or anything but my kids have their own website...

[tngal]

Considering that we are currently under a ice storm warning, I really wish that I was on the Wonder. My sister is currently on the Magic in the Western Carribean. Oh to be her right now...

We are also on deck 6 in room 6108.

I haven't looked into the fish extenders yet but need to do that. My two month old sometimes hinders the computer time!

I'm also very interested in making my little ones pirate costumes for this trip. My oldest will be very excited to dress up so I'm wanting to get a head start on sewing. If I can only convince my husband to dress up as well.

I'm not on facebook or anything but my kids have their own website...

Ouch..Ice Storm..Makes you look forward to sitting on that deck even more doesn't it? Wow, so you're gonna be our neighbor too huh? Coolv:cool1:

I understand completely about the little on taking up computer time!

I wish I could sew! I couldn't sew a straight line, much less a whole pirate costume lol. I think if my girls dress up, it will probably be bought!!

I'm interested in doing the fish extender as well, but I will attempt to make it lol. I am still researching and trying to find out exactly how the whole fish extender gift exchange thing works :) This is just our 2nd cruise and our first one was last minute, so I didn't have time to get into all that stuff.

Stay warm!! and in touch!

Lisa

[aiken4mickey]

Couldn't help by spy on this thread since I've done this same cruise 3 years in a row..and because of too much going on around the first of Dec this year..I'm going to TRY and resist booking AGAIN! :rotfl2: But, don't feel too sorry for me..I'm considering the first of Nov! (another date I've done in the past and LOVED) If history repeats itself...the weather should be "WONDER"ful..and you'll love all the Christmas decorations...

I noticed talk of the FE ... and I had to speak up....I used a bright green (the DIS color) Christmas stocking that I bought from Target...and then added my own personal Disney touch to it....so, keep that in mind...or even take a plain red stocking...Tis the Season! It makes a great FE!!! 2008 was the first time I did the FE...we had about 12 cabins....the kids LOVED coming back to the room each night to find our stocking full of goodies...I have to admit I thought it was really neat too...I came up with at least 4 different FE gift ideas to be delivered 4 times!! After the first delivery I passed that job off to my kids...next time I might rethink how "Minnie" times/gifts...WAIT...no..probably not...I LOVE sharing...I'll just inlist the kids AGAIN!

Have fun!!! Ok..I'm ready to book and start planning!!:cheer2: :hourglass

[tngal]

Couldn't help by spy on this thread since I've done this same cruise 3 years in a row..and because of too much going on around the first of Dec this year..I'm going to TRY and resist booking AGAIN! :rotfl2: But, don't feel too sorry for me..I'm considering the first of Nov! (another date I've done in the past and LOVED) If history repeats itself...the weather should be "WONDER"ful..and you'll love all the Christmas decorations...

I noticed talk of the FE ... and I had to speak up....I used a bright green (the DIS color) Christmas stocking that I bought from Target...and then added my own personal Disney touch to it....so, keep that in mind...or even take a plain red stocking...Tis the Season! It makes a great FE!!! 2008 was the first time I did the FE...we had about 12 cabins....the kids LOVED coming back to the room each night to find our stocking full of goodies...I have to admit I thought it was really neat too...I came up with at least 4 different FE gift ideas to be delivered 4 times!! After the first delivery I passed that job off to my kids...next time I might rethink how "Minnie" times/gifts...WAIT...no..probably not...I LOVE sharing...I'll just inlist the kids AGAIN!

Have fun!!! Ok..I'm ready to book and start planning!!:cheer2: :hourglass

LOL, Oh come on! You know you want to book and join up with us!!:joker: We need an experienced FE person on here!

Lisa

[aiken4mickey]

Oh...Believe me I wish I could!! If it wasn't for the fact I'm in charge of decorating for a "Christmas Dance" for 7th and 8th graders taking a Social Dance class...I would!!! The decorating is done on Sunday and I missed it last year and since I'm in charge this year...I just can't!:rotfl2:

I know ya'll will have a blast...and the FE was alot of fun...the only regret is that I didn't get a chance (or maybe didn't take advantage of the opportunity) to meet but one of the givers and that's because I recognized her from her Dis picture.....people were so thoughtful...it would have been nice to be able to say "Thank You". If/When I have a "Do Over" that might be another thing I would do differently....FYI!

Good Luck!

[mousebrat]

Just curious as to what kinds of gifts you gave in the FE? I want to start looking now for things. I love the idea of the stocking as a FE. I will definately be doing that one.

[tngal]

Just curious as to what kinds of gifts you gave in the FE? I want to start looking now for things. I love the idea of the stocking as a FE. I will definately be doing that one.

That is one thing I'm researching myself! I have heard a few people say things like postcards, magnets, etc from your state, glow bracelets and necklaces, candies, etc. I know someone said if you did a google search for "fish extender gifts" that you would come up with several ideas. I haven't decided myself, this is my first FE deal and I am learning as well :)

Lisa

[tngal]

Just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone! Today is a day I really wish I could be on the Wonder!! it is 14 degrees and snowy here. I plan on going shopping this friday, and my list includes some things to do my Fish Extender, T-shirts etc. for the cruise, so maybe that'll take the "edge" off a little :)
Hope you all are doing great and staying warm!!!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Hi Everyone,

It sounds like several of us are interested in doing fish extenders-which is great:cool1: I know there have been several threads with pictures of FE gifts on this board, but I don't know how to link to them.

So is everyone booked on deck 6 but us? We're on deck 2 with connecting rooms with my parents.

I wish I was at Disney right now-with no snow please!

Mary

[hereyago]

Hi Everyone,
I am planning a cruise as well for this date. It will be DD11 and I 4th Wonder cruise. We are staying 1 day at WDW, but that may change lol. Waiting on tax money then booking.:thumbsup2

I love when the ship and CC are decorated for the holidays.

[tngal]

Hi Everyone,

It sounds like several of us are interested in doing fish extenders-which is great:cool1: I know there have been several threads with pictures of FE gifts on this board, but I don't know how to link to them.

So is everyone booked on deck 6 but us? We're on deck 2 with connecting rooms with my parents.

I wish I was at Disney right now-with no snow please!

Mary

I agree with the being at Disney with no snow...lets go now!! I know i am on deck 6..and I think most of the rest are...You wanna stow away on my balcony lol. I won't tell anyone :)
I bought the stuff to make my Fish extender, don't know how it will turn out though. I'm not that crafty. But I enjoy making stuff! When it gets closer to time to sail we'll have to do a "vote" and see if anyone still wants to do the Fish extender and get a list of sorts to go by, how does that sound?
Stay warm!!!

lisa

[tngal]

Hi Everyone,
I am planning a cruise as well for this date. It will be DD11 and I 4th Wonder cruise. We are staying 1 day at WDW, but that may change lol. Waiting on tax money then booking.:thumbsup2

I love when the ship and CC are decorated for the holidays.

Hi! and welcome! Always great to see another person joining our little thread :) Finally!! someone with a DD that will be my DD's age!! Wow your
4th cruise huh! This will only be our 2nd. I understand about waiting on the tax money..we're supposed to get ours tomorrow and then gonna pay off the cruise and some other things. Hope to hear more from you!!

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

This weekend we are booking 2 pkgs. One will be the cruise from 12/3 - 12/6 and we are also booking 4 nights at WDW. We are separating our land and sea package and purchasing them separately. This way we can adjust our land pkg since there will be extras that we need but some things that we don't. So we will see you on Dec 3rd aboard the ship.

By the way, I am Mary a SAHM from Chicopee, MA and my kids are Tyler age 12 and Samantha age 11 when we board the ship.

The kids dont know about the trip or any of our other surprises. We are mom-napping my mom for the entire trip to. All expenses paid, she just needs spending money so how can she say no to coming with us. This is our first cruise so it is more exciting. But because it is so close to Christmas, we plan on spending one of our WDW days by surprising the kids with a trip to Sea World.

I will let you know more of our cruise info as I know it too.

[fireworks fan]

Hi Hereyago and Maryel8775,

Welcome to the thread! My name is Mary too, BTW and this will be our first Disney cruise, and our first cruise in general. I'd appreciate any words of advice from the veteran cruisers.:)

Its supposed to hit 40 degrees here today! Finally we may lose a few inches of snow!

Mary

[mousebrat]

We are also taking time at WDW before the cruise. We fly into MCO on the night of 11/27 and we get 5 days at the parks. We are staying at the Poly as we are doing the land/sea package. Where do you plan on staying?

[MaryEL8775]

We booked as well!!! We will be staying at the Poly for 5 nights before we get on the Wonder. Along with myself, I'll have DH, DS (3 almost 4 years old then), and DS (just turned 1 then). We are going to celebrate my birthday that I share with my youngest son.

This will be our third Disney cruise for us, our oldest son's second (if you don't count when I was pregnant for the first one), and our youngest son's first.

We can't wait to return to Disney and see all the Christmas decorations. I've seen the pictures of Castaway Cay and we are so excited.

We are looking into 3 different resorts. We are booking the land separate from our cruise to get the most out of it. We will in WDW for 4 nights just like the package but we only need 3 day park hoppers as the day before the cruise we plan on attending the day at Sea World as a Christmas Present for the kids.

Since there are 5 of us in our party we are looking into either The Poly, Port Orleans Riverside (trundle bed) or even the All Star Music Suites. So this should get more interesting except that right now I am lagging due to the weather, DS just being in the hospital last night and dealing with girl scout cookie sales. Yep I am the cookie mom. How great of me.

[tngal]

We are looking into 3 different resorts. We are booking the land separate from our cruise to get the most out of it. We will in WDW for 4 nights just like the package but we only need 3 day park hoppers as the day before the cruise we plan on attending the day at Sea World as a Christmas Present for the kids.

Since there are 5 of us in our party we are looking into either The Poly, Port Orleans Riverside (trundle bed) or even the All Star Music Suites. So this should get more interesting except that right now I am lagging due to the weather, DS just being in the hospital last night and dealing with girl scout cookie sales. Yep I am the cookie mom. How great of me.


Welcome, MaryEl! I am so glad to see more people joining! We are not staying at WDW pre-cruise..but are staying in the Port Canaveral area at the Residence Inn for 2 nights before. Still looking forward to that as well :) I finally got my income tax return back and paid off my cruise today!!:cool1: :cool1: Makes me count down till Dec. even more lol. Look forward to hearing from you all again soon!!

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

Welcome, MaryEl! I am so glad to see more people joining! We are not staying at WDW pre-cruise..but are staying in the Port Canaveral area at the Residence Inn for 2 nights before. Still looking forward to that as well :) I finally got my income tax return back and paid off my cruise today!!:cool1: :cool1: Makes me count down till Dec. even more lol. Look forward to hearing from you all again soon!!

Lisa

I know what you mean. I have several tickers counting down to our trip in 9 months and 22 days. :) I actually also responded to you on the Passporter board as well. So hope to see you around. If you want my cell # or house # just give me a message and I will send them.

[tngal]

I know what you mean. I have several tickers counting down to our trip in 9 months and 22 days. :) I actually also responded to you on the Passporter board as well. So hope to see you around. If you want my cell # or house # just give me a message and I will send them.

Oh wow..I had totally forgotten about posting there too lol. I'm so nuts sometimes!! Sure, if you want send me a PM with your # and I'll give ya a reply with mine as well. Hope to hear from you soon!!!

Lisa

LOL I just now noticed that we are the same age also :)

[MaryEL8775]

Ok well it is official we are booked on the cruise. We will have rooms 6000 for my mom and 6002 for us. So more fun on Deck 6. I think I am going to get one of those Dry Erase boards so that we can leave fun messages on our doors for one another. Granted that our rooms are in the forward at the end of the floor but hopefully you can all take the LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG Stroll down to our rooms to write on our door.

[tngal]

Ok well it is official we are booked on the cruise. We will have rooms 6000 for my mom and 6002 for us. So more fun on Deck 6. I think I am going to get one of those Dry Erase boards so that we can leave fun messages on our doors for one another. Granted that our rooms are in the forward at the end of the floor but hopefully you can all take the LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG Stroll down to our rooms to write on our door.

Great! Looks like almost all of us are on deck 6 lol. Looking forward to it!!

Lisa

[hereyago]

Hi
Well refund finally came in, BUT, a family reunion has been planned for around the 3rd, so I will be taking the 10th Wonder cruise instead. Hope all of you have a safe and great voyage!

[ccoates]

I just booked this cruise today as a suprise for my sons B-Day. He will be turning 8 on DEC 4th. This will be our first cruise and I'm oh so excited!

[tngal]

Hi
Well refund finally came in, BUT, a family reunion has been planned for around the 3rd, so I will be taking the 10th Wonder cruise instead. Hope all of you have a safe and great voyage!

Aww..sorry to hear you won't be joining us! Family is important though! Hope your cruise is wonderful!!

Lisa

[tngal]

I just booked this cruise today as a suprise for my sons B-Day. He will be turning 8 on DEC 4th. This will be our first cruise and I'm oh so excited!


Welcome! Glad you could join us!! I have 2 dd's, they will be 5 and 11 at the time we sail. Look forward to getting to "know" you!

Lisa

[disneyfreak1]

I just booked this cruise! It will be me, my DH, 14 yr old DS and my Mom. This will be our 5th Disney cruise and my Mom's first. I am not an experienced FE person, but I will be. I have organized the exchange for our March 28th Magic cruise. I am "supposed" to get the $99 bounceback voucher on the March cruise, so I booked this one and will just send the voucher in when I get it. I say "supposed" because Disney added the FL resident discount after the fact to my March cruise. I sure hope it doesn't interfere with me getting the voucher deal.

[disneyfreak1]

Oh, we are on Deck 6 also....6613.

[fireworks fan]

Welcome to our cruise thread, disneyfreak1! I would love to hear all about your experience with the FE on your march cruise when you return. I'm traveling with my kids and my parents too, and my Mom has already promised to help me make a FE (since she can sew much better than me:thumbsup2 ).

Mary

[tngal]

Hi and welcome! Glad to know we'll have someone experienced in the FE's!! I have got to get started in making mine. I've been on one other Disney cruise before, but we didn't do the FE then, so this will be an experience! You will be just down the hall from me, we are in 6606 and 6604! It will be me, Dh, dd11, dd5, and mom and dad. Can't wait to hear more from you!

Lisa

[disneyfreak1]

Welcome to our cruise thread, disneyfreak1! I would love to hear all about your experience with the FE on your march cruise when you return. I'm traveling with my kids and my parents too, and my Mom has already promised to help me make a FE (since she can sew much better than me:thumbsup2 ).

Mary

My Mom actually sewed mine. All I did was cut it out and pin it together.:banana:

[tngal]

Just wanted to drop by and say hi to everyone! I have completed the shirts I had planned for our cruise. When I get the chance I will post some pics of them if you all would like to see them. I had a blast making them lol. Now I need to start on my FE, the girls autograph books and journal pages, and I thought I'd work on some of the magnets for the door as well.
When it gets a little closer we'll probably need someone to "head up" our FE exchange. I would volunteer to do it but i have no experience with it. I am still stumped as to what I would like to buy for the gifts!!
Hope to hear from you all soon! Hugs!

Lisa

[milliepie]

:wave2: I just booked! :banana: This will be my families first ever cruise. We have 2 DS's who will be 7 and 11. I really enjoy reading all of the tips and tricks everyone has to offer and I have learned a lot. I'm so glad I won't be lost when we get there.

[tngal]

:wave2: I just booked! :banana: This will be my families first ever cruise. We have 2 DS's who will be 7 and 11. I really enjoy reading all of the tips and tricks everyone has to offer and I have learned a lot. I'm so glad I won't be lost when we get there.


Welcome to our little group!!! I have 2 dd's that will be 5 and 11 and sailing. Look forward to getting to know you! What deck are you booked on? I think you'll love sailing and sailing with Disney esp. Our last cruise was my 2nd and my Dh and Dd's 1st cruise, and I told him that he was ruined having his first experience with Disney lol. Hope to hear from you soon!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

:wave2: I just booked! :banana: This will be my families first ever cruise. We have 2 DS's who will be 7 and 11. I really enjoy reading all of the tips and tricks everyone has to offer and I have learned a lot. I'm so glad I won't be lost when we get there.

Hi Milliepie!

This is my family's first cruise too :goodvibes Glad to have you aboard! I think we are going to have a fun group.


And Lisa, about the FE-I think I have an idea already about what to make for our gift:thumbsup2

Mary

[milliepie]

We are on deck 7, 7554. I am so excited I think I'm getting on my DH's nerves already and we have so long to wait. :rotfl: He got me into Disney, so when I suggested the cruise he was all over it. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

~Denise~

[tngal]

We are on deck 7, 7554. I am so excited I think I'm getting on my DH's nerves already and we have so long to wait. :rotfl: He got me into Disney, so when I suggested the cruise he was all over it. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

~Denise~

Cool, on our last cruise we were on Deck 7 also. I believe it was room 7576. I know what you mean about getting on your dh's nerves, I think i'm getting on my Dh's and my moms nerves lol. My mom and stepdad are going along with us and she thinks i'm crazy for planning stuff already. I just tell her I gotta do something to pass the time until Dec. :lmao: :lmao:

Look forward to hearing more from you also!!

Lisa

[fairfax]

Hi everyone!

I just booked this cruise on Wednesday and we are all so excited about being on one of the ships at Christmas time and seeing the beautiful decorations. We just got back from the 7 day Eastern last week, this will be our bounceback cruise.

My family consists of me, DH, DD (age 6) and DS (age 3 but will be 4 by the time of the cruise). This will be our 8th Disney cruise. I've been reading through this thread and it seems like a great group of people. Looking forward to meeting you all!

[disneyfreak1]

Hi everyone!

I just booked this cruise on Wednesday and we are all so excited about being on one of the ships at Christmas time and seeing the beautiful decorations. We just got back from the 7 day Eastern last week, this will be our bounceback cruise.

My family consists of me, DH, DD (age 6) and DS (age 3 but will be 4 by the time of the cruise). This will be our 8th Disney cruise. I've been reading through this thread and it seems like a great group of people. Looking forward to meeting you all!

I am sailing on March 28th and booked this for my bounceback as well. What did you think of St. Croix?

[fairfax]

I am sailing on March 28th and booked this for my bounceback as well. What did you think of St. Croix?

The ship docks at Frederiksted, which is a small town on the far side of the island. There is not much there. Since my kids are so young, we did not do a shore excursion. When you get off the ship, there is a public beach a short walk away, that is where we went. The beach does not look that great from the ship but it wasn't bad. The water was clear, although it was rocky the further out you get. We rented chairs for $5 each from a very friendly attendant on the beach. There were very clean bathrooms with showers. My kids had a fantastic time playing in the sand. Afterwards we walked briefly in the town, there is not much there but everyone was very friendly. Everything is in Christiansted, on the other side of the island. So, all things being equal we prefer St. Maarten but I really don't have a full picture of St. Croix since we stayed in Frederiksted.

[disneyfreak1]

The ship docks at Frederiksted, which is a small town on the far side of the island. There is not much there. Since my kids are so young, we did not do a shore excursion. When you get off the ship, there is a public beach a short walk away, that is where we went. The beach does not look that great from the ship but it wasn't bad. The water was clear, although it was rocky the further out you get. We rented chairs for $5 each from a very friendly attendant on the beach. There were very clean bathrooms with showers. My kids had a fantastic time playing in the sand. Afterwards we walked briefly in the town, there is not much there but everyone was very friendly. Everything is in Christiansted, on the other side of the island. So, all things being equal we prefer St. Maarten but I really don't have a full picture of St. Croix since we stayed in Frederiksted.

We are planning to do exactly what you did in St. Croix. We love St. Maarten so I have a feeling we won't like St. Croix as much either. But, we are not going into Christiansted.

[tngal]

Hi everyone!

I just booked this cruise on Wednesday and we are all so excited about being on one of the ships at Christmas time and seeing the beautiful decorations. We just got back from the 7 day Eastern last week, this will be our bounceback cruise.

My family consists of me, DH, DD (age 6) and DS (age 3 but will be 4 by the time of the cruise). This will be our 8th Disney cruise. I've been reading through this thread and it seems like a great group of people. Looking forward to meeting you all!

Yea!:banana: Another addition to our meet group!! Glad to see you decided to come on over and join us!
I hope to get to do a 7 day cruise in the future, but for right now i'll have to live it 3 or 4 n ight cruises ...as long as its on DCL I don't care lol.
My youngest DD and your DD will probably be in the kids activities together. She is five, will be just a few wks from being 6, when we cruise.
Looking forward to getting to know you also!
Did you do the FE on your cruises? If so any tips...we have been discussing this on here and many of us are "newbies' at this.

Lisa

[fairfax]

Yea!:banana: Another addition to our meet group!! Glad to see you decided to come on over and join us!
I hope to get to do a 7 day cruise in the future, but for right now i'll have to live it 3 or 4 n ight cruises ...as long as its on DCL I don't care lol.
My youngest DD and your DD will probably be in the kids activities together. She is five, will be just a few wks from being 6, when we cruise.
Looking forward to getting to know you also!
Did you do the FE on your cruises? If so any tips...we have been discussing this on here and many of us are "newbies' at this.

Lisa

Thanks for the welcome! No, I've never done a FE either! I am not very creative, unfortunately. But I'm willing to try!

Our kids will have a lot of fun in the activities! My DD is still talking about the Flubber they made. And I still have it in my refrigerator :)

[tngal]

Hello everyone!!! Just thought i'd drop in and say hi...been working on some of the cruise magnets for the cruise, that is until my printer decided to die on me :headache: I am trying something different this time. I just can't see paying out the prices i've found on the magnetic sheets, so instead i'm printing it out on card stock, and using the self-laminating sheets, then applying magnetic strips on each corner. What do you all think, will that hold as well as the magnetic sheets?
I finished most of my shirts that I was going to make ...I will post some pics of them on here if you all would like to see them. Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

[fairfax]

Hello everyone!!! Just thought i'd drop in and say hi...been working on some of the cruise magnets for the cruise, that is until my printer decided to die on me :headache: I am trying something different this time. I just can't see paying out the prices i've found on the magnetic sheets, so instead i'm printing it out on card stock, and using the self-laminating sheets, then applying magnetic strips on each corner. What do you all think, will that hold as well as the magnetic sheets?
I finished most of my shirts that I was going to make ...I will post some pics of them on here if you all would like to see them. Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

I've made magnets both ways and they both work well. I've found good prices for magnetic paper on eBay. Let me see if I can dig up the name of the guy I bought it from. I got 15 sheets for $10.

Look forward to seeing the pictures of the shirts!

[disneyfreak1]

Yea!:banana: Another addition to our meet group!! Glad to see you decided to come on over and join us!
I hope to get to do a 7 day cruise in the future, but for right now i'll have to live it 3 or 4 n ight cruises ...as long as its on DCL I don't care lol.
My youngest DD and your DD will probably be in the kids activities together. She is five, will be just a few wks from being 6, when we cruise.
Looking forward to getting to know you also!
Did you do the FE on your cruises? If so any tips...we have been discussing this on here and many of us are "newbies' at this.

Lisa

I am sailing Saturday, so I will let you know when I return how our FE exchange goes. I have coordinated it, so hopefully it will go smoothly! :banana:

[Mndisneygirl]

Hi all! We are planning on this cruise too! We did the 4 day Feb 1 and can't wait to go back!
We haven't booked yet, as our bounceback offer doesn't allow until April 6. Did those of you doing bounceback get to book with that offer, or did you just book it and plan to convert it in April? I didn't know you could do that.
TIA!! I'm looking forward to chatting with you all about it!

[disneyfreak1]

Hi all! We are planning on this cruise too! We did the 4 day Feb 1 and can't wait to go back!
We haven't booked yet, as our bounceback offer doesn't allow until April 6. Did those of you doing bounceback get to book with that offer, or did you just book it and plan to convert it in April? I didn't know you could do that.
TIA!! I'm looking forward to chatting with you all about it!

I booked this cruise for my bounceback and plan to convert it Monday.

[Mndisneygirl]

Thanks! I better get cracking then!!
We did have magnets and T-shirts on our last cruise and some don't have the specific date, just 2009, so we plan to re-use them. The one did have the date, but my DH was the only one to have that shirt. I can't find the pics of the magnets, but we did one with the picture from the red shirts that we all wore at boarding.
Here's some pics:
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1106.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1102.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1096.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1101.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1105.jpg

I also made little magnets with the Mickey head paint samples from Home Depot. I wrote our names on them and trimmed them and laminated them. Then I just had some magnet strips and stuck them on. VERY EASY!

[Mndisneygirl]

We're official!!!
We are booked in cabin 6101! Another deck 6 family! We were told we can just mail in our vouchers after 4/6.

So here's about us:
I am a 40 yr old lawyer - I work in the court system with a judge as her law clerk, doing research and writing.
My DH is a mailman and also works selling merchandise/shirts at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN where the MN Wild play.
DD 8 is in 2nd grade and is involved in gymnastics and dance (for now).
DD6 (is celebrating her b-day today!) is in kindergarten and also in gymnastics and dance.
We were on the 2/1/09 4 day and have also been on a Carnival Cruise in 2008.

[fireworks fan]

Thanks! I better get cracking then!!
We did have magnets and T-shirts on our last cruise and some don't have the specific date, just 2009, so we plan to re-use them. The one did have the date, but my DH was the only one to have that shirt. I can't find the pics of the magnets, but we did one with the picture from the red shirts that we all wore at boarding.
Here's some pics:
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1106.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1102.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1096.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1101.jpg
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp159/Mndisneygirl/100_1105.jpg

I also made little magnets with the Mickey head paint samples from Home Depot. I wrote our names on them and trimmed them and laminated them. Then I just had some magnet strips and stuck them on. VERY EASY!

I love your t-shirts! I especially like the port hole design :thumbsup2

I have a DD6 years old too. I think we will definitely have some kids in the same age range in our group. Should make the fish extenders extra fun.

Welcome to the thread:goodvibes

[tngal]

I've made magnets both ways and they both work well. I've found good prices for magnetic paper on eBay. Let me see if I can dig up the name of the guy I bought it from. I got 15 sheets for $10.

Look forward to seeing the pictures of the shirts!

That would be great. I did the magnetic sheets last time and it was so much easier! I would really appreciate that!!!!

Lisa

[tngal]

am sailing Saturday, so I will let you know when I return how our FE exchange goes. I have coordinated it, so hopefully it will go smoothly!

Cool! Can't wait to hear how it goes!!!

[tngal]

Hello everyone!! Sorry its taken me so long to post the pics of my shirts..this wk is my DD's spring break and we've been trying to keep them entertained lol. Just remember i'm not a pro at this lol. I'm going to do a few more of these later on probably.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/IMG_0076.jpg
THESE ARE THE SHIRTS WE'LL WEAR FOR EMBARKATION

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/IMG_0078.jpg
THE "GENERATIONS" SHIRT FOR ME, MY MOM AND 2 DD'S

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/cruiseshirts005.jpg
SHIRTS FOR MY OLDEST DD CASSIDY

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/cruiseshirts012.jpg
SHIRTS FOR MY YOUNGEST DD KAITLYN

ok..thats all i have for now :) always enjoying hearing from all of you!! Take care :)

Lisa

[kellyb2000]

Booked yesterday! :yay:

I haven't been on the Dis in a long time, but that was my first thought after I booked!

We have 2 kids - my son will be one week shy of 7 and my daughter will be 2 when we sail. My mother and step-father are going as well. This will be mine and DH's 4th disney cruise. Everyone's else's 3rd except DD which will be her first. Our last cruise was in 2005 so it's been way too long!

We booked Cat. 12 because it was $300 cheaper than a cat. 11 and my TA told me we would be in a cat. 11 anyway. I don't care - just get me on the ship. Can't wait to see it decorated for the holidays.

Does anyone know what temperature the water will be in the Bahamas in December?

:wave2: TNgal! I'm just a tad bit south of you in Chattanooga. Are you driving or flying? I'm hoping the Allegiant flights will be $19 and on the right dates. If not we're driving.

[tngal]

Booked yesterday! :yay:

I haven't been on the Dis in a long time, but that was my first thought after I booked!

We have 2 kids - my son will be one week shy of 7 and my daughter will be 2 when we sail. My mother and step-father are going as well. This will be mine and DH's 4th disney cruise. Everyone's else's 3rd except DD which will be her first. Our last cruise was in 2005 so it's been way too long!

We booked Cat. 12 because it was $300 cheaper than a cat. 11 and my TA told me we would be in a cat. 11 anyway. I don't care - just get me on the ship. Can't wait to see it decorated for the holidays.

Does anyone know what temperature the water will be in the Bahamas in December?

:wave2: TNgal! I'm just a tad bit south of you in Chattanooga. Are you driving or flying? I'm hoping the Allegiant flights will be $19 and on the right dates. If not we're driving.

Hello neighbor!!! I was just in Chatt. Monday and yesterday both!! We took our 2 dd's to the aquarium monday and then to the IMAX and to ride the River Gorge Explorer yesterday. So glad you're goin' along! Are you going to join in on our Fish Extender exchangE? Looking forward to get to knowing you!! Feel free to PM me if you want!!

Lisa

[fairfax]

That would be great. I did the magnetic sheets last time and it was so much easier! I would really appreciate that!!!!

Lisa

The seller's name is 815lander87. I bought the matte sheets from him and they worked just fine. He sends them in an envelope, they are not in a box and have no instructions with them, just so you are aware.

Your shirts look fantastic! Very nice.

[tngal]

The seller's name is 815lander87. I bought the matte sheets from him and they worked just fine. He sends them in an envelope, they are not in a box and have no instructions with them, just so you are aware.

Your shirts look fantastic! Very nice.

thank you! my mom and i had lots of fun doing them. thanks for the info for the magnetic sheets also!!

Lisa

[Mndisneygirl]

I love your t-shirts! I especially like the port hole design :thumbsup2

I have a DD6 years old too. I think we will definitely have some kids in the same age range in our group. Should make the fish extenders extra fun.

Welcome to the thread:goodvibes

Thanks! Of course I found them on the DISigns thread. I didn't do any designing myself. We all wore the porthole ones on pirate night with some pirate accessories. Might bring them again! My DD6 just turned 6 yesterday! My DD8 would probably be in a different group in the Oceaneer's club/lab, but DD6 will probably not want to go without her, she didn't spend that much time there last time and they were together!
I might be able to fashion something for a FE and be interested in doing that.

[fairfax]

Thanks! Of course I found them on the DISigns thread. I didn't do any designing myself. We all wore the porthole ones on pirate night with some pirate accessories. Might bring them again! My DD6 just turned 6 yesterday! My DD8 would probably be in a different group in the Oceaneer's club/lab, but DD6 will probably not want to go without her, she didn't spend that much time there last time and they were together!
I might be able to fashion something for a FE and be interested in doing that.

I wanted to say 'welcome' too! I have a DD who just turned 6 this month. She loves the club, especially the cooking school and the flubber.

[heaven2dc]

I'm in the process of booking for those dates for friends and their kids. I was helping them decide on a stateroom and I think I finally decided on the deluxe family stateroom w/verandah (room 8528) - right next to the Family Suite. I've been trying to decide on 3 or 4 night for them but this will be their first cruise with a 3 & 10 yr old so I didn't know if 3 days was enough.

This helped me select a stateroom http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/roomlist.cfm. I was originally looking at category 6 (room 6620 has great reviews) but for just a few dollars more I decided to book the category 4 (giving extra room). I'm so excited for them - just hope before I hit the "book" button on the Disney website that I won't regret booking 3 nights instead of 4!! Any input out there would be appreciated!!

[fireworks fan]

Booked yesterday! :yay:

I haven't been on the Dis in a long time, but that was my first thought after I booked!

We have 2 kids - my son will be one week shy of 7 and my daughter will be 2 when we sail. My mother and step-father are going as well. This will be mine and DH's 4th disney cruise. Everyone's else's 3rd except DD which will be her first. Our last cruise was in 2005 so it's been way too long!

We booked Cat. 12 because it was $300 cheaper than a cat. 11 and my TA told me we would be in a cat. 11 anyway. I don't care - just get me on the ship. Can't wait to see it decorated for the holidays.

Does anyone know what temperature the water will be in the Bahamas in December?

:wave2: TNgal! I'm just a tad bit south of you in Chattanooga. Are you driving or flying? I'm hoping the Allegiant flights will be $19 and on the right dates. If not we're driving.

Welcome Kellyb2000! Maybe you'll end up on deck 2 with us-everyone else seems to be on deck 6.

This is our first cruise, so I'm not sure about the water temperature in December, but I hope it will be warm enough to get wet:goodvibes

Mary

[milliepie]

Hi everybody!

I was just reading up on fish extenders and it looks like fun! I think I'll make one (or at least try) Who is coordinating this one?

Those shirts are awesome! I like the porthole design too and that family shirt is way cute!

I'm using magnet strips mainly because it's easier for me. I got some of those mickey head paint chips and made a few magnets with those. I have to get my creative juices flowing.

~Denise~

[scotlink]

Me 42and DH 46 are renewing our vows after 20 years on this cruise. We are taking our 4 kids, DS25, DS 23, DD 21, DS 17, sons girlfriend, daughter's boyfriend and our 1 yr old Grandson. Then my sister, her husband and her son 15 and daughter 19. We are also on deck 6. Rooms 6603, 6605, 6609, 6611. This is our 4th Disney cruise. We have done the 3 day and then fell in love and did the 7 day western twice. Are using our DVC points and only had enough to do a 3 day with 13 people. Which is amazing.

We always seem to meet at least a couple fellow DISers before we sail. I personally cannot wait for this trip.

Candy:hug::hug:

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[tngal]

Me 42and DH 46 are renewing our vows after 20 years on this cruise. We are taking our 4 kids, DS25, DS 23, DD 21, DS 17, sons girlfriend, daughter's boyfriend and our 1 yr old Grandson. Then my sister, her husband and her son 15 and daughter 19. We are also on deck 6. Rooms 6603, 6605, 6609, 6611. This is our 4th Disney cruise. We have done the 3 day and then fell in love and did the 7 day western twice. Are using our DVC points and only had enough to do a 3 day with 13 people. Which is amazing.

We always seem to meet at least a couple fellow DISers before we sail. I personally cannot wait for this trip.

Candy:hug::hug:

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:


COOL!!! Hello neighbor!!!! my family and my mom and stepdad are going along and we are in rooms 6604 and 6606!! how cool is that, that we've met our "neighbors" already!!!! congrats on your vow renewal! thats great! Looking forward to getting to know you!!:flower3:

Lisa

[tngal]

Hi everybody!

I was just reading up on fish extenders and it looks like fun! I think I'll make one (or at least try) Who is coordinating this one?

Those shirts are awesome! I like the porthole design too and that family shirt is way cute!

I'm using magnet strips mainly because it's easier for me. I got some of those mickey head paint chips and made a few magnets with those. I have to get my creative juices flowing.

~Denise~

I am going to "try" (and I stress the word "try") to make my fish extender this wk if nothing happens :) As for who is coordinating this FE exchange..I don't think we've decided just yet. I still have to figure out what i'm going to give in the exchange...i'm not very creative lol. I need to go to Lowe's and smuggle some paint chips as well lol. I think i'll be using the magnet strips on mine as well. I can't really afford to put out any more money on crafty items right now and I have loads of cardstock and self laminating pouches.

Can't wait to hear more from all of you!!!

Lisa

[disneyfreak1]

I am just back from the Magic! Boo hoo!!!! I coordinated our FE exchange and don't mind doing it for this one cruise as well.:banana:

[fireworks fan]

welcome back, disneyfreak! Thanks for volunteering to coordinate the FE for our cruise. Sign us up to participate please:cool1:

[disneyfreak1]

For those wishing to participate in the FE exchange, please pm me your names (first and last), age and sex of your children and stateroom number. There will be no rules. You can deliver gifts one night or all three. It will totally be up to you. We will deliver to all staterooms in our group unless we have too many. Then we will break up into groups and I will assign who you will deliver to. :banana:

[tngal]

I am just back from the Magic! Boo hoo!!!! I coordinated our FE exchange and don't mind doing it for this one cruise as well.:banana:


Hope you had a great time on your cruise! I sent you the info. for the FE exchange. Now I just some ideas for gifts!!! I am completely stumped as to what to get.

Lisa

[disneyfreak1]

Hope you had a great time on your cruise! I sent you the info. for the FE exchange. Now I just some ideas for gifts!!! I am completely stumped as to what to get.

Lisa


We got candy, stickers, pirate necklaces, magnets, mini bottles of rum and bourbon, a personalized tote bag, hand sanitizer, a zebra print cosmetic pouch, handmade bookmarks, a Mickey lampwork bead, personalized candy bars, etc. We loved EVERYTHING we got, but I will tell you that my DH and DS enjoyed getting their own things. :) No gift was too small. It was so much fun to come back to the room and see what we got. We only had one theft incident. My DH and DS went to the room and their were two candy bars and a round barrel of M&M's. They left them in the FE so I could see. When my DS went back to the room, the candy bars were gone and the EMPTY barrel without the M&M's was in the FE. I could not believe someone would acually eat the M&M's and leave the container! So, we all learned a valuable lesson and checked the FE several times a day and removed the items immediately.

[milliepie]

I am just back from the Magic! Boo hoo!!!! I coordinated our FE exchange and don't mind doing it for this one cruise as well.:banana:


That's awesome! Thanks for offering to do that.:flower3: Sending you a pm.

[tngal]

We got candy, stickers, pirate necklaces, magnets, mini bottles of rum and bourbon, a personalized tote bag, hand sanitizer, a zebra print cosmetic pouch, handmade bookmarks, a Mickey lampwork bead, personalized candy bars, etc. We loved EVERYTHING we got, but I will tell you that my DH and DS enjoyed getting their own things. :) No gift was too small. It was so much fun to come back to the room and see what we got. We only had one theft incident. My DH and DS went to the room and their were two candy bars and a round barrel of M&M's. They left them in the FE so I could see. When my DS went back to the room, the candy bars were gone and the EMPTY barrel without the M&M's was in the FE. I could not believe someone would acually eat the M&M's and leave the container! So, we all learned a valuable lesson and checked the FE several times a day and removed the items immediately.


Wow..the levels some people will stoop to:mad: Thanks for the hint though..we'll be sure to check ours often. I just can't understand why people want to ruin it for everyone else.
Thanks for the ideas for FE gifts. I had done a search to see what other ideas there was and some brought things that represent their state. I don't know..I'll keep researching it use some of the ideas you gave. I can't wait to get started on vacation!!!!!!

Lisa

[disneyfreak1]

Oh, I am so sad and sorry. I had booked this cruise for my bounceback and my TA just called and said December 3rd is a blackout date. So, we will not be sailing with you guys or coordinating the FE exchange. I am really sorry. I guess I should have waited before I volunteered to coordinate it. However, when someone else steps up to coordinate it, I will be glad to answer any questions. It's not hard at all....just takes a little organization. I'm really sorry guys!

Pam

[fairfax]

Oh, I am so sad and sorry. I had booked this cruise for my bounceback and my TA just called and said December 3rd is a blackout date. So, we will not be sailing with you guys or coordinating the FE exchange. I am really sorry. I guess I should have waited before I volunteered to coordinate it. However, when someone else steps up to coordinate it, I will be glad to answer any questions. It's not hard at all....just takes a little organization. I'm really sorry guys!

Pam

Uh oh, I also planned on this being my bounceback cruise and now if it is blacked out I am in trouble! Yikes! I feel sick.

[fairfax]

I just called DCL and was able to move my bounceback cruise to 12/10. I am glad they were able to move it but I am sad not to be sailing with you all! Please enjoy your cruise and good luck with the fish extenders!

[tngal]

awwwww..I hate that you all will not be sailing with us!! Hope you have a great time on your trip though!!! Now just to find someone to organize the FE exchange!!

Lisa

[Mndisneygirl]

we just got the bad news too. I don't know when we're going to go now. Got 2 SILs to consult... Bye. :( sniff sniff

[tngal]

we just got the bad news too. I don't know when we're going to go now. Got 2 SILs to consult... Bye. :( sniff sniff

awwwww..geez everyone is leavin me :(

so who's left?

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Hey Lisa,

I'm still here! So does the fact that our cruise is a black out date mean that it will be a more busy time? Just wondering:confused3

[tngal]

Hey Lisa,

I'm still here! So does the fact that our cruise is a black out date mean that it will be a more busy time? Just wondering:confused3

YEA!! I am not alone:banana::banana:

hmmm...i dont know if that means its a busy time or not..

Lisa

[milliepie]

I'm still here too. Sorry to those who won't be with us any longer, what a bummer.

I guess we'll find out when the time gets closer if it will be busy.

[tngal]

Why isn't it December already?? Here it is April and we have SNOW!!! nothin great but still...geeezzzz lol.
Hope you all are doing well:)

Lisa

[GirlfromTN]

I just booked the Dec 3 cruise! :) It will just be me (29) and my fiance (30)(who will be DH by then-we're getting married in May). I have always wanted to try Disney cruise and this sounds like a great chance-esp since all the decorations will be up!
I initially called Costco to book (but actually booked with DU) and the Costco travel agent made me feel bad for going on a Disney cruise and not having any kids :confused3 He said, "I've never heard of someone booking a Disney cruise without kids, are you sure you want to go?"
It sounds like there are tons of activities for adults AND kids on the cruise and we are looking forward to it!

[mousebrat]

We did our first Disney Cruise without kids as well (I was pregnant with our first child though). We had a great time and would do it again but how do you tell your three year old that you are leaving him at home to go on the Disney Cruise?

[tngal]

I just booked the Dec 3 cruise! :) It will just be me (29) and my fiance (30)(who will be DH by then-we're getting married in May). I have always wanted to try Disney cruise and this sounds like a great chance-esp since all the decorations will be up!
I initially called Costco to book (but actually booked with DU) and the Costco travel agent made me feel bad for going on a Disney cruise and not having any kids :confused3 He said, "I've never heard of someone booking a Disney cruise without kids, are you sure you want to go?"
It sounds like there are tons of activities for adults AND kids on the cruise and we are looking forward to it!

First of all..welcome!! and Congrats on your engagement and up coming marriage :) Yea! another TN person on here!! What part of TN are you from? I am just a little east of Chattanooga.
As for taking a Disney cruise without kids......we saw several people on our cruise this past summer that had no kids, in fact if you got the introductory DVD it explains that those cruise also have special activities and areas for people without kids.
Look forward to getting to know you and hearing more from you!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Why isn't it December already?? Here it is April and we have SNOW!!! nothin great but still...geeezzzz lol.
Hope you all are doing well:)

Lisa

Hey, Lisa-finally you have snow and we don't! We have sunny weather-but around 40 degrees.

I just booked the Dec 3 cruise! :) It will just be me (29) and my fiance (30)(who will be DH by then-we're getting married in May). I have always wanted to try Disney cruise and this sounds like a great chance-esp since all the decorations will be up!
I initially called Costco to book (but actually booked with DU) and the Costco travel agent made me feel bad for going on a Disney cruise and not having any kids :confused3 He said, "I've never heard of someone booking a Disney cruise without kids, are you sure you want to go?"
It sounds like there are tons of activities for adults AND kids on the cruise and we are looking forward to it!

Welcome GirlfromTN! I wouldn't worry about the costco TA-he probably wouldn't go to WDW either without kids-crazy people! Anyway, congratulations on your wedding-my DH and I were married in May too. Its a great month:goodvibes

[tngal]

[QUOTE=fireworks fan;31246980]Hey, Lisa-finally you have snow and we don't! We have sunny weather-but around 40 degrees.



LOL..ya...thank goodness it didn't last long. This has been the craziest weather! Snow..then tomorrow's high is supposed to be 73!! :confused:

Thats just April around here for ya though.

Lisa

[GirlfromTN]

First of all..welcome!! and Congrats on your engagement and up coming marriage :) Yea! another TN person on here!! What part of TN are you from? I am just a little east of Chattanooga.
As for taking a Disney cruise without kids......we saw several people on our cruise this past summer that had no kids, in fact if you got the introductory DVD it explains that those cruise also have special activities and areas for people without kids.
Look forward to getting to know you and hearing more from you!

Lisa

Yep I've got the cruise DVD and have read tons of trip reports on the boards. We can't wait!
I'm from Crossville (1 hour west of Knoxville) and have lived in Knoxville and Nashville...but I left TN to move to Atlanta a few years ago. I love it because we can DRIVE to WDW in about 6.5 hrs, making last minute weekend trips completely easy! We're planning to drive to Port Canaveral for the cruise as well=4 day weekend off work. :)

[CinderelliT]

Hi everyone! I have booked and paid for this cruise too!!! (Doing the happy dance! :dance3:)
My DH & I will be renewing our vows on this trip with our children for our 10th anniversary. It will be our first Disney cruise, and our second cruise ever. I hope to get to know my fellow DISers and hope that y'all will be able to come watch my ceremony!

[tngal]

Hi everyone! I have booked and paid for this cruise too!!! (Doing the happy dance! :dance3:)
My DH & I will be renewing our vows on this trip with our children for our 10th anniversary. It will be our first Disney cruise, and our second cruise ever. I hope to get to know my fellow DISers and hope that y'all will be able to come watch my ceremony!

Hi! welcome! a wedding vow renewal sounds great!! my dh and i will be married 16 yrs this june, but he won't do a vow renewal ...oh well. how old are your kids? looking forward to getting to know you!!!!

Lisa

[tngal]

Yep I've got the cruise DVD and have read tons of trip reports on the boards. We can't wait!
I'm from Crossville (1 hour west of Knoxville) and have lived in Knoxville and Nashville...but I left TN to move to Atlanta a few years ago. I love it because we can DRIVE to WDW in about 6.5 hrs, making last minute weekend trips completely easy! We're planning to drive to Port Canaveral for the cruise as well=4 day weekend off work. :)

oh cool...ive been to crossville! we are driving down for the cruise on Dec. 1, so i'll wave as we pass through Atlanta lol. what cat. stateroom did you book?there is (or was) a lot of us on deck 6. hope to hear from you soon!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Welcome, CinderelliT! Congratulations on 10 years! A cruise sounds like a perfect way to celebrate.


Hi everyone! I have booked and paid for this cruise too!!! (Doing the happy dance! :dance3:)
My DH & I will be renewing our vows on this trip with our children for our 10th anniversary. It will be our first Disney cruise, and our second cruise ever. I hope to get to know my fellow DISers and hope that y'all will be able to come watch my ceremony!

[GirlfromTN]

oh cool...ive been to crossville! we are driving down for the cruise on Dec. 1, so i'll wave as we pass through Atlanta lol. what cat. stateroom did you book?there is (or was) a lot of us on deck 6. hope to hear from you soon!!

Lisa

Oh we just booked a cat 12 gty (just two of us, and I figured we'd be so busy on the 3 night cruise that having a balcony or oceanview wouldn't matter). So not sure where our room will be yet!

[kellyb2000]

He said, "I've never heard of someone booking a Disney cruise without kids, are you sure you want to go?"
It sounds like there are tons of activities for adults AND kids on the cruise and we are looking forward to it!

I can't believe a travel agent would ever question where a paying customer wanted to go!!! How awful! We did the land and sea for our honeymoon. People thought I was crazy for doing Disney on our honeymoon, but we had an absolute BLAST!!! We also met several other honeymooners and we all had fun. One of the great things about Disney is they enforce their rules so if you are in the adult only areas - you won't see kids! I have always said they go above and beyond for the adults.

We booked Cat. 12, too, and can't wait to see where we end up!

[GirlfromTN]

I can't believe a travel agent would ever question where a paying customer wanted to go!!! How awful! We did the land and sea for our honeymoon. People thought I was crazy for doing Disney on our honeymoon, but we had an absolute BLAST!!! We also met several other honeymooners and we all had fun. One of the great things about Disney is they enforce their rules so if you are in the adult only areas - you won't see kids! I have always said they go above and beyond for the adults.

We booked Cat. 12, too, and can't wait to see where we end up!


Yea isn't that terrible?? I ended up booking with Dreams Unlimited anyway instead of Costco, since Costco was only offering a small Costco card as an incentive, and Dreams Unlimited was much better since I could get the $25 online booking OBC and the $50 Dreams Unlimited OBC. We have been to WDW plenty of times (without kids!) and loved it obviously, and we're going to Disneyland (as part of Adventures by Disney Backstage Magic) for our honeymoon, so we are not afraid of doing Disney kids-free! We have tried to convince some friends to come on the cruise too but no luck (I think they're all a little scared about a "Disney" cruise!) so we have decided to try to make some friends online instead that we can meet up with on the cruise :)

[Minybear]

Hi. Just booked this cruise. It's just the 2 of us. No kids. We will be celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary on board. We just added onto DVC (Villas Grand CA DL) and got a 3 night DCL cruise. We haven't sailed on DCL since 1/2004 and haven't been to WDW in 5 yrs. At this time we are going into the Beach Club Villas on 11/28 but we are going to try to change this and do WDW after the cruise instead of before the cruise. We have secured Cat 7 but this is a guarantee so unknown what room we will end up in prior to the cruise. I personally cannot wait to go back to WDW/DCL and to see all the Christmas decorations at WDW and DCL and of course see Nausau again.

Minybear:santa:

[tngal]

First of all..just wanted to say "Hi,Minybear!":welcome:

Just wondering with all the changes on the thread, if everyone was still interested in the Fish Extender exchange? I was going to try to make mine, but thought i'd better check first. I was going to try and make mine earlier but some things came up that I didn't get to.

Hope you all had a great Easter! We had some rough weather here, but it was still good. Enjoyed the Easter egg hunt with my girls :)

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Lisa

[kellyb2000]

We had some rough weather here.


yeah we did!!!:eek:

[tngal]

yeah we did!!!:eek:

Did you have any damage where you live? We managed to escape a lot of damage here. I was "in your neck of the woods" yesterday. My youngest dd had a field trip to Chatt. Zoo. It was pretty nice :) Hope to hear from you soon!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Welcome to the thread, Minybear and congratulations on your 34th wedding anniversary!

Hi. Just booked this cruise. It's just the 2 of us. No kids. We will be celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary on board. We just added onto DVC (Villas Grand CA DL) and got a 3 night DCL cruise. We haven't sailed on DCL since 1/2004 and haven't been to WDW in 5 yrs. At this time we are going into the Beach Club Villas on 11/28 but we are going to try to change this and do WDW after the cruise instead of before the cruise. We have secured Cat 7 but this is a guarantee so unknown what room we will end up in prior to the cruise. I personally cannot wait to go back to WDW/DCL and to see all the Christmas decorations at WDW and DCL and of course see Nausau again.

Minybear:santa:


Lisa, I am definitely still interested in the fish extender exchange. Hope some others are as well :goodvibes

First of all..just wanted to say "Hi,Minybear!":welcome:

Just wondering with all the changes on the thread, if everyone was still interested in the Fish Extender exchange? I was going to try to make mine, but thought i'd better check first. I was going to try and make mine earlier but some things came up that I didn't get to.

Hope you all had a great Easter! We had some rough weather here, but it was still good. Enjoyed the Easter egg hunt with my girls :)

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Lisa

[tngal]

Welcome to the thread, Minybear and congratulations on your 34th wedding anniversary!




Lisa, I am definitely still interested in the fish extender exchange. Hope some others are as well :goodvibes


Great! I hope everyone else will still be interested also :) Now we just need someone to coordinate it lol.

Lisa

[donmil723]

Hello Everyone!

DH and I will be joining all of you on this cruise. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise! We booked this with the bounceback offer. We are also DVC members with our home resort at the BCV. We will be staying at BCV after the cruise 12/6-12/10. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas decorations on the Wonder and at WDW. We've been to WDW during the Christmas season once before in 2004. I hope this year will be warmer than it was then.

Have never been on a cruise that had an organized FE but would be interested in participating if that is what the group decides to do.

Congratulations, Minybear on your 34th anniversary. DH and I will celebrate our 31st anniversary this August.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!

[tngal]

Hello Everyone!

DH and I will be joining all of you on this cruise. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise! We booked this with the bounceback offer. We are also DVC members with our home resort at the BCV. We will be staying at BCV after the cruise 12/6-12/10. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas decorations on the Wonder and at WDW. We've been to WDW during the Christmas season once before in 2004. I hope this year will be warmer than it was then.

Have never been on a cruise that had an organized FE but would be interested in participating if that is what the group decides to do.

Congratulations, Minybear on your 34th anniversary. DH and I will celebrate our 31st anniversary this August.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!


Looking forward to meeting you too......Did you check with Disney or your travel agent about using the bounceback for this date. The reason I ask is because we had 2 that was on this thread/meet with us and found out that this date was a "blackout" date for the bounceback cruise and had to change their dates. I hope you DO get to cruise with us, but would hate to have you do even more planning only to find out the date isn't available. Looking forward to hearing from you again!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

Thanks, Lisa! Yes, I have the reservation confirmation with the total price of $279.xx for a SPH room. I waited to post until I knew for sure that I would get this cruise!

[Minybear]

Hello Everyone!

DH and I will be joining all of you on this cruise. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise! We booked this with the bounceback offer. We are also DVC members with our home resort at the BCV. We will be staying at BCV after the cruise 12/6-12/10. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas decorations on the Wonder and at WDW. We've been to WDW during the Christmas season once before in 2004. I hope this year will be warmer than it was then.

Have never been on a cruise that had an organized FE but would be interested in participating if that is what the group decides to do.

Congratulations, Minybear on your 34th anniversary. DH and I will celebrate our 31st anniversary this August.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!

Hi Donna

Let me say "Welcome to the Dis"

Looks like we have something in common. We are both DVC members at the BCV and we have been married for over 30 yrs (you for 31 yrs 8/2009 and us 34 yrs in Jan/2010). Congratulations on your 31st wedding anniversary this August.

I see your staying at BCV 12/6-10. I am trying to move our dates to 12/6 at BCV and we are on the waitlist. I hope this waitlist comes through. If not I will try to move to AKVilla or splurge and stay at the Grand Floridian (non DVC resort).

You mentioned "FE" what is that?

Cindy:woohoo:

[tngal]

Thanks, Lisa! Yes, I have the reservation confirmation with the total price of $279.xx for a SPH room. I waited to post until I knew for sure that I would get this cruise!


Great! Hope you didn't think I was trying to be rude or anything, cause I wasn't! Glad you are going to get to go along with us!!! Looking forward to getting to know you!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

Great! Hope you didn't think I was trying to be rude or anything, cause I wasn't! Glad you are going to get to go along with us!!! Looking forward to getting to know you!!

Lisa

Oh not at all! I had been following this thread and knew some had to change their bounceback dates.

Is anyone going to WDW before our after our cruise?

[tngal]

Oh not at all! I had been following this thread and knew some had to change their bounceback dates.

Is anyone going to WDW before our after our cruise?

We are driving down on Dec.1 but not staying at WDW...we're staying at a hotel in PC for 2 nights before the cruise.

Wish we was able to stay at WDW...maybe someday!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Welcome, Donna! I'm glad to see our numbers going up again!

We are waiting for a code to stay at WDW for a few days before our cruise. I just received the kids free code for this summer at WDW, so hopefully we'll be lucky again for December:goodvibes

Mary

Hello Everyone!

DH and I will be joining all of you on this cruise. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise! We booked this with the bounceback offer. We are also DVC members with our home resort at the BCV. We will be staying at BCV after the cruise 12/6-12/10. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas decorations on the Wonder and at WDW. We've been to WDW during the Christmas season once before in 2004. I hope this year will be warmer than it was then.

Have never been on a cruise that had an organized FE but would be interested in participating if that is what the group decides to do.

Congratulations, Minybear on your 34th anniversary. DH and I will celebrate our 31st anniversary this August.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!

[tngal]

Hello everyone! Just wanted to drop in and say hi! It is beautiful here today in TN and supposed to be a beautiful wknd as well! I am so happy the weather is FINALLY getting warm :cool1: Maybe I should go lay out in the sun and pretend i'm on Castaway Cay lol.

I've got to go do some shopping for "cruise wear" sometime lol. I know its 6-7 months away still, but it gives me an excuse to shop lol. My DH wants me to purchase a swimsuit this year to wear at the beach instead of shorts and tshirt...I am very self concious because i am ..how should I put it...Pooh sized lol. Just remember that, if we have a dis meet on our cruise that i'm not stuck up...just sorta self conscious :lovestruc:)

I've still got to figure out what to use for a FE gift! I can't find anything that seems suitable to me!! arggghhh!!!! I've been doing some research on the FE exchange and it doesn't seem to complicated. Someone just keeps record of everyone on that sailing, their cabin #, and I would think if they had kids or not and ,if so, what ages. Some then say they have a dis meet the first day and hand that out or just email the whole list to everyone a few days before sailing.

Well, for someone who was just gonna say hi I sure got long-winded....sorry :rotfl2:

Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

Oh ya if any of you have facebook or myspace let me know and maybe we could add one another :)

[tngal]

:confused3

Where did everyone go??? I miss you guys lol.

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

Hi Lisa,

I've been traveling, but I'm definitely thinking of the cruise. I just booked my airfare for the cruise:cool1:

Mary

[tngal]

Hi Lisa,

I've been traveling, but I'm definitely thinking of the cruise. I just booked my airfare for the cruise:cool1:

Mary

Hope you had enjoyable travels :) as for booking the airfare:yay::yay:

Lisa

[kellyb2000]

Did I mention to you guys that I booked this cruise without my husband knowing!!! My mom and step-dad went on a cruise at the end of this past January and talked about how cool, temperature wise, it was. I was looking at this cruise because it was cheap(ish), but my husband was convinced it would be too cold in December. I plan on telling him around September! I've mentioned it to my son - in his little 6-year-old head he knows we're going. He can't wait. Plus the cruise is a week before his birthday so that makes it even better. My daughter (19 months) already loves Mickey Mouse so it will be impossible my husband to say no to them. He loves the cruise and the ships so I know he will enjoy it. I just got to wait until the right time to tell him!!! :rolleyes1

Only 7 more months according to y'alls countdown!!!

TTFN!

[Minybear]

Did I mention to you guys that I booked this cruise without my husband knowing!!! My mom and step-dad went on a cruise at the end of this past January and talked about how cool, temperature wise, it was. I was looking at this cruise because it was cheap(ish), but my husband was convinced it would be too cold in December. I plan on telling him around September! I've mentioned it to my son - in his little 6-year-old head he knows we're going. He can't wait. Plus the cruise is a week before his birthday so that makes it even better. My daughter (19 months) already loves Mickey Mouse so it will be impossible my husband to say no to them. He loves the cruise and the ships so I know he will enjoy it. I just got to wait until the right time to tell him!!! :rolleyes1

Only 7 more months according to y'alls countdown!!!

TTFN!

Hi Lisa
This sounds familar. On our first cruise on DCL I made our resv through DU without my DH knowing. I did this basicly because he kept on making excuses that I wouldn't like to cruise and gave excuse after excuse for me not to make a resv with DCL. I finally told him when the deposit was non-refunable. He knew of our WDW trip but not the DCL cruise. Of course it was just the 2 of us no kids. Now he loves to cruise. Now due to our cruising we haven't been to WDW for 5 yrs. I cannot wait to go back.

Our first cruise was in January with DCL and if I can recall it wasn't all that cold in Nassau. The only time we felt the coldness is when we were on the 10th deck on DCL and it was extremly windy and cold up there.

Lisa, your husband and kids will love this cruise. 7 more months and counting down :cool1:

Minybear

[tngal]

Did I mention to you guys that I booked this cruise without my husband knowing!!! My mom and step-dad went on a cruise at the end of this past January and talked about how cool, temperature wise, it was. I was looking at this cruise because it was cheap(ish), but my husband was convinced it would be too cold in December. I plan on telling him around September! I've mentioned it to my son - in his little 6-year-old head he knows we're going. He can't wait. Plus the cruise is a week before his birthday so that makes it even better. My daughter (19 months) already loves Mickey Mouse so it will be impossible my husband to say no to them. He loves the cruise and the ships so I know he will enjoy it. I just got to wait until the right time to tell him!!! :rolleyes1

Only 7 more months according to y'alls countdown!!!

TTFN!


LOL:rotfl: This sounds exactly like something I would do !! I hope it is nice in December. I say a prayer every day that it is since i've made such a big deal about it with everyone thats going along:rolleyes1
I know i've been in Nassau at the beginning of November and it was very comfortable and then at the end of July and it was so hot i thought i would melt!!
oh ya..I check that count down religiously lol.

Kelly...I'll be in your area again Tuesday night if nothing happens..going to be at the ChooChoo for a seminar, then hitting PF Changs with a friend..can't wait !!

Lisa

[kellyb2000]

Well, the difference in his comparisons is 2 months. A lot can happen with the weather in 2 months! I don't care what it's like - just get me back on that ship! It's been too long (4 years!).

Lisa - enjoy your evening! I've never eaten at PF Changs, believe it or not. I'm about to leave work to go to Imagination Station in Collegedale for a field trip with my son. They made us Mother's Day presents!

[tngal]

Well, the difference in his comparisons is 2 months. A lot can happen with the weather in 2 months! I don't care what it's like - just get me back on that ship! It's been too long (4 years!).

Lisa - enjoy your evening! I've never eaten at PF Changs, believe it or not. I'm about to leave work to go to Imagination Station in Collegedale for a field trip with my son. They made us Mother's Day presents!


Hope you have a great time with your son today!!

Lisa

[kellyb2000]

:cool1: My cousin just called. He talked to my mom last night and now he and his wife want to go with us, too. It just got easier for me when I finally do tell my husband, being they're big buds and all! :cool1:

[tngal]

:cool1: My cousin just called. He talked to my mom last night and now he and his wife want to go with us, too. It just got easier for me when I finally do tell my husband, being they're big buds and all! :cool1:

Hey thats great!!! That will hopefully just make it that much easier to "break the news" lol.
Did you have a good time with your son on the imagination station field trip?

Hope to hear from you soon!!!

Lisa

[tngal]

Hello everyone!!!! Hope you all are doing well! Its been sorta busy around here, but now that my kids summer break has begun, things should calm down a little bit :)

Even though our cruise is at 6 months away, i'm still doing shopping, planning etc lol. I still haven't gotten around to making my Fish extender yet...something I've gotta do. I still have a few more T-shirts to make yet..just when i think i've made enough, i find more cute ideas...oh well. I just don't wanna go overboard! Even thought about doing some shorts to match with them but i don't know.

Hope to hear from you all soon!!!!

Lisa

[yeahdisney]

I had signed on right away and watched the thread for awhile, then I lost the thread (couldn't remember where it was). So is anyone going to Atlantis thru Comfort Suites? We are kicking it around but there are five of us. Anyone going and having 3 in a room and willing to split it four ways? We have either AAA discount or age 50 BUT don't tell my sister I let you know her age or I'LL HAVE TO WALK THE PLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DD age 11
DS age 8
Me under 50!
DH under 50!
Sister ???

[tngal]

I had signed on right away and watched the thread for awhile, then I lost the thread (couldn't remember where it was). So is anyone going to Atlantis thru Comfort Suites? We are kicking it around but there are five of us. Anyone going and having 3 in a room and willing to split it four ways? We have either AAA discount or age 50 BUT don't tell my sister I let you know her age or I'LL HAVE TO WALK THE PLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DD age 11
DS age 8
Me under 50!
DH under 50!
Sister ???

Hello! Welcome! We have a full house, so to speak, in our room. I have a dd that is 11 and a dd that is 5. What Cat. did you book?
Again, welcome! Looking forward to hearing more from you!

Lisa

[csharpwv]

We (late 20's married couple) booked our first cruise (of any type) for Dec. 3 on the Wonder a few months now.

We just discovered this opportunity to 'network' before the cruise. Anyone want to be 'friends'??? HAHAHA!

We would really like to find some others (couples, families) to have fun with the fish extender experience w (and hopefully someone to clue us into exactly how it works).

We are both Disney fanatics and would love to find some folks like us. We will be in room 2572 (2nd floor from bottom - mid ship - outer stateroom). Contact me if you are interested! Thanks!

[tngal]

We (late 20's married couple) booked our first cruise (of any type) for Dec. 3 on the Wonder a few months now.

We just discovered this opportunity to 'network' before the cruise. Anyone want to be 'friends'??? HAHAHA!

We would really like to find some others (couples, families) to have fun with the fish extender experience w (and hopefully someone to clue us into exactly how it works).

We are both Disney fanatics and would love to find some folks like us. We will be in room 2572 (2nd floor from bottom - mid ship - outer stateroom). Contact me if you are interested! Thanks!

Hello and welcome!! Nice to "meet" you lol. I am in the process of starting my fish extender, but have never participated in one, so I can't really inform you as I need informing myself lol. I have not even decided what I am going to give as a FE gift!!
A little about us....we are a family of four (DH,36 me,34 DD,11 and DD5) We are in 6606 and my mom and stepdd will be going along with us and staying in a connecting cabin.
Look forward to hearing more from you!!!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

We (late 20's married couple) booked our first cruise (of any type) for Dec. 3 on the Wonder a few months now.

We just discovered this opportunity to 'network' before the cruise. Anyone want to be 'friends'??? HAHAHA!

We would really like to find some others (couples, families) to have fun with the fish extender experience w (and hopefully someone to clue us into exactly how it works).

We are both Disney fanatics and would love to find some folks like us. We will be in room 2572 (2nd floor from bottom - mid ship - outer stateroom). Contact me if you are interested! Thanks!

Hi-

We're on deck 2 as well :goodvibes and definitely want to participate in the fish extender exchange. I will volunteer to help organize it, if someone can explain the rules. Its my first cruise too:thumbsup2

[milliepie]

Just checking in to say hello! I've been reading up on the boards and making magnets. I started making some for myself and just got carried away and now I have a whole photobucket full! Anyways, from what I've read for the FE the organizer collects everyones names that wants to participate and info and right before the cruise they email everyone on the list. Some arrange a meet and greet and give the list to them then. This is my first cruise too so I guess just go with the flow. :)

P.S. I'd be happy to personalize or make any magnets for anyone if you like! Talk with you all soon! :goodvibes

[fireworks fan]

Hi Milliepie,

I'd be interested in some more magnets-I've got a few, but could always use a few more:lmao: Thanks!

So, I guess I should start collecting peoples' names for the FE exchange-anyone who would like to participate, please PM or respond on this thread. Thanks!

Mary


Just checking in to say hello! I've been reading up on the boards and making magnets. I started making some for myself and just got carried away and now I have a whole photobucket full! Anyways, from what I've read for the FE the organizer collects everyones names that wants to participate and info and right before the cruise they email everyone on the list. Some arrange a meet and greet and give the list to them then. This is my first cruise too so I guess just go with the flow. :)

P.S. I'd be happy to personalize or make any magnets for anyone if you like! Talk with you all soon! :goodvibes

[tngal]

FireworksFan,
I would definitely like to participate in the FE...what info do you want us to send and I'll PM it to you. Thanks for volunteering to do this!!!

Milliepie,

I have seen some of your magnets over on the DISign board and they are wonderful!! I will probably request some as well if you have the time. I'll have to look through them again to decide :)

Another thought to "mill around"....are we going to have a Dis meet? Doesn't matter to me, just wondered if we was planning on one. :goodvibes

Is everyone going down early or on the day of the cruise? We are stay in Port Canaveral for 2 days before the cruise, so trying to figure out stuff to see and do then as well.

:banana::banana::banana: Can you tell I am excited and can't wait for vacation? LOL

Lisa

[donmil723]

Hey everyone!

Its been a while since I've posted. DH, DD, and I just got back from WDW. We are DVC members and stayed at our home resort, BCV, which we love. Spent most of our time at Stormalong Bay but did go into the theme parks a couple of days. DD and I both reached the highest score of 999,999 on Buzz Lightyear. :banana::banana::banana:

Milliepie--your designs are awesome. :) Would love to have you personalize a couple for DH and I. Are you going to do any Disney Christmas designs?

We would enjoy participating in the fish extender exchange. Although we have been on three DCL cruises, no one in our group wanted to do it.

On our last cruise, we had a meet and greet in the Promenade Lounge at 3 p.m. This worked good as it gave us enough time to meet everyone and then get to the lifeboat drill. It's nice to do this at the very beginning of the cruise because then you keep running into people you "know" throughout the whole cruise.

[tngal]

Hey everyone!

Its been a while since I've posted. DH, DD, and I just got back from WDW. We are DVC members and stayed at our home resort, BCV, which we love. Spent most of our time at Stormalong Bay but did go into the theme parks a couple of days. DD and I both reached the highest score of 999,999 on Buzz Lightyear. :banana::banana::banana:

Milliepie--your designs are awesome. :) Would love to have you personalize a couple for DH and I. Are you going to do any Disney Christmas designs?

We would enjoy participating in the fish extender exchange. Although we have been on three DCL cruises, no one in our group wanted to do it.

On our last cruise, we had a meet and greet in the Promenade Lounge at 3 p.m. This worked good as it gave us enough time to meet everyone and then get to the lifeboat drill. It's nice to do this at the very beginning of the cruise because then you keep running into people you "know" throughout the whole cruise.


Hi! Sounds like you had a great time at WDW! We are planning our first trip to WDW for May of 2010...I am just amazed at how much there is to planning one! I honestly didn't realize there was so many details to it!
I can't wait to do the FE..I have been looking for ideas for gifts but i'm not very creative lol. Also, that does sound like a good time for a meet and greet...I remember the time between boarding and the lifeboat drill seemed like forever!

Lisa

[donmil723]

It was fun but sad as our DD is moving to Idaho this week to be closer to her boyfriend. We live in Missouri so it is a long way to Idaho from here. :sad1:

Here are a few pictures we took.

Russell and I with our daughter, Kristin, at the new Animal Kingdom Villas.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0517.jpg

The Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0544.jpg

My daughter and I with drinks from Morocco and France. Yummy!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0559.jpg

Kristin and Russell in front of Sorcerer Mickey topiary.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0553.jpg

Kristin and her Dad waiting for the Magical Express bus.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0567.jpg

Russell and I at the Beach Club Villas.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0568.jpg

[tngal]

It was fun but sad as our DD is moving to Idaho this week to be closer to her boyfriend. We live in Missouri so it is a long way to Idaho from here. :sad1:

Here are a few pictures we took.

Russell and I with our daughter, Kristin, at the new Animal Kingdom Villas.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0517.jpg

The Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0544.jpg

My daughter and I with drinks from Morocco and France. Yummy!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0559.jpg

Kristin and Russell in front of Sorcerer Mickey topiary.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0553.jpg

Kristin and her Dad waiting for the Magical Express bus.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0567.jpg

Russell and I at the Beach Club Villas.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0568.jpg


Aww...what great pics! Looks like wonderful memories were made :) I have 2 dd's and can't begin to imagine how I would feel if they were moving ..I know that has to be quite hard for you.

Lisa

[milliepie]

It looks like you had a nice time! Sorry your dd is moving so far away, I know how hard it is to be away from mom and dad. My parents live a few states away too.

I would like to participate in the FE too. I'll pm you my info. What do you think, names, kids' names, gender, ages and room Number?

I'd be happy to personalize any magnets for anyone. I think I've made a few Christmas ones, but I can always make more! :) My photobucket link is in my sig, and there are some other great ones by others on the magnet board.

That sounds like fun to have a quick meet before the cruise that way we can put names to faces and say hi when we pass eachother by during. I'm game!

[fireworks fan]

Hi everyone,

It looks like we will have several families participating in our FE exchange:cool1: So, if you would like to participate, please PM the info listed below in bold, plus your email address. The week before the cruise, I will PM and email everyone the FE list. Now I need to make a FE:lmao:

I like the idea of a short meet too, and hopefully someone else will volunteer to organize that.

Mary
It looks like you had a nice time! Sorry your dd is moving so far away, I know how hard it is to be away from mom and dad. My parents live a few states away too.

I would like to participate in the FE too. I'll pm you my info. What do you think, names, kids' names, gender, ages and room Number?

I'd be happy to personalize any magnets for anyone. I think I've made a few Christmas ones, but I can always make more! :) My photobucket link is in my sig, and there are some other great ones by others on the magnet board.

That sounds like fun to have a quick meet before the cruise that way we can put names to faces and say hi when we pass eachother by during. I'm game!

[tngal]

I have got to think of something to use for an FE gift!! I have been looking and thinking and I still can't decide what to use!! I thought about making something, but I am far from creative and don't really have the time with the kids and running back and forth with them :rolleyes:
I noticed a lot of the cruise meets have thought up names for their cruise group...I have tried to think of something but cannot come up with anything...what do you all think of this idea and if you agree what would you come up with? One of the reason I had thought of this was because I thought of ordering some of those rubbery type bracelets in DIS green and having something imprinted on it, then when we all are signing in at the cruise terminal we could recognize our fellow DISers....let me know if you all like or dislike that idea.

Lisa

[donmil723]

A name sounds good to me. On our last cruise we were the Bushwacker Banditos...long story but the name just kind of evolved. Everyone put on your creative thinking caps...

I will be glad to organize the initial meet and greet. On our last cruise, one of our cruisers also did a spreadsheet. It included our screen name; who's traveling in our party (including names and ages especially kid's ages); where we live; do we have early or late dining; stateroom number; email address; and if we are celebrating anything special. I will be happy to set this up if everyone would PM me with their information. It was nice to have some basic info before the meet and greet and it will be helpful for the FE exchange too.

Wow! We're just a little over 5 months away from our cruise!

[tngal]

A name sounds good to me. On our last cruise we were the Bushwacker Banditos...long story but the name just kind of evolved. Everyone put on your creative thinking caps...

I will be glad to organize the initial meet and greet. On our last cruise, one of our cruisers also did a spreadsheet. It included our screen name; who's traveling in our party (including names and ages especially kid's ages); where we live; do we have early or late dining; stateroom number; email address; and if we are celebrating anything special. I will be happy to set this up if everyone would PM me with their information. It was nice to have some basic info before the meet and greet and it will be helpful for the FE exchange too.

Wow! We're just a little over 5 months away from our cruise!

Yes! It is hard to believe it is just over 5 months until our cruise, but it just can't come fast enough for me lol. I just can't wait..I NEED vacation!!

I have had my thinking cap on, but I think it is out of order lol. I am just not that creative. As soon as we decide on a name, then I will get going on ordering the bracelets, if everyone wants them. If not let me know, just an idea! I will send you the PM with the info requested above. I've got to get busy making my FE lol. I think that will probably have to wait until the kids are back in school. Look forward to hearing from all of you!!!

Lisa

[fireworks fan]

thanks, Donna for volunteering:goodvibes I like the idea of a group name too, maybe something about escaping winter. At least, that will be my focus leaving Chicago in December!

Mary

A name sounds good to me. On our last cruise we were the Bushwacker Banditos...long story but the name just kind of evolved. Everyone put on your creative thinking caps...

I will be glad to organize the initial meet and greet. On our last cruise, one of our cruisers also did a spreadsheet. It included our screen name; who's traveling in our party (including names and ages especially kid's ages); where we live; do we have early or late dining; stateroom number; email address; and if we are celebrating anything special. I will be happy to set this up if everyone would PM me with their information. It was nice to have some basic info before the meet and greet and it will be helpful for the FE exchange too.

Wow! We're just a little over 5 months away from our cruise!

[milliepie]

Winter in Chicago, oh my! I've never been there, but I've heard stories.

I love the name idea! My husband suggested something along the lines of South for the Winter WONDERs or Winter WONDERland cruisers. I'm not very creative with wording things either, so I have no clue. :confused3

I have an Idea of what I'm getting for the FE's, but I still have to see if they will work. I need to break out the sewing machine!

Hope all is well with everyone!

[tngal]

Winter in Chicago..not something I think I want to experience lol!!!

I will be trying to think of something...but I am not very good at this type of thing. I am trying to learn to sew something simple and you'd think i'm trying to make a wedding dress or something!!! Oh well.

I hope the weather is not to cold for us to enjoy Castaway Cay..but regardless not much is going to stop me lol!! I think I might hide somewhere until the ship pulls out and stay there...i'll have to think of a good plan for hiding:rotfl:

I really look forward to hearing more about the meet and greet and getting to meet all of you!!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

I'm relaxing by my pool, listening to Jimmy Buffet songs on my iPhone, and dreaming about Castaway Cay. I need to download some more songs to listen to at the pool and on the cruise. Feeling good, warm weather songs...any suggestions?

[tngal]

I'm relaxing by my pool, listening to Jimmy Buffet songs on my iPhone, and dreaming about Castaway Cay. I need to download some more songs to listen to at the pool and on the cruise. Feeling good, warm weather songs...any suggestions?


I can think of a few...but depends on what type of music you like :)

Can I come sit by the pool with you? I wish we had a pool lol. We just go swimming in the creek a few miles out from our house. I don't know if you've ever been swimming in a mountain stream, but it is COLD!!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

I like country the best but also soft rock, oldies-60s or 70s...

[tngal]

What about something from the beach boys? anything that has steel drums in it lol. I don't listen to country,so I can't really think of anything along those lines...except for "its 5 o'clock somewhere" lol.

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

How about the Dis Cruisers??? That way we all know that we are also DisBoard people as well.

[tngal]

Happy Monday everyone! Hope your week is going to be cooler than mine!! I really don't mind it..I think I can handle hot better than cold weather any day!!
Do any of you know where a good place to purchase glowsticks,necklaces and bracelets would be? i want to get some for pirate night.

Hope everyone has sent their info for the fe exchange and for our meet and greeT!!! can't wait!

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

We are paid in full and now we even have airfare for our trip. I am loving it. The best part is that the kids are still clueless that we are taking the trip this year. I can't wait to show my mom WDW for 4 days first, then we can sit back and relax on the cruise.

[mousebrat]

The Dollar Tree usually has glowsticks, etc. I haven't been there in awhile though. Target also had them in March.

It is so hot here. The heat index was 110 today. Yuck!

[donmil723]

Lisa,

Thanks for the song suggestions. I had already downloaded Beach Boys Sounds of Summer.

Everyone that wants to participate in the meet on the first day of the cruise and/or the fish extender exchange, please PM me with the following info: screen name; names of everyone travelling; ages of children and/or adults; place you live; stateroom #; early or late dining; email address; and any special events you might be celebrating. I will put the info on a spreadsheet and email it to everyone that replies.

I like all suggestions for names or maybe we could combine a couple of them--DIS Winter Wonder Cruisers!

[tngal]

Hi everyone!! Just wanted to check in and see what was up. Hope you all are having a great wk. so far. We are enjoying the wonderful weather here in TN, it has been unusually cool for this time of year, but that is ending soon.
I like the name for the cruise group, I had thought of a few, but figured they sounded stupid or something :rolleyes1 If everyone agrees on the name then let me know and I'll start looking for a good place to order the bracelets,if you all are interested in them.
DonMil...maybe closer to the cruise time people will start sending you their info ? I hope so...really look forwad to all of it..maybe you could send them a friendly reminder lol :rotfl:

hope you all have a great 4th of July!!

Lisa

[milliepie]

DIS Winter Wonder Cruisers sounds good to me. What names did you come up with, I'm sure they aren't stupid at all!

I'll send my info today, my pm box has been full and I finally got some of it cleared out. :)

This summer has been so beautiful it's hard to get myself inside the house, but I have to clean! Hope you all are having a great summer too!

[tngal]

DIS Winter Wonder Cruisers sounds good to me. What names did you come up with, I'm sure they aren't stupid at all!

I'll send my info today, my pm box has been full and I finally got some of it cleared out. :)

This summer has been so beautiful it's hard to get myself inside the house, but I have to clean! Hope you all are having a great summer too!

I had a small list, when I find it i'll post it on here of the names I came up with, but don't expect nothing spectacular lol.

I can just imagine how full your pm box has been, with all your cool designs and such :) I am going to request a few...I just hope I have room on my door for all of the magnets I already have made out...I'm not sure how many one door can hold, but now that I think of it, I do have my mom and step-dads connecting room door I could use as well ..hehehe.

The summer here has been beautiful as well, unusually not humid, which is very unusual for the south.

I'll post those later....enjoy the day!

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

Shanrene Bracelets (http://www.shanrene.com/page/001/CTGY/wristbands)

Shanrene.com is a great place to get bracelets made as I have used them for several trips. They are great and reasonably priced.

[yeahdisney]

Anyone interested in sharing a room Dec 4 to enjoy the Atlantis property?
We have a party of 5, 3 adults 2 kids. I just booked one room with the AAA discount for a total of $198 ( the price dropped). But it will only let us have 4 in the room and we are bringing my sister on this trip, so anyone interested in splitting the price of another booked room? So she can get a wrist band and come with us? We plan on getting off the ship first time in the AM, getting a taxi, checking in and out of the room at Comfort without ever going in it. Enjoying Atlantis and returning to the ship. You can PM me. Happy cruising.

[kellyb2000]

Anyone interested in sharing a room Dec 4 to enjoy the Atlantis property?


there's a possibility. we're thinking about doing the same thing. We're a family of 4 so we will get one room, but my mom and stepdad are cruising with us. I don't know if they even want to get off the ship, though. I'll talk to her about it and let you know!

[kellyb2000]

My daughter and I with drinks from Morocco and France. Yummy!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/WDW%20May%202009/IMG_0559.jpg



Seriously - if I hadn't looked at the other pictures I wouldn't have been able to tell who was mother and who was daughter!!! Gorgeous!!!

[kellyb2000]

so here's a thought - what if we all put a pic in our sig so we can go ahead and be putting faces with names??? when I find a decent one and have time to fix it, I'll do it.

[donmil723]

Seriously - if I hadn't looked at the other pictures I wouldn't have been able to tell who was mother and who was daughter!!! Gorgeous!!!

Thanks, Kelly! You made my day!

[tngal]

Hey everyone!!!! Hope you are all doing well! Just getting everything ready here..I may have to have surgery soon, but I told them to get it done now so that I could be completely and totally recover before December :lmao:

I will try to find a pic of myself that will not crack everyones monitors and post it lol.

Have any of you made your fish extenders yet? I am going to try to make mine soon, but I saw two different ways, one that required sewing and one that was a no-sew version. just wondered which you all had used.

Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

[tngal]

Ok..I found a few pics to post...hope this works..and doesn't bust the monitors lol

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/024.jpg
Me and DH on our first cruise 7/08 As you can tell he doesn't like having pics made..otherwise he's a pretty happy guy lol

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/scarlett233/014.jpg

My girls while we were waiting to board at the terminal.


If i find any more I'll post them...looking forward to seeing yours now!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

Aren't those life vests stylish??? ;)

I'm sorry to hear that you might have to have surgery, Lisa. I hope everything goes okay and you'll be fine and dandy by our cruise.

I haven't made fish extenders yet. I really think I am going to do Christmas stockings with Disney appliques and our names or something on that order.

I have a couple of ideas for FE gifts but haven't really decided yet.

Let's see some more pictures!!!!

[tngal]

Aren't those life vests stylish??? ;)

I'm sorry to hear that you might have to have surgery, Lisa. I hope everything goes okay and you'll be fine and dandy by our cruise.

I haven't made fish extenders yet. I really think I am going to do Christmas stockings with Disney appliques and our names or something on that order.

I have a couple of ideas for FE gifts but haven't really decided yet.

Let's see some more pictures!!!!

LOL oh yes...havent you heard that the orange life vests are the newest fashion trend this fall??? :P

I will be having surgery on the 30th of this month..I opted to just go ahead and have it done so I will be completely healed (hopefully) by December!!

I also received good news about my cruise...our military discount was announced for our sail date and we will be getting money back!!:dance3:
If any of you are military and have not received it yet call DCL and find out!!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

Hi Lisa!

Sorry to hear about your surgery. I saw it on FB but didn't get a chance to post. I'm glad you are getting it done now so it won't interfere with your cruise plans!

Great news about a discount!!!! You'll have more to spend on souvenirs and shore excursions. WooHoo!

[tngal]

OK...don't tell me that me and DonMil are the only ones going to post a pic:rolleyes1 :lmao:

I was so glad to see that more people had sent their info for the FE!!!:banana::banana:

I wonder what the weather is like that time of year in Florida? Trying to decide what i'll need to pack (can you tell i'm anxious if i am already thinking of packing?) hmm..have to do some investigating :)

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj16/MaryEL8775/Our%20WDW%20Trip%202008/Day3248.jpg This was taken the night of my birthday at POR during our FIRST EVER carriage ride.

[kellyb2000]

I can't seem to find a recent pic with all 4 of us in it so here's 2 seperate ones!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/DSCF6089.jpg
Look at this face. Study it! Know it! Tell me Hi on December 3rd!!! Which is only 139 days away, by the way!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/DSCF6003b.jpg

[tngal]

yEA!!! Love seeing the new pics!!!

Ok...I had told all of you in an earlier post that I had a small list of cruise group name ideas that I had come up with. I am listing them below...Let me know if you like any of them...if you don't like any of them (be honest it won't hurt my feelings) or if you have other ideas or whatever!! Whatever name we decide on I will order the bracelets (by the way i need to know if we're still interested in the bracelets to wear to the terminal/onboard as well?)

Ok..here goes...

Holiday Hoop-la 2009

Wonder Winter Escape Crew

or
Winter Wonder Escape Cruisers


Walt's WACKY WONDER CREW (OR Cruisers)

WONDER WINTER WIPEOUT CRUISE

ok there ya go...any ideas, revisions, new entries etc appreciated!!!

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

What about Disboards Winter Wonder Cruisers?

[tngal]

any of them is fine with me...just let me know when you all decide and I'll send n the order :) Have a great wknd!

Lisa

[tngal]

Just was wondering if everyone had agreed on a cruise group name? Like I said before, doesn't matter to me, just (a) need to know everyone agrees on it and (b) that it is something (the bracelets) that you all are interested in as well. If its not, thats fine, just say so :)
Just been busy here getting school stuff ready, our school starts 8/10..not that much longer, esp. when you factor in that my surgery is in less than a wk!!!!! HOpe to hear from you all soon

Lisa

[milliepie]

Disboards Winter Wonder Cruisers sounds good to me too. It has a nice ring to it. :)

The bracelets sound like a cute idea, but it's totally up to you if you want to get them. With your surgery coming up you should concentrate on healing. You have a cruise to get ready for after all! :)

Here is a pic of me and my boys. It's Christmas '08, but it's the only recent one I have of all of us. :)

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6263/dl11085.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/dl11085.jpg/)http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/dl11085.jpg/1/w400.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img193/dl11085.jpg/1/)

[fireworks fan]

The name sounds good to me. Bracelets or lanyards would be fun on the cruise, but like Milliepie said, take care of yourself first, Lisa! Good luck on the surgery and I hope you have a quick recovery:goodvibes

[donmil723]

Another vote for DIS Winter Wonder Cruisers! I think the bracelets are a great idea!

My brother had prostate surgery yesterday and is doing well. Hope your surgery goes well too. Will be thinking about you!

[tngal]

Okie Dokie...Dis Winter Wonder Cruisers it is!! I will order the bracelets,I'm assuming lime green since its the Dis colors? I will wait till I am recovered a bit before ordering though lol. Thanks guys for all the well wishes, I really appreciate it! Glad to see the pic Milliepie, you have a beautiful family :) Nice to put a face behind all the beautiful designs :goodvibes

Lisa

[MaryEL8775]

Just an update: DH will hopefully be EX-DH by the time of our trip so he WON'T be coming on our trip. So it will Me, DMom, DS and DD.

[tngal]

Just an update: DH will hopefully be EX-DH by the time of our trip so he WON'T be coming on our trip. So it will Me, DMom, DS and DD.

Wow!:scared1: sorry to hear that! I don't know your particular situation, but divorces are never easy :(

I am doing much better, DonMil..thinking of the cruise is def. helping me heal!!:cool1: I am able to get around pretty easily now, only thing holding me down are the 2 JP drains hanging from my stomach:sad2::sad2:ONce these and the 13 staples are out monday..I'll be a happy woman!

Lisa

[PrincessYessenia]

DBF and I will be on this cruise to commemorate our 5-year anniversary! It will be his first cruise, and my 6th Disney Cruise...also my first cruise of less than 7 nights. I went on the 2006 Southern 10-day and the other 5 were 7- nighters, so I'm excited to get to do this 3-nighter! We will be on deck 6 this cruise and I will definitely have a door decoration with my DIS SN, so if I anyone passes it feel free to knock and chat! Haha :)

I haven't read through this entire thread yet, so I was wondering if an official meet has been arranged? I would love to know. THANKS!

[tngal]

DBF and I will be on this cruise to commemorate our 5-year anniversary! It will be his first cruise, and my 6th Disney Cruise...also my first cruise of less than 7 nights. I went on the 2006 Southern 10-day and the other 5 were 7- nighters, so I'm excited to get to do this 3-nighter! We will be on deck 6 this cruise and I will definitely have a door decoration with my DIS SN, so if I anyone passes it feel free to knock and chat! Haha :)

I haven't read through this entire thread yet, so I was wondering if an official meet has been arranged? I would love to know. THANKS!

Hi! and welcome to our little group :) there has been a meet arranged and also a FE exchange if you are interested in that as well. DonMil is in charge of it. I don't remember if there has been a specific place/time set for the meet (lingering effects of anesthesia lol). Hopefully someone can inform us on this :) and again..welcome!

Lisa

[mousebrat]

I'm working on our FE! Gotta go find some letters and Mickey ribbon tomorrow to hopefully finish (kids willing)!

[tngal]

I'm working on our FE! Gotta go find some letters and Mickey ribbon tomorrow to hopefully finish (kids willing)!

LOL that sounds great! I'm glad someone has got to work on theirs. this summer has been so crazy with the kids, so I thought I'd get it done after they started school, now I gotta get to feeling better because I have vegetables to can, maybe in between I could work on it. Are you gonna show us a pic when its done?

Lisa

[donmil723]

MaryEL--So sorry to hear about your divorce! Hope things work out for the best! Let me know when you want to change any of your info on the spreadsheet.

:welcome: Princess Yessenia! I am putting together a spreadsheet so everyone who is on this thread will know who will be on our DIS Winter Wonder Cruise! So if you want to send me a PM with the following info: screen name; first names (and ages, if you wish); city/state/country where you live; main or late dinner seating; stateroom number; email address; and if you are celebrating anything special.

We are going to have a meet the first day although we haven't definitely decided on a specific time or place. Waiting to see if more people join this thread before making a final decision. I suggested the Promenade Lounge at 3 p.m. We did this on our last cruise and it worked well. Or if everyone is planning on being at the port early, we can meet in the terminal.

We are also trying to post pictures of ourselves so we can recognize each other!

[donmil723]

Thought I'd post a few pictures of our weekend trip to Alley Spring, MO. We visited the old grist mill, had a picnic, and then my DD and I went on a zip line! :dance3:

Russell, Kristin, and Dory in front of the old mill at Alley Spring.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Zip%20Line%202009/IMG_0657b.jpg

Dory and me by the mill.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Zip%20Line%202009/IMG_0663b.jpg

Russell in front of Alley Spring.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Zip%20Line%202009/IMG_0666b.jpg

Me on the zip line.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Zip%20Line%202009/IMG_0682b.jpg

Looking forward to seeing more pictures from everyone else.

[MaryEL8775]

MaryEL--So sorry to hear about your divorce! Hope things work out for the best! Let me know when you want to change any of your info on the spreadsheet.

We are going to have a meet the first day although we haven't definitely decided on a specific time or place. Waiting to see if more people join this thread before making a final decision. I suggested the Promenade Lounge at 3 p.m. We did this on our last cruise and it worked well. Or if everyone is planning on being at the port early, we can meet in the terminal.

We are also trying to post pictures of ourselves so we can recognize each other!

Yep we can take Eric off the list and put a change in celebration... We are celebrating taking our lives back. And losing some extra baggage. :lmao:

But please don't feel sorry for me, just buy me a drink on the ship and we'll be ok... :lmao: I am actually relieved to be getting rid of him.

[milliepie]

Yep we can take Eric off the list and put a change in celebration... We are celebrating taking our lives back. And losing some extra baggage. :lmao:

But please don't feel sorry for me, just buy me a drink on the ship and we'll be ok... :lmao: I actually relieved to be getting rid of him.

Well, I was going to come on here and tell you how sorry I was, but I guess I'll say congrats instead. :goodvibes Sometimes it's healthy to loose a little extra weight. ;)


I also wanted to see how Lisa was doing after her surgery. I see you are healing nicely. I hope you continue to have a quick and easy one! :)

Hope all is well with everyone, only a few more months to go!!

[mousebrat]

It is finally done!!! I really wanted the Disney sewing machine that would do the fancy embroidery but DH said no. So, I found cute iron-on transfers at Joanns and also used some scrapbook stickers that are 3D. I figured it wouldn't matter since I won't be washing it anyways.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/christinastarrgibson/DSCN02482.jpg

Now for shirts. I want to make myself and my sons shirts since we all have birthdays (11/24 for two of us and 12/26 for older DS) during this time and we are celebrating in style this year!

[mousebrat]

What does everyone use to make your amazing designs for shirts? I'm not sure where to start and how to get the high resolution fonts. I would appreciate your help...

[tngal]

What does everyone use to make your amazing designs for shirts? I'm not sure where to start and how to get the high resolution fonts. I would appreciate your help...


First of all..your FE is adorable! Love it!! You did a great job. What "pattern" did you use to make it?

As for the T-shirts, i went on the dis-ign boards on here and a bunch of the talented people on there had designs that I copied or had them personalize for me. Then I copied them off onto T-shirt Transfers that I purchased from one of the disigners on there (she goes by amymickey) and you just peel off the back and iron them on! Hope that helps. Also Milliepie that is going on the cruise with us makes some awesome designs as well. You could check with her as well!!

Lisa

[mousebrat]

Thanks for the help with the shirt designs... I've also got to make pirate costumes for my boys. So much to do for so much fun :yay:

I can give you my measurements and instructions if you'd like. I'll have to remeasure what I did. I learned a lot about how I would redo it if I were to make another one (which I will not make another one for me but if someone else wants one let me know). Mine is done and I'm happy with it even if one pocket is a tad bit off. No worries and I don't anyone would notice but me.

[milliepie]

Thanks for the help with the shirt designs... I've also got to make pirate costumes for my boys. So much to do for so much fun :yay:

I can give you my measurements and instructions if you'd like. I'll have to remeasure what I did. I learned a lot about how I would redo it if I were to make another one (which I will not make another one for me but if someone else wants one let me know). Mine is done and I'm happy with it even if one pocket is a tad bit off. No worries and I don't anyone would notice but me.


You are very crafty. I still have yet to pull out the sewing machine. I think I saw a thread somewhere with instructions on how to make a no sew one, but if you could post measurements that would be awesome!

If you like to look at my designs the link is in my signature, I can personalize for you too. Also like Lisa said the Dis-ign boards disigners are more than willing to help you out. My personal fav is Donatalie, I love her stuff. http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105.

[mousebrat]

Okay so I followed instructions that were on the fish extender thread but I did modify them a bit.

I used:
2 pieces of material for the back (36" by 8")
2 pieces of material for each pocket (8" by 7")
double wide bias tape
8" dowel rod that is 3/8"
2 3/8" dowel rod caps
leftover ribbon to hang it with

You can definately do this no-sew with fabric glue. I decided to sew it since I knew we would use it again next year and I'm impatient about letting things dry. I used 1/2" seams on everything.

1. Sew the pockets together (right sides together) leaving the side open to turn.
2. Sew the back together (right sides together) leaving the top open to turn.

The next part, I didn't do it this way but it made sense after I did mine.
3. Pin the pockets where you want them on the backing. Then, pin the bias tape around the outside. Sew around the bias tape to keep the pockets and bias tape in place.
I wished I would have thought that out before I did mine but I guess you learn something new each time you do something.
4. I used glue to make the insert for the dowel rod. I have about a 1" pocket for the dowel rod. I just used craft clue and kept it in place ovenight with clothes pins.
5. I painted my dowel rod and glued the ends on. I then hot glued my ribbon onto the dowel.

The fun part was the iron on transfers. I don't like doing those and really would have prefered embroidery but I'm happy with how it turned out. If you were to do embroidery on the pockets do that before you sew them on.

I hope this helps. I'm going to get my crying baby from his nap since the mowers woke him up (all about timing :confused3).

I'll let you know if I need help with my shirts--which I probably will.

[fireworks fan]

Wow, mousebrat, your FE looks great! You're inspiring me to get started on mine. I already have an idea for the FE gift, now just have to make a FE:goodvibes


Welcome to the thread, PrincessYessenia:!

Mary

[PrincessYessenia]

So how could I acquire a fish extender? I've tried ebay but nothing comes up under "fish extender"....I wish I was sewing inclined so I could make one, but unfortunately I'm not! I wouldn't mind getting a plain one and then decorating it myself but...

Any tips!

[MinnesotaMouse]

Hi Everyone, my family of four will join you on December 3rd. :goodvibes

We joined DVC last February while on the Wonder for a 4-night cruise so now will be taking our "free cruise" (DVC buyer incentive) in December. Hopefully will get three nights at Bay Lake Towers, our home resort, before boarding the ship. I'm still working on that.

It will be me, my husband, DS (15) and DD (13). It's our third Disney cruise (have never cruised with anyone else and probably never will!) so the kids know by now what to do, where to go, etc. They have lots of ideas for this trip, too!

I haven't read the whole thread yet but plan to do so in the next couple of days. We are from MN so will be glad to leave the cold in the wintertime, and have never cruised around Christmas time before, either.

Looking forward to catching up with all of you! :yay:


P.S. Is Palo available on 3-night cruises???

[tngal]

MinnesotaMouse- Welcome to our "crew". Glad to have another addition to our group :) This will be our 2nd cruise, and my mom and stepdad's first ever. Believe me I have been counting down the days! Hope you will join us for our meet and greet and join in the Fish Extender gift exchange!

Milliepie- I just wanted to say I love your avatar...too cute :)


I have been shopping around for the best prices on the bracelets for everyone. I'm still going to do it, but man I didn't realize they were going to be so much $!! Still worth it though :)

Well, gonna go get the kiddo's off to the bus and get ready for another day of canning...going to can tomatoes today :)

Lisa

[donmil723]

Hi Minnesota Mouse! Welcome to this thread and to our cruise group!

We are tentatively planning a meet on embarkation day at 3 p.m. in the Promenade Lounge but are still open to other suggestions. I am putting together a spreadsheet so we know who will be cruising with us. If you send me the following info, I'll send you a copy of it too: screenname; names (and ages, especially kids); city/state where you live; main or late seating; stateroom #; email address; and anything special you might be celebrating.

tngal--Don't feel like you have to do the bracelets if they are too costly. I'd rather you save the money and spend it on souvenirs for you and your family. I'm glad you're feeling strong enough to do all that canning.

Just a reminder to anyone else on this thread that would like to have a copy of the spreadsheet with info about our fellow DIS cruisers to PM their info as listed above. Our cruise is getting closer.....

Let's get to know each other better. I'll start...Do you have any pets? If so, what kind and what are their names? We have two dogs...Sparky, a border collie, who is 9 years old and Dory, a toy Australian shepherd who is 10 months old.

Sparky
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Miscellaneous/IMG_0470.jpg

Dory
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/donmil723/Miscellaneous/IMG_0607.jpg

[tngal]

As much as I would like to get the bracelets, i think I may have to do something different. 25-30 bracelets was going to run around 50+ dollars!! I figured I can put that money on a nicer FE gift!! I am so sorry..I hope none of you are mad/disappointed at me:guilty:
As for pets...I have a bob-tail cat Rascal. We have a black lab named smoky, 11 cats and 2 fish. Dog and all but Rascal are outside!! Didn't want you to think i was that crazy cat lady you all hear about with 50 cats inside lol. I will have to try to find my pics of them and post them later. :)

Lisa

[mousebrat]

That's a lot for the bracelets. I don't blame you!

We have a dog named Baxter. He's a shih tzu that is our first born child. He is 7 years old. He used to have long hair until we moved to dallas and he couldn't have his weekly brushing.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/christinastarrgibson/IMG_0166.jpg[/IMG]

[tngal]

AWWW..Mousebrat..your doggie is so cute!! My aunt has one just like that that she named Oreo.

[donmil723]

Baxter is so cute!

Lisa--Don't feel bad about not getting the bracelets. We all understand!

[tngal]

Baxter is so cute!

Lisa--Don't feel bad about not getting the bracelets. We all understand!

Thanks, guys! I'm glad you all understand about the bracelets. I just can't see putting out that much money, then i'd have to mail them to each of you on top of that so we'd all have them at the terminal!
Hope you all are having a good wknd. My little Katie is having problems with her sinuses, but i've started her on her med. again. so maybe we got it before it turned into an infection!
After I get all the canning and freezing done, hopefully I will find time to start on my FE..look forward to doing that! Can you believe after this cruise is over I'll have to start planning for our first trip to WDW....but I love it :)
Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

[donmil723]

Ok. Here's another get-to-know you better question. What is your favorite summertime activity?

I love to hang out by my pool and read, listen to Disney podcasts, or visit with my family or friends

[fireworks fan]

Ok, my favorite summertime activity is to read in the sun, eat ice cream on a hot day, and go swimming. Actually, I will eat ice cream anytime, but it is particularly fun in the summer:rotfl2:

Mary

[PrincessYessenia]

Well now that I have my internet up and running again :banana: I figured I would post a picture as some others already have. I've been making posts from the internet on my phone, which did the job but didn't let me post pictures or anything else..sorry I'm so behind! :goodvibes

Here we are a week ago getting ready to ride the surrey bikes at WL. We both loved it and actually rode past a doe eating some grass on the side of the path! We both started acting like kids and got all excited! :yay: We didn't bother her at all, and she just looked up at us a couple times and just kept on munching on! A pleasant surprise we weren't expecting. :thumbsup2 Anyway, I'm rambling on...:laughing:
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/babygurl6709/DSCN1708-1.jpg

[donmil723]

Looks like fun! I love riding the path between FW and WL. DH and I will be at WDW in 27 days staying at the BCV for F&W Festival!

[PrincessYessenia]

How exciting! I'll be at BWV for my first time on Sunday. Just meeting up with my mom to see her for a night so we can hang out. She lives a little over 4 hours SE from here in Palm Beach, so we don't see eachother as much as we'd like.

BTW donmil723, I got the e-mail! Thank you! I'm going to do a FE but don't really know what types of things to buy to put in the others...

[milliepie]

I guess I better play catch up! Our pets... We have two dogs, Chief the Chihuaha and Hidey is a black lab. We also have a turtle named Crush, an Iguana Sam and some fish.

Our favorite summer activities would probably be riding bikes to the beach, fishing and of course our monthly visit to Disneyland. We just got back from celebrating our ds's 7th birthday at DL. It was cool because when we checked into the hotel we were picked as the "Magical Family of the day" and we got a room upgrade and some extra goodies. It made his birthday even more special. It will be our last time there for a while because our passes expired and we aren't renewing this year because we might have to move. We still have our Cruise and visit to the World though, so that should feed our withdrawl for a bit.

OK, enough about me, lol. Here are a few pics of our little zoo..


http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5966/crush2.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6448/sam3r.jpg


http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3716/chiefc.jpg


http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7146/hideyu.jpg


Hope everyone is having a great week! :)

[fireworks fan]

Ok, Milliepie, my DD would be so jealous of your turtle-all you need is a pet frog and she would want to move in with you:rotfl2:

So with all this talk of Boardwalk and Beach Club, has anyone here stayed at the Yacht Club? I was thinking of staying there for a few nights before the cruise. There's several good codes out there for that time period, so Yacht Club Concierge level is really tempting me.

Mary

[PrincessYessenia]

Thought I'd post some pics of my "kids" to follow the trend! :goodvibes 3 Rough Collies (same dogs as Lassie) and a Golden Retriever :banana:

Here's my baby, Prince (4 months)
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/babygurl6709/DSCN1618-1.jpg

My other baby, Storm (9 months) sporting her new Mickey "necklace" that we got at the World a few weeks ago
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/babygurl6709/DSCN1732-1.jpg

My man, Flash (just turned 2)
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/babygurl6709/047-1.jpg

And my princess: Princess Honey (5)
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/babygurl6709/DSCN1722-1.jpg
They're my pride and joy!:lovestruc

[donmil723]

Yessenia--That's wonderful that you and your mom can get together for a day or two especially at such a magical place as WDW! :love: We have stayed at BWV before and loved it--the location is awesome with just a quick stroll to either Epcot or Hollywood Studios.

My DD just moved to Idaho this summer to be closer to her boyfriend. That's 1600 miles away from our home in Missouri so we can't get together like that!!! :sad1:

Do a search on the cruise line forum and you'll find lots of ideas for FE gifts.

BTW, your dogs are gorgeous!

Milliepie--I love the Incredible outfits on your dogs. Of course, I'm sure that means your dogs are incredibly smart, adorable, good-looking, etc. etc. etc. :goodvibes And I wonder where you got the name "Crush" for your turtle? Could it be from the same movie where we picked "Dory" for our puppy's name?

I would love to be able to live close enough to be able to ride bikes to the beach and to visit DL or WDW once a month! I shouldn't complain as we usually make it to WDW 2-4 times a year.

That's wonderful that your DS's birthday was even more magical! :dance3:

Fireworks Fan--Yes, we have stayed at the YC. It is a fabulous resort--more quiet and elegant than the BC--and it shares the best pool at WDW with BC.

Have a great night everyone!

[X-Man88]

:dance3::banana::cheer2::cool1::yay::disrocks::jum ping1: is going on the trip with prinessyessenia:rolleyes1 lol

[Bradg63]

New guy going on the Dec 3 cruise looking for more info to participate!
Hope hear from other cruisers!
Brad Lara-Gagne

[tngal]

New guy going on the Dec 3 cruise looking for more info to participate!
Hope hear from other cruisers!
Brad Lara-Gagne

welcome, Brad! donmil is keeping up with all who want to participate in the FE exchange and the meet and greet!! Looking forward to hearing more from you!

Hope you all have been doing well. Staying busy here. It is getting even closer to time for our cruise!! YEA!!:cheer2:

Lisa

[mousebrat]

I'm working on my shirts and my FE gifts. I cannot wait until the cruise! We got our ADR made for our land portion of our trip so we are less than 90 days away.

My favorite summertime activity is probably going to Sonic for happy hour and then going to the pool with my kids. Although it is very HOT in Dallas during the summer.

[MaryEL8775]

I'm working on my shirts and my FE gifts. I cannot wait until the cruise! We got our ADR made for our land portion of our trip so we are less than 90 days away.

My favorite summertime activity is probably going to Sonic for happy hour and then going to the pool with my kids. Although it is very HOT in Dallas during the summer.

I just made my adr's too for our land portion. We will be on land from 11/29 til the cruise. We are staying at POFQ. We scored adr's for:

11/30 5:30pm 50's Prime Time - DHS
12/1 4:20pm Cinderella's Royal Table - MK
12/2 5:20pm Teppanedo - Epcot

We are having a meet in Italy in Epcot for Illuminations on the 2nd if you are interested in a get together.

[mousebrat]

We are actually doing MK that day. We saved money by not doing park hoppers since we don't plan on doing more than one park in one day.

[MaryEL8775]

We are doing:
11/29 AK
11/30 DHS
12/1 MK and MVMCP
12/2 Epcot

[donmil723]

Welcome Brad! If you plan to come to our meet and greet which is tentatively scheduled for Embarkation Day at 3 p.m. in the Promenade Lounge and/or participate in the FE exchange, please email me the following info: screen name, first names of all in your group, ages of kids (and adults if you want), town where you live, main or late dining onboard, stateroom #, email address, and any special celebrations. Fireworks Fan is helping with the FE exchange.

New question:

What do the adults in your group do for a living?

My DH farms with our son in central Missouri. We primarily raise Angus cattle but we do plant some corn. I do the bookkeeping for the farming operation and work out of my home as a massage therapist. Since my DD moved to Idaho this summer, I have applied to be a substitute teacher at our local school just so I can get out of the house more.

[tngal]

Welcome Brad! If you plan to come to our meet and greet which is tentatively scheduled for Embarkation Day at 3 p.m. in the Promenade Lounge and/or participate in the FE exchange, please email me the following info: screen name, first names of all in your group, ages of kids (and adults if you want), town where you live, main or late dining onboard, stateroom #, email address, and any special celebrations. Fireworks Fan is helping with the FE exchange.

New question:

What do the adults in your group do for a living?

My DH farms with our son in central Missouri. We primarily raise Angus cattle but we do plant some corn. I do the bookkeeping for the farming operation and work out of my home as a massage therapist. Since my DD moved to Idaho this summer, I have applied to be a substitute teacher at our local school just so I can get out of the house more.

What do the adults in your group do for a living?

My DH works in a carpet mill as a mechanic tech. In other words he repairs the machinery that twists yarn used for carpet. He also works some with the electrical stuff.

I had to quit work about 3 years ago due to health issues, and draw disability. Before that I was a Phlebotomy Technician/lab assistant.

Since my mom and step-dad aren't on here but will be with us, i'll answer for them too :) My mom is a retired nurse and my step father is retired from the USAF.


Donmil--I could so use a massage right now!!! My back is killing me (part of the injury that caused me to quit working) A few years ago I went for a massage at a local spa and I was actually in pain the next morning I was so sore!! I think the lady was just a little too rough or i'm just a wimp one lol.

I have got my FE gift for the kids figured out, now I just gotta figure out the one for the adults. I am completely stumped on this one!! I guess it would be a good idea to get my FE made as well, huh?

Hearing you all plan your WDW trips is making me anxious for mine! We are planning one this May 2010. I will turn 35 in WDW !! There is so much planning to do but I am enjoying it. We have the date of travel down, and the resort down, but thats about it lol. I am just trying to figure out if I am better off to book with a TA or through disney myself? What do you guys think?

Well, time to go. Littlest one is whining and I think its time for her bed ;)


Lisa

[fireworks fan]

We are doing:
11/29 AK
11/30 DHS
12/1 MK and MVMCP
12/2 Epcot


We'll be at MVMCP that day too! Can't wait!

Mary

[donmil723]

Hey Lisa! It is very easy to book things directly with Disney and, if you are like me, I enjoy planning our vacations. If you have any questions, just ask me here or on FB and I will be happy to try to help. What resort did you decide on?

Although it is not unusual for someone to feel sore and achy after a massage, especially if they were very tight beforehand, it is not good if you were in pain the next day. I doubt if you were a wimp! I, personally, don't like deep tissue massages either. The main thing is to remember to drink lots of water after a massage to help flush out the toxins that have been released during a massage so you don't feel sore and achy afterwards.

[rebagarth]

Hi Donna,

I'm traveling with BradLG63 to WDW and the cruise. We're actually arriving 11/26 and staying at the Pop Century until 11/29 when we move to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. The trip is mainly for my 50th birthday but it's also my sisters first trip to Disney World. She's coming in from Australia for my birthday. Our plans are 11/29 DHS; 11/30 AK then to DHS for dinner at 50's Prime Time; 12/l we're at MK (Yuletide Fantasy Tour at 9am and MVMCP that night), 12/2 we're at Epcot...our annual Drinking Around the World.

Brad is going to respond to you with all the details of our group. We want to participate in the FE and Door Decorating.

I'm so excited for this trip. :banana::banana::banana:

Denise

[Bradg63]

Hello!
My screen name is Bradg63
We would be interested in attending the meet and greet. We also would like to be a part of the FE. I think you may have spoken to another member of our party her screen name is RebaGarth.
There 7 of us in 3 cabins. We range in age from 32 to 52. Brad, Donny, Steve, Gary, Matt, Eileen, and Denise. We are celebrating Denise's 50th birthday (she is RebaGarth - the name will make sense when you see her - she looks scarily like Reba)
Denise, Steve, Gary and Matt live in Sacremento, CA
Brad and Donny live in Long Beach, CA
Eileen lives in Sydney Australia

We are late seating for dining and we are in Stateroom 6570 the rest are right next to us but I don't know in what order yet.

I am still learning how to navigate this board and I feel kinda stupid. I couldn't send you a private message or figure how to send you an email. Give me time I will get it.

To answer your question:
I am a Chef/Owner of a Catering and event business. I am also the Supervising Chef for a program that feeds the homeless and those in need.
Here comes the big news - Don't want to scare our new Missouri friends away...
Donny is my DH (legally in CA and Iowa) He is a total loss and theft investigating Insurance Adjuster for AAA Insurance division.
Denise works for State Farm, Eileen is a Union representative in Australia,
Steve is in Trucking Dispatch and management for a temporary fencing company
Gary is a Nurse and Matt is a Wetlands Caretaker.

We arrive at WDW 11/26 and start at Pop Cent then we move to AKL until the cruise. We have all our dinner rez and we are dong the Yuletide tour.

Probably TMI for now. Look forward to learning more.

[Bradg63]

I was wondering if anyone has pictures of their door decorations? Or do you know any links to images? Looking for ideas.
Thanks