May 21, 2009 - 3 Night WONDER

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May 21, 2009 - 3 Night WONDER

Hello all. We will be sailing on the Wonder for 3 nights following our 4 night stay at the Port Orleans Riverfront. On our cruise, we will have:

Me (Joe)
Wife (Jamie)
Son (Jacob 5 y/o)
Daughter (Jenna 2 and 1/2)

Our daughter Jenna, will be 2 weeks from her 3rd birthday when we sail, and will be enrolling in the Kids Clubs when we get there.

We are really looking forward to this trip, and plan on doing the Fish Extenders. Hope to hear from some others!

[emma'smom]

I don't see this cruise listed yet. We've booked this one as a lead-up to Memorial Day week-end in WDW. We'll be celebrating Dh's and DD6's birthdays on the ship!

Anyone else on this cruise?

[kimpossible]

We are. We are spending 5 days at the BCV before heading out.

It will be

Me (Kim)

DH (Jeff)

DS (8) Jonathan

DS (3 almost 4) Harrison

[Conex4]

Count us in!! Couldn't resist the kids sail free promotion!!!
:thumbsup2

[bobbiwoz]

We are. We are spending 5 days at the BCV before heading out.

It will be

Me (Kim)

DH (Jeff)

DS (8) Jonathan

DS (3 almost 4) Harrison

Well, we could see you there! DH and I and extended family will be on the cruise and they'll be at BCV from Sunday...DH (Tom) and I (Bobbi)won't get there until Tuesday night and my DSis will be joining us on Wednesday. We're hoping to eat at Cape May for Breakfast and then head out to the ship on the 21st!. We'll have 3 DGC, ages 4, 5 and 6!

Bobbi:goodvibes

PS. We all have a 1 night stay at AKV, Kidani after the cruise.

PPS. DH and I lived in Lower Makefield PA in the '80s early '90s.

[kimpossible]

Well, we could see you there! DH and I and extended family will be on the cruise and they'll be at BCV from Sunday...DH (Tom) and I (Bobbi)won't get there until Tuesday night and my DSis will be joining us on Wednesday. We're hoping to eat at Cape May for Breakfast and then head out to the ship on the 21st!. We'll have 3 DGC, ages 4, 5 and 6!

Bobbi:goodvibes

PS. We all have a 1 night stay at AKV, Kidani after the cruise.

PPS. DH and I lived in Lower Makefield PA in the '80s early '90s.

Sounds like we will be seeing you around the pool.

You will have to let us know how Kidani is.

[emma'smom]

Great...there are others on this cruise:

We are:

Megan (37)
Steve (36--turns 37 on the last day of cruise)

Emma (6--turns 7 on the day after the cruise ends)
Hannah (4)

Both girls will be in the Kid's Club...although it looks like they'll be in different groups. They will be looking for friends!

We have two nights at Old Key West after the cruise.

Is anyone a DVC member? Looks like you all are naming DVC properties....

[kimpossible]

Great...there are others on this cruise:

We are:

Megan (37)
Steve (36--turns 37 on the last day of cruise)

Emma (6--turns 7 on the day after the cruise ends)
Hannah (4)

Both girls will be in the Kid's Club...although it looks like they'll be in different groups. They will be looking for friends!

We have two nights at Old Key West after the cruise.

Is anyone a DVC member? Looks like you all are naming DVC properties....


Our home resort is BWV but we are stying at the BCV this trip. How about you?

[emma'smom]

Our home resort is Saratoga Springs...we like to try them all though!

[bobbiwoz]

Great...

Is anyone a DVC member? Looks like you all are naming DVC properties....


DVC Member here! BWV, VWL, VB, BCV and AKV are our homes. Trying them all has been hard on our pocketbook!:) We're not booked on points, though.

We'll be looking for kimpossible's family at the pool. It is Flower and Garden time, so I may not be by pool as much...and really one one full day at BCV for me...but we'll see. The DGC LOVE the Pirate slide at SAB!

Bobbi:goodvibes

[bobbiwoz]

Great...

Is anyone a DVC member? Looks like you all are naming DVC properties....


DVC Member here! BWV, VWL, VB, BCV and AKV are our homes. Trying them all has been hard on our pocketbook!:) We're not booked on points, though.

We'll be looking for kimpossible's family at the pool. It is Flower and Garden time, so I may not be by pool as much...and really one one full day at BCV for me...but we'll see. The DGC LOVE the Pirate slide at SAB!

emma'smom, it sounds like a great birthday celebration trip for your family!

Bobbi:goodvibes

[mickeymom923]

I own at Saratoga Springs.

I started a thread for May 21, 2009 awhile ago but no one answered. I am getting married :bride: on the Wonder on 5/22/09. As of now, we have 30 people :grouphug: coming to our wedding ages are from 1 1/2 to 91 years young.

Bev

[kimpossible]

Wow this is starting to sound like a "member's cruise":rotfl:

[mickeymom923]

I was born and raised and lived in NE Philly until November 08. Where do you live?

Bev

[kimpossible]

I was born and raised and lived in NE Philly until November 08. Where do you live?

Bev

We llive about 10 min west of King of Prussia.

[emma'smom]

Wow! That will be an exciting cruise!

I own at Saratoga Springs.

I started a thread for May 21, 2009 awhile ago but no one answered. I am getting married :bride: on the Wonder on 5/22/09. As of now, we have 30 people :grouphug: coming to our wedding ages are from 1 1/2 to 91 years young.

Bev

[Conex4]

I own at Saratoga Springs.

I started a thread for May 21, 2009 awhile ago but no one answered. I am getting married :bride: on the Wonder on 5/22/09. As of now, we have 30 people :grouphug: coming to our wedding ages are from 1 1/2 to 91 years young.

Bev

Congratulations on your wedding!!

[bobbiwoz]

I own at Saratoga Springs.

I started a thread for May 21, 2009 awhile ago but no one answered. I am getting married :bride: on the Wonder on 5/22/09. As of now, we have 30 people :grouphug: coming to our wedding ages are from 1 1/2 to 91 years young.

Bev

How wonderful! Congratulations!!
Bobbi:goodvibes

[kimpossible]

I own at Saratoga Springs.

I started a thread for May 21, 2009 awhile ago but no one answered. I am getting married :bride: on the Wonder on 5/22/09. As of now, we have 30 people :grouphug: coming to our wedding ages are from 1 1/2 to 91 years young.

Bev


Best Wishes!

[sneakypigs]

We have a group of 11 of us and we would love to join in on the fish extender gift giving but not sure how it works, do we have to give our room numbers, etc.

Kristie (29)
Mike (40)
Courtney (5)
Elaine (63)
Fred (42)
Jenny (40)
Angelina (6)
Freddy (6)
Dave (40)
Maddie (33)
Morgan (5 1/2)

[kimpossible]

Okay, so I am exhausted...but I stayed up until 12:00 and got my ressies for the trip. Palo on Friday at 6:30 and Stringray encounter on CC.:cool1: I was too excited that I didn't fall back to sleep until 2:00 am.

[emma'smom]

Do we need to reserve the Stingray encounter in advance?

Okay, so I am exhausted...but I stayed up until 12:00 and got my ressies for the trip. Palo on Friday at 6:30 and Stringray encounter on CC.:cool1: I was too excited that I didn't fall back to sleep until 2:00 am.

[emma'smom]

We'd like to do a FE too. We won't have a cabin number though...just a GTY.

We have a group of 11 of us and we would love to join in on the fish extender gift giving but not sure how it works, do we have to give our room numbers, etc.

Kristie (29)
Mike (40)
Courtney (5)
Elaine (63)
Fred (42)
Jenny (40)
Angelina (6)
Freddy (6)
Dave (40)
Maddie (33)
Morgan (5 1/2)

[kimpossible]

Do we need to reserve the Stingray encounter in advance?

I'm not sure how fast it books up. I figured, since I was up getting the Palo ressie, I would just do both.

BTW at midnight, everything was available for Palo. Wish I could say the same for the Fantasmic DP when I called.

[mickeymom923]

Less than 3 months away. Well, I finally bought my wedding gown. I am sooooooooooooooooooooo excited party: :dancer: :jumping1: :thumbsup2 :groom: and can't wait until May gets here. We are getting married in Cadillac's Lounge on 5/22/09 but flying to WDW prior to our wedding/cruise.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Bev

[mickeymom923]

After our snowstorm yesterday, I can't wait for our cruise (my wedding cruise) in May. :banana:

[sneakypigs]

Hopefully we will get our room numbers about 2-3 weeks before cruising, at that time, we can make a list of all the room numbers and who is in what room so we can do the fish extender. I hope all can join, it was very fun on my last cruise. My daughter loved checking it every time we got back to the room and getting a little goodie bag. I will make up the list if no one else is interested in doing it.

[kimpossible]

After our snowstorm yesterday, I can't wait for our cruise (my wedding cruise) in May. :banana:

I hear ya! I am sick of the snow!

[kennythepirate]

We're going on this cruise as well.
2 inside GTY rooms with 5 people total. Worked best with the kids sail free offer.
Look forward to hearing more about the fish extenders.

[bobbiwoz]

Finally the day came for us to book the Dolphin Encounter shore excursion, the one at the Blue Lagoon. All 9 of us are going and on the morning trip, none of us wanted to be late for dinner! Is anyone else from here doing that shore excursion.

We visited our DGC over the weekend, and showed them the pictures of the dolphins and the Blue Lagoon area. The time will just fly by now!

Bobbi:banana:

[LandBoatRide]

Well, you will have some incognito WDW cast members sailin with you :-) 6 of us for now in our group but more trying to book. Just over 2 months now!

[cvrapclark]

We couldn't resist the kids sail free!! We are:

Chris (43)
Vicki (42)
Alyssa (11)
Peyton (4)


We are surprising the girls, picking up Alyssa on last day of school at lunch and heading down from Alabama!! I want to do the fish extenders also. Can someone point me to a good thread on those?

We are doing a large family cruise on 5/30 out of Jacksonville but this was just too good to pass. We're also new DVC members at BLT!!

[kennythepirate]

Welcome aboard Chris and family. We hope to bump into you on the ship! I agree that the savings for kids sail free was pretty great. Wish they'd do that on a 7 day!

Congrats on the BLT membership. Baloney, Lard and Tuna has always been a favorite :-)

[kimpossible]

We couldn't resist the kids sail free!! We are:

Chris (43)
Vicki (42)
Alyssa (11)
Peyton (4)


We are surprising the girls, picking up Alyssa on last day of school at lunch and heading down from Alabama!! I want to do the fish extenders also. Can someone point me to a good thread on those?

We are doing a large family cruise on 5/30 out of Jacksonville but this was just too good to pass. We're also new DVC members at BLT!!

Welcome aboard and home. We love DVC!!! Looks like our youngest (Harry almost 4) will be in the Oceaneer's Club with Peyton.

Kim

[mickeymom923]

Wow! I can't believe we're less than 2 months ago from our cruise. Only 55days till our wedding on the ship (but who's counting) lol. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Bev

[cvrapclark]

Hey, not much longer!!! I didn't say before that we also have a soon-to-be 20 year old son in college at Auburn. I didn't book him because it bumped the price WAY UP. I feel kind of bad now that he can't go. But then he is going on the other cruise the next week with us (5/3). A large group of almost 20 are going. The kids sail free is a great thing but I hate it for families of more than 4.

See ya real soon!!!

[bobbiwoz]

I'm so looking forward to this trip!

Bobbi:banana:

[sneakypigs]

any one get their room number yet? We are 49 days out so I am hoping soon.

[cvrapclark]

Welcome aboard Chris and family. We hope to bump into you on the ship! I agree that the savings for kids sail free was pretty great. Wish they'd do that on a 7 day!

Congrats on the BLT membership. Baloney, Lard and Tuna has always been a favorite :-)

That was so funny. Everytime I type that, I think bacon, lettuce and tomato.

Trip is getting closer!!!

[kimpossible]

any one get their room number yet? We are 49 days out so I am hoping soon.


It seems they have been doing them 35-30 days out. Still a bit longer to wait.

[mickeymom923]

I can't wait until we get our docs.

I'm still working on my paperwork to send back to Disney Fairy Tale Weddings. Only 5 1/2 weeks. YAY!!!!!!!

Bev

[kimpossible]

Check your ressies!!! We just got assigned our room #. We booked a Cat 12 and were assigned 1048. Little nervous about the lower decks, but very excited about the upgrade. I am afraid to tell DH for fear I will blow it and they will change our # again. But for now...Yeah!

[kimpossible]

Oops! I posted twice.

[emma'smom]

Looks like we currently have #2108. I don't know much difference between a lower and upper deck since this is our first cruise. It look like we've been upgraded to a Category 9 for now. I know it could change......

[kimpossible]

Looks like a good location. I am a bit worried. Lots of reports of noise issues in the middle of the night. We shall see.

[kennythepirate]

We are assigned 2026 & 2028. Where does that put us on the ship?

Oh I found it. Deck two front of the ship port side. Looks like it's an outside room. Is that porthole room?

Oh another edit...looks like they moved us up to a Deluxe Oceanview room. Very cool!

[sneakypigs]

Got my room number over the weekend, room 2016, so excited, got an upgrade to oceanview deluxe room. My room is very close to a few others on the board, awesome!!

If you have your room number and want to do the fish extender goodies - please list your room number and names of people in room and age and sex so we can get the fish extender list started so everyone knows how many things that need to make up.

[kimpossible]

Got my room number over the weekend, room 2016, so excited, got an upgrade to oceanview deluxe room. My room is very close to a few others on the board, awesome!!

If you have your room number and want to do the fish extender goodies - please list your room number and names of people in room and age and sex so we can get the fish extender list started so everyone knows how many things that need to make up.


All of you lucky guys. Anyone else down in the basement with us?:rotfl:

[cvrapclark]

I wish we had been offered a guarantee so we could hope for an upgrade!! We got a specific category 11. I guess all the guaranties were sold out when we booked. But I'm not complaining because we've never been on a Disney cruise and are really, really excited!!!

[emma'smom]

We want to do FE. I think I might have listed this info before---but just in case:

#2108
Megan- 37
Steve-37 (birthday on ship)
Emma-6
Hannah-4

[emma'smom]

Cruise Docs arrived today! Anyone else get them too?

[cvrapclark]

We got ours!! We're still keeping it a surprise from the girls. It's pretty easy though since they know we're going on a cruise the next week with lots of other family. So I'll be able to pack and all and they'll think we're getting ready for that cruise. Although my youngest did ask the other day if we would see characters on the cruise and we told her no, we're going on Carnival!!

[emma'smom]

Just called for the movie listings for our cruise. Here they are:

HSM3
Bolt in 3D
Hannah Montana Concert in 3D
Bedtime Stories
Jonas Brothers Concert in 3D
Confessions of a Shopaholic
EARTH
Hannah Montana- The Movie


I hope they have Confessions of a Shopaholic playing at some odd time like 11pm...I'll go sit and watch it by myself. I've been wanting to see it, but my family would't see that with me!

We'll be watching HM for sure!!! My dd6 will see to that!

[kennythepirate]

Got our cruise docs this morning via UPS.

Thanks for posting the movies. We've avoided paying for recent Disney releases in hopes they'd be free on the ship.

[bobbiwoz]

Thanks again for listing the movies. I'm looking forward to seeing Bolt and EARTH!!! I've passed the list on to my family. I just don't think that 3 nights is enough for what we want to do!

Bobbi:goodvibes

[sneakypigs]

Here's what I have so far:

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2026 & 2028 - Kenny I need your info???


Please review and make sure your info is correct. Also if you are not listed and want to join, please let me know.

[emma'smom]

OK....I'm going shopping this week-end for the FE!! So exciting!

[emma'smom]

Went shopping for FE today....found some fun stuff!! We need to finalize a count soon so that we can gather our items.

I've never been on a cruise before, so I really don't know how this all works. Can a more seasoned cruiser advise (ie. Do we do one thing per family, per person, per child (--and then something both adults could use, etc)? If there are no children, this might be different, of course.

[kimpossible]

Here's what I have so far:

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2026 & 2028 - Kenny I need your info???
1048 - Kim, Jeff, Jonathan (8) & Harrison (3 almost 4)


Please review and make sure your info is correct. Also if you are not listed and want to join, please let me know.


Thanks for including us, but we will not be doing the FE this time.

[sneakypigs]

Went shopping for FE today....found some fun stuff!! We need to finalize a count soon so that we can gather our items.

I've never been on a cruise before, so I really don't know how this all works. Can a more seasoned cruiser advise (ie. Do we do one thing per family, per person, per child (--and then something both adults could use, etc)? If there are no children, this might be different, of course.

Basically you need to have a bag for the family or each child outside your cabin, I would hang it on the metal fish outside the door or you can make a fish extender. People sell them on ebay just search fish extender. What I have done in the past and what it seems like most do is make a little goody bag for each child and then you can make just 1 for the adults. sometimes people only give things to the kids. If someone is doing it without children I normally get them a little extra stuff. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

PS Don't forget your door magnets as well.

[Jenhun]

Hello to all my fellow cruise mates!

I can hardly wait.... Only 20 more days to go, OH MY. My name is Jennifer and It will be my husband and I along with our 6 yr old boy, girl twins. This is me and my families first time sailing with Disney. This will be interesting. We are also sailing with a group of 11. My sister in law Kristie is the one organizing the FE for all of us.

We will be boarding very early and hanging out at the pool. I would love to set up a meet and greet around the pool and also for a sail away party. If anyone interested in joining us please let me know so we can organize a place to meet.

Looking forward to meeting all!!!

Jennifer

[Jenhun]

IF there is time I would love to sneak off and see that movie also!!!

[kimpossible]

Just called for the movie listings for our cruise. Here they are:

HSM3
Bolt in 3D
Hannah Montana Concert in 3D
Bedtime Stories
Jonas Brothers Concert in 3D
Confessions of a Shopaholic
EARTH
Hannah Montana- The Movie


I hope they have Confessions of a Shopaholic playing at some odd time like 11pm...I'll go sit and watch it by myself. I've been wanting to see it, but my family would't see that with me!

We'll be watching HM for sure!!! My dd6 will see to that!

Bummer:sad2: These movies are great for little girls and toddlers. DS (8) was hoping to catch Race to Witch Mt. again. The movie theater is an activity planned for the Oceaneers Lab while we are at Palo. He will not be pleased if he has to sit through anything other than Bedtime stories
(although he has seen this one several times as well).

[cvrapclark]

We may be able to do the fish extenders if I get some time to organize it. what's the latest you need to know?

Also, on doing the magnets, what kind of paper do you print these on? as you can see, I'm not real crafty. when I get a chance, I've got to go look at that thread on how to make. I've got the names made; I just haven't printed them yet, not real sure on how to do that.

Any suggestions would be great.

We have daughters, 4 and 11!!

[kimpossible]

We may be able to do the fish extenders if I get some time to organize it. what's the latest you need to know?

Also, on doing the magnets, what kind of paper do you print these on? as you can see, I'm not real crafty. when I get a chance, I've got to go look at that thread on how to make. I've got the names made; I just haven't printed them yet, not real sure on how to do that.

Any suggestions would be great.

We have daughters, 4 and 11!!

I had trouble finding paper, so I just printed on regular paper and had them lamenated at Staples. I put buisness card magnets that I bought at AC Moore on the back. This seems to work just fine.

[miss-jill]

Hopefully we will get our room numbers about 2-3 weeks before cruising, at that time, we can make a list of all the room numbers and who is in what room so we can do the fish extender. I hope all can join, it was very fun on my last cruise. My daughter loved checking it every time we got back to the room and getting a little goodie bag. I will make up the list if no one else is interested in doing it.



Hello
We would like to be part of the fish Ex as well please let me know what we need to do to be a part of this. Thanks so much.

[sneakypigs]

We may be able to do the fish extenders if I get some time to organize it. what's the latest you need to know?

Also, on doing the magnets, what kind of paper do you print these on? as you can see, I'm not real crafty. when I get a chance, I've got to go look at that thread on how to make. I've got the names made; I just haven't printed them yet, not real sure on how to do that.

Any suggestions would be great.

We have daughters, 4 and 11!!

Try to let us know at least a week out so everyone has time to make more bags up. Many people travel to Disney a week before the cruise. Thanks!

[sneakypigs]

I had trouble finding paper, so I just printed on regular paper and had them lamenated at Staples. I put buisness card magnets that I bought at AC Moore on the back. This seems to work just fine.

That's exactly what I did as well. Because if you mess up that magnet paper is pricey. The business card magnets are great as well as a roll of magnet tape that you can cut whatever size you like.

[sneakypigs]

Hello
We would like to be part of the fish Ex as well please let me know what we need to do to be a part of this. Thanks so much.

you need to let me know your cabin number as well as whom is traveling and if any children, their age please.

Basically you need to decorate a nice bag and hang outside your room on the fish hook so everyone can deliver their gifts to you. or you can search the blog or on ebay for fish extender. I purchased one from ebay because I am not handy when it comes to sewing. But I've since everything from a plain white shopping bag, to a fancy decorative bag, to a book bag to a fish extender like the ones listed on ebay.

[sneakypigs]

Hello to all my fellow cruise mates!

I can hardly wait.... Only 20 more days to go, OH MY. My name is Jennifer and It will be my husband and I along with our 6 yr old boy, girl twins. This is me and my families first time sailing with Disney. This will be interesting. We are also sailing with a group of 11. My sister in law Kristie is the one organizing the FE for all of us.

We will be boarding very early and hanging out at the pool. I would love to set up a meet and greet around the pool and also for a sail away party. If anyone interested in joining us please let me know so we can organize a place to meet.

Looking forward to meeting all!!!

Jennifer



So happy you finally joined us.

Yes that will be fun, if we could meet at the port or by the pool. We will all be at the port by 10am and after checking in, we will be near the big mickey ears to walk through to get on board. You will not be able to miss us, if you can't hear us, you can look for us, we will have 11 of us and we all love Mickey and go crazy for him. After lunch I'm sure the kids will be running straight to the pool.

[miss-jill]

Thanks,

We are in cabin 2647

Bill (dad), Jill, (mom), and Princess Lily (Age 4)

you need to let me know your cabin number as well as whom is traveling and if any children, their age please.

Basically you need to decorate a nice bag and hang outside your room on the fish hook so everyone can deliver their gifts to you. or you can search the blog or on ebay for fish extender. I purchased one from ebay because I am not handy when it comes to sewing. But I've since everything from a plain white shopping bag, to a fancy decorative bag, to a book bag to a fish extender like the ones listed on ebay.

[miss-jill]

Hello all,
I want to go out and get things for the fish ex today. Does anyone have an updated list? thanks so much!! 15 more days!!!! -Jill:woohoo::woohoo::boat::sail:

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)

Please let me know if I have missed you or if there are any changes that I need to make.

[kennythepirate]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)

Please let me know if I have missed you or if there are any changes that I need to make.

2026 & 2028 The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (10) & Debbie Jo (5)

[Jenhun]

Hello all,
I want to go out and get things for the fish ex today. Does anyone have an updated list? thanks so much!! 15 more days!!!! -Jill:woohoo::woohoo::boat::sail:

Welcome miss jill, so happy to join us on the adventure of the FE.

[miss-jill]

Thanks for the updated list. Got a bunch of stuff today. My daughter can't wait! Has anyone here been on the cruise before? This will be our 1st time. We are from Buffalo NY. Can't wait. We get to FL May 20th and are staying at Ron Jon, will be our 1st time, anyone know anything about that hotel?
-Jill::MinnieMo

[sneakypigs]

Thanks for the updated list. Got a bunch of stuff today. My daughter can't wait! Has anyone here been on the cruise before? This will be our 1st time. We are from Buffalo NY. Can't wait. We get to FL May 20th and are staying at Ron Jon, will be our 1st time, anyone know anything about that hotel?
-Jill::MinnieMo

This is our 2nd time on the cruise. We went back in February and we had a blast. It is so much fun!

We are arriving on Wed, May 20th as well and we will be at Ron Jon hotel. The hotel seems awesome. It has a lazy river, water slide, pool, movie theater, arcade, etc. We should be by the pool area about 2-3ish pm. Look for us - we will be the party of 11.

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (10) & Debbie Jo (5)

[Jenhun]

Thanks for the updated list. Got a bunch of stuff today. My daughter can't wait! Has anyone here been on the cruise before? This will be our 1st time. We are from Buffalo NY. Can't wait. We get to FL May 20th and are staying at Ron Jon, will be our 1st time, anyone know anything about that hotel?
-Jill::MinnieMo

Hello! Welcome first time cruiser. THis is my first Dis cruise, but have been on many other cruises. I can hardly wait till we leave. We are staying at the Ron Jons as well. Hope to meet up!!! We are going to have a blast!!! I still am not done with my FE, but still working on it.

Jenn :surfweb:

[Jenhun]

Ahh Hoy Mates,

Well the count is down :woohoo: IS everyone ready? This is a surprise for my kids and they still have know idea. It is so hard towork on the FE because they are always around. I have alot of great ideas and having lots of fun sneaking around working on it. THere sure are alot of little girls in our group 4-6. I hope I find a boy for my son to hook up with he is 6.

Well guys lots of work still to be done :laundy: K.I.T.

Emma's Mom - by the time I get to the ship I will be looking forward to sneaking off to he MOVIES also!!!:rotfl:

Jenn :dance3:

[miss-jill]

[QUOTE=sneakypigs;31690761]This is our 2nd time on the cruise. We went back in February and we had a blast. It is so much fun!

We are arriving on Wed, May 20th as well and we will be at Ron Jon hotel. The hotel seems awesome. It has a lazy river, water slide, pool, movie theater, arcade, etc. We should be by the pool area about 2-3ish pm. Look for us - we will be the party of 11.[/QUOTE

How are you going to get to the ship? I was told I could keep my rental at ron jons I just don't know how safe that is? We might just park it at port but I think that cost like 10 bucks or something a day?

[Jenhun]

[QUOTE=sneakypigs;31690761]This is our 2nd time on the cruise. We went back in February and we had a blast. It is so much fun!

We are arriving on Wed, May 20th as well and we will be at Ron Jon hotel. The hotel seems awesome. It has a lazy river, water slide, pool, movie theater, arcade, etc. We should be by the pool area about 2-3ish pm. Look for us - we will be the party of 11.[/QUOTE

How are you going to get to the ship? I was told I could keep my rental at ron jons I just don't know how safe that is? We might just park it at port but I think that cost like 10 bucks or something a day?

We live 3 hr away so we will be bringing our car to the port for the 3 days then heading home. How long are you staying after the cruise?

[Jenhun]

We live 3 hr away so we will be bringing our car to the port for the 3 days then heading home. How long are you staying after the cruise?


That is so cool that we are at the same hotel. There is 11 of us in our group There are 3 girls 2 are 5 and 1-6, then there is my son that is 6 also. How did you find this hotel?

[cvrapclark]

I've decided to join the fish extenders. This cruise is a surprise for our girls, too. 1st Disney cruise!! We are driving down on the 20th, don't know where we're staying. We'll probably stay somewhere along the way though because we're not sure what time we'll get out of town to drive down.

Add some more girls to the list!!!

Chris & Vicki
Alyssa (11)
Peyton (4, will be 5 in July)

Our cabin number is 6109.

[miss-jill]

That is so cool that we are at the same hotel. There is 11 of us in our group There are 3 girls 2 are 5 and 1-6, then there is my son that is 6 also. How did you find this hotel?[/QUOTE

Lily will be 5 in June So the girls are almost the same age. After the cruise we are headed to Disney for a few days. Then back home :( I found the hotel in the AAA book I think it was. Then I looked up the website. When I saw the water rides I new it would be a hit with our daughter. :banana: I can't wait I'm going to start packing.... so much to pack! How dressed up are you all getting for dinner? Also do the adults dress up for the pirate party? I got Lily a really cute outfit on e-bay. pirate:

[Jenhun]

I've decided to join the fish extenders. This cruise is a surprise for our girls, too. 1st Disney cruise!! We are driving down on the 20th, don't know where we're staying. We'll probably stay somewhere along the way though because we're not sure what time we'll get out of town to drive down.

Add some more girls to the list!!!

Chris & Vicki
Alyssa (11)
Peyton (4, will be 5 in July)

Our cabin number is 6109.

So happy to here you are doing the FE!
:banana::cheer2:
Where are you coming from? WE are staying at a real cool hotel called RON Jons it is in Cape Canaveral, not to far from the port. It is a type of hotel you do want to spend a bit of time at. We will be getting there around 11am so we can enjoy it before the cruise. Check it out maybe worth it. Let us know if you do end up there so we can have a pre cruise party. miss jill will also be there.

[Jenhun]

That is so cool that we are at the same hotel. There is 11 of us in our group There are 3 girls 2 are 5 and 1-6, then there is my son that is 6 also. How did you find this hotel?[/QUOTE

Lily will be 5 in June So the girls are almost the same age. After the cruise we are headed to Disney for a few days. Then back home :( I found the hotel in the AAA book I think it was. Then I looked up the website. When I saw the water rides I new it would be a hit with our daughter. :banana: I can't wait I'm going to start packing.... so much to pack! How dressed up are you all getting for dinner? Also do the adults dress up for the pirate party? I got Lily a really cute outfit on e-bay. pirate:

My sister in law (sneakypigs) has been on the cruise she would be a good person to ask. We will be dressing casual, my life is all about casaul exspecialy here in SFL. Our whole gang will be dressed up for pirates night!

What time does you plan arrive?

[sneakypigs]

[QUOTE=sneakypigs;31690761]This is our 2nd time on the cruise. We went back in February and we had a blast. It is so much fun!

We are arriving on Wed, May 20th as well and we will be at Ron Jon hotel. The hotel seems awesome. It has a lazy river, water slide, pool, movie theater, arcade, etc. We should be by the pool area about 2-3ish pm. Look for us - we will be the party of 11.[/QUOTE

How are you going to get to the ship? I was told I could keep my rental at ron jons I just don't know how safe that is? We might just park it at port but I think that cost like 10 bucks or something a day?

we are going to drive our car to the port and park. I think it's the safest and I believe it was $12 in Feb a day. Ron jon is kind of hidden so I'm not sure how safe that is and how much security they have driving through the parking areas.

[sneakypigs]

That is so cool that we are at the same hotel. There is 11 of us in our group There are 3 girls 2 are 5 and 1-6, then there is my son that is 6 also. How did you find this hotel?[/QUOTE

Lily will be 5 in June So the girls are almost the same age. After the cruise we are headed to Disney for a few days. Then back home :( I found the hotel in the AAA book I think it was. Then I looked up the website. When I saw the water rides I new it would be a hit with our daughter. :banana: I can't wait I'm going to start packing.... so much to pack! How dressed up are you all getting for dinner? Also do the adults dress up for the pirate party? I got Lily a really cute outfit on e-bay. pirate:

This cruise dressing is very different than the many others I have been on. I don't think we saw anything in dresses, etc. Most were dressed very causal and comfortable. We are all about being comfortable and causal. Now pirate nice is a different story - my daughter is in love with pirates and I think sometimes she thinks she is one, so we all were pirates for Halloween and we will be wearing full costume. The rest of our gang will be dressed up as well. It was so much fun in Feb. You will love it!!

Hope we get to meet up at the pool on Wednesday so we can chat and maybe drive to the port together and have lunch on board, etc.

[sneakypigs]

So happy to here you are doing the FE!
:banana::cheer2:
Where are you coming from? WE are staying at a real cool hotel called RON Jons it is in Cape Canaveral, not to far from the port. It is a type of hotel you do want to spend a bit of time at. We will be getting there around 11am so we can enjoy it before the cruise. Check it out maybe worth it. Let us know if you do end up there so we can have a pre cruise party. miss jill will also be there.

I second that, hopefully you guys can make the drive to Ron Jon's. The price was very good and it seems like an awesome hotel. If you end up making it, I'm sure you can't miss us. We will be party of 11 at the party and my sister in law is going to make a flag (ha, now she really has to do it). Miss Jill is going to be there as well. we will definitely have a fun time before the cruise begins.

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)

So exciting the list keeps growing.....:cheer2:
Only 15 days until sailing with Mickey :banana:

[emma'smom]

Our trip is a surprise too! Emma's birthday is on the 25th (and Dh's is on the 24th--but he knows about the trip). We're leaving on the 19th right after school and driving to a hotel near the airport. When she asks what we are doing, I'm going to give her an early birthday gift (the cruise docs). We'll be at WDW on the 20th and drive over to the port early on the 21st.

I'm game for the movies! I never get to see non-kid movies except when I sneak off with some of my other mom-friends!

Ahh Hoy Mates,

Well the count is down :woohoo: IS everyone ready? This is a surprise for my kids and they still have know idea. It is so hard towork on the FE because they are always around. I have alot of great ideas and having lots of fun sneaking around working on it. THere sure are alot of little girls in our group 4-6. I hope I find a boy for my son to hook up with he is 6.

Well guys lots of work still to be done :laundy: K.I.T.

Emma's Mom - by the time I get to the ship I will be looking forward to sneaking off to he MOVIES also!!!:rotfl:

Jenn :dance3:

[cvrapclark]

So happy to here you are doing the FE!
:banana::cheer2:
Where are you coming from? WE are staying at a real cool hotel called RON Jons it is in Cape Canaveral, not to far from the port. It is a type of hotel you do want to spend a bit of time at. We will be getting there around 11am so we can enjoy it before the cruise. Check it out maybe worth it. Let us know if you do end up there so we can have a pre cruise party. miss jill will also be there.

We're just thinking of getting a hotel along the way because we're not sure how far we'll make it that evening. If we can get off work by lunch, we'll drive all the way. If not, we'll stay along the interstate. We're coming from Montgomery.

[miss-jill]

We get to Orlando airport in the am. Then the lines for our suitcases and car. So we can be at the pool by 2 -3 ish if all goes well. Pre -cruise party I love it! After the cruise we are going to do Universal. How is this park for little ones? Then a day at the kingdom. I will be looking for all 11 of you and the big poster! 13 days.....

[kennythepirate]

We get to Orlando airport in the am. Then the lines for our suitcases and car. So we can be at the pool by 2 -3 ish if all goes well. Pre -cruise party I love it! After the cruise we are going to do Universal. How is this park for little ones? Then a day at the kingdom. I will be looking for all 11 of you and the big poster! 13 days.....

Universal is great for teens, but not much for little ones. The rides are to big for them and most attractions are built around fear.

[sneakypigs]

We get to Orlando airport in the am. Then the lines for our suitcases and car. So we can be at the pool by 2 -3 ish if all goes well. Pre -cruise party I love it! After the cruise we are going to do Universal. How is this park for little ones? Then a day at the kingdom. I will be looking for all 11 of you and the big poster! 13 days.....

Great, you will be getting there about the same time as all of us. We have all driving in different cars and not following each other but we all are planning on the same time. I think my SIL is making a flag not poster, ha!

You can pass on Universal with a 4 almost 5 year old. She will not be able to do much at all and it will be hot and she will proably get cranky. I would say spend the extra day at MGM Studios - my daughter loves it. If your daughter is into High School Musical, Little Mermaid, etc. This is the place to go. They have a High School Muscial show, Little Mermaid show, a new parade which is awesome with a lot of the newer characters, and the Fantasmic Show can't be missed. If you only do one thing I would say go to Fantasmic Show. It's out of this world. Or if you want to save some money Downtown Disney is a great place to hang out as well. They have Lego store, Rainforest Cafe and a Dinosaur Cafe to eat at, you can make your own yummy treats at Goofy's Candy Store and they are shops, etc to walk around. You can spend all day there. And if you like Disney Xmas decorations - they have a whole huge store of just Xmas decorations (this is my fav store). Definitely do Magic Kingdom though. Great rides, characters, etc.

[emma'smom]

So it looks like 8 girls and 3 boys so far (and adults, of course). Just checking, is Jordyn a girl or boy? I am making assumptions, but probably should double-check.

Thanks!

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)

So exciting the list keeps growing.....:cheer2:
Only 15 days until sailing with Mickey :banana:

[miss-jill]

I read on the Ron Jon web site that Check in is at 4. Can we still use the pool, ect. before then? Thanks for the info on the Studios. We have been to Disney 12 times or so and this will be Lily's 5th time. Maybe we will just do a day at the Studios and the rest of the time at Disney. We will be staying at All stars and then Animal Kingdom lodge the last night we got it for under 200 the last night of our stay. Have to love mousesavers.com take a look at the site if you don't know about it.

:cloud9:

Less then 2 weeks!!!

[kennythepirate]

I read on the Ron Jon web site that Check in is at 4. Can we still use the pool, ect. before then? Thanks for the info on the Studios. We have been to Disney 12 times or so and this will be Lily's 5th time. Maybe we will just do a day at the Studios and the rest of the time at Disney. We will be staying at All stars and then Animal Kingdom lodge the last night we got it for under 200 the last night of our stay. Have to love mousesavers.com take a look at the site if you don't know about it.

:cloud9:

Less then 2 weeks!!!

Seaworld is a lot of fun for little ones too

[sneakypigs]

I read on the Ron Jon web site that Check in is at 4. Can we still use the pool, ect. before then? Thanks for the info on the Studios. We have been to Disney 12 times or so and this will be Lily's 5th time. Maybe we will just do a day at the Studios and the rest of the time at Disney. We will be staying at All stars and then Animal Kingdom lodge the last night we got it for under 200 the last night of our stay. Have to love mousesavers.com take a look at the site if you don't know about it.

:cloud9:

Less then 2 weeks!!!

When we called and made the reservations at Ron Jon's they stated we can check in and use the resort the whole day but our room will not be ready until late after 4pm. That's fine, we just want to sit and relax and enjoy our pre-cruise day.

You're going to love Animal Kingdom Lodge. It's great, and all the animals. You can spend a lot of time just at the hotel.

And I second that, Seaworld is great. We went for the fist time in October and my daughter keeps asking to go back.

It's almost here!! :cloud9:

[sneakypigs]

So it looks like 8 girls and 3 boys so far (and adults, of course). Just checking, is Jordyn a girl or boy? I am making assumptions, but probably should double-check.

Thanks!

I count 10 girls and 2 boys (Nathan and Freddy).

[cvrapclark]

Okay. I started reading thru the fish extender thread and it's WAY long!! Can anyone point me to ideas for gifts for the FEs? Do we do one small gift for each day or one large or what? Also, what are some ideas for the adults?

I'm not real creative. Sorry!!

[emma'smom]

See...good that you are on top of things!
I forgot to include my own girls....and I'm not sure what I did with the count for boys. Your numbers look right!

I count 10 girls and 2 boys (Nathan and Freddy).

[miss-jill]

Happy Mother's day to all the moms!princess: 10 days not long now!!!!!cool1:
I hope I did my FE right. I just let my daughter pick out some small gifts from the store to give out each day. :confused3:

[cvrapclark]

I purchased some small gifts yesterday but I was wondering if most people are going to place gifts each day or just one time. Either way is fine with me!!

[cvrapclark]

Also, I didn't want anyone to be confused when they see my fish extender. I'm having it made and including my 20 year old son Ryan. Unfortunately, he's not going on the Disney cruise with us because it was like double our total cost for him to go!! He is going on the cruise with us on May 30th though.

I just couldn't bring myself to have the FE made without his name though!!

[miss-jill]

Does anyone know if you can still get a pillow case sgined by all the Disney Gang? And if so how do we go about doing this?

[bobbiwoz]

Does anyone know if you can still get a pillow case sgined by all the Disney Gang? And if so how do we go about doing this?

I've been reading the main cruise discussion page and the answer appears to be "yes" and we're planning to do it. This is the link that I sent to my family.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31722688&postcount=4

bobbi:goodvibes

[bobbiwoz]

I have a question about Sea Lice. According to the "sticky" this could be a problem during the time we're traveling. Is anyone taking precautions? The last post on the sticky thread is from a few years ago, and I don't know if I should mention it to my family or should I just keep the hazzard to myself.

Bobbi:goodvibes

[sneakypigs]

Does anyone know if you can still get a pillow case sgined by all the Disney Gang? And if so how do we go about doing this?

We did this in Feb. YOu have to put it in a bag with the markers you want them to sign it with and then a nice thank you note with a small gift - candy, phone card, etc is nice for them and let them know if you want the Fab 5 to sign or all the characters. Also include your name and cabin number.

Take it to the front desk on day one and you will receive back the last night in your cabin.

[sneakypigs]

Everyone does it different - 1 way is to make up goody bags and delivery one day of the cruise. another way is no get a few small items and put something in there each day. Examples of items would be things you can find in the Dollar Store or at Target in the $1 area. For the kids, I kind of thing of it as birthday goody bags. What would I give if I was having a birthday party

[miss-jill]

Everyone does it different - 1 way is to make up goody bags and delivery one day of the cruise. another way is no get a few small items and put something in there each day. Examples of items would be things you can find in the Dollar Store or at Target in the $1 area. For the kids, I kind of thing of it as birthday goody bags. What would I give if I was having a birthday party


I think we will do it each day. My daughter loves playing mail man. And I think the kids will get a kick of finding a little something each day. Heck the adults too! 9 More days! :banana:
Thanks for the pillow case info I also am thinking of get a picture frame done as well. :sail:

SOOOOOO much to do!!!

[Jenhun]

I have a question about Sea Lice. According to the "sticky" this could be a problem during the time we're traveling. Is anyone taking precautions? The last post on the sticky thread is from a few years ago, and I don't know if I should mention it to my family or should I just keep the hazzard to myself.

Bobbi:goodvibes

Bobbi
I would not worry about the sea lice, if they think it will be a problem when we go to castaway cay they will notify swimmers or you can ask. You can google sea lice to get more info on it. I have never had a problem or ever know anyone to have a problem before and I live in SFL.

[Jenhun]

Hey guys!!!
Happy Mothers Day!!! I hope everyone had a great day!!!
IS everyone ready?
I am ready yesterday!!!LOL Of coarse, I have to pack, shop, and finish up my FE. Hey what can I say I am a last minute person.
Looking forward to meeting all!!!!
Jenn :cheer2::banana::cheer2:

[jmelyn]

Hi all! First off let me introduce myself.... I am Jamie InDashMp3's wife. We too will be sailing with you all. My husband actually started this thread but it's been awhile since either one of us have been on this board. We were just talking and realized that we never responded to joining the fish extender list. Please tell me we are not too late. I saw in a previous post that SneakyPigs asked that we give no less than one week notice. I know we are just over a week out so I am hoping that this is okay. I actually have been slacking a little in the preping department for the cruise. We are doing a land/sea vacation and will be on land first. I kind have been doing a lot to get ready for our land portion of the trip. Opps!

We are a family of four. Myself (Jamie), My Hubby (Joe), Jacob (5), and Jenna (2 almost 3). I have however done a bit of shopping for gifts for the extenders already. If we are too late I totally understand. We can't wait only 9 more days til we board. Woo Hoo!:cool1::yay:

Thanks so Much!
~Jamie

[sneakypigs]

Hi all! First off let me introduce myself.... I am Jamie InDashMp3's wife. We too will be sailing with you all. My husband actually started this thread but it's been awhile since either one of us have been on this board. We were just talking and realized that we never responded to joining the fish extender list. Please tell me we are not too late. I saw in a previous post that SneakyPigs asked that we give no less than one week notice. I know we are just over a week out so I am hoping that this is okay. I actually have been slacking a little in the preping department for the cruise. We are doing a land/sea vacation and will be on land first. I kind have been doing a lot to get ready for our land portion of the trip. Opps!

We are a family of four. Myself (Jamie), My Hubby (Joe), Jacob (5), and Jenna (2 almost 3). I have however done a bit of shopping for gifts for the extenders already. If we are too late I totally understand. We can't wait only 9 more days til we board. Woo Hoo!:cool1::yay:

Thanks so Much!
~Jamie

I will add you to the list no problem at all. I don't think anyone in the group has left for vacation yet.

I need your room number so I can put it on the list. Thanks!!

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (BOY 6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (BOY 10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)
???? – Jamie, Joe, Jacob (BOY 5) and Jenna (2 almost 3)

11 girls & 3 boys

I figured I would update the list and when Jamie gets back to me regarding her cabin number I will add it.

Only 9 more days until we sail with my boyfriend!! :cloud9: and have no worries in the world!! :cool1:

[sneakypigs]

I have a question about Sea Lice. According to the "sticky" this could be a problem during the time we're traveling. Is anyone taking precautions? The last post on the sticky thread is from a few years ago, and I don't know if I should mention it to my family or should I just keep the hazzard to myself.

Bobbi:goodvibes

We went on the cruise at the end of Feb and had no problem. I don't think it'll be an issue. If it's really boy I would think Disney would let us know. I would keep this a secret to yourself for now.

[miss-jill]

I keep having to pinch myself! 9 More days! Just got done with the FE and what goes to who on what days! Does anyone know what day the pirate: party is on? Me on a Disney Cruise!! Talk about dreams coming true. See all of you in 9 days!!! -Jill

[kimpossible]

I keep having to pinch myself! 9 More days! Just got done with the FE and what goes to who on what days! Does anyone know what day the pirate: party is on? Me on a Disney Cruise!! Talk about dreams coming true. See all of you in 9 days!!! -Jill


It is usually on the same night as Nassau...the 2nd night.

[sneakypigs]

pirate:I keep having to pinch myself! 9 More days! Just got done with the FE and what goes to who on what days! Does anyone know what day the pirate: party is on? Me on a Disney Cruise!! Talk about dreams coming true. See all of you in 9 days!!! -Jill

pirate: party is the 2nd night!!

[jmelyn]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (BOY 6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (BOY 10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)
???? – Jamie, Joe, Jacob (BOY 5) and Jenna (2 almost 3)

11 girls & 3 boys

I figured I would update the list and when Jamie gets back to me regarding her cabin number I will add it.

Only 9 more days until we sail with my boyfriend!! :cloud9: and have no worries in the world!! :cool1:

So sorry I forgot to add our cabin number. It's 7508, Thanks again so much for adding us.:)

~Jamie

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (BOY 6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (BOY 10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)
7508 – Jamie, Joe, Jacob (BOY 5) and Jenna (2 almost 3)

11 girls & 3 boys

[bobbiwoz]

Thank you for the answers to my sea lice question, sneakypigs and Jenhun! I will take your advice. :goodvibes

Bobbi:goodvibes

[emma'smom]

Ok...I'm apologizing in advance that my actual FE that we hang up is going to be VERY SIMPLE! I'm looking at everything I need to do this week-end and realizing I not going to have a lot of time to work on it. I may end up just stenciling a canvas bag or something like that. Will that work?

[jmelyn]

Ok...I'm apologizing in advance that my actual FE that we hang up is going to be VERY SIMPLE! I'm looking at everything I need to do this week-end and realizing I not going to have a lot of time to work on it. I may end up just stenciling a canvass bag or something like that. Will that work?

I am totally with ya on the simple. I just went and bought fabric for ours. I am gonna give it a shot probably tomorrow and hope that I have enogh time to get a decent FE. I have sooooo much to do before we leave on Saturday. Yikes...:confused3

[kennythepirate]

About what time do they let you off the ship the last day? We did carnival once and they collected luggage and called by cabin type. We were on the ship 3 hours after docking with nothing to do. We're planning to head to wdw and check in poly and go to dhs that day for sww stuff.

[Jenhun]

Ok...I'm apologizing in advance that my actual FE that we hang up is going to be VERY SIMPLE! I'm looking at everything I need to do this week-end and realizing I not going to have a lot of time to work on it. I may end up just stenciling a canvass bag or something like that. Will that work?

Hello!!! Don't sweet the small stuff... I am probobly just using my daughters Hannah Montana tote bay myself... I started to make myself crazy making a FE and when I went to about 5-6stores looking for Micky material I throw in the towel and said I am using a tote....
When it comes to me anything works and don't make your life anymore crazier then i already is. Things just always fall into place.
Good Luck and relax
8 more days :yay::woohoo::banana::cheer2:
Hope to run into ya
Jenn

[mickeymom923]

I haven't been on this for awhile and didn't realize this thread was still going. I used to get emails telling me when there was a post but lately, I haven't gotten any.

Re: FE - last time I bought canvas tote bags at Wal-Mart and paint and did it very simple. Most people don't even know about FE's and I think that is what I'm doing again. If it's not too late, could you please add us to the Fish Extender's. It's Lou and Bev (cabin 7629) getting married on 5/22/09. :banana: We have 30 people joining us but they don't understand about the FE so I'm going to buy canvas bags from Wal-Mart for them and give them gifts everyday in addition to this group.

Re: last day - in the past we were told to eat breakfast and unlike the other ships with color coded tags, we were allowed to walk off the ship as soon as it's cleared - usually by 730 am. It's no hassle and so easy - the Disney Difference.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Bev

[emma'smom]

Found a lime green (well a light lime green) canvas bag and some Ariel "sea life" foamies during my hunt for FE materials this morning. I think it will do!!!


Edited: Just finished making it and for a 10 minute project, it does look cute!

[sneakypigs]

About what time do they let you off the ship the last day? We did carnival once and they collected luggage and called by cabin type. We were on the ship 3 hours after docking with nothing to do. We're planning to head to wdw and check in poly and go to dhs that day for sww stuff.

In Feb they did not call any colors, etc you get off when you want, we got off at 8am. So you can get off pretty early.

[sneakypigs]

2016 - Kristie, Elaine, Michael & Courtney (5)
2018 - Fred, Jenn, Freddy (BOY 6) & Angelina (6)
2020 - Maddie, Dave & Morgan (5 1/2)
2108 - Megan, Steve, Emma (6 almost 7) & Hannah (4)
2647 - Jill, Bill & Lily (4)
2026 & 2028 - The Whites - Kenny, Melinda, Jordyn (11), Nathan (BOY 10) & Debbie Jo (5)
6109 – Chris, Vicki, Alyssa (11) & Peyton (4 almost 5)
7508 – Jamie, Joe, Jacob (BOY 5) and Jenna (2 almost 3)
7629 - Lou & Bev (getting married on the cruise, no kids yet)

11 girls & 3 boys

[sneakypigs]

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe trip down to the ship. Hope to meet up with everyone on the cruise by the pool. I just finished up my FE gifts and got some packing done. Can't wait so excited to be sailing with Mickey again! :cloud9:

[emma'smom]

Did I miss an official "cruise meet" time?

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe trip down to the ship. Hope to meet up with everyone on the cruise by the pool. I just finished up my FE gifts and got some packing done. Can't wait so excited to be sailing with Mickey again! :cloud9:

[sneakypigs]

Did I miss an official "cruise meet" time?

No. Just figured hopefully we see each other at the port or by the pool the first day. You can't miss us there is 11 of us and we are a fun but loud bunch!! We will probably be need the wall across from the Mickey ears awaiting our time to board the ship and then after lunch we will be at the pool because the kids will be going nuts if we don't.

Only 6 more days until cruising with Mickey :banana::cloud9:

[cvrapclark]

Got all my FE gifts today!!! I can't believe it's just a few days away.

But I'm sort of sad right now as I wish my older son could go with us. I have constantly checked the prices and it was just too much money to add one more person. I wish we could sneak him onboard. He's 20 and we haven't told him yet. I guess I'll give him some extra money and maybe he'll be happy. On the other hand, he is going the next week with us on the Carnival cruise. Wow, I wish Disney didn't make it so hard on families of five!!

See ya real soon!!!!

[Jenhun]

Did I miss an official "cruise meet" time?

I am looking forward to meet up with everyone... I am not familiar with the ship. Our group will be at port very early and plan on bieng the first to get on. What time do you think you will be arriving? We will be at the pool. Hopefully me and sneakypig (kristie) can get a flag made so we can meet up at the pool deck the first day!!!
We are meeting Missjill at the hotel the day before...

WHAAAWHOOO 4 more days!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[miss-jill]

Who else hates packing? I am going crazy here. And we are having my DD preschool grad party tomorrow. So much to do. Wish it was Wednesday cause I'll be in FL. See you'll real soon. :banana: Hope you guys get your packing done soon. And it goes better then mine. :scared1:

[emma'smom]

Finished my FE buying....really fun stuff (I hope)!

Trying to pack for the cruise and a few days at WDW....and switch out the winter/ summer clothes and figure out who has outgrown what all at the same time!

We'll be at the pool right after we eat lunch. We hope to get to the port by 10:30ish....so we hope we'll get an early boarding number!

[Jenhun]

Who else hates packing? I am going crazy here. And we are having my DD preschool grad party tomorrow. So much to do. Wish it was Wednesday cause I'll be in FL. See you'll real soon. :banana: Hope you guys get your packing done soon. And it goes better then mine. :scared1:

I am so not looking forward to packing either. I had planned on packing Sat. but did not get to it. Well guess what I put it off till tomorrow.
We will be at the hotell about 12 noon on Wed. so look for us at the pool. Our whole group should be there by 2. There are 3 girls and 1 boy all between 5-6 yr., 3 couples and 1 Young grandma.

[kennythepirate]

We're packing and completing our FE today. Each child made their own section.

Here's our kids' fish extender...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/kennygman77/IMG_0862.jpg

[miss-jill]

We're packing and completing our FE today. Each child made their own section.

Here's our kids' fish extender...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/kennygman77/IMG_0862.jpg

They did a nice job. One more day and we are off! :cheer2:

[bobbiwoz]

Got all my FE gifts today!!! I can't believe it's just a few days away.

But I'm sort of sad right now as I wish my older son could go with us. I have constantly checked the prices and it was just too much money to add one more person. I wish we could sneak him onboard. He's 20 and we haven't told him yet. I guess I'll give him some extra money and maybe he'll be happy. On the other hand, he is going the next week with us on the Carnival cruise. Wow, I wish Disney didn't make it so hard on families of five!!

See ya real soon!!!!


I agree about it's hard for famlies of 5! We've booked 2 indoor cabins for DS's family and they are connecting rooms. Still, there are 3 children and because of the way we had to book them, only 1 was really "free" the others are paying adult fares.

We'll be at the BCV pool on Wednesday afternoon. The family that's already down there are having a great time.

Those FE really look great! The next time I'll ask DDiL if they could do that. This time, we're getting the pillowcases signed. I bought the sharpies today!

Bobbi:goodvibes

PS. I hope everyone has a safe trip down! Hope to meet some of you on board. Is anyone doing the Dolphin trip on Friday AM? All 9 of us are.

[Jenhun]

We're packing and completing our FE today. Each child made their own section.

Here's our kids' fish extender...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/kennygman77/IMG_0862.jpg

WOW!!! That turned out great!!! I can't wait to see it in person.
That was such a great idea to have the kids make it.
I got lucky my mother in-law made mine brcause she saw how crazy I was making myself about it.
Hope to meet you on the ship!!!

[Jenhun]

AHHH Hoy THere fellow cruise mates!!! Is everyone ready?
I got my pedicure today!!!:woohoo:

I am looking foward to meeting eveyone now that we have been talking. We will be at the pool after lunch with about 5,000 other people. How will we be able to find each other if knowone knows what each other looks like. Does anyone have any ideas? I was going to make a flag, still may if I have time.. If I do it will be just a simple flag with Mickey all over it on a stick.

One more day than we are off to RON JONS!!!!
:banana::woohoo::banana::cheer2:

[kennythepirate]

I agree about it's hard for famlies of 5! We've booked 2 indoor cabins for DS's family and they are connecting rooms. Still, there are 3 children and because of the way we had to book them, only 1 was really "free" the others are paying adult fares.

Those FE really look great! The next time I'll ask DDiL if they could do that. This time, we're getting the pillowcases signed. I bought the sharpies today!

Bobbi:goodvibes


We booked two rooms. Me and 3 kiddos in one room and wifey in the other and got two kids free with the deal.

We're doing the pillowcases as well! What are you providing as a gift for the effort?

WOW!!! That turned out great!!! I can't wait to see it in person.
That was such a great idea to have the kids make it.
I got lucky my mother in-law made mine brcause she saw how crazy I was making myself about it.
Hope to meet you on the ship!!!


Thanks for the compliments. I allowed my kids to choose the materials and place the objects, but I did the ironing of the letters and gluing of stuff. Wife was packing. 2 days until we depart for Cocoa Beach.

[Jenhun]

Hello! Fellow cruisers,

I am all packed :laundy: and ready to leave:worship:!!!
We are leaving in the early am :cool1:.
We should arrive to the hotel in the early aftrnoon :cheer2:.
My vacation officially starts tomorrow when I wake up:woohoo:.
I hope everybody has a safe trip. Happy travels :flower3:!!!
See ya when I see ya!!!
JEnnn :dance3::yay::banana::cheer2::dance3:

[Jenhun]

Hello! Fellow cruisers,

I am all packed :laundy: and ready to leave:worship:!!!
We are leaving in the early am :cool1:.
We should arrive to the hotel in the early aftrnoon :cheer2:.
My vacation officially starts tomorrow when I wake up:woohoo:.
I hope everybody has a safe trip. Happy travels :flower3:!!!
See ya when I see ya!!!
JEnnn :dance3::yay::banana::cheer2::dance3:

[miss-jill]

Ok the rain needs to stop!
Still having fun at Ron Jon. And met some of you guys. See all of you today!

[kennythepirate]

We had a great cruise. Wish it wouldn't have rained on cc though. Thanks for all the wonderful gifts!

[Jenhun]

Ok the rain needs to stop!
Still having fun at Ron Jon. And met some of you guys. See all of you today!

Hello!!!
It was so great to meet you. I wish we had time to catch. It seemed that everything was so rushed. Thank you for the great stuff you gave us. I hope the weather was much better for you after the trip. Keep in touch. would love to here how the rest of your vacation went.
Jenn

[cvrapclark]

We got back last evening. We had a nice cruise although we were delayed in getting on the ship which was a bummer as it was such a short cruise anyway. Glad for the safety though. I just wished we were one of the ones onboard earlier. We spent four hours trying to get on. We also really missed the sunshine!! I'm just hoping this rain will stop before we leave again on Friday.

Thanks for all the great gifts!! The girls really enjoyed that. What really stood out on this cruise for us was the Disney shows. The food was a little bit too strange (dining room) and fancy but overall good. I see why some people have been complaining about the new menus though. I wish we would've skipped dinner and let the girls enjoy the kids clubs a little more. Three day cruises are just too short.

[DaParkers]

I can't believe that I found this thread after the cruise. We were on the cruise that bobbed up and down the 1st night. Lol! But, despite waiting outside the ship for 3 hours and it raining on Castaway Cay day, we had a great time. My son spent a lot of time in the Oceaneers Lab, which gave my wife and I much needed time alone. It was our first cruise and we are arleady looking to book our next one. Maybe a 4 night this time.

[Jenhun]

We got back last evening. We had a nice cruise although we were delayed in getting on the ship which was a bummer as it was such a short cruise anyway. Glad for the safety though. I just wished we were one of the ones onboard earlier. We spent four hours trying to get on. We also really missed the sunshine!! I'm just hoping this rain will stop before we leave again on Friday.

Thanks for all the great gifts!! The girls really enjoyed that. What really stood out on this cruise for us was the Disney shows. The food was a little bit too strange (dining room) and fancy but overall good. I see why some people have been complaining about the new menus though. I wish we would've skipped dinner and let the girls enjoy the kids clubs a little more. Three day cruises are just too short.

Thank you so very much for the pencil holder that was a great idea since we did get alot of pecils and markers. It will make great use for keeping in the car to take into resturants and other places. THe kids had so much fun recieving all the great gifts and checking ou fish extender everytime we came back to the room.

I have to agree with you about being on a 3 day cruise, way to short. THe shows we great. I wish I saw the show on the last night, but by then I was so tired and if I would of gone I would have fallen asleep. I don't think a 3 day cruise is worth it. It has to be at least a 4 day. Over all the cruise was nice. The kids had fun. THe food was ok, but not the best.

WHen we got home on Sunday my kids fell asleep at 3:30 inthe afternoon and did not wake till 7 the next morning. Boy that was a first for them.

I wish I could of got the honor to meet you guys. I love to at least put the face to the name. Was this your first cruise?

[Jenhun]

I can't believe that I found this thread after the cruise. We were on the cruise that bobbed up and down the 1st night. Lol! But, despite waiting outside the ship for 3 hours and it raining on Castaway Cay day, we had a great time. My son spent a lot of time in the Oceaneers Lab, which gave my wife and I much needed time alone. It was our first cruise and we are arleady looking to book our next one. Maybe a 4 night this time.

Hello!
Sorry we missed you!!! DID you get sea sick? ME and my husband did not but my kids did. Have you ever did any othe cruise? Or was Disney your first cuise ever? I have been on several cruises but this is the first time I have ever done a Disney. I have never done a 3 day cruise before and never will again. It is so not worth it. If youare gonna do it I say 4 days or more.
Jenn

[cvrapclark]

Hello!
Sorry we missed you!!! DID you get sea sick? ME and my husband did not but my kids did. Have you ever did any othe cruise? Or was Disney your first cuise ever? I have been on several cruises but this is the first time I have ever done a Disney. I have never done a 3 day cruise before and never will again. It is so not worth it. If youare gonna do it I say 4 days or more.
Jenn

Glad you liked the pencil holders. Wish we could've met some others. We did meet Jacob and his sister. We heard Fred and Angelina's name called out on the crab race but it was packed and I didn't get a chance to meet you. We raced in the first race. Well, I don't know if you'd call it that as our crab didn't move!!! And the race was rained out.

No more 3 night cruises with the kids though. We did one by ourselves for our 15th anniversary and that was all right. It was just too tiring and so many things we wanted to do. We LOVED the deck parties!! If we had to do it over, we'd skip dinner and let the kids enjoy the clubs more. We missed the Goofy's Gallery food and that would've probably been good for dinner. We love the sun and pool and beach and it was just so disappointing not to be able to enjoy that!! We did stay on the boat in Nassau and the girls enjoyed the Mickey pool.

[bobbiwoz]

Ugg the embarkation was awful and I'm glad we finally did make it on the ship. The car rental shuttle got stuck in the traffic and we made it on at 4 something, we missed the safety boat drill.

All 9 of us loved the cruise and booked another one for November 2010. We got the pillowcases signed and they are a huge hit with the DGC. We had 8 pillowcases and I had given 4 family packs of candies. The Guest Services person was truly helpful and glad to get the candy.

Our waitstaff truly made our DGC feel special. We were going to go on a DVC Member Cruise in 2010 if DVC offered it, but on Saturday morning I went over the fun we were having and just asked if anyone was interested in doing it again and well, YES was the answer. We did 2 DCL cruses without the DGC, we loved them both, but for me, it was just extra extra special with the whole family aboard!!

Bobbi:goodvibes

[kimpossible]

Okay. I just finished washing, drying, ironing...getting blue crayon out... from the vacation clothes. Despite all of the chaos surrounding this trip (we were in the monsoon rains at the parks the week prior) and the craziness surrounding the departure (we were in the fire evacuation but luckily on board for the security breech ) we loved the trip. I guess I was expecting worse, but I even enjoyed the food :goodvibes

We re-booked for Oct 2010 to celebrate DS's 10th b-day.

Yes, we did get sea sick on the first night (but not too bad). But I am so glad I was able to upgrade to the verandah cabin on deck 6 (while at port). I think it did help. I loved seeing all of your FE's even though we did not participate.

I also enjoyed meeting some of you throughout the stay.

Now, if only I can convince my family that our stateroom host did not follow us home and we do need to pick up for ourselves :rotfl:

Thanks again for a super trip!

[DaParkers]

Hello!
Sorry we missed you!!! DID you get sea sick? ME and my husband did not but my kids did. Have you ever did any othe cruise? Or was Disney your first cuise ever? I have been on several cruises but this is the first time I have ever done a Disney. I have never done a 3 day cruise before and never will again. It is so not worth it. If youare gonna do it I say 4 days or more.
Jenn. No, we didn't get sick, but the first couple of times the boat swayed, I thought I was dizzy. I thought that maybe I was lightheaded. But, it wasn't me that was moving, it was the boat. Lol! This was our very first cruise, so it was probably easier to please us. But, I definitely want to do a 7 night next. I really want to get on the Magic.

[Jenhun]

Ugg the embarkation was awful and I'm glad we finally did make it on the ship. The car rental shuttle got stuck in the traffic and we made it on at 4 something, we missed the safety boat drill.

All 9 of us loved the cruise and booked another one for November 2010. We got the pillowcases signed and they are a huge hit with the DGC. We had 8 pillowcases and I had given 4 family packs of candies. The Guest Services person was truly helpful and glad to get the candy.

Our waitstaff truly made our DGC feel special. We were going to go on a DVC Member Cruise in 2010 if DVC offered it, but on Saturday morning I went over the fun we were having and just asked if anyone was interested in doing it again and well, YES was the answer. We did 2 DCL cruses without the DGC, we loved them both, but for me, it was just extra extra special with the whole family aboard!!

Bobbi:goodvibes
I am so glad to here you had a wonderful time. WE were one of the lucky ones to get on the ship early and start our day early. Although it was quite hacktack in the beginning with the evacuation an all.
We had picture frames signed. I think the kids would have appreceated the pillow cases more.
WE enjoed the cruise but I do not think we will ever do a Disney cruise again. I enjoy regular cruises. To hang with Mickey and the gang, The magic I feel comes from being in the parks and hotel grounds.
Anyhow, I am glad to to here you booked another cruise. :cheer2: Is it a 4 or 7 day?
Jenn

[emma'smom]

We had a lot of fun too! Thanks for all of the gifts everyone. My girls really enjoyed checking the FE! The rain was a bit much....but we didn't melt!
My girls loved the kid's activities.....and pirate night!

[Jenhun]

We had a lot of fun too! Thanks for all of the gifts everyone. My girls really enjoyed checking the FE! The rain was a bit much....but we didn't melt!
My girls loved the kid's activities.....and pirate night!

Thank you so much for the gifts. My kids also loved checking it everytime we came back to the room. They also loved going around putting everything in the FE. I wish I would have made it to go around to all the rooms everyday. They had so much fun!!!
Did you ever make it to any of the movies? I know you really wanted to sneak off!!! We went to the Hannah Montana movie. My kids really enjoy that movie. Wish I could have seen Shopaholic! I guess I will have to sneek off here :rolleyes1!!!LOL
Jenn

[emma'smom]

No...we didn't see ANY movies!! Between all of the kids activities that they wanted to do...we just couldn't fit it all in!

Thank you so much for the gifts. My kids also loved checking it everytime we came back to the room. They also loved going around putting everything in the FE. I wish I would have made it to go around to all the rooms everyday. They had so much fun!!!
Did you ever make it to any of the movies? I know you really wanted to sneak off!!! We went to the Hannah Montana movie. My kids really enjoy that movie. Wish I could have seen Shopaholic! I guess I will have to sneek off here :rolleyes1!!!LOL
Jenn

[miss-jill]

Made it home last night. We had a blast. Can't wait to do another cruise! It was so much fun. I want to do a 7 night next time. 3 nights was to short. Besides the rain and the boat rocking it was the best vacation. My daughter loved it. We had fun at Unv. and disney after words as well. Thanks to all of you for the gifts. She is playing with them as I write this. Lots of unpacking to do. So sad to be back at home. Going to look up deals to go back as soon as we can. Thats after we pay this one off LOL! Thanks again.

[bobbiwoz]

I am so glad to here you had a wonderful time. WE were one of the lucky ones to get on the ship early and start our day early. Although it was quite hacktack in the beginning with the evacuation an all.
We had picture frames signed. I think the kids would have appreceated the pillow cases more.
WE enjoed the cruise but I do not think we will ever do a Disney cruise again. I enjoy regular cruises. To hang with Mickey and the gang, The magic I feel comes from being in the parks and hotel grounds.
Anyhow, I am glad to to here you booked another cruise. :cheer2: Is it a 4 or 7 day?
Jenn

Just another 3 night. The DS's family will go to Florida on the Sunday before the cruise again, and DH and I will come after working on Tuesday. Plus, we're DVC owners and weekday nights cost a lot less than weekend ones, and so this way we're using weekend nights on the cruise. Our DGC are now 4, 5 and 6....the characters were huge huge hits. Only at the end did we notice the signs in the atrium that gave the times/places of the particular characters. That would have made it easier for DDiL!

After this next cruise, we would probably do a longer one if we're able to. DH and I have a 11 night Princess cruise to the Baltic planned for this September.
We are not committed to do DCL exclusively.

I'm glad you were already on board when the trouble was found at the port. We were truly only 4-5 cars away from the gate. It was very frustrating.

I'm bringing our pillowcases with me to Cape May later today...the kids have theirs at their own house, but this way when they visit us in Cape May, they'll also have some nice Disney pillowcases to dream on!

Bobbi:goodvibes