August 25, 2011

[dizneeat]

Hi Disney Dream Cruisers!

Anyone joining us on the 3 night cruise, starting August 25 next summer? This will be our 4th cruise on the DCL - first one on the Disney Dream!

My brother and travelling partner live in Austria and have discovered that we love cruising when we went on our first Disney cruise in August 2009.
Needless to say, we fell in love with it!

So, we are booked on a B2B for this summer on the Disney Wonder and are going on another B2B2B in 2011 on the Disney Dream. :woohoo:
The Aug 25 cruise will be the second leg of the B2B2B!

Would love to meet some fellow DISsers and hope there will be a Fish Extender exchange as well!

:flower3: Karin


Who's cruising?

conandrob240
dreaming4disney
caperkidsmom
BLT08
jillfred
sc507
Toniann966
bcanderson78
melmar136
loislane2002
Belleluvswdw
wheelerkidz3
EeyoreFan19
ladyleslie
Alexander
Experiment-626
princessheather
joius24
seethruguy
GreatDaneMom
AlisonUK
LauraLap
BevS97
dizneeat, Karin and Tom


So far we have the following cruisers participating in a Fish Extender exchange:


conandrob240
dreaming4disney
caperkidsmom
BevS97
Toniann966
bcanderson78
melmar136
loislane2002
wheelerkidz3
AlisonUK
ladyleslie
Alexander
dizneeat

FE LIST (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

:boat: Lots about Fish Extenders :boat:
Fish Extender 101 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2)
Fish Extender Info (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k429/tinkerbellat/Pixie%20dust%20again/cruiseklein_5.jpg

Anyone else want to join our Fish Extender Exchange?

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list :thumbsup2

[BevS97]

Hello.
We;ve just booked for the 3 night on August 25th as well. I am getting quite excited now!

[dizneeat]

Hello.
We;ve just booked for the 3 night on August 25th as well. I am getting quite excited now!

:welcome:

I am SO happy to have already found fellow cruisers! Have you been travelling on a Disney cruise ship before? It will be our fourth Disney cruise - fell head over heals in love with it during our first cruise! :rotfl2:
Who's cruising with you?

I can see that you are going to stay in Orlando for 3 weeks in 2011 - any idea on where you want to stay?
And I can see that you are Europeans as well! :cheer2: I have family in GB, so I am very excited that there are some Britons on board as well. :goodvibes

[pinkhart]

Hello!
We are booked on this cruise too. It will be myself, DH, DD11 and DD9 and it is our first cruise EVER!
Booked a short one to see if we like it...though from reading others posts it could be the start of an expensive addiction!
We will be staying at OKW for 2 weeks before cruising. Can't wait! :yay:

[BevS97]

:welcome:

I am SO happy to have already found fellow cruisers! Have you been travelling on a Disney cruise ship before? It will be our fourth Disney cruise - fell head over heals in love with it during our first cruise! :rotfl2:
Who's cruising with you?

I can see that you are going to stay in Orlando for 3 weeks in 2011 - any idea on where you want to stay?
And I can see that you are Europeans as well! :cheer2: I have family in GB, so I am very excited that there are some Britons on board as well. :goodvibes



Hi,

We cruised on the Wonder last summer, so this will be our 2nd cruise. We will be joined by some friends which we are really excited about.

I haven't booked anywhere for Orlando yet, but we have some DVC points so will be spending some time at the Boardwalk, and possibly sometime at OKW and maybe off-site as well.

It would be nice if we got a little group on here, last time I cruised I didn't really meet any other Dis'ers whcih I was disappointed about.

[LauraLap]

Hi All! We will be joining you as well. This will be our second Disney cruise, but our 7th altogether (we usually sail with Royal).

Can't wait!

[dizneeat]

Sorry for "neglecting" my own thread, but Tom and I have just today come back from a wonderful 4 week vacation :cloud9: at WDW and the Disney Wonder!
It's back to work tomorrow!! :scared1:

Hello!
We are booked on this cruise too. It will be myself, DH, DD11 and DD9 and it is our first cruise EVER!
Booked a short one to see if we like it...though from reading others posts it could be the start of an expensive addiction!
We will be staying at OKW for 2 weeks before cruising. Can't wait! :yay:

Welcome! :flower3:

I will add you to the list right away!
No doubt you will like cruising with Disney. And you are VERY right on the start of an expensive addiction - last year we did our once in a lifetime cruise on the Disney Wonder and needed to do a back to back this summer - well, to cut this story short, we are doing 3 cruises in a row next summer! :rotfl2:

Hi,

We cruised on the Wonder last summer, so this will be our 2nd cruise. We will be joined by some friends which we are really excited about.

I haven't booked anywhere for Orlando yet, but we have some DVC points so will be spending some time at the Boardwalk, and possibly sometime at OKW and maybe off-site as well.

It would be nice if we got a little group on here, last time I cruised I didn't really meet any other Dis'ers whcih I was disappointed about.

Disney keeps luring you back in ........ doesn't it?
We stayed at OKW for 21 nights this summer and LOVED it! We are already booked for next summer for another 4 weeks at Disney - we love to stay for a month and it makes travelling halfway around the globe worth wile.

I hope we will be able to have a meet during the cruise - I missed the one this summer :sad2: we were to pre occupied with exploring the ship!

Hi All! We will be joining you as well. This will be our second Disney cruise, but our 7th altogether (we usually sail with Royal).

Can't wait!

Welcome! :flower3:

I will add you to the list right away!
Looks like you are all experienced cruisers! :goodvibes

[AlisonUK]

We have booked, too - it will be our first cruise! So excited! We are staying in a villa for a couple of weks before hand and then rounding off the holiday in style!

And ... BEV! I can't believe there's going to be someone I know on board!

Look forward to chatting with everyone.

[GreatDaneMom]

Hello to all! My DD(16) and I will be joining you. This will be the first leg of our B2B. Isn't it crazy what we have to go through to get a 7-day cruise out of Canaveral next summer?

Cheryl

[dizneeat]

Sorry, it took me so long, but after returning from 4 weeks at the wonderful world of Disney we both had a hard time catching up with real life. :goodvibes

We have booked, too - it will be our first cruise! So excited! We are staying in a villa for a couple of weks before hand and then rounding off the holiday in style!

And ... BEV! I can't believe there's going to be someone I know on board!

Look forward to chatting with everyone.

Welcome! :flower3:

You are going to LOVE cruising on board a Disney ship! It is a magical experience! ;)
Where are you going to stay before your cruise? Saratoga Springs or Old Key West? We love Old Key West and are spending the part after our cruise there.

Hello to all! My DD(16) and I will be joining you. This will be the first leg of our B2B. Isn't it crazy what we have to go through to get a 7-day cruise out of Canaveral next summer?

Cheryl

Welcome! :flower3:

It is wonderful to have you on board! I have a feeling this is going to be a fun cruise - and we will be on board with you for both cruises! :lmao: We decided to add a third cruise at the beginning, so we can actually stay for 11 nights! :goodvibes The things we all do for Disney! ;) :laughing:

[seethruguy]

Hi we're in

Myself, DW, DD 11, DS 7. Doing a week at the Boardwalk Villas then off on our 1st cruise. We are Disney veterans, but we are really looking foward to a new adventure.pirate:

[joius24]

Hi Cruisers!
Joining the Board (thought I did already but I posted on the other B2B board instead oops)....

This one is the second leg of our B2B on the Dream.... :banana: Couldn't just do 3 or 4 days...... needed at least 7!

August seems way too far away.... I was scoping out a pre-Dream - Dream cuise last night LOL....but I would need the money fairies to bestow me with some extra cash...:wizard:

Anyhow it is my DS (15) and I who our cruising, this will be our 6th Disney Cruise. Can't wait!

[princessheather]

Hello!! :wave:

I'll be setting sail as well on the August 25, 2011 for a 3 day cruise :boat:

I am really excited & also i will be getting married on this cruise! :bride: i cannot wait! so far we have a guest list of 29 that's made up of our closest friends and family. so if you see a girl running around in a wedding dress its most likely me :rotfl:

ohh & 317 days to go! woohoo :woohoo:

[dennismcneely]

Other family reporting in!! Me, DW and DD who will be 9 (she would say 9 1/2) :rotfl2: when we sail. We are doing B2B and this one will be our first leg. These will make our 3rd & 4th Disney cruises so far and, of course, our first one on the Dream :woohoo:
Will be staying at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside for 10 days before our cruise, we stayed at POR for the first time this past August/Sept and loved it, Actually, It's become our new favorite!! Although we are US citizens we will be traveling from Madrid, Spain (been living here for many years)

Please count on us if you guys decide to do a Fish Extender Exchange, we have always done it on our previous cruises and it is always one of the highlights of our trip.

My family and I are all very excited and we look forward to getting to know you all!!!

Is it August yet? :)

Dennis

[dizneeat]

Hi we're in

Myself, DW, DD 11, DS 7. Doing a week at the Boardwalk Villas then off on our 1st cruise. We are Disney veterans, but we are really looking foward to a new adventure.pirate:

:welcome:

Wonderful to have you on board! :goodvibes You are going to love DCL and the new Disney Dream! :thumbsup2

Hi Cruisers!
Joining the Board (thought I did already but I posted on the other B2B board instead oops)....

This one is the second leg of our B2B on the Dream.... :banana: Couldn't just do 3 or 4 days...... needed at least 7!

August seems way too far away.... I was scoping out a pre-Dream - Dream cuise last night LOL....but I would need the money fairies to bestow me with some extra cash...:wizard:

Anyhow it is my DS (15) and I who our cruising, this will be our 6th Disney Cruise. Can't wait!

:welcome:

How nice to have you on board! :goodvibes We'll be on the same b2b!! This is going to be our second leg as well, so we'll enjoy a week together! :woohoo:
We are SO with you - 3 or 4 days are never enough - we are doing 3 cruises in a row this summer! ;)

Hello!! :wave:

I'll be setting sail as well on the August 25, 2011 for a 3 day cruise :boat:

I am really excited & also i will be getting married on this cruise! :bride: i cannot wait! so far we have a guest list of 29 that's made up of our closest friends and family. so if you see a girl running around in a wedding dress its most likely me :rotfl:

ohh & 317 days to go! woohoo :woohoo:

:welcome:

and congratulations!
How wonderful to have a bride and groom on board! :woohoo:
I hope we get to "see" you during our cruise. On our last cruise there was a wedding too and it was MAGICAL! :goodvibes

Other family reporting in!! Me, DW and DD who will be 9 (she would say 9 1/2) :rotfl2: when we sail. We are doing B2B and this one will be our first leg. These will make our 3rd & 4th Disney cruises so far and, of course, our first one on the Dream :woohoo:
Will be staying at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside for 10 days before our cruise, we stayed at POR for the first time this past August/Sept and loved it, Actually, It's become our new favorite!! Although we are US citizens we will be traveling from Madrid, Spain (been living here for many years)

Please count on us if you guys decide to do a Fish Extender Exchange, we have always done it on our previous cruises and it is always one of the highlights of our trip.

My family and I are all very excited and we look forward to getting to know you all!!!

Is it August yet? :)

Dennis

:welcome:

How nice to have you on board! We'll join you for your second cruise as well! Can't get enough of the DCL!! :laughing:
We'll be at WDW before and after our cruises as well! Not too sure where we will stay - we are currently booked at Pop, but we hope to upgrade!

I am really happy you are going to join in on the FE exchange as well - this is SO much fun!!! We'll definitely do it all three cruises this summer! Fun, fun, fun!!!! :woohoo:

[dennismcneely]

:welcome:

How nice to have you on board! We'll join you for your second cruise as well! Can't get enough of the DCL!! :laughing:
We'll be at WDW before and after our cruises as well! Not too sure where we will stay - we are currently booked at Pop, but we hope to upgrade!

I am really happy you are going to join in on the FE exchange as well - this is SO much fun!!! We'll definitely do it all three cruises this summer! Fun, fun, fun!!!! :woohoo:


Karin, Thanks so much for the warm welcome!! It will be SO good to meet you guys aboard the Disney Dream. 2 Stops at Castaway Cay - 2 Stops at Nassau (we aren't planning to get off the ship in Nassau though) and 1 sea day!!! We couldn't ask for more!!! :dance3:

Dennis

[joius24]

Thanks for the welcome too karin...fun we will be on the same b2b :banana:.... I was looking at a possible Feb. cruise too because I dont want to wait BUT i suppose I will have to ...I do need to be mindful of the budget LOL

...I think we may do a few days in the park before we cruise in August....Even though it is hot as hxxx in August, a few days would be fun, the hotels are ussually on sale and I have a few leftover park hoppers to use. ....just looking out the deals first :cool1:

I will most likely do FE's but I will need to keep it simple LOL... last time I went a little crazy with the details ....

Looking forward to meeting you all!

[joius24]

OMG Fantasy is open for booking 2012 in two days (for good old silver member me) I may HAVE to book it at 12:01 am :banana::banana::banana:

[seethruguy]

We booked our airfare and got a cheaper rate than I had expected. I love when that happens! It is cheaper to stick around Orlando for a couple of days after the cruise and leave on Tuesday, than leave on Sunday even paying for the hotel as long as we don't go crazy. Darn stuck in Disney for 2 extra days;). Now I need to figure out where to stay for 2 nights. I'm assuming there will be some room discounts for that time of year, I'm figuring a moderate resort. Maybe CBR or CSR. Any suggestions?

6 nights at BWV
3 nights on the Dream
2 nights ??

[dennismcneely]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!! pirate:

[seethruguy]

Saw some pictures and videos of the float out of the Dream yesterday. It really is a beautiful ship. Can't wait to see it from the inside out.

[pinkhart]

Hello!! :wave:

I'll be setting sail as well on the August 25, 2011 for a 3 day cruise :boat:

I am really excited & also i will be getting married on this cruise! :bride: i cannot wait! so far we have a guest list of 29 that's made up of our closest friends and family. so if you see a girl running around in a wedding dress its most likely me :rotfl:

ohh & 317 days to go! woohoo :woohoo:

Congratulations! I didn't know they did weddings on the ships. We got married at the Wilderness Lodge 10 years ago. Disney weddings are magical!

[dizneeat]

Sorry for the long absence! It was crazy busy at school and Tom and I went to DLRP for Halloween and next week I am taking my class on a weeklong trip to Austria's capital city - Vienna, so I had my work cut out for me!

I hope to be able to stay up to date from now on! :hug:


Karin, Thanks so much for the warm welcome!! It will be SO good to meet you guys aboard the Disney Dream. 2 Stops at Castaway Cay - 2 Stops at Nassau (we aren't planning to get off the ship in Nassau though) and 1 sea day!!! We couldn't ask for more!!! :dance3:

Dennis

That's what we are looking forward too most - the Castaway Cay days! :thumbsup2 :lmao:
Guess we will leave the ship in Nassau briefly to stock up on a few drinks (rum comes to mind! :lmao:) and a short walk. We have been on the offered sightseeing tours and went to the Atlantis, but didn't really enjoy it too much. So we are just going to enjoy the ship!

Thanks for the welcome too karin...fun we will be on the same b2b :banana:.... I was looking at a possible Feb. cruise too because I dont want to wait BUT i suppose I will have to ...I do need to be mindful of the budget LOL

...I think we may do a few days in the park before we cruise in August....Even though it is hot as hxxx in August, a few days would be fun, the hotels are ussually on sale and I have a few leftover park hoppers to use. ....just looking out the deals first :cool1:

I will most likely do FE's but I will need to keep it simple LOL... last time I went a little crazy with the details ....

Looking forward to meeting you all!

:thumbsup2 Good to know that we will be on the same b2b! Someone to spend the "waiting hours" with on debarkation and embarkation day! :goodvibes

We will arrive in Orlando on Aug 13 and stay at OKW again. We finally gave in and booked the British offer again - 42% off the resort AND free dining - couldn't resist. We'll go back to WDW after the cruise for another 9 nights. Hoping that the crowds will die down by September! ;)

OMG Fantasy is open for booking 2012 in two days (for good old silver member me) I may HAVE to book it at 12:01 am :banana::banana::banana:

Did you book? We are still debating if we should go on a Caribbean in 2012 or 2 cruises on the Dream. Caribbean has the advantage of going somewhere we haven't been yet, Bahamian would mean two days at Castaway Cay! :confused3

We booked our airfare and got a cheaper rate than I had expected. I love when that happens! It is cheaper to stick around Orlando for a couple of days after the cruise and leave on Tuesday, than leave on Sunday even paying for the hotel as long as we don't go crazy. Darn stuck in Disney for 2 extra days;). Now I need to figure out where to stay for 2 nights. I'm assuming there will be some room discounts for that time of year, I'm figuring a moderate resort. Maybe CBR or CSR. Any suggestions?

6 nights at BWV
3 nights on the Dream
2 nights ??

We have our airfare too! Got lucky and got a reasonable rate (even though 2400 € = 3300 $ is quite stiff for a roundtrip ticket for two!)
Our trip looks very much like yours :laughing:
8 nights at OKW
11 nights on the Dream
9 nights at POR (hoping for an AP discount to upgrade to OKW again)

As for CBR and CSR - we have stayed at both and LOVED the pirate rooms at CBR, but they were a bit far from the restaurant and shops - we had a car though and didn't mind. It was a more "lively" resort.

At CSR we looked out onto the lake and a quiet pool and it had more of a laid back feel to it. We really enjoyed it.
Don't get me wrong, we love both!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!! pirate:

Thank you! We spent Halloween at DLRP! It was FUN!!!!!!!

Saw some pictures and videos of the float out of the Dream yesterday. It really is a beautiful ship. Can't wait to see it from the inside out.

Yes, it is! We saw the video too and were in awe! It is a stunning ship - love the horn! :lmao:
We are going to see her during our February trip. We'll drive to Port Canaveral to see her sail our! Can't wait!
Expect some photos here after our trip in 102 days! :woohoo:

Congratulations! I didn't know they did weddings on the ships. We got married at the Wilderness Lodge 10 years ago. Disney weddings are magical!

Yes, they do and it is magical. We saw a wedding last September and it was beautiful!

[joius24]

Did you book?

I did book!....Early June. 2012 I will probably re-book when I am on the Dream for the OBC...the Moderator on our other message board said I could and not lose my room # ( I got a sideways cabin) I waited to book the dream last time till I got on the ship and the price went way up... so I decided to just book it now and try to get the obc on the Dream.

I cannot wait to see the pics of the dream coming into Port canaveral....I saw the video of it's undocking in germany...stunning!:love:

This weekend we are off to our first non disney cruise (RCL) - a weekender with family.... I know it will be fun but not Disney

Have a great weekend Everyone!

[dennismcneely]

We will arrive in Orlando on Aug 13 and stay at OKW again. We finally gave in and booked the British offer again - 42% off the resort AND free dining - couldn't resist. We'll go back to WDW after the cruise for another 9 nights. Hoping that the crowds will die down by September! ;)




How Fun!! We will be flying into Miami on August 14th! We usually fly to Miami and then we drive to Orlando because there are not non-stop flights from Madrid to Orlando and don't like airpot layovers :eek: We will be staying at POR until the 25th, then 7 wonderful days aboard the Disney Dream :woohoo: We will be flying back to Madrid on September the 3rd :sad2:


Dennis

[dizneeat]

I did book!....Early June. 2012 I will probably re-book when I am on the Dream for the OBC...the Moderator on our other message board said I could and not lose my room # ( I got a sideways cabin) I waited to book the dream last time till I got on the ship and the price went way up... so I decided to just book it now and try to get the obc on the Dream.

I cannot wait to see the pics of the dream coming into Port canaveral....I saw the video of it's undocking in germany...stunning!:love:

This weekend we are off to our first non disney cruise (RCL) - a weekender with family.... I know it will be fun but not Disney

Have a great weekend Everyone!

:woohoo: How wonderful! Where does the cruise go to? I haven't checked other times than August yet! :laughing:

I never knew you could book and then rebook while on board. I thought it was for new bookings only! Hm, definitely something to think about! ;)
We are still discussing if we should do a 7 night on the Fantasy or a 5 night and a 4 night on the Dream - they come to about the same price, BUT Dream does Bahamian, which we have been to quite a lot and Fantasy would do Caribbean - talk me into one or the other! :lmao: At the moment Castaway Cay still wins. :lmao:

Hope you have fun on your none Disney cruise - please report back to us and let us know the differences! :goodvibes

How Fun!! We will be flying into Miami on August 14th! We usually fly to Miami and then we drive to Orlando because there are not non-stop flights from Madrid to Orlando and don't like airpot layovers :eek: We will be staying at POR until the 25th, then 7 wonderful days aboard the Disney Dream :woohoo: We will be flying back to Madrid on September the 3rd :sad2:


Dennis

Oh, how I hate stop-overs! ;) But Linz is such a small airport that we will have a stopover in Frankfurt anyway, and Lufthansa has a non-stop flight to Orlando. :woohoo: So much easier!
If you stay at POR we will be neighbours! :flower3: Who did you book with, because Disney UK is still offering a great deal on OKW and SSR. We finally gave in and booked with them again, even though I hate having to buy a 7 day ticket with it. But then, last year we used it to renew our AP and we only had to pay less than 200$ towards a new AP! :thumbsup2

[Experiment-626]

Greetings

This will be the 2nd leg of our B2B on the Dream and our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. The Dream looked great coming out of dock in Germany.

[joius24]

Greetings

This will be the 2nd leg of our B2B on the Dream and our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. The Dream looked great coming out of dock in Germany.

Greetings to you Experement 626...you are one of three so far on this board that (including myself and DS) who this one is our second leg of a B2B on the dream :thumbsup2 So...welcome!

So..back from my RCL weekender cruise.... I am going to try to be fair because I was on the oldest ship in their fleet....BUT NO comparison...

poorly staffed and uninspired teen club
every time I went to my cabin I was introduced to a new hallway smell...none good
lots of obnoxious drunk people in the evening
a smoking allowed casino on the 5th floor..so the entire 5th floor reeked of cigarette smoke
smoking in the lounges too.


I did enjoy..

the food, dinner especially was good and the dining staff was attentive and nice.
Being with some of my extended family
Their private island was nice (not as good as castaway but..nice)
Room service was good
one good juggler/comedianne



it just confirms it....DISNEY CRUISES R THE BEST!!!!:love:
I am hoping to convince my family to join me on one (working on it:cool1:)

[Alexander]

We will be on the August 25th and 28th for our first b2b cruises. They will be our 4th and 5th DCL cruises respectively. We would love to participate in an FE exchange. We are treating my mom and dad to the 3 day cruise (Christmas gift last year) and they would also like to be included in the FE exchange. We only did an exchange on our last cruise (not the first 2) and my boys loved it! One said it was the best part of the trip!

[dennismcneely]

:welcome: Aboard Alexander!! We will be doing the same B2B and we are really looking forward to doing a FE exchange as well, it has always been a highlight on our previous cruises :thumbsup2. It will be great to sail with you and your family. :)

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend.

Dennis

[dizneeat]

Greetings

This will be the 2nd leg of our B2B on the Dream and our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. The Dream looked great coming out of dock in Germany.

Welcome! We will be on the same two cruises!
We're doing a back to back to back next summer and we are really excited about it!
The Dream is a beautiful ship, isn't she? We're going to take a closer look at her during our February trip to WDW. Well, today in exactly 12 weeks I will see the Dream for the first time! :goodvibes

Greetings to you Experement 626...you are one of three so far on this board that (including myself and DS) who this one is our second leg of a B2B on the dream :thumbsup2 So...welcome!

So..back from my RCL weekender cruise.... I am going to try to be fair because I was on the oldest ship in their fleet....BUT NO comparison...

poorly staffed and uninspired teen club
every time I went to my cabin I was introduced to a new hallway smell...none good
lots of obnoxious drunk people in the evening
a smoking allowed casino on the 5th floor..so the entire 5th floor reeked of cigarette smoke
smoking in the lounges too.


I did enjoy..

the food, dinner especially was good and the dining staff was attentive and nice.
Being with some of my extended family
Their private island was nice (not as good as castaway but..nice)
Room service was good
one good juggler/comedianne



it just confirms it....DISNEY CRUISES R THE BEST!!!!:love:
I am hoping to convince my family to join me on one (working on it:cool1:)

Thanks for the review of RCL. Confirms it for me - Disney it is ALL the way! ;) :lmao:
Did you decide if you join us for FE? I hope so, they are so much fun and we will have to keep it easy too - lots of planning as so many people will be on more than one cruise! LOL

We will be on the August 25th and 28th for our first b2b cruises. They will be our 4th and 5th DCL cruises respectively. We would love to participate in an FE exchange. We are treating my mom and dad to the 3 day cruise (Christmas gift last year) and they would also like to be included in the FE exchange. We only did an exchange on our last cruise (not the first 2) and my boys loved it! One said it was the best part of the trip!

Welcome! We will be on the same two cruises as well! We're doing three cruises in a row, starting on August 21st! These will be our cruises 4, 5 and 6! :lmao:
I think it is so nice of you to treat your parents to the cruise! Great gift!
And I am really happy you will join in on the FE fun as well. First time we cruised we cruised with some friends from another board and the FE exchange was SO much fun, so we have been signing up for one, every trip we've made so far! ;)

:welcome: Aboard Alexander!! We will be doing the same B2B and we are really looking forward to doing a FE exchange as well, it has always been a highlight on our previous cruises :thumbsup2. It will be great to sail with you and your family. :)

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend.

Dennis

I can't believe HOW MANY people here will actually be on the same cruises! :thumbsup2
Disney must be doing something VERY right if we keep coming back for so much more! :rotfl2:

Okay, I better start a FE list. I will put the same info in my first post and update there.

So far we have the following cruisers participating in a Fish Extender exchange:

dennismcneely
joius24
Alexander
dizneeat

:boat: Lots about Fish Extenders :boat:
Fish Extender 101 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2)
Fish Extender Info (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607)

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Anyone else want to join our Fish Extender Exchange?

[Alexander]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I am getting more and more excited! We booked in October 2009 and it seemed so far away, but now, it is less than a year!:banana:

I will have to look up our stateroom numbers, I honestly cannot remember the exact numbers, but I know we booked one of the corner 9As forward that looked to be a bit bigger (fingers crossed that it is), and my mom and dad are right next door.

Okay, I just need to get through Christmas and I can really start the planning for our August cruises! At least we'll be spending 2 weeks in WDW for Christmas so I don't have to wait too long to get "my fix"!:laughing:

I have an AWESOME lady who I order Fish Extenders from if anyone is looking to custom order one. She is on ebay and does an AMAZING job! She'll customize colors, names, designs, they are the best!

[ladyleslie]

Count me in on this cruise,

Count me in on the FE ...

and count me in on a good time.....

we were booked on the 8/28 & 9/1 cruise but had difficulties with the dates and the start of the grad school semester .....

so we rebooked the 9/1 cruise to this one and here we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its me, grammy and my dd (turning 10 on the cruise - oh no double digits!!!!)

Lookig foward to spending the year chit chatting with all of ya.....

This will be our fourth and fifth cruise with disney but Im looking forward to discovering a whole new ship.

Peace and love

[dennismcneely]

Count me in on this cruise,

Count me in on the FE ...

and count me in on a good time.....

we were booked on the 8/28 & 9/1 cruise but had difficulties with the dates and the start of the grad school semester .....

so we rebooked the 9/1 cruise to this one and here we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its me, grammy and my dd (turning 10 on the cruise - oh no double digits!!!!)

Lookig foward to spending the year chit chatting with all of ya.....

This will be our fourth and fifth cruise with disney but Im looking forward to discovering a whole new ship.

Peace and love

Welcome aboard Ladyleslie!! How good to have more families joining us!!:banana: It will be great to sail with you and your family!! My family and I are on both sailings as well 8/25 and 8/28 and our dd will be almost 10 in August, she is always looking forward to making new friends and loves to be at the Kids Club (good thing :rotfl2:)

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Take Care,

Dennis

[dizneeat]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I am getting more and more excited! We booked in October 2009 and it seemed so far away, but now, it is less than a year!:banana:

I will have to look up our stateroom numbers, I honestly cannot remember the exact numbers, but I know we booked one of the corner 9As forward that looked to be a bit bigger (fingers crossed that it is), and my mom and dad are right next door.

Okay, I just need to get through Christmas and I can really start the planning for our August cruises! At least we'll be spending 2 weeks in WDW for Christmas so I don't have to wait too long to get "my fix"!:laughing:

I have an AWESOME lady who I order Fish Extenders from if anyone is looking to custom order one. She is on ebay and does an AMAZING job! She'll customize colors, names, designs, they are the best!

Excitement building here too! Seeing the Dream sailing into Hamburg was awesome! Can't wait to see her "in person"! ;) :laughing:

Lucky you going to WDW for Christmas - we'll have to wait until February! :scared1:
But then we are planning another 4 week Disney vacation in August/September, so that should keep me busy!

Thanks for the :thumbsup2 on the FE. I always make my own - and it will get good use, as we stay for 3 cruises! :lmao:

Count me in on this cruise,

Count me in on the FE ...

and count me in on a good time.....

we were booked on the 8/28 & 9/1 cruise but had difficulties with the dates and the start of the grad school semester .....

so we rebooked the 9/1 cruise to this one and here we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its me, grammy and my dd (turning 10 on the cruise - oh no double digits!!!!)

Lookig foward to spending the year chit chatting with all of ya.....

This will be our fourth and fifth cruise with disney but Im looking forward to discovering a whole new ship.

Peace and love

Hi Leslie!
Great to have you sailing with us again! We were on the same cruise last year too! :goodvibes
I'll update the list of cruisers and FE participants right after I post this.
We'll be on our fourth, fifth and sixth cruise as well - and I can't wait to go! Tom and I are so excited already - come on August!

Welcome aboard Ladyleslie!! How good to have more families joining us!!:banana: It will be great to sail with you and your family!! My family and I are on both sailings as well 8/25 and 8/28 and our dd will be almost 10 in August, she is always looking forward to making new friends and loves to be at the Kids Club (good thing :rotfl2:)

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Take Care,

Dennis

The group is growing! :woohoo: It's going to be so much fun this summer!

And thank you, I DO have a great week - today is my day off and tomorrow is a union meeting, which I have to attend, but my school day would have been 8am until 4.30, but the meeting is just 9 to 12! An afternoon off, what else can you want! :goodvibes

[dizneeat]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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[EeyoreFan19]

Hi everyone! We just booked for the Dream on Aug 25th, too!::woohoo: This will be our first ever cruise. I'm so excited! And so confused! I've been trying to hang out on the boards to see what I can learn, but I still feel so lost. I'll gladly take any advice anyone has to offer. We will be staying at ASMo for 5 nights before the cruise. We've never done a value before, but DS LOVES Toy Story, so we thought this might be fun for him. DD will be 9, and DS will be 4 at the time of the trip. Come on August!!!

[dizneeat]

Hi everyone! We just booked for the Dream on Aug 25th, too!::woohoo: This will be our first ever cruise. I'm so excited! And so confused! I've been trying to hang out on the boards to see what I can learn, but I still feel so lost. I'll gladly take any advice anyone has to offer. We will be staying at ASMo for 5 nights before the cruise. We've never done a value before, but DS LOVES Toy Story, so we thought this might be fun for him. DD will be 9, and DS will be 4 at the time of the trip. Come on August!!!

:welcome:

You are going to love DCL! This is going to be our 4th, 5th and 6th cruise and we only started in 2009! :lmao: Speaking as someone who said that the 2009 cruise would be a "once in a lifetime" event, I can tell you that it was a wonderful cruise and I am so looking forward to another one.

I still remember very vividly how it is to go on the first cruise! If you have any questions, just ask! There are lots of knowledgeable people on here and I would love to help too!

Only a few more hours and we can say - THIS year we will sail on the DREAM! :thumbsup2

[dizneeat]

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TO ALL MY DISFRIENDS ..........

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!



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[AlisonUK]

Happy new year, fellow Dreamers! This is the year we will be setting sail!

Count us in on the fish extender - but we are not very confident and may need a bit of guidance! Thanks for all the organising, Karin and Tom.

[SaraCat]

We have just booked this cruise! It will be our 2nd DCL following our Dover to Barcelona trip in 2010. 3 nights doesn't seem much but it is better than not going at all and we are all really keen to see Castaway Cay and the Aquaduck!

We will be me (Sara), my DH Terry and 2 boys (16 & 13).

We are flying in a rather roundabout way from London > Miami > Jacksonville to get the airfare at a reasonable price. It will certainly be an adventure as we live in Manchester, UK so we will be adding on a night in London before the trip too. We have yet to decide where we will be staying in the Orlando area but as we are not planning any time in the Disney parks it wont be a Disney property this time.

I look forward to seeing you all onboard!!

[dizneeat]

Happy new year, fellow Dreamers! This is the year we will be setting sail!

Count us in on the fish extender - but we are not very confident and may need a bit of guidance! Thanks for all the organising, Karin and Tom.

Hi! Happy new year to you too!

It's great to have you join the FE exchange! :woohoo: I can tell it IS fun - A LOT OF FUN!!! :thumbsup2

If you haven't checked it already - there is quite some information that I copied from the DIS in post 32! :goodvibes

There is even a thread that has photos of fish extender gifts - I need to dig and try and find it again.

Feel free in what you want to give as your FE gifts. It depends on you if you want to buy something or make something yourself. You can hand out your gifts once during your cruise, or like us, deliver little gifts every day of the cruise.

We had a blast :banana: during the three DCL cruises we have taken so far, as nearly every time we came back to our stateroom, there was something in the extender!

[dizneeat]

We have just booked this cruise! It will be our 2nd DCL following our Dover to Barcelona trip in 2010. 3 nights doesn't seem much but it is better than not going at all and we are all really keen to see Castaway Cay and the Aquaduck!

We will be me (Sara), my DH Terry and 2 boys (16 & 13).

We are flying in a rather roundabout way from London > Miami > Jacksonville to get the airfare at a reasonable price. It will certainly be an adventure as we live in Manchester, UK so we will be adding on a night in London before the trip too. We have yet to decide where we will be staying in the Orlando area but as we are not planning any time in the Disney parks it wont be a Disney property this time.

I look forward to seeing you all onboard!!

:welcome:

I added you to the list of cruisers! :woohoo:

DCL is the best, isn't it? ;) :lmao:

You are going to love Castaway Cay! We took our supposed to be "once in a lifetime Disney cruise" in 2009 and this summer we will do number 4, 5 and 6 back to back! We just love it!

Sounds like some kind of travelling marathon you will be going through before you'll arrive in Orlando! Are you going to book your hotel through a TA or are you doing it online? We never use a TA - we mostly use "bookings" for our hotels. Just google it and it will pop up if you haven't done it already! ;)

This is going to be a fun cruise! :thumbsup2

[wheelerkidz3]

Hello to all! My DD(16) and I will be joining you. This will be the first leg of our B2B. Isn't it crazy what we have to go through to get a 7-day cruise out of Canaveral next summer?

Cheryl

Sorry, it took me so long, but after returning from 4 weeks at the wonderful world of Disney we both had a hard time catching up with real life. :goodvibes



Welcome! :flower3:

You are going to LOVE cruising on board a Disney ship! It is a magical experience! ;)
Where are you going to stay before your cruise? Saratoga Springs or Old Key West? We love Old Key West and are spending the part after our cruise there.



Welcome! :flower3:

It is wonderful to have you on board! I have a feeling this is going to be a fun cruise - and we will be on board with you for both cruises! :lmao: We decided to add a third cruise at the beginning, so we can actually stay for 11 nights! :goodvibes The things we all do for Disney! ;) :laughing:

Other family reporting in!! Me, DW and DD who will be 9 (she would say 9 1/2) :rotfl2: when we sail. We are doing B2B and this one will be our first leg. These will make our 3rd & 4th Disney cruises so far and, of course, our first one on the Dream :woohoo:
Will be staying at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside for 10 days before our cruise, we stayed at POR for the first time this past August/Sept and loved it, Actually, It's become our new favorite!! Although we are US citizens we will be traveling from Madrid, Spain (been living here for many years)

Please count on us if you guys decide to do a Fish Extender Exchange, we have always done it on our previous cruises and it is always one of the highlights of our trip.

My family and I are all very excited and we look forward to getting to know you all!!!

Is it August yet? :)

Dennis

Greetings

This will be the 2nd leg of our B2B on the Dream and our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. The Dream looked great coming out of dock in Germany.

We will be on the August 25th and 28th for our first b2b cruises. They will be our 4th and 5th DCL cruises respectively. We would love to participate in an FE exchange. We are treating my mom and dad to the 3 day cruise (Christmas gift last year) and they would also like to be included in the FE exchange. We only did an exchange on our last cruise (not the first 2) and my boys loved it! One said it was the best part of the trip!

Count me in on this cruise,

Count me in on the FE ...

and count me in on a good time.....

we were booked on the 8/28 & 9/1 cruise but had difficulties with the dates and the start of the grad school semester .....

so we rebooked the 9/1 cruise to this one and here we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its me, grammy and my dd (turning 10 on the cruise - oh no double digits!!!!)

Lookig foward to spending the year chit chatting with all of ya.....

This will be our fourth and fifth cruise with disney but Im looking forward to discovering a whole new ship.

Peace and love

:woohoo::yay:ADD US TO THE LIST OF B2B CRUISERS!!!:yay::woohoo:
there sure seem to be quite a few of us for this trip!! this will be my family's 6th and 7th DCL cruise...but our first b2b. we are:
me-shannon
dh-mark
ds-13yrs
dd-11yrs
ds-8yrs
ds-will have just turned 2yrs.
we'll also be traveling with my parents who will be celebrating their 38yr anniversary on embarking day!! my friend and her 2dks (ds-12yrs;dd-10yrs) are also coming with us.

i know that my family will want to be included in the FE list...but i'll have to find out about the others who are travelling with us.

Hi everyone! We just booked for the Dream on Aug 25th, too!::woohoo: This will be our first ever cruise. I'm so excited! And so confused! I've been trying to hang out on the boards to see what I can learn, but I still feel so lost. I'll gladly take any advice anyone has to offer. We will be staying at ASMo for 5 nights before the cruise. We've never done a value before, but DS LOVES Toy Story, so we thought this might be fun for him. DD will be 9, and DS will be 4 at the time of the trip. Come on August!!!

we will be arriving 4-5 days ahead of the cruise and prob staying at ASMo too!!


guess i better find the thread for the other leg of the trip now. talk to you all soon!

[dizneeat]

:woohoo::yay:ADD US TO THE LIST OF B2B CRUISERS!!!:yay::woohoo:
there sure seem to be quite a few of us for this trip!! this will be my family's 6th and 7th DCL cruise...but our first b2b. we are:
me-shannon
dh-mark
ds-13yrs
dd-11yrs
ds-8yrs
ds-will have just turned 2yrs.
we'll also be traveling with my parents who will be celebrating their 38yr anniversary on embarking day!! my friend and her 2dks (ds-12yrs;dd-10yrs) are also coming with us.

i know that my family will want to be included in the FE list...but i'll have to find out about the others who are travelling with us.

we will be arriving 4-5 days ahead of the cruise and prob staying at ASMo too!!
guess i better find the thread for the other leg of the trip now. talk to you all soon!

:welcome:

Yeah! More experienced cruisers and another B2B family!!! :woohoo:

I will update my list of cruisers on the 1 page in a minute and add you (you can tell me about the rest of your family and friends) to the FE list!

We will be at WDW before the cruise too - staying at OKW!

And btw the other thread for your b2b is fun too! I am on there too! Talk to you again soon!

[wheelerkidz3]

:welcome:

Yeah! More experienced cruisers and another B2B family!!! :woohoo:

I will update my list of cruisers on the 1 page in a minute and add you (you can tell me about the rest of your family and friends) to the FE list!

We will be at WDW before the cruise too - staying at OKW!

And btw the other thread for your b2b is fun too! I am on there too! Talk to you again soon!

phew..the other thread is a bit longer than this one!!! it took me a bit to be able to catch up on it..but now i'm finally caught up!! just did my intro over there and found that i've cruised with a few of the posters previously! it's gonna be a great trip!!

[dizneeat]

phew..the other thread is a bit longer than this one!!! it took me a bit to be able to catch up on it..but now i'm finally caught up!! just did my intro over there and found that i've cruised with a few of the posters previously! it's gonna be a great trip!!

Yes, I know, Jeff's thread is quite active, while mine is a bit on the "sleeping beauty" side! :rotfl2: But she woke up in the end, didn't she! :lmao:

Isn't it fun to meet "old" friends again on the cruise? We have a few DISmeets planned while at WDW, before and after the cruise, and it gets me so excited.

I read your comment on the other thread about the 120 FE participants! Boy, I just don't want to imagine that! :rotfl2:
Tom and I have already started a spreadsheet for gifts, with so many b2bs I need to be organized! :laughing:
We did a b2b last year and loved it. We were allowed to get on board again way ahead of the other passengers and spent the time at the Cove Cafe, where they had some snacks for us, and the coffee was yummy!!! I wonder how they will handle it on the Dream - but we'll live and learn, we'll have to go through the procedure twice. ;)

[wheelerkidz3]

wow...so i've spent almost my whole day today looking for flights!! i was determined to finally narrow it down to which day we were going to arrive at wdw before the cruise. ends up that we are only going to have 1 1/2 days before cruising. the flight prices are ridiculous!! i've never paid over $200 for tix to fly to fla...and this year...my baby has to have a seat...AND we are paying over $200!!! yikes!!! we debated on driving...but noway do i want the hassle of driving 20ish hrs home after being pampered onboard the dream!! LOL!! anyways, i guess we are gonna fly down on aug 23 and fly home sept 2. this vacation is gonna go way too quickly!!

[wheelerkidz3]

Yes, I know, Jeff's thread is quite active, while mine is a bit on the "sleeping beauty" side! :rotfl2: But she woke up in the end, didn't she! :lmao:

Isn't it fun to meet "old" friends again on the cruise? We have a few DISmeets planned while at WDW, before and after the cruise, and it gets me so excited.

I read your comment on the other thread about the 120 FE participants! Boy, I just don't want to imagine that! :rotfl2:
Tom and I have already started a spreadsheet for gifts, with so many b2bs I need to be organized! :laughing:
We did a b2b last year and loved it. We were allowed to get on board again way ahead of the other passengers and spent the time at the Cove Cafe, where they had some snacks for us, and the coffee was yummy!!! I wonder how they will handle it on the Dream - but we'll live and learn, we'll have to go through the procedure twice. ;)

i'm so disorganized...but that is one thing i hope to change this year. (sort of a new year's resolution?? LOL!) maybe you'll need to share that spreadsheet...you sound like you are on the ball!! great job!!
i can't wait to hear how they handle the b2b's. it seems like there are alot of people booking them this year...the price coudln't be beat...esp considering its the new ship. we are booked on another b2b at thanksgiving this year...but i think we'll have to cancel...not sure yet. hopefully people report back and let us know how it works for them

[AlisonUK]

Have you seen the Youtube video of the Wonder leaving port and sounding the horn to the Dream as it left and the Dream responding? Gave me goosebumps listening to it!

What are you most looking forward to on the cruise? We've never cruised before so am really looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere and the experience - and maybe the odd cocktail! ;)

[dizneeat]

wow...so i've spent almost my whole day today looking for flights!! i was determined to finally narrow it down to which day we were going to arrive at wdw before the cruise. ends up that we are only going to have 1 1/2 days before cruising. the flight prices are ridiculous!! i've never paid over $200 for tix to fly to fla...and this year...my baby has to have a seat...AND we are paying over $200!!! yikes!!! we debated on driving...but noway do i want the hassle of driving 20ish hrs home after being pampered onboard the dream!! LOL!! anyways, i guess we are gonna fly down on aug 23 and fly home sept 2. this vacation is gonna go way too quickly!!

Shopping for flights can be a nightmare! But at least you have found something you seem to be "happy" with! ;)
And like you - I could NOT imagine driving home for 20 hours after a cruise - yikes! But then I am the one who won't even drive to Paris, which is a 12 hour drive! :lmao:

i'm so disorganized...but that is one thing i hope to change this year. (sort of a new year's resolution?? LOL!) maybe you'll need to share that spreadsheet...you sound like you are on the ball!! great job!!
i can't wait to hear how they handle the b2b's. it seems like there are alot of people booking them this year...the price coudln't be beat...esp considering its the new ship. we are booked on another b2b at thanksgiving this year...but i think we'll have to cancel...not sure yet. hopefully people report back and let us know how it works for them

Make that two of us who are disorganized! :lmao: But with us travelling for 30 days and doing 3 cruises with FE and all, I need to keep some kind of record! :rotfl2:
Thankfully I have a few years of experience with long vacations.
Can't wait for the first reviews to roll in once the Dream has done her maiden voyage! That is one beautiful ship!
We are going to WDW in 6 weeks :woohoo: and we'll go out to Port Canaveral to take a look at her! Be sure I will post LOADS of photos! :laughing:
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you can go on that Thanksgiving Cruise - another friend of mine has just reported back from this year's Halloween Cruise and it seems to have been fantastic! :thumbsup2

Have you seen the Youtube video of the Wonder leaving port and sounding the horn to the Dream as it left and the Dream responding? Gave me goosebumps listening to it!

What are you most looking forward to on the cruise? We've never cruised before so am really looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere and the experience - and maybe the odd cocktail! ;)

Yes, I did see/hear the hornbattle of the Wonder and Dream! It was fun to watch - I cannot wait to see that wonderful ship closeup!

We cruised for the first time in 2009 and it was supposed to be a "once in a lifetime" experience. Well, I was sold after a day - the service is top notch, the food was really good, the interaction with other cruisers was fun. We got to see a lot of the ship delivering FE gifts and we LOVED the shows! 45 minute shows on a huge stage, with lots of performers! Wonderful
What am I looking forward to most? Castaway Cay and Serenity Bay! We just loved Serenity Bay - the adults only beach!
We enjoyed our first trip so much that we rebooked a back to back cruise. I am currently doing a trip report on our 2010 vacation and slowly creaping up on our cruise experience. If you are interested - feel free to read along - it is the "Value Resorts and Inside Staterooms" link in my signature.
So, while on our b2b last summer we booked a triple cruise for this year! :lmao:

Oh, and the drinks are yummy - Konk Kooler, Bahama Mama, Rum Rudder ........... been there, going back! :laughing:

[princessheather]

just wanted to say hi and i cannot waittt!! this summer will be here before we know it! Hope everyone had a great holiday!:wizard:

[dizneeat]

just wanted to say hi and i cannot waittt!! this summer will be here before we know it! Hope everyone had a great holiday!:wizard:

Hi! :flower3:

Yes, I know it will be here in a flash! We are going to Disney in February and once we got into the double digits it goes SOOOOOOOO fast!

Looking forward to August and meeting you all! :goodvibes

[joius24]

Hey Diz....
Please take me off the FE's for this leg of the trip. I decided to do only one set of FE's and to just chill for the second leg of the B2B. Thanks!

Lots of door decorations... I am in :banana:
Just booked Pop Century for a few days before the cruise...have soem parkhoppers to use ....I am already counting the days! I am already in pre-cruise mode!...

[dizneeat]

Hey Diz....
Please take me off the FE's for this leg of the trip. I decided to do only one set of FE's and to just chill for the second leg of the B2B. Thanks!

Lots of door decorations... I am in :banana:
Just booked Pop Century for a few days before the cruise...have soem parkhoppers to use ....I am already counting the days! I am already in pre-cruise mode!...

Took you off the list! No problem! ;)

Pop Century sounds cool! We have stayed there too and always loved it! For the last two years we stayed at Old Key West! And we'll stay there again too, before and after our cruises! :goodvibes

You're not alone counting days, :lmao:! We have been counting down for quite a while now! :laughing:
7 months exactly today for us until we leave for our summer vacation! :woohoo:

[ladyleslie]

Originally Posted by wheelerkidz3
ADD US TO THE LIST OF B2B CRUISERS!!!
there sure seem to be quite a few of us for this trip!! this will be my family's 6th and 7th DCL cruise...but our first b2b. we are:
me-shannon
dh-mark
ds-13yrs
dd-11yrs
ds-8yrs
ds-will have just turned 2yrs.
we'll also be traveling with my parents who will be celebrating their 38yr anniversary on embarking day!! my friend and her 2dks (ds-12yrs;dd-10yrs) are also coming with us.

i know that my family will want to be included in the FE list...but i'll have to find out about the others who are travelling with us.

we will be arriving 4-5 days ahead of the cruise and prob staying at ASMo too!!
guess i better find the thread for the other leg of the trip now. talk to you all soon!


Yeah!!!!!!! More back 2 back-ers

Welcome aboard!!!

So is this the first leg or second leg of your cruise....

And I'll agree with Dizneeat - we got off the boat was in the terminal for about thirty mins - got new stateroom cards at the counter - and got right back on board....... We were in the cove for another thrity mins and then DD daughter got to go right into the pool -

It was lonely for her in the pool all by herself!!!! :rotfl: (The only time that happened on the cuise) but this time around - I'll be looking at all of yall at the cove and pool and thinking - these are all my BFF from "Disboards" !!!!!! Wont that be fun!!!

[ladyleslie]

wow...so i've spent almost my whole day today looking for flights!! i was determined to finally narrow it down to which day we were going to arrive at wdw before the cruise. ends up that we are only going to have 1 1/2 days before cruising. the flight prices are ridiculous!! i've never paid over $200 for tix to fly to fla...and this year...my baby has to have a seat...AND we are paying over $200!!! yikes!!! we debated on driving...but noway do i want the hassle of driving 20ish hrs home after being pampered onboard the dream!! LOL!! anyways, i guess we are gonna fly down on aug 23 and fly home sept 2. this vacation is gonna go way too quickly!!


I'm also flying from NY - I got flights out of NY to Fl for 109 per person on jet blue --- and flights on delta from Fl back to NY for 89 per person. but becuase its on delta you have to add the 25 bag charge so its really 114 ... But I still did alot better than I thought I was going to do and well with in budget!!! I guess I can treat myself to a pedicure with my savings.

And dont drive if you can avoid it ..... it's a tough drive when you got little one - and even the not so little ones have a hard time after a while.

[wheelerkidz3]

Yeah!!!!!!! More back 2 back-ers

Welcome aboard!!!

So is this the first leg or second leg of your cruise....

And I'll agree with Dizneeat - we got off the boat was in the terminal for about thirty mins - got new stateroom cards at the counter - and got right back on board....... We were in the cove for another thrity mins and then DD daughter got to go right into the pool -

It was lonely for her in the pool all by herself!!!! :rotfl: (The only time that happened on the cuise) but this time around - I'll be looking at all of yall at the cove and pool and thinking - these are all my BFF from "Disboards" !!!!!! Wont that be fun!!!
this is the first leg of our b2b. the 25th is my parents anniversary, so we decided it was a good day to start the trip!! lol!!!
that sounds great if they will let us back onboard that quickly! i wondered how it would work...sounds like it's hassle-free!!

I'm also flying from NY - I got flights out of NY to Fl for 109 per person on jet blue --- and flights on delta from Fl back to NY for 89 per person. but becuase its on delta you have to add the 25 bag charge so its really 114 ... But I still did alot better than I thought I was going to do and well with in budget!!! I guess I can treat myself to a pedicure with my savings.

And dont drive if you can avoid it ..... it's a tough drive when you got little one - and even the not so little ones have a hard time after a while.

we def won't be driving! been there done that when my 3rd was only 9months old. it wasn't a bad trip...and we'd do it if we had to...but i just really didn't want to have to spend the full week onboard the dream and then drive for 20hrs....noway!! i don't worry about the trip down...it's the one back that would put me over the edge!!! lol!!!!
we did end up finding tix...201 roundtrip from rochester...so not too bad...but def more than we've ever paid before. we'll be flying delta too...so have to pay for bags...but we each have a carryon that we'll be using, so i hope to only have to check 1 big suitcase. we'll see how that plan goes when it comes time to pack though!! Hahaha!!

[wheelerkidz3]

i just posted on the main board...but didn't know if anyone here knows the answer?

i tend to overbuy at shutters. i know that the backdrops will repeat for both cruises, but i have 4 kids...and i'm sure that some of the pics won't turn out for the 1st segment of cruise. does shutters offer any way to "hold" the pics from both segments of cruise, and then i pick a photo package at the end of the b2b? or am i gonna be stuck buying a package from the first seg and then another package on the 2nd seg?
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[dennismcneely]

Hi everyone, I'm sorry I haven't posted here for a while, but we have been crazy busy with too much going on. Actually, looks like we will not be sailing with you all this time, my wife's company has changed her vacation schedule and we had to change our cruise dates. We will be sailing right after you all, Sept 8th and 11th, and will be staying at POR until Sept 24th.

I really wish you all a Happy Sailing and definitely look forward to sailing with you folks sometime in the future.

You guys take care,

Dennis :flower3:

[dizneeat]

i just posted on the main board...but didn't know if anyone here knows the answer?

i tend to overbuy at shutters. i know that the backdrops will repeat for both cruises, but i have 4 kids...and i'm sure that some of the pics won't turn out for the 1st segment of cruise. does shutters offer any way to "hold" the pics from both segments of cruise, and then i pick a photo package at the end of the b2b? or am i gonna be stuck buying a package from the first seg and then another package on the 2nd seg?
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I am sorry, I won't be much help, we never bought a package at shutters. But I can tell you that we were not able to book a larger internet package as, like they told me ....... everything is deleted and has to be started again!

Hi everyone, I'm sorry I haven't posted here for a while, but we have been crazy busy with too much going on. Actually, looks like we will not be sailing with you all this time, my wife's company has changed her vacation schedule and we had to change our cruise dates. We will be sailing right after you all, Sept 8th and 11th, and will be staying at POR until Sept 24th.

I really wish you all a Happy Sailing and definitely look forward to sailing with you folks sometime in the future.

You guys take care,

Dennis :flower3:

I am sorry you won't be cruising with us, Dennis, but I am happy that you managed to book another cruise.

We'll be "neighbours" at WDW, we are staying at OKW right up the street until Sept 10!

Have a fun vacation!

[Belleluvswdw]

Hello!! :wave:

I'll be setting sail as well on the August 25, 2011 for a 3 day cruise :boat:

I am really excited & also i will be getting married on this cruise! :bride: i cannot wait! so far we have a guest list of 29 that's made up of our closest friends and family. so if you see a girl running around in a wedding dress its most likely me :rotfl:

ohh & 317 days to go! woohoo :woohoo:

I JUST booked the onboard wedding for the same cruise!!! :bride: :groom: I'm guessing you are the CC wedding? Lucky girl!!! Our guest list isn't quite so big though! Lol... So if there is a girl running around in a wedding dress, and it isn't you, it's me!

[Loislane2002]

yes i would love to sign upfor the fe exchange....loislane2002 dw with dd jessica 8
i do not know what room yet..

[dizneeat]

I JUST booked the onboard wedding for the same cruise!!! :bride: :groom: I'm guessing you are the CC wedding? Lucky girl!!! Our guest list isn't quite so big though! Lol... So if there is a girl running around in a wedding dress, and it isn't you, it's me!

Two weddings during that cruise? AWESOME!!!! :goodvibes
Welcome to the group and the cruise! I will be on the "lookout" for you during the cruise! :flower3:

yes i would love to sign upfor the fe exchange....loislane2002 dw with dd jessica 8
i do not know what room yet..

Welcome! :flower3:
How nice to have you along for the ride as well! I added you to the FE list. So far no need for a room number - I will make a more precise list with first names lateron, as we love to personalize our gifts!

It's less than 7 months until cruise time! :thumbsup2

[princessheather]

I JUST booked the onboard wedding for the same cruise!!! :bride: :groom: I'm guessing you are the CC wedding? Lucky girl!!! Our guest list isn't quite so big though! Lol... So if there is a girl running around in a wedding dress, and it isn't you, it's me!


Wow! thats so exciting!! :lovestruc Which day are you getting married? My ceremony will be August 26th. I wanted to enjoy my time on Cast away Cay so i opted out for the onboard cermony as well.

[pinkhart]

Just been catching up on all the news about the Dream and getting very excited about our first cruise! What is everyone most excited about? For my DDs I think it must be the Aquaduck, but also we think Animators Palate looks like fun! And I can't wait to see the show Believe...:yay:

Only thing we are unsure about it is the kids clubs. With one DD almost 10 and the other 11 at the time of sailing it seems they will be in different clubs :confused3 which they won't like at all.

Karin - please count us in for the FE exchange :goodvibes.

[dizneeat]

Wow! thats so exciting!! :lovestruc Which day are you getting married? My ceremony will be August 26th. I wanted to enjoy my time on Cast away Cay so i opted out for the onboard cermony as well.

Can't believe there will be two weddings on the cruise! :goodvibes

Just been catching up on all the news about the Dream and getting very excited about our first cruise! What is everyone most excited about? For my DDs I think it must be the Aquaduck, but also we think Animators Palate looks like fun! And I can't wait to see the show Believe...:yay:

Only thing we are unsure about it is the kids clubs. With one DD almost 10 and the other 11 at the time of sailing it seems they will be in different clubs :confused3 which they won't like at all.

Karin - please count us in for the FE exchange :goodvibes.

I added you to the FE exchange! :goodvibes

We are getting so excited too! I cannot wait to finally get onboard.
You got me thinking about what we are excited about most ........ because we are just excited in general. ;) :lmao:
Guess we are excited about exploring this huge ship in the 11 nights we will be there! The new restaurants and the shows are something we look forward too as well!
AND meeting all those friends from the DISboards will be fun as well!

[melmar136]

Hi,

New to these boards, and semi-new to cruising....

My daughter (12) and I will be sailing on the Dream on 8/25 as well.
This will be my 2nd Disney cruise (my first was way back in 1998 on the Magic!) and my 3rd cruise overall. We did Alaska last year on Holland America. Really looking forward to my daughter experiencing a Disney cruise, and the Dream sounds wonderful!
:earsboy:

[pinkhart]

Hi,

New to these boards, and semi-new to cruising....

My daughter (12) and I will be sailing on the Dream on 8/25 as well.
This will be my 2nd Disney cruise (my first was way back in 1998 on the Magic!) and my 3rd cruise overall. We did Alaska last year on Holland America. Really looking forward to my daughter experiencing a Disney cruise, and the Dream sounds wonderful!
:earsboy:

Hi and :welcome:
It is my family's first cruise and we are very excited too. Are you staying at WDW too or just doing the cruise?

[melmar136]

Hi and :welcome:
It is my family's first cruise and we are very excited too. Are you staying at WDW too or just doing the cruise?

Thanks! We are most likely going to be staying at Port Orleans, for 4 nights before the cruise, just haven't booked it yet. We've been to WDW many times, and stayed there once before and liked it. VERY excited for the cruise part!

BTW, I would love to join in on the FE...had to look up what it was first! :blush:

[dizneeat]

Hi,

New to these boards, and semi-new to cruising....

My daughter (12) and I will be sailing on the Dream on 8/25 as well.
This will be my 2nd Disney cruise (my first was way back in 1998 on the Magic!) and my 3rd cruise overall. We did Alaska last year on Holland America. Really looking forward to my daughter experiencing a Disney cruise, and the Dream sounds wonderful!
:earsboy:

:welcome:
How wonderful to have you join our little group of DIScruisers! :woohoo:
This will be our fourth, fifth and sixth Disney cruise. They got us "hooked" in 2009! ;)

I am so looking forward to meeting you and your daughter on board!

Thanks! We are most likely going to be staying at Port Orleans, for 4 nights before the cruise, just haven't booked it yet. We've been to WDW many times, and stayed there once before and liked it. VERY excited for the cruise part!

BTW, I would love to join in on the FE...had to look up what it was first! :blush:

If you are staying at POR (or FQ) we will be neighbours as Tom and I are staying at Old Key West before the cruise. With so many people being at WDW before the cruise, maybe we can all meet before the cruise too!

I will add you to the group of cruisers and FE participants right after posting this!

[bcanderson78]

I just booked for myself and my two best friends. We're celebrating their 30th birthdays and I'd love to be apart of the FE! This will be my second cruise and second one on the Dream. Yay!

[dizneeat]

I just booked for myself and my two best friends. We're celebrating their 30th birthdays and I'd love to be apart of the FE! This will be my second cruise and second one on the Dream. Yay!

:welcome:

I just love that our little group is growing! :goodvibes
So, this is going to be your second cruise on the DREAM. Guess we will be bugging you with questions! ;) :lmao:
When is/was your first one on the Dream? Did you go on the Maiden Voyage?

Okay, enough questions ........ I will add you to the list and FE list right now! :)

[bcanderson78]

I was on the second voyage, 1/30, for 4 nights. We decided having a more empty ship was worth missing the MV! One of my friends was on a Carnival ship a week prior and had a terrible experience, so I told her that she needed to cruise with Disney.

This will be my first FE though, so I'll try to answer as many questions as you all have but I may not know all the answers!
:dance3:

[dizneeat]

I was on the second voyage, 1/30, for 4 nights. We decided having a more empty ship was worth missing the MV! One of my friends was on a Carnival ship a week prior and had a terrible experience, so I told her that she needed to cruise with Disney.

This will be my first FE though, so I'll try to answer as many questions as you all have but I may not know all the answers!
:dance3:

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! :thumbsup2
Disney cruises are the best! I hope your friend will have the experience of a lifetime - I know we did! We said that in 2009 we would go on our "once in a lifetime" cruise - well, this summer we are doing no 4, 5 and 6! :rotfl2:
Tell me about getting hooked on Disney! :laughing:

You are going to love the FE! We did it every year and it is just so much fun! I will put up a list of people participating once we get back from our trip to WDW and Port Canaveral in just 10 days! I need to take a peek at the ship when we are there! ;)

So, where was your stateroom during your first cruise? Did it really feel as crowded as I read in some of the MV reports? We will be on deck 10 this time and I am questioning if I really want to be so high up already! :laughing:

[bcanderson78]

Very fun! Yes, I hope she gets hooked on Disney as well. We all met 10 years ago at Disney, so it should be a great time.

We were in 7028, Verandah, port side, deck 7. The room was small but once you were inside, it felt big. We left the verandah door open when we were in the room, so it helped add some extra space.

As for deck 10, the only negative comment I heard was towards the end of the sailing when a lady mentioned she woke up to them power washing the pool deck above her. It wasn't too loud, just an unusual noise and she fell back asleep.

I'd think deck 10 would be nice for the views and also being close to the pool deck and all of the outdoor decks to walk and lounge on!

[melmar136]

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You are going to love the FE! We did it every year and it is just so much fun!

I was telling my DD about the FE, after reading about it this past weekend...she was so excited, saying "I'm going to get gifts?!?!" :laughing:

We already started planning ours!!!

And as far as getting addicted to Disney cruising, we haven't even gone yet, and she is already asking if we can go next year, on the Fantasy!

[melmar136]

Just thought I'd let you know...the 8/25 cruise is SOLD OUT! I had to call my TA because my cousin was wondering about coming along with her kids. She told me there are no rooms left! And then said how lucky I was to have booked so far in advance! :cool1:

[pinkhart]

Very excited as we decided to treat ourselves and have upgraded from 11B to 5A :yay:
It's GTY so our cabin will be a surprise! The cruise is sold out though, we just kept checking and I guess someone cancelled.

[bcanderson78]

We've been watching the availability fluctuate as well. There are two open options right now but it changes by the minute it looks like. We booked yesterday in case it really did sell out.

[princessheather]

the cruise has been selling out all month so far. everyday i check and every other day it either has rooms available or it is sold out completely. that means that rooms are either cancelling or people are not putting their deposit down in enough time to keep hold of the room. im actually surprised about this date being so popular. :rotfl:

[melmar136]

Very excited as we decided to treat ourselves and have upgraded from 11B to 5A :yay:
It's GTY so our cabin will be a surprise! The cruise is sold out though, we just kept checking and I guess someone cancelled.

We were lucky enough to be able to switch the other day, because I saw a picture of what our balcony would have been in our room, 5188 (sooo tiny!:scared1:) and we got upgraded to 5A with GTY as well. Maybe we'll be neighbors! :)

[melmar136]

Karin, just realized you are at WDW now! Lucky you! :cool1:
Hope you have a great time!

[dizneeat]

Very fun! Yes, I hope she gets hooked on Disney as well. We all met 10 years ago at Disney, so it should be a great time.

We were in 7028, Verandah, port side, deck 7. The room was small but once you were inside, it felt big. We left the verandah door open when we were in the room, so it helped add some extra space.

As for deck 10, the only negative comment I heard was towards the end of the sailing when a lady mentioned she woke up to them power washing the pool deck above her. It wasn't too loud, just an unusual noise and she fell back asleep.

I'd think deck 10 would be nice for the views and also being close to the pool deck and all of the outdoor decks to walk and lounge on!

Thank you for your thoughts on deck 10! When we booked more than half a year ago we never thought about what was above (or beyond) our stateroom! :lmao:
And I really love that it is close to the outdoor decks! :thumbsup2

I was telling my DD about the FE, after reading about it this past weekend...she was so excited, saying "I'm going to get gifts?!?!" :laughing:

We already started planning ours!!!

And as far as getting addicted to Disney cruising, we haven't even gone yet, and she is already asking if we can go next year, on the Fantasy!

Yip, your DD is going to get gifts and lots of them! We had such a blast last summer! And since we were quite a group there was nearly always something in our extender when we got back! Plus we could hear people talking outside about HOW you got something "so special". ;) :laughing:

Just thought I'd let you know...the 8/25 cruise is SOLD OUT! I had to call my TA because my cousin was wondering about coming along with her kids. She told me there are no rooms left! And then said how lucky I was to have booked so far in advance! :cool1:

I could not believe it and had to check myself and low and behold it IS sold out. Occasionally a category pops up again, but there is not much to choose from! And we are more than 6 1/2 months out!!!!!!!!!!

Very excited as we decided to treat ourselves and have upgraded from 11B to 5A :yay:
It's GTY so our cabin will be a surprise! The cruise is sold out though, we just kept checking and I guess someone cancelled.

:woohoo: for upgrading!
5a is a verandah stateroom, isn't it? They are so neat! I am not a morning person, but we were up for sunrise each and every day! Nothing better than sunrise on the ocean! :thumbsup2

[dizneeat]

We've been watching the availability fluctuate as well. There are two open options right now but it changes by the minute it looks like. We booked yesterday in case it really did sell out.

It's so unbelieveable that more than 6 months before the cruise there are only "a few" if even that, available!
Only Disney can do that! ;)

the cruise has been selling out all month so far. everyday i check and every other day it either has rooms available or it is sold out completely. that means that rooms are either cancelling or people are not putting their deposit down in enough time to keep hold of the room. im actually surprised about this date being so popular. :rotfl:

I check every day too! :rotfl2: We sailed the same time frame in 2010 and it was sold out too! They even had a poster put up saying something like - don't ask for upgrades, we are sold out! :scared1:

We were lucky enough to be able to switch the other day, because I saw a picture of what our balcony would have been in our room, 5188 (sooo tiny!:scared1:) and we got upgraded to 5A with GTY as well. Maybe we'll be neighbors! :)

If you are a 5a - you should be on deck 9 or 10! We could be neighbours too!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

Karin, just realized you are at WDW now! Lucky you! :cool1:
Hope you have a great time!

Well, we are not quite there yet! ;) Still have a week to wait! But next Saturday we will be on a plane to WDW!! :yay: :dance3:

[pinkhart]

:woohoo: for upgrading!
5a is a verandah stateroom, isn't it? They are so neat! I am not a morning person, but we were up for sunrise each and every day! Nothing better than sunrise on the ocean! :thumbsup2

Sunrise? Wow what time is that in August? Maybe I should set my alarm! Don't get the chance to see that everyday!
Could be a few of us on deck 10 by the sounds of it, just have to wait and see.

[dizneeat]

Sunrise? Wow what time is that in August? Maybe I should set my alarm! Don't get the chance to see that everyday!
Could be a few of us on deck 10 by the sounds of it, just have to wait and see.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you to be on deck 10!! :thumbsup2
It would be so cool to have some DIS neighbours!

We left the curtain open and I always woke up right before sunrise - can't remember what time, but I think it was before 6am. We would see the sun rise and then head back to bed! :lmao:

[melmar136]

Well, we are not quite there yet! ;) Still have a week to wait! But next Saturday we will be on a plane to WDW!! :yay: :dance3:

Oh, I thought you were there now! But with only a week to go you must be so excited! August can't come fast enough! :)

[dizneeat]

Oh, I thought you were there now! But with only a week to go you must be so excited! August can't come fast enough! :)

We'll be there pretty soon! Only 6 more sleeps! :cloud9:

[joius24]

Phew....booking and prices. Just checked the ressies again for this cruise there are veranda's available but I saved some serious bucks booking way early
AND the Fantasy Booking I have for June 2012 is now $1400 more than what I paid with nothing sold out yet:thumbsup2
Happy cruiser here:cool1:

SW just opened bookings...got $95 tickets (one way) I love saving money.... so I can CRUISE MORE!
Is it August yet?

[dizneeat]

Phew....booking and prices. Just checked the ressies again for this cruise there are veranda's available but I saved some serious bucks booking way early
AND the Fantasy Booking I have for June 2012 is now $1400 more than what I paid with nothing sold out yet:thumbsup2
Happy cruiser here:cool1:

SW just opened bookings...got $95 tickets (one way) I love saving money.... so I can CRUISE MORE!
Is it August yet?

Wow! Now that's what I call bargain tickets! Congratulations!!!!

[Toniann966]

First Disney cruise for us. (well, actually I cruised disney when it was the big red boat) Husband decided to open his wallet (doesn't happen often) :rotfl2:after I booked a 3 day ..He said why don't we do the 4 day? No such luck. :confused3:love:Totally booked. Hopefully he loves it so much and decides to dust off his wallet in the future:love:
It will be me, DH 39, DS 11, DD 9, DD7
Have to read a little more about Fh. Sounds interesting but a lot of work??
Can't wait Disney is my air.:cool2:princess:princess:

[bcanderson78]

The fish extenders don't have to be a lot of work. We've seen a wide variety in creation of the actual fish extender from super customized and fancy to more streamlined and classic. They both hold surprises equally as well, so don't let that worry you. Also, for the gifts themselves, not everything is handmade, time consuming or expensive. Sometimes the simplest gift of a chapstick really helps someone out in your group! We hope you join us for the FE, it'll be my first time trying to make a fish extender, so we'll see how it goes. :)

[joius24]

First Disney cruise for us. (well, actually I cruised disney when it was the big red boat) Husband decided to open his wallet (doesn't happen often) :rotfl2:after I booked a 3 day ..He said why don't we do the 4 day? No such luck. :confused3:love:Totally booked. Hopefully he loves it so much and decides to dust off his wallet in the future:love:
It will be me, DH 39, DS 11, DD 9, DD7
Have to read a little more about Fh. Sounds interesting but a lot of work??
Can't wait Disney is my air.:cool2:princess:princess:

Welcome :goodvibes Toniann and family!

I got my Fish extender from a woman on Ebay.....
I am not much of a sewing person....:scared1: hems and boy scout badges is the limit for me...so i did not mind paying for a nice one at all. She put the sorcerer Mickey on it I wanted and our names and my saying...very cool!:thumbsup2

Last cruise was my first ever FE participation....ummmm it was a transatlantic and I delivered over 120 handmade bookmarks ....:scared1: OMG way to get my feet wet huh? It was really fun though. Coming back to the room and finding little treats

I also did a one on one gift exchange like secret santa...that was cool too.

We had lanyards too (but I didnt wear it...just saved it..I don't wear lanyards or florescent shirts LOL)

We had some seriously good organizers for that trip (I really appreciated them all) ....all I did is round up the cougar patrol :cool1: Long and funny story:)

The snow is melting ...:yay:

[pinkhart]

First Disney cruise for us. (well, actually I cruised disney when it was the big red boat) Husband decided to open his wallet (doesn't happen often) :rotfl2:after I booked a 3 day ..He said why don't we do the 4 day? No such luck. :confused3:love:Totally booked. Hopefully he loves it so much and decides to dust off his wallet in the future:love:
It will be me, DH 39, DS 11, DD 9, DD7
Have to read a little more about Fh. Sounds interesting but a lot of work??
Can't wait Disney is my air.:cool2:princess:princess:

:welcome:
It's our first cruise too, and we definitely thought we'd do the FE exchange. DD9 and DD11 think it's a brilliant idea!

[sc507]

We'll be on this B2B as well - this is our first leg :) We are cruising for our 10th anniversary and have a whole pile of people in tow! My in-laws, my parents, my SIL, BIL & fam, and my other SIL & BIL. And we have friends joining us for the 2nd leg - they couldn't get on this one! I don't know how we are going to make it to August! We are so excited :yay::yay::yay: - this is our first cruise, so hopefully we like cruising!
Stacey

[Toniann966]

My 2 daughters (and son) saw the fish extenders and after I explained what they were for, they were so excited!!:jumping1:
So after a family conference:grouphug: , we decided we are in!!!:thumbsup2
So now we just have to decide to go the easy route and buy one, or make one:eek:
So please add us to your list. We are so excited for our cruise and can"t wait to meet everyone:cool1::dance3:

[joius24]

We'll be on this B2B as well - this is our first leg :) We are cruising for our 10th anniversary and have a whole pile of people in tow! My in-laws, my parents, my SIL, BIL & fam, and my other SIL & BIL. And we have friends joining us for the 2nd leg - they couldn't get on this one! I don't know how we are going to make it to August! We are so excited :yay::yay::yay: - this is our first cruise, so hopefully we like cruising!
Stacey

Welcome stacy and family and crew :yay: A great way to celebrate an anniversary.

Toniann ..glad to hear you are FE-ing. It will be lots of fun
Happy Day all.

[dizneeat]

Hi!

Welcome to the new families joining us on the cruise - I will get back to welcome you individually and answer your posts when we get back home from our week long vacation at WDW.

Just to get you even more excited - we went out to Port Canaveral yesterday to take a look at the

DREAM

and wave goodbye to her ............ for now! ;)

Here are some photos!

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Still in port!

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Sailing out!

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Let me tell you - the ship is H U G E and SO beautiful! Can't wait for August to roll around - just need this week to go real slow! ;) :lmao:

Talk to you all when we get back!

[melmar136]

Thanks for the pictures Karin! Have a great rest of your trip! :)

[AlisonUK]

Lovely photos, Karin. Hope you're having a wonderful trip!

[joius24]

Great Pics Karin... really cool! :banana: August is not here soon enought Have a great rest of your Vacay!:wizard:

[ladyleslie]

Thanks for sharing your pictures Dizneat! You so rock!!!!!!!!!

I hope you had an awesome trip!!!!

[ladyleslie]

Last year - I saw one other family doing a back to back with us .... so we ended up in the pool with one other family ........ I am really pleased to be doing a back to back with so many families this time around - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[jillfred]

Can't wait! DVC members since 2004 and just returned from glorious 1 week in WDW. But this will be our first cruise, so a little overwhelmed. :yay: Will definately be doing a B2B to HH after but may do a double B2B by adding WDW days on front end.

We are 4 - DH, DtwinD's turning 12 the day we end cruise, and me. Also joining us will be SIL, BIL, neice (8), plus Grandma & Grandpa.

Have to run the fish extender thing past everyone but sounds like lots of fun!

Looking forward to meeting all! Thanks so much for organizing Karin.

[dreaming4disney]

My fam of 5 is on this cruise- 1st timers here. I have a DD14, DS13,DS11- should we do the fish extenders? Would my aged kids like this?
If I understand it, you make/buy something to hang outside your door and people put in little gifts? Then you go around and put gifts into other extenders?
Do I have this right?
We can't wait for this trip-
Thanks,
Michelle

[joius24]

:welcome:

Jillfred and Michelle welcome

The FE exchange is what you said Michelle. There are some of the message threads around that are just about Fish extenders. You can get ideas on those about what and how by doing a Fish Extender Search. Maybe Diz has a link? :thumbsup2

I think I enjoyed FEs more that my 15 yo. Son, If its not an Itouch app or video game:confused3 ....it takes a lot to get him excited. But he did like the edible treats most in the FE's...and looked for those frequently. Its all in good fun ...

Spring is coming soon :yay:

[dreaming4disney]

oh thanks,
so, do I just add may name to the fe list, and buy gifts for everyone on it? do you do it everyday or one time during the trip?
It really does sound like a cute/fun thing to do.

[dizneeat]

Thanks for the pictures Karin! Have a great rest of your trip! :)

You are so welcome! :goodvibes We had a blast this trip!

Lovely photos, Karin. Hope you're having a wonderful trip!

Thank you! We really enjoyed our trip, it was so much fun!

Great Pics Karin... really cool! :banana: August is not here soon enought Have a great rest of your Vacay!:wizard:

Thank you!
We had such a wonderful time - the weather was ........ A W E S O M E !!!!!!!! It was so nice and warm - we even spent time in the pool! :woohoo: In FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing your pictures Dizneat! You so rock!!!!!!!!!

I hope you had an awesome trip!!!!

Thank you!
So sad to be back ....... but we had a wonderful vacation!

Last year - I saw one other family doing a back to back with us .... so we ended up in the pool with one other family ........ I am really pleased to be doing a back to back with so many families this time around - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's going to be a real fun back to back season this summer! Can't wait - last year we hung out with Monica and her family at the Cove Cafe and had so much fun!
Can't wait to repeat the experience! :thumbsup2

[dizneeat]

Can't wait! DVC members since 2004 and just returned from glorious 1 week in WDW. But this will be our first cruise, so a little overwhelmed. :yay: Will definately be doing a B2B to HH after but may do a double B2B by adding WDW days on front end.

We are 4 - DH, DtwinD's turning 12 the day we end cruise, and me. Also joining us will be SIL, BIL, neice (8), plus Grandma & Grandpa.

Have to run the fish extender thing past everyone but sounds like lots of fun!

Looking forward to meeting all! Thanks so much for organizing Karin.

:flower3: Welcome!!

It is wonderful to see our family of cruisers grow! :woohoo:

Were you at WDW during President's Week? We were too! Wasn't the weather wonderful?
We are doing a 3 part vacation this summer too - will stay at OKW for 8 nights, then do 3 Dream cruises and go back to OKW for another 9 nights. I cannot wait! ..... for the vacation and for meeting so many new friends!

If you decide to join the FE, just let me know so I can add everybody to the list!

[dizneeat]

My fam of 5 is on this cruise- 1st timers here. I have a DD14, DS13,DS11- should we do the fish extenders? Would my aged kids like this?
If I understand it, you make/buy something to hang outside your door and people put in little gifts? Then you go around and put gifts into other extenders?
Do I have this right?
We can't wait for this trip-
Thanks,
Michelle

:flower3: Welcome Michelle!

I am really happy that you and your family will join us on this cruise.
You are going to love DCL! We went on our "once in a lifetime" cruise in 2009 and are doing cruises no 4, 5 and 6 this summer! :lmao:

As for FE - you either get one from ebay or make it yourself. What you put in the FE is up to you - if you go back to the beginning of my thread I posted some photos of our "loot" last summer.
It depends on you, if you give a one time gift or do several small gifts over the course of the cruise.
Tom and I love to deliver one small gift every day - we use it as our "exercise" to explore the ship! ;)

Whatever you do, IF you decide to join, just let me know, so I can add you to the list! :thumbsup2

:welcome:

Jillfred and Michelle welcome

The FE exchange is what you said Michelle. There are some of the message threads around that are just about Fish extenders. You can get ideas on those about what and how by doing a Fish Extender Search. Maybe Diz has a link? :thumbsup2

I think I enjoyed FEs more that my 15 yo. Son, If its not an Itouch app or video game:confused3 ....it takes a lot to get him excited. But he did like the edible treats most in the FE's...and looked for those frequently. Its all in good fun ...

Spring is coming soon :yay:

Thank you for helping out! :hug: Getting back from vacation and having to jump right back into real life didn't leave that much time for DIS fun! :thumbsup2

oh thanks,
so, do I just add may name to the fe list, and buy gifts for everyone on it? do you do it everyday or one time during the trip?
It really does sound like a cute/fun thing to do.

Ups, sorry - answered some of your questions in the first post.

FE is good fun - we both enjoy it a lot! ...... and we are no kids any more! ;)

[dizneeat]

Whoops! Missed a few posts! :scared1: SORRYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

First Disney cruise for us. (well, actually I cruised disney when it was the big red boat) Husband decided to open his wallet (doesn't happen often) :rotfl2:after I booked a 3 day ..He said why don't we do the 4 day? No such luck. :confused3:love:Totally booked. Hopefully he loves it so much and decides to dust off his wallet in the future:love:
It will be me, DH 39, DS 11, DD 9, DD7
Have to read a little more about Fh. Sounds interesting but a lot of work??
Can't wait Disney is my air.:cool2:princess:princess:

I am real happy you joined us! The more the merrier!

Can you believe that those cruises are sold out about half a year before they sail? Must be all that pixie dust on those ships! :lmao:

If you STILL need to read up on the FE - there are two links in my first post! :thumbsup2

The fish extenders don't have to be a lot of work. We've seen a wide variety in creation of the actual fish extender from super customized and fancy to more streamlined and classic. They both hold surprises equally as well, so don't let that worry you. Also, for the gifts themselves, not everything is handmade, time consuming or expensive. Sometimes the simplest gift of a chapstick really helps someone out in your group! We hope you join us for the FE, it'll be my first time trying to make a fish extender, so we'll see how it goes. :)

I make my own FE and it takes me about an hour to do it!
They are so much fun! We LOVED all our cruises and FE exchanges! :thumbsup2

Welcome :goodvibes Toniann and family!

I got my Fish extender from a woman on Ebay.....
I am not much of a sewing person....:scared1: hems and boy scout badges is the limit for me...so i did not mind paying for a nice one at all. She put the sorcerer Mickey on it I wanted and our names and my saying...very cool!:thumbsup2

Last cruise was my first ever FE participation....ummmm it was a transatlantic and I delivered over 120 handmade bookmarks ....:scared1: OMG way to get my feet wet huh? It was really fun though. Coming back to the room and finding little treats

I also did a one on one gift exchange like secret santa...that was cool too.

We had lanyards too (but I didnt wear it...just saved it..I don't wear lanyards or florescent shirts LOL)

We had some seriously good organizers for that trip (I really appreciated them all) ....all I did is round up the cougar patrol :cool1: Long and funny story:)

The snow is melting ...:yay:

Thanks for jumping in for me when I am not around! :goodvibes You are the best! :hug:

I will start planning into more detail once I have settled back to "real" life and school! ;)

[dizneeat]

:welcome:
It's our first cruise too, and we definitely thought we'd do the FE exchange. DD9 and DD11 think it's a brilliant idea!

:thumbsup2

We'll be on this B2B as well - this is our first leg :) We are cruising for our 10th anniversary and have a whole pile of people in tow! My in-laws, my parents, my SIL, BIL & fam, and my other SIL & BIL. And we have friends joining us for the 2nd leg - they couldn't get on this one! I don't know how we are going to make it to August! We are so excited :yay::yay::yay: - this is our first cruise, so hopefully we like cruising!
Stacey

:woohoo: Another group joining!
:flower3: Welcome!
I am sure you will like cruising! Disney knows how to keep its guests happy! :goodvibes

My 2 daughters (and son) saw the fish extenders and after I explained what they were for, they were so excited!!:jumping1:
So after a family conference:grouphug: , we decided we are in!!!:thumbsup2
So now we just have to decide to go the easy route and buy one, or make one:eek:
So please add us to your list. We are so excited for our cruise and can"t wait to meet everyone:cool1::dance3:

I added you to the list - I will soon come up with a more detailed list, and will send you a PM for all the details I would like to post! :thumbsup2


Welcome stacy and family and crew :yay: A great way to celebrate an anniversary.

Toniann ..glad to hear you are FE-ing. It will be lots of fun
Happy Day all.

And ............ thanks again! :rotfl:

[melmar136]

We've been busy today, starting to make our FE gifts and magnets for our door! :)

Can't wait for our trip!

[dizneeat]

We've been busy today, starting to make our FE gifts and magnets for our door! :)

Can't wait for our trip!

Wow! You are very well organized!

We have just made a list of possible gifts - doing three cruises and making gifts for 11 days and quite a lot of cabins will be some kind of a challenge.

Can't wait for August though! I am ready to go to Disney again - and we have only been back for a week now! :lmao:

[joius24]

Can't wait for August though! I am ready to go to Disney again - and we have only been back for a week now! :lmao:

I know what you mean Karin... If I could I'd cruise at least quaterly...I would :cool1:
and thanks for the "thanks" glad to welcome the newbs... I was one once :rotfl:

[melmar136]

Wow! You are very well organized!

We have just made a list of possible gifts - doing three cruises and making gifts for 11 days and quite a lot of cabins will be some kind of a challenge.

Can't wait for August though! I am ready to go to Disney again - and we have only been back for a week now! :lmao:

I think we're more excited than organized! :rotfl:

You're going to have lots of FE gifts for 3 cruises!!! Wow. Now THAT will take a lot of organization! Good luck! :goodvibes

[AlisonUK]

Blimey, Karin - are you and Tom going to have any room for clothes, with all those FE presents? :rotfl2:

[dizneeat]

I know what you mean Karin... If I could I'd cruise at least quaterly...I would :cool1:
and thanks for the "thanks" glad to welcome the newbs... I was one once :rotfl:

It would be wonderful if we could just drive there and spend a long weekend, but with the airfare from Europe we're lucky if we can squeeze in 2 trips a year! ;) :goodvibes
DLRP is just not the same Disney USA! :love:

I think we're more excited than organized! :rotfl:

You're going to have lots of FE gifts for 3 cruises!!! Wow. Now THAT will take a lot of organization! Good luck! :goodvibes

Exited is WONDERful! Ups, wrong ship! :rotfl2:
Tom and I love to make little presents and give them out daily, but I am not so sure we can manage it this summer - too long on the ship and too many cabins, but we will try - it is just so much fun! :goodvibes

Blimey, Karin - are you and Tom going to have any room for clothes, with all those FE presents? :rotfl2:

I guess I need to set aside a suitcase for our give aways! :rotfl2: AND we are staying in the US for 4 weeks, so I guess it was a good decision to book OKW - love my washer and dryer there! :thumbsup2
We had a lot of stuff last year and it will be a lot more this summer! :scared1:
But doing FEs is such a fun thing to do ..... we love it!

[seethruguy]

Anybody staying at the Boardwalk prior to the cruise? We will at the villas Aug 19th-25th

[dizneeat]

Anybody staying at the Boardwalk prior to the cruise? We will at the villas Aug 19th-25th


We'll be at OKW from August 13 to the 21 when we board the DREAM. I see we overlap by 2 days! :thumbsup2

[BLT08]

Hi everyone

Our family of 4 (DS6, DS4, DH & myself) will be joining you all on 25 August.

It's our first cruise and I'm ridiculously excited - although my family are just generally excited :confused3. We were meant to join the Wonder last October, but DS4 came down with the chickenpox :sick: two days before the cruise, so we had to postpone. Luckily we were able to get on this cruise instead.

It's a big trip for us. I am being either very brave or mad, because I am heading over to WDW from the UK with my two boys for one week (4 nights at OKW then 3 nights at AKV). Then DH joins us for 5 days at BLT. After the cruise we have 7 days at BWV :cool1:.

Look forward to meeting as many of you guys as possible in August.

Rosie

[dizneeat]

Hi everyone

Our family of 4 (DS6, DS4, DH & myself) will be joining you all on 25 August.

It's our first cruise and I'm ridiculously excited - although my family are just generally excited :confused3. We were meant to join the Wonder last October, but DS4 came down with the chickenpox :sick: two days before the cruise, so we had to postpone. Luckily we were able to get on this cruise instead.

It's a big trip for us. I am being either very brave or mad, because I am heading over to WDW from the UK with my two boys for one week (4 nights at OKW then 3 nights at AKV). Then DH joins us for 5 days at BLT. After the cruise we have 7 days at BWV :cool1:.

Look forward to meeting as many of you guys as possible in August.

Rosie

Hi Rosie and family! :flower3:

Welcome to the cruise!

Even though I do understand that you were disappointed to have to postpone your Wonder cruise I am delighted to have you on board for this one! :thumbsup2

We travel from Europe (Austria) too, just without any kids! ;)
When do you arrive at WDW? It looks like we will be at OKW at the same time! We arrive on Aug 13 and stay for 8 nights, then on the DREAM for 11 nights and back to OKW for another 9 nights!
So we could very easily run into each other at OKW before the cruise! :goodvibes Wouldn't that be fun?

I am sure you are going to love cruising with Disney! And especially the visit to Castaway Cay! Feel free to ask any questions! Everyone here will be happy to help out! :goodvibes

[BLT08]

Hi Rosie and family! :flower3:

Welcome to the cruise!

Even though I do understand that you were disappointed to have to postpone your Wonder cruise I am delighted to have you on board for this one! :thumbsup2

We travel from Europe (Austria) too, just without any kids! ;)
When do you arrive at WDW? It looks like we will be at OKW at the same time! We arrive on Aug 13 and stay for 8 nights, then on the DREAM for 11 nights and back to OKW for another 9 nights!
So we could very easily run into each other at OKW before the cruise! :goodvibes Wouldn't that be fun?

I am sure you are going to love cruising with Disney! And especially the visit to Castaway Cay! Feel free to ask any questions! Everyone here will be happy to help out! :goodvibes
It is a small world.

We too arrive on 13 Aug. I think we arrive at OKW around 7pm. If the boys are up to it, I was going to take them on the ferry to DTD to the Lego store. Generally, we are going to take it easy for a few days. I have read the weather and crowd levels are not great this time of year. I imagine we will hang out by the pool, maybe visit Port Orleans Resort via DTD & ferry. If I am feeling adventurous, I might do a morning each at EP and MK. I understand MK has EMH (8am) on 16 Aug.

We will also visit AKL - I'm sure the boys will love seeing the animals. I don't plan on visiting the parks very much during our first week, so it made sense to split our stay between OKW & AKV for a change of scene. Once DH shows up we will visit the parks more. Am I right in thinking the crowd levels lower after 20 Aug?

I'm sure we will meet by the pool at OKW. Keep and eye out for a 40 year old Aussie/Brit with two lively (I mean 'lovely'), fair haired boys.

Can't wait for the crusie! Looking forward to checking out the Kids Club!

[pinkhart]

Hi everyone

Our family of 4 (DS6, DS4, DH & myself) will be joining you all on 25 August.

It's our first cruise and I'm ridiculously excited - although my family are just generally excited :confused3. We were meant to join the Wonder last October, but DS4 came down with the chickenpox :sick: two days before the cruise, so we had to postpone. Luckily we were able to get on this cruise instead.

It's a big trip for us. I am being either very brave or mad, because I am heading over to WDW from the UK with my two boys for one week (4 nights at OKW then 3 nights at AKV). Then DH joins us for 5 days at BLT. After the cruise we have 7 days at BWV :cool1:.

Look forward to meeting as many of you guys as possible in August.

Rosie

Hi Rosie!
We are travelling from the UK too and will be staying at OKW from 11 Aug 'til the cruise. We are planning on hitting the parks early in the first few days, taking advantage of the time difference. Not sure how we will handle the heat - not been in August before! I'm envious that you are staying at BLT, I'd love to stay there some day.

[BLT08]

Hi Rosie!
We are travelling from the UK too and will be staying at OKW from 11 Aug 'til the cruise. We are planning on hitting the parks early in the first few days, taking advantage of the time difference. Not sure how we will handle the heat - not been in August before! I'm envious that you are staying at BLT, I'd love to stay there some day.


Excellent. I'm sure we'll see each other by the pool or by the campfire enjoying the s'mores. We should organise a meet up with Dizneeat.

I'm also a little worried about how hot it's going to be both at WDW and on the cruise. I'm Australian and generally used to heat, but I know the humity can be a killer. I've been in the UK for the last 10 years, so it might take a bit to adjust. I've even purchased a shade umbrella. It's a normal mini rain umbrella with a special silver coating that blocks the UV rays. I think you are right to make use of the time difference and hit the parks early.

I love BLT and am so glad it's our home resort. This will be our 3rd stay. We've booked a 1 bed, so it will be lovely to have the kitchen and washing machine at hand. It's location is great. I love being able to wonder to and from MK for breaks & meals. Also, DS4 absolutely loves the monorail. I'm sure we will spend quite a bit of time on that :rotfl2:

Although our WDW visit will be longer & totally amazing, I think I'm more excited about the cruise. It's been a long time since DH & I could just hang out during the day without the kids. The fact that DCL has something for the kids is brilliant. From all the reports I have read, kids would rather be in the clubs than with their parents - win win :thumbsup2

Rosie

[Toniann966]

Anybody staying at the Boardwalk prior to the cruise? We will at the villas Aug 19th-25th
We stayed at the BCV last december :santa: and the family loved it. We toured the Boardwalk and really liked it, too. The place I rent from seems to have more availability at BWV, so we may see you there. Such tough choices:cool1:

[seethruguy]

We exchange through RCI and stayed in the BCV last time (Aug 2009) and loved it. Saw availibility there this weekend and gave some serious thought to changing it. We loved SAB but it is always fun to try someplace new and we love Epcot so both locations are still great for us. Have relatives in Huntington, love that town, they were at the parade today. we couldn't make it.

[BevS97]

I haven't been back to this thread in a while, and somehow missed that a Fish Extender exchange was in progress. Please count us in, I would love to participate.

Anybody staying at the Boardwalk prior to the cruise? We will at the villas Aug 19th-25th

yes, we will be there the 16th to the 23rd, then spending 2 days at the beach before boarding the cruise.

[dizneeat]

We should organise a meet up with Dizneeat.

Rosie

I am ALL for that! :thumbsup2

I haven't been back to this thread in a while, and somehow missed that a Fish Extender exchange was in progress. Please count us in, I would love to participate.

Added you to the list! So happy to have so many join in the FE this year! It is so much fun! :goodvibes

[bcanderson78]

I'm local and would love to meet up before hand as well if something comes together. :goodvibes

[seethruguy]

I haven't been back to this thread in a while, and somehow missed that a Fish Extender exchange was in progress. Please count us in, I would love to participate.



yes, we will be there the 16th to the 23rd, then spending 2 days at the beach before boarding the cruise.
This is our first time at BWV, really looking foward to it. We stayed in the BCV a few years ago and love the area. Maybe we'll see you by the pool. Then our 1st cruise as a family can't wait.

[dizneeat]

I'm local and would love to meet up before hand as well if something comes together. :goodvibes

As long as we meet before Aug 21 I would love to organize a meet! Tom and I start the cruise part of our vacation on the 21st!

This is our first time at BWV, really looking foward to it. We stayed in the BCV a few years ago and love the area. Maybe we'll see you by the pool. Then our 1st cruise as a family can't wait.

BCV are great! Never been to BWV, so it will be interesting to hear all about it!

[dizneeat]

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k429/tinkerbellat/Disboards/stpat.jpg

[sc507]

LOL Karin! Love Stitch on stage.....funny, I didn't know he was Irish ;)

[dizneeat]

LOL Karin! Love Stitch on stage.....funny, I didn't know he was Irish ;)

Guess Stitch will do anything for a little extra fun! :goodvibes :lmao:

[BevS97]

I am so excited about the cruise, that I've spent the afternoon making myself a Fish Extender.

it needs decorating, but I've got pockets :)

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=30535&stc=1&d=1300556171

[dizneeat]

I am so excited about the cruise, that I've spent the afternoon making myself a Fish Extender.

it needs decorating, but I've got pockets :)

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=30535&stc=1&d=1300556171

:woohoo: You made your FE! :woohoo:

I have started making gifts ....... so we both are working for our cruise! ;)

[melmar136]

I am so excited about the cruise, that I've spent the afternoon making myself a Fish Extender.

it needs decorating, but I've got pockets :)

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=30535&stc=1&d=1300556171

very nice! Was it hard to do? I'm debating between making one or buying one...

[dizneeat]

very nice! Was it hard to do? I'm debating between making one or buying one...

I cannot speak for the OP, but I did make mine myself (this is last year's)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k429/tinkerbellat/IMG_2045.jpg

and it wasn't much work at all. I think once I sat down it with it it was done in an hour and a half!
I sure am making a new one for this cruise! :thumbsup2

[melmar136]

I cannot speak for the OP, but I did make mine myself (this is last year's)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k429/tinkerbellat/IMG_2045.jpg

and it wasn't much work at all. I think once I sat down it with it it was done in an hour and a half!
I sure am making a new one for this cruise! :thumbsup2

Nice! Did you sew it or use the no-sew directions?

[BevS97]

Nice! Did you sew it or use the no-sew directions?

I sewed because I have a sewing machine and don't mind a little simple sewing.

It wasn't too hard, the most difficult thing was getting the pockets even (and finding the fabric - we don't have Joanns and Michaels over here).

That red & White spotted fabric is slightly stretchy (It's like a t-shirt material) and so the pockets kept moving as I sewed them. I ended up glueing them in place and then sewing over over the glue. It might not be a traditional method but it worked!

I used an A4 sheet of paper (like letter size) as my template, so the extender is the width of a landscape sheet of paper, and the pockets are the width of a portrait sheet of paper.

[dizneeat]

Nice! Did you sew it or use the no-sew directions?

I sewed mine too!

The correct measurements, so it fits on the space under the fish are in one of the DCL threads and mine was really easy to do.
We made the iron on images ourselves, I used jeans fabric and it was pretty simple sewing.

[BevS97]

I sewed mine too!

The correct measurements, so it fits on the space under the fish are in one of the DCL threads and mine was really easy to do.
We made the iron on images ourselves, I used jeans fabric and it was pretty simple sewing.


I just found these dimensions Back is 32" X 8" apparantly it should be no more than 8 inches wide. Mine is closer to 10....

[dizneeat]

I just found these dimensions Back is 32" X 8" apparantly it should be no more than 8 inches wide. Mine is closer to 10....

We have seen many that were wider than ours (I stuck with the measurements given).
It is just much easier for people to brush up against them when they are walking by if they are wider. Otherwise it should not be a problem! :thumbsup2

[AlisonUK]

They are fantastic, Bev and Karin. Hmmm, think I need to go shopping for material ...

[caperkidsmom]

The Aug. 25th Dream cruise will be our very first! How exciting it is to find others that will be on the same cruise! We'd love to be included in the fish extender. We aren't sure what room we'll be in yet, but can we please sign up?

[joius24]

The Aug. 25th Dream cruise will be our very first! How exciting it is to find others that will be on the same cruise! We'd love to be included in the fish extender. We aren't sure what room we'll be in yet, but can we please sign up?

Welcome Caperkidsmom!
Warning: Once you cruise Disney, you will never go back ! :thumbsup2

[dizneeat]

They are fantastic, Bev and Karin. Hmmm, think I need to go shopping for material ...

Thank you! :goodvibes

The Aug. 25th Dream cruise will be our very first! How exciting it is to find others that will be on the same cruise! We'd love to be included in the fish extender. We aren't sure what room we'll be in yet, but can we please sign up?

Welcome! :flower3:

Disney cruises are the BEST! You are really gonna love cruising with Disney! But be aware - they can get addictive! ;)
I'll add you to the list of cruisers and am happy to welcome you to our FE group as well! :woohoo: The more the merrier!
Please feel free to ask any questions you may have! There are lots of experienced cruisers here and we all like to help out!

Welcome Caperkidsmom!
Warning: Once you cruise Disney, you will never go back ! :thumbsup2

Hey! Thanks for helping out again! I LOVE your services! ;) :lmao:

[caperkidsmom]

You are all so AWESOME! Can't wait to set sail!

[dizneeat]

You are all so AWESOME! Can't wait to set sail!

:hug: Can't wait either! :goodvibes

[pinkhart]

:sad: Found out at work yesterday that they are going to be laying some of us off. I don't know yet whether I'll be one of them but we might have to cancel the cruise if I lose my job, or even if I haven't found out before the 75 day mark. Send some pixie dust my way!

[dreaming4disney]

:wizard:


I hope it all works out for you.

[dizneeat]

:sad: Found out at work yesterday that they are going to be laying some of us off. I don't know yet whether I'll be one of them but we might have to cancel the cruise if I lose my job, or even if I haven't found out before the 75 day mark. Send some pixie dust my way!

pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, so that everything works out and you will be able to cruise with us all! :grouphug:

[BevS97]

Just wondering what sort of info we will get for the Fish Ext. exchange? Will we find out family size & number of kids etc?

[joius24]

:grouphug:

Pixie dust and prayers for Jo ......

I beleive Dizneeat is the keeper of the FE info...I am sure she will share it when she reads your post :thumbsup2

SOON! ....it is almost here!

[wheelerkidz3]

bumping up. i haven't been to this thread in quite some time as we had a death in our family. (my mil passed away very unexpectedly from a heart attack). it was a very hard time and we are still trying to understand it.
hope everyone else has been doing good!

[dizneeat]

Just wondering what sort of info we will get for the Fish Ext. exchange? Will we find out family size & number of kids etc?

I will put up a webpage with all the necessary information during my Easter holiday (which starts in 10 days!) and it will/should include, first names of all FE participants, ages of kids and stateroom numbers.
Shortly before we cruise we will send out maps (or make them downloadable from our site) of the locations of all the cabins on the ship.

I had a lot on my mind lately, so I hope you will excuse that this has taken some time. I hope to catch up with everything during my Easter Vacation! :thumbsup2

:grouphug:

Pixie dust and prayers for Jo ......

I beleive Dizneeat is the keeper of the FE info...I am sure she will share it when she reads your post :thumbsup2

SOON! ....it is almost here!

Yeah, we fell under 130 days until we leave today! I am so looking forward to another WDW vacation! :goodvibes

bumping up. i haven't been to this thread in quite some time as we had a death in our family. (my mil passed away very unexpectedly from a heart attack). it was a very hard time and we are still trying to understand it.
hope everyone else has been doing good!

I am so very sorry to hear what happened to your mil. Prayers and pixie dust on the way to you! :grouphug:

[dreaming4disney]

bumping up. i haven't been to this thread in quite some time as we had a death in our family. (my mil passed away very unexpectedly from a heart attack). it was a very hard time and we are still trying to understand it.
hope everyone else has been doing good!


Sorry to hear about your loss.

[joius24]

Sorry for your Loss Shannon. Prayers for you and your family :grouphug:

[melmar136]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

So very sorry Shannon. :grouphug:

[dreaming4disney]

I would like to add my family to the fish extenders. I am not 100% clear on al of it, but it sounds like fun. We are a family of 5- is it for everyone or just kids.
I have DD14,DS13,DS11
We are first timers staying in room #9158

I welcome any and all information and tips for this. Is it once a day or once a trip that you go around and delivers gifts?

[dizneeat]

I would like to add my family to the fish extenders. I am not 100% clear on al of it, but it sounds like fun. We are a family of 5- is it for everyone or just kids.
I have DD14,DS13,DS11
We are first timers staying in room #9158

I welcome any and all information and tips for this. Is it once a day or once a trip that you go around and delivers gifts?

I will add you to the FE list in my first post.
It is really good fun and it is for ALL of you, not just the kids! ;) Otherwise Tom and I would have a HUGE problem! :rotfl2:

I will make a list with all the information needed during my Easter holidays and post the link here.
There are two links about FEs in my first post as well.
It depends on you if you want to give a gift per day or just one during the cruise. Tom and I like to do one small gift per day - I am already working on some of them.
If you have any questions, just ask! :goodvibes

[BevS97]

I will put up a webpage with all the necessary information during my Easter holiday (which starts in 10 days!) and it will/should include, first names of all FE participants, ages of kids and stateroom numbers.
Shortly before we cruise we will send out maps (or make them downloadable from our site) of the locations of all the cabins on the ship.

I had a lot on my mind lately, so I hope you will excuse that this has taken some time. I hope to catch up with everything during my Easter Vacation! :thumbsup2



Yeah! I can't wait :) I am also on Easter Holidays in a weeks time. Can't wait to just relax.
Thanks so much for organising everything, there is nothing to excuse, its just all good fun.

I don't think I said, but it will be myself, DH, DD 13 and DD 7. We are in cabin 2054.


Thanks again.

[dizneeat]

FE .......... please post or PM me!

I started to put together our FE list. Once I have most of the information I will post a link here (in the next possible post) and on the first page.

Tom and I like to personalize our gifts, so here is the information we will need from the following families who have already signed up:

dreaming4disney
caperkidsmom
BevS97
Toniann966
bcanderson78
melmar136
loislane2002
wheelerkidz3
AlisonUK
ladyleslie
Alexander
dizneeat

If you haven't signed up yet, please let me know as well!

Please post:

Everyone's first names, your KIDS' ages, total number of people in stateroom and your stateroom number (if you have it by now).

Once I post the link, please check if all the info I have put in is correct!

[dizneeat]

Yeah! I can't wait :) I am also on Easter Holidays in a weeks time. Can't wait to just relax.
Thanks so much for organising everything, there is nothing to excuse, its just all good fun.

I don't think I said, but it will be myself, DH, DD 13 and DD 7. We are in cabin 2054.


Thanks again.

I have started putting my list together! It's a start! :rotfl2: Tom is doing his deck-plan with the cabin locations once we have all the info.

I cannot wait for the Easter holidays to begin. ;) I have so many threads to catch up on - and I need to update a lot of my own threads!

Can't wait to go to Disney again! :cloud9:

[pinkhart]

I posted a while back that they were laying off people where I work and we have been told we won't know who is going until mid June so we have unfortunately had to cancel our cruise just in case. Don't feel too sorry for us as we are still coming to WDW regardless but are just erring on the side of caution slightly. Hopefully we will get our cruise in one day!

[dizneeat]

I posted a while back that they were laying off people where I work and we have been told we won't know who is going until mid June so we have unfortunately had to cancel our cruise just in case. Don't feel too sorry for us as we are still coming to WDW regardless but are just erring on the side of caution slightly. Hopefully we will get our cruise in one day!

I am sorry to hear that you won't join us on the cruise, but your reasons are perfectly understandable!
From your ticker I can see that we should be at WDW at the same time - maybe there's time for a short meet - where are you staying? We will be at OKW from Aug 13 - 21.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, so you'll be able to cruise rather sooner than later! :hug:

[melmar136]

I posted a while back that they were laying off people where I work and we have been told we won't know who is going until mid June so we have unfortunately had to cancel our cruise just in case. Don't feel too sorry for us as we are still coming to WDW regardless but are just erring on the side of caution slightly. Hopefully we will get our cruise in one day!

sorry you won't be coming on the cruise, but have a great time at WDW!

[bcanderson78]

Hello!!

Here's our FE cabin info:

GTY room still
3 adults
Beth (Bethy, 30+), Rebecca (Rebecky, 30), Julie (Jules, 30)
nicknames are in parenthesis just for fun

[dizneeat]

Hello!!

Here's our FE cabin info:

GTY room still
3 adults
Beth (Bethy, 30+), Rebecca (Rebecky, 30), Julie (Jules, 30)
nicknames are in parenthesis just for fun

Thank you for your info! I added you to the list.

Everyone who already sent in their info, please check if all the info is correct!

Fish extender list (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[caperkidsmom]

Hi!

Our cabin, 7540, will have 3 of us: Doug, Laurie & son Breton (11).

We are finding it VERY hard to wait until August:)

[dizneeat]

Hi!

Our cabin, 7540, will have 3 of us: Doug, Laurie & son Breton (11).

We are finding it VERY hard to wait until August:)

Thanks for the info! I added you to the list! :goodvibes

Fish extender list (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[AlisonUK]

Sorry to hear you won't be coming on the cruise, pinkhart.

Here are our details for the FE.

There are three of us - Nigel, Alison and Stephen (boy, aged 11).

We are in room 9019.

Thanks again for organising!

[dizneeat]

Sorry to hear you won't be coming on the cruise, pinkhart.

Here are our details for the FE.

There are three of us - Nigel, Alison and Stephen (boy, aged 11).

We are in room 9019.

Thanks again for organising!

I added you to the list, Alison! Can't wait for August to meet you all! :grouphug:

Fish extender list (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[Toniann966]

Hi.
Cabin # 10104 checking in!!!!!

The Mangans- Toniann
Wayne
Joseph- age 11
Paige- age 9
Victoria (Tori)- age 7
Are very excited for our 1st Disney cruise
There are 5 of us in our cabin.party:

[dizneeat]

Hi.
Cabin # 10104 checking in!!!!!

The Mangans- Toniann
Wayne
Joseph- age 11
Paige- age 9
Victoria (Tori)- age 7
Are very excited for our 1st Disney cruise
There are 5 of us in our cabin.party:

Thank you for the information! I added you all to the list! :goodvibes
Not much longer and we all can book our excursions and Palo! :thumbsup2

Fish extender list (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[SaraCat]

I am sorry to report we will be cancelling. We had bad news today about my sons health and he wont be fit to travel in August :( So we are all feeling a bit sad tonight.

Does anyone know what the situation is regarding a refund of the deposit? I am hoping we will get a full refund this far out which will mean one less thing to argue with the travel insurance company over!

[BevS97]

I am sorry to report we will be cancelling. We had bad news today about my sons health and he wont be fit to travel in August :( So we are all feeling a bit sad tonight.

Does anyone know what the situation is regarding a refund of the deposit? I am hoping we will get a full refund this far out which will mean one less thing to argue with the travel insurance company over!

I am so sorry to hear that. I hope your son is healthy again soon. I'm afraid I'm not sure of the cancellation policy, I hope it is reasonable.

[conandrob240]

Is anyone canceling that has a good deal on a room that fits 4 people? Perhaps we can discuss a transfer of the ressie to me ? Here's our dilemma - booked a great deal on a Cat 11a. Booked 3 people ( me & 2 kids) and now my mother wants to join. Can't add a 4th to our current room and I refuse to pay $3500 for a 3 nt cruise. So, anyone canceling who wants to transfer? Alternately, anyone traveling alone willing to add my mother to your ressie and off-set your full price? Will pay and of course, she will never use your room- she' ll stay with us. Desperate for suggestions!

[ladyleslie]

I posted a while back that they were laying off people where I work and we have been told we won't know who is going until mid June so we have unfortunately had to cancel our cruise just in case. Don't feel too sorry for us as we are still coming to WDW regardless but are just erring on the side of caution slightly. Hopefully we will get our cruise in one day!


I'm sorry you wont be joining us....... we wont have the chance to meet..... But definitely enjoy your trip to see the Mouse and tell him for me that we said hello!!!!!!!

[ladyleslie]

I am sorry to report we will be cancelling. We had bad news today about my sons health and he wont be fit to travel in August :( So we are all feeling a bit sad tonight.

Does anyone know what the situation is regarding a refund of the deposit? I am hoping we will get a full refund this far out which will mean one less thing to argue with the travel insurance company over!

I am so sorry to hear about your son ........... we will add him to our prayers and will think good thoughts to send to him and you!!!!!!!!

[ladyleslie]

I am so excited about the cruise, that I've spent the afternoon making myself a Fish Extender.

it needs decorating, but I've got pockets :)

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=30535&stc=1&d=1300556171


What a great job!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance3::dance3::dance3:

[dizneeat]

I am sorry to report we will be cancelling. We had bad news today about my sons health and he wont be fit to travel in August :( So we are all feeling a bit sad tonight.

Does anyone know what the situation is regarding a refund of the deposit? I am hoping we will get a full refund this far out which will mean one less thing to argue with the travel insurance company over!

I am so sorry to hear that you won't be joining us!

I really hope your son's health improves real fast and that your refund issues can be solved easily! :hug:

Is anyone canceling that has a good deal on a room that fits 4 people? Perhaps we can discuss a transfer of the ressie to me ? Here's our dilemma - booked a great deal on a Cat 11a. Booked 3 people ( me & 2 kids) and now my mother wants to join. Can't add a 4th to our current room and I refuse to pay $3500 for a 3 nt cruise. So, anyone canceling who wants to transfer? Alternately, anyone traveling alone willing to add my mother to your ressie and off-set your full price? Will pay and of course, she will never use your room- she' ll stay with us. Desperate for suggestions!

I hope your problems will find a solution soon! Guess I am not a huge help at the moment, but keep checking their website often, sometimes there ARE cabins available - I check out of curiosity every now and then!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! :hug:

[dizneeat]

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Happy Easter to all our DISboard friends!



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[melmar136]

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Happy Easter to all our DISboard friends!



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LOVE the picture!!! Thanks! Hope everyone had a nice Easter! I think I am still full today from all the food yesterday! :laughing:

[dizneeat]

LOVE the picture!!! Thanks! Hope everyone had a nice Easter! I think I am still full today from all the food yesterday! :laughing:

Thanks! Yes, we did have a nice Easter! Weather was wonderful and food was great! ;) :lmao: :thumbsup2

[conandrob240]

Our problem was resolved. By some miracle, we moved up to a Cat 4B from an 11B while adding my mother, all for only $700 more!

I'd like to do the fish extender again this year- it was so fun last year!

We are 2 adults me, Connie and my mother Evelyn. With my niece Arayla aged 4 and my nephew Joaquin aged 12.

[AlisonUK]

So sorry to hear your son isn't well, SaraCat. I hope you get some better news about his health soon.

Glad to hear you got your cabin sorted, conandrob240! Great news!

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter! I have been busy making our FE - it's a slow process because I don't know how to work a sewing machine and I wasn't convinced of the strength of gluing it so am had-sewing it. I'm really pleased with it, though - in fact, it seems a shame to only use it once so will probably find somewhere to hang it in the house so we can leave messages for each other! Will post a picture when I've finished.

Just been looking at the FE list - so nice to see there seem to be several children of similar ages. I was a bit concerned that our 'only' might feel a bit out of it but hopefully he will get to know lots of people!

How are everybody eles's preparations going? Anyone got any advice about Castaway Cay? What about hiring floats etc?

[havertown]

Hi, our family of 3 (including our 23-month old daughter) will be on board!
Splurging on a verandah.

Staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge for 5 days prior.

I've been reading the forums and just registered.

Any suggestions on things to do with young ones greatly appreciated.

We certainly are "going with the flow" and will build nap times in.

Looking forward to a nice getaway.

Take care and thanks for all of the great tips on the boards,

havertown

[dizneeat]

Our problem was resolved. By some miracle, we moved up to a Cat 4B from an 11B while adding my mother, all for only $700 more!

I'd like to do the fish extender again this year- it was so fun last year!

We are 2 adults me, Connie and my mother Evelyn. With my niece Arayla aged 4 and my nephew Joaquin aged 12.

It's great to hear that your problem got resolved! :woohoo:

I gladly added you to the cruise list and FE list! We sailed on the same cruise last year too, and we both did FE then too! :lmao: Glad to have you back! :thumbsup2

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter! I have been busy making our FE - it's a slow process because I don't know how to work a sewing machine and I wasn't convinced of the strength of gluing it so am had-sewing it. I'm really pleased with it, though - in fact, it seems a shame to only use it once so will probably find somewhere to hang it in the house so we can leave messages for each other! Will post a picture when I've finished.

Just been looking at the FE list - so nice to see there seem to be several children of similar ages. I was a bit concerned that our 'only' might feel a bit out of it but hopefully he will get to know lots of people!

How are everybody eles's preparations going? Anyone got any advice about Castaway Cay? What about hiring floats etc?

:woohoo: you are way ahead of me! I have not even thought about a FE design yet. Thank god my last one took only an hour and a half to make, so I guess I will be able to do it until we sail! ;) :lmao:
I know it can be daunting in the beginning but I am certain we will all be blown away when you finally post your pics.:goodvibes

As for CC - I guess I won't be much help, as we head out to Serenity Bay first thing in the morning and come back as late as possible. We are lazybones out there, no floats, no sports, no nothing! :rotfl2:

[Stitch'sCousin]

Hi! Our family (me, DW, DS(16), DS(13) and DD(10)) will be joining you on this cruise as part 2 of our B2B on the Dream.:cool1:. (I noticed that there are some other people on this meet who are going to be doing the same thing.) We are definitely in for the FE.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[dizneeat]

Hi, our family of 3 (including our 23-month old daughter) will be on board!
Splurging on a verandah.

Staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge for 5 days prior.

I've been reading the forums and just registered.

Any suggestions on things to do with young ones greatly appreciated.

We certainly are "going with the flow" and will build nap times in.

Looking forward to a nice getaway.

Take care and thanks for all of the great tips on the boards,

havertown

:welcome:

Welcome to the DISboards and welcome to our meet thread! :thumbsup2

You are going to LOVE your veranda room! They are just wonderful!
Unfortunately I am no help when it comes to cruising with younger kids - we don't have any. But I am sure some more knowledgeable people will chime in soon!

Hi! Our family (me, DW, DS(16), DS(13) and DD(10)) will be joining you on this cruise as part 2 of our B2B on the Dream.:cool1:. (I noticed that there are some other people on this meet who are going to be doing the same thing.) We are definitely in for the FE.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

:welcome:

We will be on the same two cruises as you are - so that should be fun! :thumbsup2 Can't wait for August! :yay:

I added you to the FE list! Would you please let me know everyone's first names? You can either PM me, or post them here!

Fish extender list (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[packerprincess50]

hi! We are wheelerkidz3 parents. we will be doing a b2b also. this will be the first leg of our trip. my husband and i will be celebrating our 38th anniversary on embarking day!! this will be our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. my daughter is going to help me out on these boards as i am clueless and don't normally post to message boards.
we'd like to be involved in the fish extender too. It will be myself-Gloria and my husband-Bob. we look forward to meeting you all.

[melmar136]

Hi to everyone just joining in recently! :goodvibes

We have been busy getting our FE gifts ready! Can't wait to deliver them to you all in 3 months!

[dizneeat]

hi! We are wheelerkidz3 parents. we will be doing a b2b also. this will be the first leg of our trip. my husband and i will be celebrating our 38th anniversary on embarking day!! this will be our 3rd and 4th disney cruises. my daughter is going to help me out on these boards as i am clueless and don't normally post to message boards.
we'd like to be involved in the fish extender too. It will be myself-Gloria and my husband-Bob. we look forward to meeting you all.

:welcome: Gloria and Bob!

It's so nice to know that you will be coming along on this cruise as well.
Just like you we will be on the next cruise as well, so we will all spend a week on the DREAM together! ;)

I added you to my FE LIST (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist) list too!

Can't wait for August to be here! :goodvibes

Hi to everyone just joining in recently! :goodvibes

We have been busy getting our FE gifts ready! Can't wait to deliver them to you all in 3 months!

We are working on our FE gifts as well, but with three cruises in a row and about 50 cabins so far (on all three of them combined) it starts to become a bit overwhelming! :rotfl2:

[melmar136]

We are working on our FE gifts as well, but with three cruises in a row and about 50 cabins so far (on all three of them combined) it starts to become a bit overwhelming! :rotfl2:

Can't even imagine!!! I already think we are going to have to ship them down so that I don't need to take a separate bag on the plane! :rotfl:

[dizneeat]

Can't even imagine!!! I already think we are going to have to ship them down so that I don't need to take a separate bag on the plane! :rotfl:

I wish I were able to send something to the US by mail. They still only allow packages of up to one lb! :sad2:

We made a list of our FE cabins today - 41!!!! :scared1: Guess we will have to rethink our gifts :lmao:
But so far we have one round of deliveries done - now let's start the next one! :thumbsup2

[ladyleslie]

I can't believe ...... that so many people are doing back 2 backs!!!!!

I look forward to meeting you all during the wait from one cruise to the
other.....

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Summer break is 35 days away !!!!!! :dance3:

But I dont want to write up the 35 report cards I gonna have to do :rolleyes1

Anyone got any plans for memorial day weekend they wanna share???

[conandrob240]

We're headed to Vegas! Looking forward to some long days at the pools and some good food (oh, and a litle gambling ;))

[wheelerkidz3]

we paid in full last week...and today is our day that we can check in!!!! wootwoot!!! i was all excited til i realized must be the website goes by pacific time? it's not letting me check in yet... and i'm whooped...so heading to bed. guess i'll try again in the am. so excited though that it's time for online check in....means the cruise is getting closer and closer!!!!

[melmar136]

we paid in full last week...and today is our day that we can check in!!!! wootwoot!!! i was all excited til i realized must be the website goes by pacific time? it's not letting me check in yet... and i'm whooped...so heading to bed. guess i'll try again in the am. so excited though that it's time for online check in....means the cruise is getting closer and closer!!!!

Lucky! I can't do online check-in till 5/27. Hope it lets you do it today!

[wheelerkidz3]

Lucky! I can't do online check-in till 5/27. Hope it lets you do it today!

it finally let me do it!!! yay!! we are officially all checked in and have arrival time of 1030-1100!!! can't wait!

[bcanderson78]

Oh, I'm so excited that online check-ins are starting!!! We also can't check-in until the 27th but it's just good knowing that it will be here very soon. :D :yay:

[melmar136]

Anyone have excursions in mind for Nassau?

[joius24]

Anyone have excursions in mind for Nassau?

We may not do anything on this, our second leg of the b2b...it will be our 4th time in Nassau... and on the 1st part of the b2b we are doing Atlantis via the Comfort Inn (not through Disney)

So I am tempted to stay on the ship LOL (although last time we were in Nassau we cound this great food off the beaten path...may need to go there) ...then get back on the ship and do a spa appointment :thumbsup2

Anyone else doing one?

......Either way...I am ready to go now:yay:

[ladyleslie]

All you gold castaway members ..............

when you log on to book your excursions could you let this lowly silver member know what the cabanas booking situation is look like??? (are they all reserved, a few left, no ones biting) oh please oh please

:worship::worship::worship::worship::worship:


Thank you

[ladyleslie]

All you gold castaway members ..............

when you log on to book your excursions could you let this lowly silver member know what the cabanas booking situation is look like??? (are they all reserved, a few left, no ones biting) oh please oh please

:worship::worship::worship::worship::worship:


Thank you

[ladyleslie]

Anyone have excursions in mind for Nassau?

Grammy, DD and I were going back to comfort suites to access Atlantis on the first leg of our trip and on the second we though we would stay on board and book a spa treatment and lunch at Remy......


We are getting close to double digits on our count down !!!! :scared1::scared1::scared1::scared1:

[melmar136]

Just wanted all of you to know, one of my managers at work just got back from a 4 night cruise on the Dream. She came right over to me this morning, knowing that I am going in Aug, and told me how much I am going to LOVE the Dream!
She went with her DH (they have no kids) and her sister with her 2 kids. She said she had sooooo much fun, said that the food was excellent at all of her meals (and she did not try Palo or Remy), that the service was great, and the ship was absolutely beautiful. She loved Castaway Cay (they rented a cabana) and loved her excursion to Atlantis. She is dying to go back next year.
Her only issue was embarkation...they had boarding #19 and waited for quite a long time she said. She didn't go in the pools at all, but said her neice (age 10) thought they were crowded. The neice loved the Aqauduck, and tried out the kid's club, and liked it, but preferred to be with the family.

She was so enthusiastic telling me about it, it got me sooo excited, and thought I'd share her experience with you!

[ladyleslie]

99 days !!!!!!!


I remember when my little clock said 365!!!!! Where has the time gone? I hope our vacation doesn't go by as fast!!!!!

[caperkidsmom]

Hi!

We were worried about our son, Breton (11), being an only on the cruise, too. Hopefully, our boys will make friends in "The Edge" :)

[Loislane2002]

not to worry...your son will love edge...i think edson is the lead guy in there...our son had edson on the magic before he transferred to the dream...my sons name is daniel riotto and still keeps up with edson on facebook...your son will have soooo much fun

[conandrob240]

My nephew, Joaquin, will have just turned 12. His sister is coming too but she is only 4 so he'll be looking for kids his age to play with too.

[caperkidsmom]

My son is so excited to hear about all of the kids that will be on the cruise! I hope that he is lucky enough to meet Edson, too! Having this opportunity to connect with people before the cruise is just amazing:)

[ladyleslie]

Tonight....

At 12:01am....

Let the reservation of activities, Palo and Remy begin!!!!!!!

Okay Silver Castaway Members - Drink up your coffee - set up your alarm clocks -
and leave your computers running and your pages bookmarked ....

Tonights the night!!!


:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:

[melmar136]

Tonight....

At 12:01am....

Let the reservation of activities, Palo and Remy begin!!!!!!!

Okay Silver Castaway Members - Drink up your coffee - set up your alarm clocks -
and leave your computers running and your pages bookmarked ....

Tonights the night!!!

:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:

Yea! I'm right there with you! Even though I won't be doing Palo or Remy...I just want to be able to check-in! :goodvibes

[Stitch'sCousin]

Yea! I'm right there with you! Even though I won't be doing Palo or Remy...I just want to be able to check-in! :goodvibes

Just a quick heads up to prevent you from losing some sleep. A person on another thread I was on this week said that online check in does not open at midnight like activity/excursion reservations. The person said that from their experience it is not available until 7-8am.:)

[ladyleslie]

I was so wanting to book a cabana on family beach ......

on our cruises - I try to do one big thing my mom would consider excessive and very pampering ......

Didnt even get close to a cabana

:sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:

[BevS97]

I was so wanting to book a cabana on family beach ......

on our cruises - I try to do one big thing my mom would consider excessive and very pampering ......

Didnt even get close to a cabana

:sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:
have you checked in?? I am trying to check in now but it's telling me I need to wait until May 27 (which is today). I'm in the UK, so wondering if it's just not open yet.

[melmar136]

I was so wanting to book a cabana on family beach ......

on our cruises - I try to do one big thing my mom would consider excessive and very pampering ......

Didnt even get close to a cabana

:sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:

I thought you could only book one online if you are in the concierge rooms? And that you could check when you board to see if they still have any available?
I saw that in someone's TR. They really wanted one, it wouldn't allow them to book online, and they were able to get one by going to the excursions desk as soon as they got on board....

Good luck if that is the case!

[bcanderson78]

We were also looking forward to a cabana but when none were available, we went with hot stone massages instead. Still pampering and excessive but we're just as excited to be honest!! I can hear the waves already.;)

[dizneeat]

I thought you could only book one online if you are in the concierge rooms? And that you could check when you board to see if they still have any available?
I saw that in someone's TR. They really wanted one, it wouldn't allow them to book online, and they were able to get one by going to the excursions desk as soon as they got on board....

Good luck if that is the case!

No, you can book them online! I got one for Serenity Bay, but there was only one left. :goodvibes

[joius24]

Got Remy at the time and date I wanted...after reading reviews I thought I'd go for it...just for the experience :goodvibes

Booked at 12:04 AM EST. totally worked .... this is my 2nd b2b portion ...the second one will be more about doing nothing ...so no excursuions ....just food and SPAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :thumbsup2

[melmar136]

No, you can book them online! I got one for Serenity Bay, but there was only one left. :goodvibes

oh, thanks for letting me know that you can book them online...just in case, for the future!
Congrats on getting one! :)

I was just excited to be able to get on and look at everything, and be able to book!
Although, I'm thinking of waiting till we get on the ship to book spa stuff, just to see see if they offer any specials...

[melmar136]

I was filling in some of the online check in and was wondering about arrival time to the port...
Since we are staying at WDW before the cruise, we were told there would be something in our room when we check in, telling us when the DCL bus would pick us up to bring us to the port.
Anyone know what time they normally get you there from a WDW resort so I know which time to choose for port arrival on the online form?

Thanks!

[Stitch'sCousin]

Last year we got to the port around 1 pm. Some other posters have said that choosing an arrival time is not that important if you are doing DCL transfers. :)

[dizneeat]

I was filling in some of the online check in and was wondering about arrival time to the port...
Since we are staying at WDW before the cruise, we were told there would be something in our room when we check in, telling us when the DCL bus would pick us up to bring us to the port.
Anyone know what time they normally get you there from a WDW resort so I know which time to choose for port arrival on the online form?

Thanks!

We have never done DCL transportation to the port, but friends did, and as far as I remember the bus picked them up after 11am and they arrived shortly before 1am at the port.

[AlisonUK]

Please excuse the newbie but I have a few questions about the FE, if anyone can help!
I've made our FE and have started gathering items together as presents. Are there any rules/guidelines as to how/when we deliver? Also, will there be a cut off date for people signing up so we know how many to buy for?
I was thinking of individual presents for the children and then a shared 'goody bag' for the adults but am a bit worried that there may be adults travelling from separate households in one cabin - should I be doing them all separate presents? Or am I totally overthinking this?!
Thanks for any advice and thanks again for organising!

[joius24]

Please excuse the newbie but I have a few questions about the FE, if anyone can help!
I've made our FE and have started gathering items together as presents. Are there any rules/guidelines as to how/when we deliver? Also, will there be a cut off date for people signing up so we know how many to buy for?
I was thinking of individual presents for the children and then a shared 'goody bag' for the adults but am a bit worried that there may be adults travelling from separate households in one cabin - should I be doing them all separate presents? Or am I totally overthinking this?!
Thanks for any advice and thanks again for organising!

Alison, it has been my experience that each person does what they want...

I got individual presents (one for each person in the cabin) from some people and a "cabin" gift from others. I enjoyed each thing either way and I enjoyed giving...but like you, I think I overthought it when I was a Newb. Really no pressure... it all about the FUN Just do what your comfortable with and what makes you happy...it IS vacation:woohoo:.

There seemed (at least in my case) no schedule for delivery, whenever the person deemed it to be convenient, they delivered. I'd get new gifts in my FE late at night, midday and in the AM (fairly late sleeper myself:rolleyes:). I did my deliveries at night :rolleyes1, less people in the halls etc...

not sure if it helped but thought I'd try....Happy Memorial Day to all!

[dizneeat]

Please excuse the newbie but I have a few questions about the FE, if anyone can help!
I've made our FE and have started gathering items together as presents. Are there any rules/guidelines as to how/when we deliver? Also, will there be a cut off date for people signing up so we know how many to buy for?
I was thinking of individual presents for the children and then a shared 'goody bag' for the adults but am a bit worried that there may be adults travelling from separate households in one cabin - should I be doing them all separate presents? Or am I totally overthinking this?!
Thanks for any advice and thanks again for organising!

Hi Alison,

No rules for FEs! ;)
I can only give you what we learned from experience.
People give one present per stateroom, others give one to every person in the stateroom.
People do little presents, like a small one, every day (that's what we do) and others give a larger one once a trip.
Whatever you come up with is fine.
As for the cutoff date - I guess it will be when we leave for the US, August 13, as I might not be able to update, add people to the list.

Don't overthink, just have fun with it. We had a really hard time coming up with gifts this year, since we are doing 3 cruises in a row and some of the FE participants are doing that too! So we needed to come up with a lot of different presents! :scared1:
So far I have nearly done all my knitted ones, Tom has started on creating a few of his and we are slowly getting there, with the ideas slowly taking shape. This should be fun - NOT work!

Looking forward to meeting you all in person! :thumbsup2

[BevS97]

Hi Alison,


As for the cutoff date - I guess it will be when we leave for the US, August 13, as I might not be able to update, add people to the list.



We are leaving for the US on the 9th, so I will need to have my gifts all done before then.

[ladyleslie]

My mom (grammy) calls it the "FE Run".... (isn't she cute)

Last year i did a back to back . For the first cruise I went to everyones door everynight of the trip and left something and then I fell on deck the first afternoon of the second cruise and hobbled to every door once and just left everything I had planned to give..... so it's up to you

I also left one gift for the adults ( a bank) as a memento of our trip (i had a hard time thinking that up and im not quite sure what I'm going to do this time) and then themed things for the kids.

No pressure... Remember it's suppose to be fun....

I told my daugther I was recruited to be a secret agent, and we had to leave something in the pockets of the FE without getting caught, the very first year we did the FE (she was 7yrs old) and she thought I was the "bestest" Mom...... :laughing:

be as creative or not as you want - just be comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!


And on a different note ........... I got the family cabana on the second leg of my cruise!!!!! I am NO longer disappointed but I am instead a very happy camper!!! :dance3:

[dizneeat]

My mom (grammy) calls it the "FE Run".... (isn't she cute)

Last year i did a back to back . For the first cruise I went to everyones door everynight of the trip and left something and then I fell on deck the first afternoon of the second cruise and hobbled to every door once and just left everything I had planned to give..... so it's up to you

I also left one gift for the adults ( a bank) as a memento of our trip (i had a hard time thinking that up and im not quite sure what I'm going to do this time) and then themed things for the kids.

No pressure... Remember it's suppose to be fun....

I told my daugther I was recruited to be a secret agent, and we had to leave something in the pockets of the FE without getting caught, the very first year we did the FE (she was 7yrs old) and she thought I was the "bestest" Mom...... :laughing:

be as creative or not as you want - just be comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!


And on a different note ........... I got the family cabana on the second leg of my cruise!!!!! I am NO longer disappointed but I am instead a very happy camper!!! :dance3:

The DREAM bank was from you?????? We loved it! :cloud9: And we are using it to save for our vacation this year! :goodvibes

[AlisonUK]

Thanks for all the advice - I'll stop worrying and just go with the flow! (Anyone else got that song stuck in their head now?!)

Karin - I've just been browsing the Disney food picture of the day thread and came across your photos of food on the Wonder - wow, it looks amazing. To say nothing of the drinks ... ;)

[melmar136]

My mom (grammy) calls it the "FE Run".... (isn't she cute)

Last year i did a back to back . For the first cruise I went to everyones door everynight of the trip and left something and then I fell on deck the first afternoon of the second cruise and hobbled to every door once and just left everything I had planned to give..... so it's up to you

I also left one gift for the adults ( a bank) as a memento of our trip (i had a hard time thinking that up and im not quite sure what I'm going to do this time) and then themed things for the kids.

No pressure... Remember it's suppose to be fun....

I told my daugther I was recruited to be a secret agent, and we had to leave something in the pockets of the FE without getting caught, the very first year we did the FE (she was 7yrs old) and she thought I was the "bestest" Mom...... :laughing:

be as creative or not as you want - just be comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!


And on a different note ........... I got the family cabana on the second leg of my cruise!!!!! I am NO longer disappointed but I am instead a very happy camper!!! :dance3:

Glad you were able to get a cabana! :goodvibes

[dizneeat]

We are leaving for the US on the 9th, so I will need to have my gifts all done before then.

Thanks for all the advice - I'll stop worrying and just go with the flow! (Anyone else got that song stuck in their head now?!)

Karin - I've just been browsing the Disney food picture of the day thread and came across your photos of food on the Wonder - wow, it looks amazing. To say nothing of the drinks ... ;)

I just checked the other cruise meet thread that I am subscribed to and they chose July 1st for their FE cut off date. So everyone will have ample time to get all the gifties done with no sweat.

So, I think I am now going to make July 15 the latest date to sign up for our FE exchange. Hope this is okay with everyone!

Lots of good food on the Disney ships! ;) And BTW, Alison, I am in the middle of a trip report from that trip last summer - so if you want to check out our adventures on the Wonder, the link is in my signature. ;)

And on a different note ........... I got the family cabana on the second leg of my cruise!!!!! I am NO longer disappointed but I am instead a very happy camper!!! :dance3:

:woohoo: for scoring a cabana! We got one too! :woohoo: :thumbsup2

[joius24]

Well....just tried to add my neice to our room and found out that it would cost me almost as much as I paid for the ENTIRE 3 day cruise for my son and I when I booked. :scared1:
Thats how much the price gone up since I first booked... On the good side I saved lots of money booking so early...but I am bummed I can't afford to bring her with us for the three day leg.

Oh well ya win some ya lose some....:confused3

Got the FE stuff today for the leg I am participating in...just need to put them together ....:thumbsup2

[conandrob240]

We had the same issue when in tried to add my mom. We paid around $1000 for 3 people - lowest category and it was $1000 to add my mom. A few weeks ago, we got lucky and we added her for $800 more but went up to a cat 4 so it worked out great!

[wheelerkidz3]

bumping up!! sorry i haven't been keeping up with this thread. life has been busy!! hope everyone is doing well! we are counting down til the cruise now, but i hate to see summer go by too quickly. my little guy's bday is in july, and i'm trying to get ahead in planning for that, so i can concentrate on the dream cruise. we are also taking a week long trip to texas in july. i need a few more weeks added to the summer i think!!
i hope to start posting more and getting to know everyone!! have a great nite!!

[joius24]

We had the same issue when in tried to add my mom. We paid around $1000 for 3 people - lowest category and it was $1000 to add my mom. A few weeks ago, we got lucky and we added her for $800 more but went up to a cat 4 so it worked out great!

Yea... I like my niece alot ...but not another $800 worth :rotfl:
maybe next time I will just add a third party "ghost" ...then I can make the decision later.

Desktop puter just died:headache: Will be spending at least $1000 for a new one pre trip - My son's puter games require a certain level of graphics.... I AM making him work for $$ towards it :rolleyes1 my house and yard will be amazingly clean all summer:thumbsup2

Oh...and Hello from Disneyland...having a ball here, World of Color was amazing!!! Happy Day all!

[conandrob240]

LOL. I understand. It only worked out for us because 1) My MOM PAID her $800 add on and 2) we went from lowest inside category to highest balcony so it was okay by me: goodvibes

However, we are still waiting for our guaranty cabin # to be assigned. The waiting is killing me! :mad:

[melmar136]

LOL. I understand. It only worked out for us because 1) My MOM PAID her $800 add on and 2) we went from lowest inside category to highest balcony so it was okay by me: goodvibes

However, we are still waiting for our guaranty cabin # to be assigned. The waiting is killing me! :mad:

Me too! I was hoping because the site was down for a few days that they were busy assigning cabins! LOL :lmao: Guess not!

Yea... I like my niece alot ...but not another $800 worth :rotfl:
maybe next time I will just add a third party "ghost" ...then I can make the decision later.

Desktop puter just died:headache: Will be spending at least $1000 for a new one pre trip - My son's puter games require a certain level of graphics.... I AM making him work for $$ towards it :rolleyes1 my house and yard will be amazingly clean all summer:thumbsup2

Oh...and Hello from Disneyland...having a ball here, World of Color was amazing!!! Happy Day all!

Sorry about your computer and having to buy another right before vavation!
WOC sounds so cool! Have a great time!

[wheelerkidz3]

is there a link to the fe list? i'm looking for the complete list with room numbers and ages, etc. i thought i'd seen one on here before , but i'm not sure where it is. thanks!

[melmar136]

is there a link to the fe list? i'm looking for the complete list with room numbers and ages, etc. i thought i'd seen one on here before , but i'm not sure where it is. thanks!

Hmmm....I thought there used to be a link in the first post, but I didn't see it there.....???

[dizneeat]

is there a link to the fe list? i'm looking for the complete list with room numbers and ages, etc. i thought i'd seen one on here before , but i'm not sure where it is. thanks!

Hmmm....I thought there used to be a link in the first post, but I didn't see it there.....???

It's in the first post - I just updated it!

And here's the link again.

FE LIST (http://www.magicaldisneytrips.com/summervacation11/felist)

[wheelerkidz3]

thanks again for listing it here!!

[melmar136]

Thanks for adding the link again for the FE Karin!

I am really hoping we get our cabin assignment for the list soon, but the TA I booked the cruise through sent me this email today:

I have been checking with Disney every week but so far no cabin assignment. It looks like we it could be up to a week or two before sail date before we know what cabin has been assigned, but I will continue to check and let you know as soon as I do. There is the possibility that we will not know until you get to the pier (Surprise!).

:confused3 I really don't like not knowing!

[dizneeat]

Thanks for adding the link again for the FE Karin!

I am really hoping we get our cabin assignment for the list soon, but the TA I booked the cruise through sent me this email today:

I have been checking with Disney every week but so far no cabin assignment. It looks like we it could be up to a week or two before sail date before we know what cabin has been assigned, but I will continue to check and let you know as soon as I do. There is the possibility that we will not know until you get to the pier (Surprise!).

:confused3 I really don't like not knowing!

You are welcome!

You should get your cabin assignment with your cruise papers, but if you don't, could you just leave a note in the other people's FE with your stateroom number?
Problem is ..... Tom and I leave Austria on August 13 and will have limited internet access until August 21, when we board the DREAM. Since internet is pretty expensive on board (and PRETTY slow) I am not sure we will pay for having access, so there will be no way for us to update.
Any time before August 13 - NO problem. Let's just keep our fingers crossed and hope that you will know before we leave! :goodvibes