Dec 4, 2011 Dream

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

Anybody joining us on the Dec 4, 2011 Dream cruise?

Here's the list of everyone who said they would be on the crusie, as of 8/16, for quick and easy reference: (Thanks Tlinden!)

The people who are expected to be participating in the FE are in red. DVC_DeerNut will be sending out the official list after October 1st. Please note the FE sign up is now closed so everyone can get their gifts ready.

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and her new DH Joey
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan (Bobby) plus DW (Cindy), DDs 17 & 16 (Katie & Jessie), and DS 12
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH Paul and DS5 Brendan
Tonydana plus DH and DS9
MeglovesBelle (Stephanie), DH Bill, DD8 Meghan DS3 Hunter
MeglovesBelle's 2nd room Grandmom Clara and Uncle Mark (the big kid)
RoeDisney & DH
prdaniel
rjhornbeak and DW Jan
HansLL and DW and 2 DChildren
ScotchBonnet (Jen) and DH
BarbaraSC (Barb), DH John, and DD Big Jen

[IrishCowboy]

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

[Scotty69]

Anybody joining us on the Dec 4, 2011 Dream cruise?

Yep my wife and I are in, We are really looking forward to this one by ourselves. so That you know we are interested in an F/E if anyone is going to start one. I am Dave and my wife is Kathy this will be our 3rd cruise we can't wait. Kids are staying home for this one. This one is going to be purely Mom And Dad time

[weich1001]

I think we are in! :banana:

"We interupt this family for football" Is the theme of this cruise for us! :laughing:

We were supposed to go on the cruise 2 weeks prior to this...but looks like Austin's Football Schedule...may disrupt the plans a bit! :scared1:

So this is our Plan B! :cutie:

This will be our second DCL cruise and 5th Disney Trip overall.

Count us in for FE

It looks like there will be 20-25 family and friends joining us in our group.

[Scotty69]

I think we are in! :banana:

"We interupt this family for football" Is the theme of this cruise for us! :laughing:

We were supposed to go on the cruise 2 weeks prior to this...but looks like Austin's Football Schedule...may disrupt the plans a bit! :scared1:

So this is our Plan B! :cutie:

This will be our second DCL cruise and 5th Disney Trip overall.

Count us in for FE

It looks like there will be 20-25 family and friends joining us in our group.

Wow that sounds great. well on this cruise it is just going to be my wife and I. But the one in October we are doing we have about 15 people going on that one. Look forward to meeting everyone. oh by the way we are in for an F/E

[dvc deernut]

hi , i just booked us in for this cruise. We are dvc members and have done 4 member cruises plus will be doing member cruise 2011.

[MickeyBella]

My Hubby and I will be there for our second honeymoon!! Our very first cruise this past September we got stuck at sea for 2 days, we never docked at Castaway. So we are really looking forward to it!!
:jumping1::jumping1:

[dvc deernut]

My Hubby and I will be there for our second honeymoon!! Our very first cruise this past September we got stuck at sea for 2 days, we never docked at Castaway. So we are really looking forward to it!!
:jumping1::jumping1:

WERE YOU ON THE WONDER OR MAGIC BEFORE OUR MEMBER CRUISE. OUR CRUISE WAS SEPT 12th.

[dvc deernut]

THE CRUISE ON DEC4th 2011 WILL BE OUR 8th DISNEY CRUISE:cool1:ONLY ONCE DID WE HAVE ROUGH SEAS BUT THAT WAS COMING BACK FROM CC ON LAST NIGHT. WE WERE RIGHT BEHIND A STORM CATCHING THE WIND.

[dvc deernut]

JUST BRINGING THIS BACK TO FIRST PAGE:rotfl2:

[MickeyBella]

We were on the Wonder, Sept. 26th. The captain did say that the Magic was stuck at Castaway because the weather was so bad.

[MickeyBella]

Hi All,

Since this will be our second cruise I am trying to learn as many "inside tips" as I can. I read up alot about the FE Gift Exchange, how can we sign up for it on our next trip 12.4?

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!! :sulley:
Thank you so much! Mickey

[dvc deernut]

:confused3Hi All,

Since this will be our second cruise I am trying to learn as many "inside tips" as I can. I read up alot about the FE Gift Exchange, how can we sign up for it on our next trip 12.4?

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!! :sulley:
Thank you so much! Mickey

We did our first FE on the 2010 Member cruise in Sept. We had around 60 people icluding kids signed up. It was great fun. Looking forward to doing it on this cruise. Someone will have to keep track of who has signed up and know their cabins and names and ages of kids. IM assuming once we get going with this thread hopefully more will join the thread and get to know everyone and sign up for FE. I saw a photo of the hallway on the DREAM, they hadnt put any fish up yet:confused3. Im assuming they will have something because of how popular it is on the ship.

[dvc deernut]

I think we are in! :banana:

"We interupt this family for football" Is the theme of this cruise for us! :laughing:

We were supposed to go on the cruise 2 weeks prior to this...but looks like Austin's Football Schedule...may disrupt the plans a bit! :scared1:

So this is our Plan B! :cutie:

This will be our second DCL cruise and 5th Disney Trip overall.

Count us in for FE

It looks like there will be 20-25 family and friends joining us in our group.

THATS GREAT BY THE WAY IM IAN and my DW is LAURA(she puts up with my Disney addiction):rotfl2: The other couple coming with us DW has a birthday while on the cruise.

[dvc deernut]

Yep my wife and I are in, We are really looking forward to this one by ourselves. so That you know we are interested in an F/E if anyone is going to start one. I am Dave and my wife is Kathy this will be our 3rd cruise we can't wait. Kids are staying home for this one. This one is going to be purely Mom And Dad time

We are from just north of Niagara Falls in CANADA. I have relatives in MICH. Some live in LIVONIA, DETROIT area. Ive been going there for almost 50 years. Ever since i was 5 to visit cousins. BIG WOLVERINE FAN:banana:

[dvc deernut]

JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO FIRST PAGE:rotfl2:

[dvc deernut]

:cool1:

[Scotty69]

We are from just north of Niagara Falls in CANADA. I have relatives in MICH. Some live in LIVONIA, DETROIT area. Ive been going there for almost 50 years. Ever since i was 5 to visit cousins. BIG WOLVERINE FAN:banana:

I live in michigan. Down in monroe. I hav e a lot of family in. Canada so we are even. Lol. We can't wait to meet everyone. We also have a cruise scheduled for otober of 2011 with a bunch of family. Oh ya and we just booked the maiden voyage of the fantasy

[dvc deernut]

CANT WAIT FOR MORE TO FIND THIS THREAD:thumbsup2 IM ON OUR OTHER THREAD ALSO FOR OUR DVC MEMBER CRUISE.

[dvc deernut]

I THINK IM GOING TO ASK MY FRIEND FROM MEMBER CRUISE WHO RUNS OUR FEs THERE HOW SHE SET UP FE PAGE AND TRY TO ORGANIZE FE TAKE ALL THE NAMES AND AGES OF KIDS AND IF YOUR AN DW OR DD OR DS OR DH ETC.

[dvc deernut]

JUST MOVING IT TO FIRST PAGE:rotfl2:

[Buckeye Princess]

Hello! We will be on the 12/4 cruise too! As of now it'll be DH, myself, DD who will be 2 this Jan and DS who is due Dec 5th. We took DD to WDW for her first birthday so we decided to take DS on a cruise for his first. This will be our second cruise, we took our first this past Aug. Although it is just the 4 of our for now, I wouldn't be surprised if my in laws come. They all came down to WDW for DD first birthday. We are taking a big family trip in May to a dude ranch so I'm not sure if they'll be up for a second vacation in the same year but I hope so.

[dvc deernut]

Hello! We will be on the 12/4 cruise too! As of now it'll be DH, myself, DD who will be 2 this Jan and DS who is due Dec 5th. We took DD to WDW for her first birthday so we decided to take DS on a cruise for his first. This will be our second cruise, we took our first this past Aug. Although it is just the 4 of our for now, I wouldn't be surprised if my in laws come. They all came down to WDW for DD first birthday. We are taking a big family trip in May to a dude ranch so I'm not sure if they'll be up for a second vacation in the same year but I hope so.

NICE TO MEET YOU, I THINK ONCE WE GET WITHIN A YEAR OF THE CRUISE MORE WILL FIND THE THREAD. BY THE WAY IF YOUR DS COMES ON DEC5th IT WILL BE THE SAME DAY AS ONE OF OUR PARTY MEMBERS:banana:WE LIVE ABOUT 4 HOURS FROM U IF YOUR IN CLEVELAND

[Scotty69]

Hello! We will be on the 12/4 cruise too! As of now it'll be DH, myself, DD who will be 2 this Jan and DS who is due Dec 5th. We took DD to WDW for her first birthday so we decided to take DS on a cruise for his first. This will be our second cruise, we took our first this past Aug. Although it is just the 4 of our for now, I wouldn't be surprised if my in laws come. They all came down to WDW for DD first birthday. We are taking a big family trip in May to a dude ranch so I'm not sure if they'll be up for a second vacation in the same year but I hope so.

Welcome My Wife and I are glad to have you with us, Even if you are a Buckeye. :lmao: We are from Monroe MICHIGAN And I am a huge Wolverine fan. Sorry I had to say it. WE really do look forward to meeting you and your Family, We are doing a 3 night in October with about 10 other family members and we will be on this one by ourselves. Just some Mom and dad time. Oh ya I almost forgot we are also doing the Maiden Voyage of the Fantasy in April of 2012

[dvc deernut]

welcome my wife and i are glad to have you with us, even if you are a buckeye. :lmao: We are from monroe michigan and i am a huge wolverine fan. Sorry i had to say it. We really do look forward to meeting you and your family, we are doing a 3 night in october with about 10 other family members and we will be on this one by ourselves. Just some mom and dad time. Oh ya i almost forgot we are also doing the maiden voyage of the fantasy in april of 2012

i may be from canada but i am also a wolverine fan. But usually the buckeyes beat the wolverines.

[Scotty69]

i may be from canada but i am also a wolverine fan. But usually the buckeyes beat the wolverines.

Well DVC DEERNUT Believe it or not, I was raised in Canada but born here in Michigan. I moved back here straight out of High school Some 22 years ago. LOL
But I have been a Wolverine fan for the better part of at least 30 years. Talk real soon. Oh YA in case you did not here the wolverines became Bowl eligible today. WOOOOOO HOOOO

[dvc deernut]

Well DVC DEERNUT Believe it or not, I was raised in Canada but born here in Michigan. I moved back here straight out of High school Some 22 years ago. LOL
But I have been a Wolverine fan for the better part of at least 30 years. Talk real soon. Oh YA in case you did not here the wolverines became Bowel eligible today. WOOOOOO HOOOO

WHERE IN CANADA, BY THE WAY MY REAL NAME IS IAN, FUNNY MY NICKNAME IS SCOTTY!:rotfl2:

[dvc deernut]

IVE JUST SET UP A PAGE FOR AN FE LIST KIND OF LIKE THE ONE MY FRIEND HAS FOR OUR DVC MEMBER CRUISE. IT IS SET UP WITH CABIN NUMBER, DISBOARD NAME, FIRST NAME WITH DH or DW or DD or DS ETC AFTER NAME, FINALLY AGE. ONLY PUT AGE DOWN IF THE PERSON IS CHILD OR TEEN, I WILL JUST PUT CHILD AT HEART FOR ADULT:rotfl2: WE DONT KNOW OUR CABIN NUMBER YET BUT WHEN WE DO I WILL PUT THAT ON THE LIST. ONCE I FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET LIST FROM MY FILE TO DISBOARD I CAN POST AN UPDATE WHEN CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED LET ME KNOW BY SENDING INfORMATION ON PRIVATE MESSAGE TO ME. I APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS. IM SURE ONCE WE ARE LESS THAN A YEAR UNTIL THE CRUISE MORE PEOPLE WILL FIND THE THREAD.

[Scotty69]

WHERE IN CANADA, BY THE WAY MY REAL NAME IS IAN, FUNNY MY NICKNAME IS SCOTTY!:rotfl2:

hi Ian my name is Dave Scott. Hence the nickname Scotty. I lived in a little town a half hour out of Windsor Ontario for most of my young life. When I was a teenager my mom moved us to Sydney Nova Scotia for about two years. That's where she is from. Then I finished out high school in Windsor

[dvc deernut]

hi ian my name is dave scott. Hence the nickname scotty. I lived on a little town a half hour out of windsor ontario for most of my young life. When i was a teenager my mom moved us to sydney nova scotia for about two years. That's where she is from. Then i finished out high school in windsor

i know the windsor area well. Used to come down stay in windsor do a couple arts and craft shows. 1 south of windsor another at a vocational highschool just outside of windsor. Used to stay at the ivy rose motel near the mall.

[Scotty69]

i know the windsor area well. Used to come down stay in windsor do a couple arts and craft shows. 1 south of windsor another at a vocational highschool just outside of windsor. Used to stay at the ivy rose motel near the mall.

Yep I know the area well. You will have to let me know when you will be in Windsor again on a weekend, My wife and I will come over and meet you. By the way the little town I lived in outside of Windsor was Amherstburg.

[Mlissa88]

Hello all,

My husband, my son and I will be one the Dream - Dec 4th, 2011. This is our first cruise - my son will be 3 years old when we go....

I've been reading everyone's tips and I'm enjoying all the info I've been taking in on these boards... it's my daily dose of Disney.

I look forward to meeting some folks from the DIS.:thumbsup2

[Scotty69]

Hello all,

My husband, my son and I will be one the Dream - Dec 4th, 2011. This is our first cruise - my son will be 3 years old when we go....

I've been reading everyone's tips and I'm enjoying all the info I've been taking in on these boards... it's my daily dose of Disney.

I look forward to meeting some folks from the DIS.:thumbsup2

Hi and welcome aboard. We look forward to meeting you as well. On this trip it will be just my wife and I. Get ready for a great time. You wont regret going on a Disney cruise for your first one

[Mlissa88]

Hi and welcome aboard. We look forward to meeting you as well. On this trip it will be just my wife and I. Get ready for a great time. You wont regret going on a Disney cruise for your first one

Hi Scotty!

Thanks for the welcome! I'm so excited about this cruise...excited and nervous. I'm not sure how I'll handle the movement. I get motion sickness and I'm hoping that I wont feel it on this big ship.

I've been soaking up every bit of info I can get on the dream...it's like slowly unwrapping a present. Silly huh?

Melissa

[dvc deernut]

Hi Scotty!

Thanks for the welcome! I'm so excited about this cruise...excited and nervous. I'm not sure how I'll handle the movement. I get motion sickness and I'm hoping that I wont feel it on this big ship.

I've been soaking up every bit of info I can get on the dream...it's like slowly unwrapping a present. Silly huh?

Melissa

WELCOME MELISSA!!! BY THE TIME THIS DISNEY CRUISE ROLLS AROUND IT WILL BE OUR 8th. IVE SEEN PEOPLE ON THE SHIP WEARING THOSE PATCHES ON THERE NECKS FOR MOTION. THE SHIPS ARE BIG AND THEY HAVE STABILIZERS. IF THERE IS GOING TO BE BAD WEATHER THEY WILL TRY TO AVOID IT. THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE MIDDLE THE LESS YOU FEEL THE MOVEMENT. WE HAVE ONLY ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SEAS ONCE . THAT WAS COMING BACK ON THE LAST NIGHT FROM CC TO PORT CANAVERAL. WE WERE FOLLOWING A TROPICAL STORM UP THE EAST COAST. THE SKIES WERE CLEAR BUT THERE WAS A WIND. BUT WE SLEPT THRU IT. BUT IN DEC YOU ARE PAST THE STORM SEASON.

[dvc deernut]

yep i know the area well. You will have to let me know when you will be in windsor again on a weekend, my wife and i will come over and meet you. By the way the little town i lived in outside of windsor was amherstburg.ive been to amherstburg a few times doing the art by the river show in aug. I stayed right on the river one time. The other times i would drive up to windsor and stay at the ivy rose motel. It seemed to always rain at the fort for that show. I havent done it in about 5 years. Some day laura and i will have to come down to visit my cousins in livonia.

[dvc deernut]

OH , I WILL TRY TO RUN THE FE LIST SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED GIVE ME THE NAMES ETC AnD I WILL KEEP TRACK. I KNOW A COUPLE HAVE SAID THEY WOULD SIGN UP, IF YOU COULD REPOST THE NAMES ETC . THANK YOU:thumbsup2

[Mlissa88]

WELCOME MELISSA!!! BY THE TIME THIS DISNEY CRUISE ROLLS AROUND IT WILL BE OUR 8th. IVE SEEN PEOPLE ON THE SHIP WEARING THOSE PATCHES ON THERE NECKS FOR MOTION. THE SHIPS ARE BIG AND THEY HAVE STABILIZERS. IF THERE IS GOING TO BE BAD WEATHER THEY WILL TRY TO AVOID IT. THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE MIDDLE THE LESS YOU FEEL THE MOVEMENT. WE HAVE ONLY ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SEAS ONCE . THAT WAS COMING BACK ON THE LAST NIGHT FROM CC TO PORT CANAVERAL. WE WERE FOLLOWING A TROPICAL STORM UP THE EAST COAST. THE SKIES WERE CLEAR BUT THERE WAS A WIND. BUT WE SLEPT THRU IT. BUT IN DEC YOU ARE PAST THE STORM SEASON.

Hi DVC Deernut!

Wow! 8 cruises...you guys are pros! We're DVC OKW owners too! Thanks for telling me about the storm season...I feel a bit better now.

What is the FE that folks keep talking about?

[dvc deernut]

Hi DVC Deernut!

Wow! 8 cruises...you guys are pros! We're DVC OKW owners too! Thanks for telling me about the storm season...I feel a bit better now.

What is the FE that folks keep talking about?

GOOD MORNING. We found out what the FE was last year. Only on Disney cruises do you have FEs.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab157/dvcdeernut/P9130233.jpg

Thats what an FE looks like. FE stands for Fish Extender. Everytime we cruised Disney we noticed these cloth hangers with pockets hanging off the Fish beside the door. Last year I signed us up for the FE on the DVC member cruise. We will be doing it again on the member cruise in Sept. We had about 60 people signed up including the Kids. About 20 cabins. ITs fun! As the year goes by on the thread before the cruise Cruisers sign up on the thread and one of the Posters runs the FE. I will try to keep track of this one if nobody else will. What you do is bring either something you made or bought for each person on the list. An inexpensive little gift. For example we are from Canada so i brought something related to where im from. Then once your on the ship sometime during the cruise you go around to the Cabins on the list and slip something in their pockets. And everyone else will be doing it to yours. Its a fun thing to add to an already fun filled cruise. Any further questions I know someone will answer them:thumbsup2

[Mlissa88]

GOOD MORNING. We found out what the FE was last year. Only on Disney cruises do you have FEs.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab157/dvcdeernut/P9130233.jpg

Thats what an FE looks like. FE stands for Fish Extender. Everytime we cruised Disney we noticed these cloth hangers with pockets hanging off the Fish beside the door. Last year I signed us up for the FE on the DVC member cruise. We will be doing it again on the member cruise in Sept. We had about 60 people signed up including the Kids. About 20 cabins. ITs fun! As the year goes by on the thread before the cruise Cruisers sign up on the thread and one of the Posters runs the FE. I will try to keep track of this one if nobody else will. What you do is bring either something you made or bought for each person on the list. An inexpensive little gift. For example we are from Canada so i brought something related to where im from. Then once your on the ship sometime during the cruise you go around to the Cabins on the list and slip something in their pockets. And everyone else will be doing it to yours. Its a fun thing to add to an already fun filled cruise. Any further questions I know someone will answer them:thumbsup2


Thanks for the great door pic...and for explaining the FE. Looks like fun!

[Rhode Island Quahog]

Hi Everyone,
My boyfriend and I are booked on this cruise. We are booked in a Category 6A aft balcony room, on deck 8...we just got back in November from our first Disney cruise on the Wonder and it was amazing. The crew, the shows, the food and the island...all unbelieveable. Can't wait to experience the Dream!

Before the trip, we are staying a night or two at Bay Lake Tower or Animal Kindgom Concierge (if we can get it with DVC, at 7 monthes), then we are doing Bay Lake Tower after the trip for 10 or 11 days.

Our trip will include me, Valerie (34, 35 at sailing) and my boyfriend, Joe (31, 32 at sailing). We are from just outside Boston in Winchester, Massachusetts and are DVC owners and love Disney. We have no kids. Really looking forward to talking to everyone on the sailing!
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[Scotty69]

Hi Everyone,
My boyfriend and I are booked on this cruise. We are booked in a Category 4B on deck 8...we just got back in November from our first Disney cruise on the Wonder and it was amazing. The crew, the shows, the food and the island...all unbelieveable. Can't wait to experience the Dream!

Before the trip, we are staying a night or two at Bay Lake Tower or Animal Kindgom Concierge (if we can get it with DVC, at 7 monthes), then we are doing Bay Lake Tower after the trip for 10 or 11 days.

Our trip will include me, Valerie (34, 35 at sailing) and my boyfriend, Joe (31, 32 at sailing). We are from just outside Boston in Winchester, Massachusetts and are DVC owners and love Disney. We have no kids. Really looking forward to talking to everyone on the sailing!
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Hi and welcome aboard. My wife and I went on our first cruise ever back in january. By the time thius one rolls around it will be our 3rd cruise. We can't wait to meet you and your boyfriend. Take care and enjoy the rest of your long weekend

[dvc deernut]

hi everyone,
my boyfriend and i are booked on this cruise. We are booked in a category 4b on deck 8...we just got back in november from our first disney cruise on the wonder and it was amazing. The crew, the shows, the food and the island...all unbelieveable. Can't wait to experience the dream!

Before the trip, we are staying a night or two at bay lake tower or animal kindgom concierge (if we can get it with dvc, at 7 monthes), then we are doing bay lake tower after the trip for 10 or 11 days.

Our trip will include me, valerie (34, 35 at sailing) and my boyfriend, joe (31, 32 at sailing). We are from just outside boston in winchester, massachusetts and are dvc owners and love disney. We have no kids. Really looking forward to talking to everyone on the sailing!
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hi welcome to the group. As the year goes by i know more will find this thread. We have been dvc members since 1998. We have done the member cruise for the last four years and are scheduled to do this years too. We also booked this cruise to take our friends on their first cruise. I notice your from mass. We have made friends with 2 couples from south hadley mass. He runs the hotel at umass. I drove down there in oct to call to book member cruise. We live 6 hours from there.

[Rhode Island Quahog]

Thank you both for the warm welcome. I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend.

We live just north of Boston in Winchester, MA. Right next to Arlington, and Burlington, MA. It is a small bedroom community and we love it here.

We did our first Disney Cruise in October on the Wonder and really enjoyed it. We are both very excited about sailing on the Dream. Me personally, I can't wait to try the Aqua Duck and revisit Castaway Cay. We plan on hitting Atlantis on this trip (never been) and after the cruise staying at WDW at Bay Lake Tower for 10 or 11 days. We love the decorations at Christmas and very much look forward to chatting with everyone and counting down til our cruise!

[Scotty69]

Thank you both for the warm welcome. I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend.

We live just north of Boston in Winchester, MA. Right next to Arlington, and Burlington, MA. It is a small bedroom community and we love it here.

We did our first Disney Cruise in October on the Wonder and really enjoyed it. We are both very excited about sailing on the Dream. Me personally, I can't wait to try the Aqua Duck and revisit Castaway Cay. We plan on hitting Atlantis on this trip (never been) and after the cruise staying at WDW at Bay Lake Tower for 10 or 11 days. We love the decorations at Christmas and very much look forward to chatting with everyone and counting down til our cruise!

Sounds limke a lot of fun. My wife and I are planning on going to the parks afterwords for a couple of days. We are going to go to port orleans french quarter. We are not DVC members yet but we are working on it. Talk to you soon. Take care

[Scotty69]

Yahooooooo 1 year from today we will be on the dream for our third cruise. We can't wait.

[dvc deernut]

LETS HOPE IT WILL BE WARMER NET YEAR, WE ARE HERE NOW AND ITS COLD AT NIGHT AND COOL IN THE DAYTIME. DOWN JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT NIGHT:scared1: EVEN NASSAU IS COOL.

[Scotty69]

LETS HOPE IT WILL BE WARMER NET YEAR, WE ARE HERE NOW AND ITS COLD AT NIGHT AND COOL IN THE DAYTIME. DOWN JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT NIGHT:scared1: EVEN NASSAU IS COOL.

your right about that. lets hope it is warmer a year from now then what it is now. 28 degrees for P/C tomorrow for a low Yikes!!!

[MoranClan]

Hello,

We booked a back to back Dream when we were onboard the Magic last week.

We are on this cruise, our first leg.

[Scotty69]

Hello,

We booked a back to back Dream when we were onboard the Magic last week.

We are on this cruise, our first leg.

Hi and welcome aboard. My DW and I look forward to meeting you. Talk soon

[dvc deernut]

LESS THAN A YEAR UNTIL CRUISE:banana:

[Scotty69]

Just wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone. I know I am early but I am going to be very busy the rest of the weekend.

[CherylSue]

Count us in for this cruise!!!!!

It will be our 2nd cruise with the mouse...... First one was Dec 5th! Cast is myself.....Cheryl, my DH....Sean and our DD13.

We would LOVE to do FE! We did it on our last cruise and it just adds to the magic of cruising with Disney! Our Stateroom Host wanted to know who were all the people dropping gift bags off at our room :lmao: He was always collecting them and putting them in our room because he was afraid someone might take them.

[Scotty69]

Count us in for this cruise!!!!!

It will be our 2nd cruise with the mouse...... First one was Dec 5th! Cast is myself.....Cheryl, my DH....Sean and our DD13.

We would LOVE to do FE! We did it on our last cruise and it just adds to the magic of cruising with Disney! Our Stateroom Host wanted to know who were all the people dropping gift bags off at our room :lmao: He was always collecting them and putting them in our room because he was afraid someone might take them.

Hi and welcome aboard. our cast is Me--- Dave my DW---- Kathy. We really look forward to meeting you and Having a great time with everyone. We are defanetly in for the FE and really look forward to it. Our first cruise was this past January and we did not know about the FE. But we do now LOL

[Rhode Island Quahog]

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year!

Just thought I'd drop a quick note and say hi. Just wondering what deck and cabin type, everyone is booking. We finally settled on a 6A Aft cabin, on deck 8. Anyone have experience with aft cabins? Thought it may be quieter. I'm eyeing a cabin, on deck 6...if it reopens we might try to grab it!

How's the FE looking? Joe and I are interested in participating.

Hope everyone is well and we talk soon! :)

[dvc deernut]

happy new year everyone, we did our first fe on our member cruise in sept. We have done 8 disney cruises and didnt know what fes were until this year. We are going to have to collect all the names im sure once we get within 6 months more will find this site. We are doing an fe on our member cruise again in sept. Ive made up an empty list just like the one we use on the other cruise. I just have to find where i stored it. I could take the info of everyone signing up . Including names relation example dh or dw etc cabin number and ages of kids under 20. Then everyone once in awhile i could post updates. And eventually send every cabin a final copy. But we need a cut off date.

[Rhode Island Quahog]

My boyfriend Joe and I want to participate. Really looking forward to this trip and actively planning as we speak. Have a great work week everyone!

[donutday]

Hello, Fellow "Dreamers"!

My DH Kevin and I will be joining you in December for our third Disney cruise. We've postponed this one for several years so we are very excited to be coming back. We are from St. Louis, and just sent our youngest daughter off to college, so we are celebrating becoming empty nesters.

I am interested in the FE. I hadn't heard of this, but when we last sailed in 07 we participated in a similar "Secret Santa" exchange, which was fun--until I realized that I had a typo in my cabin number. The family next door to us was amazed that the Cruiseline kept sending them little gifts for the kids, though they couldn't figure out some of them. When we discovered the mistake I knocked on the door to explain, but had the kids keep all the gifts! So we truly shared the magic of the season.

However, I found myself wanting to meet some of the people to whom I had given or received gifts from. Does the FE culminate in any type of meet-and-greet so we can all get together and put a face to the names? Also, are there any guidelines on the "Fish Extenders"? We just used Christmas stockings last time.

Are any of you planning on participating in any of the AllEars 15th Anniversary Events the weekend following the cruise?

Looking forward to sharing the year anticipating with all of you!

Sweet Dreams! (Hey, I just realized my Disboard tagline, which harks back to an almost forgotten Disneyland parade, takes on a new meaning on this board!)

[dvc deernut]

Hello, Fellow "Dreamers"!

My DH Kevin and I will be joining you in December for our third Disney cruise. We've postponed this one for several years so we are very excited to be coming back. We are from St. Louis, and just sent our youngest daughter off to college, so we are celebrating becoming empty nesters.

I am interested in the FE. I hadn't heard of this, but when we last sailed in 07 we participated in a similar "Secret Santa" exchange, which was fun--until I realized that I had a typo in my cabin number. The family next door to us was amazed that the Cruiseline kept sending them little gifts for the kids, though they couldn't figure out some of them. When we discovered the mistake I knocked on the door to explain, but had the kids keep all the gifts! So we truly shared the magic of the season.

However, I found myself wanting to meet some of the people to whom I had given or received gifts from. Does the FE culminate in any type of meet-and-greet so we can all get together and put a face to the names? Also, are there any guidelines on the "Fish Extenders"? We just used Christmas stockings last time.

Are any of you planning on participating in any of the AllEars 15th Anniversary Events the weekend following the cruise?

Looking forward to sharing the year anticipating with all of you!

Sweet Dreams! (Hey, I just realized my Disboard tagline, which harks back to an almost forgotten Disneyland parade, takes on a new meaning on this board!)

WELCOME TO THE GROUP. IM VOLUNTEERING TO RUN THE FE. I WILL RUN IT LIKE A FRIEND OF MINE RUNS OUR FE ON OUR DVC MEMBER CRUISE. WE ORGANIZE A MEET AND GREET ON OUR MEMBER CRUISE FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THE DIS BOARD GROUP FOR THAT CRUISE. WE HAD IT AROUND 3pm FIRST DAY BUT IT COULD BE ALMOST ANY CONVEINENT TIME.. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE ALLEARS 15th ANNIVERSARY. WE MAY STAY FOR IT.

[dvc deernut]

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THIS IS OUR FE HANGER AND DOOR FROM MEMBER CRUISE IN SEPT

[dvc deernut]

[COLOR="Blue"]THIS IS A COPY OF STARTED LIST FOR FEs IF YOU WANT ME TO START ORGANIZING IT. WHEN I PRINTED THIS UP FOR SOME REASON IT DIDNT INCLUDE THE COLUMN THAT INCLUDES THE AGES IF THEY ARE CHILDREN UNDER 20. IGNORE OUR CABIN NUMBER, THATS FROM OUR MEMBER CRUISE IN SEPT. WE HAVENT GOT OUR NUMBER YET.

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[B][SIZE="4"]LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO ORGANIZE. I WILL KEEP TRACK AND GIVE A FINAL LIST AFTER A DEADLINE. YOU HAVE TO SET A DEADLINE LIKE ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE CRUISE.

YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT canadiandeernuts@hotmail.com WITH YOUR INFO

[donutday]

WELCOME TO THE GROUP. IM VOLUNTEERING TO RUN THE FE. I WILL RUN IT LIKE A FRIEND OF MINE RUNS OUR FE ON OUR DVC MEMBER CRUISE. WE ORGANIZE A MEET AND GREET ON OUR MEMBER CRUISE FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THE DIS BOARD GROUP FOR THAT CRUISE. WE HAD IT AROUND 3pm FIRST DAY BUT IT COULD BE ALMOST ANY CONVEINENT TIME.. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE ALLEARS 15th ANNIVERSARY. WE MAY STAY FOR IT.

Allears hasn't announced specifics yet, but I am sure there will be a full weekend of meet and greets, contests and special events. It should be a great time. Keep an eye on the Allears website or facebook page events.

By the way, do we need to do anything to get added to the FE list?

[jennybinflorida]

Hey Ya'll! :goodvibes We would love to be added to the FE list for this cruise! My name is Jennifer and this will be my second Disney Cruise, the first being on the Wonder back in 2008! My crew consists of my DH Angelo and our two boys Keegan and Landen who will be 10 and 4 by the time we go on this cruise. We are so excited to be on another Disney Cruise and look forward to meeting everyone in this group! We did the FE on our last cruise and the kids loved coming back and finding lil' treats for them and they loved putting things in everyone else's FE too. It was like a big treasure hunt in reverse! Sooo looking forward to a much needed vacation! Ya'll keep in touch and we'll see you on the "DREAM"! :goodvibes

Our Cabin No. is 6516 :love:

[dvc deernut]

hey ya'll! :goodvibes we would love to be added to the fe list for this cruise! My name is jennifer and this will be my second disney cruise, the first being on the wonder back in 2008! My crew consists of my dh angelo and our two boys keegan and landen who will be 10 and 4 by the time we go on this cruise. We are so excited to be on another disney cruise and look forward to meeting everyone in this group! We did the fe on our last cruise and the kids loved coming back and finding lil' treats for them and they loved putting things in everyone else's fe too. It was like a big treasure hunt in reverse! Sooo looking forward to a much needed vacation! Ya'll keep in touch and we'll see you on the "dream"! :goodvibes

our cabin no. Is 6516 :love:

hi jennifer and welcome! Im attempting to take on running the fe. You will be the second on the list. Others have said they would do fe im just waiting to hear from them since i have started a list. I may send them private messages if i dont hear from them. But there is lots of time.

[jennybinflorida]

Thank you! Looking forward to it!

[Rhode Island Quahog]

We are interested in participating and we are in Cabin 8188.

Joe G.(32) Boyfriend

Valerie K. (34) Girlfriend

No kids. :)

[dvc deernut]

We are interested in participating and we are in Cabin 8188.

Joe G.(32) Boyfriend

Valerie K. (34) Girlfriend

No kids. :)

THANK YOU VALERIE and JOE! I WILL ADD YOU, AND HOPE EVERYONE WHO POSTED BEFORE I STARTED LIST WILL RE ADD THERE INFO. I CANT REMEMBER IF I EVER ASKED YOU HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DVC MEMBERS AND HAVE YOU DONE THE MEMBER CRUISE. WE WILL BE ON MEMBER CRUISE FOR THE FIFTH TIME THIS SEPT.

[dvc deernut]

I WAS JUST OFF THE PHONE WITH DCL. WE WONT GET OUR CABIN NUMBER UNTIL CLOSER TO CRUISE. WE HAVE GUARANTEED CATERGORY 9a. THEY ASSIGN A CABIN ANYTIME UNTIL 10 DAYS BEFORE CRUISE. ONCE I KNOW OUR CABIN NUMBER I WILL POST IT ON THE LIST. I WILL SEND EVERYONE A COPY OF THE LIST.

[Rhode Island Quahog]

THANK YOU VALERIE and JOE! I WILL ADD YOU, AND HOPE EVERYONE WHO POSTED BEFORE I STARTED LIST WILL RE ADD THERE INFO. I CANT REMEMBER IF I EVER ASKED YOU HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DVC MEMBERS AND HAVE YOU DONE THE MEMBER CRUISE. WE WILL BE ON MEMBER CRUISE FOR THE FIFTH TIME THIS SEPT.

We have been DVC member since June of 2009, we own at BLT. We hope to add on 50 points eventually... probably at AKL (We want to be able to do concierge for a few days a year, or a week, every 3rd year).

We have never been on a Member cruise. Eventually I'm sure, we will. Our first Disney cruise was on the Wonder in October, 2010.

[dvc deernut]

we have been dvc member since june of 2009, we own at blt. We hope to add on 50 points eventually... Probably at akl (we want to be able to do concierge for a few days a year, or a week, every 3rd year).

We have never been on a member cruise. Eventually i'm sure, we will. Our first disney cruise was on the wonder in october, 2010.

we have been members since 1998. We wish we started in 92. We added 250 more points about 4 years while we were on the member cruise. If you do that they included the next member cruise with a verandah. We have made some great friends from the member cruise. We arrange to sit with them every year. We keep in contact. They live in south hadley near u mass. Our home resorts are boardwalk and saratoga. We usually book okw.

[dvc deernut]

HI JUST BRINGING THIS THREAD BACK TO FIRST PAGE:rotfl2:

[donutday]

I am already starting to think about little gifts I can bring for the FE, but am concerned about luggage limitations on our flight. Is it possible to ship boxes to DCL as we can do to the hotels? Where can I find information on this?

[Scotty69]

I am really sorry to say that my wife and I had to change our cruise plans for this trip. unfortunately we will not be joining you. We had to push this cruise back a year. we really hope everyone has a great trip. we will be thinking of all of you when the time comes

[gydell]

We're booked on this cruise but if the remainder of 2012 cruises are released before April 27 we may have to use this as our dummy date. Hopefully DCL will wait on us. This will be our 8th cruise. We are planning on staying on the ship except for Castaway Cay day so we can explore the ship! It will be myself, DD, and DGS. My DH is undecided as of now but will probably be joining us too.

[gydell]

I am already starting to think about little gifts I can bring for the FE, but am concerned about luggage limitations on our flight. Is it possible to ship boxes to DCL as we can do to the hotels? Where can I find information on this?

You can ship to the port but there are size limits. I don't know the address. It may be listed under Shirleys thread on important info to know.

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

We'll be doing FE....DW (Mandy) and me (Dan).

[dvc deernut]

we'll be doing fe....dw (mandy) and me (dan).thanks dan

[CruznLexi]

We are on this cruise too! It is my Birthday too this will be my 5th DCL and 34 cruise. We just did the PC I am also waiting on DCL for the rest of 2012. We own DVC too we have a small contract at Kidani might add on on this cruise.

[BethC1952]

We'll be joining you! It will be me (Beth) and DH (Jim). This will be my 12th DCL cruise, and his 11th. I was lucky enough to be able to have a "girls only" cruise with my best friend two years ago. We're celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary with this cruise. The actual date is 12/30, but we can't get away then!

We booked this cruise while onboard Dream two weeks ago. We had an absolutely AWESOME time! I haven't quite managed to get my trip report finished or to get my pictures posted yet because we went to Walt Disney World for a week after the cruise, but they're coming shortly!

We're planning to stay at Old Key West the night before the cruise. We'll be onboard Magic for the seven nights before that! We had thought about doing a back-to-back on Magic, but this way we'll get all new restaurants, shows, etc. for the second cruise, plus a couple of days at Disney World when we're finished sailing the high seas!

Can't wait to meet all of you!

Beth

PS--Small change of plans...going to Old Key West for three night AFTER the cruise, staying at the Radisson at the Port the night before.

[dvc deernut]

we'll be joining you! It will be me (beth) and dh (jim). This will be my 12th dcl cruise, and his 11th. I was lucky enough to be able to have a "girls only" cruise with my best friend two years ago. We're celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary with this cruise. The actual date is 12/30, but we can't get away then!

We booked this cruise while onboard dream two weeks ago. We had an absolutely awesome time! I haven't quite managed to get my trip report finished or to get my pictures posted yet because we went to walt disney world for a week after the cruise, but they're coming shortly!

We're planning to stay at old key west the night before the cruise. We'll be onboard magic for the seven nights before that! We had thought about doing a back-to-back on magic, but this way we'll get all new restaurants, shows, etc. For the second cruise, plus a couple of days at disney world when we're finished sailing the high seas!

Can't wait to meet all of you!

Beth

welcome beth! Laura and i are going to try to get in okw again. Our 11 month window is at boardwalk and saratoga so we will try to get in there at 7 month window. We just came back from okw thurs. Its our favourite.

[dvc deernut]

We are on this cruise too! It is my Birthday too this will be my 5th DCL and 34 cruise. We just did the PC I am also waiting on DCL for the rest of 2012. We own DVC too we have a small contract at Kidani might add on on this cruise.

WELCOME! HAVE YOU DONE ANY OF THE MEMBER CRUISES OF THE DCL CRUISES? IT WILL BE OUR 5th MEMBER CRUISE IN SEPT. WE HAVE STAYED AT AKL TWICE. WE JOINED IN 98.

[matheke]

Just booked our second cruise for December 4th. We went in Dec. 06. It is just me (Dan) and DW (Sue). We will be driving down from Ohio and probally spending a couple of days after the cruise at SSR and driving back on the
11th and 12th.

Dan

[dvc deernut]

just booked our second cruise for december 4th. We went in dec. 06. It is just me (dan) and dw (sue). We will be driving down from ohio and probally spending a couple of days after the cruise at ssr and driving back on the
11th and 12th.

Dan

welcome to the group. Are you dvc members. Ssr is one of our home resorts?

[sistert]

It's official! We'll be joining you all on December 4th! Who are we? Me, my hubby, his parents, and my mom. This is his parents first ever cruise so we're determined to make it a great experience.

We will mostly likely be flying down from Maryland and staying near the port the night before. The current plan is to stay for an extra day at WDW once we disembark. Can't wait! Can't wait! :banana:

[Roadweaver]

I am Sistert's mom. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

[dvc deernut]

HI WELCOME TO THE GROUP!!!:cool1: LET ME KNOW IF YOUR GOING TO WANT TO DO THE FE. WHERE IN MARYLAND. WE DROVE DOWN TO ANNAPOLIS TO THE OLD TOWN JUST FOR CRAB CAKES:thumbsup2 REALLY ENJY ANNAPOLIS.

[dvc deernut]

it's official! We'll be joining you all on december 4th! Who are we? Me, my hubby, his parents, and my mom. This is his parents first ever cruise so we're determined to make it a great experience.

We will mostly likely be flying down from maryland and staying near the port the night before. The current plan is to stay for an extra day at wdw once we disembark. Can't wait! Can't wait! :banana:

we have been dvc members since 98. We usually stay at okw. Just got back from there in feb and we go every dec. We have done 4 member cruises and will be doing this years member cruise.

[sistert]

we have been dvc members since 98. We usually stay at okw. Just got back from there in feb and we go every dec. We have done 4 member cruises and will be doing this years member cruise.

Haven't done a member cruise yet. Are they worth going on?

How do you like cruising in December? As I said, this is my in-laws first cruise ever and I am hoping for fairly calm seas.

As for the FE, mom and I will probably be doing it though I'll confirm later. The hubby will simple watch. His parents wont understand what's going on... this time.

[dvc deernut]

Haven't done a member cruise yet. Are they worth going on?

How do you like cruising in December? As I said, this is my in-laws first cruise ever and I am hoping for fairly calm seas.

As for the FE, mom and I will probably be doing it though I'll confirm later. The hubby will simple watch. His parents wont understand what's going on... this time.

WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE DISNEY CRUISES IN DEC. WE HAVE LUCKED OUT WITH THE WEATHER BUT IT CAN BE COOLER EVEN ON THE ISLANDS. THE ONE TIME WE SAILED AND WENT TO CC THE WATER TEMP WAS A LOT COOLER THAN IT IS IN SEPT WHEN WE DO THE MEMBER CRUISE. ITS LIKE BATH WATER IN SEPT. ONLY ONCE HAVE WE HAD ROUGH SEAS BUT THAT WAS THE LAST NIGHT WHILE HEADING UP TO PORT CANAVERAL. WE HAD WIND IN THE ATLANTIC THERE. 15 FOot WAVES, JUST A LITTLE CLANKING OF COAT HANGERS:rotfl2: AS FAR AS THE MEMBER CRUISE, IF YOU HAVENT DONE ONE YOU SHOULD. YOU NEED EXTRA BAG FOR THE SMALL GIFTS. THEY ARE THEMED EACH TIME. THEY BRING ON SPECIAL GUESTS. ONE YEAR THE BROUGHT ON THE 3 LEADING LADIES FROM THEIR BROADWAY MUSICALS TO SING. YOU CAN MEET AND TALK WITH THEM AT THE POOL OR WHERE EVER YOU RUN INTO THEM. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING LUNCH ON SERENITY BAY WITH REAL VINCE PAPALYA(bad spelling) FROM THE MOVIE INVINCIBLE. WE GOT TO SEE THE FIRST SCREENING OF THE NEW SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ON TOP OF THE SHIP. MET BILL FARMER THE REAL VOICE OF GOOFY. THE CRUISE SELLS OUT IN ABOUT 5 HOURS

[JacksMama]

Hey y'all,

We, DH, DS and I hail from Austin, TX. DS will be turning 4 on 12/8, so this cruise is for him! We're headed to WDW after the cruise, and so excited for our vaca.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Olivia

[dvc deernut]

hey y'all,

we, dh, ds and i hail from austin, tx. Ds will be turning 4 on 12/8, so this cruise is for him! We're headed to wdw after the cruise, and so excited for our vaca.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Olivia

hi welcome to the group, let me know if your going to do an fe. When it gets closer we will have to plan a meeting area during the cruise

[JacksMama]

Hello,

Thanks for the welcome! I don't know what an FE is. :)

[dvc deernut]

Hello,

Thanks for the welcome! I don't know what an FE is. :)

FE IS SHORT FOR FISH EXTENDER
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THAT WAS OUR DOOR, THE FE IS AT THE SIDE. WHO EVER SIGNS UP FOR FE GETS A LIST OF EVERYONE WHO SIGNS UP. YOU BRING SOMETHING MAADE OR BOUGHT FOR EACH PERSON ON THE LIST. SOMETHING VERY INEXPENSIVE. A DOLLAR OR 2. MAYBE SOMETHING FROM WHERE YOUR FROM. EXAMPLE, WE LIVE IN NIAGARA ON THE LAKE CANADA. WE BROUGHT SOMETHING WITH CANADA ON IT. SOME PEOPLE BRING FRIDGE MAGNETS ETC. SOMETIME DURING THE CRUISE YOU GO AROUND AND PUT THEM IN THE FE HANGING BY THE DOOR OF THEIR CABINS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREADS THEIR IS USUALLY A THREAD ABOUT FEs FOR EXAMPLES OF WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. I THINK ITS ONLY DONE ON DISNEY CRUISES.

[cardidog]

Hi! This cruise will be my 4th DCL cruise and the 1st part of my B2B on the Dream---I'll be on-board with 3 friends in 2 verandah cabins and I'm moving to an inside cabin for my 3-night---I am so curious about the virtual port-hole and I'll have a different friend join me for that. My poor husband Tom won't be going on a DCL cruise until Oct 2012 Eastern on the Fantasy for our anniv.

I would love to be a part of the FE group! It is soooo much fun! I went on the first-ever 5 night double dip in 2008 and went on the Panama Canal cruise this past January and those had over 120 FE cabins!

We live just north of Annapolis but alas, I don't eat anything from the sea:-(

I look forward to meeting you all:-)

[dvc deernut]

hi! This cruise will be my 4th dcl cruise and the 1st part of my b2b on the dream---i'll be on-board with 3 friends in 2 verandah cabins and i'm moving to an inside cabin for my 3-night---i am so curious about the virtual port-hole and i'll have a different friend join me for that. My poor husband tom won't be going on a dcl cruise until oct 2012 eastern on the fantasy for our anniv.

I would love to be a part of the fe group! It is soooo much fun! I went on the first-ever 5 night double dip in 2008 and went on the panama canal cruise this past january and those had over 120 fe cabins!

We live just north of annapolis but alas, i don't eat anything from the sea:-(

i look forward to meeting you all:-)

welcome to the group! Wow 120 cabins!!!i thought we had a lot on our member cruise with 24 cabins. Did they have it as one big group? So far this cruise has 6 cabins but someone posted early on here before i decided to run the fe. They mentioned they had 29 people. I hope they get back to me to confirm. This thread may get busier as time goes on.

[DZ_mom]

First time cruiser on this trip. DH, DS and I are doing WDW first. My DS will be celebrating his 5th b-day on 12/6.

Not sure about doing the FE exchange...not sure how organized I will be closer to the trip. However I am going to get a FE and update later.

Loving our first WDW trip and cruise are around the holidays!:cheer2:

[tessasmom]

Hello everyone! We will be joining you on this sailing! We were originally booked for the 9/11 sailing but my nephew had to go and set his wedding date for that time, the nerve! :lmao: I just changed our ressie today so it is official!!

Our family consists of DH (Sam), myself (Julia) and DD (Tessa) who will be 21 months old at the time of the cruise. This will be DD's 1st cruise of course! We need to get her Disneyed at an early age! LOL! DH's 2nd cruise, the first being our honeymoon 16 yrs ago (RCCL) and my 6th. It will be my first time on DCL, but was once on The Big Red Boat version of Disney. We are so excited for it to finally get here! Oh, and I will be celebrating my birthday, which is on Dec 3...that still counts, right?!

We would love to join the FE for sure!!

Oh, we will be only staying one night pre cruise near the port. The said wedding we are going to in Sept is in LA, so we will be doing Disneyland on that trip!

[dvc deernut]

hello everyone! We will be joining you on this sailing! We were originally booked for the 9/11 sailing but my nephew had to go and set his wedding date for that time, the nerve! :lmao: I just changed our ressie today so it is official!!

Our family consists of dh (sam), myself (julia) and dd (tessa) who will be 21 months old at the time of the cruise. This will be dd's 1st cruise of course! We need to get her disneyed at an early age! Lol! Dh's 2nd cruise, the first being our honeymoon 16 yrs ago (rccl) and my 6th. It will be my first time on dcl, but was once on the big red boat version of disney. We are so excited for it to finally get here! Oh, and i will be celebrating my birthday, which is on dec 3...that still counts, right?!

We would love to join the fe for sure!!

Oh, we will be only staying one night pre cruise near the port. The said wedding we are going to in sept is in la, so we will be doing disneyland on that trip!

welcome to the group, julia. There are a few who sail on our dvc member cruise that are from the indiana illinois area. I will add you to the fe list.

[CruznLexi]

Had some changes in these last few hours. Hawaii had a cabin open op so I got one and then canceled our Magic cruise and rebooked the Dream for my birthday!

[TLinden16]

I am booked on this cruise as well. It's just me in my stateroom, but I have other friends on the ship as well. I am also instrested in a FE.

[dvc deernut]

i am booked on this cruise as well. It's just me in my stateroom, but i have other friends on the ship as well. I am also instrested in a fe.

welcome to the group! Its slow right now but as the cruise gets closer it should get busier.

[BethC1952]

I am booked on this cruise as well. It's just me in my stateroom, but I have other friends on the ship as well. I am also instrested in a FE.

Welcome aboard! I am so ready for this cruise, it's a shame that I have to wait so long!

Beth

[imanazd]

So excited about this cruise...This will be the 2nd leg of B2B action for DH (Dan from the DynamicDisneyDue) & I (our 5th & 6th DCL cruises). We always done the Wonder b4 & have done a prev B2B Oct of 2010. Can't wait to see the Dream!! We are going to be spending lots of time on the boat so we can try & see all we can see! Can't wait to meet everyone? Haven't seen a disboard meet & greet mentioned on arrival day...is anyone interested?

Mandy:yay:

[dvc deernut]

So excited about this cruise...This will be the 2nd leg of B2B action for DH (Dan from the DynamicDisneyDue) & I (our 5th & 6th DCL cruises). We always done the Wonder b4 & have done a prev B2B Oct of 2010. Can't wait to see the Dream!! We are going to be spending lots of time on the boat so we can try & see all we can see! Can't wait to meet everyone? Haven't seen a disboard meet & greet mentioned on arrival day...is anyone interested?

Mandy:yay:

HI Mandy, Ive been keeping track of the FEs. I will send everyone a list when the cruise gets closer. We should have a deadline to sign up. Maybe sometime in early OCT. Sometime soon i will post just the peoples Disboard names who have joined the FE list. Anyone who I forgot can let me know. We would enjoy a Meet and Greet. We will be doing our Dvc Member cruise in Sept so we will have some idea about the ship. We were very familiar with the Wonder.

[Eeyore77]

Hi there..... My Grandmother and I (Jennifer) will hopefully be joining you on this cruise as well. I just signed up for it while my husband and I were on the Inaugural Alaskan Cruise. This will be my 10th DCL cruise and My Grandmothers 2nd. My husband would love to be joining us for this one as well but he has to work. We are doing this cruise because I have always wanted to go and see the ship when it is all fixed up for the Holidays.

I saw on here that there are a lot of DVC members. My Husband and and I have been members since 2004 and our home resorts are SSR and AKL. We have also been on 2 Members cruises.

[dvc deernut]

hi there..... My grandmother and i (jennifer) will hopefully be joining you on this cruise as well. I just signed up for it while my husband and i were on the inaugural alaskan cruise. This will be my 10th dcl cruise and my grandmothers 2nd. My husband would love to be joining us for this one as well but he has to work. We are doing this cruise because i have always wanted to go and see the ship when it is all fixed up for the holidays.

I saw on here that there are a lot of dvc members. My husband and and i have been members since 2004 and our home resorts are ssr and akl. We have also been on 2 members cruises.

hi there, welcome to the group!!!!

[tessasmom]

So excited about this cruise...This will be the 2nd leg of B2B action for DH (Dan from the DynamicDisneyDue) & I (our 5th & 6th DCL cruises). We always done the Wonder b4 & have done a prev B2B Oct of 2010. Can't wait to see the Dream!! We are going to be spending lots of time on the boat so we can try & see all we can see! Can't wait to meet everyone? Haven't seen a disboard meet & greet mentioned on arrival day...is anyone interested?

Mandy:yay:


We would also be up for a Dis Board meet up! Keep me posted!

[BethC1952]

We would also be interested in a meet! It's always fun to be able to put a face to the names that I've been chatting with for months, and Jim loves meeting my "imaginary friends"!

Beth

[dvc deernut]

We would also be interested in a meet! It's always fun to be able to put a face to the names that I've been chatting with for months, and Jim loves meeting my "imaginary friends"!

Beth

I always enjoy meeting people who talk Disney:rotfl2: Its like a release valve:rotfl2: I can talk about one of my Favourite Topics. Laura thinks I need an INTERVENTION:rotfl2: We cruise on the DVC member cruise with a mother and daughter from NJ. Hopefully we get familliar with the Dream in Sept to beable to suggest a good spot for the meet and time in DEC..

[TLinden16]

Is it time for the cruise yet? Just over six months away. That's too far.

How is everyone getting to port? My friend and I have been debating what to do.

[TLinden16]

I thought it would be helpful to have a list of everyone on the cruise, so I put one together. I filled in names if they were available, and also ages of the kids. Here's the list:

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and DH
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia) plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother

[BethC1952]

I always enjoy meeting people who talk Disney:rotfl2: Its like a release valve:rotfl2: I can talk about one of my Favourite Topics. Laura thinks I need an INTERVENTION:rotfl2: We cruise on the DVC member cruise with a mother and daughter from NJ. Hopefully we get familliar with the Dream in Sept to beable to suggest a good spot for the meet and time in DEC..

We were on the Dream in Feb. There are a lot of great places for a meet. She's a beautiful ship! Of course it will take me a while to get used to her again because we're spending the week before on Magic!:thumbsup2

Beth

[CruznLexi]

So excited about the cruise. I am eagerly waiting on SW so I can get my flights. I don't think it will be much longer. We have 5 nights at Kidani and then off to the ship! We are also going to try and go to that other park on Satueday I think.

[dvc deernut]

Is it time for the cruise yet? Just over six months away. That's too far.

How is everyone getting to port? My friend and I have been debating what to do.

I think we are renting a car for the day and drop it off at Coco Beach or Port CAnveral depending on where the rental place is. Then get shuttled over. Then when we get back we will do the reverse.

[BethC1952]

OK, we're all set now! We'll be leaving home on Thanksgiving morning, taking Amtrak to Kissimmee, staying one night at the Radisson At The Port, sailing 7 nights on Magic, back to the Radisson for one night, then onto Dream for 4 nights, and off to a Fort Wilderness Cabin for three nights. Then back on Amtrak to Newark and home! That should make for a nice early winter vacation--maybe even a visit with some family members. Jim's cousin leaves near Port Canaveral and said he'd like to see us while we're there, and my brother lives in Jacksonville and also wants to see us. I'll be glad to get back home so that I can rest from this vacation:rotfl2:!

Beth

[dvc deernut]

This is the current list of names for the FE. Let me know of any changes.
DVC DEERNUT Ian and Laura
JENNYBINFLORIDA Jennifer, Angelo, Keegan, Landen
RHODE ISLAND QUANOG Joe, Valerie
DONUTDAY Kevin, Joan
DYNAMICDISNEYDUO Mandy, Dan
TESSASMOM Julia, Sam, Tessa
TLINDEN16 Karen

Let me know of changes and anyone that was missed:thumbsup2

[TLinden16]

I think we are renting a car for the day and drop it off at Coco Beach or Port CAnveral depending on where the rental place is. Then get shuttled over. Then when we get back we will do the reverse.

We're thinking about arranging for a car service to take us over now, but we're not 100% sure yet. Just trying to decide. :) I've never done the Disney transfers, so I've been spoiled with getting there early.

[dvc deernut]

We're thinking about arranging for a car service to take us over now, but we're not 100% sure yet. Just trying to decide. :) I've never done the Disney transfers, so I've been spoiled with getting there early.
We mostly do Disney Tranfer to and from ship. But we have done the Rental way. Usually when we use the Disney Transfer you arrive a little later. On our Member cruises we usually take the Disney bus from OKW and arrive around 1pm. We have been on the Wonder enough times to know our way around so that wasnt a problem. This Sept will be the first member cruise on the DREAM so we will have to get used to the ship first. We will get accustomed to the ship then and will know the ship for the DEC cruise.

[tessasmom]

We will be flying in the day before the cruise in case of bad weather here in Chicago that may cause any delays. Right now the plan is to stay at the Hilton Garden Inn at MCO on their Bon Voyage Package. That includes the room and transfers to the Port for about $150.

[TLinden16]

I have a good idea for a fish extender gift that I'm hoping people will like. I know it's something that I like and find useful on my Disney trips :)

[TLinden16]

I have found a great deal on my fish extender gift, and have officially ordered it. I ordered way more than I should need for this, but this is something I can give to others as well.

[TLinden16]

Hey Ian, can we include a column for character on the Fish Extender list? I am going to include something personalized on mine, and I would love to be able to use everyone's favorite character when I make them if possible :)

[dvc deernut]

Hey Ian, can we include a column for character on the Fish Extender list? I am going to include something personalized on mine, and I would love to be able to use everyone's favorite character when I make them if possible :)

I think that would be kind of cool. I hope everyone gets back to you on that one. Id have to ask Laura what hers would be but mine would be the BOSS HIMSELF, MICKEY! But second to Mickey would be FIGMENT

[TLinden16]

I think that would be kind of cool. I hope everyone gets back to you on that one. Id have to ask Laura what hers would be but mine would be the BOSS HIMSELF, MICKEY! But second to Mickey would be FIGMENT

How can you not know your wife's favorite character? What kind of a husband are you? :confused3 :rotfl2:

Mine is Goofy.

[dvc deernut]

How can you not know your wife's favorite character? What kind of a husband are you? :confused3 :rotfl2:

Mine is Goofy.
Im the DISNEY FANATIC:rotfl2: I could talk all day about Disney. I would enjoy sitting on a bench in WDW somewhere just watching People. I retired early, and we have points in DVC so I get my Disney fix more often now:thumbsup2. We spend about 4 weeks a year mostly at OKW resort. Laura enjoys DISNEY, I live DISNEY. Well Im making a short story long:rotfl2:, I guess her favourite character could be Eeore. Back in 1972 when MK first opened Laura went there and got an Eeore stuffed animal and a inexpensive Eeore watch. 4 years ago she lost her Eeore watch. The last few years we have been going to WDW first 2 weeks of DEC. Without her knowing I went into the watch store on Main st while we were watching the Christmas Parade and talked to the Artist who did the watches. We were leaving in 2 days so he told me to come back the next day and it would be ready. The next day we were watching the Spectromagic Parade, once it ended I told Laura I wanted to go into the Pin store to look at Pins. While we wandered thru the store she was looking at the watches. She told me she liked the Eeore watches maybe oneday she would get a cheap one for work. Sooooooooo, I said lets ask the Artist about the watches. He recognized me and showed her the Personalized watch he made for her. I said, Merry Christmas thats yours. I just made a short story long, but I think her favourite character is Eeore, but I will ask her.

[TLinden16]

Awww. What a nice surprise for your wife! I'm sure she loves the watch.

I go ever year in early December as well. I'm surprised our paths didn't cross already (or maybe they have--considering how many DISers I've met, it's hard to remember them all).

[BethC1952]

Awww. What a nice surprise for your wife! I'm sure she loves the watch.

I go ever year in early December as well. I'm surprised our paths didn't cross already (or maybe they have--considering how many DISers I've met, it's hard to remember them all).

Our paths crossed many years ago (I think it was Dec., 2003). You were the first DIS'er that my husband ever encountered. Up until that moment he suspected that DIS'ers were just my imaginary friends:rotfl2:. He's changed his mind since then!

Beth

[TLinden16]

Our paths crossed many years ago (I think it was Dec., 2003). You were the first DIS'er that my husband ever encountered. Up until that moment he suspected that DIS'ers were just my imaginary friends:rotfl2:. He's changed his mind since then!

Beth

Were you the ones at the POFQ who I kept on running into over and over again on the trip?

eta: wait, that wasn't it. I didn't stay at the POFQ in 2003--I stayed at the CBR and BWI that trip.

[BethC1952]

Were you the ones at the POFQ who I kept on running into over and over again on the trip?

eta: wait, that wasn't it. I didn't stay at the POFQ in 2003--I stayed at the CBR and BWI that trip.

No, we were at Riverside that trip. We ran into you at DHS (I guess it was MGM back then). We ran into two DIS'ers within minutes of each other. I don't remember if it was you or TownCrier John who encountered my (adult) son walking around with my backpack with my DIS ID on it. My son came over to me when I came back and said that someone was shocked to find out that HE was BethC1952! My granddaughter, who was 3 at the time, thought it was very funny that someone thought her daddy was a girl.

Beth

[TLinden16]

No, we were at Riverside that trip. We ran into you at DHS (I guess it was MGM back then). We ran into two DIS'ers within minutes of each other. I don't remember if it was you or TownCrier John who encountered my (adult) son walking around with my backpack with my DIS ID on it. My son came over to me when I came back and said that someone was shocked to find out that HE was BethC1952! My granddaughter, who was 3 at the time, thought it was very funny that someone thought her daddy was a girl.

Beth

Oh, OK. I remember that. I was the one who spotted it, and approached your son. It was right near the Tower of Terror. I can picture walking over to him.

[TLinden16]

My fish extender gifts have arrived in the mail! I'm very excited! I can't wait until it gets closer so I can work on the personalization for them.

[TLinden16]

Six months from today at this time I should be flying somewhere over New York!

[BethC1952]

Six months from today at this time I should be flying somewhere over New York!

And six months from today I will be enjoying a day at sea on my way to Castaway Cay. Of course, the last time I took a seven night cruise, we missed Grand Cayman because of severe weather and ended up in Nassau on what should have been our sea day, so who knows?

Beth

[Karen89]

.... and first cruise ever for hubby and DS!

We're about to book this cruise after much debate on which one to take. Aside from a cruise I took at age 19 on a VERY old ship (that has since sank), we've never been on a cruise before. We have a son who will be 5 at the time of our trip and something tells me he will be the perfect age for this! Anyone else have a 5 year old on this cruise?

I hope to hear back from the travel agent today so I can finally book this. We were debating between this one, and the Dec 3rd 7 night cruise on the Magic. The 7 night cruise went to places we'd like to go. We love St. Thomas, and we've never been to St. Martin, so that was a plus. However if we weren't fond of cruising, that's a long time to be stuck somewhere. The 4 night seems like a good trial run and we can always do a longer trip another time if we love it. Based on the comments on these boards, something tells me we're going to love it.

I had a question about the rooms. Do you think it's worth it to go with the 299 sq. ft rooms vs the 246 sq. ft, and is there really much difference between the decks? I would imagine the view is just as amazing on Deck 6 as it is on Deck 7, but I could be wrong. Any tips on picking a room? I tend to suffer from motion sickness and I was told the lower floors and the middle of the ship would be best. I'm sure there is SO much to do that you hardly spend any time in your room anyway, so perhaps I'm putting too much thought in to this!

Looking forward to my introduction to Disney Cruises!

Karen

[dvc deernut]

.... and first cruise ever for hubby and DS!

We're about to book this cruise after much debate on which one to take. Aside from a cruise I took at age 19 on a VERY old ship (that has since sank), we've never been on a cruise before. We have a son who will be 5 at the time of our trip and something tells me he will be the perfect age for this! Anyone else have a 5 year old on this cruise?

I hope to hear back from the travel agent today so I can finally book this. We were debating between this one, and the Dec 3rd 7 night cruise on the Magic. The 7 night cruise went to places we'd like to go. We love St. Thomas, and we've never been to St. Martin, so that was a plus. However if we weren't fond of cruising, that's a long time to be stuck somewhere. The 4 night seems like a good trial run and we can always do a longer trip another time if we love it. Based on the comments on these boards, something tells me we're going to love it.

I had a question about the rooms. Do you think it's worth it to go with the 299 sq. ft rooms vs the 246 sq. ft, and is there really much difference between the decks? I would imagine the view is just as amazing on Deck 6 as it is on Deck 7, but I could be wrong. Any tips on picking a room? I tend to suffer from motion sickness and I was told the lower floors and the middle of the ship would be best. I'm sure there is SO much to do that you hardly spend any time in your room anyway, so perhaps I'm putting too much thought in to this!

Looking forward to my introduction to Disney Cruises!

Karen

Welcome to the group!!! This will be Laura and my 8 th Disney cruise. We have sailed cruises on Celebrity also. If your cabin is near the centre and middle decks you feel the sway the least. They have big stabilizers that stick out to cut down on the motion. If everything weather wise is the same the worst part for motion will be as we sail down to Bahamas and sail back. You are travelling thru the Atlantic. Most of the time you wont feel a thing. If you are sensitive to motion sickness you can wear a patch for that. This will be our second DREAM cruise, our first will be in Sept on our DVC Member cruise. We will get familliar with the ship then and i will report about our cruise. In my opinion your only in the cabin to sleep so size doesnt matter to us. But we have had Balconies and Outside views. Dont forget Inside now have the Virtual porthole so it wont be as dark in there. You were mentioning the view from Deck 6 and 7 being similiar. Most views are the same just higher and lower and if you have a balcony you can stand outside. If your getting a balcony it might be handy once your 5 year old gets tired, you can go back to your cabin, and the 2 of you can sit and relax on your balcony. But Im going to sound like im repeating myself, but there is so much to do on the ship you may not spend much time in your cabin.We first took our kids to WDW when they were 5 so all 4 of us would remember the trip. I know on the Wonder and Magic there is lots to do for all ages, and by the looks of what ive seen and heard the Dream wont disappoint. Id suggest early dinning for someone with young kids. Feel free to ask all the questions you want, I enjoy talking about DISNEY and DCL cruises. Our friends are from South Hadley Mass near Springfield. I noticed you are from MASS.

[Karen89]

dvc deernut,

Thanks for the info and the guidance. My travel agent didn't get back to me, so I have time to change my room request and ask to be certain I'm in the center of the ship. I fully anticipate wearing patches, wrist bands, and/or taking meds to keep from getting sick..... whatever it takes.

It appears that the early dining is no longer available, but I hear that sometimes if you keep checking back you are able to change it, and you can possibly change it once you board the ship. Do you know if that is correct?

South Hadley is about 2 hours away from me, as I'm about 45 minutes outside of Boston.

Thanks again for your help!

[dvc deernut]

dvc deernut,

Thanks for the info and the guidance. My travel agent didn't get back to me, so I have time to change my room request and ask to be certain I'm in the center of the ship. I fully anticipate wearing patches, wrist bands, and/or taking meds to keep from getting sick..... whatever it takes.

It appears that the early dining is no longer available, but I hear that sometimes if you keep checking back you are able to change it, and you can possibly change it once you board the ship. Do you know if that is correct?

South Hadley is about 2 hours away from me, as I'm about 45 minutes outside of Boston.

Thanks again for your help!

Im not 100% sure about changing dinning but I know you can keep checking to see if something is available. You can always call DCL and ask. They are very helpful. Doesnt matter which seating you have, you dont miss any shows. They have it planned out, if you eat early you see show after you eat and visa versa if you have late dinning.

[dvc deernut]

Its always good to get there as early as they start to board and have your swim suits with you, so you can enjoy the pools in the afternoon before safety drill. If you dont swim you can explore the ship. The shops wont be open until your far enough offshore.

[BethC1952]

I fully anticipate wearing patches, wrist bands, and/or taking meds to keep from getting sick..... whatever it takes.

Another good idea for seasickness is to eat green apples. I learned this from a fellow DIS'er who's in the Air Force. We had hit some terrible weather, and I was REALLY seasick. I couldn't imagine eating anything at all, but after two apples and wearing the sea bands I was just fine. I wish I had met her before the third day of that cruise:rotfl2:!

Beth

[TLinden16]

Welcome to the DIS and the cruise, Karen! :wave:

I'm another Karen from Massachusetts--I live north of Boston.

It's a fun little group here. There are a couple of boys in the 5 age range on the cruise. I posted a list a few pages back.

Have fun planning, and let us know when you are officially booked :)

[tessasmom]

Welcome Karen to The DIS and the cruise!! This will be our 1st Disney cruise, but my 9th cruise, DH's 2nd and DD's (21 mos at cruise time) her very first cruise!
You will find a wealth of info here and if you are like most of us, it will become addicting! Enjoy and join in on some discussions. Are you going to participate in the Fish Extender exchange?

[TLinden16]

Hey, anyone want to get together six months from today on a big huge ship? Who's in?

My friend and I thought we had someone lined up to share a towncar to port with, but they decided to take Disney transportation instead, so we'll probably wind up taking Disney transportation unless we find someone else interested in sharing a ride to port.

Is anyone here interested? I have a driver that I use that drives a huge Chevy Suburban. It seats seven, but I wouldn't do more than four or five unless we didn't have a lot of luggage. With four people, the cost is usually a bit cheaper than Disney transport. The driver I use is willing to do a quick water stop on the way to the ship, and will also do a grocery stop on the way back to Disney if we want. He also doesn't mind doing pick ups at more than one resort (I usually just tip him a bit extra if that happens).

So, let me know if anyone is interested.

[Karen89]

Yeah, I'm officially booked! Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

dvc deernut - Thanks for the tips, and feel free to keep them coming! Now that I don't have to research which trip to take, which room to get, and which dining time is best...... I can read more about the little tips and tricks so that I won't ask TOO many newbie questions! At least I'll try not to.

Beth - Thank you for the tip, I will absolutely bring some green apples if that's allowed. Of course they probably have green apples on the ship, right? I'll have to read up on that one too!

TLinden/Karen - Small world. I'm also north of Boston, north west actually. I will make sure to read back a few pages to see what other kids are going to be on the cruise. My son can sometimes be shy and it helps to talk about who we'll see once we get there.

tessasmom - I'll be curious to hear how you compare the Disney cruise to other cruises, since you've been on so many. As for the fish extender exchange, I'll have to admit I'm intrigued. When I first read something about it I thought "What the heck is that?" so I searched and found a thread about it. I'm curious as to how many people are usually involved? Do you give a gift for each pocket? Say 20 families are involved and each has 4 people in their family, is that 80 gifts you should be bringing, or 20? Do you bring age appropriate gifts for kids, such as something for babies, toddlers, teens, etc or the same thing for each cabin? You know, I really should research this a bit more, as I just said I wasn't going to ask so many newbie questions!

Karen

[dvc deernut]

Hey, anyone want to get together six months from today on a big huge ship? Who's in?

My friend and I thought we had someone lined up to share a towncar to port with, but they decided to take Disney transportation instead, so we'll probably wind up taking Disney transportation unless we find someone else interested in sharing a ride to port.

Is anyone here interested? I have a driver that I use that drives a huge Chevy Suburban. It seats seven, but I wouldn't do more than four or five unless we didn't have a lot of luggage. With four people, the cost is usually a bit cheaper than Disney transport. The driver I use is willing to do a quick water stop on the way to the ship, and will also do a grocery stop on the way back to Disney if we want. He also doesn't mind doing pick ups at more than one resort (I usually just tip him a bit extra if that happens).

So, let me know if anyone is interested.
Thank you for the offer, but we have 4 in our party. We usually do Disney transportation but i think we are going to rent a car for the day and rent one for the day to get back. I just have to remember the rental company we rented from the last time that has shuttle service to the port nearby.

[dvc deernut]

Yeah, I'm officially booked! Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

dvc deernut - Thanks for the tips, and feel free to keep them coming! Now that I don't have to research which trip to take, which room to get, and which dining time is best...... I can read more about the little tips and tricks so that I won't ask TOO many newbie questions! At least I'll try not to.

Beth - Thank you for the tip, I will absolutely bring some green apples if that's allowed. Of course they probably have green apples on the ship, right? I'll have to read up on that one too!

TLinden/Karen - Small world. I'm also north of Boston, north west actually. I will make sure to read back a few pages to see what other kids are going to be on the cruise. My son can sometimes be shy and it helps to talk about who we'll see once we get there.

tessasmom - I'll be curious to hear how you compare the Disney cruise to other cruises, since you've been on so many. As for the fish extender exchange, I'll have to admit I'm intrigued. When I first read something about it I thought "What the heck is that?" so I searched and found a thread about it. I'm curious as to how many people are usually involved? Do you give a gift for each pocket? Say 20 families are involved and each has 4 people in their family, is that 80 gifts you should be bringing, or 20? Do you bring age appropriate gifts for kids, such as something for babies, toddlers, teens, etc or the same thing for each cabin? You know, I really should research this a bit more, as I just said I wasn't going to ask so many newbie questions!

Karen
HI KAREN, glad your on board. We did the FE for the first time on our Member cruise last Sept. We had over 60. I had my cousin sew us a FE to hang. Since we were the only Canadians involved I had a Niagara on the Lake Canadian theme. My carry on was jammed tight. I just barely got it in the overhead on the jet.:rotfl2: Its like Christmas and looking in your stocking stuffers. Its fun to come back to your room and look to see what has been added.

[dvc deernut]

Im trying to run this one like the person ran ours in Sept. I keep track of all the names and cabins and ages of cruisers under 20. Then when it becomes maybe the begginning of Oct have a cut off so everyone will have time to organize. But im open to suggestions. Our list isnt that big yet.[/COLOR]

[dvc deernut]

If all works out I will be down just west of Boston in Oct for a weekend. Our call in day to book the next member cruise usually is in Oct. I drive to our friends house from the cruise to have a call in get together party:rotfl2: Its about a 7 hour drive from here. We have been to Boston once for 4th of July. Right after 911. We stayed in the Boston Harbor Hotel and walked over to the where the Pops play. We got in line at 8am, and were lucky enough to get wristbands. Because im a talker, the man i was talking to invited us to sit with his group. We were thrilled, right infront of the stage. Ive never experienced that before. We want to do it again sometime. I always watch it on TV here in Canada.

[Karen89]

If all works out I will be down just west of Boston in Oct for a weekend. Our call in day to book the next member cruise usually is in Oct. I drive to our friends house from the cruise to have a call in get together party:rotfl2: Its about a 7 hour drive from here. We have been to Boston once for 4th of July. Right after 911. We stayed in the Boston Harbor Hotel and walked over to the where the Pops play. We got in line at 8am, and were lucky enough to get wristbands. Because im a talker, the man i was talking to invited us to sit with his group. We were thrilled, right infront of the stage. Ive never experienced that before. We want to do it again sometime. I always watch it on TV here in Canada.

I've only been to the pops once for the 4th of July, and it was on a boat right by the esplanade. Very nice to have an unobstructed view and no crowds, but one of these days I want to go in town to experience it up close.

What is a "call in"?

[dvc deernut]

I've only been to the pops once for the 4th of July, and it was on a boat right by the esplanade. Very nice to have an unobstructed view and no crowds, but one of these days I want to go in town to experience it up close.

What is a "call in"?

We are DVC MEMBERS. Once a year in SEpt they have a member cruise. After the cruise is over about a Month later they tell us when the call in day is for the next years cruise. The phone lines open at DVC at 8am. At 8am you start calling in and press redial redial redial until you get thru, then you wait another hour or so to get a booking agent. By 3pm the cruise is sold out. Our friends from the previous DVC cruises in MASS. seem to get in after only half hour. So I drive 400 miles or so to call in:rotfl2:Thats how crazy DVC members can be and how special Disney cruise are. If you meet up with the right group of people on board you can make new friends from all over. We have made friends with others on disboards from cruising same Disney cruise.

[dvc deernut]

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This is me on pirate night.

[dvc deernut]

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Looking out from Adult beach at CC

[dvc deernut]

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THIS IS OUR FE hanger and Cabin door.

[Karen89]

What is the difference between a DVC member cruise and a regular cruise that has DVC members calling so faithfully on their call-in day? Great pirate night outfit!

[TLinden16]

What is the difference between a DVC member cruise and a regular cruise that has DVC members calling so faithfully on their call-in day? Great pirate night outfit!

Karen, each year, DVC rents a ship for a four night cruise, and only DVC members are eligible to book it. They usually have special guests (I think they had Jodi Benson one year), and they leave special gifts in the cabins. It's hard to get a room, as it's a very popular event for members.

[dvc deernut]

What is the difference between a DVC member cruise and a regular cruise that has DVC members calling so faithfully on their call-in day? Great pirate night outfit!

Every year they have a different theme. One year they brought on the 3 leading lady singers from their Broadway shows, like Mary Poppins , Lion King and Little Mermaid. They also bring on a couple Animators of the movies depending on what is being re released that year. Example, last year they redid Beauty and the Beast, we saw it first on top of the ship. 4 years ago i got to meet Richard Sherman and hear him talk and perform. Last year one of the guests was Bill Farmer the voice of Goofy. They have special seminars with the special guests and its so cool to just sit down with one of them by the pool or on the beach and just talk.
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Thats me and Bill Farmer, I was in the elevator with him and his wife (she took the photo). There is a funny story about that and my Pirate outfit photo, and Bill Farmers wife.
If your ever thinking about taking the DVC tour, they dont High Pressure you. We have been members since 1998 and wish we bought into it in 92.

Hope i didnt scare you off in my Pirate outfit:rotfl2: I will be wearing it on Pirate night on the DEC cruise. Im not crazy, just DISNEY CRAZY:rotfl2:

[Karen89]

TLinden/Karen, The DVC cruise sounds like a great idea and a nice perk for the DVC members.

DVC deernut, Ha, you didn't scare me. I hadn't even started to think about pirate costumes yet though. It's lots of work getting ready for a Disney cruise! What percentage would you say dress up for pirate night?

[dvc deernut]

TLinden/Karen, The DVC cruise sounds like a great idea and a nice perk for the DVC members.

DVC deernut, Ha, you didn't scare me. I hadn't even started to think about pirate costumes yet though. It's lots of work getting ready for a Disney cruise! What percentage would you say dress up for pirate night?

The DVC cruise is a special cruise but we dont get special rates for it. The percentage of people who dress up is a lot higher on the member cruise. But on the member cruise your dealing with a full ship of disney crazed DVC ers. They know what to expect and bring. Generally on a DCL cruise not as many dress up. When you cruise on a non member cruise its fun dressing up,the looks you get:rotfl2: Dont feel shy about wearing a pirate outfit. I always have a blast in costume.

[dvc deernut]

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab157/dvcdeernut/IMG_0791-1.jpg

Here is a shot of the whole Island as we arrived

[TLinden16]

TLinden/Karen, The DVC cruise sounds like a great idea and a nice perk for the DVC members.

DVC deernut, Ha, you didn't scare me. I hadn't even started to think about pirate costumes yet though. It's lots of work getting ready for a Disney cruise! What percentage would you say dress up for pirate night?

Karen, on the cruises I've been on, I'd say that less than a quarter of the people have been dressed up for pirate night. There will be some people dressed in elaborate costumes like DVC deernut, and others will just have on hats and eye patches. Since it also say caribbean dress, I usually wear my Disney Hawaiian shirt, and this bandana hat with Goofy ears that I bought on my last cruise.

If you don't want to get dressed up in an elaborate costume, they sell some pirate gear on the ship (like the hat I mentioned above), so you could always get something on the ship, too.

Perhaps you can talk your sun into being a pirate for Halloween this year so you get double use out of a costume.

[TLinden16]

I've updated the list to put our newest cruising buddies Karen89 and her family on the list!

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and DH
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia) plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH and DS5

[dvc deernut]

I've updated the list to put our newest cruising buddies Karen89 and her family on the list!

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and DH
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia) plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH and DS5

I hope Weich1001 lets me know who the 20 to 25 are. Need to know who they all are if they are doing the FE.

[TLinden16]

I hope Weich1001 lets me know who the 20 to 25 are. Need to know who they all are if they are doing the FE.

I wonder if Weich1001 even ended up booking. She said she thinks she is in, but she only posted on the thread once, so perhaps they aren't coming now.

[tessasmom]

Yeah, I'm officially booked! Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

dvc deernut - Thanks for the tips, and feel free to keep them coming! Now that I don't have to research which trip to take, which room to get, and which dining time is best...... I can read more about the little tips and tricks so that I won't ask TOO many newbie questions! At least I'll try not to.

Beth - Thank you for the tip, I will absolutely bring some green apples if that's allowed. Of course they probably have green apples on the ship, right? I'll have to read up on that one too!

TLinden/Karen - Small world. I'm also north of Boston, north west actually. I will make sure to read back a few pages to see what other kids are going to be on the cruise. My son can sometimes be shy and it helps to talk about who we'll see once we get there.

tessasmom - I'll be curious to hear how you compare the Disney cruise to other cruises, since you've been on so many. As for the fish extender exchange, I'll have to admit I'm intrigued. When I first read something about it I thought "What the heck is that?" so I searched and found a thread about it. I'm curious as to how many people are usually involved? Do you give a gift for each pocket? Say 20 families are involved and each has 4 people in their family, is that 80 gifts you should be bringing, or 20? Do you bring age appropriate gifts for kids, such as something for babies, toddlers, teens, etc or the same thing for each cabin? You know, I really should research this a bit more, as I just said I wasn't going to ask so many newbie questions!

Karen


Hi Karen!

SO exciting that you are now booked!!:cheer2: Now comes the hard part! LOL! PLANNING!!! If you are a obsessive planner like me, you will be on these boards every free minute. I've already started putting things aside for the trip and have a list of things in my wallet for when I run across things that are only around seasonally here in Chicago. As far as your question about DCL vs. Other cruise lines, I won't really be able to answer you fully until we meet on the ship. I can tell you that DCL is the only cruise line I know of that has a board like this and such awesome veteran cruisers willing to share their knowledge and experiences. I am positive that my family and I are going to love cruising DCL and will quickly be hooked! In fact I'm already saving the $ so we can rebook our next DCL inboard!:yay:
Now as far as the FE goes, this is the way I understand it. This will be our first one and I need to get to ordering our FE holder off ETSY pretty soon! From what I am told, we get a list of the participants. In fact if you go back a few pages on this thread there is already a list started for our cruise. Now you can pretty much do what YOU want to do as far as gifts. Some people do a joint gift for the parents and then age appropriate gifts for the kids. Others do all individualized gifts for each person in the cabin. You can do it simple or detailed. The fun of it is just giving the gifts and discovering the ones left in your FE! Also, I have heard of people giving gift related to where they are from. Like from Chicago I could do something we are known for. I think I plan on definitely personalizing our FE gifts in some way and have some ideas, but nothing done yet.:scared1: Also, if you haven't read about this, I found this little tidbit of info very important. I guess on DCL a lot of passengers give little tokens to the wonderful people who serve them in the dining room and the room stewards. Since DCL frowns on or does not allow tipping (which I did not know) it's a great way of showing your appreciation! These tokens must be small though because space is limited in the crew quarters. I'm SO GLAD I read that so we are prepared!:thumbsup2

Just keep reading like I do, you will find you have little DCL notes plastered throughout the house! Don't hesitate to ask questions here, everyone is so helpful? Happy planning!!:cool1:

[tessasmom]

Karen, check out post #116 on this thread. That is the current FE list.

[TLinden16]

The Fish extender is fun. Some people gave out nice keepsakes for our trip.

Ian, did we ever decide on a definite cutoff date to sign up for FE.

[Karen89]

Tessasmom/Julia - I am absolutely an obsessive planner, and quite frankly it's stressing me out that I can't buy my FE gifts now! (would hate to have too few) My vacations are usually quite laid back with little planning necessary, so this is a world away from what I'm used to. I have been taking notes and so far I have power strip, shoe caddy, water, and pirate costumes noted. It appears I have the late seating for dinner and I'm not happy about that but hopefully I'll be able to change it later. My 5 year old could never wait that long to eat. As far as tipping, I thought they did allow tipping but at the end of the trip? I heard they give you little envelopes and you tip your servers then. I certainly could have missed something though, as I've been dedicating most of my time to reading about the whole FE thing.

[TLinden16]

As far as tipping, I thought they did allow tipping but at the end of the trip? I heard they give you little envelopes and you tip your servers then.

Yes, you do tip the servers, and stateroom host. This is the page on the Disney site where you can find the information (including suggested tips):

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/faqs/onboard-services/gratuities/

You can go to guest services and prepay the trip to your onboard account at any time or pay in cash if you want. I had prepaid the last time on the first or second day, and we regretted doing it because we had uncharacteristically horrendous servers. I wouldn't have given them the full suggested amount they were so bad.

[dvc deernut]

The Fish extender is fun. Some people gave out nice keepsakes for our trip.

Ian, did we ever decide on a definite cutoff date to sign up for FE.

No we havent , Im assuming sometime in Oct so it gives us time to organize. Once the day get close I will send a list to everyone on it. Well back in the pool . The water is 90 today.:cool1:

[TLinden16]

Thanks, Ian. I just want to make sure that I have enough for everyone. I really love my main fish extender gift (and I hope that everyone else does). I will have a little bit of work to do after the fact, so I want to make sure we have plenty of time to do that :)

I actually have a drawer in my old bureau with Fish Extender stuff. I have a collection of stuff that I had purchased on clearance a couple of years back, and I also have the items I bought this year. In fact, I love the stuff that I bought this year so much, that I may buy another 50 pieces just to have to give people (and I got such a great deal on it, it's not even funny--I found this item for about 75% less than anywhere else I've seen it--I didn't get my first color choice, but I did get a nice color). I just hope people like this item as much as I do :) I think it's a very useful thing for Disney fans.

[dvc deernut]

Dont thank me yet im new at keeping track of FE list:rotfl2: Hopefully I dont screw it up. Well back outside I go. Its sunny HOT HOT HOT and I have work around the pool to do. Oh and I will be water the Garden from the pool with the hose while holding my KONK KOOLER(my disney favourite) drink:cool1: MMMMMMMMMMM

[TLinden16]

Dont thank me yet im new at keeping track of FE list:rotfl2: Hopefully I dont screw it up. Well back outside I go. Its sunny HOT HOT HOT and I have work around the pool to do. Oh and I will be water the Garden from the pool with the hose while holding my KONK KOOLER(my disney favourite) drink:cool1: MMMMMMMMMMM

Just remind everyone to double and triple check their cabin number on the list. On my last FE exchange, someone had the wrong cabin number (actually a non-existent cabin number), and nearly didn't get anything until I found out his true cabin number and spread the word.

[tessasmom]

Oops! Sorry Karen! I am wrong about the tipping. I knew I would be nicely corrected if I was mistaken. Karen we are stuck with late seating also and are hoping to change it once on board, so get ready to duke it out with me! :rotfl2:Hehehehe! No, maybe we can get the same table? That's probably too much to ask though. I hope we can both get it changed. It will take a lot of my stress away trying to keep Tessa awake for dinner.

I'm stressing a bit about the FE stuff too. I have a few ideas, but really don't feel like I can work on them until closer to the cruise. I am however, keeping busy getting my magnets for our cabin door ready!:woohoo:

It was HOT, HOT, HOT here the last 2 days and today it's rainy and in the 50's with nasty storms last night and this morning...I just want it to stay HOT!

[TLinden16]

I also currrently have the late dining, but I'm actually hoping to switch to early as well, in an attempt to get at a table with my friend who is also travelling alone.

I am actually very excited about my FE gift (in case you didn't notice in the five billion times I've mentioned it on this thread so far). I am just so excited that I found such a good deal on it, and the site actually had a couple of other things that worked for the FE as well (I don't want to share the site here now because I don't want to risk duplication of gifts, but I will after the fact :)

We had some crazy rain storms here today. I walk part of the way to work, and I had to run for cover a few times. I was very happy when someone offered me a ride home tonight (especially after the thunderstorms got worse by the end of the day).

[Karen89]

TLinden/Karen - I got caught in the same crazy storms today on the way home. I get to work so early that I managed to just catch a little rain, but the ride home was insane. I'm lacking on the FE gift ideas, but the girl I work with just returned from a cruise and hopefully I can get a full report of things she received. That ought to help.

Tessasmom/Julia - It has been very hot here as well, but for me it's a welcomed change. This past winter was SO long! How old is your daughter? My son will be turning 5 this summer. I am hoping he'll really enjoy the kids club. I hear it's wonderful, and he'll love the fact that the little babies are in another area and that he's with the older kids.

DVC deernut - count me in for the FE. I think it sounds like a lot of fun and I'm sure my son will love the little surprises waiting to be discovered. I don't have enough posts to send (or reply to) private messages yet, so I'll send you whatever info you need when I can.

[TLinden16]

TLinden/Karen - I got caught in the same crazy storms today on the way home. I get to work so early that I managed to just catch a little rain, but the ride home was insane. I'm lacking on the FE gift ideas, but the girl I work with just returned from a cruise and hopefully I can get a full report of things she received. That ought to help.

Tessasmom/Julia - It has been very hot here as well, but for me it's a welcomed change. This past winter was SO long! How old is your daughter? My son will be turning 5 this summer. I am hoping he'll really enjoy the kids club. I hear it's wonderful, and he'll love the fact that the little babies are in another area and that he's with the older kids.

DVC deernut - count me in for the FE. I think it sounds like a lot of fun and I'm sure my son will love the little surprises waiting to be discovered. I don't have enough posts to send (or reply to) private messages yet, so I'll send you whatever info you need when I can.

I think you'll be able to send messages when you get one more post, Karen. I think it's 10, but I could be wrong, as they do change it from time to time.

Karen, the storms sure were crazy yesterday! I got caught in them on the way into work, and would have been caught on the commute home if a co-worker didn't offer me a ride. What city/town are you in? I'm in Wakefield.

I got such a good deal on my FE stuff that I just bought extra (as a matter of fact, I think I'm going to place another order and get more extra stuff so that I can have it for future use). But I figure if I'm short on anything, I'll just buy something else. I figure not everyone has to get everything exactly the same.

Right now, we have under 20 people in the FE exchange. Hopefully it won't get much more than that.

[TLinden16]

Oh, and one more thing, I'm still doing my debate on how to get to port. As I mentioned, the people were thought were going to ride with us have decided to take Disney transport, so at this point, it is looking like we will be doing that as well.

Right now, one of the things we are considering is taking ME to the airport, and then checking in for DCL and taking the bus from there. We're not 100% sure on this but we figure we aren't going to go in the parks that morning, so we may just do that instead.

Of course, I may just change my mind again in five minutes ;-)

[tessasmom]

Karen, Tessa is almost 15 months. By the time we cruise she will be 20 months. Your little guy will be in the kids club, Tessa will still be in the nursery age group. We are planning on one night booking her in there so we can check out the adult area clubs, even though neither one of us are really drinkers. I don't think we will be doing Palo or Remy this time around. We love doing things as a family and seeing things through Tessa's eyes!

TL- I think 20-25 is a good number for the FE. Not too big, not too small! Thanks again for taking on the organizing!:worship:

[TLinden16]

TL- I think 20-25 is a good number for the FE. Not too big, not too small! Thanks again for taking on the organizing!:worship:

That's all on DVC deernut. :)

Oh, and I apologize in advance to all of you when you have to deliver my gift, as my cabin is as far forward as you can go.

[dvc deernut]

HI KAREN no hurry when ever you can give the info for FE would be great. I still dont know our cabin yet.

Here is a suggestion for KAREN and JULIA. I think I read this right. Both of you are on late dinning. If you want to be at same teble why dont you LINK your ressies. We do that every year on our member cruise so we can sit with the same 8 people. You have to know each others ressie number and one of you call DCL and have the 2 ressies linked together.

[dvc deernut]

Oh, and one more thing, I'm still doing my debate on how to get to port. As I mentioned, the people were thought were going to ride with us have decided to take Disney transport, so at this point, it is looking like we will be doing that as well.

Right now, one of the things we are considering is taking ME to the airport, and then checking in for DCL and taking the bus from there. We're not 100% sure on this but we figure we aren't going to go in the parks that morning, so we may just do that instead.

Of course, I may just change my mind again in five minutes ;-)

Just curious why you dont take Disney transportation right from your Disney resort.:confused3

[dvc deernut]

We will probably be doing PALO brunch if there is availability. We can call at the 105 mark. We enjoyed the Palo brunch on sea day. We arent doing Remy or Palo dinner because our friends havent done a disney cruise before and havent experienced the new dinning rooms.

[TLinden16]

Just curious why you dont take Disney transportation right from your Disney resort.:confused3

To get to port earlier and get on the ship earlier than we would if we waited for the bus from our resort without having to pay extra for a town car.

[tessasmom]

HI KAREN no hurry when ever you can give the info for FE would be great. I still dont know our cabin yet.

Here is a suggestion for KAREN and JULIA. I think I read this right. Both of you are on late dinning. If you want to be at same teble why dont you LINK your ressies. We do that every year on our member cruise so we can sit with the same 8 people. You have to know each others ressie number and one of you call DCL and have the 2 ressies linked together.

First, THANK YOU to DVC Deernut for taking on the task of organizing the FE! I stand corrected! Oops! Oh, here's your :worship:

Secondly, that may be a pretty smart idea in linking our ressies. My question to veteran cruisers would be, how many are usually at a table? Or do they usually try to just do single families? I know on other cruise lines they put a bunch of people at big tables. From how I am interpreting DCL chatter, it seems a lot of people sit with just their family. Yes or no?

Karen, let's think about doing that...might give us a better chance at early dining. Hmmmm...

[TLinden16]

Julia, on my first cruise, I was with two other women, and we had late dining. We had a table with a married couple, and another family of 3 (mom, dad, and 10 year old son). My second group was part of a big group with over 200 people, and they seated us at tables of 8-10 with other people in our group. Late dining was tough on the 10 year old. Poor kid fell asleep in his chicken fingers one night.

Some families request a table alone, but it seems like most sections can have tables pushed together to make them larger. Tables seem to seat either 4, 8, 10, or 12. I think it's more fun when you are at a large table with bunch of people from all over. It's fun learning about your tablemates, and hearing about their adventures on the cruise. I still keep in touch with the couple I met on my cruise four and a half years ago.

[dvc deernut]

Hi just wanted to post the names of the FE list.

DVC DEERNUT IAN(dh) LAURA(dw)
JENNYBINFLORIDA JENNIFER(dw) ANGELO(dh)
KEEGAN(ds) 10 LANDEN(ds) 4
RHODE ISLAND QUANOG JOE(db) VALERIE(dg)
DONUTDAY KEVIN(dh) JOAN(dw)
DYNAMICDISNEYDUO MANDY(dw) DAN(dh)
TESSASMOM JULIA(dw) SAM(dh) TESSA(dd) 21months
TLINDEN16 KAREN
KAREN89 KAREN(dw) PAUL(dh)
BRENDAN(ds) 5

ANY CORRECTIONS LET ME KNOW:thumbsup2 I DIDNT PUT CABINS DOWN YET. I DONT KNOW OURS AND DYNAMICDISNEYDUOs YET.

[MickeyBella]

Hello,

We are definitely still onboard for our honeymoon Disney Cruise and looking forward to it !!!
Please count us in for the FE – We Can’t wait!!!!

Mickey (dw)
Joey (dh)

I am just catching up on all the posts but I will be sure to post our cabin this weekend. We may be changing it as we are seeing complaints about deck 5 (I think right now we are 5226) – may try to move to deck 7 or 8.


Have a nice day!! Mickey

[dvc deernut]

Hello,

We are definitely still onboard for our honeymoon Disney Cruise and looking forward to it !!!
Please count us in for the FE – We Can’t wait!!!!

Mickey (dw)
Joey (dh)

I am just catching up on all the posts but I will be sure to post our cabin this weekend. We may be changing it as we are seeing complaints about deck 5 (I think right now we are 5226) – may try to move to deck 7 or 8.


Have a nice day!! Mickey

Thank YOU I just added you!!!:cool1: Just curious what complaints about deck 5. We sail Sept and are on Deck 8 but have friends on deck 5. Congradulations on your Honeymoon cruise. Maybe you can be one of the couples on the Married couples game where they get 3 couples from different marriage lengths and ask them Personal questions.:rotfl2:

[MickeyBella]

Thank YOU I just added you!!!:cool1: Just curious what complaints about deck 5. We sail Sept and are on Deck 8 but have friends on deck 5. Congradulations on your Honeymoon cruise. Maybe you can be one of the couples on the Married couples game where they get 3 couples from different marriage lengths and ask them Personal questions.:rotfl2:

LOL sounds like a game just perfect for us!!! :rotfl:
I’m trying to get more details about the rooms – but some boards are saying the Verandah’s are very small, not the comfortable size they claimed to be. :confused3
There are so many places to read threw though, wishing someone would post some pictures – the cabin we have is actually 5526. I keep searching though … tough call .. change room ... keep room ... ugh ... :surfweb:

[tessasmom]

Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials Mickeybella!!! How cool!

[MickeyBella]

Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials Mickeybella!!! How cool!

Thank you so much!!!! ::MickeyMo::MinnieMo

[TLinden16]

Less than five months now! Woofreakinghoo!

[BethC1952]

That's about four and a half months too long!

Can't we go NOW???? I live in resort area and it's full of people having wonderful vacations. I see them every morning while I'm on my way to my not-quite-so-wonderful office!

Beth

[dvc deernut]

We finally have our assigned Cabins. We have 2 so I will have to Talk with the other couple to see which one the want. Only Laura and I are doing the FE. So once we have decided on which cabin we are in I will tell you all. Both cabins face the Bow under the bridge area.

[Karen89]

I've been counting the days, and obsessively checking the boards at least once a day, usually more. (is that normal?) SO happy to see activity!

dvc deernut - Those look like amazing rooms! Lucky you! :thumbsup2

Mickeybella - congratulations on your upcoming marriage! What did you end up finding out about your room selection? I tried searching the boards and I believe I read that your room has the extended verandah but the room next to it doesn't.

[TLinden16]

I'v'e updated the list to add MickeyBella:

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and DH
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH and DS5
MickeyBella plus her new DH Joey

[dvc deernut]

Yes this is addictive, Im on here everyday. We have another cruise in Sept and that board is now at board 8. I was talking to a DCL booking agent yesterday asking a couple Questions about our Cabins. We actually talked for about half an hour. She had just sailed the Wonder out west and the Dream in Mar. Her husband works the concierge deck. She was very helpful. I was asking about things I heard about the pools. She said yes the pools are smaller but thats only because they arent Lap pools anymore. On Castaway day many stayed on the ship so the family beach was less crowded. Many lined up for the Aquaduct. Her son rode it 6 times. It was busy but line moves fast. We are gold Castaway members so we can book at 105 days out, I now wish we were platinum they book 120 days out. Palos brunch etc has been booking up fast. Im going to try for a table for 6 for brunch.

[BethC1952]

We're Platinum and can book at 120 days out. Of course, we won't be paid in full by then (Disney can wait for my money so that I get the interest on it and not them!). We'd like to have a Palo dinner and brunch, but we've done both a few times, and will be doing both the week before, so we may just skip it this time. We enjoyed the main dining rooms on Dream enough that we may not want to skip a dinner. We may try to book a brunch if we can get one, but even that's not really essential for us. That leaves some reservations open for the rest of you! If you haven't been to Dream's version of Palo, you should try it. It's an absolutely beautiful room, and there's no walkway outside the windows so no one's standing out there looking in at you while you're eating!:cool1: Of course, it IS under the basketball court, so you may have a constant "thump thump thump" overhead:confused3. What an awful design choice that was! It's even worse than making the pool areas smaller!

Beth

[CruznLexi]

Paid the cruise off last week! We have 5 nights at Kidani before hand.

[Rhode Island Quahog]

Paid the cruise off last week! We have 5 nights at Kidani before hand.

Congrats on paying your trip off. We paid ours off in January, what a great feeling! :)

Who is staying before and or after the cruise? We have 2 nights before the cruise at Bay Lake Tower. Then 8 nights after at Bay Lake Tower with a Magic kingdom view. I can't wait for the cruise and the holiday decorations at WDW!

[tessasmom]

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

Wow. The FE is getting big! Id better get moving on my gifts! Under 5 months, yay!:cool1:

[dvc deernut]

Congrats on paying your trip off. We paid ours off in January, what a great feeling! :)

Who is staying before and or after the cruise? We have 2 nights before the cruise at Bay Lake Tower. Then 8 nights after at Bay Lake Tower, and 2 nights at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait for the cruise and the holiday decorations at WDW!

We are only staying 2 nights at OKW resort after cruise. They have a great Gingerbread house at Floridian

[dvc deernut]

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

Wow. The FE is getting big! Id better get moving on my gifts! Under 5 months, yay!:cool1:

Our friend Sophie will be celebrating her birthday DEC 5th on board:cool1:

[TLinden16]

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

Wow. The FE is getting big! Id better get moving on my gifts! Under 5 months, yay!:cool1:


Well, I've updated the list of people who said they are going on the cruise again. The people who are confirmed to be participating in the FE are in red.

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and her new DH Joey
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH and DS5

I will be staying at the Boardwalk for three nights before the cruise, and four nights after the cruise! Can't wait!

[BethC1952]

Congrats on paying your trip off. We paid ours off in January, what a great feeling! :)

Who is staying before and or after the cruise? We have 2 nights before the cruise at Bay Lake Tower. Then 8 nights after at Bay Lake Tower, and 2 nights at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait for the cruise and the holiday decorations at WDW!

Let's see...the night before the cruise we'll be at the Country Inn & Suites at Port Canaveral. The seven nights before that, we'll be onboard Magic sailing around in the Western Caribbean. We thought about doing a double dip on one ship or the other, but that would mean the same ship and the same restaurants. Two cruises mean all different stuff. After the cruise we're going back to WDW for three nights at a Wilderness Cabin. We've camped there before, but this will be our first cabin. No parks this visit, just a lot of downtime!

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!


This vacation is a double celebration for us (maybe that's why there's two cruises?;)) Our 39th wedding anniversary is Dec. 30, and DH's birthday is Jan. 7. It's a big one--he'll be 62! We can't get away at the end of Dec. due to work requirements, so we'll be celebrating a bit early.

Our cruise to Canada in June will celebrate my birthday. It's a big one too. I'll be 39 (again):lmao:!

Beth

[tessasmom]

Hahaha! Funny TL! :rotfl2: I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!:scared1:

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

[dvc deernut]

Hahaha! Funny TL! :rotfl2: I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!:scared1:

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

Hi , the list ive got is shorter but ive only included the confirmed FEs. I sent TL a private message about the list.

[TLinden16]

Hahaha! Funny TL! :rotfl2: I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!:scared1:

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

Tessamom, you're absolutely right. MickeyBella is on there twice. I guess I missed that she was already on there when I updated it today.

The list that I posted is not the FE list. It's the list of everyone who said they were going on the cruise, so there are more names on this list than there are on the FE list.

DVC Deernut actually is keeping track of the FE list. I think as of right now there are less than 20 people on that list. I will make take a look at the list DVCdeernut sent me and change the font color of those who want to participate in the FE list.

Sorry for the confusion :)

[BethC1952]

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!:scared1:


I've stayed at the Radisson At The Port, and it was very nice. I know it gets mixed reviews, but my friend and I really enjoyed it. We had a very nice dinner the night before, and breakfast in the morning, took their shuttle to the port and it was all really easy.

This time Jim and I are trying Country Inn & Suites, just to do something different. We're staying there the night before our Magic cruise, and then the night between the two cruises.

Neither place is really fancy, but both have good internet rates!

Beth

[dvc deernut]

I've stayed at the Radisson At The Port, and it was very nice. I know it gets mixed reviews, but my friend and I really enjoyed it. We had a very nice dinner the night before, and breakfast in the morning, took their shuttle to the port and it was all really easy.

This time Jim and I are trying Country Inn & Suites, just to do something different. We're staying there the night before our Magic cruise, and then the night between the two cruises.

Neither place is really fancy, but both have good internet rates!

Beth

If your staying in the Port area why dont you try FISH LIPS Restaurant and Bar. We pass it everytime the ship leaves. Someone told me it was a good place. Id like to try it sometime.

[BethC1952]

That's jusr what we plan to do, at least one of the two nights that we'll be there. I'm thinking maybe we'll go there after the first cruise and watch Magic sail away again!

Beth

[Tonydana]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me :)

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

[dvc deernut]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me :)

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

Welcome to the group!!! I put your names on the FE list:thumbsup2

[TLinden16]

Well, I've updated the list of people who said they are going on the cruise to add Tonydana. The people who are confirmed to be participating in the FE are in red.

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and her new DH Joey
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH Paul and DS5 Brendan
Tonydana plus DH and DS9

[TLinden16]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me :)

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

Welcome to the group, Dana! We have a fun little bunch here!

And I see you are another MA person! There are several of us from MA on this cruise. Massachusetts will be well represented!

[Tonydana]

We live near fall river, south of boston. we are dvc members, since 2003. but if we were smart, would have bought on our honeymoon in 1993 when we had the chance. own at saratoga ;)

will be staying at vwl before and after cruise for a few days.. nice to meet everyone.. ordered my FE this morning.. now just need ideas on what to get for gifts.. my son is very excited.. dh is a little more quiet, excited though too.. :)

[TLinden16]

Tonydana, I live north of Boston.

I am also a DVC member. I own at the Boardwalk and the Grand Californian. I bought my first batch of points in 2005. I also wish I bought sooner--I remember when I first heard of DVC, I thought $45 per point was so expensive. I paid double that for my first set of points. hehe.

[tessasmom]

Welcome to the group Tonydana!! Its great to have more people joining our group! It helps the time pass until we all get on the DREAM!

I'm so excited, I had a brainstorm today and got the idea for my FE gift! Now I just need to get supplies and get them made!:banana:

[dvc deernut]

We live near fall river, south of boston. we are dvc members, since 2003. but if we were smart, would have bought on our honeymoon in 1993 when we had the chance. own at saratoga ;)

will be staying at vwl before and after cruise for a few days.. nice to meet everyone.. ordered my FE this morning.. now just need ideas on what to get for gifts.. my son is very excited.. dh is a little more quiet, excited though too.. :)

Hi , We are also DVC members since 1998, wish we had bought in 92. We added 250 points in 08 while we were on the Member cruise. We made friends from South Hadley near UMASS on our first member cruise and have sat with them on the last 4 member cruise since then. I drove 7 hours to their house to do phone in for this years cruise in Sept. Laura and I really like Boston and area. Actually to drive to Boston from here is not much farther than driving to Lake Placid its all 4 lane Highway. When we get another chance we want togo to Boston. The only time we were there was on the 4th of July right after 9 11. We stood right up by the stage to watch the POPS. Walked everywhere in Boston that day. We stayed at the Boston Harbor Hotel for 2 nights using DVC points. Well Ive babbled on and on:rotfl2:

[Tonydana]

where i live is very country, not city at all.. would much rather stick here.. not only that, i always get lost in the city.. going to the boston pops i'm sure was wonderful, never been though..

as far as fe gifts, ugh, need to think of that, have no ideas.. addicted to checking this board a hundred times a day now though.. :)

[BethC1952]

If you're only checking 100 times a day, you're really not addicted yet! :rotfl:

My boss always knows when my cruises are getting close. I don't even bother trying to hide the window where the DIS is open. He's on vacation this week, so I'm in DIS heaven (also a few other things like ebay and some jewelry design and knitting/crocheting sites;)).

Beth

[CruznLexi]

I am undecided about the FE yet as I normally do it on longer cruises. I just want to enjoy the ship. We are now going to be at KV from Tues- Sat and then Sat a Universal and then off to the ship.

[Tonydana]

5:53 am and the first thing i check is not the local news or weather.. but yes, my dis boards. :) good morning cruise buddies..

[dvc deernut]

5:53 am and the first thing i check is not the local news or weather.. but yes, my dis boards. :) good morning cruise buddies..

GOOD MORNING BACK!:cool1:

[Tonydana]

it has been quiet on here for a few day... anyone else going to try for a cabana on castaway? not feeling that lucky though..

another question, i noticed when searching for fe ideas, some of them actually named their group. do we have a name for ours? how about a cut off date? starting to get ideas together to figure out what we are going to do here for everyone.. and do we give gifts every day?

hello, anyone awake... time to get up.. :yay:

[TLinden16]

I don't think we have a name for out group. I believe Ian is going to pick a date sometime in October for a cut off.

The last time I did a FE gift, we delivered stuff twice. We had about 15 or 20 cabins, and it took longer than we expected to deliver them, so this time I will only deliver once. It's up to you :) I think it really depends on how many cabins we have, and how spread out they are across the ship. It looks like we have 10 now.

[dvc deernut]

GOOD MORNING!! OUR FIRST FE WAS LAST SEPT ON OUR MEMBER CRUISE, WE HAD OVER 30 CABINS ALL OVER THE SHIP AND ABOUT 80 PEOPLE. I COULDNT CARRY EVERYTHING AT ONCE SO I DID A COUPLE DECKS AT A TIME. THIS WILL BE OUR 3rd FE, THE SECOND IS COMING UP AGAIN IN SEPT. THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT ON NEW SHIP. ON OUR OTHER CRUISE IN SEPT ON THE DREAM WE HAVE A COUPLE ON CONCEIRGE DECK. SO I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE DONE IN THE DAYTIME. I THINK THEY LOCK THAT AREA AFTER A CERTAIN TIME. I THINK KAREN THOUGHT OCT 4th WOULD BE A GOOD CUTOFF TO GIVE EVERYONE 2 MONTHS TO PREPARE.ITS SATURDAY MORNING HERE AND WE HAVENT HAD RAIN IN 27 DAYS.

[tessasmom]

I think Oct 4th is a good cutoff date! I finally got some supplies for our FE gift and am currently working on the design! I'm having a lot of fun!:cool1:

How about we throw out some names of our group??? I'll start!

Disney DREAM's and Holidays

DREAMing of Sun and Sand in December

Holiday DREAM's, Birthday's and The Mouse

[dvc deernut]

I think Oct 4th is a good cutoff date! I finally got some supplies for our FE gift and am currently working on the design! I'm having a lot of fun!:cool1:

How about we throw out some names of our group??? I'll start!

Disney DREAM's and Holidays

DREAMing of Sun and Sand in December

Holiday DREAM's, Birthday's and The Mouse

HOW ABOUT DREAMing with the MOUSE 2011. I have fun making the gifts but I do a lot of stressing too:rotfl2: I have many ideas in my head

[tessasmom]

Keep em coming!!:woohoo:

[Tonydana]

love all the names.. :) can we decide on a name before the cut off date for people to sign up? just wondering as i would like to start making some fe gifts.. if i could ever decide what and how to make it.. :)

counting down the days.. almost time to start booking excursions... yippee..

[tessasmom]

We are hoping to pay off the cruise very soon! After that, we can start booking excursions and ressies on Sept 21st I believe! Not sure what we will be booking, but for sure Palo Brunch if possible and the nursery for DD for that and a few hours one evening so we can check out the adult areas.

I think it's a great idea to nail down a name of the group by the cut off just in case we are personalizing (like I am) my FE gifts.

Another thought, and feel free to just ignore this if you'd rather not. How many of us would feel comfortable sharing our FB name/pages with each other? I just thought it would put faces to the names and get to know more about each other (which could be good or bad...like if you are in witness protection or have many skeletons in your closet! :rotfl2:) think about it. I'm game if anyone else is.

Everyone have a fantastic day! If you are part of the massive heat wave hitting us in the Midwest, stay cool and hydrated!!:cool2:

[Tonydana]

We are hoping to pay off the cruise very soon! After that, we can start booking excursions and ressies on Sept 21st I believe! Not sure what we will be booking, but for sure Palo Brunch if possible and the nursery for DD for that and a few hours one evening so we can check out the adult areas.

I think it's a great idea to nail down a name of the group by the cut off just in case we are personalizing (like I am) my FE gifts.

Another thought, and feel free to just ignore this if you'd rather not. How many of us would feel comfortable sharing our FB name/pages with each other? I just thought it would put faces to the names and get to know more about each other (which could be good or bad...like if you are in witness protection or have many skeletons in your closet! :rotfl2:) think about it. I'm game if anyone else is.

Everyone have a fantastic day! If you are part of the massive heat wave hitting us in the Midwest, stay cool and hydrated!!:cool2:

i think facebook is a great idea.. we could pm the names, so they would not be totally public...

going crazy trying to figure out what to do for fe gifts... no clue, ugh...

[dvc deernut]

IM NOT ON FACEBOOK YET:confused3

[TLinden16]

I'm on facebook. You can PM me for my ID if you want.

[BethC1952]

I'm on Facebook, too, and will be glad to PM my Facebook name. Jim is just getting into Facebook, and he doesn't have ANY friends yet, including me! We're still working on that. It's only recently that he figured out how to turn his computer on, and how to check his email!:rotfl:

Beth

[Karen89]

IM NOT ON FACEBOOK YET:confused3

What are you waiting for? :)


I'm on FB and would be happy to PM my info to anyone in this group that wants it.

[meglovesbelle]

We will be joining this cruise 4 adults and 2 children a 7 year old and 3 year old. This will be our 2nd cruise we can't wait !!!

[Tonydana]

feel free to pm me too for facebook.. :)

[BethC1952]

I guess I'm just a little bit out of it this morning. When I replied somewhere up thread, I should also have included that one of my other cruises (the one to Canada) has a Facebook group set up. It's by invitation only, so no outsiders wander in by accident. If someone is willing to set that up, I'd be more than willing to join!

Beth

[dvc deernut]

We will be joining this cruise 4 adults and 2 children a 7 year old and 3 year old. This will be our 2nd cruise we can't wait !!!

Welcome to the group!!! Where is Pennsyltucky:confused3

[tessasmom]

I guess I'm just a little bit out of it this morning. When I replied somewhere up thread, I should also have included that one of my other cruises (the one to Canada) has a Facebook group set up. It's by invitation only, so no outsiders wander in by accident. If someone is willing to set that up, I'd be more than willing to join!

Beth

That's a GREAT idea Beth! I just tried to form a group, but I need to be able to add people already on my friends list to start it. Once I get a few of you who I have PM'd, I will get the group formed. I was just going to call it Disney Dream 12/4/2011. Does anyone have any better ideas, like the whole group name thing? Suggestions please!?

[donutday]

I would love to be in a Facebook group for this cruise too! I don't tend to pull up Disboards very often but I check Facebook everyday!

[tessasmom]

Ok, for those of you interested I have set up a FB group page for our sailing. It's a locked group, so in order to join you have to either friend me, or accept my friend request. I have sent out friend requests to those that PM'd me. So far our group is myself and TLinden16. LOL! Big group! I'm sure the rest will follow and hopefully newcomers to the thread will want to join in. No pressure, some of us just wanted to put a name to the face!

Karen89-You are right, I could not find you on FB. You will need to FR me to join the group!

[Tonydana]

now that we are friends on fb, did you add me to the group??

counting down the days..

[TLinden16]

Don't want to kill this thread just because some of us are interacting on facebook. So hello to those of you haven't joined us on facebook.

[Rhode Island Quahog]

I just joined the facebook page. You'll see me as Valerie Kerwick on there. Looking forward to corresponding with everyone!

[tessasmom]

I have been on the FB page also! I have been busy at work on my FE gifts! I'm really happy with how they are turning out! Sorry, I don't want to spoil the surprise! :banana:

[Tonydana]

spent most of this day relaxing in a/c with my son.. desperately trying to figure out what to make/bring for fe gifts.. this is stressful..

[tessasmom]

Two things...if you send me a friend request on FB for the group, please PM here so I know that is who you are and can accept.

Second...Tonydana don't stress over the FE's!! It took me a long time to figure out ours and the idea only came to me when I was not thinking about it! I think we try too hard to please everyone. You don't even have to hand make something. You can buy stuff at the dollar store(which I plan for the kids!), simple candy, pirate stuff from the party store. Just don't make it too big or complicated. You want to enjoy the cruise! Not get wrapped up in the FE too much!! You are spending a lot of money to have a fabulous vacation with your family! The FE is supposed to just be an added bonus! So stop stressing! :cool2:

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

Wow! I've missed quite a bit. Sorry for being AWOL folks, life just kinda got in the way.
I have posted the FE list on the first page. We are still planning to do the FE but are trying to finagle our way into the same room for both legs of our B2B. Anybody know any tricks that don't involve shelling out money to upgrade? :rotfl: I already tried emailing and they just told me what I already know, that neither room is available on both legs and to call a reservation specialist (which would probably require upgrading).
I'll pass on our cabin number once we run outta hope for a solution on the B2B.