Are they not doing shirts now too? Sorry I am not in a good mood - very hot here and I am mad about my plate (I will get over it tomorrow). David asked me if I could get it signed in the Parks. How the heck would I know? Maybe they stopped that too? I told him to take the pens and autograph it himself. Go to the garage and go crazy - there is a bag of candy in it for you (some pieces may be missing - Not sure who are them??) 
Lynn, I'm starting to feel the same way you are...we blew a LOT of points for this cruise and will probably never do another member's cruise because we would rather take the grandkids along and a member's cruise is just too many points. Maybe my expectations were too high but so far -there is nothing about ordering shirts, nothing about next years member's cruise - many people already had this one booked long before now a year ago, and Ginny Carr got a rude castmember from DCL when she called to let them know the info for people who wanted to sit together for late dining....I worked for 7 years at the Disney Store in Crestwood and the WORST thing you could do was give a guest bad service ! I'm wondering if they threw everything into the Alaska member's cruise and ours is just an afterthought. And WHY would you end the special signings right before the member's cruise - shouldn't we get a little special treatment. We have never done the picture packages because I generally don't like the way the pictures are done on the cruises - I love Photo Pass in the parks and can't understand why they don't use that on the ships. I HATE that every cruise they print up a ton of pictures that are then destroyed - what an environmental waste ! A 4 day cruise is not a lot of time to get a lot of pictures - there always seemed to be long lines and I want to do whatever special things they have on the member's cruise. Also there may be longer than usual character lines for people wanting to get signatures.I keep checking and still no shirts posted. What are they waiting on???
Still debating on the photos - should I get them or not? I am thinking about getting them. Do you think it would be worth while? Will there be a lot of chances to get pics taken? Do they have a lot of characters on DVC cruises? Should I bring my autograph book? I do have one! (seriously I do have one ) - that way I could get OFFICIAL signatures! I got one when I had an in-room birthday celebration years ago. I have several autographs. I just don't want to get the photo CD if I don't get a lot of pics. Would love to hear what you all think.
Lynn
That's what I would look like Pat if I was on your schedule! This cruise cannot come soon enough!
We will definitely need to get together and chat! We lived in Fenton for over 30 years and I taught in Rockwood for 12 years. I was with the opening crew that opened the store in Crestwood = so glad they put one there because I could never stand to drive downtown to Union Station ! We had the best castmembers - many of us are still good friends and several of my managers work at WDW now.GrammyGee
You worked at the Disney Store in Crestwood? OMG this is a small world! I LOVED that store and was in there ALL the time! I am sure we have met! I shopped that store weekly! I sure miss that mall. I hated when they closed it - such a waste. I just don't think Disney is the same as it use to be - Just my opinion - but I think when Michael Eisner ran things it was handled better. It seems more money hungry now - but Disney has changed a lot - it is not a clean as it use to be and the Cast Members (not all) are not as friendly as they use to be - they also have a lot less Cast members than they use to - cost cutting everywhere - people have also changed - it is not just Disney - people expect something for nothing - or they expect a lot for very little - everything has to be perfect and magical and all about them - things that are out of Disney's control and they expect Disney to control it. But on the other hand - Disney keeps raising the prices - which makes people expect more because they are paying so much - it is a huge circle.
I just don't like bad or rude customer service from someone I am giving my money to. If I receive it - it makes me not want to do business with them. Compared to other Theme Parks - I will still pick Disney hands down any day of the week - they are still much better than the rest - and believe it or not - Most of their counter food prices are cheaper than most ballparks and other theme parks / Concerts or NHRA! Shocking! Some places I have gone make Disney look cheap!
Lynn
Maybe I'm reading too much into this but this has me excited..... Maybe the shirt would give us a hint of some of the special events on this cruise ! Really can't wait for the cruise !
My girls 9yr and 16yr like everything, but their favorites are Stitch and Up.
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