Welcome aboard to the newer members of our cruise! There is an active FaceBook group. JnDRader has instructions on page 1 on how to join. We try to get the information from the FB group posted here, but we are hit and miss. Apologies for that. Here is a list of happenings. I hope this helps...
For those of you interested in the FE, Princess_Kayla is coordinating the lists for us. Groups A, B, & C are all at 30 households and have now closed. There is a Group D that will be open for sign-ups through the end of April. I do not know if that group will be split up if the numbers balloon. That would be a question for Kayla. Kayla is a HS student, and tends to update the list in clumps as her school schedule allows. Please be patient and trust that she will get you added. She has a post on page 1 with instructions.
Abcangie87 has coordinated a few items for the group, including t-shirts, bracelets, and a Bernard's Tour for St, Maarten. T shirts are available to order through March 14th, with a Paypal payment. Bracelets have already been ordered, and there was an issue with the sizes she received. I think they are all gone. There might be a waiting list, but you should check with her. Angie has also organized a private tour with Bernards for our St. Maarten day. It includes a stop at the iguana farm, border, 1-1.5 hours at Maho Beach for a plane landing, 2 hours in Marigot (Sarafina's here we come!), and a sea urchin stop, then back to Phillipsburg. It is $45 per person, and there are already 100+ signed up. Again, PM Angie to inquire about availability.
JnDRader is coordinating a meetup onboard on embarkation day. Time and location TBA when we get the info from Disney. Drop him a PM if you want to be there so that we can arrange a big enough location. There is also a casual meetup Friday before the cruise in Cocoa Beach outside of the Ron Jon Surf Shop. There has been talk of 7pm and closer to 9pm, depending on when people arrive. Some people staying at WDW beforehand have discussed a meetup at DTD, but I haven't heard anything firm on that. Most of us staying at WDW are planning on finishing up to-do's in the parks and with adr's.
Linda67 has arranged private Mixology sessions for our group, but those filled up weeks and weeks ago. I'm not sure if the waitlist is still open or not. There has been talk of a private Champagne tasting also, but so far we are nowhere close to the minimum of 25 that we need to do that. If we get enough people we can look into it. There are lots of people planning to sign up for the regular Disney offerings individually, so there is always that route.
Again, welcome aboard! There have been a lot of people joining the group in the past couple of weeks. Prior to that there was a bit of a lull.