Hi All,
Here's some info on how the FE have worked on other cruises. Simply hang your FE on the metal fish outside your cabin door (the fish is usually used by DCL to leave envelopes, messages, etc.), a wire tie is helpful for attaching your FE to help keep it from "walking off" (use the wire tie to tighten the string loop that goes over the fish so the FE can't just be lifted off). FE don't need to be elaborate, we've seen some that have been a bag labeled "FE" (maybe the original was lost with the luggage
)Those participating in the FE exchange bring along whatever gift, trinket, etc. they want. Some of the things we've received on past cruises include candy, postcards from home, a ziplock bag with paper clips, band aids, elastic bands, mini-post-its {all the little things you forget}, homemade luggage tags, little pirate rubber duckies, pirate eye patches, pirate tattos, glow stick necklaces, homemade magnets, bubbles, playing cards, etc. A lot of folks use Oriental Trading Co. or your local party supply store for ideas. Some of the best have been homemade.
Depending on what you give it can be one per cabin or one for each person in the cabin (especially candy); some give different things for adults and children. You don't need to make more than one delivery, i.e. you don't need a new thing each night (on some cruises there have been over a 100 cabins involved!
)When to delivery the FE gifts is up to those doing the giving. There is no assigned day or time, that is part of the fun - coming back to your cabin and seeing what has appeared in your FE. Some deliver early in the cruise, others later, some deliveries are timed to events like Pirate Night. We usually deliver ours on a sea day, it is fun to walk around the ship making the deliveries and seeing others FE and door decorations. (Hint: it is easier to start on the top deck and work your way down)
Some folks add their disboard name, or first names to the gift, others are left secretly.
FE are a fun way to do some more planning before and during the cruise. It started as another way for Disboarders to interact.
So have fun, be creative and remember the luggage weight limits if flying.
I'll try to pull together a list of folks interested in participating in the FE exchange. It is always easier to know how many gift to have and makes delivery easier if we work from a list. So, if you're interested either post or send me a PM with your cabin number and # of adults/children in your cabin. The list will close about a week before the cruise so folks can have an idea of what to bring.
See you all soon, Bob & Dale (DW)
. And got a few door decorations done, going to work on more tomorrow after class. I also made a pirate
shirt for the party. Next up is getting together the gifts for the FE exchange thing I've been thinking of what I'm going to do. Not too much longer until we set sail on my first cruise ever!!
it means the information is missing. While names aren't required having cabin number is obviously useful. If you're GTY let me know as soon as you know your cabin number.
