Here is the list of things which have been mentioned on the other cruise, they may or may not be happening. We don't have to do these, they are just possibilities depending on the interests of the group.
Fish Extender
The purpose of the fish extender is to hold all the goodies that your fellow DIS cruisers may deliver to your stateroom. There is also a contest for decorating your fish extender. It is all voluntary of course. You can participate as much or as little as you want. The 11 day southern group is really large. I would guess that at least 20 of the staterooms have been on multiple cruises together over several years. There are about 90 - 100 staterooms on the roster, both newbies and veterans. Even though Lamar and I have been on seven other
DCL cruises, this is the first time we have chosen to participate in most of the festivities. We are even going diving at Epcot after the cruise as one of the post cruise activities. You can visit post #5 of the 11 night thread to see all the pre, during and post festivities that my fellow DIS cruisers and I are lining up. All kinds of great info there about the 11 night trip if you're curious
No problem on the measurements. The overall hanging length is 32'' . The finished fabric length is approx. 26" . It is 8" wide. The dowel is a 1/2" dowel 10'' long. There is a rod pocket at the top for the dowel to slide through. The hanging cord is aprox. 13'' long and there are holes drilled through the dowel for the cord to be threaded and knotted. Use a wire tie or something else to tie the Fish extender to the fish in order to keep it attached.
I have seen alot of variations on the fish extender. One looked like a baseball bat and glove. One had fabric handprints for pockets. All were really cute. Mine was made by Carol and Doug Screenname "Parhumpgirl". They made over 100 of them. Each fish extender was personalized and decorated by the owner. (I did ours with scrapbook supplies mostly.) This was their generous gift to all of us. If you have more questions about how to make one they are the experts. Debbie Screenname "Epcotkilterfan" is the one who came up with the whole fish extender idea. I think it was on the Panama Canal cruise? She bought them at a chain store. You can purchase them on e-bay from what I have been told. This is about the extent of my knowledge on fish extenders.
As for the fish extender gifts, we sailed with a DISclaimer, we know that for some families this may be a once in a lifetime trip. And finances could be really tight. No one kept track of who was leaving gifts and who was not. It just sort of happened. We didn't want anyone left out. Most of the gifts were signed with a greeting i.e. happy sailing from the xxxxx family. Some of the gifts were not signed. Low cost trinkets galore. The costs seemed to range from under a dollar to several. Mostly, they were fun! Some were downright practical. ( a rigid clear plastic expandable folder to keep your navigators and other save papers in.)
How many cruisers will we have? I guess that depends somewhat on us! How much fun we want to have and how many people feel comfortable joining in. Our 11 day group was large due to the "Special Cruise" aspect. Many of the people had cruised together before and booked the 11 together. They will also be doing the Med cruises together. Some have known each other for years.
Pajama Breakfast
Pirate Costume Contest
Secret Mickey Gift Exchange
Here is how it works:
There are adult and children catagories. Adult to adult. Child to child. Female to female. Male to male.
There is a dollar limit set. Total amount spent should not exceed set limit.
On a seven night cruise I think 3 or 4 gifts is a good number.
Participation is completely voluntary. Secret Mickey is randomly selected from participants. You cannot request a particular person. Two weeks before sailing you are assigned your Secret Mickey so you can start shopping.
When we get closer to the sailing date I will ask for PM's from those people that want to participate and ask a series of questions that will help your Secret Mickey select gifts for you.
We will decide on a time and place for the Secret Mickey reveal where you can find out who your Secret Mickey is and thank them personally. Lot's of fun.
Scrapbook Event
Wine Party
Mickey Head Tag
Mickey Bar Ice Cream Eating Contest
Celebration Party
I am thinking we may need to keep a list of what everyone is celebrating and have a party. One that would honor each person and or couple. What does everyone else think? We have several anniversaries already. I bet that there would be at least a few birthdays on or around this cruise. There could be other reasons to celebrate as well. Let me know.
Special Days Party- BD, Anniversary etc. - ?
Lanyards and name tags - ?
(14 different Diser's sponsered last criuse)
Official thread name -? Logo - ? Tshirt - (cafepress.com) - ?
Pre Cruise DIS meet -?
Sailaway Party - ?
Grass Skirt Fraternity - ?
Linked Dining - ?
One other thing that I had offered was to organize a group for early seating dining to link us all together at either the same table or a group of tables near each other, depending on the size of our group.
Cigar and scotch meet - ?
DIS luncheon on last day at sea - ?
Palo Brunch - ?
Swim to the wreck Serenity Bay - ?
Stargazing -?
Group Photos - ?
Chip It Golf?
Art Auctions
Cruising for Trivia
Mousehunt at sea: Trivia and puzzle contest.
Tracking Excursions-Whose going on which ones.
Wine tastings and the margarita/tequila tastings
S.S.Oceanlover...
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