We signed up for FE, it is our first time doing it. How much are you planning? Do we just drop off one night/ everynight? How do you know how many people to plan for? Thanks for the advice, would love to get a jump start!
This is my first time organizing an FE, so I'm kind of going by what we did on our cruise last October (our first time participating). At some point, we'll cut off the sign-up to give everyone a chance to finished getting their stuff together. I think our cut-off was Sept 1st, but we can set it earlier than that, if everyone thinks that's better. After the cut-off, I'll post the final list, with stateroom numbers, names, and ages/gender of children.
The drop off pattern was up to each person. Some people on our last trip did goodie bags and distributed just one day. We did a small thing each day. We also gave a small thing to each person in the cabin, but others did a larger gift, for everyone in the cabin to share. Again, I think it's up to you. Remember, "the code is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules." (Thank you, Captain Barbosa!
) Everyone just dropped off their stuff at their convenience - we didn't have assigned days or anything like that.
Everyone wanted to know ages/gender of the children because some of us had "girly" and boy things and wanted to be sure everyone got the appropriate items. So far, we have 10 cabins signed up. There are 4 girls, ages 16 mos, 3, 4, & 7 yrs. There are 3 boys, ages 4, 10, & 12 yrs, and 2 young men, 17, celebrating their HS graduation.
Depending on how many cabins we get signed up, we may end up splitting the list. We only had 10 or 12 cabins total last October, so we all distributed to the entire list. But I heard the WBTA cruise last year had something like 50 cabins, so they broke it up into a couple of lists.
As I said, this is my first time organizing, so I'm open to suggestions about how everyone wants to do this.
And remember, if you haven't sent me a PM and received a reply from me, you're not on the list! (I'll need disboard name, names of travelers and relationship (DH, DS, DD, etc.), ages of children (adult ages optional), any allergies we should be aware of, and any celebrations you'd like to share with us. Please put "Dream FE" in the subject.)
Okay, I know we are 9 months out, but I am a planner and I'd like to start thinking about FE stuff. Is anyone graphically talented or experienced and willing to make a cruise graphic for our cruise?
No talent at all in that arena. Maybe someone else here?
. At least we can start saying that the cruise is this year now 
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We can't wait to sail on the Dream and plan on doing MNSSHP before the cruise. I am also a DISigner here on the Creative DISign thread. If you like you can take a look at my work on my 4shared site.(the link is in my siggie) I am actively creating designs for the Dream as well as everything else Disney and otherwise. Can't wait to meet you all and we would love to join in in the FE exchange. We had a great time making a lot of goodies and delivering them as well as receiving them. Take care. See you on the boards.
