10/24/2009 Bash on the Boat (I'm with B.O.B.) - Thread #27

[Disneynut64]

Wow just found the last thread already on a new one. I am amazed. Since i a new to this thread and missed the others. Going to ask if anyone has booked excursions for the islands on their own. not through disney. Have done the eastern before and looking for something different. Sorry if i a repeating something you have probably already talked about.

 

[firefighter chris]

Hello everyone. Just checking into the new thread. Have not had much time to dis since we are moving. We were not going to move until we bought our house, but my uncle owns a townhouse. So he offered us the oppurtunity to move into it. Lets see here....two bedroom apartment or three bedroom townhouse, for the same rent. Was pretty much a no brainer, but there were some factors. All of which checked out, so we are moving October 1st. But we will probably start moving stuff out next week. And the neighbors are pretty cool. It is is my cousin. Lol. She will have to cook and clean for us now. Lol. And her son is now babysitting. We have it made

 

[ellimeno]

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

 

[Dyerneeds]

Hello everyone. Just checking into the new thread. Have not had much time to dis since we are moving. We were not going to move until we bought our house, but my uncle owns a townhouse. So he offered us the oppurtunity to move into it. Lets see here....two bedroom apartment or three bedroom townhouse, for the same rent. Was pretty much a no brainer, but there were some factors. All of which checked out, so we are moving October 1st. But we will probably start moving stuff out next week. And the neighbors are pretty cool. It is is my cousin. Lol. She will have to cook and clean for us now. Lol. And her son is now babysitting. We have it made

sounds like a great deal.

 

[Dyerneeds]

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

wish i could help you, but i'm pretty much useless. (so my lovely bride of 34 years tells me)

our son in law is into that geocache stuff. but he's not cruising with us.

 

[Dyerneeds]

i noticed on a newer navigator that they must have discontinued the scavenger hunt in RBD. thank goodness

 

[gstroop28]

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

About the homemade FEs.... I can vouche for that one personally - BUY THE THING!!!! The woman on ebay named Bonny does a great job and it would have been cheaper for her to have done it rather than me buying the material, trying to make it on my own and then fail miserably!! I vote for buying!!

 

[B9erSteve]

OK folks, here are a couple pictures of the front of the house. I'm trying to decide between the hunter green shutters (on the left) or the black shutters (on the right) for the rest of the house. You really can't see the roof but the shingles are black. The new siding is Pearl (not white).

I really like the green but am afraid that there will be too many colors on the house with it. Black roof, white trim, Pearl Siding and red brick. I also think it might look too Christmasey.

Hey! What's wrong with Christmasey?!?!?

Yep, I have to agree with everyone else. Black looks pretty good on your house.

I really like the color forest green though!

it takes me a while Steve...i'm a little slow.
hey, i was tired last nite.

Thanks Steve! I downloaded Fandango! and Countdown + after reading your list.

Matthew

Excellent choices. Glad to be of service. I really liked the ability to customize pics in Countdown+

I got it! I was tempted to read my Scripture this morning from my BlackBerry, but went old school instead. I would have raised a few eyebrows.

That would have been priceless! Probably you went with the better choice though.

Got my cruise packet yesterday - been reading it front to back!! We are getting really excited!!

I love the excitement that the cruise packet generates.

Wow just found the last thread already on a new one. I am amazed. Since i a new to this thread and missed the others. Going to ask if anyone has booked excursions for the islands on their own. not through disney. Have done the eastern before and looking for something different. Sorry if i a repeating something you have probably already talked about.

Hello! I had planned on doing the Pirate cruise in St Maarten, but I spent WAY too much money on my plans pre-cruise and am now thinking about spending a few hundred more post-cruise. I have to shelve that one. We'll be doing beach time.

Hello everyone. Just checking into the new thread. Have not had much time to dis since we are moving. We were not going to move until we bought our house, but my uncle owns a townhouse. So he offered us the oppurtunity to move into it. Lets see here....two bedroom apartment or three bedroom townhouse, for the same rent. Was pretty much a no brainer, but there were some factors. All of which checked out, so we are moving October 1st. But we will probably start moving stuff out next week. And the neighbors are pretty cool. It is is my cousin. Lol. She will have to cook and clean for us now. Lol. And her son is now babysitting. We have it made

Sweet Deal. Congrats man.

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

1. Nice Score on the werehouse sale! the one around us doesn't start until closer to christmas.
2. Laura thought about doing her own FE but since she procrastinated, I went ahead and bought one from the eBay lady. She was very happy to have that chore lifted from her.
3. I've never geocached, heard about it but I may wait until kids are a bit older.

 

[captchris]

About the homemade FEs.... I can vouche for that one personally - BUY THE THING!!!! The woman on ebay named Bonny does a great job and it would have been cheaper for her to have done it rather than me buying the material, trying to make it on my own and then fail miserably!! I vote for buying!!

I looked at ones on Ebay and didn't see any I like. She will custom make them? That might be an idea. How can I find her on Ebay?

 

[B9erSteve]

I looked at ones on Ebay and didn't see any I like. She will custom make them? That might be an idea. How can I find her on Ebay?

Her eBay name is "ilvdisney2008" If you do a search on eBay you will find all of her auctions. click on her name and you will be taken to her eBay page and there you can see a link to "contact member"

 

[cntkg1]

Well - I see it's too late for me to vote - but seeing that Green is my favorite color, I would have gone with that. However, since your house is brick - I would say the black goes the best.

Make sure to share the "after" pics!!

After pictures won't be ready for weeks. I'll get one posted though.

Got my cruise packet yesterday - been reading it front to back!! We are getting really excited!!

Isn't it fun Angela?

I vote for black.

Thanks Lori. We're definitely going with the black now.

Wow just found the last thread already on a new one. I am amazed. Since i a new to this thread and missed the others. Going to ask if anyone has booked excursions for the islands on their own. not through disney. Have done the eastern before and looking for something different. Sorry if i a repeating something you have probably already talked about.

Never booked an excursion on my own. We did, however, do a couple of those local island tours on St Thomas and Grand Cayman and we loved them. Also, don't be sorry for asking questions. That's what this thread is here for. Join in the fun and post more often!

i noticed on a newer navigator that they must have discontinued the scavenger hunt in RBD. thank goodness

Good, they had some cheaters playing anyway.

Hey! What's wrong with Christmasey?!?!?

Yep, I have to agree with everyone else. Black looks pretty good on your house.

I really like the color forest green though!

As soon as I typed that I thought about you Steve. I LOVE Christmas too but just didn't want my house to celebrate the season all year long like my neighbors do. They still have their Christmas lights up!









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[gstroop28]

I looked at ones on Ebay and didn't see any I like. She will custom make them? That might be an idea. How can I find her on Ebay?

Chris - she will custom make one for you! I added a pocket to the 2 pocket one, added personalization and could choose the fabric. Here is a link to one of her auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Made-Fish-Extender-for-DCL_W0QQitemZ260465675286QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca4f6cc16&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

This is the person I wanted to order from, but she never got back with me (in all fairness, she went on vacation in July...but still never heard back from her)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mickey-Minnie-Pirate-Princess-Custom-Fish-Extender_W0QQitemZ320418538889QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9a6ee589&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Here is a picture of mine....

(and for ANOTHER laugh - since it's REALLY slow tonight....here is the comparison next to my unfinished sad attempt

 

[captchris]

I bookmarked it. I will contact her tomorrow

Thanks!!!

 

[krazy4crusing]

It's been two minutes since the last post. We are only sitting at # 3 on the Cruise meets list... Let's get this party started.

 

[krazy4crusing]

Has anyone else got their cruise packet yet? My TA says we will get it in mid Sept. If its coming earlier I will have to get her to send it along... she is holding out for both our WDW and DCL stuff.

DH keeps saying he hopes the cruise is all I think it will be!! I am way to excited!! The kids got nothing on me!!

 

[ellimeno]

Thanks folks for the encouragement to BUY the fish extenders. The ones by Bonnysews look great. I didn't see any listings by ilvdisney2008. I will get ours ordered soon. Have a great evening!

 

[krazy4crusing]

Congrats on your Distag finds!! I have had the hardest time deciding what to do! I finally have it all figured out...

We love to geocache!! I haven't even thought of looking into it. for the cruise.. one more thing to add to my to do list for when the kids go back to school next week.

Maybe we will do some geocaching if there are some near the beach. I wonder if there are any on Castaway Cay!

J.

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

 

[EPCOT_VA]

Hi all - I am not much of a poster but we will be joining y'all for this cruise and are so excited! We have 3 families coming with our group and are signed up for DisTag that Karen Mouse is so awesome to coordinate.

Speaking of distag, we found some awesome items - we happened to run across a disney warehouse sale! Even DH was getting excited. What we are thinking of doing is make gift bags by cabin, with extra goodies in there for the cabins with many players. Is that going to be OK? We could not get 92 of everything ; )

Also a question for those who have made FEs, did you feel it was worth the effort to DIY? I can sew but time is a premium and some of the ones on ebay look pretty cute. I am just thinking of sketching the pattern, finding cute fabric, sewing, fixing mistakes (I am not a pro!), etc etc. Hmm...plus I want to make some door magnets, find pirate costumes for everyone, oh and we should book some excursions at some point right? Haha. So this is all fun but I also don't want to stress out too much.

Last question - anyone planning to geocache on excursions? I haven't looked into this yet but our family loves to geocache. (www.geocaching.com if you are curious.)

Definitely buy your FE. You will be less frustrated and much happier.

Matthew

 

[EPCOT_VA]

Here is a picture with our Fish Extender in it.

Matthew

 

[Tinkerbell.RN]

Just talking to Matthew today... I seem to be the only one without a googley!