1st Cruise- April 3-6, 2008 (3-Night,Wonder)

[Ness2289]

Just doing the "it's getting closer" boogie!!!

 

[nzdisneymom]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow means it's February which means our cruise is in just two months!

 

[Deb T.]

Won't be long now!!!!!!!!!

So far, we have three families participating in our "fish extender" gift exchange. Would anyone else like to join in the fun???

 

[Ness2289]

Paging all April 3rd 3-Night Wonder-ers!!! I repeat... Paging all April 3rd 3-Night Wonder-ers!!! Come out of hiding and join us! Again, I say... Come out of hiding an join us!!!

 

[Ness2289]

 

[nzdisneymom]

I haven't had a chance to read the main DCL board in several days, but we should definitely keep an eye out there for anyone posting that hasn't found their way to the Meet thread.

We're fighting off colds, and allergies have already kicked in - I'm just glad we're getting it done now and hopefully we'll be all well for spring break.

 

[Deb T.]

We're under the 50-day mark!

Cindy - good advice about keeping an eye out for other April 3 cruisers on the main boards. I'm really surprised so few have posted here.

For anyone who's considering doing the "Fish Extender Exchange" with us on our cruise, let me explain how it usually works. The whole concept was created to add another dimension of fun to the cruise! Anyone who wants to participate brings a fun trinket gift to give to everyone else who's signed up to participate. (There are several threads that list what types of things have been given out on other cruises.) The gift can be something cruise related, Disney related, hometown related, etc. Outside your cabin door, you hang what DISer's fondly call a "Fish Extender" from the silver fish message clip. The Fish Extender can be as extravagant as cloth pockets hanging from a dowel rod (see Fish Extender threads on the main boards) or as simple as a paper gift bag. A Fish Extender's sole purpose is to provide a container to put the gifts in! It will be up to you when to distribute your gift during the cruise. The fun part is seeing what others have put in your Fish Extender!

Everyone who wants to participate should send me a Private Message (by clicking on my DIS name, Deb T.) with your cabin number. It would be helpful if you included how many are in your family/cabin. Names and ages are purely optional. As people PM me, I will update everyone who's participating. Then, a few days before our cruise, I will send everyone a final, updated list so you can print out everyone's cabin numbers to bring onboard.

Currently, we have three families participating. We would love to have more join us!

 

[Deb T.]

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

 

[Ness2289]

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

Thanks! Happy Valentine's Day to you too, and everyone!!

 

[Ness2289]

My ticker makes me happy!!!

 

[Isi]

I just booked yesterday a last min cruise on April 3rd, this is my second Disney cruise and like 15th on other cruises....Looking forward to cruising again on Disney...

 

[Ness2289]

I just booked yesterday a last min cruise on April 3rd, this is my second Disney cruise and like 15th on other cruises....Looking forward to cruising again on Disney...

Yea!!!! Welcome, Isi!! We are glad to have you join us! Who's all sailing with you?

 

[nzdisneymom]

Isi - welcome.

 

[Deb T.]

Welcome Aboard, Isi! Please send me a PM if your family would like to join in on our little gift exchange!

 

[Ness2289]

29 Days, 29 Days!!! Woo hoo!!!!!

 

[nzdisneymom]

It's getting closer - I can't believe how fast the time is going right now....

 

[Deb T.]

Hi All!

I just wanted to try to get a good head count of those sailing with us from who's posted on this thread so far:

Deb T. (participating in "Fish Extender" gift exchange)
Ness2289 (participating in FE gift exchange)
nzdisneymom (participating in FE gift exchange)
Pryncesa
momof-4
Belle'sMom
Isi

Anyone else?

 

[nzdisneymom]

DS#1's big geography project is due today, so that's off my list of things to do before I can think about packing! I have two other things to get finished (including income taxes - ugh) and then I can get serious about our upcoming vacation!

I've been home for 8 1/2 weeks now and absolutely cannot wait for spring break - I don't think I've ever been in town for this many days in a row.

Time to start looking seriously at what excursions we want to do (probably on our own) in Nassau. DH wants to see the island. I've been before so don't have a preference. The boys want to stay on the ship but DH and I want them to get off the ship to see the Bahamas (or at least Nassau).

I was thinking about the pirate museum and maybe the butterfly garden on our own, and then maybe a short taxi-tour of the island but not needing to go to Atlantis or whatever.... I think we'd like to do our sight-seeing in the morning and then let the kids back on the ship and we'll go do some shopping as I didn't get to shop when I was there in 2006. I haven't even looked to see what DCL excursions there are - guess I should do that at least for ideas.

Do we have a final count for Fish Extenders? I don't have an actual fish extender yet -- not sure if we'll get one done before we go -- but I'll see what we can rig up.

 

[Deb T.]

Do we have a final count for Fish Extenders? I don't have an actual fish extender yet -- not sure if we'll get one done before we go -- but I'll see what we can rig up.

We are up to three families so far. I will send you a "private message" with the latest details.

Don't worry about making an actual fancy Fish Extender. I'm just using a little nautical cloth bag I found at the Dollar Store! It's royal blue, about a foot wide and about 8 inches deep, with a plastic white sailboat sewn on the front. Nothing fancy at all, but at least it will do the trick for this cruise. I plan to pick up some plastic fasteners this weekend in order to hook it securely to our fish.

 

[Deb T.]

26 more days until we are onboard the Wonder!