2010 ~ January 3 ~ Wonder

[Pinkprincessmom]

I apologize for taking so long to get back here. I began baby-sitting an 8 week old three weeks ago and my days have gotten busier.

We are getting so close to the cruise. I am so very excited!!

At the top of this post is a picture of the FE from my last cruise. I will be glad to make something similar if we all want the same FE. I did not make this one, but it looks fairly simple.

I will update the first post with those participating in the FE. Some of the gifts we gave/received last cruise were glow sticks, pencils, note pads, magnets, post cards. We want this to be fun and simple. It is especially fun for the kids to help stuff the FE's and they enjoy checking the bag for small goodies!

Please let me know if you wish to participate. How does December 18 sound for the cut off date? That will give us time to get our small gifts organized for the cruise. I look forward to meeting everyone.

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

Hi All,

Please take a look at the first post. So far I have only put the names of those who wish to participate in the FE's. Once everyone has had a chance to sign up, I will give more information. Is this okay with everyone? If I left anyone out, or if you wish to sign up now, please let me know.

pinkprincessmom
flagred
wishsndreams
mkymsehi
marypopins06

Thanks!

 

[flagfred]

Pinkprincessmom thank you for taking the lead. We are really starting to get excited about our upcoming cruise. Christmas, New Years and then a Cruise....sounds like a great combo.

 

[flagfred]

Marypoppins06 - I have a 13yr old dd who is very anxious about not "knowing" anyone...I am excited to hear about your DDs and DS will be on board

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

I looked back through the posts and found one more family interested in FE's.

pinkprincessmom
flagred
wishsndreams
mkymsehi
marypopins06
donaldseeyore

After Thanksgiving I will send out a PM to everyone.

Have a great night dreaming of Disney!

 

[marypopins06]

I know my DS and DD would love a break, we will be in Orlando/Cocoa Beach on Dec. 22 then the cruise. My DS-14 loves movies, and video games. He was a little worried about the same issue. That age is very hard!! If you like I could give you his e-mail or mine, they could chat ahead of time. Get the "odd" start out of the way. My DD on the other hand loves people and makes friends everywhere!!! She is very outgoing, and will not leave anyone sit out because they are shy!

 

[flagfred]

MP06 thank you for the offer that would be great - my DD (13) is very outgoing but is tentative when something is new and possibly (gasp) uncool....it is sooo important to me that she enjoy our get away. We hope this will be a good option for a family vacation for the future...

 

[Disney Trio]

We're in on the FE's, sounds like we're going to have a great time. Our DD7 has already explained the "rules" to us. The cabin is split in half, her half includes the bathroom, but we can come into her half if we need to us it, or are leaving the room. I really think she gets this attitude from her mom. She says she will also be in the club, most days, but is willing to leave for awhile if we want to do something with her. So I'm going to compromise and sit at the bar and drink beer, so if any other DH or DW would like to join that would be great.

Jeff

 

[marypopins06]

We only have 2 rules for the kids, they must show up for dinner! And my kids live for room service, so they had to tip! We had 3 rooms on our 1st cruise. DH and I had 1 and the 6 kids were in the other 2. This cruise we only needed 2 rooms. I have no idea how the kids split the rooms. I know that it cost the older ones a mint to pay for housekeepping. (DH paid all the tips - the kids paid for the extras they wanted).

 

[Mooshu]

Hi, I am glad mkymsehi pointed me in this direction!

I am friends with mkymsehi and we will probably be hanging out a lot with his family. I am also running the "Goofy" or "Dumbo" after the cruise. I would love to particpate in any FE's, but we won't have a fish extender. I hope we can participate and still give gifts to everyone that have fish extenders.

I can't wait to meet everyone! any tips on cruising? This will be my first cruise EVER! I hope I don't eat too much before my "dumbo".

 

[marypopins06]

pinkprincessmom, Thank you for putting this together. Do you want to make them?

 

[Terapin]

hi!

I just thought I would let y'all know I just booked the MCO Hyatt for Jan 2 for $55 bucks! I have been waiting for ages for it to come up for our pre-cruise night (coming in from up North, didn't want to risk bad weather/flight changes). It came up on Hotwire finally and I snagged it. Yay! So pleased. We didn't really want to stay anywhere else.

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

Hi everyone. Just a quick check in. Our son has had croup and we haven't been getting much sleep.

If everyone would like to have the same FE, I am happy to make them. It looks like 2 more families have joined. I'll update the list later!

Good night all...and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Terapin]

I would love to participate in the FE. And Pinkprincessmom, if you are making some FEs, that would be great! I have so many things to do with the wedding coming up that I didn't think I could participate because I wouldn't have time to make the actual FE. Thank you for offering to make one, and thank you for your generosity.

 

[IrishCowboy]

Subscribing

 

[annrae]

Wishing all of you a Very Happy Thanksgiving.

With the holidays and planning for the cruise, it is an exciting time for us. I love the anticipation and planning for a trip.

Looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you on the Wonder.

Barbara

 

[Terapin]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

My entire family was together today. Usually someone is missing. Great day for us! Hope all of you had a great day as well. See you in just over a month now!

 

[Disney Trio]

Got room assignment, cabin #1056. If I'm not mistaking I think its a Cat. 9 oceanview. What a great upgrade, hope others have the same luck.

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

Hi All,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and safe travels.

Our cruise date is fast approaching. We booked this almost 2 years ago, so it is hard to believe it is almost here!

I need to get busy with the fish extenders. This is the current list I have. I know that some of you have move than one cabin, please let me know if you would like a FE for each door, or if one will be okay.

Please join us if you like!

FE list as of 12/01/09...deadline 12/18/09

pinkprincessmom
flagred
wishesndreams
mkymsehi
marypopins06
donaldseeyore
disney trio
mooshu
terapin