5/22/2008 Wonder Cruise!

[kaykels]

DD Kaylee is 14 (how did that happen???)
DD Kelsi-Jo is 11
DS Colby will be 7 by sail date. He's a May birthday

Can't wait !!!!!!!
I ordered my fish extender today, I'm way too busy to tackle that on my own. Besides, I don't sew, I hot glue....

 

[ImagineerM]

Wowsers! This thread sure took off! Glad to see everyone here is planning ahead!

I've been sooooo busy finishing up my student teaching! My final portfolio is due on Thursday, so I should be around to chat more after that!

Glad to see our motley crew keeps growing! Looking forward to the trip!

Cheers,
Josh

 

[Disney Sweetie]

my brother is joining us
Dan and his (DD) Katelyn. His cabin is 5122,

Does your brother have a DIS name? and how old is Katelyn?

My family is from upstate NY- my husband and I and our two sons 7 and 4.

Our friends live in Ohio and we can't wait to go on this vacation with them. They are a mom, dad, daughter 10, and son 9.

We just can't wait! Hooray!

Let us know everyones real names and cabin numbers and we will add them to the list. Also, do your friends in Ohio have a DIS name?


Pam

 

[Disney Sweetie]

DD Kaylee is 14 (how did that happen???)
DD Kelsi-Jo is 11
DS Colby will be 7 by sail date. He's a May birthday

When is Colby's birthday? Mine is May 10. Looks like we have a couple May birthdays, a wedding and graduations in our group!

 

[Coffeeguy48]

As of today we are paid in full here we come Wonder May 22. Looking foward to meeting all dis. members. It is a birthday weekend Wife/#2 kid.

 

[Coffeeguy48]

I am bringing mine a little advise is to bring a plastic tie because on the last trip someone took ours. This will secure it to the fish on the wall. I am interested in helping let me know who is heading this please.

 

[cruisindisney]

Disney Sweetie and I are the ones organizing the fish extender stuff. If you would like to send one of us your names, your child's age and cabin number, we'll add you to the list.

Thanks for the heads up on the tie down! I would be crushed if someone took mine. Any other hints or suggestions!

 

[Coffeeguy48]

Hey suzyQ. Room#7092 james, marni who will be 40, jessica 11, sabrina bell who will be 7. Guess where her middle name comes from? We are also bringing another family of 3 some where in the 5000? range My wife knows all the info I am new to this. She has a dis name i think its marni?

 

[cruisindisney]

Thanks for your info! I've updated the list. If your friends who are joining you want to be involved in the exchange, let me know their info when you get it. I'm making my fish extender this weekend!

Love the middle name! My husband almost named our daughter Ariel.

 

[Coffeeguy48]

Coffee girl here. I see my husband has been doing some home work. Our other party is Olga Dreyer, Jason Dreyer and their daughter,Amanda who is 9. they will be in room 6098. they do not have a fish extender and I don't think i am talented enough to make one.. any suggestions?

Are there any plans as of yet? who will be distributing the room listing so we can distribute gifts etc.... Also, what we did on one trip was we all got the same lanyards to identify ourselves... How many people do you have so far?

 

[TiggerzFan]

WELCOME Coffeeguy and Coffeegirl! Glad to have more DISers aboard.
The only plan so far is to meet on Deck 10 at 4:30 for the Sail Away party. No real decisions yet on any specific thing for our group (lanyard, etc). This was a pretty small group until a few weeks ago and we may be a bit time challenged at this point for ordering. Feel free to make suggestions!

 

[cruisindisney]

There are fish extenders on ebay. I'm finishing mine up this weekend, before work gets insane. It's turning out pretty good, if I do say so myself.

I'll add your friends to the list. Let me know if they decide not to do the fish extender exchange.

Where would we get lanyards?

 

[EPCOT_VA]

We're in Cabin 7544...

At the meet for the sail away party, we will be in our Pirates of the Med t-shirts from our last cruise.

This thread has really taken off. It has doubled in size over the last week.

EPCOT_VA

List of People on Cruise


1. Disney Sweetie - Pam & Mike, Katrina (DD21), Charlie (DS21), Leissa (DD18) - 8542

2. ImagineerM - Josh & Melissa

3. Swissgirl66 - Andrea & Urs, Alena (DD4) - 2578

4. MicCheckOneTwo -

5. Abca -

6. Tiggerz Fan - Donna & Matt, Alyssa (DD6), Maddie (DD2) - 1065

7. Kaykels - Rachel & Bill, Pop, Kaylee (DD14), Kelsi-Jo (DD11), Colby (DS7) - 1051, 1053

8. Kaykels brother - Dan, Katelyn (DD) - 5122

9. Epcot_Va - DH, DW. DD10, DD8

10. Disjest8 - Kristi

11. Cruisindisney - Suzy & Derek, Courtney (DD11), Riley (DS6) - 6567

12. TRUN - Tom & Leigh

13. Dislvr ny - DW, DH, DS7, DS4

14. Dislvr ny's friends - DW, DH, DD10, DS9

Fish Extender Gifts - This is a fun "game" that was started several years ago. For those who want to give gifts, please use the roster for names and locations of people. Participation is voluntary and you are not required to give anything to get anything!!

SailAway DIS Party - Deck 10 - directly across from the big screen - 4:30pm

See Ya On Board!!!

 

[EPCOT_VA]

I just ordered our Fish Extender on EBay. The lady that I ordered mine from had two others that looked very nice. I will bring along the zip ties as suggested to keep the fish extender anchored. What do you use the cut the plastic tie at the end of the cruise? Can you take scissors onboard in checked luggage?

Does anyone know if there are lockers on Cataway Cay? I want to take our video and still camera for photos, but don't want to go all the way back to the ship whenever we get in the water. Maybe I'm paranoid, I would want to believe that everyone there would be honest and not "pick up" something that didn't belong to them... But I'm not willing to risk a couple thousand in camera equipment on that trust. Not to mention all of the lost photos.

There was another Disboarder from our last cruise that had her camera bag stolen at the end of the cruise in Barcelona on the way to the airport. All of her pictures from the past 11 days were lost. That was worse than losing the camera itself.

Needless to say, we've never been to Castaway Cay before.

EPCOT_VA

 

[Disney Sweetie]

Are there any plans as of yet? who will be distributing the room listing so we can distribute gifts etc.... Also, what we did on one trip was we all got the same lanyards to identify ourselves... How many people do you have so far?

to our growing group!!

If you check the link in my signature line, you can see a list of everyone that is on the cruise with names, ages and cabin numbers. At this point I am not sure exactly who all is participating in the fish extender game. We have between 50 and 60 people listed right now. Maybe Suzy has a better count on the fish extenders. I will be bringing enough gifts for everyone listed and get it to them somehow. If it is small enough to put in a ziploc baggie, you can always put it in that and then attach it to the fish by the door.

Most companies require a minimum order of 100 lanyards so we dont have quite that many people right now. Not sure on the shipping time. Maybe we could make some buttons.....I think that was mentioned earlier. Those would not be to hard to make and we could collect the money at the party. Should be fairly inexpensive to make. If anyone is interested in that idea just let me know and we can get some ideas going on a design....not much time left to do this so we need to hurry!!

Hey Rachel.....I wish you would have kept this cool weather! It was in the 60's today and will be mid 50's tomorrow...

Epcot_Va....I always bring a small pair of scissors in my checked luggage to cut the fish extender off at the end of the cruise. I am not sure about the lockers on Castaway Cay.

Pam

 

[Coffeeguy48]

I lost my reply in the middle of typing so please excuse if I repeat myself. I am not sure about the lockers. I try not to bring expensive electronics to sand! I have been there so many times and I just can't remember lockers!

Thanks for the heads up on EBAY. I will tell my friend. I will also look into lanyards.....

 

[Coffeeguy48]

Oh, yes. You can pack scissors.

 

[EPCOT_VA]

I'll pack the scissors then.

We are booked for the parasailing at Castaway Cay. About three years ago we did the parasailing at WDW. Although they gave many many warnings that if you took your camera up, it was at your own risk, I did take my video camera up. It was great! Of course, in WDW you launched from the back of the boat and were recovered the same way. My camera and I stayed dry the whole time. I'm hoping that things are the same at Castaway Cay. I would love to get "aerial footage" of the ship and the island.

Do we have some veteran Castaway Cay folks that might offer any tips to us newbies? Things like what to do and when, etc.

EPCOT_VA

 

[Coffeeguy48]

I have some feelers out about doing custom pins. They seem quite reasonable. I can hand them out at the deck party. I will keep you informed. That seems to be as of now the most affordable way to go....

 

[Coffeeguy48]

We haven't parasailed there. We did swim with the Stingrays last time. That was really neat, especially with the kids. Hmmm, my tips. We never rent tubes etc. By mid day they are scattered all over the place abandoned! It's really nice and clean and quiet. This time we are doing the cabana massage and will find the adult beach. We have not yet left the family beach! Snorkeling is OK. Nothing great. It's just a great end to a trip that you just lay out and relax! They will sell coolers of water and drinks on the beach. We love Castaway Cay!