8/6/2012 - Mickey's Alaskan Adventure

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Best if luck if you decide to apply!!

Thanks for the explanation! Good luck to you, too. I probably will apply, if I see the info in time.

Morning, Cruisers... I found this site on one of the other DisBoards. It gives the aurora forecast. This time of year, we will be lucky to catch a small glimpse, but you never know when magic will strike!

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast:wizard:

And it is confession time... I have started packing! Anyone else already have the suitcases out of the storage closet??

Very cool--thanks for posting. I would love to see it, so praying for a little magic We have a trip in between our cruise, so I'll be packing for that one first. Crazy month! But I have definitely started "planning." Good news is that I think all my FE stuff is ordered!

 

[Calfan]

And it is confession time... I have started packing! Anyone else already have the suitcases out of the storage closet??

I haven't gotten the suitcases out yet, but I have done a lot of "mental" packing. And I decided DS needed some decent shirts and pants for this cruise, so I bought him some last night. Those are sitting on the floor of my bedroom waiting to go in a suitcase. I plan to start getting some more things out this weekend and start packing the next. Can't believe we have less than 3 weeks to go!

 

[Pinkandproud]

Morning, Cruisers... I found this site on one of the other DisBoards. It gives the aurora forecast. This time of year, we will be lucky to catch a small glimpse, but you never know when magic will strike!

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast:wizard:

And it is confession time... I have started packing! Anyone else already have the suitcases out of the storage closet??

Believe it or not, I've already got DD packed! I have a business trip next week, so I organized the Disney stuff over the weekend. Did 2 days of power shopping for both trips, did all the laundry, pulled down the suitcases, now just need to fill them up! I'm not usually ahead of the game, but I have a lot on my plate right now, so trying to stay ahead of it all.

Happy packing everyone!

 

[DisneyLifeMel]

Wow, Shelly, that is great. Now I don't feel so bad. I have already packed things I know I won't wear myself. Today I organized DD's things. Next week, I will finish organizing all the boys.

Oh, and I have to make an appointment for my hair next week.... don't want to set sail with bad roots. lol

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Believe it or not, I've already got DD packed! I have a business trip next week, so I organized the Disney stuff over the weekend. Did 2 days of power shopping for both trips, did all the laundry, pulled down the suitcases, now just need to fill them up! I'm not usually ahead of the game, but I have a lot on my plate right now, so trying to stay ahead of it all.

Happy packing everyone!

You sound like me. I have a business trip in LA next week so we *had* to mix in a Disney trip Now, I'm wondering what I was thinking!

 

[DisneyLifeMel]

Who else installed the desktop widget to help countdown the days until the cruise? When we book this cruise it was almost 500 days until sailing, now we are in the TEENS! Yay... time flies!

 

[Calfan]

Calfan and I ordered shirts from Vista print today, we'll let you know if there are any problems. The total cost was about $56 for four adult LONG sleeve t-shirts (including on XXL for DH). I used a coupon (www.vistaprint.com/sticky) which got me 25% off. I uploaded my image as is, and it gave me a warning so I might have blurry t-shirts. Calfan found a great work around by selecting an option that had text (making image smaller); she just left the text blank. Give us about 24 hours to report back on any copyright issues...

I received an email from Vistaprint last night that my t-shirt order has shipped!

 

[Pinkandproud]

I received an email from Vistaprint last night that my t-shirt order has shipped!

Awesome Calfan! So glad that worked for you! I picked up my T-shirts last night so now I just need to iron on the graphics. Super excited! It's getting closer and closer!

 

[Mickeyfan66]

My FE came in the mail today. It is SUPER CUTE! Getting so excited for the cruise.

 

[diznefan76]

My FE came in the mail today. It is SUPER CUTE! Getting so excited for the cruise.

Yay!!!!

 

[diznefan76]

I received an email from Vistaprint last night that my t-shirt order has shipped!

I love Vistaprint!! I'm so happy they were able to do your tshirts!!!

 

[Pinkandproud]

Just finished ironing on two of our shirts. I ruined the first one. I knew it when I did it but couldn't for the life of me figure it out. If you are ironing on your transfers, make SURE you peel the backing off of it before you iron it. The directions to say that were under the printing directions and since I had mine print I totally missed that!

Now we are printing off the Mickey Ears for our stateroom door.

So fun!

 

[diznefan76]

Just finished ironing on two of our shirts. I ruined the first one. I knew it when I did it but couldn't for the life of me figure it out. If you are ironing on your transfers, make SURE you peel the backing off of it before you iron it. The directions to say that were under the printing directions and since I had mine print I totally missed!

Thanks Pinkandproud! Good to know.... Mickeyfan66 & I are planning to do our shirts on Friday so we will remember this! Lol

 

[Pinkandproud]

Tshirts are done, magnets for the door are done, FE gifts are bought, time to start filling the suitcases!

 

[Pinkandproud]

Was just reviewing the FE list. Has anyone heard from Timmsli? They are a GTY room. Have those rooms been assigned already? I don't know how GTY's work. They are the only ones missing for us to print off the list.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Was just reviewing the FE list. Has anyone heard from Timmsli? They are a GTY room. Have those rooms been assigned already? I don't know how GTY's work. They are the only ones missing for us to print off the list.

I haven't heard from them. Some GTY rooms don't get done until last minute, so who knows when they will get it. I printed off the list and will just write in their room when they let us know. Hopefully everyone will go to the DISmeet so we can do any last minute adjustments.

 

[DisneyLifeMel]

I am only 50/50 for the DISMeet. It is at 3:00 on embarkation day, right?? We may not be boarding til then. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Pinkandproud]

I am only 50/50 for the DISMeet. It is at 3:00 on embarkation day, right?? We may not be boarding til then. I'll keep you posted.

Our Meet & Greet will be on embarkation day at 3 pm in the Promenade Lounge.

Disneymel, hopefully you two can swing by if you can. All our room numbers should be set but if anything changes, be sure and let us know here.

My group should eventually get to meet you guys, as your room is across from ours! lol! What are the chances of that on a ship this huge?

Getting so excited! Today I'm putting stuff in a suitcase, yipee!

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Disneymel, hopefully you two can swing by if you can. All our room numbers should be set but if anything changes, be sure and let us know here.

For people who can't make the DISmeet, I think I will also put a list of any room changes up on my door. So those of you doing the FE, if you can't attend the DISmeet or if you go to a room and there isn't a FE on it, make sure to drop by CaliforniaGirl09's room and see if there have been changes. Sound good?

 

[DisneyLifeMel]

Thanks... it sounds good. We are flying in from the East Coast, so we'll likely be in the last group of families to board. I really do want to meet you all though! Thanks, CaliforniaGirl09 for keeping us all together on this!!