August 25, 2011

[Toniann966]

Thanks for clearing it up for me! How long are you going to stay at OKW? We are returning there on Sept 1st!

We will only be there until the 1st. Our schools start on the 7th, so we need time to buy our school supplies and get ready for "the new school year".

 

[dizneeat]

I cannot imagine trying to do FE gifts for 3 cruises! I am working on only 2! I have lots of ideas, but my ideas usually come with a big price tag! DH would agree! I've been known to go shopping for a lamp and come home with a whole new set of furniture!

Soooo....I have some ideas that won't break the bank and now I am in the process of deciding if I want to get the things here or pick them up when we get to Florida (save on shipping and packing). Decisions, Decisions!

Thankfully we are giving out the same gifts for all three cruises (just new ones for the back to back cruisers ), but since we do 3 different items per person for the 3 day cruise and 4 different items per person for the 4 day cruise we had to do nearly 200 of some of them! You should see the lists we have to check and double check!
The other thing is that our presents must be light enough to travel with us, as there is NO way to send them ahead.
But we are getting close to being finished! Thank god for the cut off time to sign on to the FEs!

We will only be there until the 1st. Our schools start on the 7th, so we need time to buy our school supplies and get ready for "the new school year".

Thank you for the info! School here starts on the Sept 12, so we still have a little time to enjoy WDW once we get off the ship!

 

[melmar136]

Thankfully we are giving out the same gifts for all three cruises (just new ones for the back to back cruisers ), but since we do 3 different items per person for the 3 day cruise and 4 different items per person for the 4 day cruise we had to do nearly 200 of some of them! You should see the lists we have to check and double check!
The other thing is that our presents must be light enough to travel with us, as there is NO way to send them ahead.
But we are getting close to being finished! Thank god for the cut off time to sign on to the FEs!

Wow! We are doing items for all 3 days and have an entire suitcase full of just those! So I can't imagine doing 3 cruises!

 

[dizneeat]

Wow! We are doing items for all 3 days and have an entire suitcase full of just those! So I can't imagine doing 3 cruises!

Ours are pretty small and we started making them in January! Now some of them are still not finished.
But looking at the size of them all combined is pretty scary! Guess we will have to pay for an extra suitcase - we need to take a lot travelling for 4 weeks.

 

[dizneeat]

I just posted this over on my pre-trip report. Thought you might wanna have a laugh too!

Before I post the plans for the next day I wanted to show you what I was occupied with at the weekend.

Tom and I have been talking a lot about our FE. We used our "old" one last year and were not sure IF we should use it again or WHAT we should do for this year.

Now, Disney has come up with different ear-hats for the countries in WS and that gave us an idea for the logo for this year's trip!

So, what do you think of our logo magnet?

And this is the other logo we are using for this cruise ......

We have some more magnets to go on our stateroom door, so here is one more ....

And after Tom had designed the Austrian ear-hat magnet we thought why not go with the theme and use it for our Fish extender as well.
I worked on our FE for about 5 hours yesterday and here is the finished product.

A little more detail .........

of Tom's part

and here's pocket no 2 ...........

Now, what do you think?

 

[TSXer]

Hi All,

FedEx has been trying to deliver something to me all week, unfortunately I didn;t notice until it was sent back to sender.. Was this the package I requested from the site?

Thing is, yesterday I received a package welcoming us to the Dream, but I'm wondering if this is the package I requested by logging into the website or the actual documentation that Disney was supposesd to send us.. or is it the same thing? I'm confused.

What documentation did you guys receive? what I recieved was a little package that says.. "Welcome aboard xxxx family" with a CD inside and a booklette.

 

[joius24]

I just posted this over on my pre-trip report. Thought you might wanna have a laugh too!

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So, what do you think of our logo magnet?

And this is the other logo we are using for this cruise ......

We have some more magnets to go on our stateroom door, so here is one more ....

And after Tom had designed the Austrian ear-hat magnet we thought why not go with the theme and use it for our Fish extender as well.
I worked on our FE for about 5 hours yesterday and here is the finished product.

A little more detail .........

of Tom's part

and here's pocket no 2 ...........

Now, what do you think? [/COLOR][/FONT]

Karen ..I LOVE your FE pockets! and your door decor... very very awesome... have been working on a few thigns myself...Think I am gettting carried away with my FE gifts again...Just one more thing! I am using my FE holder that I used last time...I paid to get it made... getting as much use as possible out of it

 

[dizneeat]

Karen ..I LOVE your FE pockets! and your door decor... very very awesome... have been working on a few thigns myself...Think I am gettting carried away with my FE gifts again...Just one more thing! I am using my FE holder that I used last time...I paid to get it made... getting as much use as possible out of it

Thank you! We wanted to do some different and I think it worked out quite well.

We have finished a few of our FE gifts (we're doing small ones, every day of the cruise for everyone in the cabin) but are far from being finished.

It's easy to get carried away, isn't it?

We used our first FE for 2 years as well only changing the date of the cruise, but we wanted something new and since we have lots of fabric around the house, so why not!

Can't wait to start our vacation!

 

[wheelerkidz3]

bumping up...
hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

 

[Alexander]

So anxious to get vacation started! On the other hand, it means that summer is coming to an end and when we get home, it is back to school!

Lots to do before we leave on the 20th! Pack, ship box of FE gifts, pay Sept. bills, get classroom ready for school, buy back to school clothes and supplies for my boys, I guess I better get going!

 

[dizneeat]

bumping up...
hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for bumping this up!
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend too, ours was fantastic, as my cousin from Switzerland is visiting with his wife and one year old son, who is a doll! We had a blast!

So anxious to get vacation started! On the other hand, it means that summer is coming to an end and when we get home, it is back to school!

Lots to do before we leave on the 20th! Pack, ship box of FE gifts, pay Sept. bills, get classroom ready for school, buy back to school clothes and supplies for my boys, I guess I better get going!

It's getting close for us as well, we are leaving on the 13th!!!!!! And it will ring in the last 4 weeks of our school holiday. This means, that when we get home it will be straight back to school!

Can't wait to meet you all on the DREAM!

 

[dizneeat]

Just wanted to let you all know that the FE list AND the deckplan are ready!!

FE LIST

DECKPLAN​

The deckplan takes a little time to load!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AlisonUK]

Thanks, Karin and Tom - it all seems a bit more real seeing everyone's names against a position on the ship!

Not long to go now!

 

[dizneeat]

Thanks, Karin and Tom - it all seems a bit more real seeing everyone's names against a position on the ship!

Not long to go now!

You are welcome!

I see you'll be off next week, 3 days ahead of us! It's coming up fast! But I cannot wait to start this vacation anyway!

 

[joius24]

Congrats to everyone leaving early.....we satrt ours just a few days before....

Question, I am not sure I saw it anywhere...are we having a DIS meet for this group. I cant seem to find info on one

 

[wheelerkidz3]

Thanks for bumping this up!
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend too, ours was fantastic, as my cousin from Switzerland is visiting with his wife and one year old son, who is a doll! We had a blast!



It's getting close for us as well, we are leaving on the 13th!!!!!! And it will ring in the last 4 weeks of our school holiday. This means, that when we get home it will be straight back to school!

Can't wait to meet you all on the DREAM!

our weekend went by too quickly!! but it was a good one!

So anxious to get vacation started! On the other hand, it means that summer is coming to an end and when we get home, it is back to school!

Lots to do before we leave on the 20th! Pack, ship box of FE gifts, pay Sept. bills, get classroom ready for school, buy back to school clothes and supplies for my boys, I guess I better get going!

i hate to see summer come to an end. i need to get organized and get some school shopping done before we leave for this trip. i want to cruise, but i hate that time is going so quickly!!

Just wanted to let you all know that the FE list AND the deckplan are ready!!

FE LIST

DECKPLAN​

The deckplan takes a little time to load!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for all your time doing this! they look great!

Thanks, Karin and Tom - it all seems a bit more real seeing everyone's names against a position on the ship!

Not long to go now!

i agree! it really does seem more real seeing the actual rooms that we need to deliver gifts to.

Congrats to everyone leaving early.....we satrt ours just a few days before....

Question, I am not sure I saw it anywhere...are we having a DIS meet for this group. I cant seem to find info on one

i was wondering about the meets too. i haven't been very active in this thread because we've been very busy here at home...but i'm interested to know when/if there is a meet.

 

[dizneeat]

Congrats to everyone leaving early.....we satrt ours just a few days before....

Question, I am not sure I saw it anywhere...are we having a DIS meet for this group. I cant seem to find info on one

i was wondering about the meets too. i haven't been very active in this thread because we've been very busy here at home...but i'm interested to know when/if there is a meet.

Um, my mistake! Meets completely slipped my mind!

So, what do you think ............

Welcome meet!
August 25, Vista Cafe 3pm

Ice-cream social
August 26, Nassau day - Eye scream/Frozone Treats 4.30pm

I am open for other suggestions!!!!!

 

[joius24]

Hi All,

FedEx has been trying to deliver something to me all week, unfortunately I didn;t notice until it was sent back to sender.. Was this the package I requested from the site?

Thing is, yesterday I received a package welcoming us to the Dream, but I'm wondering if this is the package I requested by logging into the website or the actual documentation that Disney was supposesd to send us.. or is it the same thing? I'm confused.

What documentation did you guys receive? what I recieved was a little package that says.. "Welcome aboard xxxx family" with a CD inside and a booklette.

TSX
That CD is a welcome/info packet but if you are booked on THIS cruise ...that is not your cruise documents, I'd call whomever you booked thru and talk to them (travel agent , disney etc).

 

[joius24]

Welcome meet!
August 25, Vista Cafe 3pm

Ice-cream social
August 26, Nassau day - Eye scream/Frozone Treats 4.30pm

These look good to me ...I have no promises for the second meet (Ice cream) though, that one I will play by ear.

Anyone trying REMY? I AM ...I gotta do it once

 

[joius24]

One more question LOL....the decplan has only the FE participants right?
Just wanted to check