December 20 2009 3 night Wonder

[Charleyann]

So excited. Today I received my cruise travel kit from Disney cruise lines. Didn't know we were getting this! Did anyone else get their's ?

Charleyann

 

[Snoopygirl]

Charleyann......NO we didn't get anything.....YET! But when I do I will be so excited. I see this is your first cruise too! What deck are you on? We're on Deck 2.

I am soooooo excited and can't stop thinking about it

 

[Charleyann]

Charleyann......NO we didn't get anything.....YET! But when I do I will be so excited. I see this is your first cruise too! What deck are you on? We're on Deck 2.

I am soooooo excited and can't stop thinking about it

Our first Disney cruise too! Taking a 7 day western cruise with Carnival just before.....

I was excited to see the travel kit. The letter that came with it said " You're Disney cruise is closer then ever"....
My son got it out of the mail box and got very excited too. He knew what it was....

We had a guaranteed room, so we haven't been assigned a cabin yet. I can't wait to find out where it is!!!!


We all have to meet from some kind of drinK ? Till then

Charleyann

 

[ShastaDog]

Our cruise kit came last week and I had to open it and start going through the stuff right away, I was so excited. Of course then my daughter came downstairs and I had to stuff everything under the couch cushions! I am trying to keep this a secret until we get to Orlando. But it is so hard when I am so looking forward to it!

 

[Ware Bears]

Our travel kit came today too! Makes it seem much nearer.

Our cruise kit came last week and I had to open it and start going through the stuff right away, I was so excited. Of course then my daughter came downstairs and I had to stuff everything under the couch cushions! I am trying to keep this a secret until we get to Orlando. But it is so hard when I am so looking forward to it!

Good luck with keeping it secret. Nick (nibbo) who started this thread is also keeping it secret from his DDs. We kept it a secret until Christmas Day, I'm not sure I could have kept it any longer!

 

[Ware Bears]

Hi GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes and MOMO2DK, welcome aboard!

We’d also like to join in on the F/E Exchange if you’re doing one. We were actually in charge of tracking and publishing the members lists and printing ships maps for the July-11 Western and really enjoyed getting to know everyone on the thread and at a DIS-Meet on sailing day. Just let us know who’s looking after the F/E list ............

Ooh, are you volunteering? Please don't worry if you'd rather not, I'm quite happy to do it.

 

[Snoopygirl]

I don't know what this F/E thing is all about but it sounds like fun. Where would I find info on this and can I join in?? This will be our very first cruise ever!

 

[Ware Bears]

Of course, the more the merrier have a look at page 7 of this thread, posts 95-104

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Ooh, are you volunteering?

Actually… Yes.
We’d be glad to look after the F/E and Members list. Like I said, we did this recently so we already have a general system for looking after everything. If you already have any info put together, you can either PM us or post it here. Either way, we’ll go back through the thread and put together an initial members list and then start looking for those members that are interested in joining in on the F/E.

We’ll post more info in a bit just to let all the new folks know what it’s all about and how it all works. So, (like it or not) you’ll be hearing from us a lot. Were already looking forward to getting to know every one. Back in a bit…

Rob & Tamara

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Here ye!! Here ye!!

We are officially inviting all member of the thread who are sailing along with us on the December 20, 2009 “Holidays of Wonder” Cruise to join in on a “Fish Extender Exchange” (F/E for short). If you interested, either PM us directly or post on this thread the following little bit of info:

“Cabin Number” – “DIS Member Name” – “all Crew Members & any kids ages”

For us it looks like this:

2035 – GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes – Rob & Tamara, DS14: Max

We will regularly publish a list of all the members who are joining in and we’ll put together a ships map showing you how to find everyone’s cabin to make the exchange easier. If you interested just holler out and we’ll look after the rest. If your wondering just what we’re talking about, just check out the next post. Hope to here from everyone real soon

Rob & Tamara

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

So just what exactly is a “fish” and just why does it need “extending”? Well… The “fish” is a combination wall decoration/ornament and message clip that is attached to the wall outside every cabin on the Magic & Wonder. The CMs (that’s “Cast Members” for the newbies) use them to leave messages, official forms or invitations for the occupants of the cabin as needed. It’s kind of like a glorified fridge-magnet and it looks like this: (click on the image to enlarge)



A “Fish Extender” is any thing that you care to hang on the fish. Literally anything will qualify, but in general, they are usually some type pocket organizer similar to a shoe caddy or mail organizer. They can be as simple as a canvass bag or as complex as your imagination cares to stretch. Here are a couple from our last cruise: (click to enlarge)



We’re are not very good with a needle and thread, so we engineered ours out of a couple of small cotton bags, a Disney themed bandana and some chain from a light fixture and ended up with this variation on the idea: (click to enlarge)



So, what’s it for? Well… It has become a kind of “Secret Santa” game played by the folks who roam the DIS Boards. The idea is that every DIS Member who is on the same cruise will go around the ship and leave a little “nick-nack” or “whats-it” in the pouches for the other members that are playing along. The generally agreed rules are that you give out gifts to each participant once per cruise, and that the gifts should be inexpensive trinkets that either fit a cruise or holiday theme and/or show off a little taste of who you are or the place that you call home. Here’s a link to a continuing thread on the boards that discusses the subject at length:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

Or, you can just ask us directly and we’ll either answer your question or find an answer. Welcome aboard and come join in on the fun!

 

[Snoopygirl]

I'm in!!

We'll be in 2 rooms so should I have an F/E for each room?

2629---------Snoopygirl--------Me(Cynthia),DH(Dan), & DD(Brianna-5)
2631------(not a Dis member)---my mom(Diane), DD(Alyssa-9)

This will be fun!

Will there be a "meet" during the cruise so we can get to know everyone?

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

1. We'll be in 2 rooms so should I have an F/E for each room?
2. Will there be a "meet" during the cruise so we can get to know everyone?

Good Questions!!

You don’t have to put an F/E on both doors (especially since they are right beside each other), but it might be more fun. As you do have two groups, we’ll keep both of your cabins together in the published lists, and at least we’ll almost certainly leave a similar F/E-Gift for both cabins (even if we just leave them both in the one F/E).

Now as for meetings, that’s totally up to the group. Having said that, the most common first DIS-Meet for us has been to get together at 3:00pm on the first day of the cruise. This is just before the lifeboat drill, which starts at 4:00. That gives us about 30 to 40 minuets to drop in, meet folks, plan any additional meets and pass out info and maps if available. It also keeps the meet to a limited time, as we all have to be present at the lifeboat drill. As for where, we could meet any where on the ship, but we recommend meeting in the “Promenade Lounge”. The Promenade is on the port side of Deck-3 (the deck where you’ll board the ship) between the restaurants on that deck (“Triton’s” and “Parrot Cay”). It’s generally not very crowded at this time and fairly wide open, so it’s easy to find each other.

Let us know what you think and if everyone is agreeable with this, we’ll make it official.

 

[Ware Bears]

Actually… Yes.
We’d be glad to look after the F/E and Members list.

Thank you!

Here ye!! Here ye!!

We are officially inviting all member of the thread who are sailing along with us on the December 20, 2009 “Holidays of Wonder” Cruise to join in on a “Fish Extender Exchange” (F/E for short). If you interested, either PM us directly or post on this thread the following little bit of info:

“Cabin Number” – “DIS Member Name” – “all Crew Members & any kids ages”

For us it looks like this:

2035 – GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes – Rob & Tamara, DS14: Max

I love the name "Holidays of Wonder"

We are so looking forward to the fish extender exchange ~ I love yours
I am not at all creative so we have cheated and bought ours off Ebay.

Our details are

8528 - Ware Bears - DH Bryan, (Me) Elaine, DD17 Samantha, DD15 Danielle, DD13 Francesca

3pm at the Promenade Lounge is fine with us I am so looking forward to meeting everyone.

 

[nibbo]

Wow, so much has happened on here since I last looked in.... new people, fish extenders, and it's getting so much closer. Been so busy at work and the computer's been on the blink too so not had much chance to come on here and join in. Anyway, the unthinkable's happened this morning. I've woken up this afternoon (been working nights!) and next to my bed is an envelope with my travel pack from DCL in it. It's been put there by my DD's who at the moment are fortunately in town with their mates. I've got 2 hours to think of an excuse before they come home and start asking questions or the secret is over. I might show them the guides and say it must be just an advertising mailer and see if I can get away with that. Wish me luck!

We'll join in with the fish extenders and are ok with meeting etc. I'll post my details when I've dug out my room number from all the hidden paperwork stashed away at the back of the cupboard where DD's can't find it. I'll have a proper read of all the posts too instead of skipping through them. All my overtime at work finishes next week and then I've got a couple of weeks off so I can catch up on everything and hopefully start to organise a few things.

Just noticed, less than 4 months before we fly out

Nick

 

[Ware Bears]

Nick, oh no

I hope your secret hasn't been spoiled ~ good luck

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Howdy!
Well, we’ve rummaged back through the thread and put together an initial Members & F/E list for the Dec 20 cruise. So far we have 10 different groups totaling 39 folks who are following the thread and are planning to sail with us. There are 19 kids ranging in age from 4 to 17 years and about half of them are in the 13-14 range.

We have had 4 groups confirm that they will be participating in the F/E and a couple others expressed some interest before we started organizing the whole thing, so we’re waiting to hear from everyone else before adding them to the F/E list. We will probably start sending PMs out about joining in about a week, but for now we’ll let every one catch up with the thread and contact us here.

If your reading this and wondering what an F/E is, here’s a link back to our little introduction on the subject:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33122459&postcount=131

So with out farther ado, here's the first official F/E & Members list:

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"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
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Current F/E Participants
**Note - Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange will be Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2035 - GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes - Rob & Tamara, DS14:Max
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGMiane, DD9:Alyssa
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15anielle, DD13:Francesca
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14

Dis Members also Sailing
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
**** - Charleyann - Charleyann, DS, with DBFF & DS13
**** - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - jenpink - Me, DD7, DN15
**** - gusdmh - Gus & Elsa, DS21:Adrian, DS14:NicK
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

A couple of notes:
1. The cut off for joining in on the F/E is Nov 29. That is three weeks before we sail. The idea here to ensure that those who are participating will know exactly how many gifts they need to put together and have time to order things if necessary. Also, there are a number of groups that are starting their trips in early December, so we need to finalize the list before everyone starts traveling.

2. If we have any names wrong or you want to give us any names, cabin numbers or other info, just post it here or send us a PM.

3. If you want to be added to the F/E list, just let us know and we’ll update the list (which we’ll probably republish on the thread every week or so depending on the number of update we receive.

 

[Ware Bears]

Rob and Tamara, you are stars!

 

[nibbo]

Nick, oh no

I hope your secret hasn't been spoiled ~ good luck

Well that was a lot easier than I thought it would be. They didn't even mention it when they came home and when they did eventually remember I just said that it was something I sent off for online ages ago but it was just rubbish anyway. Told them I hate the thought of going on a cruise and it was too expensive.... that seemed to do the trick. Just hope the tickets come when they're at school, don't think I'll be able to blag it again!

Also, a big thank you to Rob and Tamara for taking the time and effort to arrange everything on here. It's very much appreciated.

Nick

 

[Charleyann]

Both my son and my Friend's son are now 14 years old.

Our names : Me=Charley and my son Jacob. My best friend is Heidi and her son's name is Zackary.

We are excited. We still want to be part of Fish extenders...

We haven't been assigned a cabin yet.

Charleyann