Hello my fellow Disney fans! It's time to get this party started
Welcome to the the Fish Extender Exchange Group for the July 18, 2013 Disney Dream Cruise!
If you'd like to join, please post here that you'd like to join. Then for privacy, please message me the following information:
-- DISboard username
-- Cabin # (if you know it already)
-- Family Last Name (helps with personalizing family gifts)
-- First names of those participating, ages of kids in cabin and whether boys (B) or girls (G)
-- Any special cruise celebrations
-- Any food allergies, etc
-- An email address for your family
--Each participant's favorite character/movie
If you are uncomfortable sharing any of the personal information, you can simply say "Adult, Male" or "Girl, 8" for example.
For those who are new to this fun cruise experience, the Fish Extender itself is a pocket panel you hang from the fish shaped hook outside your stateroom. These can be homemade or you can purchase them on sites like Etsy or eBay. You can also find pictures on Google or DIS forums. Families that join the FE group hang the Fish Extender outside their cabin and then exchange little gifts with others participating in the group by putting little gifts in each others extenders. It's like a secret Santa gift exchange...Disney style
Here is a thread with some really good info about it:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=378
It's a ton of fun, not just for kids, and you can either give one gift to each cabin, or a gift to each person in the cabin. You can give gifts a few times throughout the cruise or just once. No real set rules, just exchange and have fun! Gifts can be homemade or storebought. That's part of the fun . . . the variety of gifts that everyone brings!
Our group will close Thursday, June 27th. This allows people time to order, make, assemble, personalize, etc their gifts.
Guidelines for our fish extender:
1. Each cabin is to provide AT LEAST one gift to each cabin participating in the fish extender. You can provide a gift to each person within that cabin, just the kids, or one gift for the whole cabin...that is up to you. Of course, you are welcome to give more than one gift...but the minimum is one.
2. All gifts are to be delivered between the cruise leaving port on Thursday, July 18th until 4 PM on Saturday, July 20th. This gives people time to still be able to pack their bags on July 20th before we leave the ship the morning of July 21st.
3.Please include a tag with your DISboards user name on the gift. This way everyone knows who the gift is from.
Here is a list of IDEAS of what you might want to bring for the FE on the cruise...to add to your packing list if you'd like:
1. The FE gifts that you are making/preparing -- total number will be announced after our June 27th sign up deadline (I promise to provide updates so we all have a general idea before then
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2. An FE pocket/hanger to hang outside your cabin. You can find them on eBay or etsy by searching "Fish Extenders" or you can make one.
3. A zip tie to help attach your FE HANGER. Some people have commented that theirs have sadly walked away...but if you attach it with a zip tie...then it is not as likely to walk away.
4. Scissors to cut the zip tie when you're packing...LOL! Don't want to leave it!
5. On the forum, some people recommend bringing thank you notes so you can write a quick note to the person who gave you a gift.
Ultimately, the goal is just to have fun and cause people to smile
. Please feel free to post here or personal message me if you want in on the exchange. Can't wait to meet everybody
Woo Hoo!! Ten posts
Can't wait to see your 1st official list. 
Please include Me (Debbie) and my four year old niece (Madison) 
Can you update us on how many are participating on the forum? Kinds of fun watching the list grow. 
I'll add you to the FE exchange 
The deadline for signing up is June 27th. That will give everyone time to pull everything together 
