The following is a question I got in my PM. I figured there may be others with the same question, so I have shared my answer below.
Since I am new to the FE fun... Is there major do's and dont's? What is a popular favorite? Any unsaid rules?
I saw the list of allergies and favorite.
Also, just to be sure I have enough stuff... I should plan on daily gifts for everyone in my group? Or is it one or two families a day? What is the norm?
Thanks for everything, G
My reply:
All great questions! If you don't mind, I am going to answer you here, and post your questions on the thread and answer them there as well, for those that may have the same questions, but have not asked yet.
As for do's and don'ts, the only limitations would fall on the limits you put on yourself, or the ones the boat puts on all passengers. For example, one family may put a spending cap on the cost of the FE's per cabin at $5 (which is well with in a home crafted gift), while another family who may not be as crafty, puts a spending cap of $10 per cabin because they plan to buy pre-made gifts. As for limits set by the boat, a quick read of the faq section of the Disney cruises web site will give you a good idea of things you are not allowed to bring on board (such as, you can not bring a bottle of wine for each of the cabins, unless you have 5 to 9 adults in your cabin, and you can't bring seeds on board, because we are not allowed to take seeds through customs when we disembark, etc).
As for unsaid rules, The main one that I can think of is the same rule we give our teens as they board the boat or enter any of the parks, or start down the the path to a middle school type conversation - 'Keep it Disney'. By this I do not mean that every gift should be Disney in theme or nature, just that it should be G rated and have the 'for families seal of approval'.
Now, the question of what is popular / favorite, that is simple, if you and your family would love to get that as a gift, than chances are, so will the other cabins. For example on our last cruise, we received gifts pretty much every day, sometimes multiple gifts a day, and each and every gift was unique. We loved them all, and still use many of them. I will include a list of some of the gifts we got on the last cruise on the bottom of this response as a jump off point for FE brainstorming ideas.
The list of Allergies, favorites, and pin trader (yes or no) is included to help personalize the gifts if you so choose. If I happen to decide to give out pins to the cabins who are pin traders, I definitely would try to match their pins to their favorite character. The same would go for giving door magnets as gifts.
Your last question has a similar answer to your first question. I don't think there is actually a norm. I have been in groups with people who do one gift per cabin, and will either deliver them all on the first sea day, or spread out the delivering to a few a day. When they spread it out, they try to plan ahead for when they anticipate being in that area of the boat to deliver the gifts at that time....Side note (or a Tink moment as my family would say) For those who are considering the plan of handing out gifts for when you are in that area, a good distribution time/ day would be during a cabin crawl. If we get enough participating cabins, we should be able to make our way from one end of the boat to another.... Okay, back to the question...In the same group, there are families who will distribute several different gifts to the cabins in their group through out the cruise. As for our family, we like to try to have a gift for each cabin each day. This year we are only planning on 5 different gifts though. One other point that I have heard asked before, is do I give a gift for each person in the cabin, or is the gift for the whole cabin? On the chance of sounding redundant, think about what would be enjoyed by your family / cabin, and set that as your guide. Just as I had mentioned at the beginning of the post, the only limitations for FE giving fall upon how you limit your self, and how Disney limits it's cruisers.
I hope this helped and did not leave to more confusion. If it did lead to more confusion, I am sorry. If you want to chat about possible ideas, or need a sounding board, just let me know. I would be happy to help. Here is a list of some of the items we received on our last cruise:
beach toys
clothes pins
paracord bracelets
tins w/ candy
pins
coasters
personalized post cards to send back to friends
door magnets
pirate goodies
book marks
various different items with the group name, and logo / picture ( we named our last group, and I drew up a picture for the group)
special items for cabin celebrations (we were celebrating a graduation, so we received something for that)
That is all I can think of off the top of my head!
Have fun creating!
~Tink~
(what does that even mean, lol?) 
especially one who shares my name, I would change my 'No character meets on board' rule, and wait to see her. 
, you just caught me on a good day and a sked about one of my favorite subjects (DISNEY) 
ARGH!
. I have been contacted by a few FEers, and they are wanting to start getting their FEs made, and need the information to personalize the gifts.
