Disney Wonder - October 14, 2012 - Hawaii

[YenSid1222]

I'd realy like some input about dinning times. This is our fourth DC. We have no children. We've always had second seating for dinner. This cruise we have first seating. Part of me thinks that it will give us more time in the evening to do things. But part of me pictures a noisier slightly rushed environment. Can any one tell me if we should ask for a change?

I much prefer second dining myself. I have never liked to rush back from ports and I dont want to feel like I need to rush to get a good seat for the show in the WDT at night too.

 

[ppartekim]

I much prefer second dining myself. I have never liked to rush back from ports and I dont want to feel like I need to rush to get a good seat for the show in the WDT at night too.

Those were my reasons for second dining too.

 

[luv2sleep]

I've only done one Disney cruise. I had early dining and it felt rushed. I have late dining this time.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

 

[liesbeth1012]

I'd realy like some input about dinning times. This is our fourth DC. We have no children. We've always had second seating for dinner. This cruise we have first seating. Part of me thinks that it will give us more time in the evening to do things. But part of me pictures a noisier slightly rushed environment. Can any one tell me if we should ask for a change?

This is our second cruise, but we had second dining time both. We're not used to eat that early and we had no rush before dinner. And after dinner we had enough time to go to the bar etc.
But if you want to get switch from early to second. I know there is someone who want to switch from second to early. Perhaps you can take each others place. It's Rebecca 27690, perhaps you can contact her?

 

[Disneynanny]

Hello again. I was just wondering if anyone from this cruise would like to do a pin trade from our April cruise. I have a whole set to trade. So please let me know. Thanks.

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I bought a set of the April pins on e-bay right as soon as I saw them. I was hoping it would be the same set for the Oct cruise so I wouldn't have to bother getting them. I spent hours and hours waiting in line for the pins from the reloc cruise in Jan, 2011. Meet some great people waiting in those lines but have no desire to waste the time in lines again.Have 4 complete sets. If the pins are different on the Oct Hawaiian cruise, I'll trade with you.

 

[Disneynanny]

This is our second cruise, but we had second dining time both. We're not used to eat that early and we had no rush before dinner. And after dinner we had enough time to go to the bar etc.
But if you want to get switch from early to second. I know there is someone who want to switch from second to early. Perhaps you can take each others place. It's Rebecca 27690, perhaps you can contact her?

There's pro's and cons for what dinner seating you have. First seating you are a little more rushed to get back to the ship from shore excursions. It probably is a little noiser, younger kids at that seating. However, on second seating, on pirates night, you're just finishing up dinner and they have this whole spread of food. Too full to participate.They also use to have a huge dessert night, again too full after second dining. But as far as I can tell that was one of the cuts the cruiseline did.

 

[geffric]

There's pro's and cons for what dinner seating you have. First seating you are a little more rushed to get back to the ship from shore excursions. It probably is a little noiser, younger kids at that seating. However, on second seating, on pirates night, you're just finishing up dinner and they have this whole spread of food. Too full to participate.They also use to have a huge dessert night, again too full after second dining. But as far as I can tell that was one of the cuts the cruiseline did.

I like 2nd dining! And my personal opinoin is that the spread of food for pirate night on deck looks much better than it tastes.so I prefer to miss it.

 

[Bookwood]

Here's the most currant Fish Extender list, some cabins are still not listed

8 Cabins
158 Adults
41 Kids


PLEASE ADD YOUR CABIN NUMBERS ONCE THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO THE FISH EXTENDER EXCHANGE LIST!

SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED!

The Cut off to join our Fish Extender Exchange was September 1st!

If you have a last minute change in staterooms numbers, there will be a whiteboard at cabin 6632 where this information can be relayed to other participants. Maybe a good idea to check this board before delivering your FE gifts, postcards, candy or scrapbook items.

If you have kids please either add their favorite character to the email or edit the section below the Fish Extender list.

Cabin DIS-ScreenName Adults Kids Names (ages of kids)
1032 SillyNellie 2 2 Shannen, Craig, Sarah*(g8), Katelyn(g4) *Make A Wish
1038 Ohana_4 2 Noemi, J
2000 Carrie25 (2) 2 1 Carol, Wendy, Mackenzie (g8)
2004 Carrie25 2 2 Carrie, Chris, Jason (b6), Joshua(b3)
2012 ocmommy 1 1 Jennifer, Emily (g7)
2133 nnyl_irret 2 1 Todd, Terri-Lynn, Cynthia (g7)
2043 LittleGirlGrey 2 Lesley, Diane
2534 bonnielynn 2 Bonnie, Rich
2560 No1MouseFan 2 Justen, Susan
2572 ppartekim 2 Mike, Holly
5018 Jetski42 2 Joey, Jennifer
5126 SullyandBoo 2 Rob, Bridgette
5127 LKShep & twinner2 2 Larry, Janee
5129 Rnae 2 Ken, Ranee
5132 Disneynanny 2 Pam, Frank
5513 lovebeast 2 Lynnise, Diann
5624 Poohluvsfigment 2 Mike, Wanda
5626 1DisneyQueen 2 Steve, Dee
5638 nocruisecontrol 2 Don, Barbara
5644 sezmo 2 Sarah, Elizabeth
6019 Goldeelox9 2 Lisa, Pete
6050 vljohnston 2 1 Valerie, Grumpy, Rhobert (b7)
6055 2 Irene, Joe
6102 kthomas618 2 Kathy, Tom
6542 mikaamma 2 Mike, Karen
6569 GOS (guest) 1 1 Zoe (g17)
6613 geffric 2 Susan, Scott
6614 DougWDW 2 1 Doug, Bekki, Karver(b3)
6620 aloha09 2 Trudi, Gerald
6622 aloha09 2 3 Ingrid, Art, Thea(g9), Norah(g7), Leila(g3)
6631 mr.tom.morrow 2 2 Brian, Marsha, Duffy (b2)(bear), Shellie May (g9months)(bear)
6632 readyplayer 2 Bill, Nancy
6654 Paragd911 2 Mark, Joy, Bingo (dog)
7022 ruttie2 2 Walter, Karen
7037 imagineer2be 2 David and Emily
7040 YenSid1222 2 Scott, Aron
7054 SueEllen 2 1 Sue Ellen, Chris, Trevor (b11)
7056 Beano/RonnieJo 2 Ben, Renee
7062 connieosci 4 Connie, Frank, Karen, Nancy
7067 acourtwdw2 2 Amanda, Annette
7078 Ltl Mermaid 3 Allison, Carol, and Charles
7084 ? 2 Marc & Bree
7086 marcel54 2 Marcel & Kathryn
7108 purplelv93 3 Bill, Monique, Leanna
7118 bookwood 2 Pam, Mike
7123 Dsnylvrs2 2 Dave, Alyce
7128 charwac1 2 Charlene, Andy
7130 Girl_Barrie 2 1 Jack, Barrie, Jaden (b6)
7136 Ltl Mermaid 2 1 Melanie, Abigail (3), and Lawrence
7138 pepperpike 2 Joe, Nancy
7500 SpikenLex 2 2 Meaghan,Geoff, Lexi (8), Spike (4).
7505 The7ofUs 1 2 Jennifer, Nathan (b18), Mercy (g17)
7507 The7ofUs (2) 1 4 Lance,Grant(b15), Craig(b14), Michael(b11)
7550 Rebecca 27690 2 Katherine(Kittie) and Barbara
7622 Snorkel Buddy 2 Bill & Ann
7625 kevtlas 3 2 Kevin, Danny, Moni, Cydnee(g5), Delina(g3)
7630 Stepherific 1 1 Steph, Lukas (b4.5)
8066 STLUCIELADY 4 Lisa, Drew, Jason (19), Jessi (17)
8550 Cindy Girl 2 1 Jennifer, Kevin, Austin (b5)
8552 Cindy Girl (2) 2 Debbie, Keith
8574 joshiegator 2 2 Linda, John, Joshua (b9), Caitlin (g8)
8684 Jessica_Mouse 2 Jessica, Scott
GTY platinumcruzer 2 Cindy, Cara
GTY spinks1800 2 Sharon, Nichol
GTY nickygator 2 1 Susan, Tim, Nicholas (b3)
GTY yukongirl123 2 Janice and DS Trevor (age 20)
GTY Paul312/Liesbeth1012 2 Paul, Liesbeth
6547 Stephsong 2 Stephanie, Marie
GTY crunlexi 2 Mike & Lexi
GTY lafchill 2 2 Lynn, David, Evan (b9), Duncan (b3)
GTY lynnemcb 2 2 Lynn, Ivor, Emily(g10), Jonathan(b8)
GTY ? 2 Sonja, Tara
GTY Shercara 2 Sherri, Phil
GTY wrabitdad 2 Bob, Dale
GTY MommyTo5 2 Angie, J.D.
GTY the4peas 2 2 John, Stephanie, Savannah (12g), Morgan (7g)
GTY None (SillyNellie DM and BFF) 2 Lois, Kim
GTY ? 2 2 Juan O. Jennifer O. Jessica(7) Joseph(19 months)

If you have kids please fill this bottom Favorite Character List separately!!

Cabin Names and Ages of kids Favorite Character
1032 Sarah (g8) Belle, Katelyn (g4) Jake and the Neverland Pirates/Rapunzel/Tinkerbell
2000 Mackenzie (g8) Tinkerbell
2004 Jason (b6) Wolverine, Joshua(b3) Buzz, Lightning McQueen
2012 Emily (g7) Ariel, Rapunzel, Merida
2133 Cynthia (g7)
6614 Karver (b3) Jake and the Neverland Pirates (or any Disney Junior)
6050 Rhobert (b7) Cars, Star Tours/Wars
6569 Zoe (g17) Snow White
6622 Thea (g9) Oswald, Norah (g7) Mickey, Leila (g3) Stitch
7054 Trevor (b11) Star Wars (any)
7130 Jaden (b6) Oswald, Roger Rabbit, Mickey
7136 Abigail (g3) Rapunzel
7500 Lexi (g8) Fairies, Ariel, and Jessie, Spike (b4) Buzz Lighyear & Lightning McQueen.
7505 Nathan (b18), Mercy (g17)
7507 Grant (b15), Craig (b14), Michael (b11)
7625 Cydnee (g5) Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Delina (g3) Rapunzel, Tiana
7630 Lukas (b4.5) Cars, Buzz, Woody, Jessie, Wall-e, Ratatouille (Remy, Linguine)
8550 Austin (b5) Star Wars, Cars-Lightning McQueen
8574 Joshua (b9) Mickey, Caitlin (g8) Ariel, Snow White
GTY Nicholas (b3) Buzz, Mickey.
GTY Evan (b9) Captain Jack/Mushu, Duncan (b3) Mickey/Goofy/Donald
GTY Emily (g10) Pocahontas, Jessie, Jonathan (b8) Lightning McQueen, Buzz

GTY Savannah (g12) Chip & Dale/Stitch/Pocahontas/Mulan, Morgan (g7) Belle/Donald
GTY Jessica (g7) Ariel/princess. Joseph (b19 months) Lighting McQueen

 

[ShoreByrd]

This will be our 10th cruise with Disney & I can't wait! We were on The Wonder to Alaska in July 2011 and were pleased with the addition of the upstairs observation deck portion in the adults only Quiet Cove Cafe! This will be a wonderful way to celebrate our 25th anniversary, and looking forward to lots of good times with lots of good people! Aloha!

 

[ShoreByrd]

I've only done one Disney cruise. I had early dining and it felt rushed. I have late dining this time.

We usually have the 8:15pm seating when traveling out of the East, but when we go out of CA or Seattle we find it 's an easier adjustment to the time change if we eat earlier. We have no children with us (not until they're older anyway - niece's & nephews), but we find both seatings seem to have about the same amount of "Littles" & the noise level is always loud - anytime, soooo...

 

[PrincessShmoo]

We've always done early dining, that's just the way we're wired, except for our our Med cruise in 2010. Many of the port days (and there were a lot) we had long 8-9 hour tours, and we would be arriving back at the ship too late for early dining. So we opted for late. We won't be doing that again, unless we have to.

While the atmosphere was a bit more relaxed, we just can't eat that much and go directly to bed (and we are early to bed types), so it was rough on our tummies.



OH, and BTW, we got our cruise documents today, Yay

 

[luv2sleep]

A bunch on FB got theirs Friday and today. Got mine today. I'm in southern CA.

 

[Cindy Girl]

here is payment Info for the Lanyards.
Please paypal me kevin3841@sbcglobal.net as a gift (So they don't take money out of my end since I'm not making any money on this The cost is $2.25 per lanyard. Please include your name and cabin # in the notes section. Thank you!!

 

[geffric]

 

[geffric]

Only 1 month for me..then Carsland, Ghiradelli and the Wonder..YEAH

 

[acourtwdw]

28 days until we are in LA/Disneyland!!!

 

[charwac1]

Is anyone renting a car in Maui? If so, who are you renting from?

Enterprise has a great cruise port location, but it closes at 6pm and doesn't allow after-hours drop-offs. (We're at Maui until 9:30.)

Enterprise also has an airport location, but there's no shuttle and they don't do "pick up at the cruise port, drop off at the airport".

We're also renting on Kauai (but not Hawaii or Oahu). Does anyone offer multi-island deals?

 

[Goldeelox9]

Are you a Part of the Fish Extender Exchange? If so here is the final list.

Fish Extender list info: This is a list of those that wish to participate in putting gifts (purchased or homemade items) in other's "extenders" (anything hanging off the "fish" outside the stateroom door that is generally used to receive mail/etc. to your room) and receive same from others. If you have any questions about this- please feel free to email me and I will gladly explain in more detail.


FE Exchange

There was a question posted on the Disboards recently by someone asking about the origin of the FE exchange-

Originally Posted by wcw57 

How did this thing start? I mean, someone decided to have meets on the board and then people started giving each other gifts (I assume) which is real nice but who thought of the FE.....some mastermind deserves credit.

Did they have any idea that it would become a tradition? 

One person can have huge impact.

THANX!

Debbie (EpcotKilterFan on the DIS)

Yes I am the instigator of the Fish Extender I had NO idea that it would get this big. I still laugh when I see LONG threads about fish extenders and their gifts.

The intent is to share with other DISr's. Put a gift in and if you get a gift in return that is a bonus! I always have fun passing out the FE gifts on the cruise. 
My favorite quote from a guest in the hallway was.... "those things hanging on the doors must mean that there are children in the room" 

I am glad the tradition continues and can't believe I innocently started a phenomenon 4 years ago on the FIRST time through the Panama Canal


The FE is not intended to be a gift exchange, that’s what Secret Mickeys are for. If the thought of giving gifts to 100 cabins is overwhelming then don’t, just give what you want to whom you want. It’s giving not receiving....that’s what Pixie Dust is all about.

So there you have it!

Now on to the Fish Extender List

I will also list it as a DOC on the FACEBOOK GROUP.

Scrapbook Exchange

For each participant on the list, you give a scrapbook item, themed for this cruise of course, to embellish a scrapbook page-not an entire page. This is an exchange of embellishments only, there is no workshop or class.

Below is a list of people who want to participate in the Scrap Book Exchange.

I will also list it as a DOC on the FACEBOOK GROUP.

Postcard Swap

You give a postcard from your hometown/state/country to each person/cabin on the list. They in turn will leave one for you. It is always nice, if you wish, to enclose a short message on the back of the postcard. You can pop this into the FE if the recipient has one, or place it directly into the fish or slip it under the door if there is no FE. At the end of the cruise, you will have a nice collection of pictures/cards from around the world from your new DIS friends!

Below is a list of people who want to participate in the Postcard Swap.

Candy Swap

For each person on the list, you leave a small (think snack or Halloween sized) treat. This could be your favorite chocolate bar, something unique to your area, or a wrapped candy or two. They, in turn, will do the same. It is important to note how many participants are in each cabin, they may be four people in a cabin but may only one is participating, or maybe all. We don’t want to cause a war because four grownups are trying to share one mini chocolate bar! LOL

Below is a list of people who want to participate in the Candy Swap.

 

[luv2sleep]

Is anyone renting a car in Maui? If so, who are you renting from?

Enterprise has a great cruise port location, but it closes at 6pm and doesn't allow after-hours drop-offs. (We're at Maui until 9:30.)

Enterprise also has an airport location, but there's no shuttle and they don't do "pick up at the cruise port, drop off at the airport".

We're also renting on Kauai (but not Hawaii or Oahu). Does anyone offer multi-island deals?

Have you looked at Thrifty? They seem to be open later.