IT'S REALLY LANYARD TIME!!!!!
For those many of you who have already seen this post, feel free to skip to the bottom to the
BLUE writing for IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION
For those of you who remember these discussions from months ago I
apologize for repeating information, but we have many new members so please bear with me
Several of us who cruised together previously were the lucky recipients of custom lanyards with namebadges for our trip . While it seemed a bit of a silly idea at first, I think we all found that we loved getting these lanyards/name badges. So, in the great tradition of stealing good ideas, Erik and I would like to head up the effort to provide lanyards/name badges to this lovely group of people for our upcoming Double Dip Cruise .
What is a lanyard?
Simply put it is a piece of fabric worn around the neck with a plastic pocket on the end. Specifically, these lanyards will be customized for this cruise with our cruise "name" and dates imprinted on them. The fabric is a soft material about the width of a standard shoelace which is much more comfortable and light weight than the standard Disney pin lanyards. The pocket will come with a customized name badge in it and also makes a great place to keep your Key to the World card. There is a good view of them in the following photo:
What about the name badge?
The name badges will be custom printed for everyone and given out along with the lanyards. The background of the badge will be our cruise logo. Each badge will have the DISboard name associated with the person (so if only one member of a group posts, everyone will have that DISboard name but if more than one member posts they can each have their own DISboard name). Below the DISboard name will be the name of the person (presumably ) wearing the badge. So, for my group all 6 of us (me, DH, DD, DS, DFiL and DMiL) will all have NHDisneylover as the DISboard name as I am the only poster, but each individual will have his/her own name printed below NHDisneylover (Hadley, Dave, Marika, Rio, Hank or Jan). This is so if we end up with 10 Daves someone familiar with the boards will quickly know which one is MY Dave , etc.
Why have a lanyard at all?
There are lots of reasons. First, it makes finding your DISboard buddies (especially in the first day or two) much easier . Secondly, they are a great place to keep your KTTW card . Third, it is a fun souvenir . You may find, as I did, that you wear or carry it with you just about the entire trip. You may prefer to wear it to the sailaway party while you are getting to know your fiends and then relegate it to your cabin for the remainder of the cruise (Dave did it this way). Whatever works for you is just dandy.
How do I get my Lanyard?
Erik and I are now gathering all the information we need to be sure everyone gets their lanyards/namebadges. Please see the blue writing below for instructions on how to get the information to us. As we get close to sailing Erik and I will let everyone know one or two times and places we will be available for you to come and collect your lanyards on departure day. Any lanyards not collected at those times will be delivered to staterooms sometime the first evening/night aboard by Erik, Marika and myself (and we will not share the list of staterooms with anybody else).
Isn't that expensive???
Well it would be if Erik (and our fabulous SOs Jason and Dave) tried to underwrite the entire project ourselves. Luckily for all of us, many of you are willing to help provide this momento to all the DISsers in our group. This "lanyard team" has agreed to split the cost of the lanyards/badges. As a thank you all of their DISboard names will be listed on the back of the nametags (and in a few posts here and there--you gotta love these people). This group is BIG and keeps growing.
Here is a list of those currently on the lanyard team. If you would like to join in and help out PLEASE PM me and I will add you to the list.
The lanyard team consists of:
Tigger82174
NHDisneylover
Hoagie Pie
Buckeye Gal
StarGater
LuvtheEars
rkandmjsmommy
Scoobypop
Scoutsmom99
Silversea
Zweihund
anewmac
ilovemangoes
Captain Jack
Magicfor2
THANKS to all the above posters!
It is time for us to start collecting all the inforamtion we need for the lanyards. Please bear with us and submit info specifically for lanyards which you have probably already submitted to Kimberly for other purposes. We are trying to keep the lanyard list seperate to prevent mistakes and keep confusion (on our part) to a minimum.
We are asking that someone from each group submit information to this email address: DoubleDip09-2008@hotmail.com PLEASE PUT LANYARDS IN THE SUBJECT LINE--this is the only way Erik and I will know to open the email and include your information. Here is what we need you to submit for each individual in your 
1. The DIS board name to appear on the badge (see "what about the name badge" above for more info.)
2. the FIRST name of the badge wearer
3. a room number for your party (so we have somewhere to deliver the badges) If you are booked gty simply list that and we will get the stateroom number from you closer to the sail date.
Thanks everyone for being an awesome group and feel free to post questions.
Hadley and Erik
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Disney.com has costumes 15% off today only with the code TODAY15. Grady told me last night he wanted to be Jack Sparrow for Halloween this year so this worked out nice. I got him the costume for $16.99 plus shipping. They have some cute girls costumes too. Have fun shopping!
Somehow, she didn't manage to ferret them out over Christmas!
, he will have five princes his age to stick together and ward off the princesses! 
What a great group. And please do not fret about those who do not keep up with the boards. I will PM everyone registered with Kimberly who does not email in. But, it is a lot less work for me if those of you who keep are reading along just send an email
I am all in favour of less work
). So for those of you/us who DO watch the boards regularly maybe a quick email or phone call to our friends who may not be here all the time to let them know about the lanyard list and what they need to do (even cut and paste Hadley's wonderfully composed post!) would be super helpful and would certainly help ensure that nobody gets left out of the lanyards and name badges.
