Hello, fellow cruisers! I have volunteered to be the Cast Roll Call owner and the go-to person to for updates and additions to our cruisers list. Here's some good info on that as well as other items that will be of interest to many joining us on our Disney Double Dip Delight Cruise!
Cast Roll Call List Submission
At this time, I've included the following datafields in our cruise database, which will have some content uploaded to the website:
- DIS Name:
- Real Name:
- Fellow Passengers/Cabin Mates & ages of kids:
- Celebrations:
- Dining Seating (Main or Late):
- Stateroom:
- Home Country/State/City:
- Going to WDW prior to the Cruise?
- Friday Night Pre-Cruise Hotel Choice:
- Doing a Back-to-Back cruise from 10/4-11?
- Various Interests for the Cruise:
[For example: '80s Party, Kid's On-Line Pre-Meets, Costa Maya Mission (see pg 16, post 233), Palo Brunch, Palo High Tea, Adult Beverage Tastings (including coffee, beer, wine, beer, and martinis), Fish Extender Fun (page 29, posts 427 & 429 and for basic dimensions go to page 56, posts 830, 832, 833, & 837), Games (like Pictionary and bingo), Secret Mickey gift exchange (page 52, post 779), pin trading, etc.]
If you desire, please send any of the info above to
DoubleDip09-2008@hotmail.com. Obviously no one would be obligated to provide all or any of this info, but if you already had it out there on this thread, I've added it to the spreadsheet. If you have not yet posted any of this info about yourself and would like to do so, feel free to PM me with the scoop or see my signature block for the email addy to submit your info. I do want to make it clear that if you email me at the Hotmail account, your personal email addy will be kept private. It
will not be posted to the website! As newbies join us, I'll get them added to the Cast Roll Call List and welcome them to our cruise so they know I captured what they submitted!
Our Own DDD Website!
Brandie's (Fizzgig) DH, Jeremy, has graciously volunteered to create our own
DIS Double Dip website!! Jeremy, Brandie, and I will work together to periodically get the updates onto the site. This website contains some chat threads related to specific topics, a group and personal calendar, and so much more! You can also include pictures of yourself or your family in your profile so we know who to run to in the
Disney Cruise Terminal! So please sign up to get access to the site, and check it out!!
To establish an account on the website
http://www.disdoubledip.com, at the home page you will see a portlet to allow you to log in. Just below the empty fields, there is a link where it says "Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User". Click on "New User", fill out the required fields, and it will send an email to the site administrator and automatically email you back. Go into the email that you received (you may need to check your Junk Folder), and select the link within the message to activate your account. Our webmasters will keep an eye on who's requesting an account as well.
Kids' Meet Forum 
Also on our own website is a Kids' Meets Forum to post threads. It's a great way for the children to interact and make friends before meeting them in the cruise terminal or in the clubs!
As a precaution, the Kids' Area on DISDoubleDip.com has controlled access. In order to gain access to it, you must contact Brandie (Fizzgig) with the parents' username and the kiddo's username from the DISDoubleDip website. She and her DH will then get you and your child/children access to the Kids' Meet Thread. Note that if you only have a single household email account, then that's the only username to get added to the Kids' Area Forum. So in that case, there will be no distinction between a kiddo's account and a parents' account for that family.
Rest assured that this forum will be watched
*closely* for any inappropriate content. Either the parents or our webmasters (Jeremy and Brandie) will handle the inappropriate content. The "officer" of course will depend on what the situation entails. ::cop:
INTERESTING STATS AS OF 01.27.08:
- 145 Cabins accounted for (DISers, family, extended family, and friends)
- 427 Total People
- 154 Kids under age 18 (broken out of the total)
- 56 Cabins without children/89 Cabins with children
- 4 Countries represented (Canada, Germany, New Zealand, USA)
- 29 States in the US represented
- 4 Back-to-back cruising families (10/4-11)
- 1 Honeymoon
- 18 Anniversary Celebrations
- 17 Birthday Celebrations
- 2 Very Merry Unbirthdays
- 1 MBA
- 1 Iraq Tour Completion
- 1 very special Mom and Daughter Time as a Single Mom
- 32 Cabins interested in Fish Extender Fun
- 19 Cabins (not people) interested in Palo High Tea
- 15 Cabins (not people) interested in Palo Brunch
- 12 Families interested in supporting Costa Maya School Supply Mission
- 14 Families interested in a pre-cruise on-line meets for the kids
- 48 DISers will be going BYOP.... Bring Your Own Pillow to Room 6080 because there will not be enough for everyone to sleep on! Floor space is up to your own creativity!
The DIS Double Dip Family Photo Album
If you would like to post a picture of you and/or your family so we can spot you at the port terminal or perhaps even at your Friday night hotel, there's a thread on our website to do so. Just follow this link:
DDD Family Photo Album
Cruise Logo
Do you like it? Do you want it too?
Post 2083 contains this logo in 3 sizes. Feel free to use them for your siggy, door magnets, or any other grand idea you have!
Logo Merchandise
Cafe Press has many excellent goods that you can order on-line with our cruise logo. This includes postcards, t-shirts, mugs, messenger bags, thongs, hats, and so much more! Step-by-step directions are found in
Post 2200.
Double Dip Delight Customized Lanyards
On the day of our cruise departure, you can receive your own Double Dip Delight customized lanyard and personalized name badge. (Here's a big thanks to Erik (tig82174) and Hadley (NHDisneylover) for designing the lanyards and making the name badges for us!) Any info you send onto me will be provided to them so you can have a personalized lanyard for you, your family, and friends that you've registered with me!!
In order to receive them, Erik and Hadley do need your real first name and cabin number*. As we move through 2008, they will be privately contacting those of you who have already registered with me. At that time, they will request that you confirm the information they have received from me or ask for you to provide missing pieces of information they need. If they do not hear back from you with a confirmation, lanyards will not be ordered for your party. So please help them out and ensure you'll have this special keepsake by responding to them.
What's this cost you? Nothing!!! There will be no cost for these as there are a handful of Disney-like DISers cruising with us who volunteered to donate funds to make this memento happen for anyone who wants to join in the "Lanyard Club". In appreciation for their generosity, the contributors will be noted on the back of your name badge. Of course there are other cruisers who are not DISers who would LOVE to have our lanyard for free, so it's important that you register yourself and those you may have recruited to cruise with us; otherwise, if someone is
not on the Lanyard List, they will
not receive one. So ensure you are signed up with me and that you seek out Erik (tig82174) and/or Hadley (NHDisneylover) on Saturday, September 27 at a predetermined location and time (to be announced later) to pick up your souvenir!!
Read more on
Post 3551!
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[BTW, the reason for your cabin number being required is simply to ensure you receive your lanyard. Erik and Hadley want to start their vacation with their families ASAP, too, and we know some of you may be unable to meet up with them at the the posted time. Therefore, in the event you miss eachother, Hadley, Marika (Hadley's DD), and Erik will bring them to your room's fish or door knob later on Saturday.
Please be at peace knowing your cabin number will not be printed on your removable name tag or given to anyone else. For this Lanyard Team initiative, the three of us are the only ones who will have access to your cabin number.]
'80s Party Night
Well Disney can take away the 80's Party night, but they can't take the '80s groove out of the Double Dippers!
Get stoked! All you mall chicks, pull out your leg warmers, stirrup pants, shoulder pads, and big sweater. Then, dress yourself up with jelly bracelets, banana clips, and 4" hoop earrings. For all the studs out there, find that back pocket comb, Ocean Pacific T-shirt, shades, and parachute pants. It's time to get ready to break dance!
On "One Hit Wonder" nights, we Double Dip Delighters will be turning the Rockin' Bar D into an '80s club. Now don't have a cow if you forget to pack your Members Only jacket, Izod, or Jordache threads. Just join us at the Rockin' Bar D and party hardy! It's going to be a totally tubular event!
Read what everyone is saying about it in the "
Get-togethers on the Boat" Forum.
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We leave for WDW in a week, and I still have a graduation party, father's day, a family picnic and a baby shower to plan before I leave - as well as catch up on both of my jobs. 
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(sounds like men would love to come, too!)
I'm sure my mom would enjoy the wine tastings. Also I like the e-mail idea as well to keep everyone in the loop.
