**Fantasy Becomes Reality** Group--5/19/2012 (INDEX/ROLE CALL, PAGE 1--ENTRY 1)

Welcome to DisCruises! Welcome to DisBoards! Both are state of the art! ;)

I will get your information updated to page 1 later this evening.

From where in Michigan do you hail? I grew up in Dearborn MI, *way back when*.....:scared1:

Your profile has been added!
 
DisName: Me+Minnie
Ages at sailing: Ava 56 Gary 60
From: Michigan
Stateroom: 8068
Celebrations: 29th Anniversary
Dining: Main

Our first Disney Cruise!! This will be our second cruise. We sailed around the Hawaiian islands on the Pride of America for our 25th anniversary in 2008.

This is my first time on Disboards and my first post.

Welcome! I'm also curious where in Michigan you're from (we're from Indiana, but literally within 5 miles of the Michigan border.)
 
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DisName: gduvall
Ages at sailing: (49-Greg, 48-Tammy, 22-Megan, 20-Madelyn)
From: Indiana
Stateroom: 9174 and 9176
Celebrations: Family Vacation
Dining: Main
Showtime: 9:00pm
 

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DisName: gduvall
Ages at sailing: (49-Greg, 48-Tammy, 22-Megan, 20-Madelyn)
From: Indiana
Stateroom: 9174 and 9176
Celebrations: Family Vacation
Dining: Main
Showtime: 9:00pm

Welcome! I've added you to the roll call!

So tell us your story! Did you book this cruise while on another? When did you last cruise with Disney?

So I will ask because I know the question is forthcoming-----where in Indiana?
 
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DisName: gduvall
Ages at sailing: (49-Greg, 48-Tammy, 22-Megan, 20-Madelyn)
From: Indiana
Stateroom: 9174 and 9176
Celebrations: Family Vacation
Dining: Main
Showtime: 9:00pm

Welcome aboard our dis group is still growing:cheer2:
 
Welcome! I've added you to the roll call!

So tell us your story! Did you book this cruise while on another? When did you last cruise with Disney?

So I will ask because I know the question is forthcoming-----where in Indiana?

OK, we're gold members, just got back from the Wonder(Alaska) #8. We actually booked our May 19, 2012 shortly after the dates were released. Glad we did, I did actually reprice while on board the Wonder and the price had went up about $500/person.
 
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Hi all! I just wanted to tell all you Disney dads out there, happy fathers day! You mean the would to the mom part of the partnership. Thanks for all you do! To my dizdaddy, I love you and am so glad that you caught the Disney bug with me, so we could spread it out to our kids and many more too!
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i am back and loving catching up on this thread! 11 mos! wahoo! the mention of father's day had me curious so i went and looked. we sail the weekend after mother's day next year, that will be a mother's day to REALLY look forward to! :thumbsup2

i can't believe i've been gone this long and we STILL don't have a name, *giggle* i can't help but think of Harry Potter and say this is the "cruise which must not be named" ;)

i think i missed some posts by opening this thread with the intent of reading but getting distracted b/c when i clicked on "first unread" i saw references to posts about splitting the fe groups that i never saw. anyway...on our last cruise i think we had about 75 cabins participating and we split it in 1/2 to make it more doable both cost and timewise.

also want to add my :thumbsup2 for doing a google spreadsheet, i think that would be awesome b/c then we could access it from anywhere (even phones that have the app) and not have to bother the author to post updates (and they wouldn't have to put the stress on themselves to do so) once they update it, it's instantly available to those interested.

our next big thing to look forward to this summer is dd's gymnastics comp at WDW and staying on property for the first time EVER! woot!! we will be in orlando june 29-july 3rd if anyone else might be around. we aren't planning to go into the park tho (i know i know, flame away, lol!) we are on a short timeline what with dd competing and having to be back for dh to work on the 4th (yay only 10 more days til he's officially done training!), however if anyone wants to meet up in downtown disney (is that what it's called at WDW?) we'd love to!

so exciting! 11 months minus one day left!
 
oops, meant to add...

too bad HP isn't a Disney Character or i'd put that name in officially for consideration for our cruise, lol!
 
Thank you for the welcome. We live in Coldwater, MI.
Hi and like I said b4 welcome! Tony/dizdaddy grew up in Dearborn MI and there is another member on the boards from mi also! Glad your here with us no named bunch!
i am back and loving catching up on this thread! 11 mos! wahoo! the mention of father's day had me curious so i went and looked. we sail the weekend after mother's day next year, that will be a mother's day to REALLY look forward to! :thumbsup2

i can't believe i've been gone this long and we STILL don't have a name, *giggle* i can't help but think of Harry Potter and say this is the "cruise which must not be named" ;)

i think i missed some posts by opening this thread with the intent of reading
but getting distracted b/c when i clicked on "first unread" i saw references to posts about splitting the fe groups that i never saw. anyway...on our last cruise i think we had about 75 cabins participating and we split it in 1/2 to make it more doable both cost and timewise.

also want to add my :thumbsup2 for doing a google spreadsheet, i think that would be awesome b/c then we could access it from anywhere (even phones
that have the app) and not have to bother the author to post updates (and they wouldn't have to put the stress on themselves to do so) once they update it, it's instantly available to those interested.

our next big thing to look forward to this summer is dd's gymnastics comp at WDW and staying on property for the first time EVER! woot!! we will be in orlando june 29-july 3rd if anyone else might be around. we aren't planning to
go into the park tho (i know i know, flame away, lol!) we are on a short timeline what with dd competing and having to be back for dh to work on the 4th (yay only 10 more days til he's officially done training!), however if anyone wants to meet up in downtown disney (is that what it's called at WDW?) we'd love to!

so exciting! 11 months minus one day left!
funny with the hp name! We call my mother in law the one you cannot name, err something like that! Lol just kidding I thought I would make a funny:rotfl2: now for reals no name still! Lots of suggestions though! What resort r you staying at? I hope you have a great time and hope that your daughter does great! Good to see you back on the thread, keep up to date because one of these days we will be voting on a name!
 
***Roll Call***
DIS Name: JohnPA
Names/Age(s): (at sailing) of everyone sailing: John (56) Pam(54)
From: Chalfont, PA
Stateroom(s): 8536
Celebration(s): 32nd Anniversary
Dining (Main or Late): Late
Show Time: 7:00
Partipate in FE: Yes

Booked while on the Dream June 3 cruise. We'll meet up with some friends we made on our first cruise two years ago. I organized the FE exchange on our first trip, not too bad, only 12 cabins. I can do it again if needed. If not, best suggestion I can give is to keep the spreadsheet in Google docs and then put the link in the first post. Makes it easy to always find the updated version.

This last cruise, we had a meet up, Deck 13 forward, but we didn't make it because it was at the same time as the DVC meeting. I will not miss a meet up again. I can always get a sales pitch! I missed meeting all the fine folks that were like pixies in night, dropping off gifts to surprise us when we got back to our room or woke up in the morning. I will say though . . . THAT SHIP IS BIG! You'll get a workout delivering your gifts. I think it took an hour and a half to deliver to 24 rooms. Be aware that you can't get in to rooms on Deck 11 and 12, you'll have to leave the gifts with the concierge for delivery, unless you happen to luck out and get to the gate when someone has it open.

Pam and I will be in WDW from August 14th to 19th if anyone wants to do a meet up at that time.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

johnpampiratenight.jpg

Thanks for offering to do the spreadsheet, that would be great! I am totally here to help in organizing the FE with whoever wants to help out. Things have finally calmed down around here with the end of the school, my DS's Tron Birthday Party and our Disneyland trip for Father's Day, so I will be able to check in a little more often.

Can't wait to finally decide on a name so we can start looking at some graphics with the name!:yay:
 
Thanks for offering to do the spreadsheet, that would be great! I am totally here to help in organizing the FE with whoever wants to help out. Things have finally calmed down around here with the end of the school, my DS's Tron Birthday Party and our Disneyland trip for Father's Day, so I will be able to check in a little more often.

Can't wait to finally decide on a name so we can start looking at some graphics with the name!:yay:

No problem. If everyone has no problems with me handling the spreadsheet, I'll keep it up to date.
 
we are staying at saratoga springs. which means nothing to me, lol! it looks to have a very cool pool and is close to "downtown disney" :confused3 anyone know any more about it?

my theory on why we don't have a name is b/c we are SOOO huge and b/c we have no "leader" as we are all just disney lovers cruising together. on our last (and first disney) cruise it happened pretty quickly but we also had like 20 not 120 people deciding, lol! can we take all the names that have been compiled and create a poll somewhere on the web and link it here, leaving it open for like a week, then whichever name has the most votes, is our winner? zoomerang is one i found by googling free online polls. what do you all think?
 
we are staying at saratoga springs. which means nothing to me, lol! it looks to have a very cool pool and is close to "downtown disney" :confused3 anyone know any more about it?

my theory on why we don't have a name is b/c we are SOOO huge and b/c we have no "leader" as we are all just disney lovers cruising together. on our last (and first disney) cruise it happened pretty quickly but we also had like 20 not 120 people deciding, lol! can we take all the names that have been compiled and create a poll somewhere on the web and link it here, leaving it open for like a week, then whichever name has the most votes, is our winner? zoomerang is one i found by googling free online polls. what do you all think?

We've stayed at SSR once and really liked it. The Turf Club had good food and the pool was great (and the hot tub!).

I agree that a poll would be a great way to pick a name. Since DizDaddy has been taking care of this thread, I nominate him to set it up with all those names he's been collecting!
 
We've stayed at SSR once and really liked it. The Turf Club had good food and the pool was great (and the hot tub!).

I agree that a poll would be a great way to pick a name. Since DizDaddy has been taking care of this thread, I nominate him to set it up with all those names he's been collecting!

Thanks for the vote of confidence John, although I'm not sure it is deserved....

As we all know, this is just a busy time of the year for everyone. I don't want to slight anyone of their 'last-chance' to get their suggestion in. I'd like to propose a deadline. Today is 6/22, and I think we should allow until 7/15 or so to get all suggestions in. As much as I try to consolidate everything, I don't want to find out after the fact that someone really valued their suggestion and it wasn't added to page 1. Vacations and holidays considered, I think we should allow until 7/15. Soooooo.....please take a moment to make sure your suggestions are represented. I'd like to say I could go thru the threads and make sure it is complete, but I know I don't have that time to commit.

After 7/15, we can create the poll, and give it a good two weeks for everyone to vote. From there, I think we should narrow down to a top 5 or top 10---open it as a poll again and come up with our winner. When you have so many suggestions as we do, the winner could have very few votes if we only do one polling round, and not represent 'the masses'. Besides, not being familiar with the polling options out there, we would probably bring a system to its knees with all of the choices!!!

Also, by distancing this out a bit, we are 1) giving everyone a chance to speak up, and 2) publish that we should have a name by Labor Day or so. If you snooze, wellllllll....wake up and vote!

If you would rather private message me, please do so...I check these boards frequently.

Also, John....I will get the link set up to the FE spreadsheet, hopefully tonight.
 
I had reserved the first six entries of this new thread. I've done some reorganization:

Entry 1: Role Call
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429117&postcount=1

Entry 2: Reserved for Roll Call rollover.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429180&postcount=2

Entry 3: Reserved for Roll Call rollover.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429187&postcount=3

Entry 4: FE Spreadsheet Info here:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429197&postcount=4

Entry 5: DisGroup Naming
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429209&postcount=5

Entry 6: Pictures Showing Progress of Fantasy
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40429230&postcount=6


Take a look at the excellent work JohnPA has done on the FE spreadsheet, entry 4, and contact John with any updates needed...
 

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