February 1, 2013- 4 night Magic from Galveston

[Syd Macs Mom]

Hate to bust bubbles, but Tandemomma, you don't have enough posts to be able to pm us. I can pm you but until you get 10 posts, they do not allow you to pm any of us. I will pm you my email so that you can let me know your info and I will let Syd Macs Mom know from that!!

Hey Kathy - thanks so much for your help! I am new to DIS too so I did not know about that 10 post rule.

Happy 2013!

 

[tgch123]

Welcome Tandemomma! How many kids do you have and what are their ages?

 

[Tandemomma]

Thanks

We have two little ladies named Taylor 6 and Erica 4.

We do not have our state room number yet.

 

[Tandemomma]

For those participating in the FE exchange : I need to know each of the young girls' (age 8 and under) favorite princess. They can chose from Ariel, Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Belle, and Jasmine . I also need their names. It's for their little FE gift . --Katie

Hi Katie!
My girls are Taylor (6) who would love Ariel and my youngest is Erica (4) who is a big fan of Belle.
Thanks- Shannon

 

[ekatiel]

Thanks for the princess replies, guys ! Tandemomma, ! I've added your little princesses, too ! ONE month. I can't wait!! --Katie

 

[Aggiegrl]

I just looked our cruise up and we will be the only ship at the port in cozumel on the 3rd!!!

I saw that too. We are undecided on what we are doing, but it is helpful to know it won't be busy.

 

[twokats]

I am sending the link to the FE document in a pm. Please look it over and let me know if there are any errors. I have also included any notes that I know about with the exception of the last names and princesses.

If you have any problems opening it also let me know.

It is getting close. . . . . . plans are firming up here at our house!!!

 

[twokats]

PM's for FE list document sent to:
deltapilotwife
bcdavi for 2 staterooms
mstee777
madmommy17
Syd Macs Mom
rhollis for 2 staterooms
calebmama
snarkyhouston for 2 staterooms
ekatiel
mboeker
moecrespo
stannviv
tgch123
Aggiegrl
smith13
skayrobe
slesco
ginamc for 2 staterooms
tandemomma

 

[skayrobe]

Thanks

We have two little ladies named Taylor 6 and Erica 4.

We do not have our state room number yet.

We are bringing our granddaughters who are six and four. We are all so excited for this cruise. Our first Disney cruise with children, we have sailed twice on Disney but without kids. This will be a whole different experience for us. Sherry

 

[skayrobe]

Kathy , thanks so much for all the hard work pulling everything together for the Fe list. It is going to be a great cruise. I will let everyone know our stateroom number when we get it. Sherry

 

[ekatiel]

I am sending the link to the FE document in a pm. Please look it over and let me know if there are any errors. I have also included any notes that I know about with the exception of the last names and princesses.

If you have any problems opening it also let me know.

It is getting close. . . . . . plans are firming up here at our house!!!

It looks great! Thanks for organizing us, Kathy ! --Katie

 

[tgch123]

Looks great Kathy!!

 

[twokats]

Kathy , thanks so much for all the hard work pulling everything together for the Fe list. It is going to be a great cruise. I will let everyone know our stateroom number when we get it. Sherry

Thanks. I was in charge of the FE list on our Wonder NYE cruise back in 2010/2011 and we had a good crowd on it also, so I have had practice.

It looks great! Thanks for organizing us, Kathy ! --Katie

Looks great Kathy!!

I really enjoy it. This is the first time I have done it on the Google doc, but the girl that did it for our last cruise used it so I thought I would give it a try.

I am also in charge of the FE list and activities for our Panama Canal cruise in September.

As long as you keep up with the link anytime you look at it, any updates I put on it will show up for you.

 

[tgch123]

My dining room table is my fe prep station... Its a mess lol

 

[Tandemomma]

We are bringing our granddaughters who are six and four. We are all so excited for this cruise. Our first Disney cruise with children, we have sailed twice on Disney but without kids. This will be a whole different experience for us. Sherry

That's wonderful Sherry! I'm sure we will see you guys at the Adventure Club!
This is our first cruise with kids as well and it will be a new experience for us too.

 

[slesco]

Thanks Kathy! Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

 

[Syd Macs Mom]

My girls don't know about the trip yet! Looking ideas on how to tell them! Planning not to say anything until the night before or morning of!!!!

Have you figured this out yet? You could do a scavenger hunt through the house that maybe leads them to clues that would make them think of a cruise, maybe Disney shirts - then sunscreen - a boat of some sort and then end up at their suitcase with boarding passes for the cruise. You could put something together that says Disney Cruise Boarding Pass with their names and the date of the cruise.....

I made mock boarding passes for my daughter and her cousins when we were going to WDW for my daughters 10th birthday. I printed them on cardstock paper - nothing too fancy but they got the idea.

Good luck keeping the secret - it is really fun to do - but really hard at the same time!

Jana

 

[tgch123]

Has anyone booked another cruise while onboard?? If I have read correctly you get 10% off the cruise you book AND an OBC. How much is the credit?

I plan on booking another cruise.. Hubby doesn't know yet though lol

 

[skayrobe]

We did not book on our last cruise. They were offering 10% off most cruises and 20% off some cruises out of Galveston. They were not able to do the kids sail free discounts on the quotes they gave me so I did not book. I think there is a method to booking a cruise on a cruise and it still confuses me because I have done better waiting for "special offers ". Sherry

 

[skayrobe]

Just thought of a few more hints to new cruisers.
1. Take a highlighter so when you get the Navigator for the days activities you can highlight what you want to do.
2. We take small post it notes so we can leave each other a note as to where we are on the ship.
That's all I can think of now. Just put those in my cruise packing pile. Sherry

Aha, forget # 1. That is an idea for me to give everyone on our first day for an Fe. Sherry