February 10, 2011 Dream

[Victoria J]

Our first DCL cruise and on the Dream no less! Still seems so far away! Once I get over the guilt of leaving our 1st grade son at home all will be well. I just keep telling myself that it's a "test" to make sure it's something that will work for future family trips.

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Our first DCL cruise and on the Dream no less! Still seems so far away! Once I get over the guilt of leaving our 1st grade son at home all will be well. I just keep telling myself that it's a "test" to make sure it's something that will work for future family trips.

Welcome

So glad you are onboard! No kids, that will be sooo relaxing!

 

[madisonwi]

We'll be there! It'll be our 2nd Disney Cruise, me DH, DS 7 DS 4 and DS 1

Can't wait!

 

[madisonwi]

Is there a FE exchange set up yet?

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Is there a FE exchange set up yet?

Not yet, but I think we should get one going!

Oh, and welcome aboard!

 

[Victoria J]

Since we're new to all of this, we have no prior experience with the FE exchange. It sounds like a lot of fun though!

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

I'm going to do my best to organize the FE for this cruise! I've never done this before so please bear with me!!!

Please refer to the first message on this thread!

 

[MissyandDan916]

I'm going to do my best to organize the FE for this cruise! I've never done this before so please bear with me!!!

Please refer to the first message on this thread!

We would love to participate but I guess I can't PM yet because I don't have enough posts. Is there another way I can message you?

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

We would love to participate but I guess I can't PM yet because I don't have enough posts. Is there another way I can message you?

If you are comfortable, you can post the requested information on this thread! If you don't feel comfortable posting it, I can PM you with my email address. Let me know which you want to do!!

 

[MissyandDan916]

If you are comfortable, you can post the requested information on this thread! If you don't feel comfortable posting it, I can PM you with my email address. Let me know which you want to do!!

Stateroom: Don't know yet, we have a GTY. I will let you know as soon as we know.
Dis Name: MissyandDan916
Family Name: Alden
First Names/sex: Melissa (F) and Dan (M)
No Allergies

Thank you for coordinating!

~Melissa Alden

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Stateroom: Don't know yet, we have a GTY. I will let you know as soon as we know.
Dis Name: MissyandDan916
Family Name: Alden
First Names/sex: Melissa (F) and Dan (M)
No Allergies

Thank you for coordinating!

~Melissa Alden

I have you on the list!

What does GTY mean?

Denise

 

[MissyandDan916]

I have you on the list!

What does GTY mean?

Denise

GTY means that we are guaranteed a room in the category we booked, but I have read that sometimes you may get lucky and get upgraded. I think they let us know 30 days before we sail.

 

[GRIZWALDX6]

We will also be on the new Dream. So exceited..

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Welcome Aboard

 

[msbiscuit]

I'm going to do my best to organize the FE for this cruise! I've never done this before so please bear with me!!!

Please refer to the first message on this thread!

Could someone please explain what an 'FE' is? Thank you!

 

[dunbarfamily]

Hi All! We are booked om this sailing! We are in rooms 2000 & 2002, though I am hoping we can find connecting on a higher deck.

This is our third cruise. We sailed in January of 2008 and February of this year. We are a family of six. My husband & myself, and our children ages 9, 6, 3, and 19 months at the time of sailing.

We can't wait to set sail on the DREAM!! Looking forward to meeting all of you and sharing our excitement!!

Woo hoo!!

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Could someone please explain what an 'FE' is? Thank you!

An FE is a Fish Extender. Families hang their FE off their fish (your room number). Your FE will have pockets to collect goodies from other families who have signed up to participate. During the cruise, your family will distribute treats at least one time. The ideas are endless. The following link will probably explain it a lot better and it also has pictures of FE's as well as treats!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607&page=80&highlight=fish+extenders

Hope this helps! Let me know if you want to sign up!

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Hi All! We are booked om this sailing! We are in rooms 2000 & 2002, though I am hoping we can find connecting on a higher deck.

This is our third cruise. We sailed in January of 2008 and February of this year. We are a family of six. My husband & myself, and our children ages 9, 6, 3, and 19 months at the time of sailing.

We can't wait to set sail on the DREAM!! Looking forward to meeting all of you and sharing our excitement!!

Woo hoo!!

Welcome Aboard!

 

[dunbarfamily]

Anybody staying at WDW before our cruise? We're looking for another family to split transportation costs with. We always take a car service from Disney to the cruise. It gets there way faster than the Disney Cruise transfer busses, and if we split with another family (or families) it works out to be much cheaper than Disney service too. Don't get me wrong....I'm all for using Disney, but on a cruise, I want to be there early and get on the boat early....hit the pool and water slide And....get the customary drink of the day.... ahhhh.... can't wait!

We've used Happy Limo several times. Last cruise, we were sipping drinks around the pool at a little after noon as we made it into boarding group 3. There were still disney buses pulling up!

Here's pricing to go from Disney to the port via Happy Limo:

Club Wagon, 10 people $151.00
Mercedes Sprinter 14 people 236.00
Mini bus 28 people 306.00
Mini bus 32 people 331.00

These prices are the total for the bus. We need 6 seats for our family. We'd split the cost evenly between all families going. Tax is extra, as is tip. Once we have our group together, each family will call Happy Limo with their payment info, that way your credit/debit card info is secure.

Disney transportation costs $35/each way/per person, or $70/round trip/per person.

Let me know if you're interested!!

 

[dunbarfamily]

Thanks Thomsluvdisney! We'll do the FE.

In our cabins (2000 & 2002 for now, hoping to move):
Myself
My husband
DS 9
DD 6
DS 3
DD 19 months

Thank you for organizing it!

How many families will you allow? My last cruise had about 16 families, I thought it was a little much, but I'll go with the flow.