February 12, 2011 - 7 night Eastern

[capitalmom]

As of Nov. 29, the 75 day mark I am closing the FE, which mean's that anyone who join our thread after that will not be allowed to participate.

Good idea re the deadline! I was wondering how we were going to manage that... it will definitely help with the organization

 

[robinpgma]

I am having SO much fun gathering supplies and the ideas are flying....YIKES that is scary.....for me anyway.... I am having a friend help me procure supplies. SO MUCH FUN.... I can't wait to start.... AND I can wait to sail.....

 

[noelk]

How do I get one of those cute little signatures with countdown/...I get how to make one...I am not sure what to do wth it next...
How do I save it?

Thanks again for your willingness to answer me....

pajl - I think your others offered thoughts on your other questions. As for the 'countdown ticker', the way I did mine was:

1. click on "User CP"...it's towards the top of the page on the left end of a red bar, just below the description of what part of Disboards you're on... to the left just below the promo for following disboards on twitter and facebook.

2. after you click, this same bar on the next page will be blue...in the middle of this bar one of the options is "Tickers". Click here and it will bring you to the Disboards ticker page, with further step-by-step instructions for adding your own ticker.

Noel

 

[Jess Warren]

pajl
Yep, I did mean "Animators Palate"- the show is supposed to be great. As a first time cruiser... I just am so excited to be able to book Palo & all of the other great stuff.
Anyone else thinking about the fishing at CC for an excursion... my dad and DH are considering it.

 

[pajl]

Am I official now with a ticker!
yeah!!

 

[robinpgma]

I'll ticker through you guys.....It's great to see the clock counting down.....3 months, 3 weeks & 1 DAY.......and counting....

 

[mrbudyhed]

Hey guys!

I just found out that my closet friend and her family are going with us now! They could only get late seating so I am going to change my main dining to late. I don't know if there is any way one of my fellow Feb 12thers could get my slot. If anyone wants main dining and wants to do the research/calls to see if it is possible, I'll wait to change my reservation. Just let me know.

 

[capitalmom]

OMG - we would love to switch... It may not be possible (as I know they have a waiting list) but it's totally worth a try! We will call first thing in the morning and do the research and will PM you with the details of what we find out. And welcome to your friend and her family - the more the merrier!!

 

[mrbudyhed]

OK Capitalmom--I'll wait for further instructions. If I don't reply tomorrow it's because I'm throwing a clam bake for a ton of people. I'll either be cleining, setting up, eating, drinking, cleaning again, all day and night!

 

[Jess Warren]

Tye-Dyed Mickey T-shirts last night with dd4- 1 for all 6 of us- had great fun, was concerned that my fingers would stay purple, almost had all worn off by work this morning. It was a little more challenging than I thought it was going to be, but still another thing to check off of my list!!

 

[ilovedevin]

Devin and I made those too, it was so much fun!

 

[robinpgma]

Fantastic idea.....QUESTION....how do I do that? It sounds like fun....

 

[ilovedevin]

here are the instructions www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1210609

 

[Jess Warren]

Oh, wow- mine are not that fancy... I just did it like we made tye-dye at camp when I was a kid... we will see if in the next 109 days that I will do any more.

 

[TiredOfCold]

Well I think we will be official tomorrow - in the back of my mind, I was thinking we could still cancel without penalty if I couldn't find reasonable flights (booking at least 2 on credit card points and the upper limit is $750).

Funny thing - I found the best fares out of Calgary on United Airlines and they also have really good departure/arrival times with only approx. 1 hour layovers in each direction. I also noticed on United's Canadian website that their taxes and fees are SOOOO MUCH LESS than the Canadian carriers. For a return ticket YYC to MCO - taxes and fees are only $84.49. I will have to pay extra for checked luggage, but it will still be close to half the price of what I would have to pay on Westjet!! Ridiculous.

Not sure why I would ever fly a Canadian airline... I'm not that patriotic apparently!

Booking tickets tomorrow early A.M. and then ordering my FE from gradysmom immediately following! VERY excited....
Also happy that the bags of FE stuff I have been collecting and door decorations that I have been making won't be for naught!!

 

[robinpgma]

EMMA
That is great.....flights booked awesome...We are waiting a bit to see if the fares come down from Boston at the 60-90 day window....Can't get much worse from here (well maybe)

I am in the process of gathering supplies for my FE....we are making something for the FE...still deciding what EXACTLY we will do. So much fun....

Robin

 

[robinpgma]

WOW Julie....you're good....thanks....these boards are great.....

 

[TiredOfCold]

Well - you know how airlines are.... by the time I went back in 12 hours later the flights had gone up in price and the return trip I was going to redeem airmiles for had vanished altogether as an option.... figures!

So I booked my credit card point tickets for DD and myself and then booked a oneway for my DH on airmiles. So we are all going, but at this moment, my DH isn't coming back! Don't think he would actually be too choked if he HAD to stay in Florida anyway.

I am like you Robin, I am going to wait (with my fingers crossed) to see if the fare comes back down again. This is kind of like gambling. Also gambling with paying our balance for the cruise and DW hotel - waiting for the Canadian dollar to hit par again and of course it dropped today

When it comes down to it - it may end up only being a few hundred dollars, but that pays for a lot of poolside beverages!!

 

[robinpgma]

So sad the fairs went up.....I'd like to stay down there in FLA for a while just not forever....too hot.

Ahhhh....poolside beverages.... party by the pool sounds awesome...

 

[Jax]

I am finding not having flights very frustrating, pretty much everything else is booked (well at least the important stuff like hotels).

I am really hoping that Westjet drops their fares soon, would love the direct flights.

Glad that you were able to at least get most of your flights booked