February 8th 2014 Disney Fantasy Eastern Caribbean Cruise Meet

[Janelle2014]

Hi there!! My name is Shannon and along with my DH, we have three absolutely fantastic children......DD20 Morgan, DS17 Mitchell and DD9 Melissa We also have DSIL20 Joel and DGS2 Jordan This time around we also have DS BF16 Stevie making us a total of 8....wow!!

This will be our 5th Disney cruise....we always travel over a holiday (it's kind of our thing ) So far we have St. Patricks's, two Christmas , New Year's and now Valentine's haha We have been on every ship except the Dream (but have no doubt we will eventually get there!)

We are excited since this will be our very first Eastern itinerary. We have done four.....yes FOUR westerns.....and are tired of that itinerary

We have participated in the FE event in the past, but not sure if we will be participating this time around.....still deciding. We had a pretty quiet and calm DIS group this last cruise in January, and hope we don't repeat that this time!

We always combine our cruise with a trip to WDW, but are having a hard time finding any resort with availability for these dates ugh I have emailed our travel agent Beth with DU and see what she can do....she's awesome!!

Can't wait to get to know all of you and be warned...my DD20 LOVES this board and facebook even more!!

Shannon

Hi Shannon!
My name is Janelle. There will be myself, my husband and our son age 9. Our oldest son will be 20 at cruise time but he is at college and doesn't want to join us for the cruise. This will be our very first cruise and we are all so very excited! My cousin and her daughter are also cruising with us.

 

[Mom of a *Princess*]

Hi There. Our family will be joining yours on the Feb. 8 sailing. This will be our first cruise with Disney. There's me, DH, DS who will be 8 and DD who will be 7. We are so looking forward to the cruise, even though it more than 11 months away.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Barbara

 

[scootch]

Welcome to all the newbies... and if it is your first cruise, you are going to LOVE it!

 

[brady22]

I am so excited about the FE exchange, I can hardly stand it! Just thought I would share! LOL! The twins know all about it too & can't wait. This is going to be one long year.

 

[splash0mtn]

Hello Everyone,

My husband and I will be joining you on this wonderful Eastern cruise! We are traveling with several members of our family; my parents, two of my children along with two of my wonderful daughter in laws and 3 (actual 4) of my grandchildren! There is a total of twelve traveling in our party and we can't wait to start the party!

It was almost 3 years ago when my family planned a cruise for October 2013, but we just found out we are expecting our 5th grandchild in August 2013, and the October date was too soon for the newest member to be traveling .....so we moved it to February 2014! Ten years ago on our 25th Anniversary, we took our very first Disney Cruise on the Wonder and we were hooked! We have now been on all four ships and can't decide on our favorite, as we love them all! This cruise will be #14 for my husband and I, in fact this will be my third Eastern cruise on the Fantasy, so if you need information, I'm happy to pass it along.

Is there a Facebook group for this cruise? I don't sign in on disboards very often, but FB provides an easy conversation with everyone.

Also is there a Fish Extender list already started. We will probably have all 5 rooms participating in this fun and exciting gift exchange.

Looking foward to seeing everyone on board!

 

[Janelle2014]

Hello Everyone,

My husband and I will be joining you on this wonderful Eastern cruise! We are traveling with several members of our family; my parents, two of my children along with two of my wonderful daughter in laws and 3 (actual 4) of my grandchildren! There is a total of twelve traveling in our party and we can't wait to start the party!

It was almost 3 years ago when my family planned a cruise for October 2013, but we just found out we are expecting our 5th grandchild in August 2013, and the October date was too soon for the newest member to be traveling .....so we moved it to February 2014! Ten years ago on our 25th Anniversary, we took our very first Disney Cruise on the Wonder and we were hooked! We have now been on all four ships and can't decide on our favorite, as we love them all! This cruise will be #14 for my husband and I, in fact this will be my third Eastern cruise on the Fantasy, so if you need information, I'm happy to pass it along.

Is there a Facebook group for this cruise? I don't sign in on disboards very often, but FB provides an easy conversation with everyone.

Also is there a Fish Extender list already started. We will probably have all 5 rooms participating in this fun and exciting gift exchange.

Looking foward to seeing everyone on board!

Welcome! There are 5 of us traveling together.....myself, my husband, our 9 year old son, my cousin and her 8 year old daughter. This will be our very first cruise and my cousin's 3rd. We are soooooooo excited! We will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary in 2014 so this is our anniversary present to ourselves

There is a facebook page set up. It's a closed group so you'll have to ask permission to join. On the facebook page there is a link for the FE Exchange. I'm really excited about the FE as it sounds like so much fun!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2014Eastern/
The group on facebook is called "2/8/14 Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy.

Have a great night!
Janelle

 

[Cheerio]

Welcome it's our 2nd cruise and everyone is more excited because we know what to expect. Now that it's March, only 11 months to go

 

[brady22]

I have a question about the FE exchage group. Does it ever get split into 2 groups if the group gets too large? I am already planning and stocking up on some gifts (Valentine's cruise so hitting the clearance!!) and was just trying to estimate how much to buy? I know there is no way of knowing how many staterooms to plan for this early, just curious!! This darn snow in Florida makes me wish it was already next year, cruise time!!!

 

[Cheerio]

I think we will only know as it gets closer. With my FE group last year a few people dropped out right before the sign up deadline, I think max we said were 15 rooms and if anything additional we'd split them. Just have to wait and see.

 

[Janelle2014]

I have a question about the FE exchage group. Does it ever get split into 2 groups if the group gets too large? I am already planning and stocking up on some gifts (Valentine's cruise so hitting the clearance!!) and was just trying to estimate how much to buy? I know there is no way of knowing how many staterooms to plan for this early, just curious!! This darn snow in Florida makes me wish it was already next year, cruise time!!!

I wondered the same thing. Already bought a bunch of clearance stuff. I figure if I have too much, my son's class will get goodie bags next year and/or my niece and nephews! This is our first cruise but I have heard that it can split if the group is too large.

You have snow in Florida? We live in Montana and it's sunshine and supposed to hit 60 degrees today Unusual for this time of here here!

Only 10 months and a few days to go! So excited!

 

[Poohcandi]

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[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,

My name is Kathy and DH is Greg and I just booked this cruise while on the Dream this weekend.
This will be my 25th Disney cruise and Gregs 24 th Disney cruise. Unless we hop on another 3 day Dream before this cruise.
We have been on all 4 ships.
We have also done a Carnival cruise and have an Oasis of the Seas booked.

No kids with us this trip.

Please add us to the FE. We have a GTY room so I dont have a cabin number yet.

I am exhausted from my cruise but as soon as I get rested up I will go back and read all the posts to get aquainted.

I am an avid poster and you will see me post something everyday unless we are traveling. Looking forward to getting to know all of you.

Back again soon,


Kathy

 

[brady22]

I wondered the same thing. Already bought a bunch of clearance stuff. I figure if I have too much, my son's class will get goodie bags next year and/or my niece and nephews! This is our first cruise but I have heard that it can split if the group is too large.

You have snow in Florida? We live in Montana and it's sunshine and supposed to hit 60 degrees today Unusual for this time of here here!

Only 10 months and a few days to go! So excited!

LOL! Must've been delirious when I wrote this! I meant snow in February! We are in Ohio and it has been snowing like crazy the past week. Glad you are enjoying good weather. Hope it makes it our way soon!!

 

[Cheerio]

Better not be snow in Florida

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

About 18 or 20 years ago it actually did snow in Florida for a day, but it didnt stick.
Hopefully that wont happen again for another 20 years.

Kathy

 

[Janelle2014]

LOL! Must've been delirious when I wrote this! I meant snow in February! We are in Ohio and it has been snowing like crazy the past week. Glad you are enjoying good weather. Hope it makes it our way soon!!

LOL! I hope your weather has gotten better! We had a crazy Sunday......sunshine, then wind, rain, hail, then snow all the while thundering and lightning. Weird! Looking forward to spring!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,

Hope your week is off to a great start.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Very quiet day on the thread today.

Is anyone interested in doing a question of the day to get aquainted?
Many of my cruises we have done this and it can be a lot of fun.

They are NOT personal questions. One day someone posts a question and everyone answers it who is posting.. The next day some one else can ask a question. You can ask a few in a row if nobody posts a new question.

If you're not on the boards for a few days you can answer them when ever you drop by to post. It's just an ice breaker game.

I will start us off so you can get the idea and decide if you would like to do this.



1. Who is your favorite Disney character?



My answer: Donald Duck


It's just that easy.

Kathy

 

[Poohcandi]

Is anyone interested in doing a question of the day to get aquainted?

1. Who is your favorite Disney character?

My favourite is Winnie the Pooh! This is a fabulous idea!

 

[Janelle2014]

Very quiet day on the thread today.

Is anyone interested in doing a question of the day to get aquainted?


1. Who is your favorite Disney character?



My answer: Donald Duck


It's just that easy.

Kathy

I think that sounds like fun!
My 8 year old son says his favorite is Max (Goofy's son)
Mine would be Cinderella (I think)