It was suggested that I extract this portion from my trip report and post over here for any newer cruisers or maybe those, like I was this last cruise, that are participating in the F/E fun for the first time! Hope it helps!
Okay, wanted to share a few pics from our fish extender fun. I have to say, this was an amazing experience. I am a grown woman and still found myself rushing back to the room to see what goodies I had found. We got everything from stickers and candy to incredible homemade frames and scrapbooks. Here is a picture I took on the final night, keep in mind we only had adults in our room - I saw awesome stuff in some of the kids F/E too!
I delivered my FE gifts over a period of 3 days. I think the next time I will wait to deliver until closer to the end as it seemed like a lot of people delivered at the beginning.
Now here are a few tips I learned from my recent FE experience:
1) If you can ship your gifts ahead of time, do it - saves so much room in your luggage
2) Be sure you have room in your luggage for the goodies you will receive. I thought I would have so much room in my suitcase since I had given away the goodies I brought, however, I had just as much to take home!
3) If you are talented and can make your gifts - they are so appreciated
. All gifts are awesome, and homemade ones are like icing on the cake!
4) Deliver your gifts a floor at a time - maybe one floor a day
5) Plan your delivery - either map them or organize by number - I could have saved some time by doing this
6) Trip personalized gifts are awesome - some of the coolest gifts were items that were personalized with our cruise dates or motto (pens, notepads, etc)
7) Fasten your F/E the fish with a zip tie - there was a report of a near F/E'napping on our cruise thread - I think personalizing the F/E helps too
8) Make delivering the gifts a family affair. At one point I could hear a cute family whispering outside my door as they had the kids put the goodies in the F/E
Remember, when you do a F/E you will be the envy of many on the ship!
I was stopped a couple of times asking how we got one of those and how could they participate! Of course, those folks have now been informed of the Disboards!
Hope these tidbits help!
Okay, wanted to share a few pics from our fish extender fun. I have to say, this was an amazing experience. I am a grown woman and still found myself rushing back to the room to see what goodies I had found. We got everything from stickers and candy to incredible homemade frames and scrapbooks. Here is a picture I took on the final night, keep in mind we only had adults in our room - I saw awesome stuff in some of the kids F/E too!
I delivered my FE gifts over a period of 3 days. I think the next time I will wait to deliver until closer to the end as it seemed like a lot of people delivered at the beginning.
Now here are a few tips I learned from my recent FE experience:
1) If you can ship your gifts ahead of time, do it - saves so much room in your luggage
2) Be sure you have room in your luggage for the goodies you will receive. I thought I would have so much room in my suitcase since I had given away the goodies I brought, however, I had just as much to take home!
3) If you are talented and can make your gifts - they are so appreciated
. All gifts are awesome, and homemade ones are like icing on the cake!4) Deliver your gifts a floor at a time - maybe one floor a day
5) Plan your delivery - either map them or organize by number - I could have saved some time by doing this
6) Trip personalized gifts are awesome - some of the coolest gifts were items that were personalized with our cruise dates or motto (pens, notepads, etc)
7) Fasten your F/E the fish with a zip tie - there was a report of a near F/E'napping on our cruise thread - I think personalizing the F/E helps too
8) Make delivering the gifts a family affair. At one point I could hear a cute family whispering outside my door as they had the kids put the goodies in the F/E
Remember, when you do a F/E you will be the envy of many on the ship!
I was stopped a couple of times asking how we got one of those and how could they participate! Of course, those folks have now been informed of the Disboards!Hope these tidbits help!
I wish I had brought some extra stuff, but I hadn't so we couldn't put anything in them. 
Maybe I will pack a couple extra something just in case I notice some sad FE's in the area of my cabin.
I think I'm going to make some "business cards" with DISBoards link on it so whenever we get a question about it, we can give them a card with the info about how to get involved here!
No muttering from me! In fact it was nice meeting you when I was delivering your FE gifts!
