Option #1 sounds great for us. Our kids are part fish, and would love to be able to swim. I think that it would be easier to get to know everyone in an informal atmosphere rather than in a restaurant, where you are restricted in how much you can move around. Thanks for making the very generous offer of the use of your home wenabre. I'm sure that there won't be any problems from it. I've met quite a lot of DISers, and they've all been extremely nice, friendly people.