Sounds like you are getting things pretty settled with the cruise - bummer about that Palo brunch though. Definitely hope it works out that you can get one once on board. Though glad you are happy with how the diner reservation works out with Pirates night.
I keep checking back on the Palo brunch and no luck yet. I did read on the DIS cruise boards that they had tested doing Palo brunch on Nassau days instead of just sea days, but decided to get rid of that and it's not available for our cruise. I'm sure that veteran cruisers who'd already reserved it jumped to the other day instead, making it hard to get a time. Hoping it all works out. And, heck, we're on a
Disney cruise - I think we could just eat hot dogs at the fast food place and be happy.
BTW - do you know when you find out what meal time you get?
That is a really good question that I don't know the answer to and hadn't thought of. I know that I requested the first seating, but not sure it's confirmed until we check in at the ship?

Any veteran Disney cruisers know?
For the fish extender when I saw those luggage tags I thought it might be neat if you could turn the Target bulleyes into Mickey ears. Took a quick crack at it:
Aw, that's so cute! Nice work! I don't want to go too crazy on FE gifts, though, so probably won't end up doing it, since I already have the other items. But I like it!
Oh and speaking of making images - not to add more things to your list but you could make some star wars shirts if you don't find anything you like. I had made this one for Olivia a few trips ago:
I forgot about that! I LOVED that shirt in your TR (as did Dug). How does one go about making one of these? Izzy would get such a kick out of it too.
And then last year I had made this one for myself:
That is really cool too. I'll have to show Dug and see what he thinks.
We're getting SO close to being able to book FP+!!!

I really need to get organized so I'm prepared and ready to go!
Same here! I really have nothing planned for FP+, other than stray thoughts in my head.
So happy to see that you scored an early port arrival time!

Woohoo!!!
That is a huge weight off my shoulders. I know some people prefer to arrive later and walk right on, but with this being our first Disney Cruise and no idea when/if we'll do another, I want every moment on the ship that we can get. This should work great, I think.
Your fish extender gifts look great! (And I love Phil's idea about turning the bulleyes on the luggage tags into a Mickey - hidden or otherwise!)
Thanks, so many great ideas here!
Yum - that brownie looks delish! Darn Epcot and their multitude of tasty snacks...
Yes, too many things to eat! I'm gonna need a doggie bag.

And then we go on a cruise with unlimited food.
I'm pretty sure I got the pencils at the Ink & Paint shop at AOA but I think I remember seeing them at the Emporium and MouseGear too! Stickers might be nice if you have any younger kids to get gifts for. You can buy big packs in the party favor section!
Okay, thank you, I will keep an eye out for them, as I think I want to add some small things from WDW to our gifts.
So exciting that your FP+ window is approaching!! But super frustrating that you still have to wait for more SWW info!
I know, it's like hurry up and wait!
I totally get the Epcot evening troubles. No matter how long your trip is, it never seems like enough time to squeeze everything in! I really want to see all the movies in the WS. That's one of my goals on my solo trip (in 1-2 years...

but making a must do list already) - watch all the movies and catch as many performances as possible. And enjoy a few adult beverages along the way!!
So true - there is just so much to do that we keep taking trips and still can't fit everything in, between the new things and the things we want to do again. That's how our whole Disney thing started, back after our 2009 trip - realizing there was so much we still wanted to do.
I'm totally lost on all the
DCL info - we took a cruise for our honeymoon (now I wish we had done a Disneymoon!) on Carnival. But DCL is a whole other world! It sounds like you got a great PAT! Can't wait to hear more about your cruise plans!
I know, I don't remember our
Royal Caribbean cruise requiring much planning at all. Darn DIS!
You could totally turn those luggage tags into something Mickey! Too bad those bullseyes aren't a little cheaper, they are too cute and perfect!
I know, aren't those Bullseye pups adorable? But, yeah, too much when you add up all the recipients.
The last couple years I got one of those Mickey planners and LOVED them. This year I couldn't find one despite looking everytime I was at Target for months!
Oh no! Do you want one? I do have 20 in my closet and could probably spare one.
CUTE pics of Izzy as always!
Aw, thanks!
I can't believe how quickly your trip is coming up! They really should release the SWW details before your FP+ comes, I mean come on Disney, people have to plan!
I know! And, on top of that, my understanding from the big SWW info thread is that they probably won't release FP+ for the SWW special shows until 30 days out. So, we'll have to make our normal FP+ selections, then change them later and they are Tier 1.
