January 22,2009 3 day Wonder cruise meet

[maelcu]

Hi all !!
Hope everyone had a great turkey day.

When we cruised the wonder back in 2005 we had a DIS meet on deck 9 way off to the side of the mickey pool....that was a bit much it was loud and very crazy LOL my vote would be deck 10 between the stacks port side -when everyone gets there maybe then figure where we would like to move to or not??

I think the idea of an FE would be great we would be in on one.

Did everyone get their palo ressies? We also booked the stingray feeding on Castaway.

 

[niciggy]

Hi all !!
Hope everyone had a great turkey day.

When we cruised the wonder back in 2005 we had a DIS meet on deck 9 way off to the side of the mickey pool....that was a bit much it was loud and very crazy LOL my vote would be deck 10 between the stacks port side -when everyone gets there maybe then figure where we would like to move to or not??

I think the idea of an FE would be great we would be in on one.

Did everyone get their palo ressies? We also booked the stingray feeding on Castaway.

hooray! Now we at least have an exchange! I'm guessing it will be a small-ish group (who knows?). Now I have to make an FE (and 3 Christmas quilts, also...maybe the FE will have to wait until after Christmas! Maelcu, how many kids, ages etc. in your group? We are four altogether, 2 girls 5 and 9 and me and husband. What state are you from? We're from Virginia. This is our first Disney cruise. We've been on 2 other cruises, but one was childless, and the other when my husband returned from being deployed for 6 mos. We were stationed in Hawaii and so we did a Hawaiian cruise for cheap! We went to WDW last year, and my 5 year old asks every day when we are going back. This was a spur of the moment decision and they won't know (hopefully) until the night before, if i can keep my yammer shut!
So glad you posted! Nicole

 

[maelcu]

I need to make an FE too!

My group is Me- Beth age 41, DD Amy age 8 and DH Jamie 37 we are from West Virginia.

We tried two other cruise lines but there is nothing like Disney!

I thought about not telling Amy about the cruise but I couldn't stop myself LOL

 

[binks]

Count us in for the FE group. That would be great if we could meet the first day and have the kids meet as well as the grown ups. We should all have someone to play with ! I probably stated this earlier, but we are

Katie - 12
Edie (not Eddie) - 8
Mom - old
Dad - older

 

[niciggy]

yes! I am so excited about an FE exchange, it's literally all I've been thinking about. I don't know how I'm going to keep this from my girls. The 8 year old keeps catching me online, and I know she is reading over my shoulder!
I need to add a ticker to the bottom of my posts!

 

[clori]

Hi. I'm Gabbypick's friend. I have two daughters ages 8 and 4. We might be interested in the FE only I have no idea what that is.

Lori

 

[niciggy]

Hi Clori-an FE actually stands for a Fish Extender which is a hanging thing that you put outside your door to get "fish mail". However, if you get a group thing happening, like here, you can organize an "exchange" so that your kids (and/or you) get little gifties put in their FE during the cruise. My girls (9 and 5) would love this, so I really want to organize one.
I think we're up to 4 families.
If you look for threads about FE's or door magnents you'll come across it. The search engine never works for me, I just have to troll the boards at night when all are sleeping!
woot! another possible FE'er!
Peace-Nicole
I'm originally from Attleboro MA!

 

[WDWKevin]

Hello Fellow Disney Wonder Guests!!

I, along with several friends, will be on this cruise!

I hope to see everyone on board, and hope everyone will attend KRAZY KARAOKE at Wavebands after the Pirate Deck Party! It's promising to be a VERY funny one! Come one, come all, drink plenty! =)

Kevin

 

[clori]

We'll join. Any ideas on how to make a fish extender without spending $30 or so to get one on ebay. I'm not that crafty. Just so I understand sometime before the cruise we get a list of kids/room numbers and 3 sets of small gifts (one per night?) to put in each fish extender. Is there a maximum money amount per gift? I don't have internet access after Jan 14th so need to finalize by then.

 

[WDWKevin]

No idea on the FE. Never have done one, sowwie.

Is there a DIS meet setup yet?

 

[niciggy]

Hi-I've never done an FE or a DIS cruise, but I sooooo want us to do one. I've offered to organize, so if someone wants to give me some info on that, I'll read it!
Anyway, inexpensive FE's. I saw some posts where people got tote bags at the craft store and kind of made a ladder out of them with ribbon and maybe some dowels. The FE link's are long, but if you scroll through, you can see some pics. I would NEVER spend that much money on e bay.
I have no idea how much money we're going to be spending, but from what I can see, it's little things that make an FE fun. Plus the fact that you are leaving them outside of someone's cabin, in a hallway, where tons of people are walking by. Not everyone is as friendly as the people on this board.
I also don't know if we get paired with a certain family or if we exchange for everyone.
So, I have a lot to learn too!
I was seriously thinking of finding really cheap pre made placemats, sewing (or gluing) them into a pocket and finding a way to hang them together. I'll post if I come up with anything. I do sew, but I don't have a ton of time and my girls have no idea about this trip, and I"d hate myself if THAT was what did it and not my big mouth!
Welcome!
Hope this is helpful!

 

[niciggy]

FE use really varies....from just a few cabins to literally over 100 cabins. It really is fun.

Shopping ideas--check out dollar stores, after holiday sales, etc. After Halloween you can get pirate stuff (tattoos, etc). Also stuff that comes in multi-packs are good--pencils, note pads, highliters (good for Navigators!), etc. as is anything Disney related!

Other great ideas--small candies or munchies, things related to the ports you are visiting, etc.

I grabbed that from another post. I am going to go down as "there' that crazy *** woman who made us do FE" from this cruise. In this thread, on the main page right now, are some awesome pics and ideas and ways to get motivated. Potholders as FE's???

If someone knows how to cut and move or direct people to that link from over here, would you please share????

 

[doc005]

We are now taking our kids with us on this cruise. They had soooo much fun on the first one that we would feel guilty if we didn't take them.

About 5 families from our church are now going. They have heard us rave about how much fun it was and how the kids enjoyed themselves. We should really have a good time with everyone. Hope to see everyone soon on the cruise.

 

[niciggy]

We are now taking our kids with us on this cruise. They had soooo much fun on the first one that we would feel guilty if we didn't take them.

About 5 families from our church are now going. They have heard us rave about how much fun it was and how the kids enjoyed themselves. We should really have a good time with everyone. Hope to see everyone soon on the cruise.

hooray! I can't wait to meet everyone! The more the merrier!

 

[kaymak]

We just booked yesterday! We have 3 children, but are only taking our 2 oldest girls-6 and 9. When the promotion came out, we decided to go for it. We never thought we would be able to afford it and we haven't really been considering it, but we just couldn't pass it up! We decided we would do this for an anniversary trip. We will be celebrating 12 years. Anyway, we are thrilled and will be telling our girls on Christmas. I feel so far behind and im excited to get to start planning! I would love to be a part of the FE group!

 

[niciggy]

Hi everyone! I'm totally jumping in here and volunteering to organize the FE for the 22 Wonder cruise. Does anyone want to co-organize and co-ordinate with me? (I'm nice!) Anway, I thought I'd start info gathering and getting some feedback from you all.
If you are interested in participating in FE:

1. How many people would be doing the exchange from your group:
2. Ages and sex for each:
3. Is your cruise a surprise?
4. What is your current cabin number, numbers?
5. Would you prefer an all out everyone exchanges with each other(option A) or would you prefer to be matched (I'll try) with a similar group and just exchange back and forth (option B)
6. Depending on the answer to question 5, will we need to set a dollar limit? (my own personal thought is that, people will give what they can, original home-made things are great, personalized things are great, and expensive things might "grow legs" and walk away.)
7. What did I miss????
8. I think we can all have fun with the FE, not just the "kids". We're all kids anyway, right????
Thank you all!
You can PM me with this info, so it's not out there for everyone to see or just throw it on this link.
Thanks! I also expect that I'll be hearing a lot more AFTER the Holidays....I'll try not to hound you all too much before then.
Peace-Nicole

 

[mickeywho?]

Hey all!
Just booked our cruise! This is a first cruise for us and a surprise for our boys. We are going to BCV for the week after with our friends so we thought we'd take advantage of the current deal.
I'd love to be apart of the FE group - we don't have our stateroom # yet so I think I'll have to call DU on Monday to see if we can find it out - right now it just says "guaranteed"
"niciggy" I'll PM you when I get it and start shopping for treats. Sounds like fun!

 

[niciggy]

Hey all!
Just booked our cruise! This is a first cruise for us and a surprise for our boys. We are going to BCV for the week after with our friends so we thought we'd take advantage of the current deal.
I'd love to be apart of the FE group - we don't have our stateroom # yet so I think I'll have to call DU on Monday to see if we can find it out - right now it just says "guaranteed"
"niciggy" I'll PM you when I get it and start shopping for treats. Sounds like fun!

Hi mickeywho? Welcome to the group! Don't fret yet about getting info to me. It seems like I'll get alot of responses after Christmas. I'm just trying to get an idea what people want to do. So far, it seems like most people want to exchange with another family (rather than everyone, kind of overwhelming) and also I'm going to "try" to pair up the families by similar kid ages and sexes. So, if you had two kids, you'd get a family with two kids (I hope) We'll see how it goes. So far, I've only heard from a few people. However, if you have boys, it'd be easier to guess what would be a hit for boys. I have girls, so I know exactly what my girls would like. I've just been thinking of them if I see a dollar store and go in.

 

[NicsMom1500]

Our family will be aboard the Disney Wonder sailing January 22nd as well!

Looking forward to sailing the magical seas.

 

[GrumpyAndPrincess]

My wife and I will be bringing our little 1 year old daughter on this cruise.

We have taken two cruises before we had our daughter, and this will be the first one for our little Madeline.

We decided on a 3-day to test the waters (hehe) and see how she does.

Hopefully you will not figure out which cabin is ours by the crying.

Grumpy