January 3, 2011 - 5 night Bahamas Sailing

[Silverfox97]

i think we should close the fe list on the 1st dec too

december is a hectic month for most people

as for finding everyone, last time we gave our room numbers (once we knew them) to the person organising the exchange and we were assigned certain days on the cruise to drop off our gifts ??? we also supplied our mobile numbers too in case anyone upgraded rooms at the port ???

am i right in thinking the person organising the list will be organising this bit also

I don't think it's necessary to assign days - just pass them out whenever you have time! Also, I don't think we need mobile ph #'s. In fact, I leave mine at home. On our Aug cruise, we had 1 person upgrade, and he stopped by all of our staterooms and left a note on our fishes. He also told us at the meet. I don't think we need to make the FE complicated. Just bring your gifts & pass them out

Ssanders79 is keeping the list - you should be giving him names & ages.

 

[lakehead92]

Yes, I guess we don't really even need stateroom numbers since if you see an FE on the boat..then they should be part of this group. Would I be correct in thinking that.

I may be wrong...seeing as I'm a newby to all of this.

 

[Silverfox97]

I vote for December 1st as well. Then if people want they have time to try and personalise things a bit more by staterooms. AGES OF KIDS ECT...

How does it work for finding everyone...do we all give our stateroom numbers if we have them to you at that time?

If we close the list Dec 1, that should be plenty of time for the info to be collected. All you need to do is print the FE list that Ssanders79 has, and all the info you need will be there. On Dec 1st, he can repost the final list (he is my DH, so I will make sure he does). If there are updates (like a change in stateroom #), he will still be able to update it and repost it.

 

[Silverfox97]

yes I guess we don't really even need stateroom numbers since if you see a FE..then they should be part of this group. Would I be correct in thinking that.

I ay be wrong...seeing as I'm a newby to all of this.

Oh no, PLEASE give your stateroom# - it would take forever to pass out FE gifts if you had to search the entire ship. Why would you go to Deck 1 if no one in the FE exchange was there? How would you know who's room it is? I wouldn't want an adult to get a child gift or vice versa.

 

[Silverfox97]

BTW I just read your trip report. It was great. I am even more excited. You daughter is just beautiful and reminds me of DS especially when it comes to eating. He has always prefered 'adult' food. His last pizza had artichokes, spinach and goats cheese on it. lol

Love it!!! People always ask me how we get her to eat that stuff - easy; she eats what we do & what I cook -- I'd never dream of making her a different meal than we are eating! Just have to offer variety -- plus, the adults eating cool stuff helps set a good exams, too

Does anyone know where and when I might get some information about onboard movies and the nights that are formal, pirate, etc...?

You can call DCL when it gets a little closer to cruising. I was on a 5 night this summer, and Pirate night was Nassau day, semi-formal night was night 4.

 

[lakehead92]

Oh no, PLEASE give your stateroom# - it would take forever to pass out FE gifts if you had to search the entire ship. Why would you go to Deck 1 if no one in the FE exchange was there? How would you know who's room it is? I wouldn't want an adult to get a child gift or vice versa.

Right...sorry I wasn't awake enough yet this morning to think of that. ugh. Feeling kind of stupid now!
I've been up all night with a sick little girl, apparently it affected my brain.
But on the plus side, if we are getting the colds over with now...we'll all be very healthy for the cruise.

 

[mazz1]

so am i right in thinking that once we get assigned room numbers we let Scott know who's been kindly keeping and updating the fe list so we then have a "master list" so to speak and if anyone does change rooms with a upgrade then the onus is on them to let others know? that makes a lot of sense to me and sounds much easier than suppling phone numbers and texting people which is what we did last time

i've only done one exchange before and it was organised like a military operation, we were given days for drop offs and we had to supply mobile phone numbers etc etc like i've already mentioned that's why i thought it was the norm (nice to see it can be more relaxed)

Marie

 

[Elangen]

Hi!

We are booked! First time DCL, second cruise ever. It is me, DH, DD(5) and DS(2.5). We are super excited. Well, I am. DH is looking forward to it, but not as ca-razy about it as I am, and the kids dont really know but I am already planning how I will surprise them at Christmas.

We have a room booked but, Im curious what a 5GTY would be? what class is that? Im a total newbie at this. Trying to get a good deal, as this one is a total splurge for us.

The FE sounds super fun. I know DD and I would love it!

 

[ssanders79]

Welcome. I am sure you husband will have a good time.

 

[Elangen]

Welcome. I am sure you husband will have a good time.

I just read through your trip report and purused the Navigators and photos. GReat pics!Thanks for posting all of that.

 

[biohaz_man]

Could you add DW and I to the FE list? We're looking forward to this cruise and the FE.

I realized I should probably mention that we don't have a stateroom # yet... we are still GTY.

 

[Silverfox97]

Right...sorry I wasn't awake enough yet this morning to think of that. ugh. Feeling kind of stupid now!
I've been up all night with a sick little girl, apparently it affected my brain.
But on the plus side, if we are getting the colds over with now...we'll all be very healthy for the cruise.

Don't feel stupid I hope you all feel better

Really, FE is meant to be fun, not time consuming and complicated. Once the list is finalized, you can print it out, and take it with you to pass out your gifts. We had 12 cabins on our last one, and it took about 20 min to walk the decks and pass them out. We picked Nassau day because we stay on the ship, and it was easy. Some people passed some out the first day, and so on. It was fun, and not full of drama at all -- the way it is meant to me I loved seeing the look on DD's face when there was something in the FE!

 

[Silverfox97]

Hi!

We are booked! First time DCL, second cruise ever. It is me, DH, DD(5) and DS(2.5). We are super excited. Well, I am. DH is looking forward to it, but not as ca-razy about it as I am, and the kids dont really know but I am already planning how I will surprise them at Christmas.

We have a room booked but, Im curious what a 5GTY would be? what class is that? Im a total newbie at this. Trying to get a good deal, as this one is a total splurge for us.

The FE sounds super fun. I know DD and I would love it!

You may already know this, but if you book Cat 5, your 2 kids will sail for free!!! Check into it - it may be worth it for you. We are still anxiously hopeful for some Florida Resident Rates!!

You guys would love the FE

I just read through your trip report and purused the Navigators and photos. GReat pics!Thanks for posting all of that.

Glad you liked the TR. It was a team effort and we worked hard on it!

 

[wonkadeb]

Does anyone know what the dining rotation possibilities might be for our double dip? Also, do you think we will have a Till We Meet Again menu on night 5?

 

[Silverfox97]

Does anyone know what the dining rotation possibilities might be for our double dip? Also, do you think we will have a Till We Meet Again menu on night 5?

Well, in the summer on the Wonder DDs, it was:
TAAPT
APPTA
PTTAP

Replacing Lumiere's, you would get:
LAAPL
APPLA
PLLAP

Night 1 was rotational menu
Night 2 was rotational menu
Night 3 was Pirate menu
Night 4 was rotational menu
Night 5 was Till We Meet Again

I imagine it will be the same for ours, as well.

 

[wonkadeb]

Thank you!

 

[wonkadeb]

Are you going to request a particular rotation, or just let DCL decide? Do you do 1st or 2nd seating?

 

[Silverfox97]

Are you going to request a particular rotation, or just let DCL decide? Do you do 1st or 2nd seating?

We are 1st seating kinda people and I have already put in my request for a dining rotation I requested APPLA. This time, we will be at all of the dinners because we are planning on Palo brunch to try something new. The last two cruises we have been on, we have requested dining rotations and have received them both times Hope the good luck continues!!

 

[Georgia3]

How do you request the rotation? When I asked my travel agent, they said Disney told her they will not know the rotation until October 5th. Did you do this directly with Disney? Is Palo's brunch only on the day at sea?

 

[Silverfox97]

How do you request the rotation? When I asked my travel agent, they said Disney told her they will not know the rotation until October 5th. Did you do this directly with Disney? Is Palo's brunch only on the day at sea?

I made the request thru my TA (Beth Fejer, Dreams Unlimited). They call DCL to make the request. I am assuming that the choices will be the same as the summer DD cruises. Palo brunch is always on the sea day You never know, with DCL, it could change. We can book Palo Oct 5th, which we plan on doing at Midnight! We've done dinner twice, so I am looking forward to trying something new!