K8T
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Hi, Welcome to the boards.
The FE is basically, gifts given from one cabin to another and placed in a pocket type holder, that hangs from the Fish outside your cabin. Gifts can be for the whole cabin, or individuals, it really is up to you. Personally, I usually give a gift for the adults between them and something for the children, which may be age appropriate. However, it is up to you and those in the other cabins. If you do a search on the boards for Fish Extenders, you will find plenty of information on making one and the sorts of gifts that have been given. I will hold off adding you for the moment, so you can liaise with your party and have a think about it before committing. You may like to get to know everyone on this thread a little bit too.
Hi all! I just wanted to pop in and introduce myself. My fiancé and I will be on the 7/20 sailing for our honeymoon! I may be back with a few (probably random) questions, but I thought it would be nice to make some friends who will be on our cruise, too. One thing we're discovering is that there are a couple of ports where he might be more content to sit by the pool while I go exploring, so I may be looking for some shore excursion buddies!
Anyone else out there from the Chicago area?
I'm a fairly experienced Disney cruiser, but this is my first foray onto the Disboards. My fiancé has never been on the Disney ships before so I can't wait to show him the magic of the Magic!
Oh, one question I do have right off the top regarding insurance. I purchased the Disney insurance because my (admittedly limited) research told me that no one covers pre-existing conditions. Does anyone know if there is "supplemental" travel insurance I can buy that would cover pre-existing conditions? Or am I too late since I've made my final payment?
Less than 90 days until we sail!!
~Amy
Welcome Amy and congratulations - what a honeymoon! Sorry I can't help you with insurance, I think things are different in the UK, we don't travel without insurance ever!!! However, my sister has a pre-existing heart condition and she seems to be able to get specialist insurance for that to cover her trips to WDW and other places, so I would suggest to do some searches on the internet. From my understanding, you can buy insurance at anytime, up until the date you travel.
Cegs, I will add you to the list, I did get your message, but I have been a bit busy and not had chance to post much recently!
Kate - Just noticed that our cabin number is missing from the FE list - it's 6040. I need to get organized on the FE gifts shortly...
What is everyone doing for Palermo? We just can't seem to agree on anything, and don't know if we will book a Disney tour or go on our own.
Happily have joined up with Cathleen (Cegs27) for a private tour in Rome, and think we will do Herculaneum on our own. I'm also trying to convince the Hubs to wing it for La Spezia - I think after Rome and Naples, my kids will need a break.
Not too stressed about the other ports, think we will be fine on our own - it's just Palermo that I can't sort out!
Then again, my head is already spinning. Have my MIL coming at the end of this month, then we are moving 2 weeks after. Forcing myself to be completely unpacked by the end of July just so I can recover in time for the cruise!
Cabin number noted.
We are not sure about Palermo either. Keep meanin to check out the cruise critic boards and see what goes, they are usually very informative.
Malta is really easy on your own, taxis in abundance if you don't fancy the buses (which are everwhere). We fancy the Schooner Trip, although we don't ever do ships tours, everyone said how fantastic it was last year and to be honest I just wanted to dive into the water when I saw it!. Not sure it will be available for our dates, I can't seem to find the information on the dates, yet I am sure I read somewhere that it wasn't available on our cruise!
Not too worried about being a target, we were on a huge Celebrity ship, moored outside Haifa on the way to Jerusalem several years ago. There had been a number of 'incidents' in the region and Madeline Albright (US Sec. of State at the time), was advising everyone not to travel to the area!!
The situtaion was so bad that we had to moor in the industrial docks and divers were patrolling and checking the ship out continuously. I am sure that there are bigger targets than a bunch of Disers!!!!What did make me laugh on the above situation, was that we were told not to do any independent travel, yet ended up on a tour around Bethlehem, with a huge group of US citizens and the tour guide holding a huge paddle with 'Celebrity Cruise Line' written on it. My other half said they should have just had a sign that said 'shoot here!'
Pleased to say that we made in in and out alright and now it has become a tale for the dinner table.
Anyone done any research on Cinque Terre. We are still thinking about that for Villefranche.
I promise I will update the list as soon as. Is everyone happy if we close it at the end of June, which gives everyone time to sort things out? Also, how large can people manage?, at what stage would everyone prefer to split it out?
Jill, I know you had a HUGE one on your Christmas cruise, was it horrendous?
Kate
and book the baby into the nusery. The system did crash a few times but we got there in the end. 
