March 30, 2014, Wonder 5-Night Western Caribbean

[FSU88]

Excited to see that more people are signing up for our cruise. I wanted to update our stateroom numbers for the roster. We will be in #2019 & #2021. We are planning on having my husband with the boys, and I will have the girls. I will let you know which room we will put the fish extender on. Should I have one for each door, or just one? I have never participated in a fish extender before. Any advice would be appreciated. Just want to make it easy for everyone. We don't have adjoining rooms this time, so I am a little nervous to see how this arrangement works. It would of cost $400.00 more to have a door between us. We decided to make it work without one. I also forgot to say what my husbands name is. It is Mitch.

Hi Lindsay
I'm going back over every post in the thread for the FEE. It's not necessary to have a FEE on each door, just let us know which room will have the FE.
Thanks
Jeff

 

[FSU88]

I've been working on the FEE document this afternoon since it is more fun talking about the cruise than shoveling snow.

I went back through each post and tried to confirm all participants. I highlighted the "YES" in green on the FEE spreadsheet if I saw a post indicating you were in or if your name was in the poll.

I have just 11 confirmed cabins from posts or the poll
Princess Runner 2008
Princess Runner family 2620
Lindsay 2019 or 2021
Dawg91 6050
FSU88 6128
rentayenta 7620
DisneyWorldTraveler 7624
PrincessesRUs 7634
dis ms. 8030
staley98 8500
Tnkrbelle81 2639

Others that I would like confirmation from, but I'm pretty sure want to participate.
faith&ali'smom NOW CONFIRMED
kellyf2626
nickymaria NOW CONFIRMED
Jamelynn24 NOW CONFIRMED
DVC Family-Liz NOW CONFIRMED New DIS name 4forLiz

I'm pretty sure RHSTigerMom is not in from her fb post, but I'm not sure of the other cabins she is traveling with.

Several others have posted somewhat of on interest by asking what the FEE is all about. An excellent link was posted by DisneyWorldTraveler just a few posts back. Look that over and please let us know of other questions you may have.

The link again to the FEE sheet. Also linked in the OP
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsJ8oWXhrN46dER2Q1dYNFh6Ymc5ZHJpenFYbE12SWc&usp=sharing

Please post in the thread with your confirmation, and I will edit the sheet.

So in all, the group does not appear like it will be too large. If we get to 18 or 20, we can split to 2 groups. We can discuss that after the 31st cutoff. Personally, I will probably still gift to every cabin, just because I like to do it.

Now....I have to shovel the snow

 

[RHSTigerMom]

I don't believe we are going to do FE. My other cabin (6049?) with the girls will not do FE, either. Just too much stress!!

 

[nickymaria]

I'm in! I am not AT ALL crafty, but will try to pick out something nice for everyone - I think it would be totally fun. (And I just ordered my FE on etsy…!)

So, yes, we're in. It's me, dh and our two daughters who are 7 and 10.

 

[FSU88]

We have some new families joining the FEE and we should be at 19 cabins. Kellyf2626 still needs to confirm, but from her earlier posts, I would say she is in and would make 20 cabins. Still time to sign up. We can split into 2 groups if 20 cabins seems a bit daunting and those that want the extra challenge can still gift to everyone.
Once we close the FEE on the Jan 31st, we can decide on the split.

Snowiest Jan in NW Ohio looks to be a given, as it's snowing again now.
29.25 inches so far in Jan with the record of 30.7. Outlook is for 1" tonight and 1-2 later this week. The cruise cannot come fast enough!!

 

[rentayenta]

With that many, I like the idea of splitting. I have been picking up stuff for over 6 months. I have bags full of goodies. Can't wait to share them. I'm not crafty and have never cruised so I hope I made good choices.

 

[rentayenta]

I don't believe we are going to do FE. My other cabin (6049?) with the girls will not do FE, either. Just too much stress!!

I've never done an FE. How is it stressful?

 

[dryheatgasmd]

Hello, we went our first Disney cruise this past summer and may have become addicted. We had a blast joining in on the FE then and would love to take part this time around if there is still space available. We are a family of 4 DH Steve, DW Moon, DD Sydney (8) and DD Ellen (5). We will be in cabin 6568. Since we are flying in from so far away in Tucson, we will spend a few days beforehand in South Beach. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Also, can someone tell me what the name of the FB page is so I may join? Thank you!

 

[RHSTigerMom]

I've never done an FE. How is it stressful?

I will stress over finding the right stuff, etc! I may decide to do magnets.

 

[RHSTigerMom]

Hello, we went our first Disney cruise this past summer and may have become addicted. We had a blast joining in on the FE then and would love to take part this time around if there is still space available. We are a family of 4 DH Steve, DW Moon, DD Sydney (8) and DD Ellen (5). We will be in cabin 6568. Since we are flying in from so far away in Tucson, we will spend a few days beforehand in South Beach. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Also, can someone tell me what the name of the FB page is so I may join? Thank you!

The FB is "A WONDERful Spring Break". I'll look for your join request.

 

[rentayenta]

I will stress over finding the right stuff, etc! I may decide to do magnets.

So delivering the gifts isn't stressful? That's my concern.

 

[FSU88]

Hello, we went our first Disney cruise this past summer and may have become addicted. We had a blast joining in on the FE then and would love to take part this time around if there is still space available. We are a family of 4 DH Steve, DW Moon, DD Sydney (8) and DD Ellen (5). We will be in cabin 6568. Since we are flying in from so far away in Tucson, we will spend a few days beforehand in South Beach. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Also, can someone tell me what the name of the FB page is so I may join? Thank you!

Glad to have you guys aboard. I've added you to the FEE. We will do a split after we close the FEE on the 31st. The link to the FEE spreadsheet is in the OP.
Jeff

 

[PrincessesRUs]

So delivering the gifts isn't stressful? That's my concern.

We separated ours out ahead of time by floor and made it part of seeing the boat. My kids loved walking the halls trying to find all the rooms!

 

[dryheatgasmd]

The FB is "A WONDERful Spring Break". I'll look for your join request.

Thank you for the information on the Facebook page. I just went to the page and noticed that in the "about" section, the actual dates of the cruise is stated and therefore public knowledge. This may have been previously discussed in this thread, and I apologize if I am going over old news, but I was wondering if those dates could be removed from the public page of the FB group. I mention this because group member names/minimal profiles are also accessible on the public page and potentially pose a home security risk while away on vacation. Thanks for considering, and again, I apologize if I am rehashing something that was previously discussed.

 

[dryheatgasmd]

So delivering the gifts isn't stressful? That's my concern.

I didn't think it was that stressful. Our kids had a blast looking for the different numbered rooms and seeing the different ways people decorated their FEs. It was also a nice learning experiencing about giving/receiving.

 

[rentayenta]

We separated ours out ahead of time by floor and made it part of seeing the boat. My kids loved walking the halls trying to find all the rooms!

Excellent! I don't think 10ish will be bad either. Now to decide if I want to do per person, per family. Decisions, decisions.

 

[HerMajestyH]

Hi all!! We just booked this cruise! Yes, I know, last minute-ish!
It's our first DC & first family cruise, the last time my husband and I went on a cruise we became a family.

Stateroom (unknown, I will figure that out and add us to the roster)
First name: Heather
DIS user ID: HerMajestyH
Where do you live: Lexington, KY
Traveling with:
DD
DS 9
DS 5
Hopefully DGP will join us.

Getting excited!!!
This is so helpful!

 

[RHSTigerMom]

Thank you for the information on the Facebook page. I just went to the page and noticed that in the "about" section, the actual dates of the cruise is stated and therefore public knowledge. This may have been previously discussed in this thread, and I apologize if I am going over old news, but I was wondering if those dates could be removed from the public page of the FB group. I mention this because group member names/minimal profiles are also accessible on the public page and potentially pose a home security risk while away on vacation. Thanks for considering, and again, I apologize if I am rehashing something that was previously discussed.

Good catch! I changed it!

 

[staley98]

Hi all!! We just booked this cruise! Yes, I know, last minute-ish! It's our first DC & first family cruise, the last time my husband and I went on a cruise we became a family. Stateroom (unknown, I will figure that out and add us to the roster) First name: Heather DIS user ID: HerMajestyH Where do you live: Lexington, KY Traveling with: DD DS 9 DS 5 Hopefully DGP will join us. Getting excited!!! This is so helpful!

Welcome to our friendly group! We're practically neighbors because we live in Louisville. My crew consists of myself (Anne), DH (Jeff), DS (10), DD(nearly 9), DS (7). We'll be driving to ATL the day before the cruise and flying to Miami. We were able to get really cheap flights out of Atlanta. If you haven't booked flights yet, you may want to check to see if they still have inexpensive flights (all 5 of us are flying for $699).

So sick of this cold and snow...only 63 more days to go!

 

[rentayenta]