may 12, 2012 7 Night Western on the Fantasy

[aseyrick]

Hey! Now we're getting warmed up!

Meggan - I've been to Cocoa Beach. Fun times, for sure!

JennyT2 - You really can't go wrong with either spot. Just depends on what you're looking for ... beach action or sightseeing. Cocoa Beach is also close to Kennedy Space Center if your kids might enjoy that, but Orlando has all sorts of fun spots you can hit. So many choices!! :

Rusafee1183 - Given that this will likely be a fairly full ship, you may want to consider booking some excursions earlier, esp. if you already have your eye on something. The OBC is burning a hole in my pocket too!! And, I agree with DreaMer2625. Boardwalk rocks, esp. at night when many places are not easily accessible (nor open) for night outings. How fun (and romantic) to be able to watch the EPCOT fireworks and stroll back to your homebase. Mmmm.

Great to see some activity here!!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

[aseyrick]

All right. I've got a technical issue here. I added a counter thingy to my signature that should show a countdown to our cruise date, but (obviously) only the top part shows up. What am I doing wrong??

 

[mmcreynolds]

So, this will be my first time doing the fish extender thing. Obviously, since we live in Germany, we'll be bringing little trinkets from here as gifts, but how many should I bring? Also, has anyone taken over as forum leader since the one we had isn't sailing anymore?



Meggan

 

[aseyrick]

Meggan - Unfortunately, our original leader has "jumped ship" so we're orphans. I think we're all waiting for someone to adopt us again.

As for FE's, generally, someone who's well-organized (i.e., un-me) will keep a running list of participants and set a cut-off date for FE participation so that folks will have enough time to make or purchase enough FE's. As for the total number, it will depend on who all signs up. I've known some cruises that have over 100 participants, and they simply divided them into 2 or more groups so that folks aren't lugging 200 FE gifts around. I think we had 70 or so on our last cruise. While that seems like a large number, it was awesome because pretty much every time you returned to your cabin, something groovy is waiting for you at your door. IMO, that was 1 of the best parts of being on a Disney cruise!!

As for the actual FE gifts themselves, I think it's up to you. Some uber creative folks have made some awesomely fancy crafts like personalized handbags or stitched personalized luggage tags for each cabin while others bought little items that represent their home town. Generally, what I saw was either 1 for each cabin or 1 item per cabin + 1 item for each child within the cabin. Most gifts were Disney-related with our cruise info somewhere on them, but that wasn't always the case. Hope that didn't totally confuse ya.

Have a great week, everyone!

 

[aseyrick]

Hi all,

I'm sorry to say that we will be jumping ship too. Due to a recent change in our personal situation, we have decided to go with a 5-nt Bahamas cruise on the Magic instead. I've certainly enjoyed "chatting" with you all and wish you a very happy and safe sailing. For those of you who are 1st timers, you will have a blast and to the veteran DCL sailers, I'm sure we'll see you again.

Best wishes to all!! And a very happy holiday!!!

Annabel

 

[sasmmb]

Alright, let's revive this thread!! My name is Michelle . I sent a PM to the original organizer that I'm willing to be the new roll call leader and FE organizer. But haven't heard back yet. So let's start from scratch. If you are sailing on this cruise please post the following:
1. Board name
2. Names of people in your cabin (and ages if you choose)
3. Cabin number (if you don't know, put Deck number. If you don't know that, put TBD and follow up once you know)
4. Yes/No/TBD if you want to participate in Fish Extender (FE) gift exchange.

Cruise meetups!

• Everyone - Deck 4 at the Vista Cafe 3:00 pm on sail-away day
• Kiddie meetup - Sunday, wake up with Disney Jr, D Lounge.Check Navigator for time (MV was 9:00 AM) DLounge is round so try to meet at left of the small stage at one end.
• Adults champagne meetup - Sunday, 5 PM, Ooh La La

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Roll Call and FE List as of 5/04/2012

The FE list has been split into Mickey and Donald and can be found here http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44480607&postcount=609

The FE Gift Exchange list is now closed!

Day of cruise: Check door of cabin 6536 for changes/last minute GTY assignments. If you have any changes, please update the list on cabin 6536 by 8 PM on the day of the cruise (May 12).

Deck 2
- Cabin 2006, luvdis31, Amber (36), Rob (39 disname Rob_b), Sydney (DD 3), yes to FE
- Cabin 2010, annrae, Barb and Ken, yes to FE

Deck 5
- Cabin 5150, chrisrunty, Christine, Khan, Carson (DS 3), yes to FE
- Cabin 5168, rusafee1183,?,?, no to FE
- Cabin TBD, raidy8, myself Edes, Tarra, Emily, Erin, Elise, Ella, Evy, Enya.
- Cabin TBD, raidy8 (2nd cabin) myself Edes, Tarra, Emily, Erin, Elise, Ella, Evy, Enya.

Deck 6
- cabin 6092, Disney922, Missy (38) DH(39) DD(7.5) DS(3.5) Mom (65) MIL (72) and last but not least Grandfather-in-law who is 97, yes to FE
- Cabin 6114, lonsorama, Me-Sharla, DH-Andrew, Maggie-10, Charlie-5, Emmaline-4, yes to FE
- Cabin 6536, sasmmb, Michelle (mid-40's) and Brad (ditto), yes to FE
- Cabin 6684, Mel0215, Melody, Jon, and Jack (6 months), yes to FE

Deck 7
- Cabin 7052, Boomerang4, DH Greg, DW Meg, DS Cooper (6), DS Spencer (4), yes to FE
- Cabin 7064, ashbobash26, Ashley (28), mom and sister(25), yes to FE
- Cabin 7142 Jerseygirlinsi, Tiffany, Billy, Conner(ds8), Zachary (ds5), Yes to FE
- Cabin 7172, AppleGuy, Gary, Donna, yes to FE
- Cabin 7174, AppleGuy, Alyssa(20-something), Ashley(20-something), Andrew(20-something), yes to FE
- Cabin 7190, sasmmb (cabin 2), Jim (grandpa), Tara(mom) Evan (11), Morgan (7), yes to FE
- Cabin 7584, SaintLouie, Amanda (32) and Carrie (33), yes to FE
- Cabin 7600 - Have a magical day! DH Ed, April (Me), DS Carson (14), DD Faith (12), DS Johnnie (3), yes to fe.
- Cabin 7602, CBEW4, Luann and Susan (16), yes to FE tree nut allergies but peanuts are okay;
- Cabin 7642, bbgrant2000, Brenda (41), Steve (42), Cole (DS 10), Caroline (DD 5), yes to FE

Deck 8
- Cabin 8012, mom of a lil pirate, Amy, DS (3), yes to FE
- Cabin 8020, sarahfla75, Sarah (Me), Frank (DH), Madison (DD 9), Emily (DD 6), yes to FE Peanut and tree nut allergies!!
- Cabin 8024, Mickeytown, Wanda, George & Noah(4), yes to FE
- Cabin 8186, Rai's Mommy, Erin (34), Raianne (12), yes to FE
- Cabin 8500, rocknspots, John (61), Jackie, no to FE
- Cabin 8504, mwherrell, Melissa (myself), Nevin (DH), Logan (DS-4 yrs), YES to FE
- Cabin 8518, berlys, 8518: Kim (me), Stephan (DH), Olivia (DD 6), yes to FE
- Cabin 8520, mmcreynolds, Nathan, Meggan, Jaycee (age 4), Jett (age 2), yes to FE
- Cabins 8526 and 8001, gigi1313, two cabins... Me Gigi, DH Dave, DD17 Julia, DS15 Alex, DS4 Daniel, yes to FE (only for cabin 8526) Peanut and tree nut allergies!!
- Cabin 8583, BeyondKen, Ken, yes to FE

Deck 9
- cabin 9134, ilovetexas, Pam and Seth (mid-40's), yes to FE
- Cabin 9502, Canadian Fan, Carol Ann (me), Dave (DH), Danielle (DD12), Aidan (DS10), No to FE
- Cabin 9026, leeann102, LeeAnn and Joy (both adults)
- Cabin 9530, CourtneyO - Courtney, husband Mike, DD(4) Reese and DS(2) Jack. Yes to FE.
- Cabin 9572, Purplelv93, DD Monique, DF Bill
- Cabin 9666, Bethleham, Beth, Keith and Allen (4). Yes to FE (late to list, include if you have an extra gift) peanut allergy.

Deck 10
- Cabin 10008, steelek_29, Karen, DD Genevieve (13) and DD Adriana (8), Yes to FE
- Cabin 10076, sherri675, Sherri (36) and Chad (38), Yes to FE (late to list, include if you have an extra gift)
- Cabin 10106, CoreyB, Corey (27) DW Laurett (26) DD Nevaeh (6) DS Noah (2), unknown on FE
- Cabin 10545, AllTexan, Alex and DW (Amy), no to FE
- Cabin 10656, Linda67, Linda and Philip, yes to FE


Deck 12
- Cabin 12014 Tinker179, My husband (31) me (30-Turing 30 on may 7th) daughter (3 3/4 yrs old) and son (2 weeks shy of 2).
- Cabin 12506, SDfam4, mom (35), dad(35), DS(8), DS(6), yes to FE

Unknown Deck
- DreaMer2625, Jeannette, Teresa, and Carol (their mom), no for FE
- mmcreynolds (2nd cabin)- Sheila(50), Ariel(20), TBD on FE

- nessbeth, Vanessa (33), Kevin (34), Faith (16), Angelina (6), TBD for FE
-icemoca, DH (39), Me (37), DD (3), unknown on FE
- indychristine, Me ( Christine 49) and my DH ( Doug 55), parents ( George 74) and (Patricia 72), ?? on FE

 

[rusafee1183]

Thanks for taking ownership sasmmb!

My name is Heather! Myself and husband Bob will be on this cruise. We are meeting up with friends that we met on our last cruise and sailing with them.

We will be decorating our door - but will not be participating in the FE, but I look forward to chatting with everyone and planning along with everybody.

I have been looking into excursions a lot lately. I can't decide what to do. It seems like everything that I want to do is on Cozumel, so I need to research the other islands to see what we may want to do there.

 

[DreaMer2625]

IT'S ALMOST NEXT YEAR!!! we're that much closer to the cruise

My name is Jeannette (I also answer to various shortened versions) - I'll be cruising with my mom Carol and my younger sister Teresa.

We will also not be partaking in the fish extender but I'm glad that this cruise is getting it's game face on

 

[mmcreynolds]

Thanks so much for taking over for us! This is our first cruise! Our cabin is #8018 and there will be the four of us. Hubby (Nathan), me (Meggan), DD (Jaycee-4), and DS (Jett-2). I would love to participate in the FE! We're getting closer to cruise time!!!!

 

[luvdis31]

DH (Rob, dis name Rob_b, age 39), me (Amber, Luvdis31,age 36) and DD (Sydney, 3) will be in this cruise, cabin 2006. We will be participating in FE. Looking forward to this cruise!

 

[SaintLouie]

This will be the first cruise for me, Amanda (32), and my DP, Carrie (33).

We're in 7584 and plan to participate in the FE.

 

[ashbobash26]

Thanks Heather for taking charge of the FE.
My name is Ashley(28) I will be traveling with my mom and little sister(25). We would love to participate in the FE. We will be in stateroom 7064.

 

[annrae]

My screen name is annrae and we will be in Stateroom 2010. We are Ken and Barb.

Looking forward to the cruise.

Barbara

 

[annrae]

I neglected to mention that I will also be doing the FE. Thanks

 

[sasmmb]

great! We're starting to make good progress! Just updated the list at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2700223&page=8

Heather and Jeanette: Please let me know your cabin number when you know it. Even though you aren't participating in the FE, it's always cool to know where your DIS neighbors are!

 

[Rai's Mommy]

Very excited that the year of our cruise has arrived! The following is information for me and my daughter who plan to participate in the FE:
Erin (34), Raianne (12)
Boston, MA
Stateroom: 8186
We'll be doing the late dinner and 7 pm show and will also be celebrating Raianne's 12th birthday on 5/17.
Looking forward to meeting you all!
Erin

 

[Linda67]

Hey everyone

We are still super excited about this Cruise

I'm not sure about the FE yet, we would really love to join in but are travelling from the UK so luggage space might be a problem

I'm sure I'll be able to work something out though so I will let you know for certain before you cut off new participants

We are on deck 10

Linda67
2 Adults (Myself and DH)
Stateroom: 10656
FE: TBD

Let the planning begin

 

[rusafee1183]

Hey all. Still chugging aong. Trying to make payments on this cruise, but the holidays got in the way a bit.

Has anyone been on the Dream at all? I am concerned about the rainforest room on the Dream and Fantasy. It was my FAVORITE place on the Magic - but I heard that it went downhill with their changes.

 

[rocknspots]

HI! all. DH (John) and I (Jackie) will also be joining you for this cruise. This will be our first cruise as Platinum CC members. We will be celebrating John's 61st birthday and Mother's Day. We'll be in cabin 8500 so hopefully we'll be surrounded by fellow DISers.

I am not planning much for this cruise yet. We have a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise in 53 days (Feb 26) so that's my priority right now. We're taking my sister on her first cruise and what better way than a Disney cruise!

So, until later have fun planning and I'll check back with you later!

Jackie

 

[rocknspots]

Just requested to be added to your FB page. I'm registered there as Toby Barthel, my cat. As I follow everyone's planning I get More & more excited.

Jackie