Hi Everyone,
I figured out the problem with the Roll Call submissions. Please have a look at your fellow travellers and submit your information at:
https://sites.google.com/site/onamagicaltransatlanticjourney/home/roll-call
Although, I've never done a roll call before. Can someone with experience have a look at the form and see if I'm missing important information that I'll regret not asking for?
Thanks!
I just submitted our info.
I have seen rollcalls include all the activities as yes/no, but that actually made it more confusing for people because they would forget that they actually needed to CONTACT the event organizers individually.
I have also seen them include fields for: home state / country, pre-cruise arrival date to Galveston, flight numbers / city pairs / dates (so you could find people on your flight), pre-cruise hotel, post-cruise hotel, and post-cruise plans (touring an area in Europe, taking another cruise, etc).
For the WBTA, several of us were on the same JFK-BCN flight but flying to JFK from all over the US. Those of us who arrived early ended up greeting folks as they got off their planes (in true DIS fashion!
) and walking with them to the next gate. For long layovers, or a spouse who can't sit still at the gate
, it made for great fun.
Hi Mandy, that's more then fine by me, I could probably do with some help please as it's my first
Disney cruise. Thanks very much
No problem! In a nutshell:
- select a date / time / location for the breakfast (I suggest first sea day, May 19, 8:45 photo and 9:00 breakfast at Lumiere's)
- get DIS people to PM you that plan to attend (and how many total in party to attend and cabin number in case of change of plans) by a certain cut-off date
- keep a list/count (keep that on an Excel spreadsheet - DIS name, #, cabin -- and periodically post the list and total count on the thread)
- after embarking the cruise, have a pre-written letter to make Guest Services aware that ____ number of people will be showing up for the traditional DIS Transatlantic Pajama Breakfast at ____ restaurant at ____ time (which should be during normal breakfast hours if doing 9:00) and that we just want to make them aware ahead of time for staffing needs or to have a side portion of the restaurant ready at that time (they seated us by the windows overlooking the water at Lumiere's -- that whole side was for DIS PJ breakfast)
- drop a copy of the letter to the manager on duty at Lumiere's as well to let them know Guest Services was also notified with a similar letter. That way there is (hopefully) no drop in communication and they are prepared for the large group arriving at the same time.
* I would even paste a graphic of the WBTA 2011 group on the letter - crew members onboard then may also remember it and help jog their memories! *
On WBTA, they watched us take our picture at 8:45, and we entered at 9:00. I had issues because the restaurant at first told me we couldn't do that, sent me to Guest Services, and they said they would have to check... Well, it's a restaurant that is open at that time - we were just giving them the courtesy of letting them know that 70 people plan to show up for breakfast at the same time. We were not asking them to make it a private breakfast, close off the restaurant, rearrange tables, or anything like that ---- just that a large group would be showing up during normal operating hours at the same time and we were giving them a heads-up.
There is NO cost for DIS members, and if everyone shows up at 8:45 to take the group pic in front of Lumiere's on Deck 3 (like you see on Facebook) we can even get a CM to go up top to take the pic from deck 4 or 5 overlooking the lobby. By doing it the first sea day, it's a second opportunity for anyone who missed the embarkation day Meet-and-Greet, and too soon in the cruise for the Princess Teas to already be taking place. People are seated as there is room - no pre-assigned tables or anything - so you get to have breakfast with other DIS members you may not have met in-person yet
And we order off the menu like anyone else in the restaurant would - except nobody else is dressed as snazzy as we are!
