May 25th, 2013 Fantasy Western!

[Lauralooneyfordisney]

We only have 83 more days!! That is just 12 weeks until we cruise. I have 12 weeks to loose 24lbs. Hopefully I can do this!!!! Eating healthy and exercising just to eat for 7 days straight! LOL!! Hopefully I will bring my workout clothes and catch a morning walk each morning.......

Ha! That is my plan too. I want to do the walk on Deck 4 every morning I can before breakfast. That will at least help a little bit since I plan on having lots of goodies too.

 

[NickyDa]

That is great! Has anyone done the race before? Does it begin when we reach port or later in the day? How is the route? Considering do it, but wonder if I can fit it in with my little one. Thanks for the info from anyone who has done the race.

We did the CC 5K last June on the Dream. It is listed in the navigator under family activities for that day. We met in 687 (the sports bar) about 830ish to get registered. Then the 5K group left the ship just ahead of the other cruisers that morning.

2 CMs walked us down a path past the beach, the BBQ, and stores to the "official" starting line next to the bicycle rentals. There is a large chest to store some personal items if you wish. I wouldn't consider leaving anything of value since the CM leave this location and move to a water stop along the race route.

As for the race, we ran down the airstrip towards Serenity Bay and looped the trail by the lookout towers twice (I think it was twice...it was June in the Bahamas and the heat may have made me a bit delusional). We had family with us so we didn't have to worry about child care. From what I have read, child care is not open on the ship just on the island at Scuttle's Cove which opens the same time as the race. I'm sure we're not the first people with this issue, so hopefully DCL will have staff at SC at 0855 for the 5Kers.


Sent from MiPhone, ignore the typos

 

[meggyrn]

Somewhere I read someone's rule while on their cruise. They would not take the elevator anywhere, they would take the steps. I think that may be in our family's plan.

 

[chris8030]

Here is an idea for a fish extender.
Then you can add names or decorate any way you want.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=201549&RN=0

 

[Djjsperry]

I thought the were not to be wider than 8"

 

[chris8030]

You might be right. I didn't think about that. Back to the drawing board

 

[MountainLaurel]

I am with you. We start couch to 5k training tomorrow. Hope to loose some weight and run the castaway 5k.

My daughter and I are doing the same thing! Good luck with your training.

 

[afergvip]

Another FE question. Do we make some sort of card telling who the gift is from or is it totally anonymous?

 

[Djjsperry]

I want the answer to that one to. I would hate to put a business card in there and get raked over the coals for advertising, a big no no

Janelle

 

[NickyDa]

Another FE question. Do we make some sort of card telling who the gift is from or is it totally anonymous?

I don't know the 'official rule', but we attached homemade tags to our gifts with our first names and our DIS name. Or just having everything in smaller ziplock bags and separated by floor and ship location makes for ease of delivery plus you can write a To: and From: on it.

I enjoying knowing who the gifts were from b/c you can tell them thank you or ask about how it was made if it's something really unique--get ideas for your next FE group!

 

[disneywonderfun]

Another FE question. Do we make some sort of card telling who the gift is from or is it totally anonymous?

I have seen a mixture even in the same FE. Some people want to include their names, others avoid it adding to the mystery of the process. I think you just do whatever you want. We generally do not include our names on our gifts.

DWF

 

[kirkaliciasmom]

My daughter and I are doing the same thing! Good luck with your training.

That sounds like fun. Just not sure about the heat and humidity factor. My daughter and I did a mud run last year and had a blast. It was my first 5K. Guess training will start tomorrow for me........ Just in case......

 

[Craftyrae1]

Is it still possible to join the fish extender group? If so how many people are going to be in each group? Sorry if this was answered previously this is my first posting, still getting the hang of the site!


Thanks!
Rae

 

[NickyDa]

Is it still possible to join the fish extender group? If so how many people are going to be in each group? Sorry if this was answered previously this is my first posting, still getting the hang of the site!

Thanks!
Rae

Welcome to the group!! Yes, JohnPA is still taking FE requests until the end of the month. He thinks we'll end up with a few groups of no more than 20 each. Check out the latest info on page 30 of this thread...sorry I'd link it but not sure how from the mobile edition.

Have fun gathering your FE gifts

 

[Lauralooneyfordisney]

When we did the FE last time we put who it was to and on the from we put our names and my DIS name on a tag which was just large address labels I printed up. I like the people knowing what came from me though and that I participated like I said I would. Every person is different on how they do it. We got lots of great gifts last time and are looking forward to our gifts this trip.

 

[meggyrn]

I didn't know there was a 5K! That may motivate me to start running to get out of the winter blahs and get in shape. Our first 5K we did as a family was on vacation in Florida. It was 98 degrees and 100% humidity at 6am. It was awful...but we made it!

I'm planning on making little tags for our FE gifts. I'm about 1/2 done with making them. In less than a week I can start booking excursions!

 

[NickyDa]

From what I have read everyone meets on board castaway cay morning and then walk together to the race. I think we meet at 8am and race at 9. I hope the kids clubs will be open during race. I would think a lot of runners would need child care.

Did a search and found a CC 5K Childcare thread: "DH and I both ran the CC 5K last year, and you can drop your kids at Scuttles Cove. The kids club onboard is not open (not sure about the nursery) when the ship is in port, but they do open Scuttles. We checked them in on our way to the starting point, and then caught back up to the runners before the 5K started."

 

[afergvip]

Just got notice that my new FE was mailed out yesterday!! I'm so excited to be getting it in hand!! CANT WAIT! I swear I am like a kid at christmas. I think I'm even more excited than my kids. LOL!

 

[Craftyrae1]

I wish I knew you were looking for a fish extender I make them too! If anyone else is looking for one let me know, I can do custom orders!

 

[Craftyrae1]

Thank you NickyDa i will try to get added!