*May 27, 2012 DISNEY DREAM* 5-night Double Dip to Castaway Cay!

[Dclnut143]

Good Evening everyone- the Fish Extender List is now officially CLOSED. Thank you all for signing up, it will surely be lots of fun! We finished out with 22 rooms. I've assigned the days for delivery based on everyone's preferences- of course it is not the end of the world if something comes up and you can't deliver on your assigned day, but if we can all try to do so, it does make it more fun knowing that you'll get a few gifts each day as opposed to a lot on one day and hardly any if at all on another. The new link to the Google file is:
Please review when you get a chance to let me know if I listed anything incorrectly. Dclnut143, I still need your first names and hometown if you choose to list them for gift personalization. As far as tips go, what kinds of questions do you have? I can try to help if you have specific questions in mind.

oh sorry, and hometown is orlando fl i told u, im new to this haha

 

[MadMadamMim05]

Hello everybody!

We will be joining all of you in this fun adventure!! This is our first Disney cruise I'm so excited and trying to read everything I can on the Disboards to prepare for it.

Can't wait for May 27

 

[WDW Princess 71]

Oh sorry. I am amanda, hubby is michael and son is chandler. Where is a good place to buy a fe? Something cheep or semi-cheep. Saving for the gifts and the cruise so i dont want to spend the $40 or so on the actual fe i have found on ebay. I have no sewing skills so that is out too haha. And what are some good gift ideas? Something that u might have gotten before that u liked etc.

There are some on ebay less than $40 when i searched, but of course then you add tax and shipping. You could always make your own if you are a bit handy, I hand sewed mine which was actually really fun and great to gear up for the cruise. Some people just use regular pocket organizer things like you can find at Target. Others just use a simple bag. It doesn't have to look like a traditional fancy fish extender like the ebay ones if you dont want it to. As far as gift ideas, everyone has individual preferences, me personally I always love stuff I can use like pens, sticky notes, bookmark, magnet, etc. Candy is always a good filler too. But really anything is good, its more the fun of the surprise of coming back to find something than what it actually is.

 

[schwabegooftroop]

Thanks Nicole!! Great job getting us all organized! Looks great!

So excited! And this just makes it that much more real. Hi Ho Hi Ho It's off to FE work I go!

dclnut143 (the Dvorak Family) you are right across the hall from us! (We also have a 4 y/o boy!)

See everyone real soon!

Pixie dust to all,
~amy

 

[disnemimi]

Awesome job Nicole!!! Everything looks perfect for my 3 rooms (disnemimi).
I know we ALL appreciate you taking the time to organize our FE group.

I am close in getting my gifts all finished. Now, just to have the 6 grandkids over to assemble them and we are good to go.

Hope everyone is as excited as we are for this cruise. It will be here before you know it. Again, thanks Nicole. You are the BEST!!!

Karen (disnemimi)

 

[zmom]

Thank you so much Nicole for organizing the FE! Got my cruise docs yesterday, so it's feeling so close now!!

 

[Niebz]

Great job Nicole - thanks for taking the time to organize everything. Counting down the days, we're so excited!

Is anyone staying at WDW before or after the cruise? We're doing both - staying at Port Orleans Riverside in a new royal guest room a few nights before and a few nights after. We've been planning this big vacation for over a year now - I can't believe we're only a month away!

 

[Dclnut143]

Thanks Nicole!! Great job getting us all organized! Looks great!

So excited! And this just makes it that much more real. Hi Ho Hi Ho It's off to FE work I go!

dclnut143 (the Dvorak Family) you are right across the hall from us! (We also have a 4 y/o boy!)

See everyone real soon!

Pixie dust to all,
~amy

Yay, we will have to get the kids together for pool time or something

 

[princesskayla]

I got my cruise cabin assignment in a record time! We bought our 6B GTY cabin on Tues and had our room assignment on Wed night - an upgrade to 5B on deck 10.

I am bouncing all over the place with excitement. My planning is going into hyperdrive. I feel like there is so much to do! FE gifts, FE, magnets, packing (luckly I can do that in advance, we have no need for summer clothes in Alaska right now), making pre-cruise arrangements, thinking about excusions...

 

[WDW Princess 71]

Thank you everyone, I was happy to do the organizing for the FE and I'm so excited we have such a good sized group, not overwhelmingly large but not small either, so it should be great fun over the course of the 5 days.

We are staying at the Yacht Club for a few nights after the cruise. This is our family's traditional hotel, staying here at least a dozen times since our first visit in '96. It really feels like coming "home" to us, that is what I love about Disney, how things get refurbished and improved but the heart of it always stays the same.

 

[schwabegooftroop]

We are at the Pop Century June 1-9 for the second part of our celebratory trip!

(We are heading over to Yacht Club on the Tue night for the Illuminations cruise!)
(Doing the Pirate and Pals on Sat night for Wishes.)

In full out prep mode now. Trying to convince the kids its too early to pack, even though secretly I want to load up the suitcases as badly as they do!

 

[rp535]

Hi everyone, just joined the post and looking forward to the trip. My wife and I have Remy and Palo res. that we need to cancel, but the web site won't let us. I was going to call on Monday. Not sure if it would benefit anyone or has been trying to make reservations.

 

[HerbieCart]

Hi All.
We are on board too...me, husband, and sons age 10 and 7, will be on deck 10. Tried to do the Dream last year, but the Army had other plans for my husband...like a nice trip to the desert. Orders came the day before cancellation penalites kicked in.
But...now it appears our Dream will happen! Yippee!

The kids have NO idea. We are not telling them until they figure it out when we get to the port!!!

 

[WDW Princess 71]

Hi All.
We are on board too...me, husband, and sons age 10 and 7, will be on deck 10. Tried to do the Dream last year, but the Army had other plans for my husband...like a nice trip to the desert. Orders came the day before cancellation penalites kicked in.
But...now it appears our Dream will happen! Yippee!

The kids have NO idea. We are not telling them until they figure it out when we get to the port!!!

Welcome, what a nice surprise for the kids!! I love hearing stories like this.

 

[princesskayla]

Hi everyone, just joined the post and looking forward to the trip. My wife and I have Remy and Palo res. that we need to cancel, but the web site won't let us. I was going to call on Monday. Not sure if it would benefit anyone or has been trying to make reservations.

What days/times are they for? I would be interested. I was really wanting to do high tea, especially since this is the last time we would be able to do it. My husband and I did high tea on our last cruise and really enjoyed it. We were thinking about Remy but have decided against it. We are kind of picky eaters...
Is it just your wife and you going on the cruise?

Hi All.
We are on board too...me, husband, and sons age 10 and 7, will be on deck 10. Tried to do the Dream last year, but the Army had other plans for my husband...like a nice trip to the desert. Orders came the day before cancellation penalites kicked in.
But...now it appears our Dream will happen! Yippee!

The kids have NO idea. We are not telling them until they figure it out when we get to the port!!!

Welcome! I am sure that you are so excited. I am still beaming from booking my trip on Tuesday. We surprised our kids with our first cruise at Disneyland. The entire gang at Minnie's breakfast at the park helped tell them. I was hoping for a big reaction but they just sat there and kept eating breakfast like it was just another day. Ha Ha!

 

[Niebz]

We are at the Pop Century June 1-9 for the second part of our celebratory trip!

(We are heading over to Yacht Club on the Tue night for the Illuminations cruise!)
(Doing the Pirate and Pals on Sat night for Wishes.)

In full out prep mode now. Trying to convince the kids its too early to pack, even though secretly I want to load up the suitcases as badly as they do!

I would love to do an illuminations cruise someday!

We're in full on prep mode too. In fact, I've already started packing! Just our pirate clothes and stuff we don't need at home before we leave.

 

[HerbieCart]

Welcome! I am sure that you are so excited. I am still beaming from booking my trip on Tuesday. We surprised our kids with our first cruise at Disneyland. The entire gang at Minnie's breakfast at the park helped tell them. I was hoping for a big reaction but they just sat there and kept eating breakfast like it was just another day. Ha Ha!

We went on the Wonder a few years ago and they LOVED it. So much, they would run away from us when we would go to pick them up at the kids club...secretly, we are hoping that will happen again this time too! Right now they think they are going to St. Augustine for Memorial Day weekend.

 

[kw22]

My husband and I will be on this cruise. This is our second...First cruise was on the Dream last May. After that vacation, we couldn't stop thinking about the wonderful time we had at Serenity Bay, so we booked another! Can't wait!

 

[mmi]

We are cruising this week also! Myself, DH, DS(15), and DD(9) Celebrating our 20th anniversary! We have done a 3 night on the Wonder, and an 11 night (Holiday) on the Magic.

 

[lilouisianagal]

DH and I joining in on a spontaneous 3 yr anniversary/end of school cruise. We cruised on the Wonder for our honeymoon and can't wait to go back. Any chance we could still slip in on the FE exchange?

Can't wait!