May 6, 2010 Wonder-ful chance to get away

[FLORIDA_DAD]

WELCOME TT526 -
I hope your girl have a great suprise. We have done that a few times with past, and are doing it again on our May 30th cruise. Our kids are younger (6 and 4).

BOARDING IN 3 DAYS!

 

[WeLuvDCL]

okay...just did some searching...oh boy...what an awesome idea those fish extenders are!! Well, since my girls do not know about this cruise, and there are only 5 days left, I hate to say that I have to pass on the FE. Honestly have no time to make one without my girls knowing!! Wish I would have found this thread earlier!!

It doesn't have to be anything fancy. On our last cruise someone just hung a gift bag from their fish. I have an extra FE gift so if you woudl like to post or PM me your cabin number, I woudl be happy to leave your girls a gift. No worries on recipocating...tis better to give than receive.

 

[TT526]

It doesn't have to be anything fancy. On our last cruise someone just hung a gift bag from their fish. I have an extra FE gift so if you woudl like to post or PM me your cabin number, I woudl be happy to leave your girls a gift. No worries on recipocating...tis better to give than receive.

Thank you so much! I will see what I can come up with!! I found a thread on door magnets...om goodness...they are so cool so trying to work on getting something personalized for our door...so hard to do things wout my girls knowing!!

Our cabin is 8028F

WooHoo!! 3 days to go!!!!!

 

[juanlori]

This is our 5th time sailing and we cannot wait till 3 more days to leave!!! But I have read about this Fish Extenders program and wanted to see if anyone knows the details about it. I was reading in this forum and noticed that people are talking about it, so just wanted to get more of an understanding on it. And also, what about the postcard signed by all the Characters? How do we get this?
Funny, been on sooo many cruises and just now learned about this...Anyone??

I will be in room 8506 and 8508. Going with my Mom who is turning 60 on Friday and 2 sisters with 14, 13, 9, 6 kids. I wonder if there is something that can be done also for my sister....she is 35yrs old and was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This is her first cruise and she is very scared. Also, a bit nervous because the Chemo has made her loose all of her hair and makes her sick....Hmm I wonder what is good for her.....

 

[TT526]

I know this is late notice...but we would like to participate in the fish exchange...still have not made one yet but I know my girls would love to find all of your rooms and leave you a surprise...please do not feel obligated to leave us anything...it is very late notice...

btw...trying to create something custom for the kids...Chris...can you tell me your son and daughters names? I think everyone else has posted theirs.

My daughters are Selena (10 end of May) and Vanessa 7. My name is Teresa and my dh is George.

btw...what is the earliest time you can get onboard? We have a 3 hr drive.

2 more days peeps!!

 

[casper71]

My wife and I will be bringing our 3 yr old on his first cruise. It will be our 1st time on DCL. Living in Tampa we wished it departed here but no big deal driving to port Canaveral.

 

[casper71]

Here is the list I have so far. Please verify or provide your rm #.
Cobbo (DD4,DD2): 5020
RandyAmy (DS4,DS19mo):2043
Florida_Dad (DS6,DD4):5509
WeLuvDCL (DD2):2592 / (DD4):2590
Mrs. Tarano (DD?):

If there is anyone else I am missing, please provide ages and room numbers. Thanks!!!

what is this about FE? is it something our 3 yr old would want to do?

 

[TT526]

Welcome Casper!

The FE is a Fish Extender ( there is a fish on the wall outside of your cabin) that people hang something (fish extender) to collect goodies from other people who are involved in exchanging...I found this thread last minute so this would b our first time doing this but sounds like fun! Some people make their fish extender...do a search...you can see alot of pictures on this forum. Leave your cabin # and childs name and age...I will leave a surprise!! Happy cruising!!

 

[casper71]

One month to go!!!

Where is everyone? DCL website shows that cats 12, 11, 9 and 8 are sold out for this cruise. I have enough FE gifts for at least 4 more cabins if anyone is lurking.

I have a DS3 in room 5142. How do i get involved with the3 FE for him?

 

[TT526]

Casper--

You mind giving me his name?? I am making personalized FE gifts...thx!
As far as getting other gifts...would just depend on the others on this post if they have extra gifts....kind of last minute...just like me!!

I figured it would be fun to have it up so I can just surprise my girls throughout the cruise by placing items in their FE!

 

[WeLuvDCL]

casper71 and TT526, You are both added to my FE list. I'm giving several items from our 2 cabins and I'm only short on one item but you will get the others.

2 more days!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WeLuvDCL]

btw...what is the earliest time you can get onboard? We have a 3 hr drive.

The earliest you can get into the terminal is 10am.
The soonest you can board is somewhere between noon and 1pm, it depends how quickly they get everything ready.
If you get there early, you are given numbers as you checking which determines when you board. We like to start our vacation as soon as possible so we get there at 10am and get into the terminal. It does start to get crowded around 11:00-11:30am which is about the time they brign our characters for pictures in front of the ship model.
If you want to avoid crowds, I would recommend getting there around 2pm. You can checkin and walk right onto the ship.

 

[WeLuvDCL]

I wonder if there is something that can be done also for my sister....she is 35yrs old and was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This is her first cruise and she is very scared. Also, a bit nervous because the Chemo has made her loose all of her hair and makes her sick....Hmm I wonder what is good for her.....

I've added you to me FE list and will leave you some goodies. I'm not sure what, if anything, Disney will do for your sister. I would ask at Guest services when you board. I know what she is going through. I had Lymphoma when I was 18 and it's very scary! I wish her the best and pray that she makes a full recovery. I've been cancer free for 17 years.

Maybe you could give her a spa or salon day to be pampered or get a mani/pedi? Or a day pass to the Rainforest room? She probably shouldn't go in the sauna but the heated lounge chairs are fabulous!

 

[WeLuvDCL]

And also, what about the postcard signed by all the Characters? How do we get this?

Anything you want signed by the characters, postcard, pillowcase, t-shirt, etc. You can take to guest services on the first day of the cruise and ask them to have the characters sign. I think they limit it to one item per person. I put the item in a ziplog bag with permanent markers and write our cabin number and last name on the outside of the bag. They will return it to your stateroom on the last day of the cruise. Here are the pillow shams I made for this cruise:

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

Here is the list I have so far. Please verify or provide your rm #.
Cobbo (DD4,DD2): 5020
RandyAmy (DS4,DS19mo):2043
Florida_Dad (DS6,DD4):5509
WeLuvDCL (DD2):2592 / (DD4):2590
Casper71 (DS3): 5142
Mrs. Tarano (DD?):
TT526 (DD7, DD10):

CAN'T WAIT!!!

 

[TT526]

here is the list i have so far. Please verify or provide your rm #.
Cobbo (dd4,dd2): 5020
randyamy (ds4,ds19mo):2043
florida_dad (ds6,dd4):5509
weluvdcl (dd2):2592 / (dd4):2590
casper71 (ds3): 5142
mrs. Tarano (dd?):
Tt526 (dd7, dd10):

Can't wait!!!

tt526...8028f

I found two bags that my daughters decorated at a birthday party with puffy paint....so going to hand them one under the other to use for our FE!!! It will just have to do!! Get packing everyone!!!

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

tt526...8028f

I found two bags that my daughters decorated at a birthday party with puffy paint....so going to hand them one under the other to use for our FE!!! It will just have to do!! Get packing everyone!!!

tt526 - That sounds fine. Everyone has different FEs. You can get ideas from everyone and have time to construct new ones (if you like).

I should be one of the first in line at tomorrow's checkin, and the rest of the family will be sitting at one of the kiddy TVs opposite checkin. Hope to meet some of you.

 

[casper71]

Brady 3, #5142

 

[Cobbo]

Whew....a whole flurry of activity on here...glad I checked in to write down & verify the room #s for the FE Thanks a bunch Florida_Dad for keeping up on all of it....now I've got to go finish packing & make sure I've got all the gifts good to go! See ya'll on board tomorrow!

 

[TT526]

A special thanks for all of the gifts from everyone! My girls LOVED checking their fish extenders every time we returned to our cabin!! Hope everyone had a great time!! I did remember to bring 2 t-shirts to desk services for the characters to sign..my girls were really happy when they were delivered to our cabin...they wore them to school today!!