If you and your kids like to participate, you will have a blast!!
I have no idea... but I always know how many days until our cruise. What does that say, hey?
My husband and I have a RC Allure cruise in September and we plan on Hawaii (a secret!!) with the kids for next January, followed by DisneyWorld and Harry Potter in December. Of course if DCL stays on the west coast I'll have a hard time staying away!! We're doing 'pirate light' no over the top costumes just a touch of pirate. I am wearing capris, a loose top and an large brown belt... a little bit pirate like. DH is wearing pants and a pirate shirt. DD has a pirate skirt and a tshirt and DS is to young to care what he wears.
For formal night DH is wearing a suit, DD is wearing a Cinderella dress, DS is also wearing a little suit (hope it fits him and isn't to big.) And I picked up a black dress. I tried to put a picture up but not sure how to..This site doesn't let you send a picture from your computer?
This is our first family vacation w/o him, and suddenly feels a bit less than perfect.
Had so much fun today buying fe gifts! One of the stores that I love in my city had a huge sale today. Gave my DH a bit of a shock though when he realized that we are having to pack everything and take it down to LA with us. LOL I helped him to get over that shock by showing him the large bin of things I've been putting together for the cruise.
and have more room for FE/cast member gift type stuff in mine!!
My mom and were talking today about luggage. I had to remind her that we each get two tags and we are using all. So little DNephew5's second suitcase is FE 
plus each kid had a carry on 
my dad did laundry half way through one day while we all sat around the pool. I don't see that happing this time though. Our formal wear is going to require a suit case all to itself. Then there are the FE gifts 
This is the FOURTH time I have tried to reply to this.
In a nutshell:
There is a iron(ish) fish that is next to the cabin doors. At level with the peep hole on the cabin door. It extends about an inch. Sometimes the staff will leave notes there. Around Halloween time, way back, people started putting bags out for trick & treating. It carried over to people putting bags out that hang from the fish extender for other occasions. And then it started to be every cruise and some started making them with pockets for each person. This is where I would lose my post because I tried to show you where I got mine on ebay. But it's easy to find...just search Disney Cruise fish extender and gradysmommy did mine.
Here is some more info :: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980639
Whew.
And I love that calendar! Great idea!
OMG! I have to give all of you credit if you've been able to keep the cruise a secret from your kids. DD has known about it since we started talking about it and every day.. many times a day she asks if we're going on the cruise tomorrow. The other morning she was having breakfast and she asked me if she'd be able to have scrambled eggs on the cruise. It was so cute!
