MR January 29 2012- Who's in?

[PizzieDuster]

Dear Lordy...after worrying about my mom's birth certificate and talking her into ordering a certified copy (just do it for me, so I don't have nightmares) she did it. My DH mentioned to me right now, "well, hope your passport isn't expired." WTHeck? I jump up grab them, I'm okay, Lacey's (DD13) expires one week after we disembark. I have our birth certificates but it's funny how freaked out I am with everyone else's documents I completely forgot to look at mine.

Regarding fish extenders & meet and greet. It can't be a surprise any more because I can't figure out how to put these things in a pocket or bag. No way. So, I'm all for a meet and greet so I can hand them out. I bought a whole tube of those glo necklaces for pirate night. If I bend them, well, you know, they'll light up. How do I put a stick in a pocket! I'm sure people would find it easy to just take. So I'd like to just hand them out. If I have any left over, I'll just hand them out on pirate night. I'm even thinking I may leave them at guest services and say if anyone comes up to ask for them, give some to them, they are in my Dis group. What do you think?

 

[moomy-san]

Dear Lordy...after worrying about my mom's birth certificate and talking her into ordering a certified copy (just do it for me, so I don't have nightmares) she did it. My DH mentioned to me right now, "well, hope your passport isn't expired." WTHeck? I jump up grab them, I'm okay, Lacey's (DD13) expires one week after we disembark. I have our birth certificates but it's funny how freaked out I am with everyone else's documents I completely forgot to look at mine.

Regarding fish extenders & meet and greet. It can't be a surprise any more because I can't figure out how to put these things in a pocket or bag. No way. So, I'm all for a meet and greet so I can hand them out. I bought a whole tube of those glo necklaces for pirate night. If I bend them, well, you know, they'll light up. How do I put a stick in a pocket! I'm sure people would find it easy to just take. So I'd like to just hand them out. If I have any left over, I'll just hand them out on pirate night. I'm even thinking I may leave them at guest services and say if anyone comes up to ask for them, give some to them, they are in my Dis group. What do you think?

Glad you're okay on the passport thing. That is a scary feeling!!

For your FE gifts, don't worry about them not fitting in the pockets! We came back to our room many, many times to find items placed on the floor under our FE. And stuff is always over flowing out of the pockets... that's part of the fun, like an overstuffed stocking on Christmas morning But if you want o hand out at the meet... I'm sure no kid is going to refuse a gift!!

 

[PizzieDuster]

Glad you're okay on the passport thing. That is a scary feeling!!

For your FE gifts, don't worry about them not fitting in the pockets! We came back to our room many, many times to find items placed on the floor under our FE. And stuff is always over flowing out of the pockets... that's part of the fun, like an overstuffed stocking on Christmas morning But if you want o hand out at the meet... I'm sure no kid is going to refuse a gift!!

Ok...because they are so sensitive. I showed my son and he just lifted it up and it lit up. I have a tube of them for our group. I think I can figure out a way to keep them straight...and may be on pirate day.

I'm thinking I'm going to go the meet and greet. If I have lots left over I'll leave them at Guest Services and tell our friends here who could not make the meet and greet to go get them on Pirate day at Guest Services. It's one afternoon. Not like I'm doing it the entire week. Then I will just hand the leftovers out at the party.

Hey my fellow cruisers...it was the thought that counts!

 

[alaskanabbott]

Okay, so we're getting down to the last little bit here . . . and I realize that the boys' passports are expired. Because, of course, they're only good for 5 years and our last Disney cruise was in 2006, so they expired in April. Last time around we were required to have passports, NOT birth certificates, but that was just when they were tightening up security and may also have been tied to our Caribbean destinations. Our travel packet says certified copies of birth certificates are acceptable, but I'm scared to death that we'll get to port and they'll say, "Sorry, no passport, no cruise!" Please reassure me I really don't want to take a trip to San Francisco for emergency passports . . .

And in other news, I've begun full-on packing panic LOL Still freaking out about FEs, too. (Awesome, *amazing* job on the list BTW! Thanks again, Roxanne and all our spreadsheet wizards!!)

Awesome! I thought I was the only one freaking out about this! I have checked here and on the web, and the us passport site, and I'm getting the same info...birth certificates are fine. I'm not sure what the "certified" means. And yeah, still freaking out we won't be allowed on

 

[megglas]

I had called DCL about the Character Breakfast, and they said that on a 7 nighter everyone will have a time assigned, and that you'd be able to go to both the breakfast and Palo (I asked in case it conflicted with our brunch, too!)


As to the difference between formal and semi formal -

• Cruise casual—no shorts, swimwear or tank tops
• Formal wear for men: tuxedo or suit; for women: gown or dress
• Semi-formal wear for men: suit/jacket; for women: dress or pantsuit
• Palo: dress pants and shirt or jacket for men and a dress or pantsuit is required for women.

Glad to know I'm not the only one with these questions...I think I called DCL every day last week!

 

[megglas]

Oh, and by the way...I don't own a gown, nor I'm sure would look good enough in one to purchase one, so I'm not sweating that one...

 

[kidclassic]

I had called DCL about the Character Breakfast, and they said that on a 7 nighter everyone will have a time assigned, and that you'd be able to go to both the breakfast and Palo (I asked in case it conflicted with our brunch, too!)

Great! I was getting worried about that.

 

[PizzieDuster]

Working on my my fish exchanger gifts....one for me one for you I'm so excited!

 

[HFC1969]

Hi guys... been away from DIS for awhile...

Anyway.. we booked MEX..


Mike 42
Amy
Justin 12
Vika 5

We are avid DCL. Justin would like to penpal other 12yo boys... to get hang with...

 

[moomy-san]

As to the difference between formal and semi formal -

• Cruise casual—no shorts, swimwear or tank tops
• Formal wear for men: tuxedo or suit; for women: gown or dress
• Semi-formal wear for men: suit/jacket; for women: dress or pantsuit
• Palo: dress pants and shirt or jacket for men and a dress or pantsuit is required for women.

Glad to know I'm not the only one with these questions...I think I called DCL every day last week!

This is very loosely interpreted by the guests on board. For the most part... cruise casual will mean jeans/dockers and t-shirt or polo shirt, semi formal and formal looked almost identical except for a few evening gowns and tuxedos on formal night. They are more strict in Palo. No shorts or jeans or tshirts.

Some folks wore shorts to dinner and I felt weird for them. It seemed very out of place, especially in Triton's.

 

[alaskanabbott]

WOW! After obsessing all night about weather we had the "right" birth certificates (long form vs short form, what exactly is "certified", does it need an apistle seal?) I had myself so convinced we wouldn't be allowed on the ship I almost had a nervous breakdown!! I went to bed and dreamed that we made in onto the ship, but the cruise was almost over, and I had forgot to go to the Dismeet, so nobody brought us FE's, I had our bag to hand out, but didn't know which staterooms they go into, I had forgot to set up Tea with Alice, and my daughter was crying, I had never read any of the navigators, so we didn't do ANYTHING but eat and swim, and I had forgot to send the kids to thier kids club! I think I need to do something not cruise related....as I seem to be terribly obsessing!

 

[lyssandre]

Awesome! I thought I was the only one freaking out about this! I have checked here and on the web, and the us passport site, and I'm getting the same info...birth certificates are fine. I'm not sure what the "certified" means. And yeah, still freaking out we won't be allowed on

Ours have a raised seal on them and say "certified" at the bottom, and have a stamp from the public records office. We had to obtain them before getting the boys' passports, me being the organized soul that I am and having misplaced their originals LOL Luckily we still live in the city where they were born, so it only took about an hour for me to get them. I've been careful with them since, and with their activities nowadays, I get them out and use them a few times a year anyhow So hopefully we'll all be fine *fingers crossed*

 

[inhousemouse]

WOW! After obsessing all night about weather we had the "right" birth certificates (long form vs short form, what exactly is "certified", does it need an apistle seal?) I had myself so convinced we wouldn't be allowed on the ship I almost had a nervous breakdown!! I went to bed and dreamed that we made in onto the ship, but the cruise was almost over, and I had forgot to go to the Dismeet, so nobody brought us FE's, I had our bag to hand out, but didn't know which staterooms they go into, I had forgot to set up Tea with Alice, and my daughter was crying, I had never read any of the navigators, so we didn't do ANYTHING but eat and swim, and I had forgot to send the kids to their kids club! I think I need to do something not cruise related....as I seem to be terribly obsessing!

Don't worry you're on my spreed sheet so even if you were to miss DISmeet I'd still drop things off at your stateroom.

 

[alaskanabbott]

Don't worry you're on my spreed sheet so even if you were to miss DISmeet I'd still drop things off at your stateroom.

Well then I have one less thing to be freaked out about!! TY

 

[PizzieDuster]

Well then I have one less thing to be freaked out about!! TY

Your dream cracked me up! I so know about those kind of dreams.
Speaking of that, excuse me while I go get my bathing suit out and put it in my packing stack.

 

[kidclassic]

Your dream cracked me up! I so know about those kind of dreams.
Speaking of that, excuse me while I go get my bathing suit out and put it in my packing stack.

I am just thinking of wearing mine everyday till the cruise

 

[PizzieDuster]

I am just thinking of wearing mine everyday till the cruise

Jeez, this weather is so great, I could walk the dog and wear my top and get a heads up on my tan. My kids would be mortified I will admit, I do put some lotion on while I walk the dog...got to start somewhere!

 

[PizzieDuster]

Is the spread sheet for FE finalized? Of course, I'll have extras.

 

[megglas]

Funny you should mention...I was just logging on to post what I have! I don't know how to add an attachment (really, if we can add an attachment), so I am going to post here what I have - I am happy to bring hard copies too, unless someone else has a different style spreadsheet they think may work better (no offense taken there!).

Room Name Age Boy Girl Notes
1045 Stephen
Lisa
Kayla 8 Girl
Kathryn 5 Girl

2133 Mel Grandpa w/ room 2643
Caelan 16 Boy
James 14 Boy
Elijah 11 Boy

2142 David
Mary
Carsten 13 Boy
Calyssa 9 Girl

2620 David
Judy
Rachael 12 Girl
Rebecca 9 Girl

2643 Mike
Amber
Macylea 14 Girl
Mackenzie 7 Girl

6054 Phil 11th anniversary
Andrea
Katelin 10 Girl
Heather 7 Girl

6540 Alan
Michele (Mimi)
Nico 9 Boy
Jaxson 6 Boy

6562 Julie
Heather
Jayden 13 Boy
Rilie 11 Boy


7003 Chris
Terry Anne
Florie 4 Girl
Andrew 1 Boy

7016 Andy
Tara
Josh 5 Boy
Jack 2 Boy BD – Turns 3 Feb 1

7040 Drew
Bethany
Aidan 11 Boy
Riley 8 Boy

7068 Bill
Janice

7544 Heather
Jimmy 11 Boy
Andrew 5 Boy
Aubrey 5 Girl

8022 Jeff With room 6054
Karyn BD
Ashley 7 Girl
James 6 Boy

8024 Darlene
Stella
Lacey 13 Girl
Dakota 5 Boy

8040 Roxanne 36 BD Jan 31
Mike
Mikhaila 11 Girl
Dannan 7 Girl

 

[megglas]

So, it really looks a lot better in Excel.

Karyn - I see that you are having a BD but I didn't get the date - can you confirm it?

Thanks