Nov. 24, 2010 4 Day Wonder Turkey Cruise!

[Mom 3 mouseketeers]

Anyone else booked on the 4 Day Turkey Day Cruise?!!!

Just booked today! This will be our 3rd cruise and we are so excited!

Me, DH, DS (10), DD (9) and DS (7) at time of cruise.

Anyone joining us?

 

[LarryGadget]

We're going! Just booked last week. 4 day AKL before the cruise. DW, DD(12) and DD(14).

 

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list

 

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi!! We are booked on the Turkey Day Wonder as well!! It will be my DH (Chuck), our DS (Mason) who will be 11 and me (Lisa)!! We have been on the Magic for Turkey Day the past few years. However, Mason will be starting middle school in the fall and it will be more difficult for him to miss a week of school.

Lisa

 

[buckeyejennifer]

Hi All! We just booked the 4-night cruise today! We had been booked on the 7-night on the Magic, but I was worried that 7 nights would be a bit too long for us. We went on the 4-night last year over Thanksgiving and thought it was perfect! So much fun!

We are DVC Owners at Animal Kingdom Villas and plan to spend two nights there before our cruise!

Thanks for getting the thread going--anyone planning on Fish Extenders? If so, count us in! We had a ball last year and now that I have some good ideas from last year's exchange, I can't wait to do it again!

Jennifer, DH and DD (Age 3)

 

[LarryGadget]

OK. I have no idea what a Fish Extender is? I guess I have some research to do!!

 

[buckeyejennifer]

OOOH...Fish extenders are super fun! Outside each stateroom is a "fish" that was placed there as a decoration. It is the perfect place to hang a "fish extender", which is just a contraption designed to hold some goodies! You can find one if you search this site. You can make one or you can also buy one on eBay or etsy from crafty people who make them (which is what I did!)

Everyone from the board who wants to participate lists their stateroom and who is staying there (with ages). Then, everyone delivers a goodie to everyone else's fish extender during the cruise. Nothing expensive, just fun and creative. Everytime you come back to your room, there is a surprise waiting! Some people gave candy, fun toys, etc. It was a lot of fun!!

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Hello All:

We are booked on this cruise also. Me (Wendy) DD 11 and DH (Larry) looking forward to meeting everyone... We have sailed with ICEMANPAD and family before and it has been great !!

Wendy

 

[ICEMANPAD]

Hello All:

We are booked on this cruise also. Me (Wendy) DD 11 and DH (Larry) looking forward to meeting everyone... We have sailed with ICEMANPAD and family before and it has been great !!

Wendy

Hi Wendy!!

We are looking forward to sailing with ya'all!!

Lisa

 

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi All! We just booked the 4-night cruise today! We had been booked on the 7-night on the Magic, but I was worried that 7 nights would be a bit too long for us. We went on the 4-night last year over Thanksgiving and thought it was perfect! So much fun!

We are DVC Owners at Animal Kingdom Villas and plan to spend two nights there before our cruise!

Thanks for getting the thread going--anyone planning on Fish Extenders? If so, count us in! We had a ball last year and now that I have some good ideas from last year's exchange, I can't wait to do it again!

Jennifer, DH and DD (Age 3)

Jennifer-

We would like to participate in a Fish Extender Exchange!!
We are also DVC members and just stayed at AK (Jambo House) over Memorial Day weekend!! It was amazing!! We saw zebras, giraffes and may other incredible animals from our balcony!!

Lisa

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

We would like to participate in the FE exchange also. Lisa and Chuck turned us onto Orientail Trading and it is the BEST....

Starting to look at a few tours....

w

 

[ICEMANPAD]

We labeled them "other incredible animals" largely b/c we have no idea what they really were..LOL

Chuck

 

[LarryGadget]

We just ordered our Fish Extender from StitchesNBows on ETSY.COM. It was easy to do and the Jen who makes them was really nice and emailed me a couple of times to get the names and the Mickey's and Minnie's just right!

 

[buckeyejennifer]

We labeled them "other incredible animals" largely b/c we have no idea what they really were..LOL

Chuck

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

We just ordered our Fish Extender from StitchesNBows on ETSY.COM. It was easy to do and the Jen who makes them was really nice and emailed me a couple of times to get the names and the Mickey's and Minnie's just right!

We ordered a mini from that site before and we really liked it. We got a Cruzin one we use now.... Very nice.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Wendy

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Our family has decided to pay a visit to one of our DVC homes prior to the cruise... Saratoga Springs... We are going to head down to Disney on Friday, 19th and try to take in the the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.... Got to make it to the World for a few days..

wendy

 

[ICEMANPAD]

Our family has decided to pay a visit to one of our DVC homes prior to the cruise... Saratoga Springs... We are going to head down to Disney on Friday, 19th and try to take in the the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.... Got to make it to the World for a few days..

wendy

Sounds like a great plan!!

Lisa

 

[iwrbnd]

Hello everybody! We just booked this cruise, too! It will be our 1st cruise & the 1st time my kids will have seen an ocean which is extra sad considering they are 17, 14, 11 & 7! We are sooo excited! Well, I THINK my 17 year old is but you can never tell w/that age! We are new DVC owners & will be staying 3 night at SSS before & 2 nights at BLT after! We've never been to Disney during Christmas so I hope we can see the Osbourne Lights, Processional & MVMCP! This will be a big trip for us but our oldest son is a senior & realizing we haven't taken enough family trips before the birds begin leaving the nest! I have a lot to learn before this trip so any advice or tips are welcome! I'll have to research fish extenders!

 

[buckeyejennifer]

Hello everybody! We just booked this cruise, too! It will be our 1st cruise & the 1st time my kids will have seen an ocean which is extra sad considering they are 17, 14, 11 & 7! We are sooo excited! Well, I THINK my 17 year old is but you can never tell w/that age! We are new DVC owners & will be staying 3 night at SSS before & 2 nights at BLT after! We've never been to Disney during Christmas so I hope we can see the Osbourne Lights, Processional & MVMCP! This will be a big trip for us but our oldest son is a senior & realizing we haven't taken enough family trips before the birds begin leaving the nest! I have a lot to learn before this trip so any advice or tips are welcome! I'll have to research fish extenders!

Welcome! You will have such a great time--both the planning and the cruise! We're new DVC owners too (at AKV), so we'll be spending two days at WDW before the cruise. We're going to stay at BWV this time! Can't wait! Christmas is really the only time of year we go--we love the decorations and the festivity of both WDW and DCL. The ship looks amazing at the holidays and even Castaway Cay is festive!

Fish extenders are super fun and I'm sure your kiddos (even the big ones) will get in on the fun!

Let us know if you have questions!

 

[iwrbnd]

Welcome! You will have such a great time--both the planning and the cruise! We're new DVC owners too (at AKV), so we'll be spending two days at WDW before the cruise. We're going to stay at BWV this time! Can't wait! Christmas is really the only time of year we go--we love the decorations and the festivity of both WDW and DCL. The ship looks amazing at the holidays and even Castaway Cay is festive!

Fish extenders are super fun and I'm sure your kiddos (even the big ones) will get in on the fun!

Let us know if you have questions!

Thanks for the welcome! I am so excited! I have a million questions! I'll start slow...first one is will the decorations for Christmas be on the boat yet? Second is how warm will it be over Thanksgiving? I'm worried it will be cold!

I'm definately looking into the fish extenders! I've never been during the holidays! Actually, I've only been to WDW 3 times in my life but I LOVE it there and plan to go much more now that we have DVC!