nov 28, 2010 - 4 night cruise on wonder

[RadioFanatic]

I facebook too! Peggy, I asked to friend you - I'm Kimberly. And I asked to join the group too!

 

[Angelhalo]

Just got off the Wonder today! We booked this cruise too. It will be DH, myself, and one other couple. None of us have kidlettes.

 

[mannpeg729]

glad you joined our little thread! looking forward to a wonderful cruise... we can hardly wait. how about you? what are you most looking forward to?

 

[Angelhalo]

glad you joined our little thread! looking forward to a wonderful cruise... we can hardly wait. how about you? what are you most looking forward to?

We spent a LOT of time in the pool last time. It was great but I want to do some of old standby's this time too like daytime alcohol tastings, see a movie, play some games in the pub and so on!

 

[RadioFanatic]

Hi Angelhalo! It will be nice to have an experienced DISer on board since the rest of us are DCL newbies! Are you on FB? We have a page there.

 

[DaveH]

How all, we just booked this cruise a few days ago. This will be our 4th cruise. We are doing this one and the one after as B2B cruises. DW's birthday is during this cruise also. So we are celebrating her birthday and seeing the holiday decorations. This is a double win for us.

 

[DaveH]

Of course I facebook
I made a group for us here
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=337641382325&ref=mf


If you're cruising Nov 28 please join us!

I sent a request.

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

Hi all! I'm DW to Dave H above and I just asked to join the FB group, too.

We're cruising alone, too--kids are all grown and gone. Disney helps a lot to feed the grandma-wanna-be in me! Like Dave said, this will be our 4th DCL cruise and one of my favorite things to do is to hang over the railing on Deck 4 and watch the kids meeting and interacting with the characters down in the Atrium. It's soooo magical!!!

Angelhalo, I've done both the martini tasting and the tequila tasting and can tell you they are both fabulous fun!!! I'm thinking I may sign up for them again along with the wine tasting, this time. Just not all on the same day, of course! Shall we "buddy up" to the bar?

Can't wait for November. I've already started planning my Fish Extender gifts, in the hopes we'll get a group going for that. Anybody else interested?

 

[RadioFanatic]

Hi Beth and Dave! Happy to have you join us. I'm so excited to see the group get larger! Where is your room?

Who is doing early dinner v. late? We are early.

 

[RadioFanatic]

Can't wait for November. I've already started planning my Fish Extender gifts, in the hopes we'll get a group going for that. Anybody else interested?

I would be willing to join; but am unsure of the details. Could you explain it to us? I don't want to lead it though since this DCL experience is new to me.

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

I would be willing to join; but am unsure of the details. Could you explain it to us? I don't want to lead it though since this DCL experience is new to me.

The Fish Extender thing is like a mini-exchange. On the wall outside each cabin door is a metal fish that is actually a super strong spring-clip. It's to hold messages and such--like an invitation to come to the Disney Vacation Club presentation. Some positively brilliant person came up with the idea of extending these fish by hanging a bag or set of pockets from the fish where fellow cruisers could leave little gifts. People on the thread will sign up to participate and during the cruise, will make the rounds to each cabin that is signed up and leave presents for their new friends. It's so much fun being an FE Fairy (or whatever you want to call it)! The gifts can be as much or as little as the giver desires--no maximum and no minimum. You can also choose to gift each person in the cabin/family or just do one gift per cabin/family. Someone on this thread will need to volunteer to coordinate it and will collect all the names, ages, and cabin numbers of the participants. (OK, twist my arm-I'll do it) About 30 days out, the list will be closed to any additions and the complete list will be either published on the thread or sent by PM to each of the people who signed up their cabin/family. That's so everybody knows exactly how many gifts to prepare. On our 7-day cruise, we were each assigned a day to deliver our goodies, so that everybody received something each day. But on the other 2 cruises, it was whenever we chose to make the deliveries.

Check out other threads on the DCL board that mention Fish Extenders in the topic. There are tons of pictures of the different FEs that people used. I've seen everything from a plastic Wal-Mart bag to a vinyl shower caddy to the handmade personalized pockets you can get on eBay. One of my favorites threads is the one where people show off the handmade items they've given out. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980639&highlight=handmade

Decorating your door with magnets is another really fun thing to do. Check out some of these threads with pictures of doors and DISigns:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2281626&highlight=door+pictures
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2440038
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

Hi Beth and Dave! Happy to have you join us. I'm so excited to see the group get larger! Where is your room?

Who is doing early dinner v. late? We are early.

We're in Cabin 6099--we settled for the smaller inside room so we could swing the B2B. We're dining early, too! Dining late doesn't leave me enough time to "work it off" before bedtime. I just hope we get some fun tablemates this time. On our last cruise we had a gentleman who spoke no English! I felt so bad!! Heck, I'd be happy to link reservations with a family with kids so we could REALLY have fun at the dinner table!!

 

[RadioFanatic]

We're in Cabin 6099--we settled for the smaller inside room so we could swing the B2B. We're dining early, too! Dining late doesn't leave me enough time to "work it off" before bedtime. I just hope we get some fun tablemates this time. On our last cruise we had a gentleman who spoke no English! I felt so bad!! Heck, I'd be happy to link reservations with a family with kids so we could REALLY have fun at the dinner table!!

If you are in for a crazy almost three year old, we would link with you but I don't know how to do it! I saw you were from Sterling - I grew up in Roanoke!

So we only have to do one gift per family, meaning not multiple days, correct? If others are in, I'll do it too! And I would love to nominate you to lead!

 

[RadioFanatic]

who on ebay are reputable to order the fish extender pockets from?

 

[mannpeg729]

seeing more people join makes me feel like time is actually passing and we will eventually get to go on our cruise!! feels like we've been waiting forever!!!

nice to meet you, new friends!

i am considering doing the fish extender, a little intimidated, mostly becuase i have a tendency to go overboard on making crafty things and i will drive myself crazy figuring out just what i'd like to do!! but seriously, i would be interested in doing it.

take care!!

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

If you are in for a crazy almost three year old, we would link with you but I don't know how to do it! I saw you were from Sterling - I grew up in Roanoke!

So we only have to do one gift per family, meaning not multiple days, correct? If others are in, I'll do it too! And I would love to nominate you to lead!

OMG, Kimberly! I would LOVE a crazy almost 3 year old!! A friend of mine has a 3 year old and they've nick-named me "Faux Nana". I love kids and miss the little ones so bad, I dropped out of choir at church in order to teach the 4 year old Sunday School class. I've got the Grandma-wanna-be thing really bad and it doesn't look like either of my grown kids is going to do anything about it. Sigh...

I've never linked ressies with anyone before, but I think all you have to do is to let your travel agent (or DCL, if you booked your cruise yourself) know that you would like to be linked and give them the name. There's no guarantee, but I've heard they've honored requests in the past.

And yeah, you only have to gift each FE participant once, not every day. If you WANT to do it every day, that's allowed, of course.

Peggy, I tend to go overboard making the crafty things, too. Now that we've done it a few times, I might have finally learned my lesson. Last year, I needed a whole separate suitcase for my gifts. I had decorated 8x10 mats and made them into hanging picture frames for each adult and 5x7 ones for each kid. Then, since I knew the kids wouldn't be all that thrilled with "a stupid frame", I put together goodie bags of Disney trinkets and beach or pirate themed party favors. Yeah, a little over the top. I'm planning much smaller items this time.

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

who on ebay are reputable to order the fish extender pockets from?

I just checked ebay and there are only 2 people selling fish extenders right now. I can't remember for sure, but I think I got our personalized one from gradysmommy. I know it came from NC, anyway. And it's gorgeous--a little smaller than I expected, but perfectly adequate.

 

[RadioFanatic]

Beth, I see you are going for your bday and anniversary - we are going for our 12th anniversary - it's teh first night - 11/28! When is yours?

 

[CrazyBoutDisney]

Beth, I see you are going for your bday and anniversary - we are going for our 12th anniversary - it's teh first night - 11/28! When is yours?

Ya know, I think this cruise is going to be one long PARTY!!! My birthday is the 2nd night, 11/29. Our anniversary is actually not until Jan 1st, but we're celebrating on the cruise anyway. It will be our 10th. Yes, we both had previous lives before finally finding the RIGHT one!

 

[RadioFanatic]

Ya know, I think this cruise is going to be one long PARTY!!! My birthday is the 2nd night, 11/29. Our anniversary is actually not until Jan 1st, but we're celebrating on the cruise anyway. It will be our 10th. Yes, we both had previous lives before finally finding the RIGHT one!

Congrats on the big 1-0! And kudos to finding the RIGHT one! And I agree about the party!