barkley sounding in here! we will be coming in from california on the 6th and staying at saratoga springs resort until the 11th when we head to cape canveral for the night (and yes, for you fellow dvc members: i used every point left in my current use year, borrowed from next year and even had to rent a few extra-but with travel time and expense we usualy do a BIG TRIP every 2 years with our dvc interest vs. those of you lucky enough to live closer to "home" for more frequent visits:>).
with regard to the questions on postcards-the way we (Halloween Cruise ala Magic) did it before was to rally a count of the kids (and adults) that wanted to participate, then each participant brought onto the cruise enough post cards from their home town/state or nearby point of interest to trade one card with everybody else. it was fun listening to the kids talk about their cards and question each other about the differences in climates, school scheduals and the all important television offerings. it was even more fun when the adults tried to guess about what a town was like based on it's "official postcard".
with regards to get togethers-we had one poster who was very enthusiastic and actualy gathered everyones names, cabin numbers and dinner seatings-called the cruise line and managed to get everyone on the same dining room rotations and assigned to large group tables for both the early seated and the late. i don't know that anyone wants to volunteer to undertake something like that, but if someone is booking the "romantic escapes" package that allows pre boarding reservations at Palo's-from what i've seen on other threads you can make a reservation for more than yourself and your spouse- if you wanted to call and see if you could book for a small group at the brunch or high tea (we will be celebrating all of these anniversaries after all), that might be fun. but as far as informal goes-it's just a matter of picking a time and a place. it might be fun to pick a time and spot during the bon voyage party, then everyone can decide from there.
oh, yeah-another idea is to wear a nametag during boarding with your dis name, we had several people do this and it was a hoot to hear a scream in the terminal of "oh my god, DISPHAN220000! it's so good to be able to put a face with a name; honey this is DISPHAN-you know, i've been talking to her for months!".
well we have a lot of time to come up with ideas, and it sounds like the majority of the kids are in the same age range so those of you who are letting your kids know about the trip might canvas them for ideas (as for me-mine won't know until 11/1, that will give them 4 days to bounce off the walls at school and only 1 day of "are we leaving yet" for me to contend with).
talk again soon-
barkely
Who knows....I have wondered this from the day I started this thread....how come no one else had already started one....and where is everyone? 
Talk to you later.....DIS NURSE 
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" call! We need 16 cards to cover the kids, but DU, DMIL and Aunt (DA?) perhaps should be included....
I (we) really want a water slide at our pool. Non at the value resorts, right?
