November 12, 2011 - Magical Double Dip!

[DindelsPA]

Hope all have survived Mother Nature's most recent gift of weather relatively unscathed. LOL My obsessive / compulsive organizing self had a couple of thoughts to share. Let me know what you think:

1. I will be more than happy to maintain the roll call I started in post #146. With each new member to the thread I will point them there for the info. As we outline activites, meets, exchanges etc. I will update that post with links to the others. Follow me?

2. If your stateroom is GTY and you want to participate in the FEs do not worry about it. The FE Coordinator will maintain a list of changes / assignments on their stateroom door. At some point I will type out the 'groundrules' and such of the FEs for review / revision and link to it on the Roll Call post.

3. I do believe Holley, Disneydreamer82, agreed to do the organizing and such for the Gift Exchange. Holley, if you want to post a message with a description / rules / suggestions I will link to it from the Roll Call.


Although this will be my 6th cruise with DCL all of this is new to me. Please be patient and offer advice, help, suggestions, etc.

 

[disneydreamer82]

Gift Exchange Info

Meet & Greet in the Promenade Lounge Deck 3 at 3:00pm on Embarkation Day!!!!

We will meet in the Promenade Lounge at 3:00pm before the muster drill and sail-away to get to know one another briefly, put names to faces, and for those of you who would like to participate, we will also have a gift exchange!

Here's how it works:

Each family will bring a small gift to represent the area they are from, aka their hometown/state For example you could bring something from a local store like maybe a trinket from an artist in your hometown or if you are into sports bring something to represent your favorite home team. Last cruise on DCL, the gift I received was from a very sweet lady from Texas, she brought some local spices & coffee, along with a little Texas BBQ cookbook. It was really cool! It's just a simple gift nothing extravagant, that is unless you wanna give me a free cruise

No seriously just something light and fun.

At the meet & greet, I will have name-tags to hand out where we will put our DIS name along with our real name, so that we can identify one another easily Then for each person or family who has brought a gift, when you come in find me, I will be handing out some lei's & up at the bar looking like I am in charge: Also I'll be wearing a name-tag At that point I'll write down your name & put it into a bowl/hat for the drawing part. I will also jot your name down on a list of who is actually participating in the exchange. That way everyone who brings a gift will receive one in return You hang onto your gift and have a seat, get to know some other people, have a drink, just relax

Around 3:30pm, which should give everyone enough time to mosey on down, we will begin the exchange I will call a name from the list and that person will come up pull a name from the drawing pool and exchange gifts with the person whose name they have drawn.

Very simple lots of fun and it ensures that each person who brings shall receive And no one is pressured into bringing something, it's completely up to each family, but please do come and hang out with us either way!!!

Can't wait! It's gonna be sooooo much fun!!

 

[disneydreamer82]

I hope that makes sense!!! If anyone doesn't follow please don't hesitate to ask questions or offer suggestions

 

[DindelsPA]

I hope that makes sense!!! If anyone doesn't follow please don't hesitate to ask questions or offer suggestions

Awesome job!

 

[DindelsPA]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

Sending good thoughts your way that things fall into place for the perfect vacation!

 

[DindelsPA]

Check out this thread if you want to make a FE but don't know how to sew.

Also added the link on the Roll Call page.

 

[aseyrick]

Gift Exchange Info

2 Enthusiastic thumbs up!! I already know what to bring. Can it be a little funny too? (as long as it still represents our hometown)?

BTW - happy Friday, everyone!

 

[jenkh]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait

 

[officereg]

It is official ~ Cruise is paid in FULL

Gift exchange and FE sounds very neat. I cannot commit yet, but will certainly be following on this thread. I will let everyone know as soon as possible. We are traveling with 3 other families, and I do not want to impede on their plans.

Has anyone who is flying booked your flight yet? I am not sure if I want to book now, or chance it until SouthWest opens their flights for November.

 

[disneydreamer82]

Awesome job!

Thanks!!!

2 Enthusiastic thumbs up!! I already know what to bring. Can it be a little funny too? (as long as it still represents our hometown)?

BTW - happy Friday, everyone!

Absolutely!!!! It can be funny or strange or whatever you want it to be! Let your personality shine!!!

It is official ~ Cruise is paid in FULL

Gift exchange and FE sounds very neat. I cannot commit yet, but will certainly be following on this thread. I will let everyone know as soon as possible. We are traveling with 3 other families, and I do not want to impede on their plans.

Has anyone who is flying booked your flight yet? I am not sure if I want to book now, or chance it until SouthWest opens their flights for November.

Woohoo!!! We are debating whether to drive down and fly home or just fly roundtrip. In any event we haven't purchased our airline tix yet, but will as soon as we can

 

[LindaBabe]

Good Job DDreamer and DinDelPA! You've got us on a roll.

DinDel, did you know you can put a link to that post in your signiture so you wouldn't have to keep reposting it?

If someone knows the OP (Headricks5) personally - perhaps a gentle hint to revisit this thread would be in order?

 

[disneydreamer82]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait

I know, it makes it so much more real And all that much closer!!!! I cannot wait either!!

Good Job DDreamer and DinDelPA! You've got us on a roll.

DinDel, did you know you can put a link to that post in your signiture so you wouldn't have to keep reposting it?

If someone knows the OP (Headricks5) personally - perhaps a gentle hint to revisit this thread would be in order?

Thank you!!!

 

[aseyrick]

officereg - We're waiting for SWA to come out w/ their flights for Nov. Generally, the initial rates are super low. Plus, you can't beat a direct flight that lets you bring 2 suitcases for free!

 

[aseyrick]

Not DCL related, but thought I'd share it w/ everyone. We just found this website a couple of days ago ... http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/ Talk about a tear-jerker. Anyway, we just adopted our 1st soldier, a 19-yr old Specialist in Afghanistan! Very cool.

 

[disneydreamer82]

Not DCL related, but thought I'd share it w/ everyone. We just found this website a couple of days ago ... http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/ Talk about a tear-jerker. Anyway, we just adopted our 1st soldier, a 19-yr old Specialist in Afghanistan! Very cool.

How awesome!!

 

[LindaBabe]

Hello everyone!

Just a wee bump back to the top!

 

[disneydreamer82]

Hello everyone!

Just a wee bump back to the top!

 

[scottjm]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait

OK, I know it is still (sigh) 9 months away, but I am really getting ready to get ready for this. We have taken spring cruises for the past 3 years, so it just seems like the season. I will se SO ready come November!

 

[disneydreamer82]

OK, I know it is still (sigh) 9 months away, but I am really getting ready to get ready for this. We have taken spring cruises for the past 3 years, so it just seems like the season. I will se SO ready come November!

It will be less than 9 months in about 5 days!

 

[LindaBabe]

Another wee bump, just so's we're not forgotten!