OCT 16 2010......7 Night Western.... "BRING BACK THE MAGIC"!

[livingis2me]

Dizzi,

Great start with post one!

 

[squitty]

Wow!

Fantastic updates

Now that is what I call planning nenner1.

I would be more than happy to help with anything I can. I am here everyday too, maybe the middle of the night to some of you.

 

[nenner1]

Wow!

Fantastic updates

Now that is what I call planning nenner1.

I would be more than happy to help with anything I can. I am here everyday too, maybe the middle of the night to some of you.

As much as I'd like to, I can't take credit for it. One of the girls on our cruise, Kimberly (Buckeye Gal) did all that hard work! Oh, well the spreadsheet is mine. But it was wrong!

Post 1...Lookin' good!

 

[livingis2me]

Hey all,

Nenner1 has written the next installment of our last trip report "Back To The Island". Check it out, it's great! Actually all three are great, great pics from around the ship and ports, not to mention she is a terrific writer. Check out the links on the bottom of her posts. They kinda make you feel like you were there. ...well maybe that's because I was.

She is modest and would never pimp them out on her own. But I'm not! Check them out!

 

[MouseMadness]

I am absolutely in awe at the level of organization on that posted example from nenner1

Wow! That is amazing! As I was scrolling down the post, my DH walked by and couldn't belive how much time and effort everyone had put into that cruise. Needless to say, he was really interested to see all the "extras" we can do to make it even more fun and special. And, by the way, he ended up going back and reading all the posts from the beginning

I'd be happy to help out, too, if I can. I don't get onto the board everyday, but I check it out as often as I can

Also, did we decide on a cruise logo yet? (DizzylandDeb did a nice job) Anymore ideas? Anyone creative out there? I'm not good with that sort of thing, so I don't have much to offer.

and yes, the Double Dip Delight logo is Fantastic

 

[dizzi]

Thanks for the compliments guys, i am new to this FIRST PAGE thing....Hope i can do it justice for you.

I know this is part of YOUR HARD EARNED MUCH NEEDED VACATION, so i will give it 100%

As far as a logo i did like DIZZYDEBS...what i could see of it, can it be made bigger and can we add dates etc to it?

i am NO GOOD WITH that kind of thing so any one else who is you guys have fun with that.

Dont know what you guys ran into for your cruise NENNER1 and livingis2me, but the cruise i ended up canceling we were having trouble finding someone to make t shirts for us as it had Disney characters on our logo so they ended up just making them, themselves with that logo. Like Iron on printed out from own printer. So we want to keep that in mind becasue of copyright issues, did you guys run into anything because of your Mickey head??????

 

[DizzylandDeb]

Thanks for the compliments guys, i am new to this FIRST PAGE thing....Hope i can do it justice for you.

As far as a logo i did like DIZZYDEBS...what i could see of it, can it be made bigger and can we add dates etc to it?

I can make the logo larger. It started out HUGE, then I shrunk it down. It has the dates on it, but kind of got lost cuz it's so small now. I'll also tinker around and try something new . . .I've been reading the door sign thread and getting all sorts of ideas from that. I'll work on it tonight when I get home. And if anyone else has ideas, lets see them too. It'd be fun to see what we come up with.

 

[dizzi]

Oh yes it does have dates on it....sorry my bad eyes i think.

Another thing we might want to consider, is the color, it seems fine to me, but when we start wanting to add it to TSHIRTS i am not sure but some may want to put it on LIME GREEN tees so just make sure it wont clash with the LIME GREEN!!!

 

[DizzylandDeb]

Oh yes it does have dates on it....sorry my bad eyes i think.

Another thing we might want to consider, is the color, it seems fine to me, but when we start wanting to add it to TSHIRTS i am not sure but some may want to put it on LIME GREEN tees so just make sure it wont clash with the LIME GREEN!!!

Good point. My other idea was using a picture of the ship with a beach background (there are several examples on the door thread) . . .kind of like the logo the "Pinky's" had for their cruise last week . . .but different of course!

I've downloaded lots of pictures and fonts . . .I'll see what I can come up with.

 

[dizzi]

COOL COOL.......... So excited

 

[livingis2me]

With the t-shirt thing I'm pretty sure everyone who wanted one made their own with a iron-on transfer they made themselves. We did not do the shirt thing. We just wore our lanyards with the logos around to identify that we were part of the group.

But the iron-on thing would most likely be the easiest way to do it logistically. Most of the people that had them wore them at embarkation, so you'd want to make sure you had them before you left for PC. And having them made, shipping, sizing, etc. could get expensive. You'll want to save as much $ as possible for your drinks of the day, excursions, spa, palo, drinks of the day...

 

[dizzi]

yeah i think the iron on is the way to go too!

It is pretty simple and fairly inexpensive

 

[dizzi]

WOW i was just looking at my ticker and i need to get working on my itenerary for my WDW trip. We are taking newbies soo i have a pretty explicit plan so they can see as much as possible without it feeling like a marathon tour!
But it is inlaws so you never know if they will be hapy with what you do or not........
SORRY HONEY i know you are going to join ur thread tonight!

When it is not inlwas and just pure family...thenit would be like.... like or not this is what we are doing.................

 

[nenner1]

Hey all,

Nenner1 has written the next installment of our last trip report "Back To The Island".......
She is modest and would never pimp them out on her own. But I'm not! Check them out!

Isn't he great?
All I will add is that besides the double dip part of it, this was a Western cruise we went on so anybody looking for ideas of things to do in port, we did somewhat unique excursions....so you might get ideas from that (I haven't gotten that far yet, though!)

Also, did we decide on a cruise logo yet? (DizzylandDeb did a nice job) Anymore ideas? Anyone creative out there? I'm not good with that sort of thing, so I don't have much to offer.

and yes, the Double Dip Delight logo is Fantastic

Can't take credit for that either, although I was supposed to be the one to make the logo for that cruise I got beat to it...

As far as a logo i did like DIZZYDEBS...what i could see of it, can it be made bigger and can we add dates etc to it?

I think it is perfect as a tag for our signatures on the board!

We could have another logo also that has a "picture" {clip art} on it for T-shirts and magnets.

i am NO GOOD WITH that kind of thing so any one else who is you guys have fun with that.

I am fairly good at that kind of thing, I have two issues, program and time. I had a trial version of Photoshop that has now expired. I haven't found Gimp user frendly nor does Paint.net have the kind of options Photoshop does, so right now I do not have a Graphic program that is of use to me. I do have Paint Shop Pro somewhere but I need to install it and I have never used it before so I will have a bit of learning curve. I also have a 5 month old, older children that participate in activities ( youth football, youth cheerleading, competitive dance company, etc.), and on top of that I work nights (graveyard) so that explains the lack of time factor....

I however do have an idea I've been tossing around in my head. It is based on a older Castaway Cay magnet that includes a Mickey Head sunset and the ship...I just need the spare time to work it all out. (Just going through my graphics is a chore, I have 3,722 files (in 127 categorized folders) of strictly DISNEY clip art... 1.83 Gigs......Most of it is DCL, too..

Dont know what you guys ran into for your cruise NENNER1 and livingis2me, but the cruise i ended up canceling we were having trouble finding someone to make t shirts for us as it had Disney characters on our logo so they ended up just making them, themselves with that logo. Like Iron on printed out from own printer. So we want to keep that in mind becasue of copyright issues, did you guys run into anything because of your Mickey head??????

Actually some people did, and some people didn't. Quite a few people got T-shirts and etc. from Cafe Press, but others did have a copyright issue. It did not have much rhyme or reason to it, as people were getting things in the beginning and the end, so I think it was luck of the draw when dealing with Cafe Press. There was another company a couple of people used and did not have an issue. Also my FE gift was personalized (I'm not saying what cause I will probably do them again) and I had no issues at all with a Mickey Head graphic printed on them. A lot of people did make their own and they came out really nice!

Oh yes it does have dates on it....sorry my bad eyes i think.

Another thing we might want to consider, is the color, it seems fine to me, but when we start wanting to add it to TSHIRTS i am not sure but some may want to put it on LIME GREEN tees so just make sure it wont clash with the LIME GREEN!!!

My idea has lots of blue and lime in it if I could just translate it from what is in my head into a graphic...

Good point. My other idea was using a picture of the ship with a beach background (there are several examples on the door thread) . . .kind of like the logo the "Pinky's" had for their cruise last week . . .but different of course!

I've downloaded lots of pictures and fonts . . .I'll see what I can come up with.

We should stay away from using an actual photo. It should be clip art (or "cartoonish"). Real photos can have clarity issues and really don't resize well. Of course the image will have to be made very large intially so it can be shrunk down..any image you have to blow up will get pixellated.

WOW i was just looking at my ticker and i need to get working on my itenerary for my WDW trip.

It is a great time to be down here...right before Thanksgiving....the weather is gorgeous!

 

[nenner1]

Geez....I have made no less than 10 of those rotating tickers cause I keep messing up on them and I just realized my WDW one had a ship on it as a slider instead of the monorail I had intended. Ay.

 

[DizzylandDeb]

 

[dizzi]

Actually for us WDW is UP there, but yes for my INLAWS it is a great time for them to come down! I think they will enjoy it.

 

[dizzi]

Just a thought about the logo, since it is BRING BACK THE MAGIC what about somethign that shows, a map of where it was and where it is now???

Oh well just a thought.

 

[dizzi]

DIZZYDEB i love the blue one........
If it is okay i would like to use it as a magnet.

It is kind of like saying the MAGIC is BACK by the caste where it belongs!!!

 

[DizzylandDeb]

DIZZYDEB i love the blue one........
If it is okay i would like to use it as a magnet.

It is kind of like saying the MAGIC is BACK by the caste where it belongs!!!

You can use which ever one you like. I resized them to fit different applications.

A map would be good too . . .I don't have a map graphic though . . . so . . . someone else?