October 16, 2008 3 night

[zulaya]

Here's the link to the Fish Extender thread...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

 

[Crazy4Disney06]

Hi there,
I haven't been on in awhile. The summer just flew by didn't it.

Anyways Atlantis sounds fun but my oldest son will want to do the Pirate Museum for sure. I still haven't told my kids about the trip, I will be surprising them the second week of Septemeber.

Does anyone have directions on how to make the Fish Extenders without being able to sew? Or does someone sell them on Ebay? That may be essier for an uncrafty person like myself.

I have an issue. I booked a flight for Oct 14th, but we will be arriving in Orlando @11:00pm. I know bad flight time, but I didn't want my oldest to miss anymore school than he has to, especially his Algebra class, so I booked a later flight. But does anyone have any suggestions as to where we should stay, I am thinking by the time we get our luggage and bearings it will be almost midnight. Should I just stay at the Hilton Airport?

I don't remember who said it either, but whoever got the car rental for a week for $94, how did you score that? I keep looking on Expedia, and the lowest I find is @ $150.00 for a week. Which drives me nuts since the cruise days the car will sit idle. But I like having a car and being able to go where ever, whenever.

Anyways, my kids start school next week, I was going to tell them about the trip next week, but my parents are on vacation, and I am sending my kids on a little scavenger hunt with clues, and my parents have the perfect garden and back yard to do the hunt, (and then they can also be there for it), but I have to wait until they get home from Vagas now. We went out to dinner with the neighbor and she asked me "So when do you leave for your cruise"... Luckily we were at Space Aliens, a very loud restaurant with all the video games and stuff and the kids were so preoccupied with one another and their surroundings that they missed it. So my surprise was almost foiled!

We got a room at the Hyatt in side MCO airport for our arrival with a government rate of $111.00.

 

[brucechase]

The wife just got done with the fish extender. She used heat tape and several kinds of material. It looks great, but I have to figure out how to post pictures. As soon as I do, I will let you see.

Also, I just got done making a couple of magnets for the door. Actually went to Home Depot and picked up a couple of Mickey Ear samples and cut off everything but the Mickey head. I then put a piece of magnetic tape on the back. I'll try to post a picture of that also.

 

[zulaya]

brucechase--

Easiest way is to get yourself a Photobucket account. It's free at photobucket.com

Then you can upload pics and have links to them.

 

[brucechase]

Thanks, I'll sign up now.

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Still don't know what I'm doing so I might have to read the instructions.

OK, instructions are good. Only 15 minutes and I'm able to post a pic. Now the possibilities are truly endless.

 

[Smiley22]

Count me in on the fish extender. Not sure what to do but I think I can figure it out. I also have to make costumes for my DH and myself as we are going to the MNSSHP at MK on the 19th. I had costumes all set until I read a little more on the boards and was reminded how hot it still is in October. I had planned on Bride and Groom (since we are celebrating our Anniversery thought it was perfect) DH would not have been happy in Black Tux with tails in 85+ weather. So if anyone needs a Tux jacket let me know It was a steal on Ebay. Now I dont have a clue what to do. He is willing to dress up so I want to make the most of it. If I think of something I will pass it by everyone to make sure I don't go a little too dorky. Who am I kidding I never feel dorky its just having fun. Who cares if people think we are nuts. I am also thinking of getting T-shirts made for pirate night with something clever. I do sew and am pretty crafty so these things are the easy part.....now the door magnet. I am so lost. I have put requests on one of the boards but feel so quilty about it. It seems some people are so demanding I didnt even want to request one. I guess I will have to tackle that at some point. Time is really starting to tick down. I'm too excited to sleep.

 

[zulaya]

Why don't you just get some Bride and Groom Mickey Ears? That way you can still get in on your anniversary theme without it being so hot.

 

[Smiley22]

I do have those already as that was part of my costume. I think I may have come up with something. Mr & Mrs potato head....with changable features. DH said he would do it. I was thinking I can have pirate eye patch, different noses and mouth etc. I think I can work with this. Just in the planning stage but it will work. What to you guys think??

 

[brucechase]

Count me in on the fish extender.

Great, we will have to figure out exactly how we want to do this and what kind of gifts to exchange. I am open for any suggestion.

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....now the door magnet. I am so lost. I have put requests on one of the boards but feel so quilty about it. It seems some people are so demanding I didnt even want to request one. I guess I will have to tackle that at some point. Time is really starting to tick down. I'm too excited to sleep.

About the magnets, I have been playing around with a few things and I think I can do most of what everyone sees here (if I can find the blalnk picture). I am not sure why some people don't want to post the blank and instead do all the work for everyone. My first picture post (on the previous page) was a blank liscense plate that I "created" (took others work and erased everything I didnt want). I also took the name tag and created a blank and made my own. I also hate asking everyone to do this for me since I am capable of doing it myself. I will be more than happy to post any blanks or even fill in names and sayings for anyone on our cruise that wants me to do it. I just laminate the stuff and put small magnets on the back. Works great and is a lot less expensive than $2 per magnetic sheet to print on. I'll try to post some of what I've done over the next couple of days.

 

[brucechase]

OK, here are a couple:

 

[Smiley22]

I have quite a few blank designs that I like. What program are you using to personalize them?

 

[brucechase]

I have a Photoshop knockoff called PStudio, but I've found that putting them in either Word or better yet, PowerPoint does wonders. If you want me to do anything, I'll PM you my email and you can send me the blanks and I'll personalize any way you want. It takes only a couple of minutes for me to do each one (lots of practice). Let me know if you want me to help you out, I really don't mind.

 

[gillenfamily]

Hi Everyone,
Just discovered the list. We will be on the October 16, 3 night cruise. 4 Days at Disney before that staying at the Beach Club. Me (47) and my lovely bride (46) and our two boys 11 and 13. Looking for other families with similar aged kids so they will have instant friends to hang out with.

Regards,
Greg Gillen

 

[zulaya]

Hey Greg! I'll have DD11 and DS12 on board! I'm sure they'd love to have some kids their age to hang with as well!

 

[Butterx3]

Hey Greg,
I have a 13 year old son also. He will be glad to know there is another boy his age on the cruise. Isn't there some kind of open house in the evening just to check out the clubs. Are you signing your boys up for the bike/kayac thing on Castaway Cay?

 

[2Princes2Princesses]

Hey everyone!!!

I am Steph. I will be on the 10/16 cruise too. Our party is: Me(35), DH John (36), Mom Lil (72), Sister Avis (42), and the kids: DD 15, DS 13, DD 5, and DS 3. We are in 2 cat 10s on deck 7.

This is the 2nd cruise for me, I did a 4 night in 2007, but the first for everyone else.

I do the signs with the lamination and magnets. I buy a roll of the sticky back magnet tape at the craft store and cut a few pieces off.

I did shirts last year for MNSSHP too. I use Paint.NET to personalize. It is free, can be downloaded from the website and they have forums where people share tips on using it.

We are flying down the night before and staying at the BWV and our ME tags showed up today. I can't wait!!! 39 days!!!!

 

[gatorcruiser]

Hi everyone,

This will be our very first cruise! It will just be me (38) and our DD (12). My DH had to sit this trip out.

I'd love to participate in the fish extenders.

Is anyone thinking of going to Atalntis by way of the Comfort Suites? I am seriously considering this but there are 5 of us and that would mean 2 rooms. If someone with 3 or more than 4 are doing this I would consider splitting the cost for the 2nd room. Is anyone else thinking of doing this for our cruise?????

We are planning on getting ressies to Comfort Inn & Suites. Since there are only 2 of us we would definitly be willing to share ressies. So Bruce if you had to get 2 rooms let me know if I can split the cost of that 2nd room.

Debby

 

[brucechase]

Welcome aboard Debby (Gatorcruiser), For the comfort suites, I only booked 1 room since the MIL didn't care too much for water slides. BUT, livinthedisneydream also booked the CS and they are only 2 in the room. Get with them and split the room. She will have to cancel the Res and rebook for 4 people, but that will save you both a significant amount of money. And lets all meet at a spot to get a cab together to go over there. They usually wait until it is full before they leave and with all that we have, we are close to the 12 person limit of the cab. We can get there much easier than sitting in a cab waiting on the person trying to get others to ride with us.

By the way, I see you are in FL, did you get a FL resident rate for this cruise? Where at in FL? I grew up in Kissimmee and went to college in Melbourne.

Since we have several kids around that age, we all need to get them together so they have some "friends" before hand. My 11 YO DD is not as shy as my 9YO DD. But it would be great if we can get all of us together to get them to cyber-meet.

As for the FE, I will probably have to PM everyone to see how we want to do this and what we want to do. My first thought is maybe small gifts from your home area, but I'm not sure what I could get from Augusta GA that would be worth a hoot.

 

[zulaya]

brucechase - Have you updated the first post lately? I think we need to get an updated count on how many people we have on our cruise. Then we can tackle the whole FE thing.

 

[952LisaR]

952Lisar and family will also participate in the fish extenders. Are there any other special Dis actibvities/events/meet-ups planned?