October 20, 2012, Disney Fantasy, Eastern Caribbean-Who's with us?

[Bear3412]

We just booked this cruise today and we are so excited!!!!
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Welcome.

 

[sssteele]

Hey everyone!!!!

We just booked this cruise today and we are so excited!!!!

This will be our 2nd DCL cruise. (cruised in April 4 night Dream)

We have two you daughters, and hope to find some friends for them in advance maybe!

Also, is there a FE Group? What about a Facebook page?

Look forward to getting to know you all a bit!

Hi!

So glad you found us here and decided to join the fun. You'll love 7 nights. So much better than having to look for a place to hide after 4 nights.

I'm thinking there must be a very active facebook page, but I'm not into that. I'd only be confused trying to follow what is going on there too.

 

[McNabrat]

Hi All!

I haven't been on the boards for a while and was wondering if there was any new info regarding our group name for the cruise. Sorry I haven't had a chance to read back thru all the posts. Last I had read was a possibility of adding a new/simplified group name to the poll...I'm guessing nothing more has come of that? Any info would be appreciated! Thanks

 

[DisneyDoc5]

Hi Everyone!

I haven't checked in lately - but I can see everyone is starting to get more excited! Couple of first time FE gift questions if anyone can help....I am starting to think about making these over the summer with the kids.

1. So, some of the posts on the FE example threads show people doing a gift everyday, some just a few times throughout the cruise, some are to all the kids and adults, some to just the cabin - I guess my question is, what is the normal amount of gifts to give/ how often - do most people do a daily gift or 1 or 2 per cruise? Are you expected/supposed to give one to everyone in the cabin (for example if it's a Christmas ornament, one per family or one for each person?)?

2. We will have 2 cabins, me, DH, 3 kids, and grandma. Do we put a FE outside of each of our cabins or one for both? Do we put a name on each pocket? Sorry if these are dumb questions, I have spent hours reading through the FE example threads and just haven't found a clear answer.

3. Cabin changes - I read on one of the threads that cabin numbers often change on the first day - how do we get an updated list and when do people usually start delivering gifts, first full day, days at sea?

4. Brenda - thank you again for organizing. I see you usually do the cut off for FE gifts about 60 days out. Do we just print off the list then and take it with us for help delivering, etc. - again, I feel so 'new' to this and I have seen how much effort some people put into this and I don't want to fail at my first attempt!

Thank you all for your time and I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! We are getting ready to make our 'countdown to the cruise' board soon, it's actually getting closer finally!!!

Happy Day to All!
Erin DisneyDoc5

 

[sunshine1259]

Hey, Everyone. Just popping in real quick. Boy, has it been and exhausting week!!! Graduation, Gradnight, Disneyland, Dodger game, all that and I am wiped out. I will be back in a few days to catch up, but I have some catching up to do around here first. Just wanted to let you all know I am still around. Back in a few.

 

[beachcat]

What about a Facebook page?

Is there one?

 

[DisneyDoc5]

Hey, Everyone. Just popping in real quick. Boy, has it been and exhausting week!!! Graduation, Gradnight, Disneyland, Dodger game, all that and I am wiped out. I will be back in a few days to catch up, but I have some catching up to do around here first. Just wanted to let you all know I am still around. Back in a few.

It's a busy time of year, I think busier then December sometimes! No worries, we appreciate all you are doing to keep us organized! How was Disneyland???? Did you go to Carsland?
Erin

 

[DisneyDoc5]

totally silly - but I was laying in bed thinking about the cruise and thought up a funny group name (I know we are past new input and voting in the poll but anyway....)

Floating on the Fantasy, Fall 2012 - it's hard to believe those big ships float, just thought I would share my midnight thoughts with y'all! The other group names are all great with me too!

 

[danandnan]

Hi Everyone! I am new to the board and wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself. I'm Binh Petit (my husband - Todd, and 2 girls (ages 7 and 4 by the time of the cruise) are super excited to experience our first cruise ever! We are from the SF Bay Area and look forwarding to meeting everyone.

We would really like to be included in the family gift exchange program...I'm not exactly sure how it works.

Here is our cabin location:

Petits (Todd, Binh, Tatum, and Brookelyn)
Category: 04C
Cabin: 7586

Welcome aboard
Im Dan my Dw is Nancy we will be sailing with a group of our cruising friends who we have cruised with before. Joanne and Roger, Leisha and Tommy, , Maryjo and Phil,Julie and her friend,Nancy and Chuck,Leisha Mom and her friend.
We are a fun bunch. For some of us this will be our 7th cruising together.
Part of this group of us cruised Alaska in Aug.
Again Welcome Aboard

Dan

 

[danandnan]

Hey everyone!!!!

We just booked this cruise today and we are so excited!!!!

This will be our 2nd DCL cruise. (cruised in April 4 night Dream)

We have two you daughters, and hope to find some friends for them in advance maybe!

Also, is there a FE Group? What about a Facebook page?

Look forward to getting to know you all a bit!

Welcome aboard
Im Dan my Dw is Nancy we will be sailing with a group of our cruising friends who we have cruised with before. Joanne and Roger, Leisha and Tommy, , Maryjo and Phil,Julie and her friend,Nancy and Chuck,Leisha Mom and her friend.
We are a fun bunch. For some of us this will be our 7th cruising together.
Part of this group of us cruised Alaska in Aug.
Again Welcome Aboard

Dan

 

[danandnan]

We signed up for this cruise in May 2011, when we were on a 3 day cruise on the Dream. We choose that cruise because it put us on Castaway Cay on May 14, which is our anniversary and my birthday. I think I read that someone here (onecoolpilot?) was on that cruise too.

Welcome Beth and Harry! Sounds like this will be a great time to celebrate since your retirement is just prior to the cruise!!

Welcome aboard
Im Dan my Dw is Nancy we will be sailing with a group of our cruising friends who we have cruised with before. Joanne and Roger, Leisha and Tommy, , Maryjo and Phil,Julie and her friend,Nancy and Chuck,Leisha Mom and her friend.
We are a fun bunch. For some of us this will be our 7th cruising together.
Part of this group of us cruised Alaska in Aug.
Again Welcome Aboard

Dan

 

[danandnan]

We signed up for this cruise in May 2011, when we were on a 3 day cruise on the Dream. We choose that cruise because it put us on Castaway Cay on May 14, which is our anniversary and my birthday. I think I read that someone here (onecoolpilot?) was on that cruise too.

This cruise on the Fantasy was chosen because we wanted to do the Eastern itinerary, and this was the farthest out we could book it at that time. We thought all along that we might change it, but here we are with our flights booked, timeshare condos reserved before and after, and PIF. So we are definitely going on this cruise!

We just celebrated our second anniversary by taking the first DCL cruise to HI! (I believe I saw one or two posters here that were also on that cruise.) We are both seniors (DH Harry is 68, I'm 62), and we'll BOTH be retired by the time we cruise in Oct. (DH has been retired for almost 10 years and I am retiring Aug. 1.)

We were originally in an inside Cat 10, but had to upgrade to a Cat 4 to get an accessible room. This is my 11th DCL cruise, Harry's 10th, all together since we met in 2005, except for the one he cruised without me before then, and two I cruised before we met. We like the longer cruises. We did the inaugaral Panama Canal in 2005 and the inaugaral trans Atlantic in 2007, among others. We are also signed up to do the second 12 night Med cruise with Greece in July 2013.

We always do the main dining and DCL has always put us at a table with other adults, when we didn't have linked dining with a group. Looking forward to the new shows on the Fantasy and seeing some of the improvements they made to the ship based on guest comments on the Dream.

Hope this introduction was not too long, just that I feel I know quite a bit about you all from reading your posts, so thought I should tell you a bit about us. Will try to contribute here at least a couple times a week.

Beth (and Harry)

Welcome aboard
Im Dan my Dw is Nancy we will be sailing with a group of our cruising friends who we have cruised with before. Joanne and Roger, Leisha and Tommy, , Maryjo and Phil,Julie and her friend,Nancy and Chuck,Leisha Mom and her friend.
We are a fun bunch. For some of us this will be our 7th cruising together.
Part of this group of us cruised Alaska in Aug.
Again Welcome Aboard

Dan

 

[danandnan]

HI All

Wow trying to do some catching up. Im a few post behind.
Welcome to all new members and cruisers

From left to right Roger and Joanne, Tommy and Leisha and Nancy and me

 

[sssteele]

Yes there is a FE group and a FB page as well. Send me a PM with your facebook account info and I can add you as my friend, and then into the group.

Is there one?

Hi beachcat,

Yes, there is a FB page, and Renysmom's post above that was sent to another cruiser will probably work for you too. I'd help you out, but we don't do FB.

Joanie

 

[JOANNEL]

Welcome to all the newbies!!! I am Joanne traveling with DH Roger and the above mentioned Dan's group!!! We have made Disney friends forever!!!

I am excited to be on the Fantasy. Love the the Magic & Wonder. As Dan said we did Alaska last August. It was amazing!!!!

Now it's time to go back to the warm sunny Caribbean!!

 

[JOANNEL]

HI All

Wow trying to do some catching up. Im a few post behind.
Welcome to all new members and cruisers

From left to right Roger and Joanne, Tommy and Leisha and Nancy and me

One of my favorite pictures!!! in one of my favorite places, with my favorite people!!

 

[Bear3412]

One of my favorite pictures!!! in one of my favorite places, with my favorite people!!

Yes, but those don't appear to be DoD on the table.

 

[danandnan]

One of my favorite pictures!!! in one of my favorite places, with my favorite people!!

This will be our 6th cruise together.
Our close friends and our Disney Family

 

[MiniGram]

Hi, this is Barb. I'm DisneyDoc5 (Erin's) mom just joining the Dis Boards. Looking forward to the cruise and all the fun planning!

 

[DisneyDoc5]

Hi, this is Barb. I'm DisneyDoc5 (Erin's) mom just joining the Dis Boards. Looking forward to the cruise and all the fun planning!

Welcome to the boards Mom!!!