Sept 13, 2012 Dream to the Bahamas

[mom2Kyle]

hey! I have a quick question, for those of you who have made magnets for your doors, what size should I print my magnet on? I am doing a portal surround & my instinct is 8.5x11, probably vertical alignment. Any help???

Annette

 

[LenaN4fun]

hey! I have a quick question, for those of you who have made magnets for your doors, what size should I print my magnet on? I am doing a portal surround & my instinct is 8.5x11, probably vertical alignment. Any help???

Annette

I believe my sisters was 8x10 and mine is 8.5x11. Both horizontal.

 

[mom2Kyle]

I believe my sisters was 8x10 and mine is 8.5x11. Both horizontal.

THANKS!!! Glad to know I was on the right track!
Annette

 

[pdwimmer]

Yes! FivePin/ Judy is a part of the Disney Cruise Brides forum! She mentioned she had a friend coming along! Be sure to stop me to say Hi when you see me- I'll be wearing white dresses the whole cruise!!



Well, Happy Anniversary to you! Yes, I'm getting married onboard on 9/14 while we're docked in Nassau! I'm terribly excited! DF and I are in Cabin #9674- I hadn't even thought to leave a fish extender (I'm already leaving large swag bags at each of my guests' staterooms, I don't have any available time or funds to participate in additional fish extenders unfortunately!) but I guess I could leave a bag by my door! Also, feel free to stop me to say "Hi"- I'll be wearing white dresses the whole cruise!

You have the information for shipping all those goodies to the ship rather than schlepping them on yes? If not, email me at trish@wimmerclinical.com and I will send you the information. It is so much more convenient to have them shipped. They will show up outside your door with our luggage. You have enough to concentrate on. No need to track down all the goodies. And yes, just put a plain canvas bag on your fish outside your door. No need to go crazy. Well wishes from the Wimmers.

 

[pdwimmer]

Hi All:

Annette asked me to post this information for Shipping:

Many people find with the airlines restricting the amount of luggage you can have it is easier and cheaper to send a box of your items to the cruise ship. It is a great way to save room and weight in your luggage when you ship a box containing your Pirate costumes, diapers and baby supplies, snorkel gear, beach toys, etc. Before you ship anything, please be aware of the guidelines below.

Courtesy of the DIS Cruise Board

One box per stateroom, no exceptions.
The package must have the guest's full name, ship, sailing date, stateroom number or GTY if you have not been assigned a stateroom number.
The package also must have a packing slip attached to the outside of the box that details the contents of the package. For prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient. Your list may or may not be read but it must have one. Write packing slip on the outside of the envelope.
NO FOODS/DRINKS OF ANY KIND, LIQUOR OF ANY KIND, FIREARMS, ETC. Items that cannot be shipped to the Disney Cruise Line Warehouse and delivered to the ship include: food products (any and all food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals, and luggage. These items will not be accepted at the warehouse and will be returned.
The required size of the cartons you are shipping down have to be about the size of a record storage box 12 inches on a side and should not weigh more than 20 pounds.

Address your package to:

Disney Cruise Line Warehouse

Guest Name/Stateroom # (GTY, if you don't know what your room number is)

8633 Transport Drive

Orlando, FL 32832

Phone: 407-566-8196

In the bottom left corner of the top of the package put the following information:

ATTN: Housekeeping

Name
Sail Date
Ship
Stateroom Number
Packing slip

If your box is hit on by the screening dog or chosen for additional screening they will open the list and the box and look through it. They will close it back up and provided nothing forbidden is in it, then it will be in your room as usual after boarding. These boxes will be coming on the ship with the crew mail among other things so they may be in the staterooms later than the rest of your luggage.

ALL PACKAGES MUST ARRIVE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE BY 3:00 P.M.

 

[mom2Kyle]

Thanks Trish! Now I can get the package ready to go! Wonder if it's too early to send this week?

21 days to go!

Annette

 

[pdwimmer]

Thanks Trish! Now I can get the package ready to go! Wonder if it's too early to send this week?

21 days to go!

Annette

I sure wouldn't chance sending it so soon before the cruise and chance it getting lost. We sent our's via priority mail the Friday before we left. Our cruise sailed on the following Sunday.

 

[Beauty & the Best]

THANKS!!! Glad to know I was on the right track!
Annette

Magnets are so fun!! I just finished the additions to ours and then thought I lost our old ones and freaked out for a few minutes but then I found them again.

Part of my FE gifts should arrive today & then I can start finishing them. We leave on 9/6 for our first part of this cruise (doing 4 day and then 3 day) so its only 2 more weeks for us.

About the plain canvas bags for use as FE's - Where can I get a plain canvas bag? Would Joann's or Micheals have them? I think I'm going to do the bag w/ a iron on graphic for my FE.

Tonight I have book club & I'm making this Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte.

 

[TifffanyD]

Magnets are so fun!! I just finished the additions to ours and then thought I lost our old ones and freaked out for a few minutes but then I found them again.

Part of my FE gifts should arrive today & then I can start finishing them. We leave on 9/6 for our first part of this cruise (doing 4 day and then 3 day) so its only 2 more weeks for us.

About the plain canvas bags for use as FE's - Where can I get a plain canvas bag? Would Joann's or Micheals have them? I think I'm going to do the bag w/ a iron on graphic for my FE.

Tonight I have book club & I'm making this Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte.

Woohoo about your FE stuff coming! Mine was projected to arrive yesterday when I ordered it 2 weeks ago but it hasn't even been shipped yet! And all this after they ended up OOS on what I wanted but too late in the order process to cancel. And after they tacked on a $15 charge after I hit "buy". NOT happy!!!

Joann/Michael's should have the plain totes... they would be by the plain t-shirts and fabric paints and stuff.

What book are you discussing???

 

[pdwimmer]

Magnets are so fun!! I just finished the additions to ours and then thought I lost our old ones and freaked out for a few minutes but then I found them again.

Part of my FE gifts should arrive today & then I can start finishing them. We leave on 9/6 for our first part of this cruise (doing 4 day and then 3 day) so its only 2 more weeks for us.

About the plain canvas bags for use as FE's - Where can I get a plain canvas bag? Would Joann's or Micheals have them? I think I'm going to do the bag w/ a iron on graphic for my FE.

Tonight I have book club & I'm making this Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte.

I got my canvas bag at Michaels. They also had some Disney ribbon and Disney felt material. I cut out a picture of Mickey and then turned the sides under and made the rest of the fabric into a throw blanket for the my nephew. When we arrived in Florida my girls wanted a little blanket too. So we stopped at Joann's to get Princess and Mermaid fabric to make their blankets.

 

[Cruisefanattic87]

FE gifts have been ordered and should be shipping out tomorrow. They are going to be great! I am super excited! Only 20 days left.

 

[pdwimmer]

Is anyone else having a difficult time concentrating on anything else besides the cruise? I did this last time as well. I had an entire year to be OCD last time. At least this time we booked less than 2 months out so my craziness time is condensed down into this small window

 

[mom2Kyle]

Everyone keeps asking me what day it is (on the countdown) !!!! They are just as excited for the cruise as we are!

Annette

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Woohoo about your FE stuff coming! Mine was projected to arrive yesterday when I ordered it 2 weeks ago but it hasn't even been shipped yet! And all this after they ended up OOS on what I wanted but too late in the order process to cancel. And after they tacked on a $15 charge after I hit "buy". NOT happy!!!

Joann/Michael's should have the plain totes... they would be by the plain t-shirts and fabric paints and stuff.

What book are you discussing???

Thanks for the advice on the totes.

The book was Cutting for Stone. It was a loooong book but interesting. Next month is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

I got my canvas bag at Michaels. They also had some Disney ribbon and Disney felt material. I cut out a picture of Mickey and then turned the sides under and made the rest of the fabric into a throw blanket for the my nephew. When we arrived in Florida my girls wanted a little blanket too. So we stopped at Joann's to get Princess and Mermaid fabric to make their blankets.

Thanks for the info! I plan to do a Disney iron-on. I'm not so crafty, but if it involves a computer & a printer, I can do it!

Is anyone else having a difficult time concentrating on anything else besides the cruise? I did this last time as well. I had an entire year to be OCD last time. At least this time we booked less than 2 months out so my craziness time is condensed down into this small window

Um.........YES! Very hard to concentrate on work and other things. But the anticipation is part of the fun.

 

[RN_Mom]

Well it looks like we are in for a bit of a storm this week here in the Sunshine state....hope everyone stays safe and dry!

 

[JBeanBunny]

Everyone keeps asking me what day it is (on the countdown) !!!! They are just as excited for the cruise as we are!

Annette

Everybody keeps asking me for the countdown, too! I have a hard time remembering to tell them the day of my ceremony, not the day of embarkation since that's what they really want to know!!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Everybody keeps asking me for the countdown, too! I have a hard time remembering to tell them the day of my ceremony, not the day of embarkation since that's what they really want to know!!

LOL! Both exciting things!

I bought my canvas bag from Joann's today (thanks guys!!) and a glitter iron-on transfer that I can print a graphic on w/ my printer. The bag was only 97 cents at Joann's (it was on clearance) and the iron on transfer was $7.99 for 2 sheets - so not too bad. Plus I'll have a lot of fun deciding what to print on it.

Has anyone else done iron-on printer transfers before? Its my first time and it seems pretty straightforward, but if you have any pointers, I'll take them!

 

[JBeanBunny]

LOL! Both exciting things!

I bought my canvas bag from Joann's today (thanks guys!!) and a glitter iron-on transfer that I can print a graphic on w/ my printer. The bag was only 97 cents at Joann's (it was on clearance) and the iron on transfer was $7.99 for 2 sheets - so not too bad. Plus I'll have a lot of fun deciding what to print on it.

Has anyone else done iron-on printer transfers before? Its my first time and it seems pretty straightforward, but if you have any pointers, I'll take them!

Oh, lordy lordy, do I know what I'm doing with iron on transfers!! If you check out my PJ, near the end are photos of my guests' swag bags, each with iron on transfers! Unfortunately, the "dark fabric" transfer paper was $20 for 10 sheets! Ouch! What I wound up doing (since I have 26 bags) I just printed two on each page. I had a logo made for me by some DISigners (more info on that in my PJ) and I just uploaded it into Microsoft word, put two on a page, then I printed a TEST sheet on normal paper first. We had a few issues when we tried using the "transfer paper" setting, so we just had to print it regularly! Your iron-on transfer paper will have directions, just read them carefully and follow them! Mine provided a piece of parchment paper, after you've printed and cut out the image, you peel off the backing, place it where it needs to go, put the parchment paper on top and iron. Don't iron it for too long or the transfer can bleed or burn! Luckily I had enough for practice I kept the iron moving at all times making sure each part got equal amounts of heat. I hope that was useful! Let me know if you have any questions!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Oh, lordy lordy, do I know what I'm doing with iron on transfers!! If you check out my PJ, near the end are photos of my guests' swag bags, each with iron on transfers! Unfortunately, the "dark fabric" transfer paper was $20 for 10 sheets! Ouch! What I wound up doing (since I have 26 bags) I just printed two on each page. I had a logo made for me by some DISigners (more info on that in my PJ) and I just uploaded it into Microsoft word, put two on a page, then I printed a TEST sheet on normal paper first. We had a few issues when we tried using the "transfer paper" setting, so we just had to print it regularly! Your iron-on transfer paper will have directions, just read them carefully and follow them! Mine provided a piece of parchment paper, after you've printed and cut out the image, you peel off the backing, place it where it needs to go, put the parchment paper on top and iron. Don't iron it for too long or the transfer can bleed or burn! Luckily I had enough for practice I kept the iron moving at all times making sure each part got equal amounts of heat. I hope that was useful! Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks for the tips! I just finished my iron on and though I did miss one step (I didn't cut out the image for transfer...oops!) it didn't mess it up and my FE looks grand!!
I ended up doing a Cinderella mickeyhead with my name on it.

Very excited!! Now I'm thinking what I could do with my other iron on sheet

Now I need to get working on these FE gifts. My big shipment arrived the other day and it looks like a lot of fun.

It is now 2 weeks until we leave for our first cruise on the Dream. Can't wait

 

[LenaN4fun]

Ok, we seem to have got through Isaac unscathed. I keep trying to see what is going on with the new tropical wave. Not that I should be panicky but I don't have a great track record with cruises and hurricanes, ugh! I know, I know optimism..lol