September 19, 2010 - anyone?

[UGAFan0829]

Will we all be getting documents? And what kinda documents are they?

The docs will be mailed to the person who's name is on the reservation. In our case, it was in mine, so it came to my attention, but there are docs included for everyone in your party. The Cruise Contract, Embark-Departure Form, Payment Authorization Form, Onboard Airline Check-In Pre-Registration, Ground Transfer Purchase Option, and most importantly Luggage tags are what's included. It all comes in a handly little sprial bound notebook that has preforated pages, so you can sign what you need and tear it out...pretty handy!

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Haven't got to do the doc dance, but did the happy dance for my OKW luggage tags & MME coupons...can't wait to do another dance! Yippee Skippy!

 

[Crystal_27]

Crystal, I am so sorry I completely forgot to post our cabin number, we are cabin 6551. Just curious though if we decide to upgrade at the port how can I let everyone know that our cabin has changed.

Awesome - here is the updated list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - 6551
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

As to how we can "communicate" regarding upgrades, etc., for our last cruise, I kept a small dry erase board on my door for people to post messages about upgrades (or anything else - LOL). I will be happy to do that again for us if that works for everyone.

 

[ChipDaleLover]

The official 'doc dance' has just occurred!

 

[Mom323]

Ours came today, but still waiting for the land portion docs to arrive.

 

[Tngrl78]

Hey all. We are new to this forum, very! LOL. We are from Chattanooga, TN and we sailed for first time last year on Wonder in September. We too are on the Sept. 19th cruise. We are staying in 6647. It is the DH that is 45, DS who is 6 and me, the mom, and im 32. Hope to see you all around. We too are doing the Doc dance and am trying how to figure out how to make or where to buy all that jazzy door decor. I work in EMS, so really no time to make anything. Is much easier for me to buy it. If you all know where I can get some of the FE and door decor pre-made and customized, fill me in!!! We are doing same excursions as last year. Nassau we do the sting ray adventure and the other day we do the snorkeling off a catamaran. We are so excited!!!

 

[Jey12]

Doc dance today for us! Can't believe we're in that final homestretch for our first cruise! I'll be heading to the fabric store to try and find material for our FE in the next couple of days. I'm not crafty at all so I'll just stand around my work with the material looking sad until someone offers to help me out.

We'd like to decorate our door a bit and I was wondering if printing the design on cardstock paper and then laminating and then glueing magnets on the back really work? Has anyone else done this? The magnetic paper is crazy expensive or at least the only type I've found locally is.

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Those self adhesive magnets work really well, too! We didn't even laminate our cardstock, just cut it out & stuck them in a file folder & went at it when we got there & then saved them for this time! Have fun & get creative -you can do it!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Doc dance today for us! Can't believe we're in that final homestretch for our first cruise! I'll be heading to the fabric store to try and find material for our FE in the next couple of days. I'm not crafty at all so I'll just stand around my work with the material looking sad until someone offers to help me out.

We'd like to decorate our door a bit and I was wondering if printing the design on cardstock paper and then laminating and then glueing magnets on the back really work? Has anyone else done this? The magnetic paper is crazy expensive or at least the only type I've found locally is.

Good luck with your FE!!!

As far as the door decorations--what we did last year was stick magnetic strips on the corners of the sign/paper, then laminated it so I wouldn't have to worry about the magnets coming off. It ended up working quite well for us. I'm glad you mentioned door signs, by the way--it reminds me that I need to go find some new ones for this cruise!!

 

[Emsabems]

Hi all - I found a GREAT set of videos that someone posted to Youtube from their Medditeranean cruise this spring. If you want the cruise to be a surprise don't watch them, because they are very detailed and give LOTS away. But if you are like me and you can't get enough before our cruise check them out! I've been watching them with my boys and we are all getting crazy excited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ7J8edOw8E

 

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Got our cruise docs in the mail yesterday!!!!

 

[gdaneowner]

We also got our docs yesterday.. Eli is excited, he said thats Mickey Mouse!.. he is ready to go...

 

[thamar58]

Woohoo! We got our docs too! I read somewhere that we are limited to how we hang our FE because of damage that they have caused in the past. Anyone else know about this? What is the best way to hang our FE?

PS I'm so excited, I cannot contain my happiness!!!!!!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Woohoo! We got our docs too! I read somewhere that we are limited to how we hang our FE because of damage that they have caused in the past. Anyone else know about this? What is the best way to hang our FE?

PS I'm so excited, I cannot contain my happiness!!!!!!

I think we are okay as long as we hang them on the fish outside our door. If I remember right, one of the posts I read was referring more to people putting stickers and things on the doors that were causing the paint to peel and leaving the sticky stuff behind for Mousekeeping to have to clean.

Congrats on getting your docs. I know how excited you are!! Sometimes it's hard for me not to just burst out into screams of excitement and happiness!

 

[Tngrl78]

hey ya'll!!
We want to join the FE Exchange. Never done it before, just heard about it a few weeks ago. We are in 6647. DH is Scott who is 45, DS is Connor is 6 and I the mom, maid and maintenance guru am Brandi and were gonna say I just ceebrated the 2nd anniversary of my 30th Birthday....lol. Looking forward to this!! Its our 2nd cruise. First was last sept on wonder as well and caught the bug.

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Is there a 'last day' to sign up for the FE - so you know how much to bring - we have 4 rooms in our party & 2 are kinda on the fence! Thanks!

 

[Emsabems]

Is there a 'last day' to sign up for the FE - so you know how much to bring - we have 4 rooms in our party & 2 are kinda on the fence! Thanks!

Hey ChipDaleLover - we agreed the list would close and a final posting of participants would be made on September 1st.

We also have 4 rooms, and only 2 are participating... I'm bringing gifts for the other 2 rooms so they don't feel entirely left out!

Getting so excited! I have the adult and boy gifts picked out and am really happy with them - just need creative genius to strike for the girls!

Looking forward to meeting everyone and having an amazing vacation!
EmsaBems

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Thanks for the info about the FE date - that's perfect!

 

[Tngrl78]

Yep, that will give us all enough time to get what we need for the FE exchange.

This is the first time we've done this as this is only our 2nd cruise. It will be fun kind of "knowing" people that will be on the cruise with us. Last year we were is awe so much of the cruise that there were parts of the ship we never even saw! We plan on enjoying this cruise even more than last year's... if that's possible! LOL

As we stepped off the ship last year... we knew this was the start of something big... I forsee a DCL cruise every year for awhile!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Just curious--who's planning on dressing up for Pirate Night and Dress-up Night? Initially, Mike and I decided that we weren't going to do Pirate Night for sure, and were undecided about Dress-Up, but now I can't make up my mind. We went all out last year for PN, but were 2 of only about a handful of people who dressed up. We still have our costumes, so we wouldn't have to worry about that part. But I just can't decide. As far as Dress-Up, I really don't want to have to go out and buy another dress! So, what's the verdict here...if enough of y'all are doing it, that may be enough to convince the DH and I to do it again, too!