September 19, 2010 - anyone?

[JRose48]

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!

We will at least be sporting eye patches and possibly head scarves for Pirate Night. For dress up night I want to eat at the restaurants so yes we will be dressed up. I'm packing at least two dresses (one for dinner, one for Palo tea) for me and slacks, dress shirts, and ties for my husband and son.

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Our group of 10 (4 rooms) are dressing up for PN - last year - we were getting off the elevator & my Dad (77) was wearing a borrowed Jack Sparrow costume -dreads & all & this little boy says - wow -he's really old close-up! We were cracking up laughing all night over that!
Dress up night - not so much - maybe Gracie (age 4) in one of her princess dresses!

 

[Emsabems]

We had a combined Pirate themed birthday for ds 3 and ds 5 this year, so you can bet we will be dressing up!

I'm a dress person, and am hoping to get some good family photos, so we'll dress up for dinner too - I was relieved to hear that shorts are generally acceptable for the dining rooms for kids... they'll look adorable but they won't be in pants

EmsaBems
(I really need to set up a signature!)

 

[Jey12]

For pirate night DH and I will at least be wearing pirate bandanas and maybe an eye patch. DD will be in full costume since her dance recital costume can be doubled as a pirate. For as much as we paid for her recital costumes you bet she's going to wear them every chance she can get!

As for dress up night I would have better luck getting blood out of a turnip than getting DH in a tie. He will at least be in dress pants and a dress type of shirt. I ordered a dress to wear online a few weeks ago but it seems to have wandered off the face of the earth. Hopefully it shows up or I will be hunting among the winter clothes that are now in stores for some sort of summer type of dress. Other nights I plan on capri pants and a nice shirt. No worries about DD she has about a week's worth of dresses and nice dinner type of outfits.

 

[Tngrl78]

WooHoo! The 1 month countdown is on…

One month from right now, we’ll be onboard and just finishing lunch!

It’s getting here…

 

[FairyGrandmother]

We will be dressing for PN, as for dress up night that is a little iffy, I will probably be wearing black pants and adressy shirt. I don't do heals or dresses.
We have not receiver our cruise documents yet I hope they will get here soon. We leave just a month from today, and I am getting excited and a little worried that I won't be able to get everything ready by then.

 

[willijen]

We probably won't dress up for Pirate Night. DS4 is actually a little afraid that he'll be mistaken for a real pirate and pressed into service.

As for "dress up night," yeah, chances are pretty slim that DH will wear more than his usual clean polo shirt and khaki pants.

Here's a problem: I talked him into a Palo res. What is the bare minimum in terms of dressing up that he'll be able to get away with? He always dresses smartly/neatly, but his idea of vacation doesn't usually include a tie or jacket. I'm not sure it's worth an argument. I'd rather cancel Palo than force him to bring a jacket.

 

[Emsabems]

WAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!

Less than a month to go - I can't stand it!

 

[gdaneowner]

WAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!

Less than a month to go - I can't stand it!

I am right there with you!... To contain my boy, I have had to tell him that we are still waiting on the post office for passorts before we can go see Mickey Mouse.. he seems to be ok with that answer!..

 

[4the3kids]

We will be on this cruise also!! Doing b2b since no 7 day available. Can't wait!!!

 

[Crystal_27]

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.

We bought the ink jet printable magnet paper and it worked awesome (our Michaels sells it and we used a 40% off coupon to make the price a bit more reasonable). The only problem was that you had to cut out by hand all of the magnets. BUT, since DH is the crafty one, he had them all cut out in an hour or two.

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.

Got you added!!

Just curious--who's planning on dressing up for Pirate Night and Dress-up Night? !

We are still back and forth about dressing up. I really want to but I'm not sure about DH. We will definitely have something for DD though (big surprise there - LOL).

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I'm sorry I've been so MIA lately...things have been insanely busy on my end (no time to DIS at all - boo hoo). If I've missed anything, please just let me know. Can't wait to meet everyone.

 

[verygfy]

Just wanted to share with everyone the deal I got with Priceline. I booked the Radisson before for $109 plus tax, I went on Priceline and put in 2 1/2 stars for Cape Canaveral and I got the Radisson for $79. I was able to cancel my previous reservation with the Radisson!!

 

[vmedisneymom]

Hi Y'all! So excited! Watching youtube videos - so cool! We are going to dress up for Palo - but not sequiny full length ya know. I am going to wear a little black cocktail dress - hub sportcoat, tie and khaki pants? That too casual? He has a suit but hate to take that on a trip - too much! I am going to wear a long black maxi dress and pirate hat for the pirate party - DS is going to wear a Jack Sparrow costume - DH probably won't do much maybe an eyepatch or something. Looking forward to enjoying the cruise with all of you - hope you all are doing great~

 

[Jey12]

Under a month, under a month, under a month!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!

Ok sorry had to get that out of my system and thought this was the best place! If I talk about my upcoming trip to my coworkers one more time I think they are going to hurt me in some way.

Question about the FE gifts. Do we put somewhere on the gifts who they are from? Not that I'm looking for recognition or anything, I just would like to know what gifts are from whom. That way if there's something from that person's state I can know who it's from.

 

[Jey12]

I am right there with you!... To contain my boy, I have had to tell him that we are still waiting on the post office for passorts before we can go see Mickey Mouse.. he seems to be ok with that answer!..

So I should tell Jordyn NOT to tell Eli we have ours already?

 

[Emsabems]

Question about the FE gifts. Do we put somewhere on the gifts who they are from? Not that I'm looking for recognition or anything, I just would like to know what gifts are from whom. That way if there's something from that person's state I can know who it's from.

From what I've read it's totally up to you.

That said, I hope you'll put who your gift is from on it - I think half the fun has been getting to know all of you on this forum, and I'd love to put the gifts with names and hopefully faces too!



EmsaBems

 

[gdaneowner]

So I should tell Jordyn NOT to tell Eli we have ours already?

Yeah.. lets not.. i don't think i want to explain why we aren't leaving for a month!

 

[verygfy]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if any of you have sailed on a sold out cruise before. I just went on DCL to see what was still available and our cruise is not showing up. Does that mean the cruise is sold out? Also if it is, how crowded is the boat going to be?

 

[Tngrl78]

We only sailed once before, last year at this same time. I think it was a sold out cruise as the Cruise Director told us we had a full ship.

Since it was our only cruise, we have no other reference but while it was crowded at times, for the most part we didn't feel cramped. The funny part was we both mentioned that it seemed strange that in a ship load of 2500 people, we seemed to see the same people all cruise. It was like there was only 100 people, because we saw the same ones over and over.

 

[willijen]

Can someone help me with this question? I talked my DH into a Palo reservation. What is the bare minimum in terms of dressing up that he'll be able to get away with? He always dresses smartly/neatly, but his idea of vacation doesn't usually include a tie or jacket. I'm not sure it's worth an argument. I'd rather cancel Palo than force him to bring a jacket.

One more question: Are floatation devices available to borrow/rent on board the ship for our DS4? We can bring his own, but it takes up a bit of room in the luggage.

Thanks!