September 29, 2012 - Ropin' Some Magic in the Western Caribbean

[Texas lady]

YES!!! I am checked in!!!!!!!

 

[tmasimmons]

Piper has saved the day! FE List have been fixed.

 

[Piper]

I just fixed the groups. It seems that "someone" went in and took all the people who wanted to be on both groups off the first one! Unfortunately, that can happen when you have public access.I do have a master list and have just reprinted it to reflect the cabin changes.

I will reorder the lists in a few weeks. It is getting close to time for the lists to close. If no one else joins, SucalT will be put on the first list (that would even out the number of cabins on each list to 13.)

Can you believe that it is almost time for final payment? I am getting excited that it is so close.

We need to think about a place for a DisMeet on board. This will allow us to not only meet in "real" life, but to make any last minute changes to cabin numbers, etc. Does anyone who has sailed the Magic before know of a good location?

 

[SucalT]

Checked in, 11:00 am arrival time, Palo brunch and dinner booked.

I need this summer to fly by!!

 

[SucalT]

If any one is a first responder and has challenge coins to trade, let me know.

If there is interest, I will make sure I bring plenty.

 

[jenandjuice]

I have been getting a lot of requests for information about hosting a Champagne Girls event. So I thought I would post it here for everyone to share.

There’s two ways you can do this.....having DCL organize it for you OR organize it yourself, but you have to buy DCL champagne. I organized it myself, but the maiden voyage of the Fantasy had a CG tasting also but they let DCL organize it.

I request a room onboard about a month before sailing.

Here's my contact at DCL:

David.T.Gadson
Group Services & Sales Manager
Disney Cruise Line
Phone: 407 566-7043
Fax: 407 566-7739
David.T.Gadson@disney.com

DCL made a new rule, no money can exchange hands onboard. So I had to ask everyone to pay in advance. They sent me checks and used paypal. It helped offset the total cost somewhat, but I still paid for a good portion of the bill. I also provide pink feather boas and pink feathered tiaras so everyone can match. Everyone must wear pink. Then we take a group picture.

When I get onboard, I meet with someone that David told me to contact in Food and Beverages and order my champagne for the event. I request a sommelier to discuss the champagnes that we’re drinking. I ask for tables to be set up for check in. I give everyone a name badge and ask them to take a boa and tiara.

If you want DCL to pick the champagne and have a sommelier discuss the champagnes......they will ask for a list of all the ladies and their SR #s. They will charge each person $20 on their KTTW card.

A third choice would be If you all choose to bring your own champagne, DCL will charge you a corking fee of $20 per bottle.

It’s entirely up to you as to how you want to organize it. Everyone who does one, does it differently. This was my 4th time doing it and it has been different each time. Others have done them their own way on other cruises that I was not on.

I hope this helps get you started. Pick a way that you want to do yours and have fun with it. That’s the whole point of it.

Saw this on another thread, and decided to post it here to see if we had any interest. I think I'd be interested if DCL organized it...but wasn't sure about the other ladies on our cruise

 

[Nonniepaddie]

Saw this on another thread, and decided to post it here to see if we had any interest. I think I'd be interested if DCL organized it...but wasn't sure about the other ladies on our cruise

We are sailing on the Fantasy 9/27/2012. I'm on the wrong thread.

 

[Nonniepaddie]

Hello Y'all!
I'm trying to organize my Oct 2012 schedule & was wondering if any of you experienced cruisers know approx. what time our ship will arrive back into port on Oct. 6th and approx. what time we'll be able to get off the ship?

Typically, everyone is off the ship by 10AM.

 

[riley2008]

If any one is a first responder and has challenge coins to trade, let me know.

If there is interest, I will make sure I bring plenty.

Fire/EMS? DH wants to know if you have patches? (They "only have one Challenge coin?") [I'm in the middle of a foreign language conversation, I think.]

 

[SucalT]

Fire/EMS? DH wants to know if you have patches? (They "only have one Challenge coin?") [I'm in the middle of a foreign language conversation, I think.]

No, I am Blue to his Red.

I don't have patches, sorry. I picked coins a few years ago, and decided to stick with them.

 

[faithfullyeeyore]

Hey gang! Sorry I have been absent from the boards for awhile. I had a family tragedy strike right after getting back from the Dream and am just now able to get it all together. I am currently reading all the posts from my last till now....Wow! Y'all have been busy!!! We also got pixie dust sent our way, I will be updating the FE list!!!

88 days till we sail!!! So much to do!!!

 

[Milio99]

Does anyone know which nights are the theme nights, pirate, formal, semi-formal? Also, since we get to port late on Costa Maya day, do you think there will still be Palo brunch that day?

Can't believe it's only 88 days! Considering we booked at almost 14 months out, to be able to say it's less than 3 months away is amazing!!

 

[jenandjuice]

Does anyone know which nights are the theme nights, pirate, formal, semi-formal? Also, since we get to port late on Costa Maya day, do you think there will still be Palo brunch that day?

Can't believe it's only 88 days! Considering we booked at almost 14 months out, to be able to say it's less than 3 months away is amazing!!

I've read in another thread that someone from the 1st galveston cruise called dcl and found out pirate night will be on grand cayman day. No clue about the others though

 

[AngieEstaAqui]

We've moved from this date, and are now on the Oct. 27th sailing. Trick-or-treating with Mickey should be fun...at least that's how I'm trying to frame this temporary setback.

 

[Piper]

Angie--We will miss you.

 

[riley2008]

We've moved from this date, and are now on the Oct. 27th sailing. Trick-or-treating with Mickey should be fun...at least that's how I'm trying to frame this temporary setback.

Angie - we'll miss you!

Now, holding off on completing anymore FE gifts.

 

[Piper]

I have moved SucalT to the first FE group and deleted AngieEstaAqui from both groups. If it is okay, we will close the FE groups on August 1st. That will give those of us who are making things almost 2 months to finish.

 

[tiffinymunn]

Hi! My name is Tiffiny and my family and I are so excited to be taking our first cruise with Disney! I have been doing months and months of research so we will be prepared. My husband Andrew (29) and my son Ethan (4) and I (28, will be turning 29 on Sept. 30th) will be in cabin#1060. Any neighbors out there???

 

[Piper]

Since no one has designed a shirt, what do you think about this for an iron-on. You can get two images per transfer page. You won't hurt my feelings if people don't want to do this or if someone comes up with another image for us to use. I just used the image at the beginning of theis thread.

If you do want to do this, I can email you the file. I think I will do ours on a red t-shirt. They are easy to find in every size!

 

[Texas lady]

Since no one has designed a shirt, what do you think about this for an iron-on. You can get two images per transfer page. You won't hurt my feelings if people don't want to do this or if someone comes up with another image for us to use. I just used the image at the beginning of theis thread.

If you do want to do this, I can email you the file. I think I will do ours on a red t-shirt. They are easy to find in every size!

Very nice, Piper Can you please email it to me
I think red shirts would look great, think of wearing them on embarkment day!