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

[SeeJennyCruise]

Welcome! Im new too!

I am in Sugar Land, but I am in The Woodlands almost every week. We are so happy to have Disney available through Galveston.

 

[CrazyZeus1]

I'm SO sorry I'm just now seeing this!! My favorite color is purple...

My son is going to camp this week & I am going to read through ALL the posts so I can catch up!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

Hello cruise-buddies!

Life is super crazy over here with planning the wedding and 2 disney trips, but it's also super fun!

Piper, originally I said I would be in more than one FE group if we had more than one, but I'm gonna say I think it's best for my sanity (and purse) to stick to just one

I still need some favorite colors! I have put down my disney crafting for a bit to make centerpieces and other frilly wedding things, but will be picking up my FE stuff again in the next couple weeks!

These are the people I need to know the favorite colors of the females in your group
HappyTexasMom - Nancy and Jasmine
Riley2008 - Jamie
Riley's friend - Erin, Bennett, Bailey
AngieEstaAqui - Angie and Annabeth
CrazyZeus - Heather
Canadian Tyler - Jen and Jordan
Julie 737 - Julie and Eliana (also Eliana's size clothing, I have something special planned for the babies )
Julie's friends - Gaby and Lydia
TxTricia - Tricia, Emily, Kristin

One other question, if any of y'all know....can you bring a box as checked luggage? I'm kinda thinking it would be easier to pack all the FE stuff in a box and checking it at the terminal. We are driving down from dallas, so car space isn't the problem, it's just getting it on the boat!

And lastly, from my count we have 20 distinct cabins (I know some family's are using 2 cabins). When were we going to cut off the first group? I'm being incredibly selfish by asking this, but it's due to the fact that if we don't cut it off til August, I'm gonna be in the middle of last minute wedding stuff and events that I don't want my FE gifts to suffer because of that.

So...maybe when we hit a number everyone is comfortable with we can cut the first group and start a second? Just a suggestion, if it's a horrible one feel free to tell me

 

[SeeJennyCruise]

I realized I did not properly introduce our group to the FE thread

Here is our crew:

DH, Terry (aka Papa - 62)
me, Jenny (aka Nana -48)
DS, Patrick (21)

DS, Dean (32)
DIL, Bobbie (31) + baby on the way
DGS, Chayson (4)

DS, Michael (27)
DIL, Jessica (27)
DGS, Logan (2)

Terry and I have cruised on Carnival with the two youngest sons. This is the first cruise for Dean, Bobbie (baby ) and Chayson. We usually go to WA state in late August for Chayson's birthday, but this year the family is coming to us in September so we can cruise together. Did I mention how excited I am?

 

[Belle6000]

My family is going on the Sept 29 cruise out of Galveston. This is our second Disney cruise but I'm still a little clueless about some things. I've been reading about the fish extenders and that seems like a lot of fun! How exactly does that work? We'd love to participate!

 

[Piper]

Welcome Belle, Here is a thread that will explain a lot about fish extenders: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607. We still have lots of room on our third group! Let us know if you want to join in. We are keeping our groups to under 15 cabins each.

 

[soccermom1422]

I'm so happy to have found this thread (thanks Belle )! This will be our first cruise ever and we are so excited! I'll be sailing with my husband and our 4 boys (13, 11, 9, and 2) and my husbands parents. My in-laws are veteran cruisers, but this will be their first Disney vacation. I'm learning all kinds of fun things about door magnets and FE's.

 

[WoodlandsMom]

I am in Sugar Land, but I am in The Woodlands almost every week. We are so happy to have Disney available through Galveston.

It is great to be travelling with people that live so close!!

 

[WoodlandsMom]

I'm so happy to have found this thread (thanks Belle )! This will be our first cruise ever and we are so excited! I'll be sailing with my husband and our 4 boys (13, 11, 9, and 2) and my husbands parents. My in-laws are veteran cruisers, but this will be their first Disney vacation. I'm learning all kinds of fun things about door magnets and FE's.

What are the door magnets?

 

[WoodlandsMom]

Oh my goodness...through a series of unfortunate events in which I can laugh at now (thanks to that Disney magic), our stateroom has changed to 7558. I updated the spreadsheet. 80 days until we set sail!!!

We are in 7628!! Very close to each other

 

[WoodlandsMom]

Welcome to both our new shipmates!

I have started a third group. Depending on how many join, I may do a little rearranging to even up the groups. I have also put those who indicated that they want to participate in all the groups on there. If you only want to participate in two groups, PM me.

I have decided to send the shirt graphic to everyone that I have an email address for. That way, you can use it if you want and discard it if you don't. It is really easy to iron on--just get paper anyplace that sells computer paper, labels, etc. I use the iron on for dark as it holds up better than the light. Believe me, if I can do it anyone can!

Still needing info about when and where to meet that first day. If we have a meeting place, we can give updates if our room changes (and DCL has been known to make changes at boarding.) I wouldn't want to waste time looking for a FE that had been moved! We can also put some faces to names and let the children meet each other. Who knows what future best friends will be made!!

Love this idea. Will we be updating here on departure day to indicate if our room changes?
We will definitely be making red shirts with the logo!

 

[lorisue777]

Hi there,

My family and a set of close friends are BOOKED for the Sept 29th galveston cruise! This is my families 1st Cruise and I ran across the fish extenders on ETSY and was sooooo excited to find out about this forum. Can we please get in on the 3rd group I am reading about?

Here is our Family -

Nana - Frances (54)
Papa - Ted (54)
Mom - Lori (35)
Dad - Jason (39)
Son - James (6)
Daughter - Audrey (3)
Daughter - Madelyn (13 mo)

:> Lori

 

[WoodlandsMom]

Hi there,

My family and a set of close friends are BOOKED for the Sept 29th galveston cruise! This is my families 1st Cruise and I ran across the fish extenders on ETSY and was sooooo excited to find out about this forum. Can we please get in on the 3rd group I am reading about?

Here is our Family -

Nana - Frances (54)
Papa - Ted (54)
Mom - Lori (35)
Dad - Jason (39)
Son - James (6)
Daughter - Audrey (3)
Daughter - Madelyn (13 mo)

:> Lori

Welcome! This is our 1st cruise as well. Madisyn and Audrey are close in age!

 

[lorisue777]

Welcome! This is our 1st cruise as well. Madisyn and Audrey are close in age!

Yea! We would love to meet you! Our friends are bringing their daughter Cameron who is 4 :> Such a fun age!!!

 

[Belle6000]

Thanks so much! We would love to be added to the group. What info do you need? My head is already swimming with ideas!!

Our party includes:
Dad: Chris
Mom: Aimee (Me)
Son: Nathan 14 yrs
Daughter: Claire 9 yrs.

 

[Piper]

Welcome soccermom. If you want to be on the fish extender list, please put your information on the bottom of the list. I am posting the list address again so people won't have to go back through the pages to find it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au04YNSwAgnodGlZb3Q3UkpYZVlxYkJ1SEV2Wjc4YVE#gid=0

 

[Piper]

Thanks so much! We would love to be added to the group. What info do you need? My head is already swimming with ideas!!

Our party includes:
Dad: Chris
Mom: Aimee (Me)
Son: Nathan 14 yrs
Daughter: Claire 9 yrs.

I posted the info to find the list in post# 335.

 

[Belle6000]

Thanks so much for organizing this Piper!! I just put my info on the spreadsheet.

 

[Texas lady]

I am in Sugar Land, but I am in The Woodlands almost every week. We are so happy to have Disney available through Galveston.

We are neighbors! I am in Katy, and as soon as we saw a Dinsey cruise out of Galveston, just had to do it... I like that fact we dont have to drive 2 days to PC, this is our second cruise with disney!!

 

[poluwaifam]

Hello cruise-buddies!

Life is super crazy over here with planning the wedding and 2 disney trips, but it's also super fun!

Piper, originally I said I would be in more than one FE group if we had more than one, but I'm gonna say I think it's best for my sanity (and purse) to stick to just one

I still need some favorite colors! I have put down my disney crafting for a bit to make centerpieces and other frilly wedding things, but will be picking up my FE stuff again in the next couple weeks!

These are the people I need to know the favorite colors of the females in your group
HappyTexasMom - Nancy and Jasmine
Riley2008 - Jamie
Riley's friend - Erin, Bennett, Bailey
AngieEstaAqui - Angie and Annabeth
CrazyZeus - Heather
Canadian Tyler - Jen and Jordan
Julie 737 - Julie and Eliana (also Eliana's size clothing, I have something special planned for the babies )
Julie's friends - Gaby and Lydia
TxTricia - Tricia, Emily, Kristin

One other question, if any of y'all know....can you bring a box as checked luggage? I'm kinda thinking it would be easier to pack all the FE stuff in a box and checking it at the terminal. We are driving down from dallas, so car space isn't the problem, it's just getting it on the boat!

And lastly, from my count we have 20 distinct cabins (I know some family's are using 2 cabins). When were we going to cut off the first group? I'm being incredibly selfish by asking this, but it's due to the fact that if we don't cut it off til August, I'm gonna be in the middle of last minute wedding stuff and events that I don't want my FE gifts to suffer because of that.

So...maybe when we hit a number everyone is comfortable with we can cut the first group and start a second? Just a suggestion, if it's a horrible one feel free to tell me

Aloha JenandJuice, we just finished booking the cruise and are now looking through Dis for the dish .

Members in the family:

Husband: Mike - favorite color : blue
Daughter: Malia - favorite color : turquoise
Me: Dianna - favorite color: green

So excited to have a vacation planned!

 

[poluwaifam]

Hi gang! While we are discussing the FE's, I thought I would bring up another item that has been lots of fun! I haven't seen it so far on this group, so if I missed it, sorry!!

Wristbands are a really cool gift that literally bands us together! When we have done it in the past, other cruisers always wanted to know where we got them!

If everyone is interested or wants to know more, just let me know. I'd be happy to take on this project!

Piper, I did add our party to the FE list however something is amiss with the sheet. I sent you a PM.

Can't wait till the cruise!!! It's getting so much closer!!!

Aloha Faithfullyeyore - Poluwaifam is in for the wristbands if this is still a go, and we are in time!