What Does YOUR DCL magnetic door sign look like? With other great tips for your sign

[num1tigerfan]

Ok, I dont mean to sound like a dope, but never cruising before .......
What is all this to do about Magnetic door signs?

It is signs that you can make to decorate up your stateroom door to make your cruise a bit more special! The doors are metal therefore if you place magnetic tape on the back of them it makes your sign into a magnetic and will stick!

 

[Marilou]

Wow...this has been the MOST FUN thread I've ever read! First off, I have to tell you all how unimaginably computer illiterate I am! Took me an hour to figure out how to download disney font and get it "connected" to my computer!

BUT.....after reading thru this whole thread, going to diff links for art, borrowing my son's Disney Magic Artist Studio cd (yay at least we already had it!) and enlisting my daughter to teach how to copy and edit pics in paint......I now have 7 full size (8x11) signs made + 4 mini signs. I also have several files of art to make more signs. I had a hard time explaining to my Mom about this, I had to show her some of the pictures of decorated doors (she thought you made only one sign for your door...silly woman)
You are all the most fun-loving creative people

One question tho, any problems with magnets going thru airport security? Should they only be in checked baggage?

Thanks again for the best excuse for ignoring the laundry!!!

 

[num1tigerfan]

Wow...this has been the MOST FUN thread I've ever read! First off, I have to tell you all how unimaginably computer illiterate I am! Took me an hour to figure out how to download disney font and get it "connected" to my computer!

BUT.....after reading thru this whole thread, going to diff links for art, borrowing my son's Disney Magic Artist Studio cd (yay at least we already had it!) and enlisting my daughter to teach how to copy and edit pics in paint......I now have 7 full size (8x11) signs made + 4 mini signs. I also have several files of art to make more signs. I had a hard time explaining to my Mom about this, I had to show her some of the pictures of decorated doors (she thought you made only one sign for your door...silly woman)
You are all the most fun-loving creative people

One question tho, any problems with magnets going thru airport security? Should they only be in checked baggage?

Thanks again for the best excuse for ignoring the laundry!!!

I wouldn't think there would be any issues, but we had ours in the bottom of our suitcase so it didn't get bent up!

 

[clewert]

I had mine in my carry on no problems getting through security.


Here is a picture of my door from last weeks cruise

 

[Marilou]

Great door Crystal! I hope you don't mind I sent it along to my Mom (who is cruising with my 2 kids and me) so she understands what I'm doing...lol she sent back a response "now I understand the door signs"

My daughter made a door outline on the floor with yarn (got the measurements in a post waaaayyy back) so we can play around with how the signs will fit. Portrait size, landscape size, small ones, etc etc. I have some for specific days and some that will stay up the whole time.

If I do not have scanner and really didnt want to put my signs on a specific "saving website" like photobucket, is there a way I can post signs here? I'm new to the DIS.

Thanks
Marilou

 

[clewert]

Great door Crystal! I hope you don't mind I sent it along to my Mom (who is cruising with my 2 kids and me) so she understands what I'm doing...lol she sent back a response "now I understand the door signs"

My DH thought I was crazy because I kept making signs but once on board and I put them on I was like DANG I could have made MORE and of course he just shook his head as for posting pictures Photobucket is the only way I know how to put them here on the boards? but I am fairly new myself

 

[Marilou]

If I did decide to use photobucket, is that considered an attachment? In my posting rules, it says I can not post attachments. Is that something I have to request here? or do I have to earn that priveledge? Even tho my signs aren't all that spectacular, I'm pleased with them and would like to share them here.

Ok, where's all the long time residents when you need questions answered.

HEY CRYSTAL! Were there many other decorated doors on your cruise?
Under the cruise meets forum, I can't seem to find anyone else on the DIS boards on my cruise July 6-9 2006

 

[minniebeth]

Recently got back from the 1/22 Wonder and our door signs worked out great... I did 5 12X12 scrapbook pages with the magnetic tape on back.
I did one for each of my two kids' birthdays and the rest general cruising.
I used Disney stuff I found at Michael's Craft Store. They were a little more expensive to put togehter than if I printed stuff out on the computer, but I carried them in the same size plastic scrapper envelopes. When we got home, I carefully pulled off the magnetic tape and slipped them into scrapbook page pockets to start off an album for the trip.
By the way, we were the ONLY ones who had the door signs on our entire floor and it was a great way for our kids to find our room. So many people LOVED them! Goes to show you many people DON'T read these board, the best thing since sliced bread!

 

[clewert]

HEY CRYSTAL! Were there many other decorated doors on your cruise?Under the cruise meets forum, I can't seem to find anyone else on the DIS boards on my cruise July 6-9 2006

I didn't see any other doors decorated like mine I saw several with the Vacation club magnet and one with a coloring book picture but thats it but I didn't go roaming the halls either and there were several other DIS members on my cruise.

 

[Marilou]

I looked way back in posts # 40-ish and saw instructions on posting pics.
Here goes nothing....
http://www.photodump.com/direct/Marilou/

Lets see if this works

Dang! It didnt work so don't bother clicking on that link above. lol
Time for me to get ready for work, I'll try this again Saturday or Sunday when i have some free time.

 

[Showe]

just subscribing...all of these ideas are fantastic.

Can't wait to get started on some signs four our June 18 Wonder Cruise. It will be our DS and DD birthdays while on the cruise so I thought some fun birthday signs would be cool for them.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Instead of taking up space here, I think I can just post the link...I just uploaded them to photobucket.....

This is the "main magnet" - I am making this to go around the number on the door - hope I got the measurements right!

This is the magnet for day 1.

This is the magnet for day 2.

This is the magnet for day 3.

And I'll put this up the last night.

And I'm making these shirts for the kids too...

For the first day - since this cruise is our Christmas present from my dad.

And for each of them for the second day...dd's and ds's (I don't know why that wont flip back, I give up - you get the idea.)

For Pirate Night I'll put them in this shirt with black pants cut off (jagged like a pirate or shipwrecked person) and add some pirate props.

For Castaway Cay day.

And for our last day.

I guess going with them 5 and 6 is going to be perfect - much older and I'd have a mini-mutiny on my hands making them match every day!! It'll be fun, though.

I am in the VERY early planning stages for my cruise in April of 2007 - waiting for MIL to do the final booking!!

I am subscribing to see your ideas - I am so excited to see some of my designs on your magnets and on clewert's magnets!

How cool would that be to be on the boat and see my designs on someones door? I saw one of my designs at WDW last Ocotber and it was pretty cool!!

I love seeing them in action!!!! If anyone else uses my designs - I would love to see pictures of them!!

 

[Queen2]

What great ideas you have. you are so talented.

 

[sandym]

I didn't see any other doors decorated like mine I saw several with the Vacation club magnet and one with a coloring book picture but thats it but I didn't go roaming the halls either and there were several other DIS members on my cruise.

Hi Crystal- Ours was decorated but not many people got to see it. It had different signs every day. We were on deck 5 forward, right down from the Nitz family.

 

[linnied]

All you folks are so talented and immaginative.
Is there a special site that help one to design these door magnets?
I am thinking it is like making a poster with a print shop type program and designing it to you own creativity. Is this correct?

 

[Verandah Man]

All you folks are so talented and immaginative.
Is there a special site that help one to design these door magnets?
I am thinking it is like making a poster with a print shop type program and designing it to you own creativity. Is this correct?

I use the Print Shop Deluxe 10 program to make my door signs with. I bought the program years ago at Best Buy.

 

[jazstar87]

geez...everyone has so many sings on there door...i think i need to step it up a little

TO THE COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!! .......................................................(well ok i am at the computer to type this message)

 

[disneylady]

I took extremely large index cards and wrote my kids names in big letters in the middle. Each kid's name was written in a different color and they each had their own card. I then drew a sailboat w/marker and outlined it in glitter corresponding with the Disney colors. I then filled in empty areas w/some Disney stickers that I had lying around. I taped them to our door. I also went by Party City and got some large party decorations to tape to the door as well, such as gold stars, a box of movie popcorn, a movie reel, etc. Everyone kept making comments about our "famous door" as they walked by. I was surprised that the whole trip, I only saw 3 doors decorated and ours was by far the best.

By the way, these decorations, I slid in plastic sleeves in a small binder. I kept this binder in my carry on. I also had a sleeve for birth certificates, insurance information, tips from DS boards, etc. One sleeve had my son's homework in it. THis binder proved to be extremely valuable.

 

[Zsa Zsa]

How many posts before you are allowed the posting of URL's?

 

[num1tigerfan]

Recently got back from the 1/22 Wonder and our door signs worked out great... I did 5 12X12 scrapbook pages with the magnetic tape on back.
I did one for each of my two kids' birthdays and the rest general cruising.
I used Disney stuff I found at Michael's Craft Store. They were a little more expensive to put togehter than if I printed stuff out on the computer, but I carried them in the same size plastic scrapper envelopes. When we got home, I carefully pulled off the magnetic tape and slipped them into scrapbook page pockets to start off an album for the trip.
By the way, we were the ONLY ones who had the door signs on our entire floor and it was a great way for our kids to find our room. So many people LOVED them! Goes to show you many people DON'T read these board, the best thing since sliced bread!

I was on the 1/22 cruise deck 6 and had a decorated door. I'll agree, not many though. Where were you at?