MandMandMandMandM

We went last week.  The sake was good, but the wait was horrible.  Only 2 people working the bar and the crowd around numbered around 25.  It took forever.

Yes, still had to do the finger strip.  The little machine reminded me of the price checker at WM or Target, a set of swirling red lights and you put your number under it and put finer on scanner, machine beeps & you're in.

We used this last week.  I think there were 10 or 12 'machines' available.  I have an annual pass & it worked great.  My son has a military ticket (hard card like a credit card) that doesn't have the upc style coding on it.  They DON"T work at all because nothing for the little light to scan.  He finally gave up & a CM swiped his card on a handheld device.  Then we were in like Phin.  There were NO LINES at this section either 

To me, sounds like you got some old dry rotted stakes. But in the camping section at Wal-Mart there is a rubber mallet with a hook on the end for pulling stakes. run about $3, that way you can hammer them in and yank them out.  :rofl2:

This is the ThingaMaGigaBob I spoke of.  I bought mine at a camper store, but they can also be purchased at www.EverestGear.com 

So are you mounting that in the front window of the MH Jen?

Those 2 used refillable mugs on E-Bay just sold for  $26 plus $6 shipping = $32 for 2 mugs.    Now correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that average $16 each, which is more than you can buy them at FW brand new?  :grpwelcome:

I use the plastic stakes and usually don't have an issue getting them up.  When I do, I use this thingamagigabob I got at a camper store, it's metal & curved & made specifically to pull up stakes.

It is very common on the Disney ships (and sometimes seen on other cruiselines) to decorate your door.  It's a way of saying "Hey I Love Disney"  :rofl2: or "Hello, this is who occupies this cabin & these are our hobbies/family, etc"    Just tell people a little about yourself, kind of like the lamps and signs and flamingos we decorate our campsites with.  In some of the images in the Fish Exchange List thread you'll see glimpses of this.  If you search online you'll find thousands of photos.  I've seen from one magnet to the entire door covered in paper and then artwork done on it!  Some people have great imaginations.

Your cabin door is metal and it is magnetic.  You may purchase or create magnets for putting on the door.  If you are creating them yourself, you can purchase thick magnetic sheets online, or you can purchase thinner magnetic sheets at office suppy stores, for your home printer.  Be creative & just print at home and cut them to size.  It's very easy to do.  The other-not-to-be-named website has a section for artwork for creating your personalized magnets.  But don't be deterred....after you've thought of something you want to create, just google it & you'll usually find it.  There are several other websites that discuss this and have artists/creative people who will design things for you.  Photobucket is full of images, with "Millipie" as the leader of the group.

Before you ask this popular question, the doors on the ships are 27 inches wide.  Disney will NOT permit you to attach anything with tape, staples or even the 3m products.  Be careful in what you put on your door, others will take pictures of it & they'll end up online forever.  It is not suggested to put young children's photos or your address/phone number out there for the world to see.  It's also nice if traveling with others to put up a dry erase board or notepad/pen for leaving notes. 

Be sure that you take as many decorations for your door and the inside of your cabin to have fun with or make you feel more 'at home', but not so much that you spend your entire time putting them up and taking them down, or have issues with too much luggage because you have 4 bags worth of magnets!  Oh, and one other thing, magnets are HEAVY.  You wouldn't think so, but when you put lots of them into one bag it might become difficult to manage (I wonder how I know this?!)

Now, some :rofl2: have accused me of being a little 'over zealous' shall we say, in my decorating.  They've even said I'm tacky.  Poo-Poo to them.  Anyway, I personally like to decorate my cabin door no matter what cruiseline I am on.  For example:

Everyday I changed out some of my magnets, but I always kept up the mini version of my camp sign, my FW Musket Mickey's, and the photo of my FW clothesline!!  Some days I put up our college flags, other days pictures of us at the different theme parks went up.

On our anniversary I put up love-themed magnets

On the last full day all were cleared except for those saying we didn't want to leave. 

These are from one of our trips on a Princess cruise ship over Valentine's.  On Princess my routine is to post pics of previous CMs that helped make our cruise special.  The word gets out about our door and then they come by for visits and to autograph their photos.  Sounds crazy but they really enjoy the notoriety and kudos they get from their crewmates. 

  The little 'table' in the entry  

my nightstand        

Somehow I managed to not get a pic of the bathroom!  Yes, I even decorated the bathroom.  Silly me.  (We were on a long cruise or I wouldn't have taken all of this 'stuff' that literally got the largest suitcase we carried!!)

This really is fun to do if you're even the teensiest bit 'into' decorating.  I hope you enjoy prepping your door.  If you'd like to see a larger size of any of the pics, please let me know.  (Sorry some of these are so large!! After hours of loading/resizing/editing pics some links just aren't working right)

I'm working on a reply for you, it's taking some time though to get pics of all I want to tell you about!!  Just  with me please.

Well I am making a surprise, spur-of-the-moment trip to Epcot to celebrate St. Patrick's Day   I was supposed to have one of my brothers and my sister over for the day, but changed our plans last minute.  Now we're going to spend the day together and also have DS22, maybe DD22, and nephew/wife/2 kids, with us  :welcome2:  Now I just need to find a green shirt to wear!!

    :bday: Happy Birthday Jen :partythree:

Hope you have a Fantabulous Day filled with Pixie Dust!!

Loving this report!!    Usually if the music at the beach isn't working it is because the wires have been pulled up out of the sand AGAIN and got disconnected.  The real men of genius that hooked up the speakers put the wires about 2 inches down and not in any pipe.  So people play or golf carts pull them up. 

UPDATE...... Becky (Stargazetechie) and I have decided to share the work associated with the Fish Exchange sign-ups.  She'll keep up with the DISers and I'll keep up with the fiends.  So, please send me a pm if you want to do the Fish Exchange.  We still need the same info Becky stated:

Screenname and first names (real names won't be put online, but in a PDF e-mailed  to others in the exchange group.  If you have issues with others knowing your name let me know)

Stateroom # (if known):

Total # of guests:

Age/gender of each guest:

Special Celebration?

Email Address (this won't be published to the group)

We have to set a deadline date so that everyone making gifts has time to make the number needed.  Typically the deadline it is 90 days out.  What date do you think is fair?? 

from the OTHER site.

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Originally Posted by MandMLUVMMandDVC 

My friend's boss is at the port boarding for a cruise now. He said that where you place luggage through the screener there is a sign that says 'no liquor'. I have never seen the sign and wonder if there is some new policy. Anyone hear anything?

This is AquaDame's response:

There wasn't one when I embarked on 2/27...  We brought a bottle of rum onboard with us, and no one looked twice when we put some in our OJ at Cabanas or in diet coke from the dispenser. I even saw a gentleman with a rolling bag filled with kalua, rum, vodka, etc. He was joking about it with a CM and several of his cruise mates so I'm guessing its all just fine!

I hope that guy is on our cruise!!!  I'll make him my new BFF.  lol :beer:

If you're a married woman then hug away. Not married? We can talk about that later.

I NEEEEED a hug from the Mayor :banana: can we be friends/fiends?

As long as Marty doesn't see it. :dance:

no worries, he encouraged me the other day to go get a hug from you  :dance:

The lines are always long.  There are only 2 screening machines and 2 escalators.  Early is especially busy because of people wanting to upgrade cabins and stand in line for pics/autographs with the characters.  I've put out to the cruise mods at dis to ask if new policy on liquor.  I searched all over the dcl site and saw nothing new.

where can I see the cruise schedule?  I'm trying to convince my hubby this would make a awesome mommy daddy trip :banana:

go to disneycruiseline.com and search for the cruise (Disney Dream for 9/4/11).  It will not only have the itinerary, but you can virtually tour the ship including the different types of cabins. 

We always do.  One time we split up and timed it and found that driving was faster than the buses. 

I'm in FLA, so won't make your GG, but wanted to let you know that we stayed at the KOA Gettysburg & loved it.  The bathhouse was extra clean and nice and the people couldn't have been friendlier.  But be warned that the entire place is rocks.  This Florida girl couldn't walk around bare-footed or in flip-flops.  lol

Too cool:)  Thanks for the info!

If you're a married woman then hug away. Not married? We can talk about that later.

I NEEEEED a hug from the Mayor :rofl2: can we be friends/fiends?

Grand Marquis. The official car of old people. Now if it was a Crown Vic former cop car now that's a thugs car.

hahahahahahaha    my parents have a Grand Marquis, and Dad turns 81 today! 

No more bidding on those tags for me, I can't spend $30 on a license plate, I kinda like being married  :rofl2:

Well at least I know who I'm bidding against!  LOL

I'm keeping the FF cruise thread under DCL @Dis going.  In order to truly 'do' the fish extender game we have to do this.  As we get closer I'll gather names & info for the fiends that want to participate in it, but can't post over there.