Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise 6/6/2016 Fish Extenders Group

[DisneyParkFan]

Hello Disney Cruisers!
My name is Cliff and I am willing to organize a Fish Extenders group for those sailing on the Disney Wonder, June 6-13, 2016. If you are interested, please reply to this thread and if we get enough interest, I'll begin the organization of it all. Please note that I am open to any and all suggestions from Disney Cruisers on how to make this a great FE experience for all!

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Here are some people/posters who have expressed interest in participating in the Fish Extenders Group on our Alaskan cruise.

Please list the following information for your stateroom/family if you have not already. Thanks.
1. Family's Last Name.
2. Names of Travelers (along with children's ages & gender) You may also just state "boy" or "girl" if you'd rather not give names.
3. Cabin/Stateroom Number
4. Allergies or Dietary Restrictions
5. Any special occasion(s) you are celebrating while on board (birthdays, anniversaries, graduations,, etc.)
6. Favorite Disney/Pixar character for your family or for each child

Our FE group will be closed 42 days prior (effective April 25th) to sailing to give everyone enough time to finish their gifts. This can be flexible depending on how our group size is looking.

DOWNEY, Cliff. Stateroom #7624. No allergies. Celebrating the end of the school year and start of summer vacation (teacher).

KING-SANTIAGO, Jackie & David. Stateroom #2015. No allergies. Celebrating 3rd Anniversary.

BEEBE, Carolyn & Erik (husband) & their two sons Matthew (age 9) and Adam (age 6). Stateroom #8042. No allergies. Erik and Adam have a June 30th birthday and Matthew has a July 17th birthday, so we are celebrating early.

STAJURA, Tina and her husband Stateroom #5008 & her mother with Ashley and Bailey (teens) Stateroom #5005

ISHAM, Geri (aka Gigi), Tanya YARBROUGH & Riley YARBROUGH (age 14). Stateroom #8594. Allergies: Mango and shellfish. Girls trip-three generations visiting Alaska and leaving the guys at home.

HURTADO, Randa, Brian, Braxton (boy-age 6), and Preslee (girl-age 4). Stateroom #6114. No allergies. Celebrating 15th wedding anniversary.

CAMPBELL, Evelyn, Greg, Maggie (age 14) and Russell (age 12) Stateroom #6116.

COX, Maryalyce, Erik, Sydney (age 14) and Kaleb (age 12). Stateroom # 6008. No allergies. Celebrating 20th wedding anniversary. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Sydney-Nemo and Disney princesses Kaleb-Avengers and Star Wars.

GRAHAM, Philip, Shannon, Sophia, (girl, birthday celebration age 9 turning 10). Stateroom #2572.

HAASE, Hope, Aaron, and our daughter Aspen (age 9). Stateroom #5505. No allergies and celebrating my birthday, and our anniversary (17 years).

REED, Valerie & Damon (husband) and Cameron (boy, age 13). Stateroom #7592. No allergies. Celebrating my 40th birthday.

PALTANI, Mary. Stateroom #6007

Brian and Lisa, Daughter Piper (age 11), Daughter Presley (age 9), Daughter Whitney (age 7), Son Walker (age 3). Stateroom #8530. No allergies.

ALEXANDER, Kimberly & David (mom & dad) . Stateroom #7110. Our two sons and mothers are staying in the cabin beside us. Christian (20 year old son, is a UGA Junior), Peyton (11 year old son, 5th grader), Sue (Kim’s Mom) & Jeanne (David’s Mom) Stateroom #7108. Allergies: No food dye. Celebrating a family vacation with our Moms too. Christian will graduate May 2017 (early celebration) Peyton goes to middle school Fall 2016. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Kimberly-Buzz Lightyear David-Wall-E Christian-Woody Peyton-Lightning McQueen Sue-Rex Jeanne-Remy

Meta and Robert. Stateroom #6644. No allergies.

FOOTE, Nancy and Bruce. Stateroom #2077; No strawberries, spearmint (allergies); Prefer NO alcohol; celebrating Nancy’s 57th birthday on 6/11; Bruce likes Sorcerer Mickey; Nancy loves Tink.

HIDALGO, Ron & Amanda, Ben (boy age 8), Charlotte (girl age 1). Stateroom #6051. No allergies. Favorite Disney/Pixar Character: Ben-Star Wars, Charlotte-Minnie Mouse.

HOLDEN, Robert & Melissa, John (age 16), Christopher (age 13), Cora (age 6 turning 7 on the cruise). Stateroom #8018. No allergies. Celebrating Cora's 7th birthday on June 7. Favorite Disney/Pixar Character: Robert-Jiminy Cricket, Melissa-Mickey & Minnie, John-Yzma & Kronk, Christopher-Luke Skywalker, Cora-Minnie, Mickey, Daisy, Donald, & princesses (she couldn’t decide…).

ELLIOT, Dean & Kristen, Carter (boy age 18), Taylin (girl age 10), Taryn (girl age 8), Teagan (girl age 4). Staterooms #6104 & #6106. Severe allergies to coconut. Kristen celebrating birthday (in May), Carter is celebrating high school graduation, Taryn celebrating birthday early (it's in July), Teagan is celebrating 4th brithday on the cruise. Favorite Disney/Pixar Character: Kristen- Merida , Dean-Mickey, Carter-Mickey, Taylin-Rapunzel & Jasmine, Taryn-Belle & Ariel, Teagan-Minnie Mouse & Olaf.

SLATTERY, Ryan (dad) Heidi (mom) Riley (girl 6).Stateroom #7000. No allergies but Riley does not like candy except for M+M's. Celebrating Riley's Make A Wish and she will turn 6 on June 12th aboard the boat! Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Riley-Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Toy Story, Mickey and Minnie and the Incredibles.. Pretty much any of them!

Chelsea, Travis, Peyton (girl; age 5) and Tristan (boy; age 1 1/2). Stateroom #6502. No allergies. We are celebrating Peyton’s 5th birthday and she will be starting kindergarten! Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Peyton-Minnie/Belle/Elsa/Jesse, Tristan-Mickey Mouse/Sully/Buzz/ Lightning McQueen, Chelsea-Pluto/Ariel, Travis-Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars).

Sharene & Derek, Kamryn (girl age 5) and Jayzen (boy age 5), my dad Bert. Stateroom #8072. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Jayzen-Kylo Ren & Darth Vader, Kamryn-Jasmine & Belle.

HINO, Marc, Stephanie, Daughter Kirin (age 5), Daughter Kaya (age 2). Stateroom #5014. No allergies. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Kirin- princesses & Frozen, Kaya-Minnie Mouse and Frozen. We are travelling with 3 other families below.

CHING, Mike, Joyce, Natalie (girl age 9), Cameron (boy age 5). Stateroom #5012. No allergies. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Natalie-is a tomboy . . .not into princesses, Cameron-Star Wars.

CHING, Chris, Kaori, Zachary (age 10), Daiki (boy, age) Stateroom #5502. No allergies. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Zachary-Star Wars or anything else, Daiki-Nemo, Star Wars, etc.

CHING, Carol and Stephen. Grandparents to the Hino and Ching families ^^^. Stateroom #5140. No allergies.

RICHARDS. Stateroom #6632. two adults (grandparents to the kids below). No allergies

RICHARDS. Stateroom #6545. one adult, three kids, Girl 14, Girl 13, boy 11. No allergies

RICHARDS. Stateroom #6548. one adult, two kids boy 15 (turning 16 on the cruise) and boy 6. No allergies

FONTANILLA-SPRIGGS, Jennifer Fontanilla (wife of Allen Spriggs), Jack “Allen” Spriggs, Francesca Spriggs (18 y.o. daughter), Benjamin Fontanilla (Grandpa, Jennifer’s father).
Stateroom #5642. No Allergies or dietary restrictions. Grandpa Benjamin’s first Disney Cruise!!! Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Jennifer-Dug & Lilo, Allen-Mickey Mouse, Francesca-Snow White, Grandpa Benjamin-Donald Duck

GOREE, Nancy, Jon, & Ehren (boy, almost 8) and Robert Lewis (grandpa). Stateroom TBD. No allergies. Celebrating Jon & Nancy’s 9th wedding anniversary. Favorite Disney/Pixar characters: Nancy-Disney dogs, Jon-any Star Wars, Ehren-Star Wars bad guys, Pluto, Robert-Mickey Mouse

METTLEN, Lisa (me), Bev (mom), Dean (dad). Stateroom #TBD. No allergies. Celebrating my parents retiring and our first ever cruises. Favorite Disney/Pixar Character: Family’s - Dug.

ROBINSON, Lee, Darcy, McConnell "Mac" (boy age 7), Grady (boy age 3). Stateroom #7094. No gluten, please. Celebrating our 11th anniversary! Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Lee-Dusty (Planes), Darcy-Robin Hood, McConnell (or Mac)-Star Wars/BB 8, Grady-Mickey & Pluto.

ROBINSON, Grandma, Chiara (girl turning sweet 16 on the cruise!), Lillian "Lily" (girl age 9). Stateroom #7096. Severe allergy to tree nuts. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Grandma-Cinderella, Chiara-Simba. Lillian (or Lily)-Olaf.

ROBINSON, Steven, Jody, Cai (boy age 12), Cooper (boy age 10). Stateroom #7098. Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Steven-Grumpy, Jody-Dory, Cai-Remy (Ratatouille), Cooper-Pumba.

 

[cruisingfromTX]

Thank you for doing this Cliff, let me know if I can be of any help

 

[Lynn G]

Hi Cliff, we are not interested in doing the Fish Extenders for this cruise (trying to keep packing light LOL), but we have done them many times in the past. One thing I wanted to warn folks about when delivering gifts is that a lot of groups have adopted Fish Extenders, in fact, we will have one up because we have signed up for the Recipe Postcard Exchange ****, so the folks within the Fish Extender group need to be sure they are only delivering gifts to those on their list or they will quickly run out of gifts! I hope this will be helpful to those in this group.

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Hi Cliff, we are not interested in doing the Fish Extenders for this cruise (trying to keep packing light LOL), but we have done them many times in the past. One thing I wanted to warn folks about when delivering gifts is that a lot of groups have adopted Fish Extenders, in fact, we will have one up because we have signed up for the Recipe Postcard Exchange *****, so the folks within the Fish Extender group need to be sure they are only delivering gifts to those on their list or they will quickly run out of gifts! I hope this will be helpful to those in this group.

Thank you Lynn for your advice about Fish Extenders and not "over-delivering". I, too, also signed up for the Recipe Postcard Exchange ****. I am excited about this cruise!

 

[Tinamarie77]

Hi All,
Cliff, please add me the FE list. My 2 girls are looking forward to participating. They are teenagers now but missed out on the fun of FE's on their first cruise.

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Hi All,
Cliff, please add me the FE list. My 2 girls are looking forward to participating. They are teenagers now but missed out on the fun of FE's on their first cruise.

Done! I added you and your entire family. We/you can edit as formalize the FE group list.

 

[Tinamarie77]

Is there a thread I can review that tells me more about the recipe exchange? I think my mom would find that interesting, she loves cooking and baking.

 

[tyarbrough]

Please add my family to FE list -

Geri (aka Gigi)
Tanya
Riley (age 14)

Thank you!

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Please add my family to FE list -

Geri (aka Gigi)
Tanya
Riley (age 14)

Thank you!

Done!

 

[Joan Ann]

Hi Cruisers! This will be our first Disney cruise... first 'real' cruise in fact. But we're DVC veterans.
We're celebrating our oldest child's High School graduation. There will be 4 of us in our cabin and I'd like to join the fish extender exchange.
We are...
ME - Joan Ann
HUSBAND - Glenn
DAUGHTER - Marie (16, graduate)
DAUGHTER'S BFF - Alexa (18, graduate)

What do I do next?
I'm starting google image searching for ideas on this and door decorating, both ideas which I accidentally stumbled upon.
Is there anything else I should be looking for?
THANKS!

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Hi Cruisers! This will be our first Disney cruise... first 'real' cruise in fact. But we're DVC veterans.
We're celebrating our oldest child's High School graduation. There will be 4 of us in our cabin and I'd like to join the fish extender exchange.
We are...
ME - Joan Ann
HUSBAND - Glenn
DAUGHTER - Marie (16, graduate)
DAUGHTER'S BFF - Alexa (18, graduate)

What do I do next?
I'm starting google image searching for ideas on this and door decorating, both ideas which I accidentally stumbled upon.
Is there anything else I should be looking for?
THANKS!

Welcome and you have been added to the FE list! We are still in the initial stages of the FE list but I will be posting more information in the future.

 

[Lynn G]

Welcome Joan Ann and family! Just for your information - I have not searched door decorations on Pinterest, but remember, they have to be magnets, no tape is allowed on doors (I think some tape has pulled off the paint, therefore the ban on tape).

 

[Ahoymccoy]

Can we get added to the FE group?
Jamie female adult
Greg male adult
Holden male age 7 but will turn 8 on June 7 while on the cruise!
Allison female age 14
Thanks for telling me about this *****! Cliff

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Can we get added to the FE group?
Jamie female adult
Greg male adult
Holden male age 7 but will turn 8 on June 7 while on the cruise!
Allison female age 14
Thanks for telling me about this *****! Cliff

Your family has been added to the FE list, Jamie. And Congratulations to Holden for turning 8 on 6/7!

 

[KimberlyW423]

Hello Cliff_ I am very interested in joining the FE Group. There are two families in my group that would love to participate.
My Family : is myself, my husband and 10 year old son. Second group is 4 adult females. This is our first cruise and of course we picked Disney to go on. Please let me know how this works and what we need to do. Thank you- Kimberly

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Hello Cliff_ I am very interested in joining the FE Group. There are two families in my group that would love to participate.
My Family : is myself, my husband and 10 year old son. Second group is 4 adult females. This is our first cruise and of course we picked Disney to go on. Please let me know how this works and what we need to do. Thank you- Kimberly

Done! Both your families have been added to the FE Group list. Right now, we are still in the initial stages of gathering names. The Fish Extenders is a gift exchange while onboard the DCL Wonder. As the months and days pass, I will be posting more specific information the group agrees to (number of staterooms, how often, how kids are included, etc.) I know there are some wonderful threads with gift ideas and fish extenders products and people's personal experiences. I want this to be a fun and magical experience for everyone involved.

 

[DisneyParkFan]

We are now nine months away from our Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise. Our Fish Extenders Group is up to 10 staterooms and about 33 people (22 adults and 11 kids/teens). So I have a question for the group:

As more people sign up for the FE in the upcoming months, do we want to break it down into smaller groupings or go with it "as is" with a larger group?

Is there a maximum number of staterooms we are willing/able to provide gifts for?

Feel free to post your answers, comments, suggestions, etc. on this thread.

 

[Ahoymccoy]

Discussing packing with my DH we are going to drop out of this one. Thanks

 

[Tinamarie77]

We are now nine months away from our Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise. Our Fish Extenders Group is up to 10 staterooms and about

We are now nine months away from our Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise. Our Fish Extenders Group is up to 10 staterooms and about 33 people (22 adults and 11 kids/teens). So I have a question for the group:

As more people sign up for the FE in the upcoming months, do we want to break it down into smaller groupings or go with it "as is" with a larger group?

Is there a maximum number of staterooms we are willing/able to provide gifts for?

Feel free to post your answers, comments, suggestions, etc. on this thread.

Here is my idea...