Hi, I am totally new to this and I am in charge of the June 15 dream cruise (so no looking if you are on that cruise) by default but I think I am handling it ok
I have never been on a cruise let alone done the FE and this is a big surprise for my hubby's 30th birthday, so I thought it would be special for him to be part of the FE. It will be like getting presents for his bday all week.
Anyways I am rambling
My idea is to do recycled crayons in silicone molds: Mickey and pirate skulls for the boys along with a handmade coloring book of disney pirate stuff & for the girls Mickey and snowflake crayons. I want to do Olaf enjoying the Summer coloring books for the girls.
Does this sound good and how old are kids when they no longer want to color?
I don't want anyone to feel too old for their gift.
For 11+ on the girls, I thought nail polish with some disney decals might be fun
For the room, I thought photo mats and markers or disney dream christmas ornaments
Some Mickey ear Texas magnets and a Magnet with our itinerary, maybe a San Antonio postcard
For the women, Mickey and seashell soaps with various beachy scents
For the Men, a keychain with some "dream" related quote and our cruise and date on the back.
How does this sound? Also any ideas for teenage boys?
Thanks.
If that's the case, then maybe you can send one to your kids reminding them what a wonderful time you had on the cruise as a family. I thought it might be neat to have them postmarked from Castaway.
Did you make the ornaments? I like to do ornaments for everyone when we go for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party each year. This year we will have about 35 of us!
Or if you ordered them where? Thank you!Enjoyed reading your post on FE's I'm going on 15+ cruise but this will be the first time I'm doing it! Looking forward to it on the Member's Cruise to Alaska! Great ideas!My family participated for the first time in a FE Exchange in November and the kids really enjoyed it. We got some very nice gifts, some of which must have taken quite a bit of time to make. My favorite was an etched keychain personalized with the names of everyone in my family along with the cruise name and sail dates. We received a few cruise specific door magnets which we loved. I have several of them on my file cabinet at work now to remember the cruise. Several of the FE participants gave us magnetic bottle caps that had disney emblems on the caps. We plan on using them to decorate our Stateroom doors on our next cruise. We received quite a bit of candy but my kids were so full all the time from all the food on the cruise that we did not even touch any of it and ended up bringing alot of it home with us or leaving it for our Stateroom Attendants to enjoy. We got a small Disney Fantasy Christmas Tree ornament that we have hanging on our Christmas tree at home right now. My youngest daughter received a draw string beach bag with her name on it and she loved that. My DH and I did not receive any small bottles of alchol but that would have been a gift we would have enjoyed - maybe on our next cruise
Although my kids volunteered to assist me with deliverying our FE Gifts, it always seemed like they were involved in activities so I took it upon myself to deliver all of our FE Gifts myself. I got alot of exercise delivering them which I needed because of all the food I was consuming on the cruise. I would like to mention that 2 of the Staterooms on my FE list did not have a FE holder of any kind hanging outside their Staterooms and I was unable to deliver their gifts because my gift was breakable and I did not want to just leave it on the floor outside of their Staterooms. I cannot think of any reason why someone participating in a FE Exchange would not have a FE holder
. I delivered my FE gifts on Day #4 so they should have had their FE holder in position by then. I went back by their rooms on Day #5 but still no holder in sight. I even left a message on their Stateroom phones explaining that I was trying to deliver their gifts but there was nothing for me to leave the gift in and if they called me, I would happily arrange somewhere to meet them to give them their gifts. I never received any call backs. Has anyone encountered this type of thing before when participating in a FE Exchange.
I brought more FE gifts than I needed so during the cruise I randomly selected small children, asked their parents permission to give them a gift because I had extras and enjoyed seeing the smiles on their faces when they opened the gifts. I plan on doing that again because I enjoyed doing it so much. Spreading a little Pixie Dust was fun
I'm on the member cruise too to Alaska! Did DCL Alaska back in 11 and loved it! I'm traveling with my youngest daughter 19 and her best friend. I would agree never too old for Disney!Ok I absolutely love this FE idea! I am going on the Dvc member cruise to Alaska in May 2015! So first DCL cruise, first member cruise, and first trip to Alaska! Needless to day I am super excited!!!! I have been researching all the fun stuff (esp the FE info) recently and I need your opinion. I would love to participate in the FE for my cruise, however, I think we might be too old for it! Hahaha! All the guests in my cabin are adults! I'm going with my mother and aunt (both middle aged) and I am 28 years old. So I would absolutely love to participate but do you think people will not want to give because we are all adults? Let me know what you think!
I mean, you're never too old for Disney right?
This is will the 1st time I've participated in the FE's! Lots of learning and reading!You are very talented!
You are very talented!
It depends on the FE group you're in. Some have "rules" as to how many/how often. Others just let you make the decision.
