I am sorry that Tink never came home!Good luck with the new puppy!
Only one suitcase each?? If it is too heavy it would be less expensive to pack a third. Plus you need space to get all your goodies home in. I have never shipped anything home, plus never docked in LA so not much help there. We are in business class on the way home so we get 4 checked bags so no worries there. I wonder if you could get one of those boxes from the post office (I think they are prepaid) and use that if needed. They are all flat at my post office so would fit in your bag easily, would just need to bring packing tape. But then you would need to know where to drop it off at. 
Sherri,
GTY = no cabin assignment when you book and you are guaranteed a cabin in at least that category, could be higher.
FE - I think someone was going to try and make their bags and put names/cabin numbers on the bags but since we have so many with GTY cabins, they opted to wait. Sorry - I read it be don't remember who said it.
Shipping a box - I often ship a box, there are instructions in the FAQ on the main cruise thread but here it is as an FYI. It has always worked well for me.
Boxes Sent the Ship Ahead of Cruise - PLEASE follow these instructions carefully!!!!!! UPDATED AS OF 2/25/2009
ONE box per stateroom, no exceptions.
The package must have the guest full name, ship, sailing date, stateroom number or GTY if you have not been assigned a stateroom number.
The package also must have a packing slip attached to the outside of the box that details the contents of the package. For prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient. Your list may or may not be read but it must have one. Write packing slip on the outside of the envelope.
NO FOODS/DRINKS OF ANY KIND, LIQUOR OF ANY KIND, FIREARMS, ETC.. Items that cannot be shipped to the Disney Cruise Line Warehouse and delivered to the ship include: food products (any and all food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals, and luggage. These items will not be accepted at the warehouse and will be returned. This may cause the dogs to hit on your box and that would be a bad thing.
The required size of the cartons you are shipping down have to be about the size of a record storage box 12 inches on a side and should not weigh more than 20 lbs. (This has been asked personally by Dave Adams who is the owner)
Address your package(s) to:
Disney Cruise Line Warehouse
Guest Name / Stateroom # (GTY, if you don't know what it is when you send the package)
8633 Transport Drive
Orlando, FL 32832
Phone: 407-566-8196
In the bottom left corner of the top of the package put the following information: ATTN: HOUSEKEEPING
*Name
*Sail Date
*Ship
*Stateroom Number
*Packing slip that details contents of the package (for prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient)
Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 7-Night Cruise on the Disney Magic (Saturday).
Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 4-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Sunday).
Packages must arrive by Wednesday by 3:00pm for the 3-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Thursday).
If your box is hit on by the screening dog or chosen for additional screening they will open the list and the box and look through it. They will close it back up and provided nothing bad is in it then it will be in your room as usual later after boarding. These boxes will be coming on the ship with the crew mail among other things so they may be in the staterooms later then they were before as they are low priority in the scheme of things for Disney.
Wine - wrap it in bubble wrap and then put it in a sturdy garbage bag and pack it in your suitcase. Then if it breaks, it will be contained at least. Be sure the items around it can be washed and not dry cleaned. I have done that before and it has worked well. You will also need to put it in your carryon when you board.
OK, hope some of that helped.
I wanted to see if anyone was interested in playing Bunco on board. If you have never played it is VERY easy to learn and a lot of fun and if you have played before then you know just how fun it is!!!
We need at least 12 to play. We can either play with/for money or just play for fun. If we play with money then I would say $5 a bunco session.
I will bring everything that we need. I may need some more dice if we have a lot of people but I should have enough to cover everyone.
Let me know if you want to play. We can also decide if we wanted to include children or not. I would prefer maybe a family game with kids included but then adult only games would be great too.
We have done this on past cruises and have just had a blast. If we get enough people wanting to play then I will contact DCL and reserve times/spaces for us.
I wanted to see if anyone was interested in playing Bunco on board. If you have never played it is VERY easy to learn and a lot of fun and if you have played before then you know just how fun it is!!!
We need at least 12 to play. We can either play with/for money or just play for fun. If we play with money then I would say $5 a bunco session.
I will bring everything that we need. I may need some more dice if we have a lot of people but I should have enough to cover everyone.
Let me know if you want to play. We can also decide if we wanted to include children or not. I would prefer maybe a family game with kids included but then adult only games would be great too.
We have done this on past cruises and have just had a blast. If we get enough people wanting to play then I will contact DCL and reserve times/spaces for us.
I wanted to see if anyone was interested in playing Bunco on board. If you have never played it is VERY easy to learn and a lot of fun and if you have played before then you know just how fun it is!!!
We need at least 12 to play. We can either play with/for money or just play for fun. If we play with money then I would say $5 a bunco session.
I will bring everything that we need. I may need some more dice if we have a lot of people but I should have enough to cover everyone.
Let me know if you want to play. We can also decide if we wanted to include children or not. I would prefer maybe a family game with kids included but then adult only games would be great too.
We have done this on past cruises and have just had a blast. If we get enough people wanting to play then I will contact DCL and reserve times/spaces for us.
I wanted to see if anyone was interested in playing Bunco on board. If you have never played it is VERY easy to learn and a lot of fun and if you have played before then you know just how fun it is!!!
We need at least 12 to play. We can either play with/for money or just play for fun. If we play with money then I would say $5 a bunco session.
I will bring everything that we need. I may need some more dice if we have a lot of people but I should have enough to cover everyone.
Let me know if you want to play. We can also decide if we wanted to include children or not. I would prefer maybe a family game with kids included but then adult only games would be great too.
We have done this on past cruises and have just had a blast. If we get enough people wanting to play then I will contact DCL and reserve times/spaces for us.
