Our first cruise was in 2005... I found the DIS boards some months before that... And a cruise meets thread for our cruise.
From that thread I found two people that I seemed to have a lot in common with, chatted online (on the boards) and then, of course met in person on the ship.
Once on the ship we were all busy with our respective famlies but met up now and then...
It was after the cruise that we talked more and then made efforts to get together.
It didn't hurt that one of them lived very near
Disneyland and the other in Hawaii! Gave me (2 hours from Seattle) just another reason to go to visit both locations! (Which we did!)
After that I always either started or joined a cruise meets thread for each cruise (we have 6 under our belts).
And organize or participate in Fish Extender gift exchanges (although we are not interested this time)
On another trip, we met a family (on the boards first) that had kids the same age as ours and were from my and my husbands home town (where our parents still live). The girls (about 14 at the time) got together a lot on the ship, we saw the parents now and again... but the fun part of getting to know this family was without planning it, we ended up on the exact same cruise 2 years later! The girls picked up right where they left off...
So, what I'm getting at is some way to spark this thread...
Are you willing to share more about yourselves to make some connections?
Similar reasons for choosing this cruise?
Typical "Cruise style?"
I'll start:
Marcy 50, DH Vijay 51
NOT bringing our kids DD20, DS16
I have taught Jazzercise for the last 11 years in conjunction to being a stay at home mom.
I focused on the kids but also the home itself doing as much of the repairs, upkeep, remodeling, and landscaping as I physically could.
I have now taken a full time, seasonal job at a golf resort 30 miles from us in Central Washington state, as the supervisor of Beverage carts on our two golf courses. Fun job, good money, but have found some challenges being the supervisor!
My DH is a Full Professor in Music teaching both choral and jazz... mostly vocal ensembles, but also can play/direct instrumental classical and jazz music.
He is also a prolific (published) composer/arranger.
We travel as much as we can... Disney parks and cruise line, Hawaii (especially Kaua'i), own a timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, San Diego, and most recently Eleuthera, Bahamas. We love to travel around Washington and Oregon as well.
We have three dogs, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (11yrs old), and two shelter rescues, a pom mix ( 11 yrs old) and a Lab mix (big! 3 yrs old)
There's my jumping off point!
Marcy