Immediately below are a great set of instructions for starting a private mixology group created by Danielle Bender Below that is an example you can copy and paste into your own Cruise group to jumpstart the process. Putting this into a File also creates a Post in your group, so it serves to both introduce and organize your session. Happy Sailing!
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What is a mixology group? It is a beverage seminar in which the bartender teaches you how to make 4-5 different drinks…and then you drink them! You can sign up for a mixology class onboard or you can organize a private mixology group for your FB cruise group. It’s a great way to meet and mingle with the people in your FB groups that you’ve been chatting with leading up to the cruise!
How to organize it:
Start a file in your FB cruise groups called “Mixology Sign-Up” or something similar.
Add a brief description of what a mixology group is, for those not familiar. Here is the summary I provided for my group:
“Mixology is a drink mixing group - we can reserve a private group for just those who sign up from our FB group. We will have our own bartender who will show us how to make 4-5 drinks - it lasts for about 1 hour and is usually in the afternoon (2 or 4pm). You can try to book it for one of the sea days but please don't count on it. Cost is different PP per tasting (subject to change without notice) one person will need to pay for this event upfront. Please add your FULL name and stateroom number to sign up for Mixology group 1 (you can edit to add room number later if you don't know it). Please add one person per line. Once there are 30 people or to the limit that allows per tasting, someone will need to start a new group. A month before the cruise, I will contact DCL and reserve the venue for our Mixology group. I will also need to send them room numbers in advance so they can charge your room.”
Since you need a minimum of guests to maximum guests per class. At the bottom of the list, I added “***SORRY THIS GROUP IS CLOSED AT 30 PEOPLE. PLEASE START A NEW GROUP***
Bump the file regularly by adding a comment so that new members know the sign-up is there
Remind people periodically to add their stateroom numbers so you don’t have to chase them down when you need to send the list (they will not be able to participate if they don’t add their room number). If they don't have a room number yet, they can provide a reservation number
30 days before the cruise, e-mail DCL Function Requests (DCL.Function.Requests@disney.com) and make the request for the “at sea” day you would like the mixology session. You can also request a particular venue and time or they can let you know what the options are.
The required number of days before the cruise (maybe 3 days but I have to confirm), send DCL Function Requests an e-mail containing the list of participants – full names and stateroom number of each participant
Confirm the day/time/location with your cruise group
Then just show up and have fun!
FAX NUMBER (407)566-7336. DCL function requests.
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