Disney Cruise Line Fish Extender Ideas

Really excited to share some Disney Cruise Fish Extender Ideas because this was one of my favorite parts of the Disney Cruise. To be honest, it was a lot to plan (because I was planning for two rooms and our group of six families) but it was so worth it and made the trip more magical. Did the kids love this? YES. Was it worth it? YES! And a fun activity on one of the at sea days when everyone is the ship and the other activities are more crowded.

What is a Fish Extender?

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There is a fish outside every stateroom where you can hang personalized fabric pouches. Usually you can buy these personalized on etsy (this was ours) or make your own. (I also saw this one from amazon, names i think were added with stickers?)Everyone’s name is on their pouch and personalized gifts are dropped into each pouch during your cruise. It was really fun coming back from the pool or dinner and finding surprises in our fish extender. The kids also really loved walking around the ship and leaving gifts for other people. Some people also bring extra surprises and “pixie dust them” in random fish extenders all over the ship.

How Do You Get in a Fish Extender Group?

The first thing to do is to find your Disney Cruise facebook group on Facebook. It will be something like June 3-10 Disney Fantasy Cruise. Once you join this group, usually someone has volunteered to organize the Fish Extender group. I think ours was a group of six families. We had everyone’s name, age, and favorite Disney character to shop for.

Fish Extender Ideas

Some good fish extender ideas depend on age of your person and you can spend as little or as much as you want. I think they recommend around 5-10.00. Some fun gifts we got were snack mixes and things from their state, a beauty bag with a fun face mask, etc. Other fun ideas I’ve seen are pirate patches for pirate night, Disney ears, personalized starbucks tumblers, Disney Jewelry , friendship bracelets, Disney card games, Disney Mad Libs, Lightsaber pens, (some of the items you can buy in a pack and split up) Disney headbands, Disney scrunchies, Disney notebooks, door magnets, Disney koozies, personalized tote bags, Disney stamps, Disney coloring sets, glow sticks, Disney socks, sticker books. We have seen where people have gifted large items like Disney monopoly. You really want to make sure your recipient will have room in their suitcase going home. Since we brought a lot of fish extenders in our suitcase, it did free up room to take things home. (and extra things we might have gotten on the ship like this game!) And don’t forget a fun tag to leave with your gifts so your group knows that your room participated.  I hope this gives you some great ideas for picking out your fish extender gifts! More fun ideas below!

Rubber Ducks

On Disney Cruises, several people hide rubber ducks all over the ship and my kiddos were so happy when they found one or two. This is also something optional you can participate in on the cruise!