Thursday, April 14, 2011

9 DAYS TO GO . . .

     THURSDAY APRIL 14, 2011

     RE-BOOK ON-BOARD.  WHILE I DON'T PARTICULARLY PLAN ON BOOKING ANOTHER CRUISE ANYTIME REAL SOON, LET ALONE WHILE I'M STILL ON-BOARD DOING MY FIRST, IF I WAS GOING TO, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME.
     I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OTHER CRUISE LINES OFFER THE SAME OR SIMILAR INCENTIVES TO BOOK ANOTHER CRUISE WITH THEM WHILE YOU'RE STILL ON-BOARD, BUT DISNEY SURE DOES IT RIGHT.  FROM ALL OF THE READING I HAVE DONE, IT'S QUITE ASTONISHING HOW MANY PEOPLE BOOK ANOTHER CRUISE WITH THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE WHILE THEY'RE STILL ON-BOARD THEIR CURRENT CRUISE SHIP.
     THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE OFFERS A LOWER REQUIRED DEPOSIT AMOUNT, A DISCOUNT ON YOUR CRUISE RATE, AND A LARGER ON-BOARD CREDIT FOR BOOKING ANOTHER CRUISE WITH THEM WHILE YOU'RE STILL ON-BOARD.
     EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE LIKE ME MAY NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THEY'D LIKE TO CRUISE AGAIN, MOST KNOW THAT THEY WOULD INDEED LIKE TO.  SO LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS DISNEY, THE FREQUENT FANS HAVE FIGURED AWAY AROUND THIS.  THEY CALL THEM "DUMMY BOOKINGS".  YOU JUST PICK A DATE FAR OUT FROM YOUR CURRENT CRUISE WITH ACCOMMODATIONS YOU MAY LIKE OR LESSER ONES TO KEEP YOUR DEPOSIT EVEN SMALLER AND AS TIME PASSES AND YOU FIND A DATE THAT MAY WORK FOR YOU OR A NEW CRUISE OR ITINERARY COMES INTO BEING, YOU JUST SWITCH YOUR DATES AND/OR INFORMATION OVER TO YOUR ACTUAL PREFERENCE.  IT'S PRETTY SMART ACTUALLY, IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL INDEED WANT TO CRUISE AGAIN WITH THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
     I'M JUST NOT SURE WHEN THAT WILL BE FOR US.  I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SAVINGS AND INCENTIVES THAT YOU GET ON-BOARD.  IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN INSTANT REWARD FOR SAILING WITH THEM.  AFTER OF COURSE YOU ARE A MEMBER OF DISNEY'S CASTAWAY CLUB AND CONTINUE TO BE REWARDED IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR HAVING SAILED WITH THEM PRIOR.  BUT WITH CHANGES COMING FAST AND FURIOUS IN BOTH WALT DISNEY WORLD AND IN DISNEY LAND, THEY MAY BE OUR NEXT CHOICES, AND I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN TO AN ALL-INCLUSIVE RESORT AND IF I TRAVEL WITHOUT MY SON, THAT MAY BE MY FIRST CHOICE.  BUT FOR THOSE, WHO I'M SURE I WILL SOON BE A PART, BELIEVE THERE IS NO CRUISE LIKE A DISNEY CRUISE, BOOKING A FUTURE CRUISE WHILE STILL ON-BOARD ONLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
     SEA YA REAL SOON!   ºOº
TONIGHT'S MOVIES ARE "MONSTER'S INC." AND "RETURN TO NEVERLAND".  I REALLY LIKED MONSTER'S INC. BUT I THINK I WAS AS IMPRESSED WITH THE ANIMATION AS I WAS THE MOVIE.  RETURN TO NEVERLAND, ASIDE FROM THE TOY STORY MOVIES, MAY BE MY FAVORITE SEQUEL THAT DISNEY ANIMATION HAS DONE.  IT REALLY KEEPS IN THEME AND MOOD WITH THE ORIGINAL.

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