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Bill Parise has been a member since August 21st 2009, and has created 36 posts from scratch.

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Dreamworks Characters To Set Sail on Oasis of the Seas

“You didn’t see anything”…does that sound familiar? It’s my favorite line in the movie “Madagascar”, said by one of the hilarious penguins. I know what you’re thinking…why am I writing about this? Let me tell you, there is a big purpose to this blog entry!

Last week, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines announced the characters from our favorite Dreamworks movies are going to be sailing with guests onboard the Oasis of the Seas, in addition to their other ship, Allure of the Seas. As the characters will start sailing on the Allure in December, the gang will join the Oasis on a very familiar date. February 26th, 2011!

Yes, they will join the Oasis on our actual group cruise departure! How cool is that! Now families and any guest that wants to can party with Shrek and his friends, the Madagascar crew, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon! Guests can partake in fun activities onboard , such as meeting the characters and taking a picture, watching an aqua show starring the characters, enjoy character meals, and even watch movies in the 3D theatre, or in the comfort of your stateroom!

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What’s New at Beaches Resorts

Hey everyone. Got some news to share about some fun changes at Beaches Resorts, Sandals’ family resort chain. I’ll start with the most exciting news of all!

Okay, okay. I know this is really more geared to children, but seriously! As if there’s another Sesame Street character coming to Beaches Resorts!

Beaches is already home to Elmo, Zoe, Grover, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, the Count (my personal favorite) and Bert & Ernie in case you don’t know. I just found out today that another favorite character is joining the group. It’s none other than Big Bird!

Big Bird will be joining the gang on August 22nd at Beaches Turks & Caicos, and Beaches Negril in Jamaica. Each Sesame Street character allows the children to take part in special character activities, like Story Time with Elmo, Learning to Dance with Zoe, Exploring with Grover, Making Cookies with Cookie Monster, Making Music with Bert & Ernie, Discovering Magical Treasures with Abby Cadabby. You can also have a character breakfast with them, too! How cute! Read the rest of this entry »

Cayman Islands – It’s Time You Go To Hell!

grand-cayman-island I love the Cayman Islands and I also take pleasure in telling many of my family and friends to go to hell if they ever decide to visit the Cayman’s and watch the expression on their faces!

Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit the Cayman Island via a Caribbean cruise, and couldn’t believe how spectacular this little island gem could be. From that day forward I always wanted to go back and visit, because spending only one day there, I felt was not enough.

There was never a moment I did not feel unsafe, and the people were extremely friendly and spoke excellent English.

Back To Talking About Hell – Grand Cayman!

hell_caymanislandsSeriously, one of the major attractions on the main Grand Cayman island is a small town called Hell, and when you take a  moment to visit this town, and I mean a small moment, you will come across a little post office which dates back to the early 1960’s that was built for the very reason to allow guests to send postcards back home to their loved ones postmarked from Hell.

hell-formations2Of course the theme caught on, because nothing was funnier than sending a postcard that came straight from Hell.

How did this little town get this infamous title? Simple, when you get there you can view a spectacular rock formation that  dates back almost 1.5 million years ago, and was told to be created by weathered ironshore consisting of coral or bivalve fragments. This eerie black rock formation is none the less spectacular to view, and I’m sure depending on who you talk to, would have several different interpretations.
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Don’t Let Your Cruise Ship Leave Without You!

I’m not kidding here, if you don’t pay attention to the time and arrive at the port dock when required, your cruise ship may leave without you!

I had someone just ask this question less than a week ago, and my first response was, no way! I told them that a cruise ship would never leave a port without you, but as I did a little bit of research on this topic, I came across this great cruise information site, this is when I stumbled on a YouTube video that was showing a couple running for their lives as the cruise ship was sailing away. Read the rest of this entry »

American Idol Experience Is Searching For You!

Alright, you may be wondering what the heck is “American Idol Experience”!

Well there’s no question millions of people are going to be glued to their television sets next Wednesday evening as the new American Idol will be crowned with the victory. Now after the season finally, many of you may be dreaming of the 2011 season, and who will be the lucky person to be chosen to sing among millions of potential screaming fans.

Sounds exciting I bet, but one problem. You have to line up among thousands of potential contestants for hours to fight for limited spots, right? What if we tell you that there may be a loophole and it all starts at Disneyworld. Say What! What you talking about Willis?

Yup! Disneyworld has been successfully running the American Idol Experience for almost a year now, where you could have the opportunity to be that lucky contestant to move to the front of the line at the next American Idol auditions. Sounds to good to be true, don’t take my word for it, check out these videos below that will explain everything to you.

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