[nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs fortheBlindGroup
cheryl echevarria
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
Sun May 29 20:58:15 UTC 2011
This in no ways means you have to cruise with other blind people or go as a group, I am just giving you information on vacationing with your guide dog, and to let you know that they do offer these services,
We are always complaining that we can't take our dog places, or even being given a hard to about it.
The major cruise lines do offer something for the dogs, and this is all of them.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Martin<mailto:robert.martin at cfu.net>
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs fortheBlindGroup
Hi,
It's not that I really object to going on a cruise with other blind people.
It is just that I don't think in those terms. I'll be sixty five years old
tomorrow and have been blind since thirteen. IN all those years I have
known probably at most a dozen people who are blind. Therefore when I think
of travel or anything else I think in terms of my sighted friends and
relatives. I'm actually looking forward to going to the Seeing Eye next
month and being a part of a community of blind individuals who are there
fore a shared experience. It should be interesting and challenging and I
suspect I'll learn a great deal from those who have gotten dogs before since
I'm there for my first one. That observation I made to my friend was in no
way intended to reflect prejudice, just a difference in experience.
Regards,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com<mailto:cindyray at gmail.com>>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs for
theBlindGroup
> Bob, why wouldn't you want to go on a cruise with other blind people. You
> wouldn't be the only people on that cruise, nor would you necessarily
> spend all of your time together.
>
>
> On May 29, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Robert Martin wrote:
>
>> Em,
>>
>> Here's the other item I thought you might be interested in. Schools have
>> problems taking service animals but cruise lines have gotten the message.
>> I don't think I'm particularly interested in taking a cruise with a group
>> of other blind folks (it's not prejudice but I just don't think in those
>> terms) but I do think it good that cruise lines have thought about this.
>> I did wonder though how the dogs would like the cruise.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl echevarria"
>> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
>> To: <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
>> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 7:08 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs for the
>> BlindGroup
>>
>>
>>> Potential Passengers and Their Canine Companions Tour Sea Princess
>>>
>>> SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (May 27, 2011) -- Sea Princess recently hosted a
>>> group of 25 new graduates from Guide Dogs for the Blind and their owners
>>> for the day in San Francisco, to familiarize them with how Princess
>>> Cruises<http://www.princess.com/<http://www.princess.com/>> can accommodate visually impaired
>>> travelers and their canine companions.
>>> The group was able to enjoy a tour of the ship and lunch in the dining
>>> room, while learning how Princess can provide for their needs and those
>>> of their dogs. The event was hosted in association with Dimensions in
>>> Travel, a travel agency that regularly organizes travel for Guide Dogs
>>> for the Blind clients, to give new guide dog users a feel for what to
>>> expect if they join one of the agency's group cruises, or travel
>>> independently. Since 2004, Princess has hosted 11 Guide Dogs for the
>>> Blind groups on cruises to destinations such as Mexico and Alaska.
>>>
>>> "Working with these clients has changed the way we travel," said Diana
>>> Saint James, owner of Dimensions in Travel. "It's not all about what we
>>> see when we travel anymore -- it's all of our senses. That's what our
>>> relationship with our blind travelers has taught us. It's a different
>>> way to see the world."
>>>
>>> Aboard Sea Princess guests were able to test out many of the special
>>> features offered for visually impaired travelers and their dogs. For the
>>> dogs, the ships provide special life jackets, bowls of water in the
>>> dining room, and relieving boxes with favored cedar chips. Passengers
>>> also have specially translated menus and can enjoy reserved seating in
>>> the Princess Theater with room for their dogs. During a cruise,
>>> passengers and crew are also invited to meet the dogs during a
>>> designated play time.
>>>
>>> "These dogs are canine heroes," said Brian Rademacher, Princess Cruises
>>> district sales manager. "It's truly a labor of love for us to work with
>>> this wonderful organization."
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na1160<http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na1160<http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na1160<http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na1160>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel
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