[nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs fortheBlindGroup

Sun May 29 22:59:03 UTC 2011

Hi,

Yes that's exactly what I'm saying.  Some of the blind individuals I've 
known have been good friends from whom I've learned much but the friendship 
was largely because they were who they were and not because they were blind. 
The fact that they were blind provided some common experience which drew us 
together but the friendship was based on much  more just as the 
relationships with my sighted friends are.   Thanks for expressing it better 
than I did.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dmgina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Princess Cruise Lines Welcomes Guide Dogs 
fortheBlindGroup

> Maybe what you are saying is, you do things with friends just as they are.
> Not thinking if they are blind or sighted.
> Is this correct?
> Dar
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 29, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Robert Martin <robert.martin at cfu.net> wrote:
>
>> 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>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <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>
>>>> To: <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/> 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>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl Echevarria
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>>>>> 631-456-5394
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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