Disney Cruises - Tips For Choosing the Best One

Watching a scene in a movie where people are enjoying a luxury cruise makes one want to get on the same ship. Spacious decks lined up with tourists, women on their swimming attire and cocktails by the pool, elegant parties in the main hall - everything seems like very relaxing and a lot of fun. Double or triple that excitement with Disney cruises and one will probably book that luxurious holiday with the whole family immediately.

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Foremost is to select the Disney cruise liner you want to embark on. There is a Disney Wonder that takes one to Nassau in the Bahamas. The cruise may last for 3 or 4 days with an appetizing stay at the Walt Disney World Resort just before the sail. Meanwhile, the Disney Magic Cruise package offers a 7-night trip to the Eastern and Western Caribbean, St. Croix, Tortola as well as to the private Disney island Castaway Cay. Both Disney Cruise liners are 83,000-ton vessels with 875 staterooms.

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On board a Disney Cruise ship, one will marvel at the large staterooms and beautifully styled dining areas. The interior design for the Disney Wonder is Art Nouveau while the Disney Magic is styled with Art Deco. Meanwhile, there are secret porthole rooms that are nice options if you intend to make it an enjoyable but thrifty voyage.

A Disney cruise is not a Disney without fun-filled activities meant for children as well as adults. There are designated areas in the ship where adults can enjoy a Vista Spa or doing some partying at the nightclubs. On the other hand, well-arranged activities have been prepared for children to engage in through the Oceaneer Club and Lab.

Then again, the Studio Sea, which is placed in the mid-ship of deck 4 of the Disney liner, is a common ground for adults and children alike. The family can sing their hearts out and enjoy family karaoke, join in friendly dance competitions, or laugh together in a comedy stint. Of course, the famous Disney live or animated movies can be viewed at the Buena Vista movie house. In a stateroom, one can watch other movies as well.

If you are in for some real-life action, then the Walt Disney Theater could be the right entertainment for you. Different Broadway productions and variety shows are featured on both Disney liners including Toy Story Musical and Disney Dreams. For those who want to maintain their active fitness lifestyle while on a cruise, Disney liners have basketball courts, shuffleboards, ping-pong tables, and jogging areas.

In its stately entirety, a Disney cruise houses Mickey's Pool, Goofy's Family Pool, and the Quiet Cove pool on deck 9. The Mickey Pool is specially set up for the younger kids and is shaped in the popular Mickey contour. There is also a Mickey's hand-shaped slide, fountains, and splash areas for the children to indulge in. In the meantime, the Goofy Pool is more of a family pool where there are two big tubs for mommy and daddy to get immersed in while looking over the little ones. The Quiet Cove Pool is for adults only with pleasurable spas and poolside bars.

Disney cruises are certainly hard to forget so you should not get off the ship without spending some time in the Disney merchandise shops. Aside from all the pictures, these goodies are not only great memorabilia but more than enough physical evidence of the good times that were had.

The earlier, the better - this is the motto to follow when booking for your Disney cruise. Advanced booking is almost like getting a discount because it gives access to excellent staterooms during peak holiday seasons. So if you are planning on cruise on a summer, spring break, and the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, reserving way in advance will be to your advantage. You cannot wait for the last minute, as this will mean paying the highest prices.

At other months though, including January, May, September, and October, one can place a booking for less than 6 months in advance and nevertheless get great accommodations. The Magical Rates List has more specific details about some good deals and months for you. For instance, a 7-night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on April 25, 2009 is worth 9 aboard the Disney Magic. So book that cruise online now or with your travel agent, get a onboard credit, and make your cruise dreams come true.

Disney Cruises - Tips For Choosing the Best One

Kathy runs Vacation Packages for Disney World where you can find money saving tips for Disney World and Disney cruises.

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Choosing the Best Baby Nursery Themes

Choosing the best nursery themes from the large number of themes in stores can be a confusing task. There are so many decisions to make regarding the baby's room. Along with purely decorative decisions, you must choose your style of baby furniture, wall decorations and the kind of carpet that will protect baby when he or she is taking those first steps. One of the easiest ways to start decorating is to go ahead, bite the bullet and decide on a decorating theme. Once you decide on your theme you will have direction for all aspects of the room.

UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF NURSERY THEMES ?

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Think of your nursery as a storybook and the available styles of decor as the subject of that storybook. The similarities are that a book without a topic would be uninteresting and rooms with no obvious theme or decorating style would be just as unappealing. If you are still in the dark about themes, here are some examples. For a baby girl, some popular themes would be a western cowgirl theme or any of the Disney princesses like Ariel the Mermaid or Cinderella. Nursery themes for boys might be centered on popular sports like soccer, football or motocross. Then, of course there are decorating styles that would appeal to either sex like jungle or animal themes.

TRADITIONAL BABY THEMES

If baby kittens and rubber duckies don't tickle you, don't sweat it. A few years ago you might have been facing some difficulties with that attitude, but that day has passed. Modern nursery decorating trends have become so diverse that there are ideas available for every taste. Decorative motifs that might once have been considered inappropriate for nurseries are now acceptable.

FINDING the BEST NURSERY THEMES

Most parents have hobbies, occupations or passions that can be adapted for use as nursery themes. Agricultural minded parents can select themes taken from inspired by their favorite brand of farm implements. Bikers might select decorations sharing the logos taken from the gas tanks of their Harleys.

THEMES or NO THEMES

If the idea of decorating in themes is not appealing to you, that's not a problem. The gratifying thing about decorating for the modern baby is that anything goes. The important thing is to have a plan of action for the design of a room that will be warm and welcoming. The ultimate goal would be a comfortable space where you can enjoy your baby.

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Jan Bay's love of interior design and childcare inspired the building of her site, Unique Baby Gear Ideas which features numerous articles on nursery design, reviews of modern baby gear and the creation of modern nurseries for babies.

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