Disney Gathering Calendar

One of the things I have never had the opportunity to do, but would LOVE to do, is travel with some Disney friends. I've long wanted to go to the various Disney meets and gatherings, but have not been able to travel during those times. I thought it would be fun to put together a comprehensive listing of various Disney travel events.

I am SO excited to announce that I am in the planning stages for a Disney Mediterranean cruise during the summer of 2011. More information should be coming out soon regarding this cruise. It would be an amazing opportunity to meet some of the friends I've made through this blog, twitter, and through DisFriends. This would be a dream come true!

So, here is the list. I will update this with more information when I receive it:

DECEMBER 2009
WDW Today Reunion - WOW - this looks like a great event. Lots of people have already signed up for this! A range of events, and you can sign up for one or for all. Check it out at WDW Today Reunion

JULY 2010
Magic Meets at Sea - cruise on Royal Caribbean (July 22-26, 2010). Information at magicmeets.com

OCTOBER 2010
Mouse Guest Experience 3 - cruise on the Disney Magic (October 23-30, 2010). Information should be on mouseguest.com in the near future.

FEBRUARY 2011
WDW Radio Cruise with Lou Mongello - (February 27-March 3, 2011). Information and quote forms are now available on wdwradiocruise.com. This is the Disney Dream INAUGURAL CRUISE!

MAY 2011
Deb Wills Alaska Inaugural Cruise - Cruise with Deb Wills of AllEars.Net (May 3 2011 Sailing). Information on mousefantravel.com and will be on AllEars.Net coming up soon. This is the INAUGURAL CRUISE to Alaska!

JUNE 2011
Be Our Guest Podcast Cruise - (June 11, 2011). Find out more on the BeOurGuestPodcast forums

SUMMER 2011
DisneyDean's Mediterranean Cruise (Details coming soon - most likely July 2011). 11-Night Mediterranean Cruise on the Disney Magic. Info coming soon on MyDisneyBlog.com and twitter.com/DisneyDean

Do you know of any other events, or have any corrections to the above calendar? Just let me know. Email me at mickeysites@gmail.com or send me a note on twitter!

--- Disney Dean

Comments

[twitter.com/RoraBorieAlice]

I would travel anywhere with my Disney Peeps!!!!

[Henry Work]

Hey Dean,

Another popular one this year is the WDW Today Reunion: http://reunion.wdwtoday.com/. The whole TouringPlans.com crew will be present!

Best,
-Henry

[DisneyDean]

Thanks, Aurora! I'm with ya on that one :)

Henry - Thanks so much for letting me know about this. It sounds fantastic! I just updated the blog post, so just let me know if there is anything I can change, OK? Would be happy to help you get the word out.

[kymie]

Hey Dean if your cruise stops in England I'll find a way to Dover to say Hi!!

[DisneyDean]

Hey Kym! Oh, man - that would be SO awesome! It goes out of Barcelona, and goes eastward though :( Have you been on any of the DCL Europe cruises? I LOVE Europe so much and can't wait to go back!

[Dave Conifer]

Hi Dean,

I'm a Disney fan (at least a dozen trips to DW) that is about to self-publish a funny but satirical novel about two families on a trip to Disney World. Although I love that place, I always find a few things to laugh at and a few visitors with some behavior that is so extreme that it's comical. I've highlighted all of that in my novel.

Ninety percent of the story takes place in the four Disney World parks or hotels (everything is renamed but anybody will recognize what they're reading about). Like I said, it's a little satirical but my love of Disney World shines through.

I was wondering if I could plug my book with a post on The Disney Blog. I understand completely if it's not your bag. Self-published authors need to scramble to self promote because that's the only promotion we get.

It's already out as an Amazon Kindle book and the hard copy book (also known as "dead tree book") will be out in about a week.

I'll post the backcover blurb below just in case you want to see what it's all about. Thanks either way and keep up the good work!

Dave Conifer

-- Snodgrass Vacation --

Dave Jevik wasn’t too happy to hear that his wife had scheduled a family vacation to Snodgrass World Resort with the Zandanels. Loudmouth Vinnie is hard to put up with for an hour, let alone a week. But when Vinnie spots wheelchair-bound George Van Morrison in first class on the flight to Florida, the dreaded trip takes on a sense of purpose. Van Morrison claims he was injured at a restaurant owned by Dave’s friend back home and the lawsuit has already been filed.

Dave and Vinnie just know he’s faking it and they have a week at Snodgrass World to save the restaurant by proving it. They’ll have to dodge fleets of wheel chairs and scooters long enough to expose him while taking in park attractions like ‘Brutal Yet Fun and Lovable Buccaneers’ and ‘Showcase of Random Allied Countries.’

Vinnie’s sharp-elbowed wife is indispensable as she leads the way past line-cutters, other people’s obnoxious children and the maniac driving the scooter with the on-board colostomy bag. When they befriend a crotchety bartender back at the hotel, Dave and Vinnie unexpectedly tap an inside source that just might help them get their man.

Anybody who’s ever taken a trip to Orlando will recognize most of what they read about in Snodgrass Vacation, a fun-filled satire of theme park life written by a Disney lifer.