2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 5 fond farewell

Disney cultural architect speaker jeff noel
Photo 2013. Deconstructing Disney’s structure and processes so “outsiders” can understand it’s not Magic, but foundational business wisdom that prevails. Four basic Human Resources practices every company engages in.

 

2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 5 fond farewell.

In the weirdest of ways i’m thankful for being an early riser, watching the sunrise and enjoying an early breakfast and then having unencumbered pick of deck chairs.

Small things happening in the moment that later become moments of unusual gratitude.

All day long we watched hundreds of Guests arrive at the pool deck, apparently thinking good seats would be available. Literally by 8:15am all the seats were gone.

 

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2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 4 at Sea

Magic Kingdom rope drop
Photo 2013. Awaiting Magic Kingdom Park opening from Town Square.

 

Magic Kingdom rope drop
Photo 2013. Magic Kingdom Park opening from Town Square.

 

2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 4 at Sea.

 

The perfect Thanksgiving goal?

To love and be loved.

Why?

To only love, we’d dry up.

To only receive, we’d be selfish.

But the balance, well, the balance is Heavenly.

 

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2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 3 at Castaway Cay

Disney Institute facilitator jeff noel
Photo 2013 at Disney’s Animal Kingdom before Park opening. The Guest asked for this photo.

 

2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 3 at Castaway Cay.

We spent more time in the Church than expected. None of us were in a rush to leave. We had the place to ourselves.

It felt good.

As it should.

 

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2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 2 at Nassau, Bahamas

Disney Customer Service author jeff noel
Photo 2013. Flip charts reveal my classroom’s key insights and goals.

 

2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 2 at Nassau, Bahamas.

The food buffets aboard cruise ships are stereotypically gluttonous. There’s a reason this stereotype exists. On high-end cruise ships, extravagance is part of their intentional reputation.

 

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2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 1 at Port Canaveral

Walt Disney Partners statue on bookshelf
A replica of the Walt Disney World “Partners” statue in front of Cinderella Castle. This one is only six feet from where i’m typing this.

 

Today is our 2016 Disney Dream Cruise Day 1 at Port Canaveral.

Google maps says it’ll take 75 minutes to drive the 68 miles.

Love that i’ll be able to write the Disney Business books every day from the Disney Dream, since it is “on Disney property”.

Last night i did the math – for the first time ever – and discovered our home is less than one mile from the closest Walt Disney World property line. This is a straight, as-the-crow-flies line.

 

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