May Newsletter Update

Cruise Cash Contest!

The Fun Starts BEFORE You Leave Home!

Here’s your chance to win cash and prizes BEFORE CreativityAtSea.com 2010. How do you win? Glad you asked! We’ll be announcing a new ‘Creativity Contest’ each month through this newsletter. Take a look at our very first contest below!

Each month we will be offering a different prize. Some prizes are directly connected to CreativityAtSea.com 2010 (OnBoard Credit, Spa Discounts and Shore Excursion Discounts and more!). Other prizes will have nothing to do with the cruise but are just as exciting - WonderImagery.com gift certificates, BarryMitchellProducts.com credit and special surprises from some of our friends and sponsors.

Do you know what this means? You don’t have to be registered for the cruise to participate. We just want to start the fun for everyone NOW and give folks a taste of some of the creative things we do on the boat.

The more people we have registered for the cruise and subscribed to this newsletter, the better the prizes will be. So help us out by forwarding this to all your friends who aren’t on the list and aren’t on the boat or tell them to get over to www.CreativityAtSea.com and click on the newsletter link to subscribe.

Resource for First Time Cruisers

I got an email about a week ago from Diane Kleefeld (she's the one behind Jim Kleefeld's success :-) ). She shared an interesting resource for first time cruisers. So if you're a first time cruiser or even if you're not, there's some great information on this web site:

http://www.seauonboard.com/cruise101.htm

There's lots of information there for everyone so THANKS Diane!!

Inaugural Creativity Contest

This is our very first contest of the year so put on those thinking caps. The prize this month is $20 in On Board Credit on the 2010 CreativityAtSea.com cruise. Even if you're not registered yet, you can participate. That way when you DO register for the cruise (you ARE coming aren't you?) you'll be $20 ahead!

For complete details about this month's contest you'll have to go to the contest page on the CreativityAtSea.com web site. You can get there by clicking HERE. Complete details are there but here's a tease . . . it has to do with this drawing:

This contest runs through May 15th. After that we'll post all the entries on the www.CreativityAtSea.com website contest page and have a vote. So just like American Idol, you will decide the winner. Your friends and family can vote on your entry, but they have to be registered to receive this newsletter in order to vote. That's the only qualification. So click on over and get the complete run down on this month's contest. We're excited to see the results!

CAS Poolside!

We've just added a brand new commercial to our You Tube Channel called "Poolside." Click Here to visit our YouTube.com Channel! Or click HERE to go direct to this video.This is the latest in our line of commercials for CAS 2010.

Dunns River Falls Excursion - early stages

I'm currently in negotiation with a tour company that will take us (those who want to participate) on a river tubing excursion as well as to climb the famous Dunns River Falls. It's a great trip and this company specializes in their guides going the extra mile. The starting cost is very reasonable (cheaper than a comparable tour through the ship) and they strive to get us there ahead of the cruise ship masses. It's going to be a blast!

So that I can negotiate the very best price for our group, I need to know how many of you are interested in taking this excursion. Just let me know by email if you'd like to participate. The entire excursion would run around $60 per person (the more people we take, the cheaper it would be). It would be a 'closed tour' for only our folks. No money is due now on this, I just need a ballpark count.

Til then . . .


Tim & Barry

Shore Excursion - early stages

Shore Excursion - early stages

I'm currently in negotiation with a tour company that will take us (those who want to participate) on a river tubing excursion as well as to climb the famous Dunns River Falls. It's a great trip and this company specializes in their guides going the extra mile. The starting cost is very reasonable (cheaper than a comparable tour through the ship) and they strive to get us there ahead of the cruise ship masses. It's going to be a blast! Stay tuned . . .

A-Rod Story Session

aka Story Creation on Steroids!

One of our most popular optional sessions in 2008 will now be on the table. That is the “Floating Round Table.” Cruisers will work in teams to create a story on the boat. We won’t just learn the process of creative writing, we’ll apply it.

Since 2010 is the year of the Floating Round Table where everyone’s ideas are encouraged we will be learning from and with each other.

Barry and Tim will also be a small group in this session so cruisers can finally learn the truth. They’re not really any more creative than anyone else.

New CreativityAtSea.com BLOG!

We've been trying to figure out a way to keep people up to date even if they were to miss one of our newsletters or subscribe after some news has been sent out. We decided that a blog was the best way to do that. We can post things there as they develop and it also keeps all of the old posts. We've already posted some of the past information from these newsletters, so click on over to see if you've missed anything.

Cruise for the cost of Breakfast!

Did you know that four out of five people believe a cruise is unaffordable. Add the cost of a conference and it’s just out of reach IN THEIR MINDS. BUT the TRUTH is far different. For the cost of a cup of coffee and breakfast, less than $3 a day you can be part of CreativityAtSea.com 2010, Jan 16-21.

Do you really want to choose a cup of joe over the time of your life? Here’s another perk, spouses LOVE our cruise and say it’s the best magic conference THEY have ever attended. “Happy wife, happy life.” The same applies for the husbands of our lady registrants.

In fact we've made a YouTube video about cruising for the cost of breakfast. You can see it at:

www.YouTube.com/CreativityAtSea

Why not 'subscribe' to our channel while you're there. This will give you notifications when we add new videos. We have shot several more and will be adding them over the next few weeks as they're ready.

Right Brain vs Left Brain?

If Creativity comes from one or the other - we're not really sure. We just know that no matter which one it is, it will be bigger and better after you leave CreativityAtSea.com. Even though we don't know much about brain (we're not even sure we have one) we have a new funny video about it on YouTube.com. Just click over there and watch the 'jello' video, or better yet, here's a direct link to it: Click Here!

Dunt Da Da Duh!
Announcing the CreativityAtSea.com 2010 theme!
From the days of King Arthur and his round table of equality of ideas we announce 2010 to be the year of the FLOATING ROUND TABLE!

We’re planning more hands-on workshops, more cruiser participation and more fun than ever before. YOU really will be the STARS of CREATIVITY in 2010. We listened to your feedback from previous cruises and in the words of our new President, “Change has come!