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GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise Information

by Cliff Ravenscraft on March 9, 2013

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GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise: Please click play above to listen to the informational call that will give you the full details of our upcoming GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise.

Disney Dream Cruise

You are invited to join the online community experience of a lifetime. In February of 2011 Stephanie and I took our family on the No More Mondays Cruise with Dan Miller and the 48 Days community. After that amazing experience, we knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we wanted to host a cruise event for the gspn.tv community.

CliffAndStephanie-1200If you have been following Stephanie and I for any amount of time, you know that we are both huge fans of the “Disney Experience.” Since we had not yet been on a Disney Cruise, it seemed like this would be the perfect opportunity to make that happen and we are inviting the gspn.tv community to join us!

We have chosen the 4-Night Bahamian Cruise on board the Disney Dream Cruise Ship.

Date:
June 23rd through June 27th 2013.

Itinerary:
Day 1 – Leave Port Canaveral Florida
Day 2 – Ashore in Nassau Bahamas 9:30am to 6pm
Day 3 – Private Castaway Cay 8:30am to 4:30pm
Day 4 – At Sea
Day 5 – Return to Port Canaveral Florida 7:30am
Note: This itinerary is subject to change without notice.

Booking Through Us:
We are planing to make this a magical community event of a lifetime. To make sure everyone is included in any of the special community events/excursions that we host and in order to sit with the community for meals, you must book your reservations through Randy Crane, our travel consultant (Details provided below). This is the only way that we will be able to account for you in our planning.

Exciting Features of the Cruise!

- The Interior Staterooms have “Magical Portholes” – Flat screens designed to look like portholes above the beds, which project a real-time view outside the ship by means of high-def cameras and a live video feed. Watch the screen for long enough (or at just the right time), and you may catch a special surprise!

- “Enchanted Art” – Some of the art pieces that adorn the walls of the hallways and come to life as you admire them. Kids (and adults) can also pick up a packet at the Mid-ship Detective Agency and use the digital works to solve mysteries.

- The AquaDuck – the world’s first onboard water coaster. It’s a waterslide and more! I know people who have taken cruises on this ship almost exclusively because this is on it!

- No casino. – Save any money you would have spent in the casino and make a voluntary contribution to support the work of gspn.tv instead – LOL.

- Fireworks from the ship

- Private island (Castaway Cay)

- Disney style & quality shows (all with Disney characters in them).

- Rotational dining – There are 3 main dining rooms. You, your dining companions, and your wait-staff rotate from one to the next each night. So, for example, you might eat at Animator’s Palate the first night, the Enchanted Garden the second night, Royal Palace the third night, and so on. The change of environment and the uniqueness of each dining room, while getting to keep your tablemates & wait staff, is a huge benefit.

- All soda included

- Larger staterooms. It’s amazing how much of a difference a few square feet can make.

- Even though this is definitely the most family-oriented choice, there is quite a bit for adults to do as well.

- The “Disney Difference”.

Book Your Spot On the Community Dream Cruise Today!
Randy Crane has been a long time member, and supporter, of the gspn.tv community. Randy is our travel consultant, for our special Community Dream Cruise and has extensive experience in helping others plan dream Disney Vacations. With Randy’s help, we truly hope to give you a magical community cruise experience that you’ll never want to forget!

I’m excited to announce that everything is now set up and you can officially book your spot on the cruise today! To do, please contact Randy Crane by calling 714-697-6755 (Toll Free: 855-638-7263) or my emailing him at RandyC@cruisingco.com.

Cliff

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GSPN Community Disney Cruise Informational Call

by Cliff Ravenscraft on February 25, 2013

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I have scheduled a GSPN Community DISNEY CRUISE Informational Call for Saturday, March 9th at 1pm Eastern Time.

If you haven’t heard, the gspn.tv community is going to set sail this summer, June 23-27. Many of us will follow up the cruise with some time spent at the Disney Parks.

We would LOVE to have you join us! This informational call is scheduled to give you more details and to answer any questions you might have.

The call is FREE and there WILL NOT BE any hard sales push at all. So information only, no obligation. If you simply want to register for the call and listen in, we welcome you to do so.

This cruise (and call) is open to anyone who has EVER listened to ANY gspn.tv podcast (Lost Podcast, Family From The Heart, Podcast, Answer Man, and the other shows found at http://gspn.tv/shows).

This cruise is also open to anyone who I have connected with through Social Media, even if you don’t listen to any of our shows.

This cruise is going to be AWESOME and we are looking forward to taking our relationships to the “next level.”

To register for this GSPN Community Disney Cruise Informational Call where you can get all the details involved as well as ask any questions you may have about the cruise, please go to http://gspn.tv/CruiseCall

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Back in episode 232 of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I shared the story of one of the worst date nights that we had ever experienced. It is with great joy that we share this special episode of Family From The Heart where we share our best date night ever!

Stephanie and I were invited by my friend, Dr. Lee C. Camp, to attend his most recent Tokens Show event held at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. I encourage you to click on the play button above and have a listen to this episode for all the details about why this was such a great experience.

I have embedded a slideshow of just a few of the photos I took while we attended both the rehearsal and the show itself.

What is Tokens?
From The Tokens Website: Lee C. Camp, professor of theology & ethics at Lipscomb University, had been wondering for some years how the song-writers could get at poignant and important questions in a three minute song, while the theologians required hundreds of pages, and often not nearly so provocatively. So the question: how to let traditional theological inquiry be informed by and be in conversation with good music and song-writing and folk-tales? No answer was forthcoming for some years – at least no answer that promised not to ruin both elements.

Then when Lee and his wife Laura, long-time listeners to Garrison Keillor, went to Garrison’s show at the Ryman on New Year’s Eve 2006, the “crazy idea” that became Tokens hit Lee and would not leave him alone: what about the old-time radio format, with some sort of under-stated but explicit and coherent theological agenda?

You can read the rest of this “about statement” on the Tokens About Page.

Brother Preacher
One of my favorite things about attending a Tokens show is the “Brother Preacher” bits. There’s something that is so funny about when jokes that are clearly meant to be an over exaggerated joke, but they are simply so close to the truth, that makes them even funnier. I’ve embedded a few videos from the Tokens YouTube Channel and a Brother Preacher YouTube Channel for you to see what I’m talking about.

Unique Thanksgiving Song
The video below is actually from the show that we attended this past weekend. I can’t wait for the whole show to be available for purchase. It was fantastic!

The Dispatches From The Buckle Podcast
I met Dr. Lee C. Camp through my good friend, Dan Miller. Dan had suggested that Lee contact me about potentially releasing some of the material from his Tokens events in an audio podcast to reach a wider audience for the show. Lee and I talked and he went through my July 2012 Podcasting A to Z course earlier this year.

The Tokens Podcast, Dispatches From The Buckle, instantly became one of my favorite podcasts and I highly encourage everyone to check it out on their website or subscribe via iTunes.

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Two gspn.tv Shows Have Been Nominated – PLEASE VOTE!

November 3, 2012

While I am very excited, I am going to keep this very brief! We have two gspn.tv shows that were nominated for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards this year. Authentic Life Radio was nominated in the Entertainment category. Encouraging Others Through Christ was nominated in the Religion Inspiration category. The podcasts with the greatest number [...]

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522 PABL – Success With Stepping It Up

October 8, 2012

Where Have I Been? It has been nearly a month since my last episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life. However, the reason for this is actually great news for my own pursuit of a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. In this episode, I spent some time giving an update on where I am in my [...]

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Final Day To Nominate For Podcast Awards!

September 20, 2012

Today, October 15th, is the final day to nominate podcasts for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards. We’ve had the great privilege to receiving many nominations in previous years. The exposure that our shows get as a result of being nominated and listed on the voting page is simply amazing. It is our hope that you [...]

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What Form Does Your Christian Life Take These Days?

September 19, 2012

On Saturday, it will have been one year since I published episode 121 of the Encouraging Others Through Christ Podcast (Formally known as the About The Church Podcast). The title of that episode was “Not Going To church Anymore.” Last week, I had received an email from someone that I have come to respect highly [...]

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Journal Entry: September 17, 2012 – Journaling Again?

September 17, 2012

Please Note: The following are free flowing thoughts from my personal journal. There are going to be gramatical errors, typos, etc in this post. The only way I will be able to continue to share this type of content is if I feel that I can continue to post it without the constant need to [...]

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225 Family From The Heart – The Next Big Step of Faith?

September 13, 2012

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I share a very authentic conversation about what “might” be the next major leap of faith for our family and for our business pursuits. We are actually thinking about the purchase of a commercial building to expand our business and to take our network offerings [...]

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521 PABL – Why I Love The Fitbit Ultra

September 12, 2012

I recently fell in love with the Fitbit! My wife has had one of these for quite some time. However, I’ve just discovered, for myself, just how motivating it is to have one of these little devices. I was so excited by the motivation that this gadget has provided that I decided to grab my [...]

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Next Podcasting A to Z Session Announced!

August 27, 2012

I’m writing to let you know that I have scheduled the next session for Podcasting A to Z. You may be aware that I have already led six prior sessions of this four week training course. I am always thrilled by the amazing creativity that is included in each of the shows that are launched [...]

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Our New Camera – The Canon 60 D

June 30, 2012

Why did I purchase TWO Canon 60D Cameras? It’s no secret that when I develop a new passion, I typically dive in head first and stick with the motto of Go Big or Go Home! That’s what happened to me when I was bit hard by the Photography Bug. Here’s the deal, for some reason, [...]

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516 PABL – LIVE, From New York…

June 11, 2012

I have a very special episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life for your this time around. I’m happy to bring you a recorded conversation with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen. Many of you know that I spent the entire last week in New York City. As you will hear in this episode, I crammed [...]

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Thoughts From The Journey – Colorado, Here I Come!

February 3, 2012

As I sit on the plane heading to Chicago I can’t believe I’m on this journey. Or rather that this adventure is part of my journey. I first learned about the Captivating Retreat several months ago in an email from Ransomed Heart Ministries. I’d never heard of such a thing before. I remember reading the [...]

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512 PABL – Off To The Hospital To Get Checked Out

January 7, 2012

Click Here For The Latest – Update #7 – Final Update Update #1 January 7, 2012 2:40 PM – So here I am. I am sitting in my office/studio and I am packing up my briefcase with all my tech gear for what could be a few hours, days, or potentially weeks at my local [...]

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Producing Less Good Content To Focus On Producing More Great Content – Podcast Series or Seasons – And Making A Dent In The World!

January 5, 2012

Producing Less For The Purpose of Greater Production During the open of last week’s episode of Podcast Answer Man, I hinted that I was considering the thought of producing less shows moving forward. As I share in this episode, the reason is that I want to maximize the value of any of the work that [...]

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How Much Toilette Paper Does It Take To Flood A Cruise Ship?

January 3, 2012

Have you ever wondered how much toilette paper it would take to clog up the commode on cruise ship? In this video, you will learn that it takes A LOT! Recently, I was browsing some photos and videos were stored on a very old external hard drive. This video is from July 17th, 2005. I [...]

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The Coke Bottling Process In 45 Minutes

January 1, 2012

I just spent the last 45 minutes watching this video. I didn’t intend to spend that 45 minutes watching how coke is bottled, but when I put it on full screen and bumped it up to 1080P resolution, I simply got sucked in. Here’s the video… As I sit here, I’m asking myself what am [...]

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2011 Has Certainly Been The Year of Providence!

December 31, 2011

Here it is, Saturday, December 31st, 2011. It’s the final day of the year and I had decided I that I was going to take it pretty easy until the kids go back to school this coming Tuesday. When I came down to my studio, a little after 11am today, the only thing I had [...]

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The Hobbit Movie Trailer

December 21, 2011

Unfortunately, I never never read the Hobbit & Lord of The Rings when I was little. However, I did watch the Lord of The Rings movies as they came out and fell in love with them. Stephanie purchased the entire LOTR movie collection with extended scenes for me one year for Christmas. I simply can’t [...]

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