it’s good until March 14, 2010.   Booking with us now.

“When will we arrive Honolulu, Hawaii for Pre-Deaf Cruise and When will we go home after Deaf Cruise Hawaii?”

Now that’s good question. Now, we are giving detail of schedule for you for now and we will update more detail sooner this year.

June 27th or 28th, 2011 Deaf Cruise Customer Arrived Honolulu, Hawaii by Plane.

(If you are from New York or farther than that, it may be good idea to get there on June 27th, 2011. If you are living in california or nearby, you can leave on June 28th, 2011.)

June 29, 30, and July 1st 2011 Pre-Deaf Cruise Events.

June 29 — 2 tours: Pineapple Tours (with contest prizes) and other tour.. (more detail come out soon)

June 30 — 2 tours: Polynesia Culture Center and other tour…(more detail come out soon)

July 1, — Pearl Harbor 1/2 day Evening Deaf Hawaii Performance shows

July 2, 2011 Transfer from Hotel To Cruise. Check-in NCL Cruise.

July 2 – 9, 2011 Deaf Cruise

July 9, 2011 Transfer from Cruise to Hotel and check-in hotel.

July 10 and 11, 2011 Post-Deaf Cruise Events

July 10, 2011 Tours.. more details coming soon.

July 11, 2011 Tours.. more details coming soon.

July 12, 2011 Checkout Hotel. Farewell Deaf Cruise Customers.

We will provide transportation between Hotel and Cruise roundtrip (July 2nd and 9th, 2011) for additional costs. An estimate cost for roundtrip is about $30 per person including tips.

We will announce detail more about Pre-Deaf Cruise and Post-Deaf Cruise soon. You will gonna loved it. Trust us, it will be blast time for Deaf Cruise Hawaii 2011. It’s 3rd anniversary!!! Triple more funs and adventures!

You can go ahead and make plan for Deaf Cruise Hawaii 2011.  It will be HUGE FUN and SUPER SMOOTHLY planning.  Go ahead and book your rooms!

Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

DeafCruise.com Team

I am the chairman of the Pre-Deaf Cruise Event; Ben Pena is the CEO of
Deaf Cruise LLC. We both are collaborating to make this event a success.
This is the first time that there have been a series of planned events
predating the Deaf Cruise; this has never happened before. We want you
to come and join us as we make history!

We are anxiously looking forward to our flagship event which will be
happening on Friday, July 24th. The “Aloha Gala” will be hosted at the
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel located at 2255 Kalakaua Avenue. The ballroom
doors will be opened at 6 PM. The show will start at 7 PM and run until
9 PM. There will be voice interpreters provided.

You will enjoy the Hawaii Sign Wave Players as they give you a 90 minute
show filled with of exotic Hawaiian stories, comedy, music and dance.
Come and soak up the local culture exhibited by the Sign Wave Players at
their best. Come and enjoy the show!

There will be $10.00 for admission fee for per adult. Children who under
18 years old before or as of July 24th, 2009 are FREE. Show your ID card or
school ID card if you are high school students and to be happen you are
over 18 years old is still FREE.

Here’s the program in order:

Mark Morales will be your Master of Ceremony of the show.

1)  The Musical Seashell                  By Ed Chevy
2)  Manoa Valley                          By Linda Lambrecht
3)  Anything You Can Do                   By Erin Carino and Ed Chevy
4)  The Power Of Love                     By Angie Molina
5)  The Lost Hawaii                       By Ed Chevy
6)  Miss Aloha                            By Linda Lambrecht
7)  In This Life                          By Ed Chevy
 Let’s The Glory Falls In This Room    By Angie Molina
9)  War Of The Mosquito                   By Jeff Lambrecht and Ed Chevy
10) Hawaiian Punch                        By Linmda and Jeff Lambrecht,
Ed Chevy, Erin Carino

What an exciting time it has been for us planning the Pre-Deaf Cruise Event
for the first time. We are bursting with enthusiasm and are looking forward
to seeing all of you on Friday, July 24.

There will be the big raffle drawing! There will be the door prizes at
the end of the show.

You will LOVE it and will always remember that night!

There will be “The Deaf Cruise Happy Hour” like Deaf Social Happy Hour,
after the show finish, the location will be at Duke’s Waikiki -

http://www.dukeswaikiki.com.

On the Sand at the Outrigger Waikiki, Oahu
2335 Kalakaua Ave., Suite 116
Honolulu, HI 96815

We hope you all will join with us and be part of our exciting evening and
an unforgettable experience. We are sure that the memories of your stay
here in Hawaii will stay with you for a lifetime.

Mahalo,

Mark Morales
2009 Hawaii The Pre-Deaf Cruise Event Chairman

Here is the second newsletter of the Hawaii 2009 Pre-Deaf Cruise Event.

As all of you are planning your visit to Honolulu, we want you guys to know what a exciting time it has been for us planning the Pre-Deaf Cruise Event for the first time. We are bursting with enthusiasm and are looking forward to seeing all of you here before the Deaf Cruise on July 25th, 2009.

Come join us as we will be going on the Grand Circle Island Tour of O’ahu on July 22nd, 2009. The feature attraction of our tour will be a visit to the Pali Look-Out; a historically significant place in Hawaiian history. See below for more information about the Pali Look-Out.

“The Nu’uanu Pali was the site of the Battle of Nu’uanu, one of the
bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history. This battle resulted in the conquest
of the island of O’ahu by the King Kamehameha I who unified the Hawaiian Islands. In 1795 Kamehameha I sailed from his home island of Hawai’i with an army of 10,000 soldiers. After conquering the islands of Maui and Moloka’i, he moved on to O’ahu. The pivotal battle for the island occurred in Nu’uanu Valley, where the defenders of O’ahu, led by
Kalanikupule, were driven back up into the valley where they were trapped above the cliff. More than 400 of Kalanikupule’s soldiers were driven off the edge of the cliff to their deaths 1,000 feet below. In 1898 this road was developed into a highway during which’s construction 800 skulls were found; those skulls were believed to be the remains of the warriors that fell to their deaths from the cliff above. This road was later replaced by the Pali Highway and the Nu’uanu Pali Tunnels in 1959 which is the route used today.”1

1. Cited, Pali Look Out, Nu uanu Pali – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is the information that you would like to know and it will benefit
you big time. Here is the Oahu Grand Circle Island.

120 Miles Of Oahu’s Most Famous Sights

This tour is ideal for first-time visitors, but regulars love it, too. On
your journey you will see “the best of the best” of Oahu. From the lush, green mountains to the clear blue waters, across the pineapple fields, and beyond. There’s no better way to experience the diversity of this beautiful island. The sights are accompanied by live narration from our friendly tour guides, so you’ll get interesting cultural and historical information along the way. (And don’t be surprised if you find yourself laughing and singing songs. This tour is anything but boring.) You’ll go to the 1,186-foot Pali Lookout, where King Kamehameha the Great fought his last battle, for a view that will blow you away. Or it may feel like it anyway, with robust winds that often sweep through the mountain pass, so hold on to your hat. World-famous North Shore surfing beaches are also on the tour, along with breathtaking Waimea Bay where giant waves break right on the shore, leaving behind their salty mist. You’ll also catch sight of Aloha Tower, which you may recall from the TV show “Hawaii Five-O,” and the familiar profile of the 750-foot Diamond Head volcano that has become a symbol for Hawaii throughout the years. This Oahu tour is grand indeed, and will not disappoint.

We, The Deaf Cruise, LLC would like to let you know that we would like to stop by those places. It is very awesome places and the ASL interpreters will be provided. Here is the tour possible lists due to time factor:

Diamond Head
Byodo-In
Nuuanu Pali Lookout
North Shore surfing beaches
Exclusive Kahala Estates
Waimea Bay
Hanauma Bay
Pineapple fields
Chinaman’s Hat
Mormon Temple
Halona “Blow Hole” lookout
King Kamehameha Statue and Iolani Palace
The Royal Family Mausoleum
The Haunted Tree on Old Pali road
Makapuu Point Light house
Halona Blowhole
Diamond Head Beach Park
Obama’s Homeplace

Listed below are 15 Oahu Fun Facts:

1) Oahu is 44 miles long, 30 miles wide, 112 miles around and is the
third-largest island in the Hawaiian chain of 132 islets, atolls and reefs
stretching from kure atoll in the northwest to the big island of Hawaii in
the southeast.

2) Honolulu is the largest city in the world. That is because Hawaii’s
State Constitution states that any island not named as belonging to a
county belongs to Honolulu. This makes the entire island of Oahu, where
Honolulu is located, plus all the other small, uninhabited islands, islets
and atolls part of Honolulu. Honolulu is about 1,500 miles long. It would
span from Los Angeles, California to Denver, Colorado. How many people know that Oahu fun fact?

3) Iolani Palace, located in downtown Honolulu, is the only Royal Palace in the United States.

4) Iolani Palace had electricity 4 years before the White House, Windsor
Palace and the Imperial Palace of Japan. It had the first telephone system
in Honolulu and was the first palace in the world to install flush toilets.
It also had copper lined bathtubs built to accommodate monarchs of Royal proportions; The queens tub is 6.5 feet long and the King’s tub is 7 feet long.

5) Oahu is home to the world’s largest wind generator. The windmill is
located on the top of a 20 story tower. It has two blades, each measuring
400 feet in length.

6) Foster Botanical Garden near Iolani Palace was built in 1855, which
makes it the oldest garden in Hawaii.

7) Foster Botanical Garden has earned national recognition for it’s
Prehistoric Glen. The Glen contains some of the oldest plant forms on
Earth. Some of these plants are from the dinosaur age. Each plant is
organized and displayed in chronological order.

Waikiki attracts 72,000 visitors each day. That is 44 percent of all
visitors on all of the islands. How is that for an Oahu fun fact.

9) Honolulu is the second most expensive city in the United States.
Anchorage, Alaska is the most expensive.

10) The Hang Loose sign (shaka sign) was made popular on the north shore of Oahu in Laie. It was a unique greeting representing a famous leader Hamana Kalilii a local leader who lost three fingers from his right hand in an industrial accident. When he waved at somebody, it looked like the hang loose sign.

11) Hawaii is the only State in the United States that continually grows
larger. This is due to volcanic activity that flows into the ocean and
cools and forms new land.

12) In 1884, King Kamehameha V offered to sell a strip of land running from downtown Honolulu to Diamond Head to Eliza Sinclair, a rancher’s widow from New Zealand, for $10,000.00. She looked at the land and turned him down because the land wasn’t fit to raise cattle. This priceless land is now known as Waikiki.

13) Honolulu’s first Public Library containing 130 volumes, opened in
1879. It was hoped that it would become an alternative to the city’s
notorious saloons. Women were not allowed inside.

14) Paradise Cove Luau, the largest luau in the State of Hawaii, cooks
127.5 tons of kalua pig each year for it’s nightly luaus.

15) Charlie Chan, the fictional flatfoot hero of six novels and 50 movies
was based on Honolulu police detective Chang Apana, a rough, but honest cop with a no nonsense attitude. Earl Derr Biggers found him to be the perfect inspiration for his first book of the series, “House without a key”. He started writing this book in a cottage that was located where the Halekulani Hotel now sits. The Halekulani named it’s cocktail terrace
after the book. Now that is a real Oahu fun fact that not too many people
know.

Honolulu is an ultra-modern city full of enormous diversity. The county of Honolulu is home to approximately 800,000 people of all races and cultures. It is what gives O’ahu the nickname, “The Gathering Place.”

Better hurry up to sign up before it is TOO LATE since the deadline will
be on July 15th and there are 34 seats left. So grab it and You will
always cherish in your heart and your mind and your spirit. Make an order and send a mail and please e-mail to Tamara to let her know that you are interesting to go and to have her to hold a seat for you once you send a check. Here is the website that you can make a order:

http://www.deafcruise.com/plan/2009/hawaii/pre_event.php

We hope you all will join with us as we take in those unforgettable sights
and memorials. We are sure that the memories and the sights you will see during your stay here in Hawai’i for the Pre-Deaf Cruise event and the Deaf Cruise will stay with you for a lifetime.

Malaho,
Mark Morales
Hawaii 2009 The Pre-Deaf Cruise Event Chairman

As all of you are planning your visit to Honolulu, we want you guys to know what a exciting time it has been for us planning the Pre-Deaf Cruise Event for the first time. We are bursting with enthusiasm and are looking forward to seeing all of you here before the Deaf Cruise on July 25th, 2009.

Come join us as we will be going on the Grand Circle Island Tour  of
O’ahu on July 22nd, 2009. The feature attraction of our tour will be a
visit to the Pali Look-Out; a historically significant place in Hawaiian
history. See below for more information about the Pali Look-Out.

“The Nu’uanu Pali was the site of the Battle of Nu’uanu, one of the
bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history. This battle resulted in the conquest
of the island of O’ahu by the King Kamehameha I who unified the Hawaiian Islands. In 1795 Kamehameha I sailed from his home island of Hawai’i with an army of 10,000 soldiers. After conquering the islands of Maui and Moloka’i, he moved on to O’ahu. The pivotal battle for the island
occurred in Nu’uanu Valley, where the defenders of O’ahu, led by
Kalanikupule, were driven back up into the valley where they were trapped
above the cliff. More than 400 of Kalanikupule’s soldiers were driven off
the edge of the cliff to their deaths 1,000 feet below. In 1898 this road
was developed into a highway during which’s construction 800 skulls were
found; those skulls were believed to be the remains of the warriors that
fell to their deaths from the cliff above. This road was later replaced by
the Pali Highway and the Nu’uanu Pali Tunnels in 1959 which is the route
used today.”1

1. Cited, Pali Look Out, Nu uanu Pali – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As for Friday, July 24th, come join us as we visit the Pearl Harbor
Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in the City and County of Honolulu,
Hawai’i. We will visit the USS Arizona Memorial, which marks the resting
place of 1,102 sailors who perished along with the USS Arizona during the
attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese Imperial Forces on December 7, 1941.

Did you know that……..

“Sixty years after Japanese bombers sank the U.S.S. Arizona; the silent
wreck still sheds fuel oil, drop by drop, over the memories of a hellish
Hawaiian morning.

A month after the attack, Navy teams were salvaging guns and usable
hardware from the battleship. Divers wearing heavy copper helmets were
bringing up safes, record books, and live ordinance.

Metal smith 1st Class Edward Raymer was first to penetrate the Arizona. In
his recent war memoir, Descent into Darkness, he writes how “viscous oil
thickly layered everything in the harbor. The hulls of ships and the
pilings on docks were coated with it, and the entire shoreline was
blackened.” When he dived to the battleship, “the dense floating mass
of oil blotted out all daylight. I was submerged in total blackness.”
Lights were useless because they reflected directly back into the diver’s
eyes. Instructed to find and disarm an unexploded torpedo, Raymer groped his way through the spaces of the Arizona’s third deck, trailing an air hose connected to a pump topside. “I got the eerie feeling again that I
wasn’t alone. Something was near. I felt the body floating above me.”

Raymer’s movement through the water had created a suction that drew
floating corpses to him, bodies with heads and hands picked clean by
scavenger crabs. “Their skeletal fingers brushed across my copper
helmet,” he remembers in horror. “The sound reminded me of the tinkle
of oriental wind chimes.”

Medics wearing gas masks against nausea gathered only 229 Arizona dead from the waters before the Navy reluctantly decided to leave the rest
untouched.”2

2 cited, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/static-legacy/ngm/0106/

We hope you all will join with us as we take in those unforgettable sights
and memorials. We are sure that the memories and the sights you will see
during your stay here in Hawai’i for the Pre-Deaf Cruise event and the
Deaf Cruise will stay with you for a lifetime.

Malaho,
Mark Morales
The Pre-Deaf Cruise Event Chairman

That’s clear for once of all.

1. Register eDoc. Go to https://www.ncl.com/nclweb/secure/bookedGuestLanding.html If you never register with NCL, please click “Create New Account” then start process.  It shouldn’t take no more than 10 to 15 mins.

2. Fill out bus form, if you needed transfer from HOTEL to CRUISE one way. Print it out, fill it out, then send mail to us. http://deafcruise.com/hawaiibus/

3.  For more about pre-cruise events.  Go visit website, http://www.deafcruise.com/plan/2009/hawaii/pre_event.php

Last, if you FORGET to bring driver license ID or State ID or Passport and your debit or credit card.  They will DECLINED your aboard cruise.  So, Please bring your Driver License ID or State issued ID or Passport!!  And don’t forget your debit card or CC card !!!
See you there!