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PROPOSED GROUP BUS TRIPS:  ...  through April, 2009

JANUARY, 2009
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENS - CHIHULY EXHIBIT

FEBRUARY, 2009
GLENDALE BALLOON CLASSIC
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SCHEDULED TRIPS:

OVERNIGHT TRIP TO MAZATZAL CASINO
NEW - FEBRUARY 17 th. AND 18 th., 2009    AND / OR   APRIL 21st. AND 22nd.,  2009
AND / OR  June 16th.  and 17th., 2009             AND / OR   August 11th. and 12th. , 2009 (check price)
Bus leaves MBV 7am. 17th. (21st.), leaves casino at 3:00 pm, 18th. (22nd.)
$99.00 per Suite - 2 people  (The August trip will be $108.90)

MAZATZAL CASINO TRIP to Payson
WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2009. other trips are planned for 2009:  Mar. 12th., May 13th., and July 15th.
Bus Pickup Time:  7:00 am -  Will leave Payson at 3:00 pm returning to MBV at 5:00
No Charge for this trip:
Everyone will get $10 when we arrive at the casino and another $10 IF you have a birthday during the month. Bottled water and a scratch ticket (chance to win $10) will be given on the return trip.  Questions?  Call Joan Archer:  288-0891.
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Ft. McDOWELL CASINO TRIP  -  Last Friday of the month!
FRIDAY December 26th.,  Other trips are planned for : Jan. 30th.,  Feb. 27th.,  March 27th., April 24th.,  May 29th.
No Charge for this trip:
Free Bus and Free Bingo at 9:00 am
Questions?  Call Joan Archer:  288-0891.
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CARD BINGO   -  NEW
Date:  Wednesdays 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Place:  Mesquite Room
Each game costs 5 cents per player per game. The last game is 25 cents. Winners take all.
 
A player can leave and come at any time and only pay for games played.
A maximum of 4 players to a deck of cards. If there are less than 4 players the deck plays with dead hands.
Play starts at 7:00 pm with a 10 minute break at 8:00 pm.
 
The last game is played at 9:00 pm.

There is no age limit as long as participants can be controlled and have parental consent.
 
Bring your own refreshments.
 
Game instructions:
1.  Place matched cards called by caller face up in center of table so that it can be confirmed by the other players. 
 2.  When all your cards have been discarded call BINGO. If only one player is playing at a deck, any bingo at that deck must be confirmed by a monitor.
 
Card bingo host & hostess
Don & Shirley Lorenzi
983-6971
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Every Wednesday
COOKOUT - Sunset Room  -  $4   -  11:30 - 1:00 pm
Enjoy lunch with friends and neighbors. For $4 enjoy a hamburger or grilled chicken; included are potato salad, beans, a beverage and desert.

We are in need of volunteers to assist with the barbecue.  Volunteers assist in the set up of the food and serving along with collecting money.

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CLICK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: COPPER CANYON IN MEXICO CRUISE 5 DAY GETAWAY GRAND CANYON SKYWALK HOLIDAY LIGHTS KARTCHNER CAVERNS LAS VEGAS - 3 DAYS PANAMA CANAL - CRUISE

POLKA FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS PRICE IS RIGHT ROCKY POINT JAN 20-22 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSAL - HOLLYWOOD TOUR WHISKEY PETE - LAS VEGAS

THE FOLLOWING ARE TOURS FOR MBV RESIDENTS  -  MBV residents receive a 10% discount on tours!

If you are interested in any of these tours and want to find out more or register for one of them, click on the following link to send an email to "Especially 4U Tours" (Click on "Especially 4U Tours" to open your email program).

OR Contact Patty Williams, at "Especially 4u Tours", 7165 E. University Sun Valley Office Park, Sun Valley Plaza Dr., Mesa, AZ 85207, (480) 218-2234, (800) 331-4968, FAX (480)355412

Some room available on our 5 day Baja trip leaving in January and our 9 day exotic Mexican Rivera Trip Departing on February 24, 2009.

Come to the MBV Coffee and Announcements on Tuesdays and get flyers and see what is included in all of our trips.

Remember - prices will be going up next year - now is the time to book - see you at the Coffee and Announcements!

                                           WATCH FOR OUR ALASKAN CRUISE COMING SOON!

WHISKEY PETE - LAS VEGAS
January 18-20, 2009
$59.00 ppdo - includes 3 meals
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PANAMA CANAL - WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE
$1499.00 ppdo, inside cabin, $1599.00 ppdo. Outside cabin, $1759.00 ppdo Balcony, $50.00 Deposit required
January 15 - 24, 2009
The following is from Carnival Cruise Line Dated: December 23, 2008

Hello everyone.  Sandy has asked that I forward this message from her along to you.  This is going out to our community Activity Directors who have passengers scheduled on the above cruise.  (Montesa, Florence Gardens, Mountain Brook, Broadway Estates, Pioneer)
 
We received the e-mail below just this morning from Carnival advising us that the cruise has had an itinerary change.  We are of course still planning to depart as scheduled.  However, we are working with Carnival at the moment to determine what kind of remuneration will be provided to our passengers in return for the inconvenience of this itinerary change.  For example, we are negotiating a credit towards a future cruise next year, which would of course include the Panama Canal cruise we have already booked for January 2010. 
 
Regarding shore excursions booked at the Panama Canal - Carnival will be refunding the cost of those shore excursions to those passengers that have booked them at that location.
 
If you get questions about this, please let your passengers know that once we receive Carnival's offer, we will be sending letters out to all of them.  In the meantime, we are looking forward to this upcoming cruise, and are confident it will be a great time for everyone.
 

December 22, 2008

A Message from Sandy Lozier, Especially 4-U Tours,  to our Carnival Cruise Passengers - January 16, 2009

Some of you may have already been made aware of this, but we wanted to personally send this important message to all our passengers on the upcoming January 16^th cruise.  We want to thank those of you who made the effort to pay us a personal visit to the office to discuss the situation which came up in the past few days.

At the end of last week, we received notification from Carnival Cruise Lines that they had to make an unexpected change to the itinerary for your cruise.  The reason for this change was due to a propulsion system issue, which causes the ship to travel more slowly than required to reach the Panama Canal and return in the 8-day trip.  It is in no way a safety issue - it simply slows the ship down.  Thus, they had no alternative but to change the itinerary, resulting in the removal of the Colon, Panama and Costa Rica stops.

They have replaced those stops with three new great ports, those being Cozumel, Costa Maya in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula), and the other the beautiful island of Roatan off of the coast of Honduras.  The Belize stop remains intact.  Thus, you will now have four port stops vs. the three originally planned.   Colon, Panama represented one day of an 8-day Western Caribbean cruise, and we’re pleased that they have added the three new stops.  The new itinerary is attached.

While we realize that there may be some disappointment in the change of itinerary at this late date, Carnival really had no alternative, and does, like all cruise liners, reserve the right to make these changes when absolutely necessary.  We remain confident, however, that this is still going to be a great cruise, with a lot of fun activities and opportunities to connect and/or reconnect with friends and family.  

I have personally been working non-stop with Carnival to determine what, if any, remuneration Carnival will provide to our passengers to compensate you for this inconvenience.  Unfortunately because of the timing of all this, many of the executives with whom I need to speak are unavailable because of previously planned holiday vacations.  In any event, they are very aware of how upset we have been about this change, and I’m hopeful, though we cannot guarantee, that we will be able to provide you with some type of benefit to offset this change.

After having spoken to a number of you personally, and fully explaining the situation, we really don’t anticipate requests for cancellations as a result of all this.  As I said before, this is still a wonderful cruise, and a beautiful ship.  However, for those that have considered cancelling, we don’t want you to lose the investment you have made with this trip.  Carnival may be willing to reimburse you for their portion of the cruise if notified quickly,  but keep in mind that there are many other expenses for which you have paid that are non-reimbursable at this time.  Those would be the airfare, the hotel, meals and the coach transportation at both ends.  Those expenses have already been paid in full and are non-refundable per our contracts with the airline, hotel and coach companies.  Thus, a cancellation would cause you to forfeit a large portion of your payment.  Knowing that, we don’t want you to be financially impacted by this change.   It seems like it would be more beneficial to complete the cruise since you have already paid for it, rather than lose the money and also not go. 

We have also been advised by Carnival that each passenger will be receiving an estimated reimbursement of $72.00 for the fuel surcharges previously paid due to the oil prices.  Those will be reflected as a credit to your Sign and Sail card when you board.  Also, those of you who booked shore excursions in Panama will of course receive or have already received credits from Carnival back to the credit card used to book the excursion.

We’re very happy that the cruise will go on as scheduled, and we are looking forward to welcoming you to Fort Lauderdale at the end of your flight there on January 15, 2009.

We look forward to seeing all of you at our upcoming cruise document parties in January!   We appreciate your business and thank you for your patience and flexibility during this unexpected change.

My very best regards, and best wishes for a lovely holiday season!

New Itinerary:


Good morning Sandy,
 
Hope all is well..
 
Please be advised last night an itinerary change went out on our above mentioned group. Below are the details on the change. If you should have any questions please feel free to contact me..
 
 
REVISED ITINERARY: 1/16/09
Date Day New itinerary Arrive Depart Was Arrive Depart
1/16/2009 Fri Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 AM 4:00 PM
1/17/2009 Sat "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea
1/18/2009 Sun Cozumel 8:00 AM 4:00 PM "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea
1/19/2009 Mon Roatan Noon 7:00 PM Colon, Panama 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
1/20/2009 Tue Belize 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Limon, Costa Rica 7:00 AM 3:00 PM
1/21/2009 Wed Costa Maya 8:00 AM 5:00 PM "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea
1/22/2009 Thu "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Belize 7:00 AM 4:00 PM
1/23/2009 Fri "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea
1/24/2009 Sat Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 AM 4:00 PM
 
 
Thanks
 
Masiel Torrech
Carnival Cruise Lines
International  & Special
Accounts
1.800.438.6744   Ext 70008
 
Let's simply get away
 

IF MORE INFORMATION COMES AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE POSTED HERE:   The Web Team

This 8 day cruise aboard Carnival's ship MIRACLE, includes, all meals and entertainment aboard ship, port charges, round-trip air from Phoenix, transfers to hotel and then to ship, - One night Hotel in the Lauderdale area, Breakfast orientation on the morning of ship departure - tour director with 15 paid.  Taxes at final booking extra - $59.00.  You will experience 2 full days at sea, visit Colon, Panama - (tour of locks - lake optional), Limon, Costa Rica, another day at sea, Belize a 4th. day at sea and then the flight home.
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ROCKY POINT  - EACH COUPLE HAS THEIR OWN CONDO
January 20-22, 2009
BOOK NOW - $269.00 PPDO
Very first class condo on sandy beach. - a very deluxe resort
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PRICE IS RIGHT GAME SHOW IN LOS ANGELES
January 27-28, 2009
$199.00 ppdo
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CRUISE  - 5 DAY DAY GETAWAY CRUISE - CATALINA ISLAND, AND ENSENADA, MEXICO
January 27-28, 2009
$599.00 ppdo Complete price.
This is a great cruise and is a complete price with a pickup and return here in Mountain Brook Village.
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LAS VEGAS - 3 DAYS DOWNTOWN - UNION PLAZA
February 10-12, 2009
$99.00 ppdo
You will be totally on your own to wander around to your heart's content.
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POLKA FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS - BOOK NOW
February 10,11, 2009
$229.00
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KARTCHNER CAVERNS - THE BIG ROOM
February 17, 2009
$99.00 pp
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SEE IT ALL!
February 23-27, 2009
$699.00 ppdo
San Diego - Catalina Island - you will spend your overnight on the Queen Mary!
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UNIVERSAL STUDIO / HOLLYWOOD
February 24-25, 2009
$299.00 ppdo
See Hollywood area and take a  tour of some of the local wineries.
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