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2009 Unschooling Adventure Conference Cruise
From Bayonne, NJ


What's Included
 

     Your one inclusive cruise price includes:

    • Standard Cruise Services
    • eXclusive Alumni Cruises Services
    • Conference Sessions
    • Adult Sessions
    • Family Sessions

 

Standard Cruise Services

All services that Royal Caribbean provides on their cruises are included.

Almost everything is taken care of - your accommodations, gourmet meals in dining rooms and cafés, and snacks throughout the day. All activities including an amazing fitness center, entertainment and the award-winning Adventure Ocean® Youth Program are all included. Even 24-hour room service is included.

 To learn more click here to go to the RCL website for more details

Please note
If you were to book with any other Agency, or direct with Royal Caribbean everything listed below is NOT included.

 

 

eXclusive Alumni Cruises Services

  • Alumni Cruise Event Staff accompany you on your cruise to assist in coordinating events and are on call 24/7 to assist you with ANY needs you may have.

  • Welcome Aboard Kit (gifts and information)
  • Raffled items, including a free cruise, onboard amenities/credits.
  • Private Online Message Board
  • This customized web site just for your cruise
  • All Unschooling Adventure Cruise Activities, see below

 

Conference Sessions

Click here for information on the Conference Sessions

 

Adult Sessions

Mom's Afternoon at the Solarium

Join your host, Dayna Martin, and other Radical Unschooling Moms and relax at the Solarium for two-hours one afternoon, for joyful relaxation, discussion and a couple of cool drinks served to you in the Hot Tub.

 

Dad's Night at the Casino Royale

Join your host, Joe Martin, and other Radically-cool Dads for two-hours one evening, at the Casino Royale for discussion or just to hang out.  

 

Family Sessions
These sessions are open to the entire family and are geared towards children and teens of all ages.

Onboard Informational Sessions about Bermuda* - Plants & Wildlife
will cover the following

Bermuda's ecology:

  • Invasive plant species
  • Sustainable living resources
  • Introduction of local species
  • Extinction risk to well known local species: whistling frog, cahow, eastern blue bird, Bermuda cedar

Threats to ecology:

  • Invasive species
  • Development
  • Pollution
  • Habitat destruction
  • Lack of awareness

Onboard Informational Sessions about Bermuda* -
History of Bermuda & Current Events

will cover the following

An example of colonization by the United Kingdom:

  • Overview of the colonization of islands by the UK, Spain, US and other countries.
  • How does a colonized region sustain and how are government relations maintained

Early years of colonization:

     Ÿ Natural resources for trade

     Ÿ Slavery

 

Current political climate:

     Ÿ Independence initiatives from 1968 to present
 

Current government structure:

     Ÿ Review of role of Queen, Governor and Parliament
     Ÿ Structure and need of parish system

Current economy and facts:

     Ÿ Structure of economy

     Ÿ International relations

     Ÿ Demographic information


Bermuda Culture:

     Ÿ Island tales

     Ÿ Traditions

Onboard Informational Sessions about Bermuda*
may include the following

  • Scavenger Hunt
  • Group Project

Unschooling Adventure Quest
each family will have the option of completing the “Unschooling Adventure Quest”

Quest:  A search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something.

The “Unschooling Adventure Quest” is an interactive adventure that will take place on the island of Bermuda.  Each family will be provided a list of clues, hints and questions and they will embark on an excursion that will require creativity, problem solving and teamwork.  The “Unschooling Adventure Quest” will provide families with an opportunity to connect with and experience some local culture and will make memories for a lifetime.


Unschooling Adventure Star-Gazing Slumber Party
get your blankets out!!!

We will gather on deck under nothing but the moonlight and the stars.  One of the most amazing sights in the world is to gaze at the stars in the middle of the ocean, and what better opportunity to observe about out solar system, planets and stars.......
 

Activities in Bermuda - On your own....
These activities/places of interest are available to you on the island of Bermuda (Please note that the following is not part of the Cruise package, but we list these here for your use as an option for self-study)

Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo

Bermuda Natural History Museum

Bermuda Audubon Society

Bermuda Biological Station for Research

Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute

Nonsuch Island ("living museum", native trees and plants, birds)

Harrington Sound (corals, sea cucumbers, conchs, sea urchins, algae)

Whalebone Bay (geology, dunes, dead cedars, three geological period formations, active aeolianite quarry, birds)

Tobacco Bay (snorkeling)

South Shore boiler reefs (fish, corals)

North Rock (fish, corals)

Spittal Pond (rocky shore, three geologic formations visible, bird sanctuary)

Paget Marsh (last prehistoric area on Island, with ancient cedars, palmettos, and some introduced water forms)

Walsingham Pond and caves (mangroves, cave exploration, calcite crystals, layers)

Devonshire Bay (fish identification)

Railway trail at Shelly Bay (tide pools, fish i.d., anemones, corals on sunken road)

Shelly Bay nature reserve (mangroves)

Bermuda Links - Reference

Bermuda Tourism

Bermuda World Fact book

Bermuda Government

Bermuda Chamber of Commerce

Services are subject to change without notice, restrictions may apply and services for each cruise will be finalized onboard the cruise.

 


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