What did I find out from the head of Disney Travel Co in Toronto yesterday?

Well, dear reader, 10 hours on the train later... I am back!

Was it worth the trip? Sure!

First up, Mr Garfield came over as a really nice guy, especially considering he runs a company that controlled over $10 billion of business last year... (I was half-expecting a Donald Trump) but was pleasantly surprised!

It was great to meet some of the other sales managers from the Disney company too, as I know have a better idea of who I am dealing with. I also met a number of other Disney specialist travel agents, and we bounced some ideas around.

So, did Mr Garfield give us any bombshell insider information?

Weeeell, no, not really! The Disney Travel company likes to keep things up their sleeves a little bit so that they can make their big announcements when they want to...!

But, without adding any detail, we were told a bit more about the two new Disney cruise ships that are coming on line in 2011 and 2012...

In a similar way that the first two Disney ships were very ground-breaking with the new things that they did first (some of which have been copied by other cruise lines in the meantime) - things like:

• "Broadway style" shows
• full-on kids programming
  
• split bathrooms with mini-tubs
• their own island with a real dock - no need to tender
• old-style ocean-liner retro look

the new ships, we were told, will offer design and programming that will be just as groundbreaking compared with what the other cruise lines are offering now. Tantalising - but don't ask for more details, cos they aren't forthcoming!!

For those of you that didn't know that Disney even had more ships in production - you can go here for more details (including all the details that Disney HAS seen fit to announce at the time!)

We also found out that there will, of course, be some type of special celebration in 2011 to commemorate Walt Disney World's 40th birthday, but there will also be a new twist on the "What Will You Celebrate?" theme for 2010... you're just going to have to keep reading, and waiting...!

Disney have also bought property in Hawaii - and in Washington DC - so there are bound to be some interesting developments in the years to come.

So, a long day, but a good one.

Oh, and another quick reminder - there's only TWO WEEKS LEFT TO BOOK the FREE DINING promotion at Walt Disney World - click for flier - so CALL ME & BOOK IT (613-594-5633 x103)! And then once you realise what great value the promotion tell all your friends and get them all to call me and book it too...