1. As told by the Cruise Planners/American Express network of travel professionals July 2009
2. We asked our network one question. ? The following are their responses. What’s your
3. Cruisitude is an excitement that begins with the completed booking of a cruise, builds with anticipation as the sailing date approaches and finally erupts as you are welcomed on-board "your" ship. Problems on land seem to fade away and all is well in your world. Dan Cottle
4. Get a new attitude with Cruisitude. Sherry Leybovich
5. Cruisitude establishes the vacation mood for the client. It lets them know that their voyage has already started. In the capable hands of a CruisePlanners travel agent, Cruisitude brings the dimension of expertise, proficiency and a can do attitude with a smile that a client will not experience any place else. Sherry Leybovich
6. That feeling you get on an open deck with the sea wind blowing on your face and your special someone holding you while you watch the sunset together. Janice L. Sinardi
7. C = calm seas R = relaxing moments U = ultimate dining choices I = irresistible desserts S = serenity I = impressive service T = time for yourself U = unlimited activities D = dancing until dawn E = everything you could want in a vacation This is what Cruisitude is to me...... Janice L. Sinardi
8. Warm breezes, cool drinks and a cruisitude built for relaxing on the high seas... Kristen VanDerWater
9. Crusititude means the sun is ALWAYS shining and no matter what happens it is all part of the adventure, so embrace the day and keep moving forward! Helen Brahms
10. "CRUISITUDE" is the excitement in the tone of your voice while talking to your guess explaining how wonderful their experience is going to be the minute they walk on board the ship for their dream vacation. Ana Saucedo
11. Cruisitude - the best vacation experience there is! Where else can you sail to beautiful destinations around the world on a floating hotel and have just about anything your heart desires! Vera Kuemmel
12. Our idea: it would be great to be able to make PINS that can be bought in the Cruise Planners Store for agents to purchase to give to their clients. Design: From a smiley face with a captains hat on it with the word CRUISITUDE to so many other ideas, that was just an example....... The idea is to spread the word and have them associate it with CRUISE PLANNERS Dana Allensworth
14. CRUIS (being lifted up to a time with no worries, where dreams come true) I (that's me) TUDE (a state of mind that I can live with anytime, anywhere) Kathy Kennedy
20. A positive Cruisitude makes one able to leap over life's obstacles in a single bound, accomplish all tasks faster than a speeding bullet and gives one a more powerful personality than a locomotive; a/k/a Super Cruisitude! Walter & Sue Guptill "The Cruise Couple"
21. A desire to be on the Ocean being pampered, relaxing or doing everything! A way to enjoy your vacation at it's best! A will and a way to have the best that Cruise Planners can offer! Helene Waisblat
22. Why be in an oceanfront room, when you can be on the ocean? Julie Graham
23. Cruisitude is the moment you step on board a ship, and you feel the smile on your face, and you realize you are really there, in paradise. Julie Graham
24. My definition: Cruisitude is positive, rational, emotional behavior exhibited by someone thinking about, or experiencing a cruise vacation. Having serious cruisitude often leads to an addiction to cruising. Miki Schnackel
25. Cruisitude: Sitting in the sun by the pool sipping on a daiquiri and knowing the kids are having a blast at the kids club! Sandra Siderakis
26. My few thoughts about what cruisitude means to me: Standing over the wake and waving goodbye to the rat race…at least for a while! Cozying up on a lounge chair & falling asleep in the sun with the warm breeze in my hair, waking up once in a while to sip my rum drink! To sleep at sea is the best rest you can get & no snooze button needed! It's dreamlike waking up in a new country each morning! Jennifer Baptista
27. Cruisitude is beating the whole room of experts at trivia with only your kids as teammates. Wes Schellenbaum
28. Cruisitude is discovering you really can dance the entire opening number from Austin Powers . Wes Schellenbaum
30. Cruisitude is becoming best buds with a Lido Deck bartender before the lifeboat drill. Wes Schellenbaum
31. Cruisitude is living in the present moment. It begins when you remember your true self, something obviously much easier to do while cruising, and it lingers for weeks or months after the cruise ends. Wes Schellenbaum
32. "Leave your work and stress at the dock.....the blue ocean and orange sunsets await you!" Barb Seidel
34. I have a story where I had to get a “cruisitude” pretty quickly. A couple of summers ago, I was playing on a co-ed softball team and I got hit right between the eyes with a ball and broke my nose in 17 pieces! OUCH! After several visits to the Ear, Nose, Throat doctor and a couple of surgeries, I gave him my business card and said, “Now that I’ve done business with you, I would love for you to do business with me”! (That’s my cruisitude one liner!) Since then, he has booked 3 cruises with me and the most recent, he and his 2 sons booked an Africa trip to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and do a 3 day safari afterwards and will be departing the end of this month. Just the Africa trip alone was to the tune of over $37,000! This cruisitude turned pain into gain!!! JJ Kuykendall
35. When all you ever think about night or day, sleep or awake, work or play, is cruising, you have cruisitude. John and Diane Winkowski
36. When you need an intervention because you are hooked on cruising, you have cruisitude. John and Diane Winkowski
37. To me cruisitude is defined as: that Margaritaville, it's 5:00 somewhere, laidback, don't worry; be happy, easy, breezy, take it as it comes attitude. Carol Garza
38. Cruisitude: any cruise on any ships and any itinerary is better than staying home! Daejin Suh
43. The Algebra of Cruising Adventuretude + Beachitude = Cruisitude Sandi and Terry Moore
44. The state of mind, where you don't mind anything - because you're cruising! Sandi and Terry Moore
45. Find your inner Cruisitude and change your entire latitude... Thomas O'Hara
46. A state of mind where all you can think of is your next cruise. The new ports you've never been to, the brand new ships and the excitement of being on one of them, dancing the night away, relaxation and feeling the ocean breeze on the top deck. That's Cruiseitude! Leona Greeves
47. Cruisitude is setting sail, standing on the Lido Deck and watching the magnificent sunset disappear over the horizon. Janet & Rich Abbott
48. Cruisitude is the distance between immeasurable pleasurable heights. Eulalie Young
49. Cruisitude is about finding the right latitude for the attitude! It’s about service, asking questions to discover my clients, real hopes and dreams for their vacations. Secretly desiring some rugged adventure? How about Alaska or South America? To boldly go where nobody else they know has gone? Let’s talk Tahiti or Asia! Everyone wants to travel, so I don’t have to sell that, but I have to set myself apart as the one who will help my clients explore the world of their dreams. In other words, my cruisitude is to help them discover their cruisitude! Janet McLaren
50. Cruisitude is convincing the general public what it is they are missing out on, if they have never been on a CRUISE. I always tell my clients that "IT ONLY TAKES ONE TO GET HOOKED ON CRUISING". If they would just give it a chance, and forget all the excuses of getting seasick, or being too structured or too expensive and really see how GREAT CRUISING REALLY IS. They would have a great CRUISITUDE and want the whole world to know about it. Sandy Heasley
