I have been a Walt Disney World Passholder for a long time and have enjoyed many perks over the years. This year though, Passholders were offered the best opportunity yet: preview days of the Pandora-The World of Avatar! My preview day finally arrived and as I waited to enter Pandora, my heart was racing. What…
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Foodie Friday: Christmas Day Dinner at Trail’s End
Have you ever been to Walt Disney World on Christmas Day? Last year, I was! My brother moved to Orlando a few years ago and so last year, my parents decided that instead of having us all come home for Christmas, we would spend the holidays in the land of theme parks, which was just…
Movie Review: Herbie Goes Bananas
DVD Cover Copyright Disney The fourth and final installment in the original series of live action flicks featuring Herbie the anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, after The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again (1974), and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Herbie Goes Bananas was theatrically released on June 25, 1980. The film, which was followed by…
Top 10 Reasons to Purchase Memory Maker
Many people go back and forth on the purchasing of the Memory Maker for their Walt Disney World vacation. The Memory Maker is a Disney PhotoPass service you can purchase ahead of time which then allows you to download, share and print all the pictures you have taken by Disney photographers. This includes all…
Trip Report: Arrival Day and Epcot
In June my husband and I took our daughter 9 and son 6 to Walt Disney World to celebrate her birthday and were joined by my parents who celebrated my dad’s birthday as well as my sister and her husband who celebrated her college graduation. We stayed for 8 days and 7 nights at Disney’s…
FastPass+: Planning and Booking
Our Price Family Vacation is quickly sneaking up on us as we are now under 60 days. Some of my past blogs have discussed how I have gone about planning for all eight of us as well as how we are spreading the Disney magic as we wait. This week we hit our 60 day…
Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game
The Kingdom Keepers – Finn, Willa, Charlene, Maybeck and Philby – have been invited on the first ever Disney Cruise through the Panama Canal. Their DHI’s (which, just to confuse us, stands for both Disney Host Interactive AND Daylight Holographic Imaging) are going to be installed on the Dream, so that cruisers can interact…
Hey Batter Batter: Spring Training with the Atlanta Braves
Every spring there is a mass migration to Florida. No I’m not talking about birds, I am talking about baseball players! Teams from around the country travel to Florida to begin their seasons. You can see some of the top teams in the league play in Florida and that includes in Walt Disney World. …
A 100 Day Celebration
When we booked our trip to Walt Disney World I started planning all the fun we could have before going in June. The last time we went we surprised our kids with only a few months to go. This time our kids knew right away so trying to figure out how and when to start…
Movie Review: The Princess and the Frog
DVD Cover Copyright Disney The forty-ninth full length animated feature in Disney history, The Princess and the Frog was theatrically released on December 11, 2009. It is based loosely on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Frog Prince” and is ninety-seven minutes in length. Back to the Past and the Future The Princess and the…
What To Do During a Summer Afternoon Rainstorm
If you have ever visited Walt Disney World during the summer months you are well aware of the afternoon rainstorms that roll in like clockwork. These rain storms can seem like a big black cloud over your trip, but instead, I challenge you to turn that frown upside down and take these easy steps…
No Trip Blues
A year ago my husband and I were celebrating our 10 year anniversary in Walt Disney World. In a year, we plan in celebrating our daughter’s 9th birthday in Walt Disney World. Right now however I am not visiting Disney but my younger sister is and I want to throw the it isn’t fair…