Ever since my dad took me on my first roller coaster ride on the Matterhorn at Disneyland when I was just 7 years old I’ve been a huge roller coaster fan. There is something about being taken up into the sky and swept back down to the earth at lighting speeds that brings out the…
Disneyland Hotel Remodeled Rooms
The Disneyland Hotel has been undergoing an extensive renovation on the rooms. The renovation is expected to last until 2011 but many rooms have been changed already. Here are several photos of the rooms. There are many Disney touches throughout the rooms. Check out that headboard with the blinking fireworks. Anyone else ready to stay?
Why Pop is Tops: My Reasons for Choosing Pop Century
I’ve stayed in a couple of Disney and a couple off-site resorts over the years and we keep coming back to Pop Century. Today I’m going to explain our love affair with this value resort to you. Price It is a value resort. I don’t spend a great deal of time at my resort so…
Revisiting the Past at 37 and 63: Everest Isn’t Space Mountain
If I didn’t look exactly like my father I might claim I was adopted. Why? Because no one in my family likes rides of any sort and I was born to conquer any and every coaster, spinner, or scrambler placed in my way. This fact made our first family trip to Disney a bit of…
Why Disney?
By Jane Jones
"Why Disney?"
This is a question I am asked often by family and friends alike. Well, those who really know my family have stopped asking. We’re now just the people they send their friends to for the answer to the question "Why Disney?"
"Why Disney?" Simply stated, it is the best overall value in service, experience, and just plain fun for the entire family. While there are still many things we have yet to do that Disney offers, we have done quite a lot. Our family has visited Disneyland and Walt Disney World more times than we can count and have stayed at most of the Disney resorts in the USA. We’ve done 3-, 4-, and 7-night cruises in the Caribbean.
While there are still many things we have yet to do that Disney offers, we have done quite a lot. Our family has visited Disneyland and Walt Disney World more times than we can count and have stayed at most of the Disney resorts in the USA. We’ve done 3-, 4-, and 7-night cruises in the Caribbean. We’ve cruised the Mediterranean and the Baltic Seas with Disney. We’re Disney Vacation Club members. Hmm…you’re probably wondering if we’ve even tried any other vacation options, and yes we have. They don’t compare. Our family is invested heart and soul into Disney vacationing….but WHY?
Let me give you some concrete examples.
A Princess in Preparation
I have been so preoccupied with coming up with other blog ideas that I just realized that it has been about a month since I gave an update on my ½ marathon training and Girl’s weekend plans! On the running front, I had a major breakthrough on Friday. My running buddy (aka DH) and I…
Mickey shaped food items just taste better!
As we enter the month and season where all we’ll be doing is eating, eating and doing more eating, I began reflecting that everyone loves Mickey and everyone loves eating during a Disney destination vacation. Combine Mickey with the Disney dining experience and you have a winning combination of food and fun! Whether a subtle…
Mickey’s Halloween Party
This year we had the opportunity to visit Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland. We have attended it in the past when it has been held at Disney’s California Adventure but, this year, it was held at Disneyland. Moving it to Disneyland Park allowed Disney to sell double the number of tickets that they have in…
July 3rd at Magic Kingdom (Shh, It’s the Best Kept Secret in the World!)
In recent years, my husband, Jim, and I have started going to Disney World every year over the 4th of July. It is becoming such a tradition that my screen name on many Disney related sites is DisneyEveryJuly. We don’t mind the heat or the crowds and we love the 4th. But I’m going to…
Winter Summerland!
Have you ever wondered how elves travel? I hadn’t either but I was intrigued to find out! LOL Welcome to Disney’s Winter Summerland, an elf-sized golf course (as described by Disney themselves) that, luckily for us, anyone can play! Disney’s official story for how Winter Summerland came to be is this…………… “Late one moonlit Christmas…
“This Day Shall Live on in Infamy”
Pearl Harbor was one place my husband and I both wanted to visit while on Oahu. Contrary to my typical nature of planning things well in advance, having this trip following a Grand Gathering to Disney World and the fact that it was rather last minute left me little time for planning. So I basically…
Star Treatment
Earlier this year, Chris and I had the chance to take a trip with my Dad and my brother. We rarely have a chance to get my Dad to Disney, and he isn’t the biggest fan of it. Actually, he says he isn’t when he’s not there, but when you get him to Disney, he’s…