One of the largest deciding factors in our family’s resort selection for our Disney trips boils down to location. As my children have grown into the teenage and young adult years, we’ve found the Epcot resort area to be our all time favorite area to stay at the Walt Disney World Resort. We especially enjoy…
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A Princess in Preparation
As I was trotting away this morning on the treadmill I had a bit of what you might call a revelation. Normally I tend to think of a revelation as a positive thought, but not so today. What was this revelation? Well, it was something like this… “What in the world am I doing???” I…
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas – A Pictorial Tour
I recently had the opportunity to stay in a 1 Bedroom Villa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas. We were fortunate to have our 1 Bedroom Villa housed at Kidani Village where an additional full bathroom is offered. Our Villa had a full kitchen, living and dining room, private laundry, the hall bath, a large master bedroom with…
Samawati Springs
The pool at Kidani Village, while in my opinion is in awkward place (you have to cross either the circle drop off area by the main entrance, or go down into the parking garage and cross through there) was a pleasant surprise, as the one at Jambo house has never overly impressed me. There is…
A Princess in Preparation
Last time I wrote I said that I was going to wait until mid-October before I started running outside. Well due to unexpected low humidity levels this past week I changed my plans, but just a bit. My wonderful and supportive husband has every other Friday off from work so he decided that his day…
A peek inside one of Kidani’s Grande Villas
In January my family was lucky enough to bring some extended family members with and we were able to secure a Grande villa at Kidani Village. I wanted to share some pictures of this beautiful villa with you. It is laid out on two floors; the lower floor has the master bedroom and bath, a…
A Senior Trip to Walt Disney World
To begin, I must give a little background information for this blog. We are a homeschooling family of five. This is our last year with our daughter. She’s made it! We’ve made it! The end of our home school journey that began in 1998 is fast approaching. We knew we wanted to celebrate big with…
Our Family Photo Session at the Grand Floridian Resort
On our first day of our vacation in August, we planned on swimming at Port Orleans, having a photo session at the Grand Floridian, and having dinner at 1900 Park Fare. A few weeks before our trip, I phoned the Photopass at the Grand Floridian and reserved our time slot for about an hour before…
A Photo Tour of Disney’s Bay Lake Tower
Disney’s Contemporary Resort is almost a historic icon at the Walt Disney World Resort and when the North Wing was demolished in 2006 to make room for a new DVC tower many Contemporary fans were skeptic over the impending skyline change while others were overjoyed at the possibilities of additional Magic Kingdom views! Disney has…
Zebras at Animal Kingdom Lodge
Did you know there are two types of zebras at Animal Kingdom lodge? I suppose you could say three if you want to count the wildly popular Zebra Domes available at Boma and Mara, but I meant the four legged kind. The more common of the two is the Grant’s Zebras, sometimes called Plains Zebras,…
Space Cadet – Climbing the Mountains
Just a note – This blog was ghostwritten by my husband, Chris. It’s not exactly a secret that I’m a big ride weenie, and all I can tell you about would be the benches outside of the rides. Oh – and the brioche you can get in DLP, that was awesome! There are lots of…
The Best Views for Wishes and Illuminations May Not Be Where You Think!
For many visitors, the “goodnight kiss” that culminates after a long day of Walt Disney Resort theme park touring is the nightly fireworks extravaganza held in the parks on most evenings. For most guests who will be watching Wishes in the Magic Kingdom this means securing a spot curbside in the hub or along Main Street well in advance. …