Wordless Wednesday: Farewell to the Flower and Garden Festival

In just a few days, the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival will be concluding for this year. If you have never visited Disney World during this annual celebration of the beauty of nature, I encourage you to start planning now for next year…..there is truly no better way to welcome Spring!

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Karen grew up in the Boston area and traveled to Disney World many times with her parents and sister. Always staying at the Fort Wilderness Cabins gave the trips a feeling of a home away from home. It also started the tradition of attending the Hoop Dee Doo Review on each trip! Somehow that show sparked her interest in the Disney College Program. Which she did in the fall of 2002, working as a hostess @ Captain Jacks in Downtown Disney. Now as an adult, Karen finds herself traveling to the parks on a yearly basis! Photography has always been a hobby of Karen’s, but over the past few years it has become her passion. It’s even taken her to her favorite place! The Make a Wish Foundation sent a family to Disney for a week and Karen was lucky enough to be their photographer of choice! She got to tag along and photograph their memories being made. She hopes to get that experience again someday! You can find more of Karen’s photography on her site www.KPportraits.com.

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Cast Member’s Corner: The Unsung Heroes of Disney

This week I want to focus on some people on the Disney Properties that are not always considered Cast Members, and those Cast Members that you never really see or think about.  When you go through the gates and on to property, even when you get to the parks, you have a feeling of being safe.  You tend to leave your worries behind that you may otherwise feel in other amusement parks.  This is due to those who are Cast Members or other emergency specialists that you hardly see. Read more

Dining at Walt Disney World: Food for Thought

Disney Food
photo via http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnmichele/8488152134

This past week Disney made the big announcement all of our stomachs were growling over. Free dining with stay packages in September at Walt Disney World. While most of my articles have been about indulging in the finer culinary treats of the Disney universe, this site is not called www.thespendallyoursouvenirmoneyonfood.com. So I thought I would give you some tips and tricks I have found to make the food on your trip more affordable. Read more

Disney Vacation Planning: Taking Little Ones


Over the past years, my friends have asked me if anything special should be planned or done when taking small ones to Walt Disney World. The answers can change on this subject depending on the child’s age, when your trip is planned and above all – the personality of the young ones going. Read more

Thrifty Thursday: Personalized Ground Plan

Want to remember your last Disney trip but don’t want to break the bank on expensive souvenirs or PhotoPass cd? When you get home, there’s one amazing, FREE souvenir that you can personalize and order straight from The Mouse.

Disney’s Customized Maps are beautiful, full-colored, 14×20″ renderings of the Parks (one for each of Disney World’s four main gates)–each attraction is marked with a pin, and you can select which pins are highlighted.  Read more