Many of my most treasured Disney mementos are photographs of my family throughout the years. I love looking through them and remembering special times as my kids were growing up. I have thoroughly taken advantage of Disney’s PhotoPass photographers and I think they are one of the best perks Disney has to offer. Read more
Wordless Wednesday: Shopping Around The World!
If you’ll be ringing in the new year at Walt Disney World and want to get an early start on next years holiday shopping, Epcot is a great place for that! You can find many unique and one of kind souvenirs from The World Showcase! Take your time in each country and you’ll be amazed at what you’ll find!
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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.
Merry Christmas from All of us at The Affordable Mouse
As today is Christmas Eve, we decided to take a break from our regular blog schedule in order to share our own little Christmas card with all of you, our wonderful Disney Friends. From all of us at The Affordable Mouse, we send you our warmest Holiday Greetings: 
Merry Christmas from my family and from Captain Mickey and all the crew here on the Disney Dream!!! Enjoy this special time with your family! ~ Brenda
Wishing all of The Affordable Mouse fans a very magical holiday and a pixie dusted New Year! I am looking forward to chatting Disney with all of you in 2012. ~ Kelly
Wishing all our Affordable Mouse family a Very Special and Magical Holiday with unlimited pixie dust! ~ Debbie
May the peace of this holiday season rest on you & yours. Merry Christmas & a Mickey New Year! ~ DeAnna
Wishing you and yours the most magical and Disney-filled holiday Season and may your New Year be filled with Disney dreams come true! ~ Belinda
Magical Merry Christmas!!! ~ Shannan
I hope you all have a fun Christmas and enjoy the time spent with family & friends! ~ Karen
Wishing everyone a magical Christmas and Happy New Year! ~ Rachel
Wishing everyone a Christmas of beautiful memories that will last a lifetime and may 2012 bring you a year of magical moments. Blessings to all! ~ Lisa
In this Season of Light and Joy, may all of you have the chance to celebrate with those you hold near and dear, and may the New Year be filled with an abundance of peace, health, happiness and magical memories for you and your families. ~ Nancy
Celebrating Birthdays with Disney
How much more magical can you get than Disney? Well none, in my opinion. So, where would be a more perfect place to celebrate a birthday?
Everyone in my family has celebrated something at Walt Disney World. Our first visit was for my son’s fifth birthday, but we had not yet been clued in on celebrations. We learned on that trip and made sure to take advantage of it on following trips. We returned to Walt Disney World when Clay was 10, in 2009, to celebrate again. This time we did it right. Everyone in our group wore an “I’m Celebrating” button. Clay, of course, wore his special birthday button. Everywhere we went people were singing Happy Birthday. It wasn’t just cast members either. Total strangers were singing! The best part was seeing shy little Clay’s red face. He had never experienced that much attention all at once! Read more
Thrifty Thursday: Paying at the Disney Parks
I am a huge fan of the Key to the World cards at Walt Disney World. For those of us who use our debit cards for everyday purchases and rarely ever have cash on hand, it is a real convenience to carry that one card to make all our purchases. For all guests staying at a resort on Disney property, the Key to the World card is the most convenient way to pay for things while at the parks. Read more