Disney Vacation Planning: What You’re Leaving Behind

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As you count down the days until vacation, the excitement grows, as does the anxiety, as you begin to think about all you’ll be leaving behind.  This is especially true if you’re a first time Disney traveler, and it can become quite stressful.  Allow me to offer some suggestions and solutions for some of those potential problems:

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Thrifty Thursday: A Maniac for Disney’s Toy Story Midway Mania!

There is a great family attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and that is Toy Story Midway Mania! Wildly popular since its opening, it is still the ride to make a mad dash to upon park opening as the wait can often climb to an hour and a half and Fastpasses are usually completely gone by noon.

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Wordless Wednesday: Thinking Cool Disney Thoughts

With a heat wave over a large part of the United States, I thought Brenda had a great idea for “thinking cool” yesterday, when she highlighted the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. So here is Part Two….a Christmas in July photo of the Magic Kingdom’s Castle lights….visions of magical icicles that are guaranteed to get your mind off the heat, and get you thinking about the Holiday Season that will be here before you know it! 🙂

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Tuesday Disney Tips: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights

In just four short months something super spectacular is going to happen at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The 2011-2012 run of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights will begin and will bring joy to thousands of people this year. If you have never experienced Walt Disney World at Thanksgiving/Christmastime, let me encourage you to be a part of the celebration this year. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights will be running from November 10, 2011 through January 3, 2012.

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My Favorite Disney Memory by Kelly

Welcome to our special “Disney Memories Week and Giveaway”! This week, while I’m on vacation, we are celebrating Disney’s year long “Let the Memories Begin” theme: each day, one of our great writers will share a favorite Disney memory….and will provide you with a chance to win a $50 Disney gift card. All week long until today, July 10, you have up to 2 chances to enter each day by commenting on the blog post and/or our Facebook page.  The more days/times you comment, the more chances you have to win. (But please, to be fair to everyone: only ONE blog entry and ONE Facebook entry per person per day…)

Please note: ONE winner will be selected from all who enter by midnight ET, TONIGHT. Good luck….and Let the Memories Begin!

Having visited Walt Disney World 21 times I have a TON of Disney memories!!  I do have to say that among all of those magical memories one stands out in particular, that was a trip that I took with my family in October 2010.

This trip was not only special because we got to see a very good friend of the family as Ariel at Magic Kingdom, but because it was the trip that my son created the “Dollar Dance.” Now we all know that kids are kids and that they say and do the darnedest things. Here is the story of the day the “Dollar Dance” was created. Read more