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Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of Sept. 27, 2010

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Grab your coffee and put your feet up, it’s time to see what the Disney Blog-World had for us this past week. I loved all these posts and I am sure you will too! 🙂

To start off, in case you missed my profile earlier this week, Bob at Disney Dispatch has a fantastic series on all of the food at the Food and Wine Festival: Country Cuisine Confidential 2010: All You Need to Know About All There Is to Eat and Drink at the Food & Wine Festival. If you have never been to Food and Wine Festival, do yourself a favor and read this before you go!

Bruce from A WORLD VIEW… Enjoying Walt Disney World discusses how Back Stage Tours provide a deeper, more meaningful experience at Walt Disney World – and it’s fun too.

Always sharing great information related to Disney dining, AJ over at the Disney Food Blog offers some important Tips for Picky Eaters in Disney Parks

Disney 4 Dads has a very touching article this week: Everything I Wanted to Know about Life, I Learned at Disney World

Growing Up Disney has lots of great Disney info if you have little ones to plan for. This is part 2 of  a series on *cranky* kids: Minnie Moms: Cranky Kids Part 2

If you haven’t yet seen the great new video series that Chip and Co.and Imaginerding.com have teamed up together on, make sure you find out What’s a Deek? and watch the first installment. Number two will be ready soon!

Chip and Co.also provided some great information in How to prepare your Kids for their First Disney World Vacation as well as some very valuable advice for those of you who may be new to this whole Disney thing: A Disney FastPass Rundown

Lastly, if you missed it earlier this week, take a peek at my post at Chip and Co: Disney + Creativity + Saving Money = Autograph Book Magic

Alrighty everyone: Have a magical weekend!

Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of Sept. 20, 2010

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Wow wow wow such a week of Disney news!! Or at least “sort of news”…..

In case you hadn’t heard, Disney planned a “major” announcement for 12:45 p.m. this past Thursday, and were doing live streaming video of the announcement. Bloggers, Twitterers, Facebook fans, and internet junkies all around the world cleared their calendars, sent their kids to the neighbors, rearranged meetings and spent two days online *talking* about it in advance: What would it be? A new ride? Another new DVC resort? New country in Epcot (LOT of votes for that one!)? Next year’s theme perhaps? Or all of the above?

So at the appointed time, millions of people all tuned in….

and the Disney site apparently crashed as a result.

A little too much interest shall we say…..

Once things got settled, the U-Stream video began, and we all learned that the BIG announcement was…………drumroll please……..

…..next year’s theme, which is centered around guest photographs and videos, submitted online and taken at the parks, to be used in commercials and shown on Cinderella’s Castle. The name is  “Let the Memories Begin” …..and once the big announcement was over, it was more like “let the howling begin”. 🙂

It’s been an interesting day reading blogs since then as a result. Here are some viewpoints of the new promotion:

The official announcement from the Disney Parks Blog is here: Disney Guests Become Stars of TV Ads, Castle Show As Walt Disney World and Disneyland ‘Let the Memories Begin

Katie at the DVC Life shares her thoughts on: disney memories

And John over on The Disney Blog offers a slightly different perspective: Let the Memories Begin, Disney Parks Launch Latest Promotion (part two)

Feel free to offer your own thoughts, either in the comments below, or on our Facebook page where we have been having a fairly lively discussion. 🙂

Alrighty then. In other news, there were some truly superb blog posts written on other topics too! A few favorites:

This is a touching story from the Disney Driven Life: EVOLUTION OF A DISNEY GEEK

Meltdown Free Disney offers some seasonal advice for those of you trying to figure out costumes this month: Costumes On A Budget (Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party anyone?)

Chris over at Everything Walt Disney World talks about a classic Disney World attraction that many of us hope never goes away: Carousel of Progress.

And our friends at Chip and Co continue to be very very busy! With the new Chip Panel, there have been some amazing tips, thoughts, ideas, and stories shared! Here are some that were among my favorites this week:

In addition, Chip and George from Imaginerding.com have a really cool project that they have announced: Geeks, Nerds and Disney Fans Unite! I am really looking forward to this!! 🙂

Lastly, and this week definitely least, you can check out my post at Chip and Co this week, in case you missed it: 5 Tips for Affordable Disney Pin Collecting 🙂

Whew! Busy week in the World of Disney blogs! Have a magical weekend!

Stop by Chip and Co. to Chat About Pin Collecting

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I haven’t made it a secret that we love pin collecting. This week over at Chip and Co., I decided to chat a bit more about how we have found this to be a great way to find some awesome souvenirs and keep that souvenir budget under control as well:

There are a number of things to keep track of when it comes to spending on your Disney vacation: accommodations, travel, food and park tickets are the 4 biggies and the ones that have the most written about them. But souvenirs often become the biggest budget buster, as many of us don’t really “plan” what we are going to buy until we get there….and then emotions take over, which is a sure sign of spending more than you want to! We’ve all been there, and it’s pretty frustrating, after having budgeted oh-so-carefully before your trip, to return home with a pair of Mickey crocs that you spent too much on and, really are you going to ever wear again?

However, when we discovered pin collecting, we discovered a great way of keeping that souvenir budget under control. Because pins are now our souvenir of choice, we are better able to plan our souvenir purchases and stick to a planned budget. We don’t get sidetracked, and don’t suffer “buyer’s remorse” when we get home either.

You can read the rest of the post here: 5 Tips for Affordable Disney Pin Collecting Looking forward to seeing you over there! 🙂

Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of Sept. 13, 2010

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Happy weekend everyone! It’s Disney Blog Time: your (well my) favorite part of the week, where we take a stroll around the Disney Blog World, meeting and greeting some of the most fun folks you will ever find! Disney people are the best, don’t you think? 🙂

In any event, I am apologizing right now: this is a longer list than usual because the Disney Blog World was in rare form this week with TONS of interesting, amusing, and entertaining blog posts. So find your favorite beverage, put your feet up, and enjoy just a FEW of my favorites:

First off, from the Disney Parks Blog is some news you may find interesting: New Parade Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Our friend Lisa at Chip and Co wrote a fantastic post this week that is a Must Read for anyone considering DVC membership: Is the Disney Vacation Club Worthwhile?

Speaking of Chip and Co., there’s something new goin’ on over there, and if you love to write about Disney, you need to take a look:  Have you applied to the Chip Panel yet? We are now Accepting Applications!

The Chip Panel has brought us a lot of truly great articles this week! A couple of my favorites were this one from Lee: The Simple Disney Things and this one from Jessica: Disney World the Grown Up Way

Looking for ways to make your Disney vacation even MORE fun than it already will be? Check out this post from Oh Amanda: Top Ten Tuesday: Vacation Tips/Ideas/Fun

I found some great practical advice over at Traveling Mamas for ways to get the Cheapest airline tickets: 5 tips for finding them

Our friend James from MousePlanning.com wrote a great post for Disney Driven Life:  SEPTEMBER LOVE AFFAIR

Chris (who also writes for Chip and Co!) over at Everything Walt Disney World shared some really helpful advice for Setting Goals on Your Disney Vacation (and I really recommend doing this!)

The Disney Food Blog as usual, is on top of the latest in Disney foodie news. This week we learned that Disney Dining Reservations Go Mobile and that La Hacienda de San Angel Reservations Now Open

Last, in case you missed it earlier this week, here is my post at Chip and Co: Affordable Disney Souvenirs for Penny Pinchers

That’s it for this week! Have a fantastic and magical weekend!

Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of Sept. 6, 2010

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Our blogger friends have been busy this week, spreading Disney magic all around the internet.  Always informative and entertaining, Disney bloggers are a talented bunch, sharing their love of Disney in a way that is more fun than Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! Put your feet up, grab a latte, and enjoy this week’s journey around the Disney world….

Starting this week off, is the 9th Edition of the Disney Blog Carnival of which we were pleased to be a part of, once again. This has been one of my favorite ways to discover more Disney friends, and I know you will enjoy “meeting” some of them too!

Chip and Co had their usual collection of Disney new, views, and food stories. Soooo much to read, so little time…. Here’s a couple of my favorites: Disney World Quick Tips – Surviving Your Visit In Comfort and Top 10 Tips for a Happy Disney Vacation with Toddlers

Not sure AJ at the Disney Food Blog knows how much she inspires thousands of Disney foodies, but her Disney Food Pics of the Week and Raglan Road Review as usual, left me hungry and feverishly adding items to my “must eat” list for our next Disney trip (am thinking at this point that I will truly be doing nothing but eat on our next visit.)

I do want to wish a “Happy Birthday” to the The Disney Chick as she Enters the Terrible Twos 🙂

Ever wonder what the Fireworks Dessert Party is like at the Magic Kingdom? The Disney Parks Blog shares a Sweet Fireworks View at Walt Disney World

Continuing with the theme of food (sorry, but lots of good foodie articles this week! 🙂 ), Lou Mongello at WDW Radio discusses Dining In the Resorts – Overlooked Experiences at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin. I am really looking forward to his thoughts in this coming series!

Two great articles caught my eye from the Disney Driven Life this week. If you have ever spent more than you budgeted, you may want to check out this MONEY SAVING TRIP REPORT. And REMEMBERING WHY reminds us of many things on this 9th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.

Lastly, if you haven’t already, wander over to Chip and Co for my article this week: Checking Out the Segway: A Whole Different Kind of Disney Fun

Have a wonderful weekend.