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Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of August 30, 2010

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Time for our weekly trip around the World of Disney blogging, searching for news, information, smiles and just plain fun. Pixie dust abounds this week with Disney magic all over the internet. Put your feet up and have a good read! 🙂

First off this week is the announcement from the Disney Parks Blog that the Walt Disney World Moms Panel Search Coming Soon. Anyone planning on applying? Let us know so we can cheer you on!

The Disney Driven Life takes on one of my favorite Disney pastimes…with some excellent tips for kids: PIN TRADING AT DISNEY FOR YOUNG NDKs

There is always so much great information from Chip and Co. This week, I especially enjoyed the next installment in Ken’s Oldies But Goodies Series:  Special Dietary Needs For Senior.

And then Lisa offered something awesome for the Disney Suggestion Box

Chris, who writes at Chip and Co. in addition to her own site Everything Walt Disney World has a new series for First Timers. Both What to do in the early planning stages and What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to visit Disney World). are filled with tons of valuable information for anyone new to this whole Disney World trip planning.

Speaking of trip planning, Meltdown Free Disney offers some extremely helpful suggestions for What To Pack?

Trying to decide just which of the Disney promotions will save you the most money? DisZine can help: Which is the best Walt Disney World 2011 discount for you?

Lastly, I discussed another one of my favorite Disney pastimes over Chip and Co.: Playing Hide and Seek with Mickey.

Have a wonderful, magical, and SAFE Labor Day weekend everyone! 🙂

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Disney Fun From Around the World: Week of August 16, 2010

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It’s time for another tour of the Disney Blog World, where I share some of my favorite Disney blog posts from the past week. There are always tons, and this past week was no exception!

To start, we once again were pleased to be part of the Disney Blog Carnival: this is the 8th edition! This is one of my favorite things to do as a blogger, because it gives me the chance to learn about new Disney websites and blogs. There are some really talented folks out there writing about what we all love….Disney. So be sure to stop by and check it out!

Chris at Everything Walt Disney World will be participating in Disney’s Wine and Dine Marathon this fall, and I for one am impressed with her plans to do this! Good luck Chris!

I had to share 3 great articles from Chip and Co this week. In Walt Disney World Quick Tip – Illuminations Viewing there are some great suggestions that I will be following on our next Disney trip. Ken had another in his Oldies But Goodies series. This week he talked about  Seniors And Thrill Rides At Walt Disney World. And Lisa shared, in One Mom’s Disney Confession her plans for an adults only Disney World trip.

Lots of great food news and AJ at the Disney Food Blog is there! First she shares some great ideas in 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival: Touring Strategies and then lets everyone in on something I have been waiting to hear about for our December trip: La Hacienda de San Angel Reservations Available After October 15th.

Speaking of the Food and Wine Festival,Theme Park Mom let us know about a very cool addition this year: WDW Swan and Dolphin Resort announces Food & Wine Classic

Think you would like to be on the Disney Mom’s Panel? Then check out Zannaland for some great suggestions for applying, from Suzanna, a current Disney “Mom”: Walt Disney World Moms Panel Search 2011

And last, in case you missed my post at Chip and Co this week, I shared with the readers there a little information about our recent Magical Vacation at Disney’s Hilton Head Resort

Happy reading and happy weekend everyone! 🙂

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Be Our Guest: The Disney Chick

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The Affordable Mouse is on vacation this week, at Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort. While I’m gone, I am featuring some of my favorite Disney bloggers, for your reading pleasure. We’ll be back next week with the usual schedule….along with a trip report, pictures, and a few surprises. 🙂 Until then, enjoy today’s Guest Blog!

We’re wrapping up our Guest Blogs this week with a visit from The Disney Chick.  I love Amanda’s blog, as she always has a fresh, humorous take on things at Disney, and frequently has me literally laughing out loud at how funny….and true….the situation is. Today’s post is a perfect example: The Five People You Meet in Line at WDW. While she wrote this a couple of months ago, I still think of it regularly, as it describes perfectly, those folks you meet when you visit Walt Disney World. If you have been, then you know. If you haven’t, you will find out…… 🙂

Walt Disney World: it’s a jungle out there. To help you cope, I’ve compiled a short field guide of people you will likely encounter while waiting for your favorite ride.

The Inchers – These people thrive in attractions like the American Idol Experience, Mickey’s Philharmagic, or Muppet Vision 3-D, where an entire group enters at once versus a traditional line. When presented with such organized chaos, the Inchers will drift toward the periphery of the crowd and proceed to – you guessed it – inch their way towards the front, positioning themselves directly in front of the auditorium doors….
You can read the rest here: The Five People You Meet in Line at WDW
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Be Our Guest: The Disney Driven Life

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The Affordable Mouse is on vacation this week, at Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort. While I’m gone, I am featuring some of my favorite Disney bloggers, for your reading pleasure. We’ll be back next week with the usual schedule….along with a trip report, pictures, and a few surprises. 🙂 Until then, enjoy today’s Guest Blog!

Today’s guest blog is The Disney Driven Life, a special favorite of mine, and probably everyone else with a Disney obsession. Something about Disney seems to create a special, oh I don’t know, maybe “obsession” is too strong a word…..but we do tend to get a little fixated. 🙂 J.L. (NDM1) has created a wonderful community of like-minded, “Disney-driven” folks….or as she likes to call them, “Neurotic Disney Individuals”…. who live, eat, sleep, and breathe Disney stuff. It’s awesome, and it is my fondest goal in life to one day be counted as a Neurotic Disney Mom. 🙂

Today, Stuart, aka NDD (Neurotic Disney Dad) #102, discusses how to save by staying off-site, OUT OF THE WORLD SAVINGS:

One of the biggest expenses in a trip to Walt Disney World is your resort room.  Fortunately, it’s also the area where you have the most control over how much you pay.  This makes it especially important to try to save as much as you can here.

Undoubtedly, the way to save the most on your vacation room is to stay off-site.  There are a plethora of hotels, motels, condos, and vacation homes available in the Orlando area.  Because Disney seems to gear its rooms mostly to families of four or smaller, staying off-site can be particularly beneficial for families of five or more.  Staying off-site is also good if you’re planning on seeing some of the other attractions in the Orlando area.  (But who would want to do that?)

You can read the rest here: OUT OF THE WORLD SAVINGS

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Be Our Guest: Meltdown Free Disney

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The Affordable Mouse is on vacation this week, at Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort. While I’m gone, I am featuring some of my favorite Disney bloggers, for your reading pleasure. We’ll be back next week with the usual schedule….along with a trip report, pictures, and a few surprises. 🙂 Until then, enjoy today’s Guest Blog!

One of my favorite Disney bloggers  is Shannon from Meltdown Free Disney. Shannon, as a special educator, brings a fresh…and much-needed….viewpoint to visiting Disney World. In her words: ” Some families don’t find a week away from home as a “break” at all. In fact, a new setting, challenges in finding medical care, and a change in routine can throw families of children with special needs back because of the meltdowns, financial considerations, and overall stress.”  Shannon’s perspective is always, how to make a Disney vacation stress-free, and well, magical.

I loved today’s post,  From Terrible Twos To Terrific Time To Go for reminding us how great age Two can actually be, in more ways than one:

In my area, you have to get on a waiting list for preschool long before your first sonogram. I made the mistake of waiting until my second trimester to apply for a space, so I had a lovely wait list letter to start off my baby book.  Kept it, and made a note of how he had managed his first hurdle before he was born.

When people say their kids are not ready for Disney, my perspective is skewed. I want to ask why they are waiting for the baby to be born, or something, because I can think of any reason to bring a little one-a very little one!  We had a “babymoon” vacation in Italy, and being able to indulge in naps and desserts without apologizing was pretty amazing.

What people really mean is that they would rather not deal with diapers, tantrums, strollers, and short term memories on a vacation for which they may pay, well, a lot of money.

Here are a few reasons to reconsider, assuming you will be planning a few months in advance. The child before you with the baby bottle and teething ring could, in six months, be speaking in simpler sentences, and managing pull ups by the time you enter The Magic Kingdom.

You can read the rest here: From Terrible Twos To Terrific Time To Go

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