If you ventured with me on my trip report, you have already visited Disney Springs with my family. If you haven’t, and even if you have, I wanted to do another check-in with this sometimes-overlooked feature of a Disney vacation and give you some superhero tips for surviving a visit to this shopping-dining-entertainment extravaganza. Read more
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Disney with Special Needs: Get to Hopping (Parks, Of Course)
I said a hip, hop, the hippie…to the hip…hop….OK, so I don’t really know the words, but the sentiment behind it stands. When you are planning your visit to Disney World, you are going to have many decisions to make, but one of the most important is the type of ticket that you purchase. Read more
Disney with Special Needs: FastPass Killed the Spontaneity Star?
Do you plan everything? Always.
Yeah, me, too. I’m actually…no, I’m not a planner. I would say I’m a kind of fly by the seat of your pants kind of gal. You know, moment to moment. That’s me. That’s….yeah. Read more
Thrifty Thursday: Buyer Beware When it Comes to Disney World Tickets
As a travel professional, I am asked all the time about where to buy discounted Disney World tickets and I have to say that this is a question that always makes me cringe a bit because you know that saying about “you get what you pay for”? If there is one thing that you have to be SUPER careful about when it comes to saving money on your Disney vacation, it’s where you buy your tickets. On a regular basis I read about folks who got ripped off trying to save money buying Disney tickets somewhere…only to find out that the tickets they bought were worthless. What a less-than-magical way to start a vacation, to say nothing of the money that was lost buying supposedly “discount Disney tickets” that were not valid. It’s sad, but unfortunately people just don’t know…and so they get taken advantage of.
I love talking about ways to save money on a Disney vacation, and I will gladly tell you where you can save money. There are ways to save money on Disney tickets…and there are also places you need to steer clear of. I’ve written about this in the past, but it’s SUCH an important topic, I’m going to revisit it again today. Read more
Disney with Special Needs: They See Me Rollin’…or Monorailin’…or Floatin’
I’ve mentioned it a time or two before, but I’ll go ahead and get it out of the way again…I don’t drive. Not like I don’t like to drive. Not like I would prefer not to. Like I don’t have a driver’s license I don’t drive. Read more