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Minnie Minus Mickey: A Single Mom Plans for Disney—Planning Your Parks, Day 1

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Happy Friday, Disney-lovin’ friends! One thing that is on my mind when planning a Disney trip is which park I’ll be in which day. So, I check out the calendar for school, flight schedules, and, of course, the Disney Parks calendars.

Since I booked over six months out, I had to wait (and wait, and wait) for the events calendar to come out on the Disney site. I’m not a big fan of waiting for information I want it NOW, so I checked out historic crowd levels for certain days (all of them were low, due to the time of year we’re going), as well as expected dates for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary-Halloween Party, which we are so excited about! The dates for that still haven’t been officially announced, but that is a separate ticketed event, and we can get in even if we end up in a different park that day. Whew! Read more

Minnie Minus Mickey: A Single Mom Plans for Disney – Booking my Trip!

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Happy Friday, Disney-lovin’ friends! It’s been a whirlwind of planning fun this past month here in South Louisiana, and I am enjoying every minute!

I was so nervous, clicking the “send” button on my payment, until a thought occurred to me; the lightbulb in my head turned on…I have a travel agent. If there is a better deal (because, come on, we’re all reading this because we want the best deal!), she will be as happy as I am about re-booking me to save some hard-earned cash. The decision to use an agent was probably the easiest I made in my plans. Ask her. I go around and around weighing every option like my life depended on it…dining plan or no, which one, value resort or moderate or splurge on a deluxe, vacation club rental points, park hopper, water parks, Disney Quest, Disney transportation or a car…the options are ENDLESS! I swear, I could go on a Disney vacation once a month (wow, wouldn’t that be a dream come true!) and not have the same experience twice! As a single mom, especially, having someone to bounce ideas around with was invaluable. And it’s not costing me a single extra penny. In fact, it’s SAVING me money. Wow.