This is the week of Love! February 14 can be daunting even for Disney lovers! So keeping with the theme of Thrifty Thursday, let’s talk about love at Disney World, but wait, we aren’t even going into a Disney Park this week. I know you are scratching your head at this but seriously, if you are in driving distance or happen to be at Disney for Valentine’s Day, you do not have to buy one of the Disney Romance packages to win your Valentine’s heart. Read more
While on vacation souvenirs can completely blow apart your budget. In Orlando there are many flea markets and souvenir shops that sell Disney merchandise. However if you are in search of official Disney park merchandise there are three places where you can find it at a discounted price. Read more
You have done it! The reservation is made, the excitement is building! You are going to Disney and now it’s time to buy the tickets! What is the best deal for you? Confusion is likely to set in when you begin the decision process since the options for Disney tickets are almost infinite! Let’s just break it down a bit and reduce the risk of nervous breakdown before you enter the park! Read more
Now that the glow of our most recent Disney trip as waned and the throes of Christmas have slowed, the New Year looms ahead! Personally, I do not like New Year resolutions, because I never keep them! I usually break them within the first two weeks. Sooooo…. I set up New Year goals the week after Christmas to be effectively in place January 1. Goals can be for anything you want to accomplish during the New Year. It doesn’t matter what area of your life the goals focus. Like dieting, you know you are going to fall off that diet and sneak that chocolate at least once during that long journey to your ideal weight. When it happens, you eat that chocolate, you enjoy it and you move back on to the carrots and spinach salads again. It works the same way when you have the Dream Disney trip planned. Dream Disney can be a goal that you turn into reality with little or no guilt! Read more
Over the last couple weeks in a couple Disney discussion forums, there has been a subjective and objective discussion of what is the best deal for the Disney experience ~ staying in an off-site hotel close to Disney World vs. staying on Disney Property, aka, staying on-site. So I was thinking this might be a great topic to cover here at Thrifty Thursday. This week, I’ll discuss the pros and cons of staying on-site vs. staying off-site. Read more