Archives for May 2013

Armed Forces Salute Savings!

Disney’s Armed Forces Salute discount is available for booking for stays through September 28, 2013.  This fantastic discount offers 30% off Value Resorts, 35% off Moderates and 40% off Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts and is available to both active and retired members of the US military, including the National Guard, Reservists and the US Coast Guard.  A military ID is required at check-in.  This discount can be booked as a room-only reservation and the Disney Dining plan can be added to {Read More}

24-Hours of Disney Parks Magic!

Disney’s Monstrous summer kicks off bright and early tomorrow morning as three theme parks open their turnstiles at 6:00 a.m. at the start of 24-straight hours of Disney magic.  The last time Disney hosted an all-nighter was with it’s “One More Disney Day” celebration on February 29, 2012 in honor of leap year.  After Disneyland closed to capacity during that event, Disney decided to extend the Monstrous Summer party to Disney’s California Adventure park as a way to spread out {Read More}

Disneyland’s Dazzling New Musical

With the Princesses comfortably settled into their new home at Fantasy Faire, Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland is scheduled to reopen with a spectacular new show on May 25th!  Since it first opened at Disneyland in 1985 (under the name Videopolis), the newly refurbished Fantasyland Theater has hosted a huge array of performances, the most recent being Snow White-An Enchanting Musical which closed in 2006 when the Princesses moved in.  Since that time, live theater at Disneyland has been greatly missed, {Read More}

The MAGIC of Healthy Living

Something I hear quite often from parents when discussing dining for their Disney vacation is their desire to offer healthy food choices to their kids and to eat healthfully themselves.  I am so glad to be able to assure them that they won’t have to worry about spending their week consuming junk food!  It is a common assumption that because the Disney During my last several visits to Walt Disney World there has been a noticeable difference in the food {Read More}

Disney SMMoms on the Road!

The most celebrated social media conference around is taking the magic on a summer road trip in 2013!  Last week, this fabulous, annual celebration was held at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and I spent a good amount of time following along with all the excitement in the Twitter-sphere.  The tweets are still flying, and to learn more about some of the spectacular events and special treats the Disney Social Media Moms team planned for this year’s attendees {Read More}

Allowance, Disney Style

We are not a very material family.  So much so that my eldest daughter spends a lot of time telling us all of the ways in which we are not “normal.”  We have an ancient, box of a television set that was my husband’s during his bachelor days.  I refuse to buy individually packaged lunchbox items, insisting instead to buy in bulk and fill up our cute, reusable, stainless steel containers.  Toys and such are for birthdays and holidays, not {Read More}

5 Fun Arrival Day Ideas!

You’re finally here–Walt Disney World!  After months (or weeks!) of planning, you have arrived at the Most Magical Place on Earth, brimming with excitement but also a bit tired from your day of travel.  One of the questions I get asked quite frequently is, “What should we do when we get there?”  Arrival day plans are different for every family and really depend on several factors.  A family with three young kids who traveled on a 4-hour flight and got {Read More}

Disney’s Monstrous Summer!

Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort will kick off a Monstrous Summer by keeping three theme parks open for 24 hours nonstop on Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start of the family travel season. The Magic Kingdom Park in Florida and Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park in California will stay open from 6 a.m., May 24 to 6 a.m., May 25, 2013, local time* marking the beginning of a summer of fun inspired by the upcoming Disney•Pixar {Read More}

MNSSHP & MVMCP on Sale Now!

Tickets for Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween Party and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party are now available for purchase!  If you have never been to one of these events, they are a great way to add some magic to your Disney vacation. Both parties are “hard ticket” events which means that a separate ticket for the party must be purchased for each guest. However, if you enter the Magic Kingdom after 4 p.m. on the day of the party, you {Read More}