One of my fondest memories growing up was the vacation my grandparents took me on to Sea World. I was about 6 years old and it was my first time to a park with sea animals. Oh boy was I excited! Back in 1983, Sea World was a lot different than it is now. I don't remember there being any rides. I just remember walking around this huge park and seeing all the animals. There were so many first for me on this trip. First time I'd ever seen a whale in captivity or any sea animal. Back in Minnesota we ...
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Dining at Disney World
In less than 3 weeks I have to make ALL our dining reservations for when we will be at Disney World this fall. If you've never been to Disney World or taken advantage of table service while there let me give you a few tips. PLAN, that is the biggest tip I can give. If you are staying on Disney property one of the perks is being able to make your dining reservations 180 days from arrival plus up to 10 additional days. Most people don't think about booking dinner reservations 6 months from the ...
Finding Tiana at Disney World
Our second installment on finding all the princesses while at Disney World we are going to look at finding Tiana. Unfortunately, Tiana is not available at a character meal. She is also only located at Magic Kingdom. But she does have her own private meet and greet location in Liberty Square. I thought the location was a tad hidden but very findable. If you are in Liberty Square and see the Christmas Shoppe keep walking to the pathway by the side. Behind the Christmas Shoppe is where you will ...
Finding Mulan at Disney World
On our first visit to Walt Disney World my 4 year old daughter had set a goal to meet EVERY princess. Like every naive first time Disney World visitor I told her it would be no problem. Little did I know! After I made my promise to my little I emailed our travel agent and asked if there was a list of the princesses and locations. I thought this would be easy. Boy was I wrong!! Did you know that certain princesses are only at one of the parks! And then there’s certain costumes worn at ...
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
Last year I had the joy of taking my daughter to Disney World for her first time. I had chosen the fall time for the weather, food and wine festival and Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Party. I wanted to take it all in while we were there. Disney World during the holidays is a magical and exciting time. They really go all out with the decorations. Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Party is a hard ticket event. That means you need to buy a special ticket for it. A regular park ticket is not ...
Princesses! How to Meet them all in One Trip – Part 1
Recently I took my daughter on her FIRST trip ever! And it happened to be to the happiest place on earth. Yep, you guessed it - We went to Disney World!! Talk about a dream come true for a four year old. It took me a year to plan and save for this trip. And I didn't think we would ever be able to afford to come back. So I wanted to make sure my daughter made the most memories that we could in one week. A LOT of planning went in to my trip. And I talked to my daughter about what she wanted to get ...