Month: April 2016

We head over to Animal Kingdom on a rainy, dreary day…  I didn’t even wear Mickey ears!!!  But it ended up being a GREAT day! Yes, it was a bit rainy, but I have never seen the park so empty, it was incredible!  We were able to ride Expedition Everest 10 times with no wait!!! …
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Everyone remembers their first trip to Disney, don’t they?  If you ask my boys today, unfortunately the answer is no.  Well they remember going to Disney and having fun but don’t remember any specifics.  Thank goodness for pictures and video!!!  I can attest that their first trip was magical, even if they don’t remember the…
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What is you favorite snack at Disney?  Well I have quite a few, but the croissant donut, better known as the cronut is very high on that list!  I have recently stumbled across a simple homemade version that anyone can make at home, so I have to share with all of my fellow cronut lovers!…
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Last week was a VERY busy week of news at Walt Disney World!!!  Want to know when Frozen Ever After will open, it was announced…  When will Soarin’ re-open in Epcot, that was announced too…  What about any new restaurants and shopping venues coming to Disney Springs, yep that too!  While this is not a…
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We REALLY enjoyed this production of The Little Mermaid play performed by our local Pineville High School’s theater department.  The costumes were AMAZING and the performance was just wonderful!  The play includes the song favorites that we all know and love, but there were several songs I had never heard before. Overall it was a…
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Disneyland Paris…  Why do I want to go???  Well for starters, it’s DISNEY, hello!  I have a goal that at some point in my life, I will visit all of the Disney Parks around the world.  So far, I only have one under my belt and that is Walt Disney World, which I know and love! …
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We end our day in Hollywood Studios watching the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, Fantasmic and the Star Wars fireworks – Symphony in the Stars. Indy was great as always!  We tried the FastPass for Fantasmic, so we didn’t have to get there super early, that was nice!  And our first time seeing Star Wars: Symphony…
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Who remembers their first trip to Disney???  Well in July of 1990, when I was eleven years old, I made my way to Walt Disney World for the first time.  I remember the trip there vividly…  my parents had a Ford minivan and seven of us (four adults and three kids) made the trip from…
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I just saw this one released by Disney this week and I love it!  One of my favorite snack/meals is a grilled cheese and tomato soup… so what would make this better?  Well being shaped like Mickey of course!!! What You’ll Need   •2 slices of bread •Cheese slices •Butter •Mickey Mouse cookie cutter •Pastry…
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There were several very interesting news items that were released this past week!  So I am going to cover two in this post instead of just one!  First…  The update of FastPass+ on the MyDisneyExperience app.  I am very, very, very happy about this!!!  No more finding and waiting in line at a kiosk to…
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