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By Lindsey Tullier If “acid-free,” “cardstock,” and “die-cut” are words that you actively use in your vocabulary, then this article is not for you. If you have absolutely no idea what I just said, then welcome to scrapbooking! Prepare to be inspired. We all know a scrapbooker. These creative individuals spend their time at their…

By Teresa Pitman You may be shocked by this, but I managed to find a 13-year-old boy who had never been to WDW. I know, it’s a little horrifying to think that any child could be so deprived. Even worse, he’s the son of one of my closest friends. Clearly, some sort of intervention was…

By Carol Garcia and Kate Abbott Magically Speaking recently received the following questions from reader Olivia: I am planning our second trip to Disney World in spring ’09. In some literature and on websites, I have seen reference to some slightly different activities to take part in at Disney, such as carriage rides, sing-a-longs, and…

By Mike Corbo As a travel agent for The Magic for Less Travel, I had the unique opportunity to attend a luncheon today in New York City. At this event, Disney Cruise Line made some special announcements. Specifically, the new destinations for the 2010 sailings of the cruise line. The location of the event was a…

By Mic Anderson Thinking of booking a Disney trip but unsure where to start? Your neighbor tells you to book through Travelocity as you can get a great deal through them; your boss recommends you book through a Disney Earmarked Travel Agency that specializes in Disney travel; but the planner in you worries about giving…

By Lindsey Tullier “Welcome home!” greeted the cast member at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort in Walt Disney World. I had dreamed of hearing those words for years, and now it was finally happening. It was indeed a magical moment. My family, consisting of myself, my husband, our two-year-old son, and my husband’s parents, had finally…

The Reception By Amy Moorby I concluded the prior installment with our post-ceremony photo session. While we were happily posing for pictures, our guests made their way over to the Atlantic Dance Hall, either on foot or by bus, for our cocktail hour. Since the Atlantic Dance Hall is a two-level building, we opted to have…

Compiled By Carol Garcia As gas prices soar and prices of transportation go up, many of us are taking a closer look at how to best spend our vacation dollars. Do we drive or fly? Do we stay local or go farther away? Do we go budget, or spend a little more to guarantee a…

By Kate Abbott I learned that I was pregnant the day before my Christmastime trip to Disneyland, and my husband and I spent pretty much the entire trip marveling at our good fortune, pointing at all the cute kids we saw in the parks, and looking for snacks that wouldn’t make me nauseous. Once I…

The Wedding! By Amy Moorby In the last installment, we were participating in our pre-wedding festivities, up to the actual wedding day. Now we begin our special day. I woke up on the morning of January 12, 2007 with the realization that my wedding day had finally arrived. I had spent hours and hours planning, preparing,…

By Teresa Pitman We’d just been seated at our table at Akershus, ready for lunch with the princesses. Our server set a basket of breads on the table and picked up the card the hostess had left for him. Half a second later, before we could even sample a slice, the bread basket was snatched…

By Erica Colmenares This past year at MouseFest, I ventured over to the PodFest 2007. The meet was held in the green, shady area behind the Backlot Express restaurant, in the theme park formerly known as MGM-Studios. I’m a relative newbie to the podcasting world, and I figured this would be a fun way to…