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By Amy Moorby In the last installment, I promised to take you through our wedding day. But before we can get to the ceremony, we need to cover our wedding trip and some pre-wedding activities. To give you an idea of our plans, our wedding day was Friday, January 12, and we arrived in Walt Disney…

By Linda Norton On December 30-January 5 the kids and I did our first Disney holiday trip (my husband stayed home as we own a business and he runs it.) We’ve done Spring Break a couple of times (and are returning March 30 for our next trip) and a couple of July 4th trips, but no Christmas holiday break trips yet. My daughter,…

By Kate Abbott It seems like I was just reminiscing about HalloweenTime at Disneyland, but now it’s almost Christmas! All the spooky jack-o’-lanterns are gone (well, except for in the Nightmare Before Christmas–themed Haunted Mansion) to make room for sparkly, shiny, cheerful winter holiday decorations adorning Disneyland and California Adventure. If you can’t make it to…

By Jane Jones This is my favorite time of year. I love the holiday season! This is when visitors really get to see the magic of Disney…holiday magic! The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, the tree lighting on Main Street, Christmas Around the World at Epcot, the Jingle Jungle Parade at Animal Kingdom…the parks…

By Carol Garcia Ah, fall! The leaves are changing. The air is getting crisp. The rain has started. The kids have colds. I miss the sun! What a wonderful time to go to Disney. Although my Midwest perspective on fall doesn’t always paint a pretty picture, a fall trip to Walt Disney World does have…

Contracts and Room Blocks By Amy Moorby (formerly Amy Clauss) So, it’s been over a year since I wrote part one of this series. I guess I’ve been enjoying being a newlywed too much to think back about all the thousands of details involved in planning the wedding! But, it’s time for me to fondly…

By Brad K We’ve had some questions about just how Disney’s PhotoPass works. So we cornered Brad K, who knows the ins and outs of PhotoPass. Here’s what he shared. Q. Can you tell me what PhotoPass is? A. In a nutshell, the service is a network of photographers spread all over the four main…

By Jane Jones The Disney Pirate and Princess Party (similar to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party) was originally held for the first time in the beginning months of 2007. Being seasoned partygoers, we opted not to attend this event as we thought, “What else could Disney possibly do?” Sure, we love the Halloween event and even…

By Deb Niarhos Walt Disney’s dream for Disney World included a self-contained town, E.P.C.O.T, where people could work, live, shop and play. Although his dream was not achieved as envisioned, the Walt Disney World we know today has come pretty close. You can shop, dine and play throughout the resort. But, in Downtown Disney (DTD)…

By Jane Jones It’s an interesting thing to live 20 minutes from the Magic Kingdom. As many of you Disney fans would guess, we basically never get tired of “Disney” and go to the resort often. So you’d think we would have done it all. What I have found, instead, is that we have become…

By Teresa Pitman Walt Disney’s love for the “Iron Horse” – the train – is well-known, and there’s evidence of that affection in the trains we enjoy riding at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom.  But Walt also loved real flesh-and-blood horses – he was a skilled rider and an enthusiastic polo player – and evidence…

By Erica Colmenares Most people look back on the past year on the first of January. Since we’ve been parents, I tend to be more introspective in the summer. The kid’s passed another grade (whew!) and a new school year beckons. Recently, I had the opportunity to also look back on the mountain of writing…