Category Archives: Planning Your Vacation

Free Disney Printable Word Art

 

Free Disney Printable

Free Disney Printable

Got a nice short post for you all today but one I hope everyone will enjoy – free printables!!! I made this one on PicMonkey – one of my favorite sites for editing and creating images.

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FREE Shopping List Printable

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So, I recently posted about how much I love Aldi and how it saves me so much money! This is the main way I save money on our spending to have more in our pockets for a Disney trip. In addition to the price list, I recently posted, I wanted to offer a free shopping list printable I have made just for the store. Read on for more!

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Yeti Rambler Bottle

Essential Disney Gear: The Yeti Rambler

Yeti Rambler Cooler

Yeti Rambler

I love talking about Gadgets, gear, and items that make Disney more enjoyable. I honestly didn’t believe I could find anything new that I hadn’t already loved. Well, I did. I was introduced to the Yeti tumblers/ramblers by a few people I know and the salesperson at the Academy Sports Store.

Since the moment I bought these beauties, I have been IN LOVE. Seriously. I haven’t loved a drink apparatus this much, ever. Let me tell you why they are perfect for Disney…..Read on.

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Disney’s All Star Music Suites

How to Enjoy a Multi-Family Stay at Disney’s All Star Music Suites!

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I recently did my first stay at the family suites in the All Star Music resort at Walt Disney World. It was an interesting experience for a couple of reasons.

  1. I have never stayed at all All Star Resort before and never stayed in any of disney’s family suites.
  2. We were staying with another family – same suite.

So based on this, I have some information and short review to give you if you’re instead in splitting the cost of a stay with another family by using one of these suites! Read on for more!

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Free Disney Printable Series: Word Cloud

 

Free Disney Printable

Free Disney Printable

Got a nice short post for you all today but one I hope everyone will enjoy – free printables!!! Yay for that! I found a site I really love for making these, and it’s called Tagxedo.com. It’s super easy to make your own stuff there and it looks super awesome. You cannot sell your works you create on this site but can use it for personal use. Read on for what I created….

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Did you Know Disney Series: Checking Into Your Resort Online

Did you Know Disney Series: Checking Into Your Resort Online

Disney's Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary

Disney’s Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary

I have yet another installment for you in the Did you Know series, where I teach you facts that you may or may not have known about how to make your vacation even more magical. This series includes how-to’s with detailed screenshots for those of you who are currently not in the know! This post focused on online check in. For anyone staying on property at a Disney resort, I highly recommend doing online check in. This allows you to by-pass long lines when you arrive at the resort; and, for the veterans to Disney, can allow you to bypass the desk altogether and go straight to your room! How exciting is that?! Read on for more!

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Did you Know Disney Series: Fastpass Plus How to – It’s Free and Easy!

Hollywood tower of Terror line

Hollywood tower of Terror line

Did you Know Disney Series: Fastpass Plus How to – It’s Free and Easy!

If you want to avoid lines like the one in the picture above – you need the green mickey head in your life! Fastpass plus is free (included with admission at no additional cost) and easy to reserve. I cannot tell you how many times someone at the parks asks me how I got into that ‘special’ fastpass line. I’ve also had people ask me how much extra I paid for it. I want the word to get out, once and for all, that this is at no additional cost to you and it’s super easy to reserve. Fastpass plus saves you time and sanity! This post is all about how to reserve your rides online. Read on for the step by step!

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Just How Magic Are Magic Bands? Disney’s Shaking More Pixie Dust on Them Every Day!

The Real Power of Magic Bands

Magic Bands – Walt Disney Worlds Power tool

Just How Magic Are Magic Bands? Disney’s Shaking More Pixie Dust on Them Every Day!

This post is all about the almighty magic band. I’m learning day by day with each foray into the parks just how powerful these babies are. It seems that Disney is adding more and more functionality to them all the time. They really are something you NEED to have now when touring the parks to make your vacation as seamless as possible. Trust me, I was the biggest skeptic of them all when they debuted but I’m now on the bandwagon and trying to drive it! I’ve found that not only do they make my vacation easier but it keeps me worry free and literally lighter as I’m touring. Let me tell you all the magic they create for you….

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Planning Is Half The Fun! Disney Playlists To Get You In The ‘Mood’

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Planning Is Half The Fun! Disney Playlists To Get You In The ‘Mood’

If you’re like me, you have two modes:

  1. On a Disney Trip
  2. Planning a Disney Trip

Therefore, planning is part of the fun! I absolutely love reading the Dis boards (my favorite Disney message boards) for inspiration, listening to podcasts about disney, and listening to Disney music. Of course, I also love planning our days. I love all this so much, I formed my own Etsy site around all this! Today I want to focus on one particular piece of this – the playlist. I love my Disney playlist and listen to it when I’m planning away for inspiration. Keep reading for the Playlist!

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Universal Dining Plan: A Review

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Price comparison for Universal Dining Plan

Universal Dining Plan: A Review

I recently went to Universal Studios using my annual pass and decided to try out their dining plan. This is relatively new and new to me. I had a very positive experience with it and wanted to talk a little about it and compare/contrast it to Disney’s dining plan. Being a Disney veteran, it’s the dining plan I’m much more familiar with, so I didn’t have high expectations for universal but I must say it highly exceeded those! Read on for more!

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