Let the #DisneySide @Home Celebrations Begin!

Our #DisneySide parties are just around the corner! As we put the finishing touches on our decorations and finalize our plans, we wanted to give you another sneak peek before the final unveiling:

Disney Gals Kelly and Judy:

Plan updates:

The plans are in high swing right now as our party is only one week away! We have ordered some special banners to show the different area's of our #Disney Side Ship (which we cannot wait to see)! We are putting the finishing touches on the dinner:

(thanks to a friend who were just at WDW)

and the all important dessert menu.



Should we make these?

Wordless Wednesday - Dec. 4, 2013

WELCOME TO THE DISNEY GALS WORDLESS WEDNESDAY BLOG HOP!

THE THEME OF THE DAY IS

DECEMBER CALENDAR SHOT!

Disney Gal Judy:



Disney Gal Kelly:

Disney Helps to Bring the Pier 39 Tree Lighting Celebration to Life

Holidays are even More Magical

With the Help of Mickey and Friends 

It’s time to usher in the holidays with a little bit of help from our friends at Disneyland as San Francisco gets ready to show their #DisneySide with the annual Tree Lighting Celebration on Pier 39 today from Noon-6: 30pm. Experience the magic – sing songs, give hugs to our Disneyland friends and welcome the holiday season of holly-jolly magic and merriment for the whole family.

The fun culminates at 6pm each night as PIER 39′s majestic 60-foot tree, adorned with glistening ornaments, bows and twinkling lights, will be illuminated against a stunning backdrop of the San Francisco City skyline.  Is there any better way to spend a Sunday in Northern California than to spend the day with your family and friends than with Mickey and Minnie and all that Pier 39 has to offer?  The fun culminates at 6pm tonight as Pier 39′s magical 60-foot tree, adorned with glistening ornaments, bows and twinkling lights, as Mickey and friends will bring the magic of the season to life as they help to illuminate the tree which is set against our one of a kind backdrop of the San Francisco City skyline.  Except for being in Disneyland itself, it just doesn’t get much better than this. 

Today’s schedule, which is the second of a two-day event includes:

Sunday, November 24th
 Noon – 3 PM: Meet & Greet with Friends from Disneyland Resort
 Noon – 5 PM: Letters to Santa with the United States Postal Service
Noon – 5 PM: Join Radio Disney Bay Area for Holiday Music, Games & Prizes 
Noon – 5 PM: Visit the Seasons Team at their special Help for the Holiday Tent located mid-Pier on Level 1. Let their team of experts show you the tricks and techniques to bring life to your holiday treasures. Click here for more information. 
Noon – 12:45 PM: Star Valley Children’s Choir
  1:15 – 2 PM:  Cantabile Youth Singers 
2:30 – 3:15 PM: Marin Girls Chorus 
3:45 – 4:30 PM: Contra Costa Children’s Chorus 
6 PM: Tree Lighting Celebration with our Disneyland Friends

Holiday Half-Off for Northern California Locals
Northern California residents can also receive special 50% discounts at participating restaurants, shops and attractions as part of Local Advantage Holiday Half-Off! Click here for more information and to download your coupons.

Can’t be there in person to enjoy the magic- PIER 39 Wants to Rev Up Your Holidays with Some Disneyland Magic! 
Pier 39 has your chance to win a family four-pack of 2-Day 1-Park Per Day Disneyland  Resort tickets, good for admission to Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park! Click here to enter online or grab your phones and text HOLIDAY to 55958

Disney Gals will be tweeting live throughout the day to bring you the merriment and fun. Be sure to follow along @disneygals and @thedisneygals or on Instagram @DisneyGalGayle to be a part of this memorable day.

Gayle is a Disney Gal that loves churros for breakfast, still gets giddy with delight at the first sight of the “Disneyland next exit sign”, loves the overwhelming emotions and memories that come with each and every return to the Happiest Place on Earth and dreams of one day being the Captain of the Jungle Boat. To learn more about Gayle, click here

A Disneyland Grad Nite Forty Years In the Making

Disneyland Grad Nite

June 12, 1973

June 12, 2013

Could June 12, 1973 really, truly have been FORTY years ago? They say time passes in a blink of an eye but was it really 40 years ago that I was attending my Grad Nite at Disneyland? Where did the time go and yet the reality is, it seems like it was just yesterday.   Our high school actually wasn’t scheduled to go to Disneyland for Grad Nite. You can imagine my devastation that there would be no magical trip to Disneyland to celebrate my senior year but luckily, the rival high school across town overestimated the interest in their students attending this event and suddenly 25 of us were being whisked away with “the enemy” to the Happiest Place on Earth. That night it didn’t matter if you wore orange and black, or red and grey for on June 12 we wore black, red, white with a touch of yellow-at least in our hearts as the dress code was-well, a real dress code.

Hakuna Matata Monday--Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my 1^st Born

Happy Birthday Heather

 

     36 years ago today all my dreams came true when I became a mommy for the first time.  Heather is our Princess, the first, best and only girl of the Turner clan and the glue that holds us all together. She has taught us all how to believe and follow your dreams and that to fight for what you believe in. I cannot imagine my life without her, as she is not just my daughter; she is my hero and my best friend. And so, happy birthday to my wonderful, incredible daughter.  

I know I say it a lot but I can’t help myself-I love you and there is nothing in the world I would not do for you. I am so proud of the young woman you have become.

Hakuna Matata Monday-Happy Birthday Zack

A Birthday Wish

            Most of you know me as the Disney Gal Grammy but long before there were grandchildren, and we all know how much I adore my four grandchildren, there were five of the best children that God could ever bless any mommy with.  This week it is “the baby’s” birthday. Zack is going to be 17 years old on Saturday so this week, if you will allow a mommy’s small indulgence, is my way of saying how much I love him, and how proud of the incredible young man he has grown into. Now for my other four children who are reading this and right now are saying, “Why does he get to be in mom’s article? He gets everything! That’s so not fair !!"  May I just take this moment to remind you that mommy wasn’t a Disney Gal on your last birthday, and your turn is coming!