Showing posts with label Hollywood Studios. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollywood Studios. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Guest Author Sunday

Welcome Back Chuck Jones







                                   An Unforgettable Week at Disney

                    



Our trip, which included me, my wife, and our daughter and son-in-law, was two years in the making.  It included planning, reserving, and putting up enough cash to pay for the whole thing, with enough Disney Dollars from our Disney Chase Visa Card to pay for any overages and souvenirs.  In doing so, we eliminated the number one worry of most vacations-- spending too much money.    When we checked into our two rooms at the Boardwalk Inn on Saturday, September 7th, 2013, our whole trip was already paid for.  We got the free Dining Plan, so even our food was pre-paid. 
            


 
We opted for a 7-day Park-Hopper ticket, with 7 nights at The Boardwalk, with a water view.  The Boardwalk is a fantastic hotel, but unless you pay more for the water view rooms, you are defeating the whole purpose of staying there.  That purpose is to be in the middle of everything, 24 hours a day.  With our 2 rooms with balconies that overlooked the boardwalk and lagoon, we felt like we were in the action even when resting in our room.  The boardwalk is a cornucopia of activity, with the people strolling by, the boats that carry you to the Epcot and Hollywood Studios parks gliding smoothly over the lagoon, and the street performers at night entertaining the crowds.  All this can be seen from your balcony, or even your bed, if you feel the need to stretch out for an afternoon nap to re-charge for the evening’s activities. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Star Wars-themed Disney Gift Cards

How Cute Are These? For the first time in Star Wars Weekends history, Disney Gift Cards will be offering four unique Star Wars-themed Disney Gift Card designs. Each week during Star Wars Weekends a new design will become available. Here's the schedule, in case you want to pick one up for me! ;)

  • Weekend 1: Skywalker Mickey, May 17
  • Weekend 2: Darth Donald, May 24
  • Weekend 3: Yoda Stitch, May 31
  • Weekend 4: Darth Goofy, June 7


    Sunday, April 21, 2013

    Guest Author Sunday-Tamela Hansen

    Guest Author Sunday



    Tamela Hansen

    Disney Gals welcome back one of our favorite Honorary Gals Tamela Hansen. Congratulations to Tamela for undertaking and completing a walk on behalf of Lupus on Saturday! So proud of you for always "believing in the possibilities and living your dreams!"

    Hi it's Tamela Hansen from Alabama.  I just am so excited to talk about a subject that is endless.  Making special memories while on rides and watching different attractions!  This is a topic I could talk about forever but I will try to keep it to a minimum!  No promises!


    As a child, teenager, young adult, wife, and mother with every stage of life the rides and attractions at Walt Disney World bring about new experiences.  As a child I always look forward to being old enough to ride different rides or maybe BRAVE enough.  Then the day comes when you accomplish all the Mountains at Magic Kingdom, Wow what an achievement!  Then O'my what a difference a shy teenage girl is after she has participated on stage in front of an audience.  That's one way to overcome shyness.  These are experiences that we encounter while at attractions and on rides at Walt Disney World, and they mold us into the people we are today. 

    Tuesday, October 2, 2012

    Trip Talk

    Can you survive a Walt Disney World visit with your husband for a
    specific reason in less than 40 hours? Yes you can, but can I tell
    you how tired I am? Right now I am at work, wishing I was at home
    sleeping and as I am typing this I am not even sure it is going to
    make any sense.


    My husband picked me up from work this past Friday at 4:00 pm and we
    were on our way for a much anticipated trip to Walt Disney World. Now
    it was not our normal trip, this trip was just to go and meet the
    twelve Gals I have come to know through creating this blog. As we
    were waiting at the airport I was getting text messaged asking if we
    were on our way, where were we? It is nice to know that I was missed!
    We were the last of the group to arrive in Orlando as everyone else
    had pretty much been there already since Thursday or Friday
    morning/afternoon. By the time we picked-up our rental car and got to
    our hotel, the Yacht Club and got checked in it was already Saturday,
    we set-up a wake-up call and tried to get some sleep. You know that
    Disney commercial “I too excited to sleep!” that is how I was, even my
    husband said, GO TO SLEEP!