Due to scheduling conflicts, I’m heading out to Arizona for my annual Spring Training trip a little later than usual … actually the last weekend of the season! My brother wasn’t able to make it so it’s just me, my sister, and my daughter (who hasn’t been out to see Cactus League baseball with me …
Happy Labor Day! We got up early so we could check out of the hotel and drive over to the Animal Kingdom park to take advantage of the early morning Extra Magic Hours (it opened at 8:00am for Disney resort guests). We were in the parking lot at 7:40am but discovered that they were already …
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We bounced around a lot today … This morning while eating breakfast at the Contemporary, a departing family gave us three Super FastPasses for Epcot! They were heading to the airport and hadn’t had a chance to use them and since they had three, and we are a family of three, they gave them to …
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Labor Day weekend … time for our annual mini family vacation to Walt Disney World! We couldn’t drive over to Orlando until this morning because of Friday night high school football yesterday, but we got a relatively early start and made it to the resort area by 10:00am. We parked at the Contemporary resort (since …
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Happy Labor Day! My wife and I work up early and let my daughter sleep in. To get some extra exercise, we walked around the Polynesian along the beach and took the trail over to the nearby Grand Floridian resort. We’d always seen the wedding chapel from the monorail but took this opportunity to check …
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Traditionally we would do the resort pool and Disney Springs on Monday before heading home, but we decided to mix things up this year. No early plans today so we slept in and spent the morning at the resort, enjoying the Polynesian’s two pools after grabbing a light breakfast from the concierge lounge. The pools …
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This morning we woke up early, checked out of our hotel, and drove over to Hollywood Studios to get there in time for the park opening. We found they were already letting people through the gates, stopping the crowds just short of Hollywood Boulevard. Without any fanfare or opening ceremony, suddenly the park was open …
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Time for our annual family vacation to Walt Disney World over the Labor Day Weekend! With school starting early this year (back on August 10th) it seemed like we had to wait a lot longer for our end-of-summer trip. This year our vacation was threatened by Hurricane Hermine which passed through our area yesterday and …
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We wrapped up our two weeks of family vacation (a Disney cruise, followed by a few days in Ohio with family) by ringing in the New Year with thousands of other people at Epcot. The park was super-crowded (as we expected) with wait-times for some of the attractions going past 2 hours! Still, it was …
Three years ago we went on our first cruise (on the Disney Dream) right before Thanksgiving. This year for Christmas, we decided to go on an eastern Caribbean Very MerryTime holiday cruise. After months of planning and preparations, we just got back from a week of relaxation and recreation on the Disney Fantasy, and we had an …