Disney has been a lifelong love for me. I ran the parks like they were my own personal playground for years. On a regular basis during my college years and the years following, I traveled to Orlando for mostly 1-2 day trips and new how to run Park Commando and
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Oldies But Goodies – Do You Plan By Park Or By ADR?
I can honestly say that I have probably explored nearly every conceivable way of planning a Walt Disney World visit from just winging it (ARRGH!!!) to planning every single detail from the first minute to the last. When you start to consider things like how many minutes it takes to
Strategies for Staying Cool in Disney World
Disney World has some of its highest seasons during the hot months of the year. Many of us find that when we get to the parks, we were not quite prepared for how HOT it is as we walk from attraction to attraction or while standing in line. Through the
Wednesday with Walt: Enveloped in Another World
“I don’t want the public to see the world they live in while they are in the park (Disneyland). I want them to feel they are in another world”- Walt Disney Do you know of the exact incident that sparked Walt Disney’s idea of building Walt Disney World? Well…when Walt was
The Magic Behind the ‘Company’ Getting to Know DragynAlly
DragynAlly comes in fashionably late with her Magic behind the ‘Company’ article. About You: Name? DragynAlly but the birth certificate says Dana Where do you live? East Coast How long have you been with Chip and Company? 2 months What topics do you write about? My personal Disney experiences. Favorite
GoGo squeeZ: Healthy Snack Gets Families “GoGo” Going at DISNEY!
GoGo squeeZ, the first squeezable, re-sealable, 100 percent fruit, applesauce snack in the U.S., is pleased to sponsor the GoGo on the Go Challenge at the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival, being held at the Walt Disney World® Resort near Orlando, Fla. through May 15. As part of the
Character Meet and Greets at Walt Disney World
As a Disney Dad with a Princess Daughter, the one thing that we are always looking for is character interaction when we visit Disney World. We all have our favorites – mine is Mickey Mouse, my wife loves Daisy Duck, and my Princess is a big fan of all of
Oldies But Goodies – Counter Service Can Be Just Fine
As Oldies, I think we are somewhat notorious for only dining at table service restaurants on our Walt Disney World Visits. On our last visit we decided we wanted to include some counter service restaurants, just to check them out. I must say we were quite pleasantly surprised in many
Manatees Receive Expert Care at The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Jasper and Vail may sound like two western United States vacation spots, but they’re actually the names of two manatees at Walt Disney World Resort. Both male manatees were brought to Epcot for rehabilitative care provided by marine mammal experts at The Seas with Nemo & Friends. With approximately 5,000
Disney World Quick Tips – Enjoy Some Of The ‘Lesser’ Attractions
We all enjoy the “biggies” when we visit Walt Disney World. There is Space Mountain and Splash Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, Soarin’ and Test Track at Epcot, Toy Story Midway Mania and the Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Stidios, and Expedition Everest and Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal
Disney World Planning 101 – Renting a Locker
As you may have read in my previous post, Skipping the Bag Check, I really enjoy not having to carry anything in the parks. Most days require carrying at least a few items, though, so I usually carry a light-weight back pack with my essentials. This is a way to
Walt Disney World Dining: Breakfast at the Parks, or at the Resorts?
It’s one of the age-old questions asked about a Disney vacation: Which is better, to eat breakfast at one of the resorts, or to eat breakfast at one of the parks? As is so often the case when you are talking about this or that with regard to Disney,
runDisney New Race
RunDisney announced this afternoon on their facebook page that they will soon be announcing the newest runDisney race. They left us with a ‘riddle’: There’s a new runDisney race we wanted you to know about. We’re very excited and we hope you’ll run with us. Before long, we’ll let everyone
Disney World Planning 101 – Skipping the Bag Check
Alright all you Disney park fans out there. I know that, just like me, you have gotten to the parks so excited about being in “the world,” you have jumped off the bus, headed to the park entrance, joined all the folks happily bouncing up to the turnstiles and then
