Yearly Archives: 2012

LTT — Those of you who have been following my blog, know that I’ve been absent for a few weeks. My apologies, but I’m back and settled in at my new apartment in Orlando, Florida! If you’ve been following, you also know that I decided to eat at Liberty Tree Tavern for […]

Liberty Tree Tavern Feels Like Home

13 Jun, 2012 in Dining Out at Disney / Fresh Picked Posts by Heather Macdonald

Well the inevitable price increase has struck! This past Sunday, Disney raised it’s theme park admission prices for the Walt Disney World Resort, as reported by PassPorter News earlier this week. And with Tax That Will Be… The Disney Parks Blog posted the updated prices, which averaged about a $10 […]

Price Increase for Walt Disney World Park Admission

7 Jun, 2012 in Grown-Up Disney tagged admission / annual pass / annual passes / Cars Land / Disney California Adventure / Disney Cruise Line / Fantasy / Fantasyland / Fantasyland expansion / Magic Kingdom / park admission / price increase / theme park / ticket / tickets / Walt Disney World / WDW by aliceinwdw

A recent question in the Owning Your Magic forum on the PassPorter message boards asked about whether it was worth staying concierge at Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas. So what are the benefits of staying concierge? The first benefit you get is before you even arrive at Walt Disney World. A […]

Staying concierge at Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas

31 May, 2012 in Disney Vacation Club / Fresh Picked Posts tagged Animal Kingdom Lodge / animal kingdom lodge villas / club level / concierge / Disney Vacation Club / DVC / Jambo House by Cheryl Pendry

Looks like it’s officially time to say goodbye to one of the Magic Kingdom’s (“MK”) original attractions. Snow White’s Scary Adventures will be closing this week on June 1st. 🙁 “It’s off to work we go…” It’s just another facet of the Fantasyland expansion — the closing of something familiar […]

Goodbye to a Walt Disney World Classic: Snow White’s Scary ...

30 May, 2012 in Grown-Up Disney tagged closing / Dopey / Evil Queen / expansion / Fantasyland / Magic Kingdom / MK / Snow White's Scary Adventures / Walt Disney World / WDW by aliceinwdw

All Disney Vacation Club Members will know the importance of seven months from their vacation date. This is the point at which you can book at Disney Vacation Club resorts where you don’t hold an actual ownership. And much as I’m sure we all love our home resorts, which can […]

Making Disney Vacation Club bookings at the seven month mark

27 May, 2012 in Fresh Picked Posts by Cheryl Pendry

It was difficult enough to think about a last meal in New Orleans. We have so many great restaurants. Add a first meal of the rest of your life into the mix and I ended up spending a lot of time looking at menus and thinking about what I really […]

Last Meal and First Meal

26 May, 2012 in Dining Out at Disney / Fresh Picked Posts by Heather Macdonald

So it’s that time of year again: Home Improvement Time! Oh yeah! The DH and I love when it’s finally time to open up the windows, break out the toolbox, and get the spring cleaning under way, because there’s always something that needs updating or some sprucing up! Ok, so […]

Disney at Home

21 May, 2012 in Grown-Up Disney tagged decor / decorating / design / designing / Disney / Disney Cruise Line / Fantasy / paint / style by aliceinwdw

Jennifer and Sara just did a PassPorter Podcast (If you aren’t listening you should be!) on the best places to get a drink in Walt Disney World. I’m going to share my five best places to get a drink at Walt Disney World, but my choices have a slightly different […]