Pamela Dorr

About Pamela Dorr

I am a mom, a girlfriend, a caregiver, and a nerd. As a Disney nerd, I enjoy planning Disney vacations for myself and others. I am a travel agent with Off To Neverland Travel, in addition to being a mathematics tutor at the local university. My love of Disney has overflowed and found a home in the hearts of my beautiful daughter and my loving boyfriend. Both of my loved ones have special needs that must be considered when planning a Disney vacation. Whether it is a trip to Walt Disney World or a Disney Cruise, I know that the Disney Cast Members will help me to plan an awesome trip for both of them. In the Disney With Hidden Needs Blog, I hope to offer a few insights, tips, and tricks to planning a fantastic Disney vacation with Hidden Needs in your party.

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Trips to Disney World or Disneyland are often seen as a once in a lifetime event. Many families going through major life events like cancer treatments see Disney trips as a celebration of life. Cancer treatments are designed to kill the cancerous cells that ravage our bodies and take over […]

Disney After Cancer Treatment

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This week, I want to look at some questions regarding Hidden Needs posed on the PassPorterBoards.com forums. First up is a mom that asks about being able to accommodate her son’s dining needs. Then we will look at a grandmother’s question regarding how to help her grandson enjoy Walt Disney […]

Hidden Needs Advice from Passporter Members

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For anyone visiting the Vacationing Your Way: Special Needs forum on PassPorter.com, you will notice many threads about dealing with a variety of special needs at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Lines. In my last few posts I have talked about my personal experiences with Hidden Needs at […]

Autism at Disney: Tips From my PassPorter Friends

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Every day I deal with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Phobia, Generalized Anxiety, Major Depression, and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. However, I personally only “suffer” from a mild case of depression. So why do I deal with all those other things? Simple, I am a mom, girlfriend, and caregiver to two wonderful […]

It’s the CAREGIVER’s Vacation Too!!

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How accommodating is Disney? Well, how accommodating do you need them to be? When most people think of guests needing accommodations at Disney, they think of people with obvious physical disabilities. However, what about those guests with the not-so-obvious disabilities, the Hidden Needs?   What qualifies as a “Hidden Need”? […]

What is a Hidden Need?

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