New Disney Princess Moving In!

On the Disney Blog, they released the new artist concept for "Merida" the newest heroin of the latest Disney film "Brave" scheduled to be out June 22. (yah! Right before our trip!) Merida has a Scottish background and will appear in character greetings as early as May!

Photo from Disney Blogs

 

 

Disney Food Blog!

If you are planning a trip and would like a sneak peek at the menus for the Disney Restaurants, check out the DISNEY FOOD BLOG. for all things yummy!

3 months and 2 weeks

We are at 3 months and two weeks until our Disney Vacation! I am so excited about this years trip. Usually, by now, I have picked out outfits, have everything planned out, but the past few months have been about other things than Disney. So I am feeling a little BEHIND!

Right now Disney is offering FREE dining in weeks From August- September. So maybe your Tax return was a little better than you expected. Go ahead and look into a fun fast trip! Its a great time to visit!


Also on the blog,  the New Value Resort "Art of Animation" Opening Dates are up! Our next trip we will stay here! AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!

So, have you booked your next vacation? Are you planning one and have a question!? i would love to hear! leave a comment or tweet me at @SarahBroadus

Fast Pass Police are out.

For anyone that has been to Disney, you have used the "Fast Pass" at least once (right?) If not let me explain. In front of the popular rides (ex: Toy Story Mania) there is a little machine that you can insert your Key to the World card in and out pops a little ticket that says "return between the times of 1pm-2pm" or whatever time. Then you can go and ride the other rides, see the shows, etc. Then return back to that ride in your allotted time and go in a separate, shorter line.

Well now, apparently some park goers have been coming back at random times and the cast members have been letting them in. Not so much anymore. Disney released this article stating that they will crack down on the Fast Pass Line Cutters.

Interesting in the article is talk of a the new XPass, where resort guest can book their ride times weeks/months in advance ?!?! Wow, talk about my OCD going into full mode! Timed out agendas based around ride times and dining reservations.

Disney on Youtube

I have talked about how we show the kids Disney Vacation movies from youtube to get them use to seeing the characters. It helps kids not to be afraid when they finally meet the characters!

Here are a few of our favorites!

Dining Reservations for 2012

Well, the dining reservations are made! I woke up at 645 Monday morning to prepare for the 7am rush to make reservations. (If you are staying on Disney grounds and have dining plan you may make reservations 180 days before your trip at 7am)

Like I said before, we are going with our friends the byrds on this vacation. So Saturday night we sat down and discussed our game plan. We worked out which parks we would be going on what days and what we wanted to eat.

We decided to make 2 different reservations for each day. Reservations must be cancelled 24 hours before. We wanted to be able to have options.


So here is what we decided on.

(Reservation Option #1)
Epcot first day Princess Dinner at Askerus. With 3 girls going we decided to get this one over with. This was the kids choice.

day 2: Breakfast at Chef Mickey's. Todd likes to start the vacation with this. He says it "pumps him up" so that was his choice.

Day 3. Hollywood Brown Derby (FYI: this is 2 table credits now) My choice

Day 4: Coral Reef. This was the groups choice. We all want to relive the Full House episode.

Day 5: Yak & Yeti. Darla and I thought this sounded fun. So we decided to try it.

Day 6: we will eat at The Rainforest Cafe per request of Gavin who heard how cool the animals were when they came alive via Madyson.

(Reservation Options #2)
Kept Askerus as the option. Kids priority. I would have liked to do Le Cellier (also now 2 table credits) but the girls begged. So they win. and Ill fill my belly with Rice Cream.

Day 2: The Crystal Palace for Lunch. We have a 1 year old going with us who loves Winnie The Pooh (secretly Todd does too) so we chose this an option.

Day 3: Sci Fi Drive In. Love their onion rings and milkshakes. I am the only one who has eaten here, so the rest of the group would have a new experience.

Day 4: La Hacinda (Mexico) at Epcot. LOVEEEE this place. 

Day 5: Rainforest Cafe (same reason as before)

Day 6: Dinner with Chef Mickey.


So a few favorites, a few new things....I am excited. Now...to decide what everyone is going to wear!!

Dining plans!!

We get to make our dining plans on Jan. 9th! I am so excited bc that is the 180 day countdown to the trip! Sadly though I discovered that Hollywood Brown Derby (my favorite in Hollywood Studios) and Le Cellier Steakhouse (in Epcot) are now 2 dining credits each =( Which means we have to readjust our dining plans!

Ill post more Monday once everything is booked!