I love getting questions!

I love social media! like L.O.V.E. it. This morning I woke up on and had a facebook alert from a mom that tagged me in her post...here is the question

"Ok Sarah Scott Broadus and any other Veteran Disney Moms... I'm having trouble deciding on which character breakfast to do: Chef Mickey's, Princess Storybook, or Crystal Palace. We had Chef Mickey's booked, but lately I have been reading that the food is subpar and it is noisy and overcrowded. I have heard GREAT things about the atmosphere at the Princess Storybook, but is it too similar to the Cinderella banquet dinner (we are doing that)?"

 Here is my opinion. We LOVE princess storybook dinner. it is our usually "Kick off vacation" meal. The food is sophisticated and makes for a great evening.

HOWEVER, Chef Mickey's is the place for kids. My girls actually prefer Chef Mickey's over any other breakfast at Disney. 

Each time we have been we have met Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto. However...I would love to see Daisy thrown into the mix. (Don't you ever wonder why she isn't always with Donald? I wonder if the have spats?)

The restaurant is noisy. But its wonderful, joyful excitement! And as a Disney mom, im not sure how many character meals I have had that weren't noisy?

If you have any questions please email them to thebroadusbunch@gmail.com or send me a tweet! @SarahBroadus

Planning is underway!!!

Oh my! Oh my! I am so excited to be planning ANOTHER Disney family vacation! It makes the year go by so fast when you know next summer you will be in the Happiest Place on Earth!

If you remember, our first family Disney vacation was just the 4 of us (09), Our Second, we brought along the grandparents for a real family experience (10), This year we took a break, to buy a house! and now we are planning our next vacation with FRIENDS! (12) I am so excited to be in planning mode!!

The best part about going with friends (who 3/4 have never been) is I get the pleasure of making sure they experience Disney at its best...and THEY HAVE A SON! So I get to incorporate some "less princessey" things! (Not that there is anything wrong with Princesses...But after our wonderful experience on the last trip with Cinderella's Royal Table...I'm holding on to that memory for a while!

To give you some details we know.
We will be there in July again. This just worked out this way bc our friend Chris started a new job this year and gets his vacation time during July.

We are staying at the All-Star Music again! This also just happened to be the value resort we all decided on! I do love me some Value Resorts!

We are going to be doing some new dining this time around (Crystal Palace, Le Cellier...) As well as some old favorites (Chef Mickeys!)

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its been too long!

This was our first summer not at Disney in 2 years. (Mainly because we are buying a house, 2 cars and going snow skiing at Christmas) And let me tell you-WE ALL MISSED IT! So much...that we have decided to plan for next summer. This time: Disney with our Friends! Our wonderful friends "The Byrds" have never been to Disney as a family-in fact...Chris the dad-has never been at all! I am so excited to be able to go on this vacation with them!!

Hollywood Studios

My least favorite park. Why? Well, its spaced out, there isn't alot of shade, and I have so many great ideas of things they need to add to the park and since I don't work for Disney....nor do they offer me free vacations in swap for my ideas...I just get sad going there.

But we went and let me tell you about what we did do!

We started off with Breakfast at Chef Mickeys

Then we headed to Hollywood Studios

We met up with some of our friends

and some Einsteins! (I love this picture bc Annie pulled out Aubrie's Paci right before I took it so aubrie might smile!!)

We played on the Honey I shrunk the kids playground

we did the Great Movie Ride, We played Toy Story Mania, We rode Tower of Terror, Rockin Roller Coaster, We did the Backlot Tour, We saw the Parade

Madyson even got a trophy for participating in the pre parade show!

She answered a question about Hannah Montana correctly (thanks to my nieces Emma and Ellie!)

But here is my two favorite parts!

After the parade we were starving and we were going to use our Quick Service Meal at the Pizza Planet. We walked by the Hollywood Brown Derby (one of the BEST places to eat in Disney) and I was telling Todd how I tried to get reservations there but they were booked. The next thing I know Todd is walking into the restaurant. He explained to the people how I have been dying to eat there and is there anyway a party of 6 can be seated in the next hour. Yall, God was with him. The lady at the desk said, "well...actually...we just had a party of 6 cancel their reservation in 15 minutes!!! I was so excited! We ate and it was fabulous! If you go and you get to eat here PLEASE order the COBB SALAD appetizer. Don't say "oh I don't want this on it.." Just get it. It is THE BEST SALAD you will ever have! I have been craving one since we got back! I even called and asked for the receipe but mine is nothing like theirs!!

my 2nd favorite part of the park is Fantasmic. My parents were exhausted at this point. (remember we had been at the hot boring park all day bc it was the only day that week that Fantasmic was showing and the park usually fills up fast.) But I kept telling them we are going and you will love it. We waited in line 35 minutes, waited at our seat for 1 hour 45 minutes but it was worth it!

My parents were in awe of the firework, theatrical show and they haven't stopped talking about it!

So there is our trip in a wrap up! Remember, if you have any questions about it or about taking kids to disney, feel free to leave a message here or email me at thebroadusbunch@gmail.com!

The Animal Kingdom

AKA...my favorite park! A lot of people skip out on the Animal Kingdom but it is my #2 favorite park (next to Magic Kingdom

The first thing we do as soon as we get into Animal Kingdom is go to the Kil. Safari! Here is Aubrie and Todd!

Next we joined Pocahontas and her friends for a dance party!

We rode the Kali River Rapids (used the child swap since AK isn't big enough)

We saw "Its tough to be a bug", The finding Nemo Musical, We met more characters

watched the jammin jungle parade...

Even stumbled upon a croc!

That night we ate at BOMA. Which I WAS SOOOO EXCITED ABOUT! I wish I could report positive things but it was terrible. I love African Cuisine...LOVE IT. but this food was plain and unflavored. The only good thing was the desserts. But for $34.99 a person (if you don't have the dining plan) It def. wasn't worth it.

The Magic Kingdom

When you hear Magic Kingdom what do you think about? I think about dreams, wishes, and well...magic.

This year at the magic kindom was nothing less than I expected. We started off with reservations at Cinderellas Castle. What we got was a whole lot more! Let me explain....

We had early reservations, well they opened the gate and off Madyson went. She RAN the entire way up main street to the castle.

She passed everyone and it was like it was her and the castle.

Because we were the first there...the girls got to be "Princesses of the Day" They got stickers, special time with Cinderella, and got to lead the rest of the breakfast goers up the stairs to the dining hall.

Here is me and my birthday girl

and my momma and her birthday girl..(get it? Madyson and I share a birthday!)

Well breakfast was very nice! I loved the orange juice and hashbrowns

It was great celebrating mine & Madyson's birthday with our family!

They even sang happy birthday to us and brought us a cake!

We added some new characters to our autograph book!!

And with my parents there this year...I even got to ride some rides with Todd!!

We watched the Disney Electrical Parade! It was fantastic!

When you visit Disney...You know what they say!

and boy...did they!!