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Thursday, April 3, 2014

PLANNING A WDW VACATION!

SHOW NOTES

Initial planning

-Buy a vacation planning book

-Do your research and create a budget

-Select your dates (hardest part)

-Select any Dining Reservations

-Transportation arrangements

-take your time off of work

Down the road (6 months to go)

-Do your research (listen to podcasts, books etc)

-Make your dining reservation (180 days out)

-If you don't get them; check on them everyday

-Bringing family members create a FB group.

-Make arrangements for your home (mail, pets, checking in, etc.)

-Make a schedule/ itinerary for the days you are spending there as well as for traveling

-Rides/shows you really want to see (top 3 for both)

-Revisit Your Budget. (include money for souvenirs)

make sure you have vacation days set at work

Almost there (3 months to go Where I am now)

-Confirm reservations (hotel, dining, flights, etc.)

-Confirm people taking care of the home front.

-Revisit Itinerary

-Call and ask any questions (accessibility, Magic bands, fast passes)

-Make sure everyone going, with you, is on the same page.

-Go shopping for clothes start packing

-If you are making t-shirts or in my case shoes now is the time

-Plan food, car activities

-Create your 10 day out checklist

Stressing (less than 10 days)

-Confirm everything again (hotel, dining, tickets, etc., pets)

go over Itinerary

-Pack your bag (create checklist)

-Get home ready (throw out things that spoil, unplug electronics, etc.)

-Traveling arrangements in order (cars oil change, trans. to airport, etc.)

-Food for car ride

-activities, movies

-Finalize your itinerary

-Electronics charged and ready

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Week in Review!

You can enjoy all of my twitter posts right here on the blog!

Here is a recap of my tweets for this week! Remember the disCHARney of the week is Snow White, the fairest of them all!

Monday:
DisPICney: Notice Snow which was a hint for the DisCHARney! Keep a look out for the clues.

DisSONGney: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UivFgqRi7QQ
DisHISTney: http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/feb24.html
DisNEWSney: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/disney-festival-of-fantasy-parade-debuts-march-9-at-magic-kingdom-park/
http://m.wesh.com/disney-announces-debut-of-the-festival-of-fantasy-parade-to-be-march-9/24639862
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/festival-of-fantasy-parade/news/24feb2014-disney-festival-of-fantasy-parade-gets-an-official-opening-date.htm

Tuesday
DisPICney:

DisSONGney:https://twitter.com/dislizney/status/438363364381585408
DisHISTney: http://news.moviefone.com/2013/02/07/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-trivia/
DisNEWSney: http://www.wesh.com/update-fantasylands-seven-dwarfs-mine-train-to-debut-this-spring/24645422

Wednesday
DisPICney:

DisSONGney: not an actual song today Lyrics from a song not used in the film but made for the film. http://www.sweetslyrics.com/602863.Snow%20White%20and%20the%20Seven%20Dwarfs%20movie%20-%20You're%20Never%20Too%20Old%20to%20Be%20Young.html
DisHISTney:Norman Ferguson Disney Animator known for The Witch in Snow White. Can you name other characters he is known for (disCHARney hint!)
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Norman_Ferguson
DisNEWSney: Continuation of yesterday's news story but this is a video. Enjoy! http://wdwnt.com/2014/02/video-lengthy-on-ride-video-of-seven-dwarfs-mine-train-new-attraction-details/

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Episode 6: DisPASTney

Episode 6 is here!

Only one week later then the last episode. I am on a roll!

This episode is about my PAST with disney.

Please enjoy disSHOWney!

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Look forward to daily disLIZney magic on Twitter!

disPICney

disSONGney

disHISTney

disNEWney

*note Pay close attention there will be a clue in one of the dailies for the weekly disCHARney

On Facebook you will be seeing a disLIZney weekly highlight

disCHARney

disRIDEney

disCLIPney

and much much more disFUNney to follow!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The happiest place on Earth is only 5 days away

We are 3 days away from leaving for our vacation and 5 days away from being where they house the mouse!

I have spent about 6 months doing my homework and planning every detail for this vacation. It is a much needed vacation. So, for this pre-trip I am just going to go through our long checklist of everything.

1. game plan

2. car ready (oil change, clean, triple aaa)

3. car activities

4. snacks

5. clothes

6. toiletries

7. camera other electronics (ipod, phones/chargers, back-up batteries)

8. enough memory in electronics

9. Cat ready

10. house ready

11. money

12. clean house

13. Lawn in order

14. Laundry

15. traveling documents (2 copies)

my check lists in my jibber jabber

As you can see I am already late on some to-dos but that is so I see it as a notification!

This is a generalized list of all the things I do when I get ready to go on any trip. There is a lot involved but it is worth it knowing you are away and things are taken care of at home and you have what you need on your trip. I complete and can check off a lot of items on this list however there are a few important items I have yet to accomplish. I still have time it is only Tuesday and I have till Friday. Some things you cannot do till a day or two before and those are mainly the things I have yet to cross off.

To help me along with the packing and getting ready I use an app called Packing Pro for the iphone. This app does cost maybe a dollar but that is a small price to pay. The app includes a default list, you can customize your own list and more importantly it saves your list so you can use it in the future. This app really helped me last year when I went on my honeymoon I had everything that I needed and then some. I am using it again this year to make sure I have everything again. I have provided the link to the App if anyone is interested.

my customized list. The nice thing is on any item you can detail to what bag the item is in.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/packing-pro/id312266675?mt=8

This App is really useful when you are flying and are limited to what you can take with you. Also, you will have an inventory when you need to return from your trip ensuring you wont forget anything while on vacation!

In addition to getting ready to go on I have to move desks at work; so I have to clean out my cubicle this week. Also, we have some friends staying at our house while we are away this means we have to clean house from top to bottom. Luckily we did a lot of it this weekend already. Please let me know what you do to get vacation ready. You can email me at dislizney13@gmail.com or you can make a comment in the section below. If you enjoy the blog and are following along please let me know!

Also this will be my last post until after the big trip! My next post will be a trip report as well as clips from the vaca!

Friday, June 28, 2013

Planning a Magical Vacation

I have been doing major magical planning all week long (even at work

). From dining in the park to an hour by hour itinerary. It is safe to say it is almost completely planned for; except a few things they we need to wait on.

Word of advice do not wait to make dining reservations as you will not get your first pick. Most guide books suggest 180 days prior to vacation. Don't make the same mistake I did and think that is too early. It is never too early, you can always change it later. Also, use the mydisneyexperience website right off the waltdisneyworld.com website to book reservations.

I might even suggest using a site like touringplan.com or onceuponatimetravelers@yahoo.com (travel agents) to help you with your plans if you are like me and can't alway think that far in advance. All of these including the new mydisneyexperience are excellent tools that will help bring your vacation from fantastic to fantasmic!!

So far we have changed our current reservation to include a table service meal per day and one quick service meal per day. We looked at the math and we think the meal plan will pretty much pay for itself. So, this is what I would have to say to anyone who thinks they might have a lot of sit down meals (Which we tend to do a lot), just go ahead and pay the extra money chances are you will end up paying more then it is worth anyway!

Alright as far as packing goes this is what I do; last year I bought an iPhone app called Packing Pro. It is an excellent app that allows you to customize your packing list, as well as has a default list of essentials that you might need on any trip. Best part of this app is it will save your information for the next time you plan on using it. I have tons of packing tips and ideas (most I found on pinterest) let me know if you want me to tell you about any of them!

Next item of business...I FOUND MY LEAVE A LEGACY INFORMATION PACKET! There are two locations but they are right next each other.

Here are the tile locators address,

- East 6-F-21-8-12

- East 6-F-21-8-11

If I remember correctly we had a little trouble finding them at first even with knowing what they are suppose to look like. I am sure if you look you can a cast member for help and I believe I did show you the picture of them so you should be able to find them.

That is all I have right now, I will keep you update when the trip gets closer. I am sure I will have plenty of updates to come. We are 70 days out and counting. We both need a vacation really bad right and absolutely can not wait to have a fun filled and somewhat relaxing vacation.

I will post a typical day in the parks real soon!

AS always have a Fantasmic week