Follow The Skinny Blue Line!

Follow the Blue Line!!

This will be our path to WDW!

This week I am going to great lengths to ensure the short car ride is filled with fun and excitement.  Any games we decide to play along the way will be themed to anything Disney (movies, music, parks, etc.). I have a couple in mind that I ran by my husband and I will go into more detail with them below.  As it is just my husband and myself these games are more geared towards adults kids can play them.  This is going to be interesting as one adult will always be driving so it will be interesting to see how we play these games. They should keep us thoroughly entertained and get us ready for Disney Magic!

"Let's make some magic!"   

Game 1: Disney Movie Mash-up

Description: In this game; players will take turn guessing which two movie titles are mushed together based off of the clue given.

Instructions:

Step 1: Player one gives first clue.

Step 2: Player two guesses the answer

Step 3: Player two gives clue

Step 4: Player on guesses the answer

Step 5: repeat 1-4 until all clues have been given.

Answers:

 You will take two movie titles one of which must be Disney  (i.e. The Lion King and The King's Speech) and mush them together. Note: articles (a, the, etc are exempt)

The Lion King's Speech

Clues:

Clues should include characters, plots, etc to help the guesser guess the answer.

As Simba ascends the thrown he must go through speech class as he has a stutter and cannot perform perfect speeches!

As you can see I mushed the two plots of the film together, you can basically come up with any clue that will get the guesser to the answer.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct answer the person with the most points wins the game.  In the event of a tie be creative for a tie breaker it can be anything.  (Example: you are one the road the first person to spot a white car wins the tie breaker, or the first person to get a truck to honk their horn wins!) The possibilities are endless.

 Things to note:

1. You will have to come with these before you go on your trip. (After my trip I will post mine so you can use them to help as well as the recording of us playing the game.)

2. It is easier if you come up with the answer before the clue.  I just thought a bunch of titles that you could put together.

3. The hardest part is coming up with titles you can mash together.

20DQ

This is just like 20 questions with the variation of it having to be something related to Disney. 

Examples:

        1. attraction at a park

        2. Disney song

        3. character or movie

You can narrow it down to only the parks or just a character if you wish.

Name that Disney tune:

Description:  Play a Disney song on the radio and have the person guess the name of the song bonus points for the movie it is in. 

Variations: humming or whistling the song.

Ariel humming Part of Your World multilingual!

Disney Trivia (more for adults)

You will need a book for this game or a set of cards from Disney's Scene it. In this game you will go back and forth asking questions you can keep track of correct answers or you can just play for fun. I am excited to learn things I may not have known beforehand and will be able to apply it to our trip at the World.

Disney Plot Limericks 

This game will most likely be difficult and very entertaining at the same time. The objective of this game is to pick a disney movie and come up with a limerick describing the plot.  I will be recording ours and maybe I can come up with one to post pre-trip!

There once was a beauty named Belle

Who lived in a castle with a spell

She met a big Beast

Who threw her a feast

And thats how the tale came to tell

Limerick

Disney Alphabet game

Start with A and think of a character then the next person will go to B... When one person gets stuck and the other person steps in before the player can come up with a name then play will continue the player to end with the letter Z wins unless that player is stumped then the other player may step in and take the win. Characters must be animated

List of Animated Disney Characters

Xerxes in Aladdin the cartoon

Example
Ariel
Beast
Clarabell
Donald
Elisa
.
.

.

Ursula

Xerxes

Yao

Zues

Disney Name Game

Description think of a Disney Character either animated or live action.  Example Mary Poppins. The next player will take the last letter of the name and think of a new character (s) example: Simba. Play continues until some one is stumped when person is stumped point is awarded to other player.  

These are just a few they I have come up with a lot of them are games played on road trips already I just changed them to be Disney themed.  If you have and game ideas, variations, or a better way to keep score please make a comment below and also follow the blog. 

Episode 1: It's A Dingle Hopper

This is my first attempt at a podcast.  In this episode I will be talking about Disney's The Little Mermaid. I discuss my favorite characters and my thoughts on the movie. Please leave me feedback on how you thought the podcast was.  

Aurora and Philip in Eric's Castle!

Favorite Song:  "Kiss the Girl"

Favorite non human character: Flounder

Favorite Scene: Triton turns Ariel back into a human

Fun Fact:  Grimsby's voice is also the same voice for Rodger in 101 Dalmatians.

You can find tons of cool stuff about this movie as well anything else Disney here

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid

Also, if you like all of my posts so far please follow the blog for upcoming posts and pod-casts   Thanks so much for all of your support I truly appreciate it!

Oozma Kappa

First time in a long time I went to see a movie so Monsters University of course was well deserved.  I tried to not watch too many trailers or teasers for this movie. (I did not want to spoil it when I saw it, I.e. I didn't want to see all the funny parts in the commercials) I have to say I was not disappointed. 

This movie was fantastic  a true disney classic.  I am always iffy on sequels or in this case prequels.  Disney's last prequel that I remember was kind of a let down (Ariel's Beginning). 

Monsters University is definitely one for the ages in all aspects of   the phrase.

This is a movie ALL ages will enjoy young, old, and everything inbetween.  It a movie that families will be watching years from now and generation after generations will be able to enjoy this classically funny and whimsical film.  It really is a thing of beauty.  

Lets just take a moment to appreciate the quality and work that has gone into this film.  The scenery is truly fantastic and quite literally out of this world.  I recall from Monsters Inc. that there are over 2.3 individually animated hairs.  I sure this to be the case in this movie as well. As always Disney is at the top of technological advances and is always setting the bar for quality!  

Which character are you?  Let me know in the comments!

The story line is well developed and one that everyone can relate to as well and learn something (just like Disney to make learning fun).  I have to say that watching the characters interact and all the events taking place brought me to college a place that I haven't been to in while.  The storyline did kind of remind me of Revenge of the Nerds (absolutely hilarious, a must see) but at least this one is for all ages and a true underdog triumph adventure.    

Overall excellent movie a must see.  One that I will surely buy.  My husband was doing his goofy laugh (the one you only hear when he thinks something is extremely funny).

Favorite Character: Art, hilarious as well as versatile. Also, very cute!  

Favorite Scene:  Oozma Kappa initiation scene

This is totally unrelated to this movie but it is related to Pixar and I found it to be a good read.  The Pixar Theory

56 Days!

So I have done some major planning today.

I not only have restaurant reservations from before now I have a day by day, hour by hour plan.  This in no means that the plan will be stuck to but hey a girl can dream.  The following is what our 7 day plan looks like.  Complete with restaurant reservations. (I am sure I will have to change the plan multiple times before it is complete) Click on the link to look at the itinerary

Please let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions. (i.e. rides I don't have on my list, or places to eat)

Arrival

Anniversary in the Kingdom

Animals

Illuminations

A Whole New World

Hollywood!

Note: some rides are repeated, this is in case we don't get to the ride the day before!

There is no way I am kissing a frog and eating a bug in the same day!

Today's movie pick...

You guest it The Princess and the Frog.  Excellent film the most recent cartoon animated film for the theatres.  This was a breath of fresh air when it came to theatres.  Disney had taken a break from making cartoon animated films and then decided to go back to their roots (Good Move). A great spin to the classic tale.  I love that Disney takes classic tales puts a Disney twist on it.  I am looking forward to this in the upcoming film Frozen.  

I believe this film came out around Christmas time.  I remember going to see it with my boyfriend at the time (Husband now).  Now every time I watch it I am reminded of a time when we hadn't been together that long and we didn't know we would be here today.  Soon after we saw the film in the theatre.  Steve left for Cali for a job.  Leaving me at home needing to finish school.  Long story short we got married and lived happily ever after.  All by wishing on a star!

With all that said, I love this movie.  Although Prince Navine is not my favorite prince he is definitely an excellent prince.   He has a great accent and loves jazz music enough said.  Tiana was a great addition to the Disney Princesses.  I love the fact that Disney focused on her being a hard worker.  Lets be honest a little hard work never hurt anybody and hard work makes an easy life!  

Favorite song:  When were human

Favorite Character: Ray

Favorite scene:  Tiana's and Navine's Wedding scene

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

"You broke my smolder"

Alright fellow Disney finatics,

I broke down and went back to the way I usually spend my weekends.  I put in Tangled!  During the winter season either Saturday or Sunday the hubby and I would spend the morning watching one of our favorite disney movies Tangled.  

This movie is excellent it brings in the magic of the disney classics like Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid while also brings its own modern twist to it.   It has all the disney qualities; A beautiful princess that sings and has animals as friends and a charming man that aids her in her quest for independence, the perfect ingredients for a disney classic.      

This movie should be seen by everyone.  I have probably seen this movie more than 1000 times.  I never get sick of it  and it hasn't been out that long! I know almost all of the words and the songs.  My favorite song being "i've got a dream".  The Fact that Flynn Ryder is one of the few disney characters to question singing in a disney movie it absolutely hilarious.  He is not your typical "prince charming"  which is what I think makes Flynn Ryder on of the best Disney Princes!

 I believe Disney should continue to make more movie like this.  

"I've got dreams like you now really, just much less touchy-feely.  They happen mainly somewhere warm and sunny.  On Island that I own tanned and rested and alone...surrounded by enormous piles of money!"  - My favorite part of the song

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