Flashback Friday

  2007 Peyton & Logan at Orlando Visitors Center with none other than Mickey Mouse.  

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Disney Movie FACT!

Although Cinderella’s hottie tamale is often referred to as “Prince Charming,” he never actually gets a name in the film at all. Meaning that Cinderella ends up running away with a man who is not only a total stranger — but with whom she isn’t even a first-name basis.

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Disney Quote of the day!

  “Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on.” Walt Disney

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Walt Disney “Quote of the day!”

Childishness? I think it’s the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, there’s a certain something that you retain. It’s the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can’t laugh at others.” Walt Disney

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Disney FACT!

Yen Sid the Sorcerer featured in Fantasia, is actually Disney spelled backwards!

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Disney Digest

Disney & Orlando Digest – Week of January 13, 2014  Disney Discounts  Walt Disney World® Resort Play Stay and Dine…and Save up to $600 at the Walt Disney World® Resorts: Here is a great offer for your next family vacation.   For most stays from January 5th through March 5th, 2014 when booked by December 31st,…

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Walt Disney Quote of the Day!

“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence.” Walt Disney

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Disney & Orlando Digest – Week of January 6, 2014

Disney & Orlando Digest – Week of January 6, 2014  Disney Discounts  Walt Disney World® Resort NEW!  Disney Visa Card Member Offer Save up to 30% on rooms at select Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels:  Savings apply for stays most nights March 14, 2014 – April 12, 2014 and April 20, 2014 – June 15,…

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Disney FACT!

  Bea Arthur was one of the actresses film creators considered to voice Ursula in the Little Mermaid.

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Disney FACT!

The official voices of Mickey & Minnie Mouse were married to each other, Wayne Allwine & Russi Taylor.

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Walt Disney Quote

“The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.” Related articles Walt Disney quote on following your dreams! (stormgardensblog.wordpress.com) Walt Disney Quotes (dkphoenix.wordpress.com) Disney Marketing: Social Media (benchmarkemail.com)

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Walt Disney “Quote of the day”

When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. Walt Disney Related articles Happy Birthday Walt Disney @DisneyChannelPR @radiodisney (teeninfonet.com) Happy birthday, Walt Disney (ocregister.com) Carli’s Choice: The Impact of Walt on Disney (disneycsr.wordpress.com)

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Disney Quote of the Day

“Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children’s approach to life. They’re people who don’t give a heck what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of…

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Disney or Bust

Disney or Bust We persuade peeps to go to Disney all the time. No matter at church, kid’s performance or the grocery line. We’re Disney dorks to the core. No need for apples here, just give us a Dole Whip or Mickey Bar and we’ll chEAR. Our friends ask~ Why Disney, are you sick and…

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Disney Discounts

Walt Disney World® Resort Play Stay and Dine…and Save up to $600 at the Walt Disney World® Resorts: Here is a great offer for your next family vacation.   For most stays from Jan. 5 through Mar. 5, 2014 when booked by Dec. 31, 2013 you can save $600 (based on a family of four) on…

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“What’s New Around the Mouse” Halloween Edition

  Disney World in Florida New! Halloween FUN ­ Kick up your boots for Halloween week at Magic Kingdom park where you can find all sorts of spirited fun in Frontierland! From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, head to the Diamond Horseshoe Saloon—re­dressed in the guise of “The Happy Haunted Horseshoe”—and grab a snack or…

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Walt Disney talks Mickey Mouse

“He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years    ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when    business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest    ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.” Walt Disney

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Walt Disney “Quote of the day”

  “Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children’s approach to life. They’re people who don’t give a dang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They’re not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of…

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What’s New around the Mouse

  New!  Pirates Take Over Magic Kingdom – If you love pirates, this is the week to visit Magic Kingdom Park!  You can see the band of pirates, including Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Pirate Goofy.  There is even a pirate pre-show for “Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade”.  Join in on the pirate…

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Disney & Orlando Digest – Week of September 22, 2013

  Disney Discounts  Walt Disney World® Resort Save Up To 30% on Rooms at Select Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels: Book your room only or package reservation and save up to 30% off Official Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels for stays most nights Sept. 29 – Nov 22, 2013, and Nov 30 – Dec. 23, 2013.  You can book a room…

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What’s New Around the Mouse Disney World in Florida Disney MagicBands – Disney is still testing the MagicBands at select resorts. New!  Tour Disney’s Hollywood Studios with an Ambassador – Take a tour with a Disney Ambassador around this park and select attractions.  The tour leaves the park entrance at 9:30 AM and reservations are…

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Disney “Quote of the Day!”

“Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.”   Walt Disney Company

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What’s New Around the Mouse

My Disney Bands Phase 3 of the testing is still in progress at select Disney Resorts. Villains at Magic Kingdom Disney is preparing for Friday the 13th, where the villains will come out during the 13th hour at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Magic Kingdom is giving a sneak peek of the villains in the Celebrate the…

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Disney FACT!

Walt Disney debuted the first Audio-Animatronics at the 1964 World’s Fair   The 1964 World’s Fair, introduced many types of pre-Space Age technology, including such things as IBM computers. But few of these things received as much attention as Disney’s Audio-Animatronics, moving robots that had words– coming out of their mouths. Two exhibits at the World’s…

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Just a few activities you can enjoy onboard a Disney Cruise Ship

  Disney Cruise Line has different spaces for all age groups. I’ll start out with Disney-themed activity centers where kids of all ages can participate in activities that capture their interests, Such as: It’s a Small World Nursery-  Ages 3 month – 3 years can enjoy a world inspired by the classic Disney theme park attraction…

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Disney “Quote of the Day!”

“The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life, “It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever…

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Hubby’s Disney Tip of day!

Play golf after 3pm on weekdays at WDW. Great way to save money & not too many people on  the course….

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Disney FACT!

Next time you’re at the Magic Kingdom and walking down main street, turn right just before the candy store and walk under the awning towards Tony’s Town Square. There you’ll find a really strong smell of peppermint just near the door. All of these aromas are artificially generated using a special machine called a Smellitzer, which releases the scent into…

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Disney’s Quote of the Day

  “All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.” Walt Disney

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Disney Fact!

  Neither Mickey Mouse nor the famed “Walt Disney” signature were  actually ever drawn by Walt Disney himself. Walt did sketch the original plans for the Mickey Mouse’s character,  the final design for Mickey was actually drawn by the famed Disney animator Ub Iwerks.  Also, the famed  signature that is known as a “stylized version” of Disney’s. As…

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Around & About at Aulani

Around & About at Aulani Aloha! I know visiting Hawaii is on your families bucket list and visiting Aulani Resort & Spa is no exception. My ohana was fortunate enough to visit Spring 2012. Aulani offers magical activities & entertainment to delight the entire family, but I want to switch it up a bit. I want to…

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Is this WEIRD?

  I still use my “FAVE” Mickey Mouse coffee cup– even though the dishwasher broke the handle off of it*O* Shhh, its our secret!

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Disney Fact!

Walt Disney was a founding member of the “Motion Picture Alliance for  the Preservation of American Ideals,”  created to defend the film industry  against communist infiltration. In 1944, the MPA was formed to protect Hollywood from “communist” influences.  Besides Disney, John Wayne, Cecil B. DeMille, Ginger Rogers, Gary Cooper, and  Ronald Reagan were involved in…

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Disney FACT!

Contrary to popular myth, Walt Disney WAS NOT cryogenically  frozen when he died. An urban legend states that upon his passing, Walt Disney’s frozen corpse was  stashed underneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.  This is simply not true. Walt Disney passed away on December 15th, 1966. Two days later, and consistent with his wishes,…

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Disney Facts & Tips!

Top TEN Disney Facts   Well #1 not really a secret, but I would definitely suggest when entering all the Theme Parks except Animal kingdom, go Left instead of right –being that most peeps are right-handed & tend to go that direction. Also another fave of my family’s is to jump on the Walt Disney…

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Disney FACT!

Walt Disney’s choice meal was chili with beans, tomato juice and soda crackers. Related articles Sad, Walt Disney Fact! (dawnsdorkydiary.wordpress.com)

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Disney “Tip of the day!”

Arrive at  Magic Kingdom at least 20 minutes before it officially opens & you’ll enjoy the Train Station Welcome Show. Great way to begin your day*O*.

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Disney FACT!

  It’s the late voice actor Jack Wagner you hear telling you to stand clear of the doors on the Disney World monorail. You can also hear his recording aboard the tram at the Orlando International Airport.

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Sad, Walt Disney Fact!

Probably the most painful time of Walt’s private life, was the accidental death of his mother in 1938. After the great success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt and Roy bought their parents, Elias and Flora Disney, a home close to the studios. Less than a month later Flora died of asphyxiation caused by a…

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My family was BUSTED on way to DISNEY! by accident

Disney dorks know, when you’re trying to get to the happiest place on earth, you bypass a few things like; *Adequate sleep *Potty breaks–even though your kids have been screaming for hours *Meals–you keep telling them the next town, then the next *You might accidentally overlook a Sun-Pass tollway, LIKE US–probably because we just paid 15…

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Disney FACT!

It took less than 30 minutes to evacuate thousands of guests from the theme parks on Sept. 11, 2001. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration put a flight restriction over the Disney World resort. It extends out in a three-mile radius from Cinderella’s Castle and up to 3,000 feet. Related articles Disney…

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