Last night we made the pilgrimage over to the Magic Kingdom to partake in the final showing of Wishes. And we certainly weren’t alone because WOW, was the place absolutely packed!!! 😯 We didn’t end up getting the greatest view because after grabbing dinner at Casey’s, pretty much all of Main Street and the hub were packed and cast members…
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December 23, 2016: The Great Christmas Light Fight
Particularly because we don’t get to see the Osborne Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios anymore, and possibly also because I really fell short with putting up my own lights this year, but I just started watching ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight this evening and, well, WOW!!! This year’s garage-only display aside, I used to think that I’ve done some…
December 17, 2016: Christmas Vacation 2016, In Retrospect
The worst part about going on vacation is that eventually you have to come home again. And check your credit card balance. Mostly the second one, really… Visiting Disney World during Christmastime has long been a staple excursion of ours, and after a few years ago making a proper trip out of mid-December, I’m not…
December 16, 2016: Jingle Bell, Jingle Bleh…
I really miss the Osborne Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. And I’m sure I’m not the only one, so we might as well get this out of the way first – the interim holiday show at the Studios … Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM … jingle sucks. It’s nowhere near the spectacle that the Osborne lights ever were, the story…
December 15, 2016: Snacking Around the Christmas Tree
I like to think that every kid remembers when their parents let them eat ice cream for breakfast when they were on vacation or got to splurge on one of those giant cookies that’s nearly the size of their head … and that’s basically what today was like! …and not just because I woke up to…
December 14, 2016: Christopher’s Day at the Magic Kingdom
Between enduring a really long (and yummy) dinner and an equally long (and awesome) fireworks show, we recognized that yesterday didn’t really have much for Christopher and he ended up spending a lot of the day strapped into his stroller, so today we wanted to make sure we had some things that he could enjoy…
December 13, 2016: Let There Be Peace on Earth
Today was a very non-traditional theme park day, in that we spent the afternoon and evening at Epcot and literally did not go on a single attraction! Instead, we had dinner, and we watched the Candlelight Processional, and then we snacked some more 😉 , and finally closed out the night with IllumiNations … which ended up…
December 12, 2016: Exhausted Christmas Vacation Arrival (AND SANTA!!!)
We made it! And everything fit in the car! And the day was filled with several meltdowns from each and every one of our kids! But we made it to Christmas vacation!!! 😀 The battle was long and arduous, beginning with maybe four hours of sleep since last night before resuming our vacation prep with reckless abandon….
December 7, 2016: Gingerbread Dreams
Do I even need to say that Sprinkles has the most awesomest cupcakes in the entire universe??? …or dare I say this time of year in the entire Winter Wonderland?! I mean, at least as much as Central Florida experiences “winter,” anyways… 😉 Tonight I topped off a stellar meal at Morimoto Asia over at Disney Springs…
November 12, 2016: Round and Round
My son Christopher really loves him some carousels. They’ve got one at the Magic Kingdom, and another at Legoland, and we have to ride either one pretty much every time we walk by because he just seems to love going up and down, and spinning around in a circle, and even petting the horse before the bell goes off…
November 5, 2016: Christmas Bells Are Ringing … Already?!
Admittedly it was a little weird seeing the icicle lights up on the Castle this evening, much less the giant Christmas tree on Main Street and all of the assorted wreaths and garlands to boot … and yet in a way it was also kind of nice. …because not for nothing, but I think I…
October 15, 2016: Of Racing Cars and Jumping Water…
Admittedly there aren’t a lot of places at Disney World where you can just let a toddler run around wild and free, much less one that has such cool water features like this, but a combination of the right time of night coupled with so much going on elsewhere in the park for the Food & Wine Festival actually…
August 25, 2016: Happy Birthday #36
It’s kind of weird going to Disney World without my wife … pretty much because aside from maybe once or twice, we’ve been going together for upwards of 10 years now, ever since our second date that we shared over at Epcot on April 22nd, 2006! Funny how that date I can remember like the back of my hand, yet I…
July 4, 2016: Sweaty Family Fun
And here I just finished writing something about Disney World being way too busy on Independence Day to visit … so where do you think that I ended up yesterday?! 😯 It ended up being very much a last-minute, impromptu trip – we didn’t even walk into the park until sometime after 7pm, but as Christopher’s auntie is moving away…
June 19, 2016: Father’s Day III … With a Vengeance
The best laid plans still don’t stand a chance against a cranky toddler! Cranky may not even be the right word … it’s just surprising how last fall when we took one year-old Christopher to see The Peanuts Movie, he absolutely loved every minute of it and was pretty much glued to his seat from start to finish,…
May 22, 2016: The Disney Springs Update
I’m a little surprised to find myself saying this, but I think I actually really like the recent updates to Disney Springs with opening of the Town Center section of the big expansions. Granted, I probably won’t shop at most of the shops, but I also recognize that they’re not really for me, and for the out…
May 8, 2016: Super Mom
My wife is pretty swell at this whole motherhood thing, and not just because if it was the man who was required to give birth in order to have children, well, let’s just say that this house would have a whole lot less talking animal toys scattered across its floors than it happens to have today! 😯 So today we set aside the…
Apr 9, 2016: Your Mother Doesn’t Work in the Magic Kingdom Parking Lot
How is it that litterbugs aren’t a class of people who’ve been shunned out of society yet??? When you cut somebody off in traffic or cuss in front of a toddler, it’s still a reasonable excuse to claim that you merely weren’t paying attention, but unless you’re being chased by a group of thugs and the…
Feb 25, 2016: DVC
My wife and I have been Disney Vacation Club members for going on two years now. We bought our membership with some money I received from my grandparents when my Grandpa passed away back in 2014. During that short time, we’ve already had some great trips – a Christmas overnight with my sister’s family, hosting…