Pursuing the Magic - Time for another week of Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia, a fun blog hop hosted by Disney Babies Blog, Heidi's Head, Magical Mouse Schoolhouse and My Dreams of Disney.  I normally choose just a random trivia fact, but with Star Wars Weekends premiering this weekend in Disney's Hollywood Studios, I used the Walt Disney World Fun Facts App and scrolled though the facts until I found a Star Tours one.  For all you super fans of Star Tours, here's a fun fact: You would have to ride Star Tours 2 for six h... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - As we close in on the 15th anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom, I was excited to see this week's theme for the Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop hosted by Focused on the Magic ~ Flora, Fauna, Fantasy 15.  I decided to create a collage of 15 photos that we have taken from the parks over our last few trips.  Animal Kingdom is a park we spend more and more time in each trip, as we discover more and more of what it has to offer! Make sure you head over to Focused on the Magic and ta... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - Here is the photo I captured of Main Street the morning of thePrincess Half Marathon, February 2013 My big goal for this year was to run in the Princess Half marathon.  Unfortunately due to a knee injury, I was unable to participate.  It was a very difficult decision for me, but in the long run, it was the right one.  But on the morning of the marathon, I went into the Magic Kingdom to see all the runners make there way down Main Street.  Though I wasn't running, the excitement was in t... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - Welcome to the first stop aboard Magical Blogorail Blue.  This month we are getting creative and sharing some of our ideas for potential Limited Time Magic Weeks in Disney parks. I love the idea of the Limited Time Magic weeks for this year's Disney promotion.  I think it is a great way to bring something unique to each visitors vacation, as well as bring to the parks some extra fun.  As I tried to come up with a good idea for my post, I thought of what I love at Disney that isn't always aro... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - In case you missed any of our posts from this week, here is a quick recap: We kicked off the week by participating in the all new Magical Blogorail Rides Again Blog Hop by resharing our Disney Inspirations post.   For Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia, I shared some fun information about Disney's Animal Kingdom and how the recreated the landscape for Kilimanjaro Safaris. The theme of the Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop was the letter J.  I shared a fun photo of my son, "J"oey, from the "J"edi Tra... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - It's time for more Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia, a blog hop hosted by My Dreams of Disney, Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, Heidi's Head and Disney Babies Blog.  As we are closing in on the 15th anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom, I decided to go with a little trivia from this park.  As always, I used the Walt Disney World Fun Facts app to randomly choose my Disney fact. The area used for Kilimanjaro Safaris was previously a flat cow pasture.  Disney brought in every hill, mountain and elevation... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - This article was originally published on March 19, 2013 in the WDW Daily News Newsletter #273, as part of my Making Magical Memories column. During our most recent trip to Walt Disney World, we experienced many new things, from attractions to new-to-us character dining spots to shows.  Most of our new experiences came from finally having all three children tall enough to experience just about every attraction in all four theme parks, as well as gaining a love of new characters over the past year ... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - Today I am joining in the fun of the Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop hosted by Deb at Focused on the Magic.  The theme this week is the letter J and just so happens my son's name is "J"oey.  So this week my hardest part of choosing photos was not choosing too many!  I probably could create a complete photo book of just Joey and his Disney trips.  But I digress!  As I searched through my photos, I realized that how perfect for "J" to share photos of my Jedi Joey. Joey took o... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - It's time for another week of the Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop hosted by Focused on the Magic.  I have talked about Disney hats here a few times because we use the "dress up" time (that's what the girls call trying on all the hats and Mickey Ears) as a way to get Hayley into a shop to cool off (she easily overheats when it is warm out) and a way to entertain the kids while waiting for the thrill seekers in our travel party to come off the rides the kids aren't tall enough for or too scared to exp... Read more

Pursuing the Magic - Time again for another week of Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia Blog Hop hosted by Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, My Dreams of Disney, Disney Babies Blog and Heidi's Head! For my trivia this week, I found a great bit of information by using the Walt Disney World Fun Facts App, about our favorite Walt Disney World resort - Disney's Polynesian Resort.  We have stayed at this resort twice and can't wait to return!  From the landscaping to the cast members to the proximity to the Magic Kingdom, it is a wonderf... Read more