Archives for January 2018

Disney Cruising: Europe

With the final payment scheduled and the countdown getting serious here – I wanted to take a minute and talk about the preparations so far in planning a Disney cruise in Europe.

When I began this planning quest over a year ago, I had assumed we would fly in the day before, take the cruise, and head out. I had not factored in:

Cost of plane tickets to Europe
Jet Lag/adjusting to a time zone 9hrs ahead of our own
Plane routes to Europe
Overwhelming WOW amount of stuff to do in the port city!

I know overseas travel can be a daunting task so I will be breaking this process down a lot as we count down (and after the trip with full reports!) to Europe summer 2018. In this introduction article I will break down where I began with planning, and what comes next. [Read more…]

Breakfast with Mickey at Aulani’s Makahiki buffet

There are a lot of reasons to love starting a day at Aulani – we especially love to make sure one of those days also includes breakfast with Mickey & the gang at Makahiki. To kick it off you queue up and meet Mickey. There’s just something so awesome about Mickey in his vacation gear with the beautiful Aulani backdrop that says magic!

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Planning the perfect Disney trip: Part 1 an introduction

One of the worst things I hear is when someone comes back from a trip and had “no idea” about major happenings at the park. What do you mean, Haunted Mansion closes before Halloween? Halloween party? Never heard of it. While we can’t all know every tiny detail that only a seasoned regular would, we can be up to date about our own trips.

To accomplish this I’d recommend reading a blog or two (hopefully ours!) – but keep it simple. Disney Parks official “Disney Parks blog” covers all the major happenings so adding 1-2 others that are reputable, report good information (not random rumors!), and have good writing that you like the style of is what to watch for. We’ll talk more about that another day.

The other thing you’re going to want to do is lay out either on paper or via computer your plans. I recommend doing a spreadsheet style for this so that you can see the days lined up back to back. Why? Well doing this you’ll catch things like “hmmm, booked 2 buffets in a row” or “whoops! Late night is next to an early morning!” and other small details that could derail your perfect trip.

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