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Tag Archives: Disney World
Day 6 A Rental Car for Universal (Theme Park)
To do the next part of our epic vacation, we needed a rental car for Universal (Theme Park). An easy task for most people, but for me, well, read on. It all began well enough. I managed to get a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caribbean, cellular, Disney World, Florida, ford fusion hybrid, getting lost, GPS, highway, hybrid, navigating, Orlando, pop century, prettiest girl in the world, resort, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, travel writing, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, wifi
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Disney World Top 10 Lists – From The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World
The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World made 2 Disney World Top 10 lists – Her best moments and Mom advice. As well, at the bottom is a bonus list drawn from our brilliant Disney World travel agent, Alyssa. Getting The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World to share her insights wasn’t … Continue reading →
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The Top 10 Lists Of Disney World Moments
There’s nothing like a few, good Top 10 Lists of Disney moments, I have 6 coming!!!! 3 from the Boyz. A bonus list from our amazing travel agent, Alyssa Monahan. And 2, yes, 2, from The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World! It’ll be the boys’ … Continue reading →
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Tagged alyssa, Animal Kingdom, avatar, bottled water, complimentary transport, Disney, disney app, disney hangover, disney planning, disney resort, Disney World, disney world agent, dollar store, epcot, expedition everest, extra magic hours, fastpass, flight of passage, flights, Florida, hollywood studios, incredibles, luggage, magic band, magic express, magic express bus, Magic Kingdom, my disney experience, Orlando, panchos, pop century, prettiest girl in the world, rainstorms, resort, rocking roller coaster, Star Wars, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, summer vacation, target, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Top 10 lists, travel writing, Traveling with kids, vacation, walmart, water
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Getting It Right For The-Oldest – Epcot – Vacation Day 5
Getting it right for The-Oldest is NOT easy. See, Disney World for The-Youngest is a no-brainer. Candy. Rides. Loud sounds. Bright lights. More candy. But for The-Oldest, it wasn’t the way he wanted to spend eight days. For him, being … Continue reading →
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Tagged avatar flight of passage, blizzard beach, car person, cars, clock, Disney, Disney waterparks, Disney World, epcot, germans, germany, lazy river, lightning, prettiest girl in the world, rain, sci-fi, spaceship earth, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddying, stepparent, telling time, test track, the boyz, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, themepark, thunder, thunder and lighning, vacation, waterpark, waterslides, wave pool
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Unexpected Fun – Epcot – Disney World
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times – the best thing about traveling is that you can never completely predict what will happen. This time, at Epcot, we had some unexpected fun. So, our plan, with … Continue reading →
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Tagged avatar flight of passage, blizzard beach, car person, cars, clock, Disney, Disney waterparks, Disney World, epcot, germans, germany, lazy river, lightning, prettiest girl in the world, rain, sci-fi, spaceship earth, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddying, stepparent, telling time, test track, the boyz, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, themepark, thunder, thunder and lighning, vacation, waterpark, waterslides, wave pool
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Blizzard Beach – Disney World – Vacation Day 5
What do you do when you’ve set a time to meet and no one has watches? And worse, when you’ve solved that problem by telling everyone to keep an eye on a fake clock at Disney World’s Blizzard Beach? Now, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, 50's prime time diner, aerosmith, barnstormer, Blizzrd beach, bucket list, bus, C3P0, cast members, clock, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, disney shows, disney transportation, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, humidity, lightning, magic, Orlando, plans, rain, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, thunder, thunder and lighning, time
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50’s Prime Time Diner Disaster – Hollywood Studios – Vacation Day 4
We still had a lot to see and do at Hollywood Studios (Slinky dog ride, watch the Star Wars show and maybe sneak into the 50’s Prime Time Diner, then see the Fantasorgasmic Show.) None of us napped back at … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, 50's diner, 50's primetime diner, aerosmith, barnstormer, bucket list, bus, C3P0, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, disney shows, disney transportation, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, hollywood studios, humidity, indiana jones, indie jones, luke skywalker, magic, magic band, muppets, muppets 3D, Orlando, plans, R2D2, rocking rollercoaster, slinky dog ride, Star tours, Star Wars, star wars show, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, thunder and lighning, tower of terror, Toy Story, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
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Embrace Your Inner Child – Hollywood Studios – Vacation Day 4
No question about it, the best way to do Disney World is to embrace your inner child. A lot easier if you’re, you know, a child, but we all did it. It took us until after the Rocking Rollercoaster to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, aerosmith, barnstormer, bucket list, bus, C3P0, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, disney shows, disney transportation, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, hollywood studios, humidity, indiana jones, indie jones, luke skywalker, magic, magic band, muppets, muppets 3D, Orlando, plans, R2D2, rocking rollercoaster, slinky dog ride, Star tours, Star Wars, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, thunder and lighning, tower of terror, Toy Story, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
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Hollywood Studios – Disney World- Day 4
Probably more than most places, Disney World can have some unpredictable moments. Day 4 would turn out to be filled with moments that we couldn’t have planned… I mean, first of all, who could have planned a bus would go … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, aerosmith, barnstormer, bucket list, bus, C3P0, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, disney shows, disney transportation, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, hollywood studios, humidity, indiana jones, indie jones, luke skywalker, magic, magic band, muppets, muppets 3D, Orlando, plans, R2D2, rocking rollercoaster, slinky dog ride, Star tours, Star Wars, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, thunder and lighning, tower of terror, Toy Story, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, vader
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Hollywood Studios – Disney World – Vacation Day 4 Start
Yesterday at Disney World had been a huge success, so the plan was to repeat the strategy – Get out to Hollywood Studios for rope drop, race back to the resort when it got all hot and icky, then return … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, aerosmith, barnstormer, bucket list, bus, C3P0, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, disney shows, disney transportation, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, hollywood studios, humidity, indiana jones, indie jones, luke skywalker, magic, magic band, muppets, muppets 3D, Orlando, plans, R2D2, rocking rollercoaster, slinky dog ride, Star tours, Star Wars, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, thunder and lighning, tower of terror, Toy Story, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, vader
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