Walt Disney World: It's Not Just for Kids

As I have now welcomed our evil Apple overlords, I am planning on reviewing apps much as I did with Disney Android Apps. I am starting with an app which I find, at kindest, pointless and at most honest stupid: the WDW Acronym Decoder.  I downloaded it shortly before I got my iphone, as StitchKingdom [...]

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So I decided to quasi-unplug when I was on my cruise. I turned the data off on my phone.  I really didn’t use my phone to text that much as it only worked when we were at sea, not near a port.   Honestly, unplugging was kind of weird.  As you know, my Droid Eris [...]

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Yes, Mystery Shopping can be for real, and a good way to make extra Disney Money.  Now, I’m not saying you’ll be able to go hog-wild on someone else’s dime, but you can make a bit of money, usually under $10, and possibly pick up some free stuff.  I’ve used a few different companies, but [...]

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This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Head over there to see more great Disney-related posts and articles. w00t! As I’ve mentioned before, this past trip was my first time trying Touring Plans.com or their Lines application.  Lines is utterly incredible.  It has accurate wait times (and downtimes), which were MUCH more accurate [...]

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This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Go check it out! Based upon the awesome Betamouse Podcast, I thought I’d discuss the techier side of Universal Orlando.  Universal Orlando recently took down their mobile site, so I found that the Android App Ridehopper to be my only option.  I’ll review RideHopper more in [...]

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I first came across Tripit in a Yapta e-mail-you can connect your Yapta and Tripit accounts.  I’d never heard of Tripit before, so I decided to check it out.  I liked the idea of all of my vacation information in one place.  I started using it for my Universal trip-I liked how my Universal hotel [...]

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Sorry for the lack of substance lately. I have been planning, packing, etc! Anyway, I was in New York last weekend, and had a great time. However, I went to take a picture of my meal, and realized the flash on my camera had died. As such, I picked up a new camera (the Canon [...]

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I am a really big fan of collecting pressed pennies when I am at Walt Disney World. They are a fun collectible which is affordable. Case in point-on my trip in December 2007, I got an MGM Studios pressed penny for a mere $.51. As the park was being re-named Disney’s Hollywood Studios in literally [...]

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