Walt Disney World: It's Not Just for Kids

Up a little early to celebrate Mardi Gras! Don’t forget to enter my Mixbook Giveaway.

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Things I like:  Disney animation and Disney Princesses.  Favorite hotel at Walt Disney World?  Port Orleans.  So I believe my squee was audible on the next town over when I read on Couponing to Disney that 512 Royal Guest Rooms will be opening at Port Orleans next year.  The official Press Release blogpost only links [...]

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Much like podcasts, YouTube offers a great way to get a little Disney in your day when you need it. Here are my top three channels: AllEarsNet is the channel for the AllEars website, which recently turned fifteen.  I love AllEars’ channel because in addition to “typical” WDW videos, they also offer quick bites of [...]

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“If you are asked about major rivers in America, and you name the Sassagoula, you’re in the right place!”  So says Mike on Magical Mouse Radio.  And while I may not go that far, I do love the Sassagoula River.  If you’ve never stayed at Port Orleans (either French Quarter or Riverside), Old Key West [...]

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I can hear you yelling from here: “But Hedy, Universal isn’t Disney! How dare you compare the two!”  “Hedy, Disney is magical!  Universal is smarmy! They’re different!”  And they are different, I’ll grant you that.  However, the tomato and mozzarella salad at my Whole Foods is good, as is Bertucci’s tomato and mozzarella salad.  I [...]

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As I mentioned in my first piece about Disney World hotels, I have a favorite Disney World Resort-Port Orleans French Quarter.  Actually, both members of the Port Orleans complex are my favorites.  However, Port Orleans French Quarter POFQ has won me over recently, for a few reasons. It only has one bus stop, which is [...]

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Where to stay? When adults are considering the possible places to stay at Disney World, children are a concern. My father (a parent of seven, for crying out loud) refused to consider a Value resort in 2002*. His concern was that there would be “a lot of kids running around.” So we stayed at Port [...]

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