Disney Parks

Annual Passholder Holiday Magnet
Annual Passholder Holiday Magnet

We planned to spend eight days at the Disney parks before leaving for Miami for our cruise.  Because of the time of year, we expected it to be really busy in all the parks.  We planned to get in a few rides in the morning by arriving for rope drop, use our FastPasses, then spend a good amount of time enjoying the atmosphere.  read more

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Sunrise over Dulles
Sunrise over Dulles

Time passed quickly as we waited for our travel day to arrive.  The travel itself was actually pretty anti-climatic.  The outbound flight for our trip left from Dulles airport.  We had arranged for a cab to pick us up at 6:00 am and drop us at Dulles.  We dropped our bags off and headed to the TSA Precheck line.  We had packed our carry on bags fairly full, mainly because we were sneaking Christmas presents on for our girls.  Of course, our carry on bags got pulled aside for additional screening.  Luckily, the girls cleared without issue and we shooed them away while TSA looked through the bag.  Nancy was able to tell the agent about the gifts and he discreetly searched the bag without revealing to the girls what the presents were.  After we reassembled the bags, we were on our way to the gate. read more

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Walt Disney World Dolphin
Walt Disney World Dolphin

During a recent New Year’s Eve visit to Epcot, we decided to stay at the nearby Walt Disney World Dolphin.  Technically, this resort is on Disney property, located between Epcot and Hollywood Studios.  The resort is not a Disney hotel though, even though guests get some Disney perks.  read more

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Magical Express Picks Up Near Bells Services
Magical Express Picks Up Near Bells Services

We had checked out of our room at the All-Star Movies resort in the morning before we headed off to the parks.  We didn’t quite know what to do with our bags though.  We could have checked them through to the airlines, but didn’t want to do that because the last time we did it with the cruise line, we got charged for our bags despite having the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard (it gives us one free bag per person).  We decided instead to leave our bags with Bell Services and pick them up when boarding the Magical Express to the airport.  read more

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Since we decided to activate our annual passes for a quick weekend trip in the summer, we decided to book a fall trip as well.  We planned to travel during a long school weekend in early November.  The girls had an early release on a Friday, plus the next Monday and Tuesday off from school.  If we could get down there on Friday, we could have four days in the parks! read more

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Due to a leaking pipe in our basement, we were forced to go through a lot of boxes we had stored.  In one of them, we found some papers we had saved from a previous trip to Walt Disney World.  The best item was this gem from Epcot!  read more

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