In the Shadow of the Mouse

So a rare occasions without children on Friday night, so Lora and I went to dinner, ate way too much food (fresh, fried potato chips smothered in bleu cheese... oh yeah), and then we went to see "Watchmen".   Unfortunately, "Monsters Vs. Aliens" boot... [More]

So a brief tangent here from my typical posts on vacation homes and Disney pins... especially for those of you who are fans of animation and may not have heard of Hayao Miyazaki. I'm glad to be able to use this post to make this introduction.   Hayao Miyazaki is consider... [More]

Well, eariler this week my D23 membership card arrived, with a nice "Charter Member" certificate (suitable for framing, although not sure where I'd put it), an official membership card, and the premier issue of the very glossy, Disney "twenty three" magazine. That was all n... [More]

Been awhile since I last posted... lots of things to talk about so I'll be probably be posting multiple times over the next few days.   First big piece of news... we now have a game room!   This is the only picture I have, and it shows off the pool table, ... [More]

Well, after reviewing our finances and being truly in need of another trip to the land of happiness, we're heading back to Disney World in time for Sydney's 10th birthday! Disney has some great promotions going on for birthdays... either you can gain park admission for free (which, since w... [More]

So much mystery was surrounding the number 23 the past several weeks around Disney... signs such as this...     led to much speculation. Well, last week the mystery was revealed in the form of a new Disney community called D23. It's a somewhat exclusive club, o... [More]

So in my last post I told you about the Disney Vacation Club, which I was introduced to by the Disney Doorway to Dreams store in Woodfield Mall.       Doorway to Dreams is the Disney version of a timeshare, where you buy into Disney resort properties, but buyin... [More]

So I mentioned in an earlier pin post about one of our favorite places to trade pins (and they really aren't very many in the Chicago area) and that's Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, home of Disney's Doorway to Dreams. Doorway to Dreams is a store representing the Disney Vacation Club, a... [More]