In the Shadow of the Mouse

It's been a long, looooooong time since my last post about Mary Poppins - and I still haven't gotten around to posting about our last Disney trip! It's been an extremely busy year and I'll try to fill in best I can working backwards...   My son Derek just got back f... [More]

Just flew in last night from another whirlwind vacation in the shadow of the mouse, where we took Sydney down for her 10th birthday. It was a blast! I'm going to recount each day's activities in subsequent posts, but first I thought I'd talk a bit about the house.   It ... [More]

Only 10 days left before we leave... and one of the things I'm really forward to is the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, which runs from March 18th to May 31st.       This year looks better than ever. Lots of new sets with all your favo... [More]

Soooo... I have my brand, spankin' new D23 membership, and as much as I love the $900 pen I was looking to complement my spiffy new lithograph with something more affordable... like PINS!!!   So I mosey on over the Disney shopping site to pick up a choice few... and I find this... [More]

Ok... back to Disney and back to pins. One of the great pleasures my family and I have at Disney World is found in pin collecting and pin trading. We buy tons of pins, mostly off of the Disney Store site (since we live in Chicago) and a bunch more whenever we visit Disney World. Unfortunately, we ... [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]

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]