Bank With The Disney Vacation Account

 

Disney has introduced an exceptional plan to save for a Walt Disney themed vacation. Disney guest may open a complimentary account to help save up for a wonderful vacation. The Disney Vacation account is a new program that allows guest to estimate the cost of a desired Disney vacation and save to turn that dream into a reality. The Disney Vacation Account webpage will allow you to;

 

·        -  choose your vacation destination. In my family’s case, our dream vacation is a Disney Cruise!

·         - Estimate the cost of your vacation

·        -  Set up a Goal Date for the date that you would like to have saved the proper amount of money for your vacation. Approximately two months prior to

·        - Set up a Goal Date for the date that you would like to have saved the proper amount of money for your vacation. Approximately two months prior to your travel date.

·       -  Learn more about booking your vacation

·       -  Open the free account and the bonus is that it is maintenance and fee free

·         - Make a one-time contribution or create an ongoing payment from you debit/credit card.

·        -  Teach you about how to use your Disney vacation savings

·       -  Show you how to order a gift card with your account balance

·        - You can even earn FREE gift cards!

 

Read more about the Disney Vacation Account by visiting Disneyvacationaccount.disney.go.com

 

You may choose the destination that you would like to save up for including Walt Disney World, Disneyland, a Disney Cruise , vacations to Aulani in Hawaii and even go an on adventure with Adventures by Disney.  There are many vacation packages that you may see and plan for with this Disney account!

 

This is a really fun and inventive way to prepare for your Disney vacation. I find it a fun way for the family to contribute to save for a vacation. You can even watch your vacation goals become a reality with the Huey, Dewy and Lewey graph that tracks your progress!

 

 

Yay! We are $15.00 closer to our dream vacation!

 

 

The Disney vacation account is a fun way to celebrate your Disney vacation and see the planning in action! Have fun and grow your Disney vacation account today!

Dress Up Disney Days Polynesian Resort

We have a large family. Summer finds our family spread out in all directions. We still want to spend fun quality time together. We thought it would be nice to begin our Disney Dress Up Days project.

With Dad working and three children away, four of us set out to explore Walt Disney World's Polynesian Resort!

We planned our trip including a special dress up day. We thought it would be fun to wear summer dresses for the ladies and a Disney Hawaiian shirt for the young master.

We found the resort to be nicely themed, fun and it smells incredible. The aromatic lobby is filled with the wonderful scent of the Polynesian restaurants. Oh it smells so incredible.

We walked around and took a few snapshots of our visits. We were sure to swing by the front desk to request a lei for each of us. We may even wear hula skirts next time! We had a great time! We especially love the lit torches in the evening and the food!

Dress Up Disney Days

We are a Disney loving family! There's really something special about crossing the threshold of a Disney theme park or resort. Set free the everyday stress and worry.

Visiting Disney has been a family favorite destination since before our family was established. We love to have fun, enjoy family quality time and just let loose.

As we tend to visit Disney, dream of Disney vacations and simply enjoy a fun, family friendly environment, we thought of a fun vacation idea.

I love that when you visit Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park, many guest tend to dress for the occasion. It is common to see individuals wearing khaki shorts and similar "Safari" style clothing.

We decided that we would enjoy dressing up to visit not only the theme parks but perhaps the resorts and BEYOND!

Over the course of our visits,  we shall plan fun family dress up days! We are looking forward to Disney Dress Up Days!

Frozen Birthday Banner

As you must be aware, Walt Disney's Frozen animated film has reached enormous popularity. In our home, Frozen is a hot ticket! Frozen the movie, soundtrack and even opera bellows are common. I wanted to add to the Frozen phenomena by creating a Frozen themed banner for Miss.J's Birthday! I am a strong believer in recycling, reusing, upcycling and so forth. Recycling matched with a zero balance in my craft budget has forced me to use only what was on hand. Usually, this wouldn't be an issue but when we moved cross-country I donated about 90% of my crafts supplies. When we moved recently for D's job, it made sense to reduce again. So, I'm operating on very little supplies. I searched through my beautiful Thirty One Gifts bag of partially used cardstock and supplies and found: Cardstock in a few shades of blue, white and ivory. I brought out two shades of blue paint, a small blue jingle bell left over from Christmas craft show crafting, a silver fabric bow, blue ribbon and frilly ribbon resembling sparkling icicles. I also pulled out a Frozen advertisement and blue cross-stitching floss with a large needle. I also decided to use my Cricut machine with two cartridges: Basic George and Tie the Knot! I also brought out two types of glue: Tacky glue and Elmer's blue glitter glue that I won from Elmer's on Twitter! ( Thank-you Elmer's Glue and Twitter!) So, I knew that I wanted to assemble the banner differently from Miss Z's graduation banner. I decided that I would use a hole punch to tie ribbon between the sides of each piece of the banner. Well, to my surprise, with our move the hole punch has not surfaced as well as my good scissors. Unfortunately, this meant that I'd need to use an old pair of shears and sew the banner. I definitely had a challenge ahead of me between lack of specific materials and tools. So, I decided to just eye the banner pieces. I cut my cardstock scraps as close as possible to a similar size. I glued the Happy Pieces to the frilly icicle ribbon and let dry. I decided on the pattern of colors and sewed the Birthday and then the name banner pieces together with floss. I cut the Frozen advertisement into various pieces and sizes based upon the pictures. I glued the scrap pictures onto the first and last banner pieces for each of the three banner segments. I painted a full sheet of white cardstock with a mixture of two shades of blue. I allowed the paint to dry. I cut out the banner letters by using scrap cardstock, the Frozen advertisement and eventually the painted sheet of paper. I glued the silver and blue ribbon scraps to the Happy banner pieces. I let the Happy banner dry. I used the Cricut machine to cut out the letters and snowflakes. I glued the letters to the banner pieces. Once dry and assembled, I added a few details including two old snowflake stickers that fell off of a holiday project, tied frilly icicle ribbon between some of the letters. On the name banner, I tied white tulle in bows to the beginning and end of the banner. I added a pastel turquoise ribbon to the beginning of the banner and finally sewed a blue jingle bell onto the end of the name banner. Earlier I added the silver bow to a banner piece as well. This recycled scrap banner took a lot of time to create due to the challenges that I faced. I think for having to use only leftovers plus one full sheet of cardstock that it turned out better than expected. However, it was not the image that I had planned on. Overall, I'm pleased with the Happy Birthday banner for my young lady! Happy Birthday!!!

Window Shopping Orlando International Airport

Graduation week found our family extremely busy. We had family coming and going from across the country to celebrate Miss. Z's milestone!

We visited several cities and locations in order to shuffle everyone where we needed to be.

We finished up the week by visiting Disney World. We had a fun dinner at the Wilderness Lodge's Whispering Canyon Cafe.

Our journey led us to the Orlando International Airport. We enjoyed our exploration of the airport shops and dreaded the departure tears. As I do not do well with goodbyes.

We explored fun shops including The Disney EarPort,  Universal Studios store and the Nasa store!

I captured photos of some of the interesting finds at the airport shops. I saw many fun items in the shops.

Enjoy a little window shopping!