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I just received this email from Pam at “The Magic for Less” travel:

Yep, we know this is the special that so many people wait for each fall, and it is back!!!  It is available today for Disney Visa Holders and will be available on 3/30/09 for the general public.

We are encouraging guests to fill out a quote form today even if they do not have a Disney Visa so that we can have their details and book this package when it is released on 3/30/09.  Please let your website visitors and community members know that as well.

Travel Dates: August 16, 2009 – October 3, 2009

Booking Dates:

Disney Visa Holders: March 26, 2009-June 21, 2009

General Public: March 30, 2009 – June 21, 2009

>>FREE Dining with Magic Your Way Packages for Disney Visa card holders<<

Special magic Your Way packages with FREE Disney Dining Plan are available for 8/16/09- 10/03/09 travel dates.  The Disney Dining Plan lets you choose from over 100 select restaurants throughout the Walt Disney Resort and is typically priced at 38.99 per adult (10 and over) and 10.99 per child, per night.  This is a substantial savings, and the numbers of rooms available with this special are limited.  A Disney Visa must be used for a deposit at time of booking.  This special must be booked by 6/21/09.

As a special bonus our EXCLUSIVE offers below can be combined with the Free dining package.

>>FREE Dining with Magic Your Way Packages for Disney Visa card holders<<

Special magic Your Way packages with FREE Disney Dining Plan are available for 8/16/09- 10/03/09 travel dates.  The Disney Dining Plan lets you choose from over 100 select restaurants throughout the Walt Disney Resort and is typically priced at 39.99 per adult (10 and over) and 10.99 per child, per night.  This is a substantial savings, and the numbers of rooms available with this special are limited.  A Disney Visa must be used for a deposit at time of booking.  This special must be booked by 6/21/09.

As a special Bonus, you can combine one of our EXCLUSIVE promotions with the free dining package.

FREE Minnie Pack- EXCLUSIVE Magic for Less Travel Offer

Our exclusive promotion CAN be combined with Disney released specials!

The Magic for Less Travel will offer a FREE Minnie Pack to all guests who book a new Magic Your Way package priced at $1500* or more. The Minnie Pack includes 2 neck wallets for you to use in the parks and resorts. Packages priced at $2500* or more will also receive your choice of a subscription to TourGuideMiKE’s Automated Vacation Planner, a copy of Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World guide, a copy of Kim Button’s Disney Queue Line Survival Guidebook or 2 autograph books. *The price of the vacation is based on the final price you pay for your vacation package after any discount and before any non-commissionable options like airfare are included. Pack contents are subject to change.  Book by 4/30/09

Deluxe Pixie Dust Pack & Gift Card EXCLUSIVE Magic for Less Offer

Our exclusive promotion CAN be combined with Disney released specials!

The Magic for Less Travel will offer a FREE Deluxe Pixie Dust Pack to all guests who book a new Magic Your Way package priced at $3500* or more. The Deluxe Pixie Dust Pack includes two neck wallets for your party, a $25 Disney gift card and your choice of a subscription to TourGuideMiKE’s Automated Vacation Planner, a copy of Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World guide a copy of Kim Button’s Disney Queue Line Survival Guidebook or 2 autograph books.

*The price of the vacation is based on the final price you pay for your vacation package after any discounts and before any non-commissionable options like airfare are included. Pack contents are subject to change. Book by 4/30/09

Have a Magical Day!

As you can see, I wasn’t very excited about our experience on the autotrain.  It now being seven months since our trip I can see that with a little planning and knowledge the trip could have been a better experience.

Here are some tips I’d recommend for anyone planning to take the Amtrak auto train to Orlando, Disney World.

1.  Bring a comfortable pillow and blanket — maybe a few pillows — they can always be stored in your car when you are finished with them.

2.  Wear very comfortable clothing — layered so that you can adjust according to the train temperature.

3.  Bring plenty of snacks, water, and whatever else you might enjoy for the long trip.

4.  Plan on being late in arriving at Disney World.

5.  Bring earplugs — or something that will shut out the noise of banging doors on the train and others who like to stay up through the night.

6.  Plan on tipping the staff in the dining car.

7.  Don’t expect much for the movie — bring your own portable dvd player and/or laptop to view movies.

Enjoy your trip … and if you haven’t already done so … request a Disney World Planning Trip DVD by clicking the banner.

A new online game from Disney has opened:  Disney’s Pixie Hollow.  So far my daughter is really enjoying it.  It’s a lot like VMK but as she says … even better.  One unique feature with this game is that you can collect charms — real charms — which you can wear on a necklace and/or bracelet — while at the same time there is a ‘box’ in which you can connect to your computer via a USB cable and your online fairy also receives the same charms — virtually.

Actually, it’s a bit complicated explaining how it works.  The kids understand it better than I do.  However, it seems like a safe place — and a fun place — for the kids to hang out online.   My daughter wants the Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow Clickables Starter Set and Fairy Charm Set for her birthday.  The picture on the left leads you to Amazon where you can get a better idea of what it’s all about.

She’s also looking for additional charms for the starter set.  These are on her birthday list — which is coming up next week.

For 2009 they are doing it again!  Must be the poor economy!  The Free Nights Package Offer runs from January 4, 2009 through June 27, 2009 (with April 5-18th blacked out).

Here are the details:

* Buy a 4-night/4 day vacation package — get a 7-night/7-day package. That’s 3 FREE nights and 3 extra days on your theme park admission tickets!

* Travel between January 4 and March 29 and you will also get a $200 Disney Gift Card, redeemable for dining, souvenirs and more at Walt Disney World! (Travel after March 29 does not include the Gift Card.)

You can also book the dining plan under this promotion!

You must book this special package by 12/20/08.

What are you waiting for?? Call Disney Reservations now because these prices are not going to last long.  Be sure to tell the cast member you want to book the 7 night package at the 4 nights price!

Did you know you can actually get a haircut at the Barber Shop on Main Street?

Lots of parents like to have their child’s first hair cut take place there.  I’ve got to admit we visited the Magic Kingdom for years and never knew you could get a haircut there.  When I did find out I figured the wait time must be huge.  And, during periods, it is.  You can’t make a reservation.  It’s first come, first serve.  But I’m sure it’s a real treat — and something to do during ‘off season’ when the wait isn’t so bad.

Harmony Barber Shop is located near the Emporium on Main Street USA and has those signature candy-striped pole outside.  Kids getting their  “First Haircuts” receive special treats like pixie dust, bubbles, Mickey Mouse stickers and an extra-special “My 1st Haircut” set of Mouse Ears.  Haircuts for children are $14 and adults are $17.

This collectible item is 16 inches high, plays music, lights up, and rotates. It features many of my favorite Disney characters including Mickey and Minnie, Donald Duck, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Pinocchio and many more.

This is a hand-numbered collectible — with a matching certificate authenticating it as an original from Hawthorne Village.   To see a bigger picture of this collectible be sure to visit Collectible Today by clicking here.  You can zoom in and out to see all the fine details.

She started her collection about 2 years ago and has been slowly adding to her collection.   I noticed the price of pins seems to keep going up and up.  She wanted to buy some online at the Disney Store but the prices were just too much.  So we searched online and found the PinSeller.com — the prices are about $3 a pin — way more reasonable than the $8, $10, $12 and up at other places.  We’re ordered a set of pins and they arrived within two days and were perfect.  We have been very pleased with the PinSeller.  Here’s a picture of my daughter’s Disney pin collection:

]]> http://fairytaletreasureshop.com/2008/10/10/disney-pin-collecting/feed/ 3 http://fairytaletreasureshop.com/2008/09/27/disney-favorites/ http://fairytaletreasureshop.com/2008/09/27/disney-favorites/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:37:42 +0000 lorie http://fairytaletreasureshop.com/?p=696 I don’t think I have ever shared my top 15 Disney movies.  Honestly, it’s hard to choose just 15 — but here we go in order of most favorites.  This was all decided by family discussion that took quite a while to reach an agreement.

1. Cinderella
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Snow White
4. Sleeping Beauty
5. Little Mermaid (there was a lot of contention to have this higher on the list … but the boys drove it down)
6. Peter Pan
7. 101 Dalmations
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. Toy Story 1
10. Toy Story 2
11. Enchanted
12. The Lion King
13. Lady and the Tramp
14. National Treasure
15. Princess Diaries

How about you?  Are any of your Top 5 Disney movies on our list?  How about favorite Disney characters?  Funny, I would definitely say Mickey Mouse but he’s not in any of the movies we listed.

Then she told me that there are new Pirate Rooms at the Caribbean Resort.  A few years ago my kids were really into the pirate theme — maybe your kids still are.  Anyway, after I got off the phone I looked it up online and sure enough there’s some information on the Disney site about it.

The new pirate rooms won’t be available until January 2009 — but they look really cool.  They are located in the Trinidad South section of Disney Caribbean Resort and will have pirate-ship beds and buccaneers’ accessories.   Like most moderate resorts at Disney the pirate rooms will include two double-size beds, table/chair set, and a vanity area with two sinks. Here’s a sneak peak:  Click Here.