Walt Disney World will have Free Dining Select Dates through March 2012!

For quite a few years now, Disney has offered free dining during select dates, usually from the middle of August through the middle of September. They’re doing that this year as well, but now it looks like they’ll be extending it! So if you’ve been thinking about going to Disney between October and next March…you […]

Cheap Souvenirs that can help you Remember Your Trip!

When you go on vacation, you most likely will want to bring something back to help you remember the trip. It’s great to be able to look at something in your house, months after you’ve gone on a vacation and have memories come flooding back when you look at the item that you bought while […]

Disney Free Dining 2008

I mentioned it last month, but I wanted to say it again in case someone missed it. You have until June 22nd to book a Walt Disney World trip with FREE Disney Dining. This means that if you stay on property and get at least a 1-day park pass (of course you can get passes […]

FREE Disney Dining – Great Deal

Looking for the perfect vacation for the whole family? As I mentioned last week, Disney is offering FREE Dining if you travel between August 24th and September 20th. You have to stay on property, but since they have all types of hotels, you’re sure to find one that fits your budget. United has a great […]

Free Disney Dining Plan is Back!

It’s finally here!! If you’ve looked into going to Walt Disney World in August or September, most likely you’ve heard of the Free Dining Plan they have had the past few years. We took advantage of it in September 2005, and this past September as well. It’s back! If you plan on going to Walt […]

Free Disney Dining 2008 – Book Tomorrow

Rumor has it that FREE Dining at Disney will be offered for late August -Mid September starting tomorrow, April 10th. I have taken advantage of this twice before, and can’t tell you how great of a deal it is. Tomorrow I’ll be back with more details on exactly how you can book your trip…and get […]

Overall Thoughts on California Adventure

I was really looking forward to going to California Adventure. It was a NEW Disney park for me! I had been to all of the ones in Orlando before, and Disneyland wasn’t really “new” to me since I had seen much of it at the Magic Kingdom, but California Adventure was mostly new (minus some […]

Overall Thoughts on Disneyland

Let me preface this by saying that I live on the East Coast. Because of this, I had never been to Disneyland before last week, but have been to Walt Disney World many times over the years. So any comments I have to make will obviously be biased on the fact that I am much […]

Howard Johnson Anaheim – Great Hotel

Once we got our car, the first place we went to was our hotel, so we could check in. After a LOT of research on where to stay, we decided on the Howard Johnson Anaheim hotel. Why? Here are our reasons: Reviews – All of the reviews I read (on both TripAdvisor as well as […]

Renting a Car – Used Kayak

This is a picture of the car we rented for the week. We ended up getting it through Advantage Rent-A-Car, but got the best price by using Kayak. I had checked out a bunch of different websites, and Kayak gave me the best price. It was easy to get the free shuttle from LAX to […]