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Epcot International Food and Wine Festival

Posted in DISNEY DINING, DISNEY'S EPCOT with tags , on October 30, 2011 by disneychronicles

    

September 30 to November 13, 2011

Tasty treats, refreshing beverages, celebrity chef demonstrations and rock star performances, there’s something to satisfy every taste and interest.

I absolutely love being able to sample food from around the world at the booths during Food & Wine. They have smaller taste size portions at each booth usually from $3-7 which allows you to taste a bunch of different fun foods! Some are amazing and the ones that aren’t …well it’s a small portion! It’s fun and it’s not a huge strain on your pocketbook to indulge in just one. Problem is, you really do want to try every place around the world so it usually adds up to around $100 (If your not drinking).

In my opinion it’s a good idea to get the festival themed mini gift card! Fits right on your wrist & you don’t have to worry about pulling out your wallet.

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CHANGES TO DISNEY DINING CANCELLATION POLICY!

Posted in DISNEY DINING on October 30, 2011 by disneychronicles
“To provide consistent Guest service, adjustments will be made to the Walt Disney World Resort cancellation policy beginning October 26, 2011. At that time, additional table-service locations will begin using the cancellation policy already in place at select restaurants on property. When booking a reservation at these restaurants, Guests will be required to provide a credit card to hold a reservation and will be charged $10 per person if the cancellation isn’t made at least one day in advance.

Pre-paid locations will continue to retain the full, pre-paid amount if Guests are unable to honor the reservation and are unable to cancel the reservation one day in advance. Special dining events and packages such as Fantasmic! packages, New Year’s Eve dinners, Victoria & Albert’s reservations may have different cancellation requirements.

Dining locations participating in the credit card guarantee policy will be as follows:

Pre-Paid Locations

• Cinderella’s Royal Table
• Disney’s Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
• Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
• Mickey’s Backyard BBQ

Credit Card Guarantee Locations

• 1900 Park Fare
• Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
• Artist Point
• California Grill
• Cape May Café
• Chef Mickey’s
• Cítricos
• The Crystal Palace
• Flying Fish Café
• The Garden Grill
• Hollywood & Vine
• Jiko – The Cooking Place
• Le Cellier Steakhouse
• Narcoossee’s
• ‘Ohana
• Tusker House Restaurant
• The Hollywood Brown Derby
• Victoria & Albert’s (cancellation policy is $25/per person)
• Yachtsman Steakhouse

A special phone line that only handles dining cancellations is available for Guest convenience: 407-WDW-CNCL. Dining reservations may be booked or canceled by visiting any table-service restaurant podium, Walt Disney World Resort Hotel front desk, concierge or Guest Relations, or by calling 407-WDW-DINE. Guests may also make and cancel reservations by visiting www.DisneyWorld.com/Dining.

Guests with questions about a cancellation policy for a dining reservation are encouraged to visit any table-service restaurant podium, Walt Disney World Resort Hotel front desk, Concierge or Guest Relations, or by call 407-WDW-DINE.”

Note that it is all “signature” restaurants and all with Character Dining. With the exception of Akershus (with Characters) and Le Cellier it does not include any Epcot restaurants.

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Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party 2011

Posted in DISNEY'S MAGIC KINGDOM with tags on October 29, 2011 by disneychronicles

It was my 1st time! ……and I LOVED it!

Yes it was 90 degrees out when we started but it still felt like Halloween! and it did cool down at night! Perfection! The decorations when your walking through main street are great but that’s about it. Walking throughout the rest of the park it’s almost as if they forgot! I think that may be my only gripe!  It is very different then a regular day at the parks, you can feel the excitement in the air and the guest costumes really liven things up.  There’s a lot to do and it’s amazing how fast the time goes.

These parties restrict park attendance, so you will usually find that the attraction wait times are significantly less; however, the rides take the backseat, as the entertainment offerings are unique to only those attending the party.  The Disney characters strut their Halloween Costumes, the HalloWishes firework spectacular features perimeter fireworks and your favorite Disney Villain entertainment is FANTASTIC! The Boo To You Halloween Parade is by far my favorite parade (wait for the second showing, there’s definitely less of a crowd!)  We saw the headless horseman right before the parade started!

If you’re really into meeting characters, it’s difficult to meet all of the characters, watch the fireworks, do the Villians Dance Mix & Mingle, trick or treat AND watch both parades.  We actually didn’t do the character meets. That seemed to be where the longest lines were. I will have to come back for that for next year! Even the trick or treating was surprisingly quick. Long lines but constantly moving.

Treat wise…they did not skimp on the candy! they handed it out in handfuls! They did also sell hot Cocoa and carmel corn.

It’s these little details that make the party worth the money for us. We had a great time!

I will definitely do this again! but next year I WILL wear a costume!

Check out more pics here!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150354383488853.357096.142061353852&type=3


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Pop Century

Posted in DISNEY RESORT REVIEWS with tags on October 28, 2011 by disneychronicles

 

Disney’s Pop Century Resort is a Value Resort hotel featuring giant icons that salute many of the 20th-century popular culture crazes—including toys, gadgets, music, movies, fads and catch phrases.

There are many advantages to staying on the Disney World property and the value resorts are the least expensive way to do that. If I had to choose among the three this one is my favorite. It was also remodeled in 2010 so it still has that NEW smell!  They are all basic but Pop Century just seems to be a notch higher then the others.  The rooms are rather plain but still have that Disney feel.  The grounds are AWESOME especially if you have younger children. Oversized cartoon characters, big wheels, yo yo’s, bowling pins and much much more will keep your kids in awe…

It is a large property 2880 rooms in all, 3 swimming pools a children’s pool and an arcade.

 

You won’t get any special “perks” at his property but it will be clean and FUN!

Check out more detailed pics……https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150350148613853.356269.142061353852&type=3

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