Archive for April, 2012

ESPN WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS

Posted in EVERYTHING DISNEY, FLORIDA ADVENTURES with tags , , on April 13, 2012 by disneychronicles

It is a 220-acre sports complex, host of more than 60 sports and thousands of events for athletes of all ages and skill levels. From the state-of-the-art broadcast center and the ESPN Innovation Lab to professionally kept fields and courts, there is no other place like this to play at the next level. This place is pretty awesome 🙂

It was our first time here (at least to see a game) It was Spring Training…Atlanta Braves Vs. New York Mets (Mets won)!

Mickey was on hand and of course Donald threw out the first pitch!

You will immediately recognize this as a Disney facility. It is very clean and believe it or not the parking is FREE! (shocking! I know)

We bought lawn seats for our first time. They are located right along the third base line. We thought it would be nice to spread out. No chairs are allowed in this area and they wouldn’t work anyway, the lawn is pretty steep. So steep that everything will kept rolling down the hill! (no worries there’s ways to work around this) we propped our drinks up against our bags.

The concessions themselves have been “Disneyfied”….in the sense you may be better off packing a lunch. They will allow you to bring in food as long as it is not in a large hard cooler. Drinks you may need to buy especially if it’s HOT! Which it was when were were there! Scorching! Don’t forget the SUNBLOCK!

Tip… DO NOT USE TICKETMASTER to pay for your tickets. There is no need. You can go directly through Wide World of Sports box office and pick your tickets up at will call along with the people who paid via ticketmaster. The only difference is that you’ll have paid about $5 per ticket less!

and after the game they did the all time favorite for the kids! Letting them run the bases! We had a lot of fun and we will do it again!

Crystal Arts at Disney World!

Posted in EVERYTHING DISNEY with tags , on April 10, 2012 by disneychronicles

You really can’t see it all! It is impossible!

I have been to Disney numerous amounts of times and still have not seen it all!

but saying that, it is nice to be surprised!

Located on Main Street…. you can see a live glass blowing demonstration as you shop! Glowing molten glass is gathered on the end of a blowpipe and then manipulated by hand by a master artist until it’s finished. It is mesmerizing!

They sell crystal items, from cut glass bowls to glasses, vases, jewelry and of course Disney collectibles. Just drop in and ask what the glass blowing schedule is. They do it daily.

but…

Have you seen this?

 

Better yet have you seen the price tag???

 

 

hmmmmm I’m kinda wondering how long that has been there!

There doesn’t seem to be many takers! …..yet 😀

Holiday Inn Resort-Buena Vista

Posted in DISNEY RESORT REVIEWS, EVERYTHING DISNEY, FLORIDA ADVENTURES with tags , , on April 6, 2012 by disneychronicles


This is a Disney Good Neighbor Hotel.

 

 

What is that you ask?

They are hotels which are located near Disney World that have passed a test of high standards approved by Disney World.

All Disney Good Neighbor hotels offer free shuttle service to Disney World. In fact, this is one of the criteria to become a Disney Good Neighbor hotel. The hotels also have to be close to Disney World.
They are required to have excellent customer service and the customer service agents must have great knowledge of Disney World to assist guests with any questions they might have.  Since most Disney World Good Neighbor hotels are not located on Disney World property, you should find their rates to be quite attractive.
If a hotel has the Disney Good Neighbor hotels logo outside then you can expect the hotel to be nice…at least to match the standards at one of Disney’s Value Properties.

We stayed a night at the Holiday Inn Resort and were pleasantly surprised. It is very clean and has a great pool area. There is also an arcade and a room that shows movies! It is situated in the heart of Lake Buena Vista and just one mile from the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks.
That being said I can see where it would be possibly more budget friendly to book one of the Good Neighbor Hotels but they do lack the “Disney nostalgia” and I really do recommend checking the Disney Value Resorts for rates first.