Five Photos: SIGNS!

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

"Signs" -- Five Man Electrical Band - 1970

Signs are everywhere at Walt Disney World.  We read them.  They are informative.  They tell us where we are, what the attraction is and where we can eat.  But how much attention do we actually pay to the details, the "architheming", that goes along with them?  Disney makes sure each sign fits the theme of the attraction or the area of the parks.  Below are some pictures I took recently of signs.

 Signs show you where to eat.

 Signs tell you about attractions.

 One of the new area of New Fantasyland.

 Signs show you rides.

Speedway in Tomorrowland

 I like the Cat in this one.

Signs follow the theme of the area.  

I don't think you find too much "Grog" here 

but the Taco Salads are good!

And lastly, here is one of my Favorite signs....

Dole Whip is HERE!!!

(this is the photo I have as the desktop background on my PC)

Ok.  there are a "few" more than FIVE photo's in this "Five Photo" post.  Disney World works hard to theme each sign just right.  Take time to enjoy them the next time you walk past a sign.  They are not there just to "block out the scenery".

--DisneyDad

Oh!  And one more sign.....

Good Bye Disney World

Today is breakfast at Olivia's at Old Key West and we leave Walt Disney World to return home.   It's been great fun with the girls.

--DisneyDad

Today we are headed to the Studios

We are on our way!

The girls and I are on our plane about to head to Orlando.

Mickey, see you real soon!!

Trip Planning with My Disney Experience - Part 2

My experience with My Disney Experience.

I work in IT so I do a lot of work on computers (I basically live on one at work), so it is natural to go on line and work with managing my account on the DVC Members web site, and now with my reservation integration with My Disney Experience.   I have felt right "at home" using the site.

Disney has allowed making reservations on line for years.  You can go on line and book your room, tickets, and purchase Disney Dining Plan.  It has only been fairly recently that Disney Vacation Club members could do the same thing by booking with their Vacation Points.  My Disney Experience has put all the capability of managing your resort reservations together with your dining reservations and integrated it with a iPhone app.  You can invite others to use My Disney Experience to "plan" along with you.

Amy and I have used our shared My Disney Experience to make dining reservations for our trip.  We have put events and activities on our shared calenders and added notes.  So far everything has worked well as we have planned our trip while we are over 600 miles apart.

The integration between the web version and the iPhone app have proved to be pretty seamless.  There are differences in how they work and display data but both do pretty much the same thing.  Dining reservation made on one, show immediately on the other.  So as we have been doing our planning everything shows on My Disney Experience.

With our trip approaching it is time to do Online Check-In.  It is now available 60 days out from the start of your reservation.  This past week I did my check-in.  My Disney Experience handles this too.  Online Check-in allows you to go ahead and handle everything you would do at the Front Desk ahead of time.  Resort check-in becomes a quick process (once you stand in line to get to the desk).  I did my check-in on my pc.  I don't know if you can do the same thing on an iPhone.

Amy decided to cancel one of the character breakfasts she had booked.  When she canceled it, it was removed from My Disney Experience.

My Disney Experience has been a nice tool to work with Amy on planning our trip next week.  

Have you done any of your trip planning on MDE?  If so let us know what you think about it.

--DisneyDad

Photo Flashback! Carousel Fun

We are leaving for another Walt Disney World adventure in a few short days. Last May, Tink and Minnie had a blast on their first carousel ride. 

Trip Prep: One Week Out

We are down to one week before our next Walt Disney World vacation.  We have been busy this week getting ready for this trip, having the kitchen painted, and enjoying a visit from my husband's parents.  Here's what I accomplished toward our trip during this past week.

• Bought clothes for me
• Made list of items to go in park bag(s)
• Used diaper/camera bag to test it out and condense as much as possible
• Worked on park schedule a bit, deciding to cancel breakfast ADR at Hollywood and Vine
• Started packing the girls' clothes
• Started watching weather forecasts 
• Looked for more disposable bibs and decided against them. Don't think Minnie will leave them on. Will carry my JJ Cole snap bib. 

Minnie sporting our favorite bib