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The Wall Street Journal revisited the affordability question with an article titled: Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation. I am not linking to the article since it is behind a paywall. Full Disclosure, I do not have a WSJ subscription, so I have not read the article. Fortunately the…
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Grandma and I are getting close to our first trip to Disneyland in over 20 years. Back in the late 1990s, the kids were younger. Our plan was to alternate between Disneyland and Walt Disney World. It was a great plan. However, California did not have a Disney Vacation club presence. Lodging for a family…
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Due to our upcoming Disney Adult trip to Disneyland Hotel Villas, this post will focus on news and updates to Disneyland Resorts. There has been a lot of updates and news on the west coast Disney parks. Sometimes Disneyland news gets lost in all the updates on the Florida properties. I have a certain fondness…
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This year will be a busy travel year for Grandma and I. We have 3 Disney trips planned and in the books. We will be spending about 30 days under the Disney bubble. I know it is not that much if you look into the other Disney bloggers. However, I do not do this for…
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Well it has been a minute since my last post and lots of Disney has been in the news. Mufasa was released, Bluey is coming, and various ride closures on both coasts. I tend not to just rebroadcast news that is easily obtained elsewhere. I may give a link to an article or two, but…
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It is Election Day tomorrow here in the States. We have been bombarded with political ads on all media. Everywhere you turn, there is yet another political ad about how bad off we are or will be if the opponent is elected. So this is not a political ad. Grandpa will not discuss politics on…
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So it seems Disney has decided to rip the band-aid and increase prices on almost everything all at once. There are few things in life that are certain. Disney raising prices is unfortunately, one of them. I know this is old news to some of you who keep up with this sort of thing. I…
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The Disney Blogosphere and Forums have been lit up with all the big news that was announced for Disney World and Disneyland. There are closures, openings, new DVC resorts, and all the usual happenings. However there are two HUGE additions that has caused more than a little controversy and has raised a lot of questions.…
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There is always a lot of opinions and arguments about what Disney should and should not do, what attractions to add, and basically how to run the theme park business. We have been going to Disney resorts since the early 1990’s and have seen a lot of changes. Some for the better, some not so…
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This post will cover some of the perks that comes from staying on property at Disney Resorts. I have mentioned some of these before, but I thought I would collect them in one place. I also know that I will miss a few. So please let me know in the comments what your favorite perks…
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