Well, what a better way to spend a cold, wet, miserable Sunday afternoon than being on the Disboards!!!! Seriously, I would be lost without it! Oh, and I am snuggled underneath my gorgeous polar fleece blankie with the
Disneyland castle embroidered at the bottom
My friends all think sometimes I am mad and you will often hear me quote that old saying of "love me, love my dog" but in my case it's "love me, love my Disney"
So, I have been doing some research into a couple of things in particular this week!
One - tickets to Magic Mornings. As we have annual passes, we don't have the option to take advantage of an early day in the parks. I stumbled across a thread here though to add our names for some tickets if they become available. So, I have added our request and hope that some kind soul will let us have the opportunity to do this.......just once! It appears that some people, for whatever reason, have tickets spare so give them to folk like us that can use them. Fingers crossed on that one for a bit of Disney magic
Two - I also would love to attend Mickey's Toon Town Morning Madness. I have seen lots of people attend this on various trip reports and was under the impression the only way to get tickets to this was to purchase a vacation package through AAA in the USA...................or so I thought!
Upon some research, I have found out some information as to how to actually purchase a little booklet, sometimes referred to as "Magical Extras Booklet", by visiting the Walt Disney Travel Co in Downtown Disney.
Apparently, the booklets are available to purchase for $10.00 and include the following-
*A voucher for a collectible pin and lanyard - we did see loads of people collecting these from the pin store in Adventureland last time we were there and had no idea what they were......until now!!!
*Preferred Seating to Aladdin, Muppet Vision 3D, It's Tough To Be A Bug and the Anamation Academy - we absolutely loved Aladdin and the Muppet's last trip so these will be most welcome! We also tried our hand at drawing Tigger at the Animation Academy so will love to do this again, maybe we might get Minnie
* A voucher for free transportation to South Coast Plaza - we did get out to this shopping centre last trip too, but not sure if we would go again. I will probably just pass this voucher on to someone who could use it to save them a bit of money
* And of course, entry for Mickey's Toon Town Morning Madness which I would just love to do, especially for the pics I could take to add to the TR on our return
I am not saying that I will definietly be able to get one, but it can't hurt to ask........right
I have also been making a list of the things I will be definiety buying to add to the room ( yes folks, we *ahem* have a Disney memorabila room in our house
) and of course some personal items too
My big purchase this trip will be a one of a kind Minnie Mouse watch that includes the original artist's work. I wanted to get one last time but at $500.00 I thought this was a bit much just to spend on me.
However, I have sacrificed my every day coffee and have been saving up that money for 6 months. Well, at $4.00 per day, this worked out at $20.00 per week......................I actually already have enough to get my dream purchase!!!!!
The hardest part will be choosing which one I want. When I enquired last trip, the cast member brought out a book for me to look through which has pictures of all the original art work. You then pick which one you want and they replicate the picture on the watch and you get the original art work too. I will wear it proudly........
On another note......
I have downloaded a fantastic little ap on my iPhone called - Disneyland Dining. It was just 99 cents to buy and let me tell you, I absolutely love it!!!
It has every restaurant in both parks plus Downtown Disney, plus all the carts, and has every menu item listed including prices. It tells you whether it is quick service, table service etc and you can even add things to your favourites list! It also has a food finder where you type in what you are feeling like at the time ( for example funnel cake!!! ) and it will show you everywhere that particular item is available.
I have found myself looking at it every day in anticipation...........I really do love it
Just
143 sleeps to go!!!