Wordless Wednesday

Hi and welcome! This week the Wordless Wednesday theme from the InfoMouse is Disney Transportation. We love all Disney Transportation, but we especially love the Railroad in the Magic Kingdom! It's a nice way to relax and get out of the heat for a little while :)

Don't forget to check out the other Wordless Wednesday posts at The InfoMouse and Focused on the Magic!

Amanda

{Destination Disney} The Catching Up Edition!

Hi and welcome back! I missed last week's edition of Destination Disney hosted by Heidi, so I am going to use this as a catch up week. I will be posting my pictures for both the letter "L" and "M"! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to go here and check out all the other great pictures!

Let the Memories Begin!

Lotso

Lumiere

Lightning McQueen

Liberty Inn

Lady & the Tramp

Mrs. Potts

Marie

Mr. Potato Head

Magic Kingdom

Mickey & Minnie

Mickey

Amanda

Stars Fell on Disney Fans from Alabama - I'm featured today!

Beth from A Disney Mom's Thoughts is doing a wonderful series that highlights all the Disney bloggers from Alabama - and today is my post! You can check out what I wrote and how I got "Bitten by the Disney Bug" over here today!

A big thanks to Beth for doing this fun and fantastic series!

Amanda

Wordless Wednesday

Hi and welcome to Wordless Wednesday! I am going along with the theme from Focused on the Magic blog today: Characters. This was one of my favorite pictures from our last trip because we had not planned on meeting Tink, but I had my Tinkerbelle shirt on, so it was perfect :)

Don't forget to check out more Wordless Wednesday posts at Focused on the Magic and The InfoMouse Blog!

Amanda

{Destination Disney} The Letter "K"

Hi and welcome to another edition of the Destination Disney blog hop hosted by Heidi! Thank you Heidi for hosting such a fabulous hop - it's so much fun to participate each week! This week we are moving on to the letter "K" and I could only find two pictures to go along with the theme. Hope you enjoy!

Kilamanjaro Safari

King Louie

Don't forget to check out Destination Disney blog hop for more great "K" pictures!

Amanda

Wordless Wednesday

This week's Wordless Wednesday theme over at The InfoMouse is Hollywood Studios. Anytime I think about it, I see this big hat in my head - it's the iconic picture of Hollywood Studios for me!

Don't forget to hop on over for more Wordless Wednesday posts from Focused on the Magic and The InfoMouse!

Amanda

{Destination Disney} The Letter "J"

Hi and welcome to another edition of the Destination Disney blog hop hosted by Heidi! Thank you Heidi for hosting such a fabulous hop - it's so much fun to participate each week! This week we are moving on to the letter "J" and I found a few pictures to go along with the theme. Hope you enjoy!

Jessie

Jammin Jungle Parade

Jasmine

Just lounging




From our 2010 trip - where he turned 2!
















Jiminy Cricket

Jungle Cruise

Don't forget to hop on over to the Destination Disney blog hop for more great "J" photos!

Amanda

Five on Friday

Last week I listed the top five countries in Epcot's World Showcase that I wanted to explore a little further. If you missed out on that post - you can check it out here.

This week I am going to write about the top five classic Disney movies that I want them to bring out of the vault so I can purchase them! I like the idea of the Disney vault, it makes it more meaningful to own the movies that we do, but I get so frustrated when I can't just run out and buy or order online the movies that I want! So here's hoping that these movies will be released sometime soon from the vault!

5. Peter Pan - Right now we actually have this DVD in our player, but it's from Netflix. My son is currently obsessed with it and loves to play that he is Captain Hook (for some reason he is on a villain kick!). Since I am unsure when they will release this, I am contemplating buying it from Netflix so I don't have to return it :)

4. The Little Mermaid - This is one of my sister's favorite movies. We used to watch it all the time when we were younger. I would love to have it on DVD so I could share it with my son - I think he would enjoy it!

3. Aladdin - I love this movie! It's so colorful and full of adventure. I think my son would like to watch this one, so I am hoping that it comes out of the vault sometime!

2. Dumbo - I am so excited to hear that Dumbo is coming out of the vault soon! I cannot wait to get the movie and share it with my son. I know he is going to love it! I remember watching this so many times when I was a kid :)

1. Cinderella - Such a classic Disney movie - I really hope they release it from the vault sometime so I can add it to my collection. I absolutely love this movie as it was one of the first Disney VHS we ever owned when I was younger. It is such a wonderful story. My son has already seen this on VHS, but I am looking forward to adding it to our collection at home!

Which classic movies do you want to see released from the Disney vault? Do you collect Disney movies?

Amanda

Wordless Wednesday

This week's Wordless Wednesday theme over at The InfoMouse is Epcot. We have always gone during the Flower and Garden Festival and this is one of my favorite parts! Seeing the beautiful flowers floating in the lake and all around it!

Don't forget to check out more Wordless Wednesday posts with The InfoMouse and Focused on the Magic!

Amanda

Vinylmation Craze

When I first saw the Vinylmations, I was not impressed. I thought they were funny looking, odd and I just really didn't understand what they were all about. I saw a few of them in the parks on our first trip and more on our second trip, but I never stopped to take the time and find out what they were and what they represented. However, this all changed a few months ago.

I am part of  Disney Movie Rewards, which is where you collect points for buying certain movies, soundtracks, and even seeing movies in the theater. Each of these things comes with a code, you enter that code in the Disney Movie Rewards and you could then redeem your points for free, neat things! I have gotten my son a ton of great toys and things through this program - saving most of them for smaller Christmas/Birthday or Disney gifts! There is one that I got recently that did not make it to the "give later" box in our extra room. It was a Vinylmation! Lately I have gotten more and more curious as to what they were all about and thought it would be neat to get one and see it up close and personal. They had as one of the prizes a 3 inch Vinylmation from the Toy Story series. I knew this would be a hit with my son, as he loves Toy Story!

Toy Story Series

When it came in, I was so excited! You would have thought it was Christmas time the way I was acting. I tore into it and opened it to see which one we got. You see, they sometimes come as a "surprise" where you know the series, you just don't know which one in the series you will get. We got Lotso! I was really excited as he looks great, even though he is the villian :)

Lotso!

This got me hooked on Vinylmation. I have been researching more about them and trying to learn all I can! I actually just purchased another Toy Story one for my son for Christmas. It took everything I had not to open it and see which one we got! I figure if we get a duplicate, we can just take it with us on our next Disney trip and trade it in!

I am really excited about another set of Vinylmation that is brand new. At the D23 Expo they releaed the Lion King collection and they look so cute. My son is a big fan of Lion King and I know he would like this collection. Since they are releasing The Lion King in 3D in the movies soon, I thought I would get him one of these for when we go watch the movie.

The Lion King Series

I am also thinking about doing a collection for myself, but I haven't decide which one to do. I really like the Bakery series - they are adorable. But I also like the Sea Creatures series - some of those are really awesome!

Bakery Series - Minnie Mouse

Sea Creatures Series - Jellyfish

Do you collection Vinylmations? Have you traded them in at Disney before? Any tips or suggestions you have for me are appreciated as I am new to all this!

Amanda

Where Have I Been?

I just wanted to apologize to all of you because I have not been around and doing my normal posts this past week. It was one crazy week at my house! On Wednesday, my little one woke up with a fever, so I stayed home with him to nurse him back to health. Thursday, he was still not 100% so he stayed with my MIL as I had to go to work for meetings all day. Friday, he was still complaining about not feeling well, so I took off work and we headed to the doctor. He had a cold (which I figured) and an ear infection (didn't realize this!). So we got some antibiotics and cough medicine and headed home to rest. By this time I was starting to feel bad myself, but since I had a sick little one - he comes first! By Sunday morning I was feeling worse, so after church I ran to the Doc-in-the-box. Well, 2 hours later I have a sinus infection. 2 shots, an antibiotic and cough medicine later I am laying on the couch trying to get some rest for this next week. I am feeling much better today, but not at 100%. I hope to be back on my regular posting schedule tomorrow though. I have a cute post I am working on that I think you will enjoy :)

Hope you all have a magical day!
Amanda

{Destination Disney} The Letter "I"

Hi and welcome to another edition of the Destination Disney blog hop hosted by Heidi! Thank you Heidi for hosting such a fabulous hop - it's so much fun to participate each week! This week we are moving on to the letter "I". Wow - I had such a hard time finding pictures to go along with this week's letter. But I did end up find a few - I hope you enjoy :)

Ice Cream

Mr. Incredible

Icing

Liberty Inn

Iguana

Thank you again for joining me! Don't forget to check out all the other great "I" posts from the Destination Disney blog hop!

Amanda