Five on Friday

Last week I posted the top five restaurants that I am looking forward to trying out on our next trip to Disney World! If you missed out on the post, you can catch up here.

This week I decided to post the top five snacks that I am looking forward to trying out. We have not eaten very much in Disney World since we stayed off property for our last two trips. Therefore, I have not been able to try many of the delicious things Disney has to offer. I am looking forward to our next trip so I can immerse myself in the Disney food and snacks!

5. Mickey Ice Cream Bar - This one has to make the list, just because it's a classic. What would be better than sitting close to Cinderella's Castle and eating a Mickey Ice Cream bar with my family? Nothing :)

Great way to cool off on a hot day!

4. Beignets - These are one of the main reasons I am considering staying at Port Orleans French Quarter for our next trip. I have always wanted to go to New Orleans and eat some Beignets and I have heard that these are so fantastic - I have to try them out!

3. Starring Rolls cupcake - Any cupcake!! I am a huge cupcake fan and cannot wait to try one of these out. I won't be able to decide which one to try until I get there, and even then I'm sure I will have a hard time picking!

2. Anything from Karamelle-Kuche - I am a big fan of caramel - but put it with chocolate and I am in love! I cannot wait to try out this new shop in Germany and will probably end up spending several of my snack credits here!

1. Dole Whip - I know it - how can I call myself a Disney fan and not have tried one of these, right? Crazy! But our next trip I will definitely be trying this out. My husband does not like pineapple, so it will just be me and my son eating it, but I am looking forward to it! Now all I have to do is decide whether I want to do the traditional Dole Whip or the Dole Whip float?

Looks yummy!

What snacks do you think I should put on my list to try out? What are your favorite snacks?

Amanda

Disney Blog Hop: Winnie the Pooh!

Welcome and thank you for joining me for this week's Disney Blog Hop hosted by Babes in Disneyland! If you are new to my blog - welcome and I hope you enjoy it! If you are a returning reader - thank you so much for coming back!

This week's topic is Winnie the Pooh! With the new movie coming out tomorrow, I am getting really excited about it! I grew up loving Winnie the Pooh and passed that love in to my child. Even though it's not one of his favorites anymore, he still enjoys it and is looking forward to the new movie.

As soon as I saw the topic I knew exactly what I was going to talk about! For my son's 2nd birthday, we did a Winnie the Pooh theme and it turned out great!! We had so much fun and Nicholas just loved it. The cake came from Publix and they have the best cake around! So delicious. I also found this fantastic lady who made custom balloons, so she was able to take pictures of Nicholas and put them on the balloons with pictures that went along with the Winnie the Pooh theme - they turned out fantastic!! I hope you enjoy my pictures :)

Amanda

Wordless Wednesday

Driving the boat outside the Contemporary!

Check out other great Wordless Wednesday posts at The InfoMouse and Focused on the Magic!

Amanda

Top Ten Tuesday {Reasons I LOVE going to Disney World}

I have seen several blogs that started linking up with oh, Amanda for Top Ten Tuesday and it looked like a lot of fun, so I thought I would join in! I am really excited to start this week!!

Since this is my first Top Ten post, I thought I would give you a little information about myself and why I love Disney so much!

Top Ten Reasons Why I LOVE going to Disney World!

1. Mickey!!

2. Being a part of the magic that happens :)

3. Watching my son light up when he sees all his favorite characters!

4. Being able to try different cuisines all in one place.

5. The snacks.

6. Learning about different cultures all in one afternoon.

7. The feeling of excitement every time I walk into the Magic Kingdom!

8. Being able to forget about our day to day stresses and responsibilities and just have fun!

9. Customer Service is the best.

10. Character interaction :)

Thanks for joining me this week! I look forward to participating again next week. Don't forget to stop by oh, Amanda and check out the other Top Ten posts!

Amanda

{Destination Disney} The Letter "B"

Last week Heidi from Reviews and Reflections posted a question asking if everyone would be interested in using the alphabet as topics each Friday until the end of the year, starting with "A" and going through until "Z". I think it's a fantastic deal! I missed out on posting last week starting with A, but I am going to start this week with the letter B!

B is for 

BASEBALL

BIRTHDAY BOY

BEAST

BELLE

BALLOONS

BIG BUG

BEACHES & CREAM

Don't forget to check out Reviews and Reflections for more "B" things from Disney!

Amanda

Five on Friday

This week I thought I would start a new topic for Five on Friday. I have been talking a lot about the rides that I have done and haven't done, but this week I am going to talk about food!

There are so many different restaurants in Disney World, it would be impossible to eat at them all in one trip. For our last 2 trips we have stayed in a condo off property that had a kitchen and we used it a lot, therefore, we did not get to experience many of the great restaurants. The only table service restaurants we have eaten at are Chef Mickey's (twice for my little one's birthday!), The Crystal Palace and Whispering Canyon Cafe. On our next trip this will drastically change as we will be on the Dining Plan!

Here is a list of the top five table service restaurants I am most looking forward to trying out on our next trip as a family!

5. 'Ohana - we will be trying this out for dinner. I like the idea of the food being served family style and the food selection sounds delicious! I have also heard that they have games and fun activities throughout the night that Nicholas would love to be a part of!

4. Cape May Cafe - we will be eating here for breakfast on the morning we go to Epcot. I thought this would be a fun character breakfast to do since we are not planning on doing Chef Mickey's this year. Also, it's my husband's dream to stay at the Beach Club one day, so this will give us a little taste of that!

Photo courtesy of http://www.disneyworld.disney.go.com/

3. Via Napoli - I love Italian food! If there was one place I wanted to go before I died, it would be Italy. There is just something about the country, the art, the food that appeals to me. I haven't been able to spend a lot of time here at the World Showcase, so I am hoping on this trip I will be able to!

2. Supercalifragilistic Breakfast @ 1900 Fare Park - I am most excited about this one and I scheduled it mainly for me! I plan on scheduling this for the morning that we leave Disney. I thought this would be a great way to leave and definitely get us in the planning mode for the trip home! Mary Poppins is probably my favorite character and this way I will be guaranteed to meet her! Plus, I heard the Mad Hatter is so much fun and I think Nicholas would enjoy that!

Photo courtesy of http://www.disneyworld.disney.go.com/

1. Donald's Safari Breakfast @ Tusker House - I am very excited about this one! I learned a wonderful trick from Delightfully Disney to schedule your breakfast as early as possible, so you are able to get in, have breakfast and then go straight to the Safari and be one of the first ones! We really enjoy our time at the Animal Kingdom, but are never able to fit everything in we want to, so hopefully using this strategy, we will be able to get everything done!

What are your favorite table service restaurants? Where are you looking forward to eating at the most?

Amanda

Disney Blog Hop: Joy!

Welcome and thank you for joining me for this week's Disney Blog Hop post hosted by Babes in Disneyland! If you are new here, thank you for joining me! If you are returning - I appreciate it!!

This week's topic for the Disney Blog Hop is Joy! I was so excited when I saw the topic. When I think of Disney, I automatically think of joy - everything about our trips are joyful and fun. All the time that we get to spend together as a family doing fun things without any of the every day stress and worry is so wonderful. I thought it would be neat to do something a little different this week and just post some pictures of us that show all the Joy we have in Disney! I hope you enjoy!

On our first Disney trip in 2010!

Daddy and Nicholas :)

Cousins :)

Being silly with Pawpaw on his birthday at Chef Mickey's!

Ice cream brings me a lot of joy!

Love him :)

Having fun playing the drums!

My family :)

Happy Birthday Nicholas!

His smile says it all :)

Don't forget to hop on over to Babes in Disneyland to check out the other Joy in Disney posts!

Amanda