Disney Blog Hop - Shared Experiences

This week's theme over at the Disney Blog Hop is shared experiences.





I didn't even have to think about what I wanted to write about. Since I had already written about my experience with my mother on the Characters in Flight balloon, I decided to write about my "first" visit to Disney World.
Now, by all means this was not really my first visit to the World. I have been going to Disney since I was an "itty bitty" girl. This was however, my first visit to Disney World as 1. - a married woman and 2.- with my husband who had never been to Disney, heck, he'd never been further south than New Jersey!

The full tale of this trip is too long to share in one post, but as a brief summary this is how it went...

This trip was a surprise. Hubby had no idea we were going. On Christmas morning he opened the gift and asked when we were going. I said "On New Year's Eve! For your birthday!" YAY!!!

And off we went.These are a few of my favorite photos from that trip and some of my favorite memories in general.
Clockwise from left to right...
Our first trip to the Magic Kingdom -Midnight on New Year's Eve behind Cinderella's castle.
Our first trip to Down Town Disney.
Our first ride on The Seas with Nemo and Friends.
Our first trip to EPCOT.

This trip is what started it all... I am so happy I was able to share my husband's first Disney World experience with him and that he wound up loving Disney just as much as I do.


Do you remember your first trip to Disney World? I'd love to hear about it!

Disney Blog Hop - Disney Foods

In honor of EPCOT's International Food & Wine Festival Babes in Disneyland said that they were posting about Disney foods that make them happy. Since I don't have children in school, I figured I'd stick to that theme. Especially since this is an easy topic for me. There are SO many delicious foods at Disney that I look forward to eating all year long. I couldn't narrow it down to just one so I made a collage.

The largest photo is my FAVORITE dish at Walt Disney World. I look forward to eating this all year long, I talk about it, I have even tried to replicate the meal at home. It is Chicken and Chips with fried Doh Bars from Cookes of Dublin in Downtown Disney.

The top right corner is the Canadian Chocolate Moose from Le Cellier in EPCOT.

Underneath that you have the Turtle Krawl from The Gurgling Suitecase at Old Key West Resort.

Following in that theme, the bottom right corner is the Magic Blue Margaritta and chips from La Cava del Tequila in EPCOT's Mexico Pavilion.

The bottom middle photo is one of my all time favorite meals on the planet. It has a very special place in my heart b/c it tastes exactly like my mother's cooking which is a nice way to remember her since her passing in June. It is Sod the Stew with green beans from Raglan Road in Downtown Disney.

The bottom left corner is a new favorite of mine. I experienced, yes, experienced, this delectable wonder for the first time on my trip last week. These are the world famous Zebra Domes from the Mara at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. WOW. WOW. WOW. If you've never tried them, do it the next time you are there. Eat them while watching some zebras and giraffes on the savannah even if you aren't staying at the resort, they are THAT good.

What is YOUR favorite thing to eat at Disney World??

Check out what others are talking about today on the Disney Blog Hop. 

West Side of Downtown Disney Closed

Due to an electrical problem, a blown transformer, 8 stores in Downtown Disney are temporarily closed.

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Disney Flashback Friday

Who says flashbacks have to take you way back?  Let's just for a minute flash back to March 25th, 2011.

My mother's birthday. It was also about the date that would have marked the longest point of the life expectancy that her stage 4 cancer diagnosis had given her several months before. My husband, my father, my mother, and I celebrated all day. The first thing we did was the Characters in Flight balloon ride. Like my mother, I am terrified of heights so I was surprised that she said yes when I jokingly told her that was what we were doing for her birthday. I admired her strength and bravery then, and now I admire the insight, and thank her for that memory. Later that night we had dinner at Raglan Road Pub in Downtown Disney. We watched the step dancers, we listened to the music, we ate fabulous dinner, and had some drinks. We had a grand ol' time.

It was the perfect way to celebrate my mother's life. Her 67th and last birthday. She passed away 3 months and 4 days later. This will always be one of my favorite and most cherished memories and I am pleased that Disney is involved in it.

I made this collage using My Memories Suite V2.0. This page was made the very first time I used the program and I did not do any retouching just to show how easy it is to use. I did a review of this software in an earlier post. Click HERE to learn more and to enter to win a free copy of the software.