Disney Paper Punches

So I recently placed an order with http://www.stamp-happy.com/ for some Disney Paper punches.

I ordered 4 items and this what the list that was included in the confirmation email:

Ordered Items:
     Item #   Description of Item            Qty  Each
     PP0074   Disney Princess Castle Punch        1 $9.00
     DS0041   Small Eeyore Stamp                     1 $2.75
     AD0007   Double Sided Adhesive Sheets     1 $4.00
Order subtotal:    4 items for  $ 24.75
Payment Choice: PayPal

Note that the first item I placed in my cart Item: PP0075 Name: Disney Eeyore Punch does not show in the list.  I noticed that I also was not able to remove it from my cart when on the site (not that I wanted to because that is the reason I shopped this site and that they took Paypal (I won some Paypal cash online)).  So I am assuming it is something to do with how their cart works.  I sent an email to confirm that is the case hopefully before it is shipped.  However, they did confirm that it had been missed and would be shipped in a separate package.  So be sure to check that before you process your payment with them.

I picked up and Eeyore stamp because it was part of a monthly special.

Wow I just noticed how many Disney Autograph books there are on Pintrest now:  Check them out here!

I saw this one that used paper punches in every other page for a neat look, it is my plan to use these paper punches for my autograph book project. For the complete how to click here

With my Mickey, Eeyore, and Castle punch I should have a good variety for the types of characters that will be dining.

It was a little odd to pay with Paypal as they did not just send me an invoice via Paypal I had to enter their email address and send a payment (risk of typing the wrong email address, especially since Paypal removed some of the characters when I copied and pasted (like the - and the .) So it could have failed (or went to someone else) if I was not paying attention.

The items are being shipped free via USPS (up to a certain weight) so hopefully they arrive in a timely manner.  Looks like it will be coming from CA so might take several days for me to receive my order but for free not bad.

UPDATE: These arrived and are super nice heavy duty punches.  I am very happy with my purchase and have already gotten to use them.

Photographing Letters at Disney

I recently discovered this neat idea of taking photographs of things that looked like letters to create words from the images.  There is a site that you can order "letters" from and frames from but you can also get some ideas there as well (Check this site).

My plan for my next trip is take photos of things that look like letters especially so that I can spell some fun things.  What might be fun to use this process for?

• Your last name or your first
• Your kids names
• Disney
• Character name
• Park 
• Restaurant
• Ride
• Resort

Pretty much the best thing is to find a picture of every letter of the alphabet.  The next best thing is to have a short list for a specific plan (like your last name or Disney).  I am looking forward to doing this almost as a scavenger hunt during our trip.  Encouraging others in my group to be on the look out for letters as well.

Think about how much fun you can have with this waiting in line and then what a great project for when you get home.

Disney Horses

So my husband and I are horsey people and are looking forward to enjoying all the Disney horses.  Since it seems that there are lots of others looking for the same types of experiences I am going to start gathering a list of info of how to incorporate horses into your Disney World vacation.

• Trail riding - Pony Rides
• https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/tri-circle-d-ranch/
• This is the one that most appeals to us.  Its a 45 min trail ride through the Fort Wilderness area (no exactly sure of where it takes you).  Some of horses used in the trail rides are also some of the horses used by the princesses in the parades.  I saw some post about the trail guides telling riders which princess normally rides the horses in the parades.  Additionally I saw some pictures of Cinderellas's White ponies being used for pony rides.  So the horses server multiple roles (which is common with working horses).  Some of the carriage horses are also ridden in the trail rides.  I would love to ride Maximus or Merida's horse.  We'll have to wait and see how this works out.
• Restrictions: Reservations are recommended, and closed-toe shoes are required. Riders must be over 48 inches tall and weigh under 250 pounds. 
• Cost: $46/45 min
• Times: 8:30 am, 10 am, 11:30 pm, 1 pm, and 2:30 pm (this was what I found, call to confirm)
• Location: Check-in is located at the entrance of Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
• Carriage Rides and Sleigh Ridge
• https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/carriage-rides/
• Restrictions: 4 adults or 2 adults and 3 kids 
• Reservations are highly recommended and can be made up to 180 days in advance
• Cost:$45 or $60 per carriage / 25 min
• Times: 5:30PM, 6:00PM,6:30PM, 7:00PM, 7:30PM, 9:00PM,9:30PM, 10:00PM (this was what I found, call to confirm)
• Location:Ride through the lush pine and cypress trees of Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, or travel along the charming pathways of Port Orleans — Riverside and the banks of the Sassagoula River.
• Wagon Rides
• I am hopping to be able to fit this in as some point as it takes you through the campgrounds and we will be visiting during the Christmas holiday and hear that the campsites will be decorated and that would be neat to experience.
• https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/tri-circle-d-ranch/
• Cost: $5 or $8/45 min
• Times: 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM 
• Location: Depart from in front of Pioneer Hall
• Main Street Vehicles
• https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/main-street-vehicles/
• Cost: Park ticket
• Times: 9:00AM to 10:15AM
• Location: Main Street - Magic Kingdom
• Visiting Tri Circle D Ranch Area
• https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/tri-circle-d-ranch/
• Cost: Free
• Times: 7:00AM to 8:23PM
• Location: Fort Wilderness Area

Travel Time Adventure

Put 4 adults in a car for 13-14 hours and what do you get?  Tired, bored and cranky?  Maybe but let's try to prevent that from happening.

Everyone has seen the kid type bucket of stuff for the car or bucket of presents.  So lets take that concept and grow it up.

That being said here is my idea, every hour open a wrapped package.  That package can have anything from  snacks, to games, to maybe a movie or audio book.  What would that look like in list form?

This:

1 hour in (8am): Something to drink
2 hour in (9am): Snack
3 hour in (10am): Game
4 hour in (11am): Audio Book
5 hour in (12pm): Permission to stop for Lunch
6 hour in (1pm): Something to drink
7 hour in (2pm): Game
8 hour in (3pm): Audio Book
9 hour in (4pm): Snack
10 hour in (5pm): Permission to stop for Dinner
11 hour in (6pm): Something to drink
12 hour in (7pm): Game
13 hour in (8pm): CAFFINE
14 hour in (9pm): Snack

Travel Agent Update

Well, my ADRs are almost finalized.  Took a little more tweaking and work than I had hoped but I think that with the potential of free dining ADRs are just getting harder to book.  Also I was looking for more of the super early entry ones, which my Travel Agent was able to get most of them.  I was surprised  by Tusker house being the hard one to get.  The only one available was on an EMH morning so that did not help much with strategic planning so I let that one go.  We did pick up an unexpected dinner at Ohana.

It is definitely hard to release control but if you have no idea what to plan then get the advise of a Authorized Disney Travel Planer.  I hope that my insistence on a couple specific parks and the days to visit don't disappoint me but only time will tell and I doubt either option would have been crazy different.  We did end up at the park best week out of the year according to yourfirstvisit.net.  So how bad can it be?  Its Disney World waiting in line is supposed to be entertaining.