Some Weight Loss Ideas For Disney World

JMarsden92 January 19, 2010
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In being Disney World veterans my wife, and I have come up with some pretty good ideas to help keep a persons weight exactly where you want it.  When you go anywhere, and this includes Disney World one thing remains constant, and that is that you need to think sensible about what you do.  Rather than using pills my wife prefers a natural fat burner.

Before going on vacation make a list of foods that you just don’t want to go over on.  One other thing that you can do to keep your calorie counts down is to check out some of the menus that are published in many places on the web.  Make notes of anything that will really sabotage your weight.

My wife has found that walking each day helps a lot.  Yes, in Disney World you do almost nothing but walk, but what my wife has done is that she walks in the morning before starting her day, and at night she also walks again to help burn off a bit more.

One last thing to think of is that you can also do is that you can ask if any of the restaurants have menus that have weight loss in mind.  The last thing that will work is rather than eating out just make a small meal at your room.  We took a indoor grill with us last time we went to Disney, and it helped save some money, and most definitelly saved some weight.

Have you come up with any great weight loss ideas for vacationing?

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Disney Planning With Friends

JMarsden92 January 17, 2010
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Vacation with friends has been something that we wanted to do for many years.  This past October we met up with a friend of ours in Disney.  They ended up staying in our timeshare because they wanted to stay in some nice accomodations rather than staying in just a standard hotel.  This coming trip we are going back, and we asked if they wanted to go back.  They said that they couldn’t, but wanted to because they had a blast.  Betweeen my planning, and helping with their vacation they had nothing to worry about.

I asked another of our friends, and they said that they would think about it, but they currently had reservations at some gulf shores condos.  I asked why they wanted to do that, and thye told me that they wanted to just go and relax for once.  I told them that if anything changed they could let me know.

This Easter we are staying in Old Key West.  We have been waitlisted for the Animal Kingdom Villas again, but that doesn’t look very promising at this point.  We liked the Animal Kingdom Villas because it was nice to be able to look out our window to see animals, and the environment there is very nice.

We have always stayed in Old Key West in the past, and that was due to the fact that Old Key West used the least amount of vacation points from the DVC.  After looking over the recently modified DVC planner we found that Old Key West is not the cheapest point usage locations.  We have now started to revamp our future plans based on this so that we don’t waste any points.

In 2011 we are planning on going on the Disney Dream.  We have made the decision that we are going to do a 3 night, and then a 4 night immediatelly after.  We have done the 3 night, and the 4 night previously, but we want to do another 7 nights, and pricewise this is the only way that I can afford it, and also the Disney Dream isn’t doing 7 nights at that point in time so we are going to do whatever we have to in order to get on that cruise.

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Starting To Plan For March Trip

JMarsden92 January 8, 2010
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Well, we are going back to Disney World in March / April of this year.  We will be staying in our DVC accomodations.  We have decided we are going to be driving down in our KIA.  Flight costs are still a bit high, and I can’t justify spending that kind of money.  On top of that I would need a rental car because we like to go out on the town, and taxis are out of the question.

In going through the attic the other day the wife pulled out our suitcases, and noticed that they were a bit worn.  I told her to start looking for some decent luggage on the web.  Well, she found a few nice sets that we looked through.  The best ones that she found were Eagle Creek luggage.  I told her to keep an eye on them since we needed them.  We just started hunting for our Disney World Annual Passes, as they get locked up when we come home, and this time I am not sure where I put them.

We are going to do some blogging from Disney World, and we will be sending back any information that we can.  If you think of any questions that you want answered then please comment here, and we will get the answers for you.

BTW… Has anyone stayed at the Bay Lake Towers, and gone up on the roof?  If so How is the view?

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Packing For Disney And Remembering It All

JMarsden92 November 29, 2009
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When we go to Disney we are more than likely going to drive like we have for the past bunch of years with the exception of a few flights because of the drastic price drops.  When we drive to Disney we have some must have car accessories for the trip.

Having a plug in cooler for the car is great, as you can keep drinks cold for the trip.  A backseat dvd player to keep the little ones, and wife busy is another great thing.  For me I need to have my Sirius radio.  I put on the comedy channel, and drive.

One last thing I take is a bumper mountable hitch carrier.  I don’t eat as much gas because there is no wind resistance doing it this way, and having a roof carrier is very inconvenient.  Once we get to Disney I will usually take the hitch off, and store it in the hotel storage, or in the room.

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Camping In Disney World

JMarsden92 November 26, 2009
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We have been discussing more the possibilities of driving down to Disney World next year, and camping over in Ft. Wilderness.   By doing this we can spend a bit more time relaxing in a really nice environment.  The other campers that go to Ft. Wilderness are very polite.

Last time we went camping in Disney World we got flooded out, and we ended up having to get a room at the All Stars on a last minute basis.  Camping has never been my thing if tents, and sleeping bags are part of it.  Having a travel trailer I am more easily swayed into camping again.  At least in the camper I have most of the luxuries of home… lcd tv, stereo, video game system, and it is mine.

We are trying to decide on one last thing, and that is whether we should invest in some camper insurance.  This way if anything happens the one thing I won’t have to worry about is the rv repair.

Have you ever camped in Ft. Wilderness?  What did you think?

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