Video Tapes Keep Piling Up

JMarsden92 June 21, 2011
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Each year when we go to Disney, or the cruise we always take @3-4 tapes for our video camera.  Last year I started transferring all the tapes from our camcorders to dvd, or Blu-ray.  I am now looking at a pile of tapes that I am sure can be used a second time, but I also have had bad experiences with reusing tapes.  For some reason we lost a whole vacation because we video taped it on second run tapes that we had.  We now use one of many recording devices so that I don’t have as much work to do in transferring them to dvd, or blu-ray.  If you are going to purchase a camcorder try to find one that has a firewire port on it.  This is one of the best ways to transfer video for editing, and movie making.

Having multiple recording devices has helped us out.  We have 2 Flip cameras, and 1 DV camcorder.  On top of that we have multiple cameras that go with us to Disney.  Word to the wise… Bring a extra memory card for your cameras so that you don’t have to worry about downloading the camera each night while in Disney.

Usually I have extra memory cards, but for the most part I download the photos nightly into our laptop so that we can sort through them before the count gets out of hand.

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Saving Money In Disney World

JMarsden92 December 25, 2010
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I have been a long time Disney person.  My wife, and I have learned many tricks to saving money while in Walt Disney World.  One of the things that we did find out during our second to last trip to Florida was that while Disney offers the convenience of instant gratification for most things that you need they are also very pricey for most of those things.

We were there for Easter, and I wanted to get some flowers for my wife.  When I called I was transferred to one place that was willing to help with ordering.  After I requested the price for what I was looking for I thought that I was going to be ill.  I thanked them, and decided to pass.  My next move was to start searching on the internet for “saving money on flowers in Disney World”.  I found a lot of different ways to save money, but I also found out that I was only actually saving a few dollars off what Disney would have charged.

Have you ever found that the high price of a place wasn’t as high as you thought?

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Disney Or Life Insurance… That’s The Question

JMarsden92 July 30, 2010
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Recently when my father got sick, and had to go to the hospital my wife started on me about insurance.  She was stressing because if anything happens to me there is nothing for her to fall back on.  This is because we go on so many Disney vacations, and I find them to be more worth the money than some policy that will get used down the road when I am ancient.  What are the chances anything will ever happen while I am in Disney?  Slim to none I would gamble.  I have been working for many years with the hope of getting some sort of policy to help in case of anything bad, but money seems to find its own way of disappearing in my house.  I told her that I would work on getting a life insurance quote so that she could stop pestering me.  I just wish they had plans like they have for the older people.  You know… The ones that are like pennies a day, and can be paid off fairly cheaply.

Any suggestions for this problem that I have?

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Disney Cruising 2011

JMarsden92 July 16, 2010
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It is confirmed. We are going on the Disney Dream in April 2011. We are going to take the 4 night cruise, and then go immediatelly back out on the 3 night cruise.  We got lucky enough to get a bonus from our Disney Chase card, and they gave us 6 months “NO INTEREST.”  This will be nice because we paid for everything in full.  The added bonus is that we will earn Disney Points for using the card.  Now the only thing we need to do is get our passports.

We have been told by one of my brothers that he, and his girlfriend are going to go.  They just have to work out getting their deposit in.  It will be nice to have some time to spend with my brother.  We are hoping to meet with some really nice people like we did last time we cruised on Disney.

After this cruise we will need a lot of dieting because the food on the cruises is out of this world.  Maybe we should take some diet pills like lipozene with us to help out a bit.

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Fun Things To Know About DVC

JMarsden92 July 9, 2010
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Since it was founded in 1991, Disney Vacation Club (DVC) has become one of the highest-rated vacation-ownership programs in the industry – and a prime example of how Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is growing its family vacation business by addressing a broad range of vacation experiences.

DVC was created as a unique experience for guests who like to return to Walt Disney World Resort on an annual basis and stay for longer periods of time.  It has quickly grown to include a wide range of vacation offerings, currently boasting 10 properties both inside and outside Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
Members access their vacation club ownership through a highly flexible vacation point system that allows them to tailor vacations to their personal needs.  Members receive an annual allotment of vacation points that can be used in a variety of ways for different types of accommodations.
In 2009, DVC reached a company milestone, with more than 420,000 individual members from approximately 100 countries and every U.S. state having made a long-term commitment to unforgettable vacations.
 
Fun Facts
·        DVC has doubled its membership since 2003 to include more than 420,000 member families from each U.S. state and approximately 100 different countries.
·        Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas feature intricate African-inspired details and home-like amenities, and many vacation villas offer sweeping views of an expanded savanna inhabited by a variety of African animals.
·        At Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, a horse-racing fanfare can be heard across the resort every hour on the hour signaling the top of the hour to amused members and guests.
·        A special room at The Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge houses a collection of train memorabilia and artwork, including an exhibit featuring two of Walt Disney’s personal scale-model railroad cars.
·        There are 167 miles of post-tensioning cable running through Bay Lake Tower’s concrete slabs.  These cables could stretch from Bay Lake Tower to Disney’s Vero Beach Resort and back.
·        Environmental sensitivity was extremely important to Disney Imagineers while constructing the new Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.  As a result, 5,178 tons, or 65.22 percent, of materials from demolition were recycled, including concrete and metals.
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