Vacationing With The Wii

JMarsden92 January 21, 2010
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My wife uses Wii Fit, and Wii Active, and she loves that video games not only can be useful as a fat burner, but that you can have fun while you’re using it.  Our little one also loves playing on her Wii with the Wii fit board, and I don’t think she even realizes that she’s getting exercise while she’s playing her video game.  I can’t say it enough that this makes me very happy.  This makes my wife very happy as well because she feels to much of video games make kids lazy, but when using the Wii you move around a lot, and she thinks that makes it a good system for kids to have.

When we went away this past trip to Disney we took our Wii with us because we thought it might be nice to play a game, and while playing a game put a bit of exercise in.  We have yet to find any real good Disney games for the Wii, but we will keep looking.  I have hoped that Disney would come up with some sort of game that virtually walks through Disney World, or something like that.

Do you have a Wii, and has it helped keep your kids active?

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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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October 2009 Trip Report Part 1

JMarsden92 October 30, 2009
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We just got in from the drive from *ell.  We left at @4pm on 10/29, and arrived around noon on 10/30.  Can you say SORE?

Coming through Downtown I noticed that they are once again working on the Holiday Inn.  Seems like years ago that it closed down.  Actually I think I am right… it was years ago.

We were put in the 54 building.  We have never been in that area before.  The room is slightly different from what I remember.  Upon arriving my daughter started playing with the plastic knobs on the new arrival… IPod alarm clocks.  I had to get packed, and the wife had a need for some “Much Needed” sleep.

Well, I will update you all after I get a nap in, and we decide everything that we are doing.

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