Posts by: Tim

This picture sums up what our Disney World trip meant for us.  Everything went very smoothly with the trip.  Our family enjoyed eating at Disneyworld – we enjoyed the 1900 Cafe at the Grand Floridan since my daughter was able to interact with Mary Poppins, Les Chef de France since she got to talk with …

On our Disney discussion lists we throw out a question each week for discussion.  Here are some of the responses we received for: “If you have stayed at Disney’s Old Key West resort in the past, how have you enjoyed your stay(s) there? What are the strengths of this resort compared to the other DVC …

Our clients Matt and Ginny from North Carolina sent us these pictures of Maho Beach in St Maarten.  We booked them on a Celebrity Eclipse cruise that visited St Maarten as part of an Eastern Caribbean itinerary.  Maho Beach is just past the St Maarten airport and features planes flying low over the beach.  “I …

Thanks to Bryan on our dvctalk list for sharing this video of a unique “flash mob” wedding proposal at Downtown Disney in Disneyland:

Here’s a video from Disney showing features of Aulani Reef at their new Aulani resort in Hawaii: We had one client staying on Oahu ask if she could go visit Aulani without staying there. Disney says no, “Aulani is set up for resort guests only” was the reply we received when we checked into this. …

Today we rolled out a new version of our Family Travel Gurus website.  Here are some new features on the site: More Disney info! You will notice on the front page we have icons for the five major Disney products (Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, Aulani, and Adventures by Disney).  If you click on …

We’re back from an extended cruise vacation and it is time to start blogging again! Here’s a video from Disney today showing the real Disney Dream (not a model or simulation) – the final “block” of the ship was put in place today. We can’t wait to sail on the Dream in January! (we’ll have …

Disney Cruise Line has added a new waterslide at their private island, Castaway Cay, which looks like fun! Castaway Cay is our favorite cruise line “private island” and the Pelican Plunge promises to be a good addition! If viewing this on facebook click here to see the video

Last month Disney published a video that really captures the Disney cruise experience in just 2 1/2 minutes: We love the pictures of Castaway Cay, and the Disney Wonder sailing away. Castaway Cay is one of our favorite spots on earth! If viewing this on facebook click here to see the video

More details are slowly coming out about the new Disney Dream cruise ship, with her first sailing in January. Last week Disney announced a 2nd “adults only” restaurant, Remy, that they describe as “the Victoria and Albert’s at sea”. Remy will be in addition to the long time Disney favorite Palo on the Dream. This …