Disney Distracted Life : Trip Reports And News

This week Tiffany Bruce shares her family’s Walt Disney World trip report.  They traveled the 2nd week of December 2016.  Tiffany is a travel planner and you can her at  TravelByTiffany.com. or email at tbruce@cruisesinc.com. Go over and like the Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/distractedlife/ Don't forget the Sponsor: http://travelagentdad.com/   Read the full Show Notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/walt-disney-world-trip-report-staying-stars-movies/  

Ella Hanes shares her family’s Walt Disney World Vacation.  She traveled with her husband (both are College Program alumni) and her 2 sons on the dates November 25th – December 5th 2016. Full Show Notes : http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/walt-disney-world-trip-report-week-thanksgiving/   Don’t forget to visit the sponsor. – http://travelagentdad.com/

This week Sally Portera shares her family’s Thanksgiving Walt Disney World vacation.  She did a ton of great dining and special events during the week, including the Jingle Bell Jingle Bam Dessert Party and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.  Her traveling party included her 8-year old son and her parents and more! You can find Sally at her Facebook page for her travel agent work Wish Upon a Star With Sally: https://www.facebook.com/wishuponastarwithsally/ She also has written for the Passporter blog: Jingle Bell Jingle Bam Dessert Party – http://www.passporter.com/articles/jingle-bell-jingle-bam-dessert-party.html Top 5 Overlooked Dining – http://www.passporter.com/articles/top-5-overlooked-breakfasts-disney-world.html   Don’t forget to check out the sponsor: http://travelagentdad.com/

My husband Ryan Slusher , from http://travelagentdad.com/ , joins me to share the 3-night Disney Cruise Line trip he did as a part of his work conference.    This sailing was also a Halloween on the High Seas and he did a shore excursion on Castaway Cay. On this episode you can hear about: Inside Deluxe Stateroom, category 10A Costume Party on the Halloween sailing Mixology Class Castaway Cay Bottom Fishing Excursion – you can read more about that at http://travelagentdad.com/blog/castaway-cay-bottom-fishing-excursion-trip-report/ Booking your next cruise while on-board. A guy falls asleep next to Ryan during one of the evening shows.

Ryan joins me as we share our September 2016 vacation.  This trip was part family fun and part work conference for Ryan.  In this episode, we finish off the last couple of days of vacation.   Visit the sponsor: http://travelagentdad.com/   Read Full Show Notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/slusher-family-wdw-trip-report-part-2/

Ryan joins me as we share our September 2016 vacation.  This trip was part family fun and part work conference for Ryan.  In this episode we only get through the first couple of days of our vacation and will share the remaining trip next week. Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter.  You can use this link: http://distractedlifepodcast.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=98efadc1dab1755e68b1f09da&id=10f70259ae Members of the newsletter have a chance for a random drawing to win this fun prize pack.  It will include a backpack, cup, buttons, Mickey key fob, and a Disney gift card of $25.  Drawing will be held January 15, 2017 so sign up ASAP. Also, the sponsor http://travelagentdad.com/ is offering booking incentives to podcast listeners. Read Full Show Notes: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/slusher-family-wdw-trip-report/    

Walt Disney World news recap from December 2016.  Angie Muma joins me to share our thoughts on the latest news and rumors. Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter.  You can use this link: http://distractedlifepodcast.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=98efadc1dab1755e68b1f09da&id=10f70259ae Members of the newsletter have a chance for a random drawing to win this fun prize pack.  Picture below but it includes a backpack, cup, buttons, Mickey key fob, and a Disney gift card of $25.  Drawing will be held January 15, 2017 so sign up ASAP. Also, the sponsor http://travelagentdad.com/ is offering booking incentives to podcast listeners. Here is the fine print for that offer. Ryan Slusher, a Senior Agent with Key To the World Travel, is offering to listeners of the DIStracted Life podcast special booking incentives. 4-night / 3-day park ticket vacation minimums will earn you at least a $50 Disney gift card. $50 for stays at a value resort. $75 for stays at a moderate resort. $100 for stays at a deluxe resort.

Co-host Angie Muma shares her fall 2016 long weekend trip report. Alan Mize’s daughters GoFundMe page. https://www.gofundme.com/college-for-normnb8s-daughter Don’t forget to check out the sponsor: http://travelagentdad.com/ Read full show notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/wdw-trip-report-staying-bay-lake-tower/  

This week Angie and I share our strategies to save money for vacations.  Everything from the old fashion change jar to making the most of credit card rewards. Please check out my son’s first YouTube video:   https://youtu.be/sQxKn0Pr5bw   Don’t forget to check out the sponsor: http://travelagentdad.com/   Read Full Show notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/saving-money-vacation/  

This week Pat Bennett shares his recent Walt Disney World trip.  It was just him and his wife so they focused on dining during their stay.  They traveled the last week of September 2016.  You can find Pat on Twitter and Instagram as @Jester70123 or you can email him at  jester70123@gmail.com.   Don’t forget to check out the sponsor at: http://travelagentdad.com/

November 2016 Walt Disney World news recap.  This week Christy Pudyk joins me to share her thoughts on the news. Find Christy on social media: https://packyourpixiedust.com/ https://www.instagram.com/packyourpixiedust/ https://twitter.com/PackYrPixieDust All Things Disney Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/536414753180597/ Christy also shares a brief Beaches Turks and Caicos mini-trip report. http://www.beaches.com/main/tc/tc-home/ Visit the Sponsor at: http://travelagentdad.com/

This week Angie shares her 7-night Alaska cruise with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line on Explorer of the Seas. This is part 2 of the trip report.  Part 1 was in episode 92, where Angie shared the travel struggle getting out to Seattle to make the vacation. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Read Full Show Notes at : http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/alaska-cruise-royal-caribbean-cruise-line-trip-report-explorer-seas/  Visit the sponsor at : http://www.travelagentdad.com/

This week Angie shares a trip report on her July 2016 vacation where she cruised to Alaska with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Unfortunately for Angie, travel to Seattle was not fun.  The bulk of this episode is her travel story. Subscribe to the Newsletter and you could get this lovely backpack.   Visit the sponsor at : http://www.travelagentdad.com/ Summary of topics in this episode: Researching the itinerary Researching the difference between RCCL and DCL. Learning about Royal Caribbean from http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/ Getting to the port city. How a travel agent can assist you in times of trouble

On this week's episode, Lindsey Debert shares her family's September 2016 Walt Disney World vacation.  They had the dining plan and Lindsey shares her thoughts on a variety of dining with multiple character meals.  If you would like to contact Lindsey for help planning your next vacation, she is a new travel planner with Key to the World Travel and you can email her at: Lindsey.debert@keytotheworldtravel.com If you would like to use a code for your first ride with Uber, please use Angie Muma's code, angiem1363ue or use this link - https://www.uber.com/invite/angiem1363ue If you are interested in trying out Grammarly please use this link - http://gram.ly/ty7M   Full Show Notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/walt-disney-world-trip-report-dining-plan/   Visit the Sponsor at: http://www.travelagentdad.com/  

Staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and also the Pirates and Pals Fireworks cruise with Sandy Symianick. If you want to learn more about Sandy you should check out her blog over at  http://discoveringdisney.com/. If you would like to see the Animal Kingdom Lodge’s Activities Guide by clicking this link – animal-kingdom-lodge-activites-guide   You can read the full show notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/animal-kingdom-lodge-pirates-pals-fireworks-cruise/   Please visit the sponsor at: http://www.travelagentdad.com/  

Angie Muma joins me to chat about Walt Disney World News for the month of October 2016.   Full Show Notes at: http://distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/wdw-october-2016-news/   Visit Sponsor: http://www.travelagentdad.com/

Listener, Sandy Symianick, shares her family's stop by Legoland Florida on their recent vacation. If you want to learn more about Sandy you should check out her blog over at  http://discoveringdisney.com/.   Please check out http://dvcwelcomehome.com/ for Disney Vacation Club information.     Visit Sponsor: http://www.travelagentdad.com/

All about Disney's Vero Beach on this week's episode.  Listener, Sandy Symianick, shares her family's vacation to Vero Beach. If you want to learn more about Sandy you should check out her blog over at  http://discoveringdisney.com/.   Email: distractedlifepodcast@gmail.com   Full Show Notes at:   http://www.distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/disneys-vero-beach-trip-report   Visit Sponsor: http://www.travelagentdad.com/

Angie Muma joins me to share a pre-trip report.  We can hear how she made her plans for her upcoming October Walt Disney World Vacation.  ​ You can find Angie on social media at: ​https://twitter.com/atmuma   https://www.instagram.com/atmuma/  

Angie Muma joins me to chat about Walt Disney World News for the month of September 2016.   You can find Angie on social media at: ​https://twitter.com/atmuma   https://www.instagram.com/atmuma/      Full Show Notes at: http://www.distractedlifepodcast.com/show-notes/september-2016-walt-disney-world-news   Visit Sponsor: http://www.travelagentdad.com/