Anouchka Talks

Hey hey hey, y’all!   Mama’s back!   I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the past two guest posts from B.   They were a little more personal for me, since I could somewhat relive my family’s 2018 trip to Disney World, but I believe they are helpful for anyone planning a Disney trip.   Since most of my readers are moms, parents, or (at the very least) kids at heart, I wager that at least some of you will be able to take advantage of B’s veteran tips.   They’re boss. Now that I’m back, I once again have some catching up to do on my monthly “New In 2018” posting.   I last left you with reviews of my June experiences so, since we are already nearing the end of September (!), I figured I’d dump July, August, and September into one monster post.   Admittedly, I have been quite a bit less mindful of these new experiences since Jammy started school again and my month off work ended, but I shall make no more excuses.   So here it is… New in 2018 – July/August/September Edition In

Behold, nerds!  Here is the follow-up -Part Two- of my sister's informative guest post, B Knows Disney .  Enjoy! PART TWO (For Part One, click here .) 7. If you’re considering having a Character Dining experience with small children, plan it at least two days into the trip. This is one I hadn’t even really considered, and learned by experience, kind of the hard way. While I’ll fully admit to being awkward and creeped out around characters, doing a Character Breakfast is totally part of the Disney experience, and with Jammy and Ribbers, I was so so so excited about seeing them interact with the REAL princesses at our breakfast on Day 2 of the trip at Akershus, the banquet hall at the Norway pavilion at Epcot. We’d be greeted by Belle, then be visited during our meal by a few different princesses (in our case it wound up being Ariel, Cinderella, Aurora, and Snow White). What I hadn’t anticipated: Jammy did NOT warm up to the “face” characters very well. (Nothing wrong with t