Category: Mom’s Travel Tales
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You can be a Disney VIP, too
**For a price. Last weekend I had the most exciting, magical Disney experience I could ever hope for. While at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, one of my conference roommates won a night in Cinderella’s Castle and invited 5 of us to join her for an amazing overnight VIP experience. Sure, sleeping in Cinderella’s…
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Trip Journal: Snow Skiing in Dubai
Today we went skiing in the desert. Well, sort of. Actually, we went skiing in the mall. We arrived at the Mall of the Emirates near the Hotel Kempinski and walked through a hotel cafe on the the way to Ski Dubai. We caught a glimpse of the slope from the restaurant: Even though I…
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Trip Journal: Our Second Full Day in Dubai
Last night I stayed up with our hostess drinking champagne, eating cookies, watching Modern Family and chatting until 2:30 when our oldest woke up and had trouble getting back to sleep. We made him toast with Nutella and then decided to call it a night. This morning I was expecting to pay the price of…
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Curious about my trip to Dubai?
I’m posting notes and photos from my daily Trip Journal about last week’s trip over at MomsTravelTales. Today I’m sharing about sightseeing on our first full day in Dubai.
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Trip Journal: Our First full day in Dubai
Arriving in Dubai was simple and amazingly hassle-free. The airport was spacious and going through passport control, collecting our luggage and getting on our way was amazingly simple. I expected to see people covered in abayas (women) and dishdashas (men) everywhere, but there were many more people dressed as we were. R, our friend for…
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Trip Journal: Dubai- The plane facts
I’ve already shared a bit about why we are going to Dubai and what the week was like getting ready. In case you are interested, I thought I’d share a bit about our flight. (I’ve got lots of free time to write and have already watched two movies, so why not?!) We got to the…
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Trip Journal: Traveling to Dubai
I am flying to Dubai. Can you believe that? I can barely believe it myself! I am on an airplane over Spain, my daughter (in her Hello Kitty slippers) and son wiggling and mostly asleep on one side of me, an aisle, my husband, other son and mother-in-law asleep on the other side of me.…
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Trip Journal: Getting ready for Dubai
** This post was written before our trip to Dubai. We have since returned home and are currently battling jet lag.** What a week it has been! This Friday we leave for Dubai and so much has jumped out at me this week. Fortunately, though, each mini crisis has been pretty easily resolved, or else…
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I have a traveler’s confession to make
Ummm…. I have a confession to make. For the last ten days I have been on vacation way far away and very much offline. Please accept my apologies if you tried to reach me and I was unresponsive. And a huge thank you goes from me to Toni of The Happy Housewife and Joy of…
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I love my new travel socks!
I love to wear fun socks on the airplane… especially for long flights. I just picked these up today at Bath and Body Works and can’t wait to put them to use on our next very-long-distance flight. They are infused with shea butter to make them extra soft and have a fresh, soothing smell, too.…
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Experiencing the best at Disney
Are you planning a trip to DisneyWorld or DisneyLand anytime soon? Growing up in Florida, I was fortunate to spend a lot of time at the DisneyWorld theme parks. I was even in a few Disney commercials twirling a flag with my high school band! I may not live near Disney anymore, but my parents…
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Experiencing the best at any Disney theme park
Yesterday I shared a bit about our family’s adventure at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and promised to share a few tips on how were able to fit in all of our must-sees, even on a crowded day at the park. Here are my tips for navigating any Disney theme park so that you get to experience…
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Seeing at all at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park
The day before Thanksgiving, our family visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, along with what felt like millions of our new ‘closest’ friends. Like so many others, our kids were out of school that week. We wanted to maximize our time and get ahead of the crowds as much as possible. I chatted about the trip…
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Visiting New York City for Thanksgiving?
Here’s how it went for us: Anyone out there thinking of going to the Macy’s Day Parade in New York City this Thanksgiving? Well, guess it’s a little late in the game for most of us to just be thinking about it. Let me try again… Anyone planning on heading to New York City this…