I swore blind that I wouldn’t be going to Disney this year, after all I have a new job to search for and its a whole lot of money to find in such a short space of time; but when you step outside and realise you would be warmer if you sat in your fridge the mind does begin to wander a little.

After another trying day at work (this leaving lark is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be) I found myself; well it was me and the bloke at Bluewater talking to one of the lovely ladies from Virgin Holidays about peak season and if she thought there would be free Dining again this year.

This isn’t a make or break deal for us to book as I’m quite sure the cost of it is built into the holiday but paying for it up front allows me to make different choices about what and where I eat as it’s not influenced by cost. In the U.S. free dining is available on all levels of resort; value get quick service and I think moderates and deluxe get the normal dining plan (way too much food for me and all that time eating table service meals is time away from the fun stuff) but over here they only offer it from moderates up

Now normally the person who would suggest looking at holidays is my darling husband and I go along with it but then have to be the sensible one who says we can’t really afford that right now but it would appear my sensible self has got up and left which means we are in a whole lot of trouble

So, I am now on a desperate search for reasons why I shouldn’t book this year and to be quite honest I am failing miserably; my Twitter and Facebook feeds are full of Disney updates and my screen saver which is a picture of Cinderellas castle is calling me. I am sure a sensible solution would be to write a for and against list or think logically about how we could pay for it but yet again we come back to acting like a grown up which we have already established is something I am not

It would appear that Disney has become part of me and right now the desire to go back is stronger than it’s ever been; maybe I won’t go back this year but having a countdown to when I do might make these cold nights a little easier to deal with.

Im off to search the net for a holiday ☺️, until next week xxx

I thought as I seem to be embracing change at the moment; that this was a perfect opportunity to make a few changes to my blog – nope I’m not going to start making any more sense than I normally do, and it isn’t going to become all serious but instead I decided that the old one just wasn’t doing what I wanted it to so I went for an upgrade……get me I’ve gone and got my own dot.com!

So, apart from my sparkly new blog what else has gone on – ummmm, well we’re in a new year and as per normal I didn’t make a resolution as I suck at keeping them for longer than a nano second (unless it’s promising myself I am going to reurn to Disney that is).

Work has settled down post Christmas, and already my in box is full of returns to complete for next Christmas (the joys of currently working in retail) so to keep myself occupied I have gone back to podcast listening. There is two reasons for this, one it gives me my daily Disney and bonus I don’t tend to get too disturbed at work as people hear voices coming from the office so they think there is someone else in with me.

Its brilliant to feel so close to my happy place when I am so far away, and yes there are times when I laugh out loud but also when a comment or musical clip bring a tear to my eye like this week when the music that accompanies the tilt shift video from Magic Kingdom came on….

I will admit to being a complete sap and finding loads of things that make me emotional at Disney, I mean I am sure there aren’t many others who well up during Finding Nemo the musical (yes, I’m strange – and we’ve all known it for a while). And don’t even get me started on how Wishes makes me feel otherwise I am just going to be typing whilst sitting in a puddle

But one thing I won’t be crying over is the removal of the Sorcerers Hat from Hollywood Studios, it’s not that I don’t like it, it never really seemed a good park icon to me; Spaceship Earth it’s not! After all if it was going to be the park icon why wasn’t it there when the park opened?

The Disney rumour mill says the hat was placed there after Disney and MGM parted ways, as MGM who owned Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood (which the building that houses the Great Movie Ride is based upon) said that they wanted the view of the theatre blocked. And now, Disney is in some form of partnership with the new company that owns the theatre they don’t have to hide it anymore so the hat is coming down – can’t wait to go and see what they do with the space!

And now just because I can, I will finish with a video of a hidden gem at Disney World – if you ever get the chance make sure you check out the Voices of Liberty who perform in the America pavilion at Epcot; a guilty pleasure

Until next week xxxx