Disney Dream Girls 142 - WDW Food, Trips and Disneyland Final Checkout

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 141 for Sunday 15th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

Todays show is packed full of Disney for you to enjoy! We start the show with a feast of delicious breakfast offerings from the Magic Kingdom!

Donut Sundae - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Yes my friends this is the headlining act of the breakfast offerings. The other offerings include a hotdog topped with hash browns and corndog bites from Caseys Corner. Cereal and ice-cream (not in the same bowl - unless you are feeling particularly inclined!) from the Plaza. 

Hash Brown Hot Dog - Photo Credit Disney Park Blogs

Finally, a ham, egg and tomato waffle from Sleepy Hallow. What are your thoughts? Both of us welcome the quick service additions but wish they would be rolled out to other parks - particularly the Animal Kingdom.

Ham, Egg and Tomato Waffle - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Having finished our breakfast, Michelle announces her 2017 Disney trip plans. In August 2017 she has booked a trip to Walt Disney World and will be staying in the Wilderness Lodge. Due to her research, she managed to save just under $3000/£2423! So make sure you listen for her top tips!

Wilderness Lodge - Photo Credit Walt Disney World Website

For our final feature, we are joined by James from the Creepy Kingdom Podcast. He was fortunate enough to be at Disney California Adventure for the Final Check Out of The Hollywood Tower of Terror Hotel. 

James H Carter II Checking Out - Photo Credit J Carter

James queued for three hours to be amongst the last few park guests to ride the attraction. Michelle was very lucky to catch up with him to talk about the experience. However, if you want to hear an expanded explanation, you can hear it on his own Podcast - The Creepy Kingdom Podcast.

Ready To Ride - Photo Credit

We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast, and until next time, it is goodbye from us! Don't forget to keep upto date with us by ensuring you follow along on all of our social media sites:

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Disney Dream Girls 140 - A Disney Year Ahead and Complaints

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 140 for Sunday 8th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.
On this weeks show, we start off by discussing some of the things we are looking forward to in 2017, whether it is movies, attractions or events. Then we move on to looking at five different complaints and discuss whether the complaint is valid and if Disney should offer any compensation. 

Films for 2017

Photo Credit Disney Movies Website

Beauty and the Beast (live action) 17th Mar 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 5th May 2017
Cars 3 16th Jun 2017
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 26th May 2017
Coco 22nd Nov 2017
Star Wars 8 15th Dec 2017
Thor: Ragnarok 3rd Nov 2017

Dead Men Tell No Lies - Photo Credit Disney Movies Website

Theme Parks
Tower of Terror, closed 3rd Jan 2017
MSEP returns to Disneyland 20th Jan 2017
Dreams Come True returns to Disneyland 2017
Star Tours: The Adventure Continues opens in DLP 26th Mar 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Break Out at DCA opens Late 2017
Re-opening of the Rivers of American late 2017
Pandora: The World of Avatar opens at DAK Summer 2017

Photo Credit Disney Website

Events
Season of the Force starts at DLP on 14th Jan 2017
Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 13th to 16th Apr 2017
D23 Anaheim 14th to 16th Jul
Disneyland Paris starts its 25th anniversary - Time to Sparkle 26th Mar 2017

Photo Credit Disneyland Paris Website

Run Disney Events
WDW Marathon Weekend 4-8 Jan 2017
DLR Star Wars Half Marathon (the light side) 12-15 Jan
WDW Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 23-26 Feb
WDW Star Wars Half Marathon Dark Side 20-23 Apr
DLR Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend 11-14 May
Virtual Running Shorts 1 Jun - 31 Aug
DLR Half Marathon Weekend 31 Aug-3 Sep
DLP Half Marathon Weekend 21-24 Sep
WDW Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend 2-5 Nov
DLR Super Heroes Half Marathon Weekend 9-12 Nov

Photo Credit Run Disney Website

We hope you enjoy the show! But until next time, it is goodbye from us and until then, keep upto date with us by ensuring you follow along in all of our social media sites:

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Ears with Sparkle and Style

We have been known, here at the Disney Dream Girls, to love our head attire. Whether it be tiara or ears, we wear them proudly... sometimes when we aren't even at a Disney theme park. So when I came across a new source for ears I had to invest in a pair of their bespoke stylish ears.

Meet Alyssa, she is the creative genius behind Queen Ursula - wearable art for Poor Unfortunate Souls. When she's not working, making ears or sleeping you will find her at a Disney park. Luckily, I got to meet her at Disneyland Paris earlier this year and got to know a little bit about her and the amazing ears she makes.

My ears with the podcast tag line

With Snow White's colours on the reverse

So how do you get into making something like this? I had the chance to ask Alyssa that very question along with a few more! She told me she made her first pair around 18 months ago because the designs in the stores really didn't do it for her. In fact, the only official ears she has are the limited edition Ursula ones that a good friend brought her back from Walt Disney World.  

Beauty and the Beast Pair

She loves to wear flamboyant outfits (she is well known for her amazing Disney dresses and Disney bounds) when in the parks and needed ears to match so she started to make them herself. A year ago she listed her first pair on Etsy and things have gone from there. She says that it's so exciting that people enjoy her craft and ears. If she had to guess, she thinks she may have made around 450 pairs since then.

Previous Custom for Toy Story Fan

The most requested pairs by far are the Mickey and Minnie faces with Belle and Rapunzel being the most popular princess designs. As to personal favourites, she has too many to choose from. She loves the Cheshire Cat/Queen of Hearts pair as well as some Mary Poppins ears that are her sisters. 

Tower of Terror Ears

The most amount of hours that have gone into a pair are the Tower of Terror and Phantom Manor ones she recently completed though she did say that she is currently working on some very detailed Cinderella ones right now.

She is incredibly busy, with her Etsy store currently closed. But follow her on twitter and instagram @queen_ursula_uk for updates on openings! 

For all of our other creative listeners out there, why not drop us an email to info@disneydreamgirls.com or via our Facebook page to share some of your Disney creativity.

Show 060 - A Disneyland 60th celebration with Window to the Magic Podcast

Welcome to the show notes for podcast number 060 for 29th August 2015. You can hear the show by subscribing to our show via iTunes, Stitcher Radio or any of the other podcast catching places out there. Finally, you can also click on the link below.

This show is very different and requires you to listen to another podcast in preparation. Before listening, listen to Window to the Magic (WTTM) podcast 485.5 iTunes link as that is where our two-part audio adventure begins. 

So part one, on WTTM, begins with a quest to ride one of Michelle's favourite attractions and along with Paul Barrie (host of WTTM) and friend Wendy Cooper the trio walk around Disneyland and Disney California Adventure to try to find and then ride it. With Paul in charge, chaos begins and so does our adventure.

We are running a competition on this show, you need to listen to both adventures, then send us an email info@disneydreamgirls.com listing the attractions we ride (in order) and make a comment on the show. The competition will close on 20th September 2015. So good luck!

Things will be back to normal next week but in the meantime, to see some of Michelle's videos from her trip, visit our Facebook page, Disney Dream Girls. 
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