Showing posts with label Disney Hints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disney Hints. Show all posts

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, Remy and a Freebie!

It's already here!!  The 2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival began September 27 and runs through November 10, 2013.  I have to admit that the food at DisneyWorld is really amazing.  And then the Wine and Food Festival starts and the game is stepped up! So many different booths with culinary delights from around the world are featured throughout the World Showcase. 

For those of you headed that way... I do hope you made your reservations early!  So many of the events and seminars are sold out as of Sept 4, 2013.   You can view the list of sold out events here: For those who have not yet been to this amazing festival, you might just be interested in reading over this material and setting it as a special goal for a vacation.

You can view the list of low cost seminars and demonstrations here:

You can view the list of Epcot Food and Wine Festival Special Events here:  My favorite would definitely be the "3D" Disney's Dessert Discovery. Special desserts, cordials, special viewing of IllumiNations. Our family is a regular at the Dessert Party in Tomorrowland Terrace at Magic Kingdom. Desserts are awesome.. and the firework seating is to die for!   Second favorite.. the cheese seminars. 

You can view the list of World Showcase Booths (including menus and photos) here: Be sure to click on the links to view the booths, menus and drool over some food samples.

It's not just food and drink!  There is a full schedule of "Eat to the Beat Concerts" during the festival! The list is always subject to change.   You can view the concert schedule here:   There are three shows nightly to catch your favorites. Shows start at 5:30 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:00 PM.  This year's line up includes such greats as Air Supply, Sister Hazel, Sugar Ray, The Manhattan Transfer, Pointer Sisters, Smash Mouth, Christopher Cross, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy to name a few.


And scrappers.. be sure to pick up your Festival Marketplace Discovery Passport from the Festival Welcome Center. As you travel the World, be sure to collect the unique passport stamps from the Marketplaces that you visit. 

I am going to go ahead and add The Disney Food Blog to the Disney Hint's  page.  You can find recipes there. Awesome recipes!  You will find tons of information about the restaurants, the menus, the dining plans. They do have some ebooks that they sell there. I really don't recommend paying for that information when you can actually rustle it all up on the internet for free. Save those dollars for Disney instead!! If there is something you want to know, drop me an email, leave a comment. If we (Chrissy and I) don't already have that information hanging around our computers, we can find it for you.  

Oh! Before I forget, the correct answer to last week's Hidden Layout game..... 13.  You expected something other than that this Halloween season??   Let me show you that Haunting Halloween


Mini Kit.  If you hurry on over to MouseScrappers, you can still get this kit free by accepting my Weekly Challenge #204!!  The challenge runs through October 8, 2013. 

I really want to share with you my layout for the  In Vino Veritas kit Connie recently released at the GingerScraps Buffet. 

Remy, the Little Chef, can be found at the Chefs de France Restaurant located in France on the World Showcase.  He comes to your table on this little tray with cheese and grapes. He moves. He talks. He is adorable!!  But he can't do autographs. 

This week, I wanted to give you all a little something I made using In Vino Veritas.  I hope you can all use this for a special layout of your trip to a very special place. If not now.. in the future!  Click on the image to start your download. You may also click here for the download to start.  (Link corrected 10-6-13 at 10:12 AM)

Until next week then!!  


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Something a little different this week.....

Connie has some really important things to share with you today, so we'll be skipping "Scrapping the Magic Kingdom" this week. But I do have a couple things to share real quick.

For those of you who are Disney bound.. one of the best things you can invest in is The PassPorter. You can pick these up in many bookstores or buy them directly from PassPorter.com. I am mentioning this now because there is a $1 sale on some old PassPorters to clear out the warehouse for the new year. They are 2012 PassPorters but they will give you a great idea of what they are like and contain lots of useful information. Read about the sale here.  Still have $1 PassPorters Left in Stock  We'll talk more about PassPorter one day real soon. This offer was just too good to not pass along.

Disney Hint:
If you planning to be in Disney on FRIDAY, September 13th.... the villains will be having a party!!  (Oh don't I wish I was going to be there!!)  It’s all happening for a limited time only from 8 PM to 1 AM on Friday, September 13, 2013 as part of Limited Time Magic at Disney Parks.  The event will be held at Hades Hangout located in DisneyWorld's Hollywood Studios.  To read more about this party, click on the Laramie's Disney Hint tab and then on Kenny the Pirate. Kenny has information there about the upcoming villainy. (There is also a party at DisneyLand.)

One last thing before I go..... that was sure a lot of fun last week with the "hidden elements".  I am glad so many of you participated!! This week we are going to play "what kit is this from???"   If you can tell me what kit this word art is from, I will be sending you the word art file!!  Please send your answers to me at coyotelady(at)gmail.com like last week,  do not post in comments!   Correct answers will be accepted through Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 7:55 AM EST (and remember.. I am NOT a morning person!)  So without further ado... here is the word art... happy hunting!!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

September Buffet Sale - Crisp Autumn

Hi everyone!  Connie here with the second half of today's post!  The September
Buffet Sale kicks off today at Ginger Scraps.  The kit is on sale $2 and the
matching addon packs are $1 each.  Sale valid through September 5, 2013.

 








Crisp Autumn Collection - Only At Ginger Scraps

Here are some beautiful Autumn pages by my Creative Team!

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September Bake Sale 

Three awesome products on sale $1 each September 1 - 5!

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Designer Spotlight - Daily Download And Sale

Don't forget to stop by Gotta Pixel and pick up today's piece of the Daily Download!

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Have a happy Sunday and a happy Labor Day to those who are celebrating tomorrow!
Connie Prince

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Scrapping the Magic Kingdom: The Mad Tea Party

I am NOT a morning person.  Since Linky is set to accept links through 7:55 AM, I will post the winner of  the coupon probably between 11 AM and Noon.  But I will come and announce it today!

There we have it!!  The winner is Michi!  The layouts were all FANTASTIC!   I just have to share the full size version of Michi's.   The $5 coupon has been sent off to Michi...  and Connie was in a good mood today! She  sent me $3 coupons for the other two participants!  You all just have to start playing my games more. Seems we never know when Connie will give me extra things!! (added to post 8-25-13, 3:22 PM Eastern)


It's that time of week again!!  We're off to Magic Kingdom and The Mad Tea Party ride!!  It just dawned on me that for those who have never been to Disney and will be going, I should add a few things about the rides.

The Mad Tea Party is located in Fantasyland.  There is NO height requirement but children under age  7 must be accompanied by a person over 14 years old.  Wheelchair and ECV users  must transfer into the Cups. This is a spinning ride, but the wheel in the center lets you control your direction and speed. Want a wild ride? Turn the wheel fast and hold on.   Don't turn the wheel at all for gentler rides.  Even though you control the spinning, the teacup will toss and turn on the deck.  You may find yourself in a cup with Alice or the Mad Hatter. I really am not sure if the White Rabbit ever hops into a cup or not!

There is a color palette for The Mad Tea Party!  So let's start with that.  I have a photo of the sign.. and you'll see that the colors are great choices!  Isn't it just amazing how well Disney Imagineers carry through with a theme???




You guessed it! There is also a free font that is nearly perfect for The Mad Tea Party!!  It's called akaPotsley and is available free at http://www.dafont.com/akapotsley.font or http://www.fontspace.com/akatype/akapotsley.  You may also click on the sample below.

Sample akaPotsley.ttf font

Here's a second free font for this week!! It's called Alicia In Wonderland.  Also a very good font for The Mad Tea Party or those character photos with Alice!  This font is available free at  http://www.fontspace.com/fz/aliciawonderland or click on the sample below.

Sample AliciaWonderland 

Of course I have a layout!  Scrapping is what I do!  But this is a very special layout.  I was looking through Connie's kits trying to match the color palette and failing miserably.  So, I dropped her a quick note to see if she could easily direct me to a kit.  You know what she came back with????



Connie had made this mini-kit back in 2010 for a MouseScrapper prize!  I have to tell you... Connie is awesome! And...  this sweet little mini-kit will be a prize again!! We'll get to that in a few minutes.  First.. my layout!


You caught me! I cheated just a little and took a piece of paper from Connie's Project 2013 May kit. I wanted something solid for those blends. 

Now for this week's contest...  I placed two different elements from the mini-kit somewhere onto my photos.  If you can tell me one or both of those elements and where I placed it/them...  I will send you the link to this adorable mini kit!!   But please.. DO NOT POST your answer in a comment!  Drop me a quick email at coyotelady(at)gmail.com.  Correct answers will be accepted through Sept. 1, 2013 at 7:00 AM.   (Think of this is a "hidden" element quiz.  It's the two elements I hid in/on my photos I am looking for. Not a list of elements I used. Thought I should clarify since I have had several answers telling me what all I used.  Added to post to clarify 8-25-13  3:24 PM Eastern)

Here is another hint for those who are Disney bound!  You cannot buy gum in DisneyWorld!  If you need it.. take your own.