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Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Price Increase

If you’ve never heard of Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, it is a salon for princesses of all ages at walt Disney World where you can get a makeover by the Fairy Godmothers In Training. It is a really unique experience. when we went in December, I made an appointment for all three of us.  We had our hair styled and makeup done. Cameron had her nails done also.  There is also the option to buy princess dresses for the complete makeover. We did not do this option as the cost really starts to add up. I really do recommend this for all little girls at least once. I think it makes for an awesome Disney experience that a young girl will never forget. I’ve in fact planned an appointment for my youngest as a surprise on her birthday next month, and so I was particularly disappointed to find out that the prices for this experience have gone up again!! Here are the new prices:

Coach Package increased from $44.95 up to $49.95.
Crown Package increased from $49.95 up to $54.95.
Castle Package increased from a range of $179.95 to $249.95 up to $189.95 to $249.95.

If you want to take your little boy to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for a Cool Dude do then you’ll be happy that the price of this package has decreased from $10 to $7.50.

More Disney Crafts – More Autograph Book Pages

I posted previously when we started Cameron’s Custom Disney Autograph book and thought it was well time for an update. We are making slow progress, and I’m afraid we’ll end up just taking some colored paper with us to Disney and finishing it when we get back, but we are still plugging along.  I have had a hard time finding embellishments for any more characters (and those I’ve found are a little too expensive for us) so if anyone has any suggestions, I’d be sure to listen!  :)   I’ve decided that we’re going to make stickers for some of the character’s pages that I haven’t found embellishments for so I’m off to buy printer ink today or tomorrow.

So without further adieu, check out the additions from the first post:

First Up is Daisy.

Simply Daisy

Simply Daisy - Cameron's 1st Page She Created All Alone

Next we worked on our princesses (those stickers are EVERYWHERE):

Snow White

Snow White

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Belle

Belle

And our last set so far – we started on Toy Story:

Jessie

Jessie

Woody

Woody

Ok.  This is how far we’ve gotten.  Sorry for the rough pictures and glares. I’ll do better next time. :) The pages are looking great, and Cameron is getting better and requiring less and less help from Mom, but it’s a slow process. I’m willing to put in the effort though as Cameron has decided that this will be her last autograph book, and we’ll just continue adding new people to it during future trips.  Word of advice: if you are considering undertaking such a project, give yourself PLENTY of time.

The Best Mail is Disney Mail

Yes. This is the slogan at our house, and the past week has been the most awesome in Disney mail in a awhile.  Last week right before leaving for Austin, we received our Magical Express tags from Disney.  These are the tags that you place on your luggage so that when you get of the plane at Orlando you don’t have to worry about your luggage – you just board the Disney Magical Express bus, and your luggage will magically appear in your hotel room in a couple hours.  (I LOVE THIS SERVICE)  I was so excited as it was our first offical Disney mailing so I know this means our vacation is fast approaching! (note: they are the bright yellow tags you see at the top of the picture).  Today was the first day that I had checked the mail since returning from Austin, and it included an even better piece of Disney mail – our actual travel documents.  This includes our final verification documents of the trip along with the free goodies you receive from Disney including luggage tags and coupons for things such as Photopass, mini-golf, and Planet Hollywood.

But that’s not all!  I also received my Disney gift cards I had cashed out for at Sunshine Rewards. Yes. If you need proof that reward programs work and that you do receive your earnings, check out my proof. You will see a total of $300 for our Disney vacation next month.  This is what we’ll use to pay for souveniors and tip our waiters now that the dining plan does not include the tip.  In the bottom right corner, you’ll notice one other gift card. This is a $10 American Express card that I earned through my participation with the Ipsos Survey Panel. This I think we’ll use in an airport when we need a snack or drink.

Disney Vacation Planning Making a Big Change?

If you have actively planned a Disney vacation, you are very aware of the importance of “180 days.”  This is when you can begin making hotel reservations and reservations for special places like Bibbiti Bobbiti Boutique. We anxiously mark that 180 day mark on our calendars, we get up early, and maybe we even call in to the Disney Reservation system on multiple lines to be sure we get through.  This may all be soon changing.

The current rumors on various Disney related sites is that this will soon be changing to 90 days (as it was in the past). According to rumors, this will apply for all but 3 restaurants that will keep their 180 day schedule – Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table (the Magic Kingdom castle), and Victoria and Alberts.

What I’ve read is starting July 16, no ADR (advanced dining reservations) will be able to be made for any dates past January 16, 2009, and all ADR’s needed for January 17 on can not be made until October 15th (as mentioned previously with the exception of Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table, and Victoria and Alberts.

Personally I am kind of excited about this. See I always want to analyze the Disney park hours and even subscribe to a service that analyzes them even more and makes recommendations for which parks will be the least crowded each day.  It is slightly stressful to me to get those hours and get the analyzation done before the 180 day mark to be ready for reservations.  As long as Disney continues to announce their park hours well in advance (and doesn’t wait until the 90 day mark too), I think this will make for much easier planning for myself.

According to Touring Plans, this is a temporary change while Disney makes a transition to a different computer system, but Mouse Planet makes not mention of the word temporary.

Source: Mouse Planet, Touring Plans.

One Step Closer to Disney

We are a pin trading family while at Disney. We love to pin trade. I had not actually participated until December, and I quickly became a fan too. I’ve been buying pins on ebay at great prices (I don’t pay more than $2.00 a pin). Well Thursday I bought us all shadow boxes, and we took our pins off of our lanyards and put them in our shadow boxes to display at our house. Now our lanyards are cleaned off and ready to head to Disney in just one month!!! Oh yea, baby! You read right….One month from today I’ll be frantically throwing last minute things in my ONE suitcase that I’m allowed to take and trying to figure out what I’ve forgotten.

But back to our pins. I’ve got 2 big pin missions for our next trip – to finish my cauldron collection and my fairy collection. Currently I have these two fairies (Fauna and Flora):

So I’m really wanting to find the other two in this series which are the Fairy Godmother and Merryweather.

In the Cauldron series I have Chernabog, Maleficent, Captain Hook, and Old Hag

According to Pin Pics, that leaves me needing only Ursula in the cast lanyard series, but there is also a Cruella DeVille that matches the series (but is/was available to purchase):

I’ve printed out the ones I’m looking for on an index card that I’ll keep with me while at the parks so I can remember which ones I still need. Of course, I’ll want to trade more than just 3 or 4 pins so I’ll be finding a new collection to focus on while there too, but I shall always have in mind these 4 pins that have eluded me so far.