A MAGICAL NEW YEAR

Hi everyone!!

I know, I know... it's been TOO long! We had quite a setback here at Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations once Superstorm Sandy came but we've relocated until our home is back up and running and we're settled in our new digs! To celebrate not only being back up and running,  but the ringing in of the NEW YEAR, I'm hosting a giveaway!

You can enter for your chance to win a $50 Disney Gift Card from Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations! Yep, that's right! A $50 Disney Gift Card! To win all you have to do is go HERE  (yes, click the word HERE ) and follow the directions!

 There's a lot of magic happening in Disney World this year. From the newest promotions to the year of Limited Time Magic! I'll be posting about all of it during the upcoming week but for now, don't forget to enter to WIN!!

 Happy New Year! We hope it's a MAGICAL one for everyone!

~~Chrissie

Traveling with little Pirates and Pixies

Traveling with kids can be overwhelming. Traveling with babies can be downright frightening! Do you bring a car seat? Stroller? What about a bouncy seat or an Exersaucer? Does the hotel have high chairs for your room?

When you travel to Walt Disney World you can rest assured that there are plenty of options! Now, you don't NEED a car seat for the flight and you can't use one on the buses but if you're renting a car you can't drive off the lot without your precious Pirate or Pixie secured in an appropriate seat. Car rental companies rent out infant, convertible and booster seats. What do you do when you get to your resort room or your villa? 

You can borrow the following items from your Disney Resort: high chair, baby crib, bed rails, European electric adapters, hair dryer (if there's not one in your room), iron & ironing board (again, if there's not one in your room), sharps (hypodermic needle) disposal containers. These are all only available if supplies allow so be sure to note it on your reservation! 

If you don't want to chance that there won't be availability of a baby comfort item, have no fear... there are many different companies in the Orlando Area that have baby items for rent... and they deliver RIGHT to your Disney resort or villa!! Yep, you can rent strollers, exersaucers, high chairs, booster seats, Bumbo seats, DVD players, baby monitors and so much more. You can even rent rocking chairs if you have real little ones that you want to rock to sleep at night after a fun day at the parks! :)

After Garden Grocer (we'll cover this AMAZING service in another blog post) this is one of my favorite conveniences when we're on a Disney World vacation!! Check out these rental companies for your next Disney World vacation and stop stressing about your little Pirate or Pixie's comfort!! :)  

A Baby's Best Friend: http://www.abbf.com/index.html  (We've used A Baby's Best Friend before and been thrilled with their services! :) )

Kingdom Strollers: http://kingdomstrollers.com/

Orlando Stroller Rentals: http://www.orlandostrollerrentals.com/ (they even have the Liberty Special Needs Push Chair!)

Baby's Away: http://www.babysaway.com/index.php

Have a MAGICAL Day!! :) 

~~Chrissie

Pirates, Pixie Dust, Lucky and HOPE!!

 

 Remember that blog I wrote a few weeks ago? About my Birthday wish? The way I was going to use my Disney Vacation Planning business to help St. Baldrick's Foundation Conquer Kids' Cancer?? The one that started like this... Since my business' name is Pirates and PIXIE DUST Vacations and I LOVE helping people to create MAGICAL Disney memories I thought it only fit to do something for my birthday that can spread Pixie Dust to families, like mine, that need it.

Well, I wanted to share with you my new friend... LUCKY!! Look at what the Graphic Artists at St. Baldrick's Foundation made for me to use with my Birthday Pixie Dust Promotion!! :) The St. Baldrick's Foundation Mascot is Lucky the Leprechaun and this is the best looking Lucky I've seen (and I've seen more than 70 of them!! lol)!I mean really, is it any wonder that I support them as much as I do?? On top of working daily to Conquer Kids Cancer for my son, Michael, and the 46 kids diagnosed with cancer every single weekday, they made this absolutely adorable Pirates and Pixie Dust Lucky JUST for me to use with my promotions!! :)

For any of you that haven't read my Birthday Wish Pixie Dust blog , I'll give you some info!! :) The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. St. Baldrick’s Foundation currently funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. As a Volunteer Event Organizer (VEO) I, along with a committee of amazing family and friends, run an event in Rockaway Beach, NY. Last year our event raised over $128,000! I like to tell people we raised over 128,000 glimmers of HOPE for us and the other families who are in this battle with us. St. Baldrick's Foundation is best known for their world-wide signature head-shaving events where individual event where volunteers get bald to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer and raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research.

I run one of these events in September along with the support of our wonderful family and some amazing friends. Our event is called Hope is in the (h)Air. This year we are holding our event on 9/15/2012 at Bungalow Bar & Restaurant in Rockaway Beach, NY. It's going to be another awesome day full of love, support, hope and in honor of 5 amazing kids! These kids are Mikey and his friends, Emily, Eddie, Ty and Evan. Evan passed away on April 16th so our day is not only in honor of these amazing 5 kids but in memory of Evan as well. So, in honor of my birthday (that has, by now, come and gone) I've decided to give myself a birthday present!

To spread some Pixie Dust and HOPE to our families... and to help St. Baldrick's Foundation make my WISH come true, here's my birthday present to me: For every Disney Vacation booked through Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations between June 1st and August 30th, not only will you get my booking and planning services at NO cost to you but, I will donate 10% of that trip's commission to St. Baldrick's Foundation! I will get to do what I love, helping people plan MAGICAL Disney Vacations, while helping Mikey, his friends and all of the kids diagnosed with cancer have just a little more HOPE!

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With love & HOPE... and a little bit of Pixie Dust,

Chrissie

A little Pixie Dust and some Birthday Magic

Since my business' name is Pirates and PIXIE DUST Vacations and I LOVE helping people to create MAGICAL Disney memories I thought it only fit to do something for my birthday that can spread Pixie Dust to families, like mine, that need it. My 6 year old has cancer. In medical-ese he has 'Unclassifiable LeptoMeningial Disease'. In 'regular terms', they don't know what kind of cancer it is but it's coating his brain and spine. He's a wonderful little boy. He's a fighter and he, along with all of the children diagnosed with cancer, are amazing. Our families need a cure for our kids. The only way to find a cure is through research. While the government cuts research funding for Childhood Cancer and while other foundations allot only $0.10 for every dollar raised to Childhood Cancer there's one foundation has raised the bar on funding Childhood Cancer Research. That Foundation is:

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. St. Baldrick’s Foundation currently funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. As a Volunteer Event Organizer (VEO) I, along with a committee of amazing family and friends, run an event in Rockaway Beach, NY. Last year our event raised over $128,000! I like to tell people we raised over 128,000 glimmers of HOPE for us and the other families who are in this battle with us. St. Baldrick's Foundation is best known for their world-wide signature head-shaving events where individual event where volunteers get bald to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer and raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research. I run one of these in September. Our event is called Hope is in the hAir. This year we are holding our event on 9/15/2012 at Bungalow Bar & Restaurant in Rockaway Beach, NY. It's going to be another awesome day full of love, support, hope and in honor of 5 amazing kids! These kids are my son, Mikey and his friends, Emily, Eddie, Ty and Evan. Evan passed away on April 16th so our day is not only in honor of these amazing 5 kids but in memory of Evan as well. So, in honor of my birthday this coming Saturday I've decided to give myself a birthday present! To spread some Pixie Dust and HOPE to our families... and to help St. Baldrick's Foundation make my WISH come true, here's my birthday present to me: For every Disney Vacation booked through Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations between June 1st and August 30th, not only will you get my booking and planning services at NO cost to you but, I will donate 10% of that trip's commission to St. Baldrick's Foundation! I will get to do what I love, helping people plan MAGICAL Disney Vacations, while helping Mikey, his friends and all of the kids diagnosed with cancer have just a little more HOPE!

So, Happy Birthday to ME!! Contact me TODAY to get started planning your MAGICAL Disney Vacation and know that when you book, you will be helping me spread some Pixie Dust and HOPE to thousands of families just like mine!! Happy Planning and Don't forget... If you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true Love, HOPE & Pixie Dust, Chrissie