The Eat To The Beat Concert Series

The Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is no secret. For many people this festival, which is included with the price of your admission ticket, is a main reason to head to WDW in October. Along with the more than 25 countries that are represented by kiosks selling special snack size foods (many of which can be exchanged for a snack credit on your Disney Dining Plans) are free special events like lectures, presentations and The Eat To The Beat Concert Series. This morning The Orlando Sentinel posted The Eat To The Beat Concert Series lineup!! There's only one set of dates that are TBA, 10/14-10/15 but the rest are a blast from the past for many of us!!

Sept. 27-29: Starship starring Mickey Thomas

Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Go-Go's

Oct. 2-4: Air Supply

Oct. 5-6: Sister Hazel

Oct. 7-9: Sugar Ray

Oct. 10-11: Edwin McCain

Oct. 12-13: Manhattan Transfer

Oct. 14-15: To be announced

Oct. 16-17: The Pointer Sisters

Oct. 18-20: Night Ranger

Oct. 21-23: Boyz II Men

Oct. 24-25: Survivor

Oct. 26-27: 38 Special

Oct. 28-30: Smash Mouth

Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Spin Doctors

Nov. 2-3: Christopher Cross

Nov. 4-5: Hanson

Nov. 6-8: Dennis DeYoung

Nov. 9-11: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

If you'd like to head to WDW for The International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot contact me today for your free, no obligation quote!! Don't forget when you book your Disney Vacation through me my planning services are FREE to you!! :) 

Have a MAGICAL day! 

Chrissie

Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop ~ Disney Weenies

The theme for this week's Disney Wordless 


Wednesday Blog Hop, 7/18/12, is ~Disney Weenies~

I promise you, Disney Weenies aren't pictures of hot dogs you can get at Disney and they aren't pictures of someone ducking out of the Tower of Terror or Rock n Roller Coaster ride because they're scared! Nope, a Disney Weenie is what Walt Disney and the Disney Imagineers called the iconic structures in each of the parks and lands!! :) They can all be seen from a distance and they bring you in by their amazing looks!! So... there's the obvious Cinderella's Castle, Sleeping Beauty's Castle, The Tree of Life, Spaceship Earth, Mickey's Sorcerer's Hat, Space Mountain, Expedition Everest... just to name a few!! :) 

                                              

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Thanks so much to Deb at Focused on the Magic for hosting this Blog Hop!! :) 

Have a MAGICAL day!! 

~~Chrissie~~

PS... don't forget about our Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations summer Birthday Wish... For every Disney vacation booked during Summer 2012 a percentage of my commission will be donated to St. Baldrick's Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research!!

Happy Birthday America!!

Happy Birthday America! Happy Independence Day! Happy 4th of July!

Thank you to all of the service men and women... past, present and future who have given so much of themselves!

If you're spending time at Epcot, listen to and watch the Voices of Liberty sing the National Anthem and the Spirit of America Fife and Drums play a patriotic tribute! Both of these amazing performance groups can be seen in Epcot at the American Pavilion in World Showcase

Click the links below to see Voices of Liberty sing the National Anthem and the Spirit of America Fife and Drums!

Voices of Liberty

Spirit of America

Have a Happy, Safe & Magical July 4th!!

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

More pictures from my trip 'Around the World'! :)

On my first day in Disney World I spent many hours walking through the World Showcase in Epcot. One of my favorite countries to visit is Mexico! :) Not just because of the Margaritas (although they are amazing!) or because of La Cava del Tequila but because it OOZES Mexican Culture! From the artwork, ponchos, baskets, sombreros and food for sale to the Mariachi band that performs outside the Mexican Pyramid modeled after an Aztec Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Inside the Pyramid you can take the Grand Fiesta Tour with the Three Caballeros! Mexico is one country in Epcot's World Showcase that you should really spend some time in and enjoy all that it has to offer!

Have a MAGICAL day! ~Chrissie PS - Don't forget to enter to win the amazing gift bag of Disney World Souven-EARS that a few other FTJ agents and I are offering!! :) a Rafflecopter giveaway

Fun WDW Parks Souven-EARS Gift Bag Giveaway!

Before I left for Disney World I spoke to quite a few of the other agents that I work with through Fairytale Journeys. I offered to do some shopping while I was in the World (not exactly a chore for me, as you all well know ;)) and bring back the purchases that I made to be able to offer a Sounven-EAR Gift Bag Giveaway to all of you! Check out our raffle here... you can enter to win 14 times! :) Be sure to enter... and tell all your friends about the awesome prizes included in our giveaway!! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you all so much!! Good luck to all of you that enter! Have a MAGICAL day! ~~Chrissie

Back from my vacation... and I have TONS of pictures to share!!

Hi all..

Well, I must tell you, while I'm the first to say that seeing Walt Disney World through the eyes of your child is an amazing feeling... seeing Walt Disney World without a stroller and a diaper bag can be just as rewarding! :)

I was lucky enough to be visiting 'The World' during Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival! I'm going to share just some of the AMAZING Character Topiary that the Disney Imagineers were able to make with you!

I'll be back updating more about my trip and to bring you a FUN and MAGICAL giveaway sponsored by some of the Fairytale Journeys agents and myself of WDW Parks Merchandise valued at over $75!! :)

Enjoy!

Have a MAGICAL day!

~~Chrissie