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ENTER TODAY: Number 8... August 26, 2012
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ENTER TODAY is your weekly "tickler" file of special free entry Disney and other vacation contests and sweepstakes... PLUS a little magic. Included are highlights and short deadline posts from Disney Contests and Sweepstakes, but also from our sister blog Travel Contests and Sweepstakes. You'll note that we do include advertising in our newsletter. They are clickable, and your consideration of their offers would be appreciated and will help support our efforts. Thank you. And, as a Disney geek, I've added information from A World View – Enjoying Walt Disney World. By the way, do you have a Walt Disney World trip planning question? Let me know by e-mail (brucewdw@gmail.com) and maybe we can help. Please tell your friends about our newsetter. You and they can sign-up free using this link: http://eepurl.com/nr6Pf. Good Luck and have a magical day!
Disney Destinations & Theme Park Contests Ending Soon
[Contest entries for Disney Events, Parks & Cruises... plus Universal, Sea World, Legoland, and other California and Florida Adventures]
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Recent Additions to Disney and Travel Contest Blogs
And, Our Blogger Partner Events
We join as a participating blogger in product contests hosted by other bloggers. Entries will normally be through social media "likes" and related items. Here are some:
(OK, not exactly a Disney Contest... but both were posted on my Disney site and have really good prizes for the winner!)
from Disney Contests and Sweepstakes
To Chicago and Washington DC where you will visit the National Museum of Natural History with exhibits featuring dinosaurs. GRAND PRIZE (one [1] will be awarded): The Grand Prize consists of a Family of Four trip for the winner and three travel companions (Trip is for two (2) adults and two (2) children). Trip consists of the following: Four (4) nights hotel accommodations (1 in Chicago and 3 in Washington D.C.) consisting of single standard room/suite, room and tax only at hotels selected at the sole discretion of the Sponsor; One way rail or air travel (as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor) from major gateway city within the Eligibility area, nearest winner’s home city to Chicago; One way on Amtrak’s Capitol Limited in Sleeping Car Bedroom accommodations (or two Roomette accommodations) – Chicago to Washington D.C.; Chicago City Passes for four (4) (for the Field Museum); 24-hour pass on Old Town Trolley hop-on/hop-off tour; Madame Tussaud’s admission for four (4); National Museum of Natural History admission for four (4) Pre-paid set dinner for four (4) at Carmine’s in Washington D.C., excluding alcoholic beverages; One way rail or air travel (as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor) from Washington D.C. to winner’s home city point of origination; The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is $5,000.Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United State and DC, 18+. One entry per person per day.
Expires: August 31, 2012
Enter now for your chance to go behind the scenes for the first time ever and see where the magic began. GRAND PRIZE: A 3 day, 2 night trip for four to London. Passes to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, The Making of Harry Potter. Two 1st Prizes. Harry Potter Wizard's Collection.This box set contains all 8 films with 31 discs on Blue-ray, DVD and Ultraviolet and is the ultimate must-have for any Harry Potter fan.Entertainment Weekly. Open to legal residents of 48 contiguious United States and DC, age 18+. Void in AK, HI and ouside the US and in PR.
Entry Form: http://disneycontests.blogspot.com/2012/08/harry-potter-ultimate-experience.html
Expires: August 31, 2012
Other Featured Vacation Contest
from Travel Contests and Sweepstakes
The Bourne Legacy Prize from Hilton HHonors
Win a Top Secret Trip - Fit for a Covert Operative
They are running a surveillance on Washington DC and your presence is needed on site. Bit if anyone asks you wer enever ther. Winner receives a round-trip airfare for four to Washington DC; a seven-day, six-night stay at the Capital Hilton; a Spy City Tour for you and your guests, plus admission ot the International Spy Museum; a $1,000 Hilton HHonors Gift Card to be used at more than 3,800 hotels and resorts worldwide; and 1,000,000 HHonors Bonus Points for your next mission. Open Only to Legal Residents of the u.s. and the united kingdom (EXCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND), who are of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction/PROVINCE/TERRITORY of residence (and at least 18 years of age) and who are Hilton HHonors™ members at time of entry. Limit is one entry per person during the promotion.
Plus... A Little Magic Toy Story Midway Mania and Pixar Place are Great Places to Visit 
Photo and Story by BruceWDW
One of my favorite places to visit in Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM) is in the area encompassing Pixar Place, Mickey Avenue and Animation Courtyard. There is so much to do and see that you can spend a good part of your day here and not realize it. I particularly love walking around Pixar Place, with the wide variety of toys and games as decorations; and of course, Toy Story Midway Mania. Pixar Place is physically situated just behind the Chinese Theatre housing The Great Movie Ride at one end, and if you can the wall at the other end, You’ll be at Rosie’s All-American Café. Where else can you find larger-than-life characters and toys we all still love, and which are very familiar from the Pixar hits of Toy Story 1, 2 and 3. For example, the Green Army Men on the roof tops and Monkeys in a Barrel hanging across the street from one building to the next. This is also an area of meet-and-greet for the Toy Story film characters. [Click Here to continue story.]
GUEST POST - Growing Up Disney
A new feature of ENTER TODAY are links to a story personally selected by a guest Disney fan blogger. Today's feature is from Growing Up Disney blog on August 13, 2012. Visit Amy and her family at http://www.growingupdisney.com.
Tips for a Child's First Walt Disney World Vacation
One of our own Minnie Moms, Janine, asked for some help from the rest of the gang this month. In late September, she and her husband will be bringing their two and a half year old daughter to Walt Disney World for her first visit. Nine requested the other ladies offer their advice for this journey. A bit of background in case you've not read Nine's planning blog. She and her husband live in the UK and have visited WDW many times so she knows what to do to prepare the adults, plan the trip, etc. Hotel and airline reservations have been made, park hopper tickets have been purchased, international travel paperwork has been filed. They visited Disneyland Paris this summer. But like most moms taking her child to a new place far from home, Nine would like a little reassurance from her friends. [CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE]
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Current Disney Travel Special Offers Check out these weblinks for information on Disney destination special offers. I've identified one each for Walt Disney World, Disneyland and the Disney Cruise Line, but click on the appropriate hyperlink for more.
Walt Disney World: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/special-offers/ Get a FREE dining plan when you purchase a non-discounted 6-night/7-day Magic Your Way room and ticket package at select Disney Resort hotels, for arrivals most nights September 30 through December 20, 2012. Disneyland: http://disneyland.disney.go.com/special-offers 4 Days, 3 Nights from Less than $99 per Person per Day. With a newly transformed "street" and a revved-up new "land" to explore, Disney California Adventure theme park has expanded — and you'll want to experience all the excitement! Check out this affordable package for a family of 4 that gives you extra time to have lots more fun throughout the Disneyland Resort.
Enjoy great rates on select sailings for the 2 newest Disney ships—the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy! Rates start at just $660 per person, plus tax for a 4-night Bahamian cruise aboard the Disney Dream in September. Price based on double occupancy for Inside Stateroom GTY bookings. Government Taxes and Fees not included.
About the Author:
I think watching a True-Life Adventure called The Living Desert started my enthusiastic love of Disney; I must have seen this film every year I was in elementary school. Of course there was the original Mickey Mouse Club which encouraged me to watch Walt Disney Presents (and its successors). Then the 1964-65 World's Fair introduced me to many new and future technologies (Wow, I can actually see people on the telephone!); but mostly it was the awe and imagination that Walt Disney infused into that exposition which started me on my present path. Much of my life's enjoyment has revolved to a great degree around the imagination and creations of Walt Disney, and to enjoy the work of those who he inspired. So where else would Mary Ann and I go on our honeymoon but Walt Disney World two years after it first opened, and the adult love story began (both my marriage and Disney devotions). Skip ahead to today, and I'm writing blogs and posting information for the world to act upon (particularly contests) and use (like the trip planning information in A World View). Two children and four grandchildren later, we still look forward to a Walt Disney World vacation, of course with family, but also just the two us absorbing and enjoying the most magical place on earth.
Again, good luck and have a magical day.
Bruce
brucewdw@gmail.com
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