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Halloween at Disney’s Magic Kingdom 2007!

Published July 27, 2007 in Save. 0 Comments

The Most Miserly Mom wants all you families who plan to visit Orlando, Disney World and especially Disney’s Magic Kingdom to know about the special events at Halloween.

Walt Disney World offers so much fun for everyone at Halloween. The littlest kid to the oldest kid at heart will enjoy Halloween at Disney. No one will be scared, in fact everyone will be delighted with parades, fireworks, cookies, hot chocolate – all with Minnie, Mickey, and the Gang of Disney characters. Disney calls this special event, “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.” We love this event, and we recommend it to kiddies in strollers, pre-school children, and pre-teens. We adults love it for the warmth and the fun and the smiles with real tricks and treats!

When you arrive at the Magic Kingdom for this event, you and your children should actually be in costume! All of the Disney Characters are in costume too! You will each be given a trick-or-treat bag that will be filled by Disney cast members around the park. Normally there are pumpkin ear balloons floating to show guests where the trick-or-treat stations are. Sometimes the cast members in the parades offer candy to trick-or-treaters as well.

Halloween Parade

Speaking of parades, Disney offers a unique Halloween parade at 8:00pm and 10:00pm. Everyone is in costume, and there are floats and characters like you have never seen before. In fact, the “headless horseman” starts the parade!

Mom’s Miserly Tip: Get to the parade route at least 15 minutes in advance!
Head to Liberty Square to see the headless horseman begin this not-so-scary parade down Main Street.

Halloween Fireworks

The fireworks are different on these Halloween Party nights as well. Usually tinker bell starts the fireworks, but Disney does a good switch here, and puts a “witch” on a broomstick to start the fireworks. They are awesome! They begin at 9:15pm.

Mom’s Miserly Tip: Head to the least crowded place to view the fireworks!
The best place to view the fireworks for us has been at the entrance to the Rose Garden path. The crowds are thinner, and your view is excellent.

This “party” only happens on certain dates, and you must purchase your tickets to the Halloween festivities in advance. This is in addition to your regular admission fee. The cost varies from $38 and up for adults and $32 and up for children ages 3-9. Children under 3 are free. The reason the prices vary is because Disney wants you to purchase these tickets in advance. You actually make reservations for this event, and the park is only open to those who have reservations and tickets. (Sometimes you can purchase the tickets the day of Halloween Party, but you risk the tickets becoming sold out and you pay more for them).

Mom’s Miserly Tip: You must reserve these tickets early!
The tickets sell out fast, so make sure you call 1-407-W-DISNEY as soon as you decide you want to celebrate Halloween with Mickey.

Mom’s Miserly Tip: Don’t Forget Your Complimentary Family Photo!
This is one of those rare times that Disney includes a complimentary family photo. It is a 4 x 6 photo, and a great family souvenir to take back with you (along with your memories of course!)

The dates of “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party for Fall/2007 are as follows:

Dates:

September 14, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

September 21, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

September 28, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

September 30, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 4, 2007 - October 5, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 8, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 11, 2007 - October 12, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 14, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 16, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 18, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 21, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 23, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 25, 2007 - October 26, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 28, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

October 30, 2007 - October 31, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

November 2, 2007, 7:00PM - 12:00AM

For reservations you can call 1.407.W.DISNEY.

You can also read more about the event on Disney’s Web site:

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/specialEvents?id=MickeysNotSoScaryHalloweenPartySpecialEventPage

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Universal Studios Cheap Annual Passes!

Published July 25, 2007 in Save. 0 Comments

The Most Miserly Mom wants any of you who are visiting Disney World, Universal Studios, and Orlando before August 31, 2007 to know that you can qualify for a great deal at Universal Studios.

If you purchase their annual pass on line before August 31, 2007 you actually get a 2nd year free! So just think — You can use these passes on as many vacations to Orlando and Universal Studios as you want for two whole years!

This is the promotion:

Buy a year, get a 2nd year FREE! Get 2 years of park-to-park access to both Universal Studios® and Universal’s Islands of Adventure® for the price of 1, $189.95.
2 Year of unlimited park-to-park access*
NO blackout dates
Free self-parking^
Food and merchandise discounts
Savings at Universal CityWalk® and on-site hotels
And Much More! Passes must be purchased by August 31, 2007 and activated by September 30, 2007.

For more information go to this web site:

http://www.universalorlando.com/annualpass/index.php.html?__source=emailfl0707

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The Simpsons arrive at Universal STudios!

Published July 24, 2007 in Universal. 0 Comments

The Most Miserly Mom wants to let all you folks heading to Disney, Orlando, Universal Studios, and this glorious Sunshine State know that the Simpsons are arriving at Universal Studios.

If you are a Simpsons fan, then this weekend is the weekend for you. Universal Studios has a Simpsons Movie and Breakfast Bash this coming weekend - July 28 & 29th. This deal lets you chow down with the Simpsons characters at breakfast and then attend the big screen debut of the Simpsons movie. There are three times for you to choose from on each day: 7:00am, 7:30am, and 8:15am. The passholder rate is $19.95 + tax per person and the guest rate is $24.95 per person plus tax.

For more information call 1.866.pass.4.fun.

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Early admission to Universal STudios!

Published July 20, 2007 in Universal. 0 Comments

The Most Miserly Mom wants you to be able to budget your money and your time wisely when you visit Disney World, Universal STudios, Sea World, and the Orlando area - so you should know this fact:

If you are an annual passholder with Universal Studios you can actually enter the parks - both Univeral Studios and Islands of Adventure at 8:00am! This way you can get a huge advance on your favorite rides.

The Most Miserly Mom did this and it really worked! We were able to get through the Hulk Coaster and Duelling Dragons with virtually no lines at all - It was awesome!

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Universal Studios for $19.95!

Published July 19, 2007 in Save and Universal. 0 Comments

The Most Miserly Mom always wants to report the best rates at Disney World, Universal Studios, & Sea World, and right now Universal Studios has an awesome deal!

After 5pm Guest admission is only $19.95 per person plus tax from now until August 18th. The trick is that you have to be with a passholder - so if you are visiting family or friends in the Orlando area, and they have Universal Studios annual passes - then you are golden!

Universal is open until 10:00pm, and there is so much fun going on at night. Not only can you ride the Hulk Coaster, Duelling Dragons, and see Shrek, but you can do all of this during the cooler nighttime hours for a great deal.

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