Extend the Holiday with these Special Rates

With prices so low they're jaw-dropping, now is the best time to steal away for a well-deserved getaway at Walt Disney World® Resort. Visit between January 1 and February 12, 2009 for the opportunity to be inspired, entertained and refreshed. With rates this amazingly low, you can afford to take care of yourself and your family in style!


See the dream rates if you book now:

Select Disney Value Resorts - Standard Room

$54 per night, plus tax*

Valid for stays most nights 1/2 - 1/15 and 1/19 - 2/12/09

Additional per adult charges apply if more than two adults per room


Select Disney Moderate Resorts - Standard Room

$94 per night, plus tax*

Valid for stays most nights 1/4 - 1/17 and 1/21 - 2/12/09

Additional per adult charges apply if more than two adults per room


Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge - Standard Room

$154 per night, plus tax*

Valid for stays most nights Sunday through Thursday 1/2 - 1/15 and 1/19 - 2/12/09

Additional per adult charges apply if more than two adults per room



Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa - Studio

$189 per night, plus tax*

Valid for stays most nights 1/1 - 2/12/09

*The number of rooms available at these rates are limited. Minimum length of stay requirements may apply for Friday and Saturday arrivals.

Also, ask about special rates available through February 12, 2009 at other select Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels.

Does all of this election stuff have your head spinning?

Then this could be a great time to go see where it all takes place. Washington DC.

This city is a wonder to behold, with more square feet of museums than you can ever handle. Monuments to amazing people that have made sacrifices and tough decisions throughout America's short time on the planet.

Do not try and take it all in in one trip. My advice, read up and see the highlights. Make a list of those 4-5 places you cannot live without seeing.

The Smithsonian is huge, massive. If you were to take a minute at each exhibit, it would take you 5 years of 8 hour days to see all of the exhibits. So again grab a guide and circle a few favorites.

Most of the public buildings like the White house and Capital uilding are open to the public, but they might need tickets to go. Research them just after booking your trip and get your tickets early.

From an plethora if dining options to seeing how this nation works, Washington DC is a sight everyone of us should take in.

Get out there.

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Disney's Hollywood Studios has one of the greatest dark rides ever created. Now that is a bold statement, and it is true.

Housed inside a replica of Ming's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA the Great Movie Ride takes guests on an adventure straight into the movies.

Before entering the cue, take a look at the footprints in cement outside the front doors. Just like the ones in Hollywood. There are some funny ones here as well. Like Mickey Mouse and Kermit to name a few.

The cue to this ride is pure Disney. The detail, take it all in. Most people are so crazed to get to the ride that they miss the amazing work that went into the cue alone. The second part of the cue is in a movie theater, you serpentine through the line as you watch clips from some of the movies represented in the ride. Alien, Singing in the Rain, Footlight Parade, Indiana Jones. This part alone make you want to rush home and watch all of these movies again. Really, some you probably have not seen in some time or not at all. So the emotion that this brings to everyone is powerful.

You then board your moving theater cars (think Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot cars) with your host doing the driving.

I will not spoil what comes next, just say this. Like I have said many times before, you should let your self go a bit in Disney World. Imagine you are really there. When you pass by the Singing in the Rain scene, pretend to yourself that you right there watching from across the steet as this guy dances and sings. Or maybe your really on the Sulocke, scared to bits that some wierd Alien has taken all of your freinds and not it is after you. Just go with it, no one has to know your doing it. And if you do ... your experience will be that more magical.

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I know what your going to say, "Alaska? Didn't the season just end."

Yes it did, but this is the perfect time to plan next years vacations. And with this economy, it might be time to start to stash cash away for that vacation too.

I got in the mail today the new 2009 Princess Cruise brochure. As a travel agent I love to pour over these brochures, just to keep up with what is changing and what old favorites these amazing cruise lines have. And Alaska seems to be getting a lot of love these days.

And why not, it is an amazing place to see. I live in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, and with Miami, Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, all we have is city after city with suberbs in between. Do not get me wrong, I love it here. But Alaska is so much different. Out there, there is nothing, and that is a good thing. Get on a cruise ship and do a North or South bound cruise and you can go days with out seeing civilization. Out there the wildlife are the ones in charge. The whales, the bear, the moose, they call the shots.

I open my cruise brochure and there is the Princess Cruise Line "Voyage of the Glaciers" 7 days of Alaska. This cruise is offered either North bound or South bound. Both north and south bound go to the same places, so in theory they are identical cruises. What caught my eye is that these north and south bound cruises offer so much more.

On the North bound cruise you depart Vancouver and cruise Cruise the Inside Passage on the first day. The Second day you find yourself in Ketchikan. Followed by Juneau and Skagway on the following days. Your sixth day you spend cruising Glacier Bay National Park, and the last day cruising College Fjord. You disembark in Whitter Alaska, which is a short train ride from Anchorage.

3 ports of call, Glacier Bay and College Fjord. Glacier Bay is breath taking, and not to be missed. If you go to Alaska, you need to cruise Glacier bay. Grab a hot cup of Coco, and a deck chair, cuddle up underthe blankets and just be amazed at the wonder of Glacier Bay.

Most people would not like the 3 days at sea, but most of these cruises have three dayd at sea now. Getting to Anchorage is tough and these three days allows for more relxation.

No one will be board. The Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess (sister ships making these runs) are really gteat ships. 116,000 tons, massive. Four dining rooms, two specialty dining rooms, pools and hot tubs, A world-class spa, Kids, and teens areas. Trust me no one will be board. Princess also on some ships offers Scolar at Sea, a program designed to teach you a little about Alaska and the wild life.

Tips: Get a Balcony, trust me this is one cruise you where you need to be glued to the windows at all times.
Register the Kids for the Princess Pelican's kids programs. And let them have fun. I sometimes cannot get my 7 year old daughter out of the kids area, she loves it so much. Ad the Pirate Parade they put on is real cute.
Glacier Bay will take most of the day ,s o stake out a good spot. But you might want to go down to the Promenade deck once in a while. When you get close to some Glaciers the Promenade deck is a must.

Alaska is not expensive and there are deals to be had. Take a few minutes and let me know your intentions. When the kids get off for summer vacation, you do not have to put the winter coats away so soon, keep them out and go to Alaska.

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