Written by Tess and Melissa, children of Tink's agent, Michelle R. Materials Needed: 1/2 Yard of Fabric, Headband, Hot Glue Gun, Markers, Trim for Around the Ears, Fabric for Bow, Exacto Knife/Cutting Mat, Cardboard, Poly Fill Stuffing, Ear Templates. Step One: Use the ear template (Link) to cut out your ear pattern on both your fabric and your cardboard. When you are cutting out your ears from the cardboard you are going to use the template that is labeled ‘ear sewing line’. When you are cutting out the fabric for your ears use the template that is labeled ‘ear cutting line’. When cutting out the fabric for the ears make sure that you don’t mark the bottom of the ear and that you leave extra room on the bottom of the ear. (4 of each). Step Two: Once you have the cardboard ear cut out and the fabric cut out you are going to hot glue the fabric onto the cardboard ear. When hot gluing make sure that you don’t hot glue the bottom so that you can stuff your ears in the next step. Step Three: When your ears are all hot glues together you care going to stuff your ears with your poly fill. This will make your ears nice and plushy. Step Four: Once your ears are stuffed you are then going to hot glue them shut. You are going to do this for all four of your ears. Step Five: When you have all four ears stuffed and closed you are going to use the ones that match up the best and you are going to hot glue them together. Step Six: Then you are going to take a trim of your choice and you are going to hot glue the trim onto the edge of both ears to hide where you hot glued your 2 ears together. Step Seven: Making the bow, in order to start making the bow you will need to first get two pieces of fabric. Then use the Bow tutorial link in order to make a 5 inch bow for the center of your ears. Step Eight: Once you have all of your pieces to your ears you can now glue them onto your headband! When doing this, we like to line them up with a pair of park ears to match them up as best as possible. When you match them up, mark a little spot with a marker so that you can glue everything onto the ears exactly where you want them. After everything is glued on you are good to go and now you have a custom pair of Minnie Ears! Tink's Tip: In case you aren't feeling motivated to make your own ears, Melissa and Tess have created an etsy shop called "Oh My Magical Ears." So head on over and check out their store! Written by Tink's Planner, Jennifer C. Have you ever dreamed of visiting all 4 Walt Disney World theme parks in one day? You probably are thinking...is it even possible? The answer is YES! Let me share all of the details about how I conquered 16 major attractions, 2 shows, 1 fireworks display, 1 quick service meal, 1 sit-down dinner, numerous snacks, pictures with all of the iconic Disney landmarks and more!! I’ve been lucky enough to visit Walt Disney World countless times. I’ve been to every park more times than I can count on my fingers and toes. During my last trip to WDW in April 2019, I challenged myself to take my love of Disney to a new level! Instead of visiting one or two parks each day, I wanted to visit ALL four in one day! It’s something I’ve never done before, and I spent weeks preparing with my family how to master such a feat: strategic Fastpass planning, driving vs. Disney transportation, Extra Magic Hours, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks?! So many details to consider!! Our “4 Parks, 1 Day” adventure took place with my parents, 12 year old sister and my fiancé on Wednesday, April 10th, 2019. Since we were staying on site at Animal Kingdom Lodge, a Disney resort, we were able to book our fastpasses 60 days in advance. Josh (my wonderful fiancé) and I booked FP’s for thrill rides, while my family chose other, less intense attractions. Our plan for the day was: Animal Kingdom (rope drop) → Hollywood Studios → Epcot → Magic Kingdom (extra magic hours 10 pm-12 am). We booked three FP’s for Hollywood Studios, and after we used all three at HS, we continued booking one at a time at the remaining parks! Ready to see how we managed visiting all four parks? Here is a breakdown of our schedule for the day: Started at Animal Kingdom: 7:00 AM - Cooked breakfast in the room to fuel up for the day! 8:00 AM - Drove to AK before rope drop (9 AM park open) We had a rental car, which saved a lot of time getting to and from parks. 8:40 AM - Entered the park before it opened. We then followed a cast member to the Expedition Everest standby line where we waited until the official park open. **We knew there would be higher crowds for Flight of Passage, so we skipped it on this day, but made sure to visit on a different day of this vacation.** 9:00 AM - First in line for Expedition Everest! 9:07 AM - Entered the first ride vehicle of the day for Everest. Woohoo! 9:17 AM - Walked to Africa and entered the queue line for Kilimanjaro Safari. 9:26 AM - We then walked to Dinoland U.S.A. 10:04 AM - Entered queue line for Dinosaur and then quickly boarded! We barely escaped the Carnotaurus! 10:45 AM - Mobile Ordered lunch from Satu’li Canteen during the walk from Dinoland U.S.A. to Pandora- The World of Avatar. 10:55 AM - Entered Satu’li Canteen and quickly picked up and enjoyed lunch. 11:17 AM - Met up with my family, exited AK and drove to HS. We had a solid two and a half hours at Animal Kingdom! Since we’ve been there so many times, we knew exactly which attractions to ride, how to get around the park (park maps are life savers!) and mobile ordering lunch ahead really saved us time. Josh and I shared our meal since the servings are so big, and we also wanted to keep snacking at each park so we didn’t want to fill up too early. Hollywood Studios: 11:37 AM - Entered gates at Hollywood Studios! 11:43 AM - First fast pass for Tower of Terror where we entered... The Twilight Zone! The other half of the family headed to Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular. 12:00 PM - First row for TOT! Woohoo! 12:05 PM - Waited for next FP at Rockin’ Roller Coaster. Headed to Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy, which was conveniently next to RRC. 12:30 PM - Watched the 13 minute Racing Academy show 12:35 PM - Entered FP line for RRC! Aerosmith gave us some backstage passes! Woo! 1:12 PM - Headed to Toy Story Land for our final FP at HS. 1:35 PM - Entered the FP line for Toy Story Mania! At this time, we all started looking for new Fastpasses to book at Epcot on the My Disney Experience app. 2:20 PM - Grabbed a coffee at Starbucks on Hollywood Boulevard and exited the park. We spent another amazing two and half hours at Hollywood Studios. We were able to ride our favorite rides and we saw the new Racing Academy show featuring Lightning McQueen! The other half of my family enjoyed Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular and Beauty and the Beast Live on stage. In between rides we grabbed small snacks (popcorn, Mickey pretzel) to keep us energized and filled up on water. It was HOT that day, so we made sure to stay hydrated! Epcot: 2:38 PM - Entered Epcot! Of course we stopped to take pictures with the Epcot ball! 2:45 PM - Entered the Single Rider line for Test Track (walked right on!!) We could only book one Fastpass at a time now, so we had to maximize our time by splitting up for this ride. 2:56 PM - We walked around for a bit before our Soarin’ FP. 3:03 PM - Entered the queue for Living with the Land, which is a hidden gem inside the Land pavilion! 3:25 PM - Entered FP line for Soarin’! All 5 of us booked a FP. 3:33 PM - As we were in line for Soarin’, we booked another FP for Space Mountain in MK, our last park! 3:56 PM - We exited Soarin’ and made our way to the World Showcase to enjoy the Flower & Garden Festival. We spent about an hour exploring all of the countries. We enjoyed a variety of snacks as we traveled around the world. Some of our favorites were the potato pancakes with ham, onions and sour cream in Germany, a honey tandoori chicken flatbread from the Honey Bee-Stro, and vegetable spring rolls from the Lotus House. 4:50 PM - Josh and I exited Epcot & made our way to the Ticket and Transportation Center to catch a monorail to MK. The other half of our group took the car back to the resort for some rest...it’s a lot of work to park hop all day! At Epcot we spent a little over two hours walking around, rode all of our favorite attractions and enjoyed the Flower & Garden Festival. We were able to fuel up on some snacks and drinks to give us a boost for the rest of our magical adventure. Next up is Magic Kingdom! Magic Kingdom: 5:22 PM - We made it to Magic Kingdom! Josh and I spent some time taking photos by the railroad station and on Main Street U.S.A to document our last park of the day. 5:39 PM - We had snagged a FP for Space Mountain so we went there first! After we scanned our magic bands for Space Mountain, we grabbed another FP for Buzz Lightyear right after. 6:00 PM - Boarded Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin to defeat the evil Emperor Zurg! 6:31 PM - Entered the queue line for Splash Mountain. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah! After Splash Mountain, we made our way to the exit of Magic Kingdom, and hopped on the monorail. We had a 7:30 PM dinner reservation with the rest of the family at ‘Ohana at Disney’s Polynesian Resort -- which was a perfect way to relax before we continued our quest for 4 parks in 1 day! 8:55 PM - We took the monorail back to Magic Kingdom with the whole crew! Magic Kingdom had extra magic hours from 10 PM - 12 AM this evening. 9:15 PM - We walked down Main Street U.S.A. and found a perfect spot in front of Cinderella’s castle to watch the Happily Ever After fireworks show. 10:15 PM - After the fireworks, we walked to Big Thunder Mountain railroad! No fast passes are given out during extra magic hours, so we just enjoyed going from ride-to-ride for the remainder of the night 11:45 PM - We gathered for a family picture in front of the castle. I could not believe we made it to all 4 parks in 1 day! 12 AM - That’s it folks! We made our way back down Main Street U.S.A. for our final walk out of Magic Kingdom. We were exhausted!! My Fitbit captured our mileage and steps for the whole day. In total: 14.2 miles walked and 34,753 steps counted. Wow! What a magical day! Would we do it again? YES!
Hello, my name is Frankie, I’m eight years old and my mom, Amy, is a Tink’s travel agent. This year I went to the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida and I stayed at the Polynesian Village resort. Here are my reasons why I loved the Polynesian Village. When you walk in and look straight ahead you see a Tiki man greeting you. As soon as you check in everyone gets a flower lei. When you walk through the lobby and walk out the sliding doors to the outside, look to your left. You can get a delicious Dole Whip at Pineapple Lanai. If you look straight ahead you can see the pool. It looks like a volcano. There is a waterslide, waterpark for little kids and activities like making necklaces and music. There’s also a beautiful beach that you can see the Happily Ever After Fireworks from at night. We stayed in the Hawaii building. We had a balcony that looked out to palm trees. I noticed there was a pull out bed underneath the television and had a mural of Lilo and Stitch sleeping in a hammock. The couch also turned into a bed. My brother and I took turns sleeping in each one. There's a good restaurant at the Polynesian called Capt. Cooks and its next to the pool. On our last day we went to another restaurant at the resort called Ohana and met Mickey, Lilo and Stitch. That's why I loved the Polynesian Village in Disney World Florida. I can’t wait to go again! |
Our vacation planners their children and yes, even some of our Tink’s clients, have written about their experiences in the Neverland Blog. The magic of Disney comes alive in an immediate way when our children visit the Land of Mickey and Minnie.
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