Pirate and Pixie Dust Destinations - Marissa Selner

08/15/2024

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💰 Receive up to 💰$1000 Food & Beverage Card (+ more perks)
🎢 4+ night vacation package with park tickets
📅 Available select nights between 11/7/24 - 04/10/24
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08/11/2024

‼️ BREAKING NEWS‼️

NEW attractions, entertainment and more coming to Walt Disney World Resort.

🏰 Villains-inspired land coming to Magic Kingdom
💡 Night parade coming to Magic Kingdom
💫 Mandalorian & Grogo adventure coming to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Star Wars: Galaxay’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
🚪 Monsters, Inc.-inspired land and coaster coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios
🚗 Two Cars-inspired attractions coming to Frontierland in Magic Kingdom
🌐 Spaceship Earth lounge coming to EPCOT
🏴‍☠️ Pirates-inspired lounge coming to Magic Kingdom
🌴 Tropical Americas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom construction begins this fall
🐍 Indiana Jones attraction coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
🏠 Encanto attraction coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Please contact me to start planning your trip!
[email protected]

08/02/2024

‼️Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, DESTINY released some details - this ship is heroes and villains themed - perfect for Marvel fans.

There are some amazing firsts for Disney Cruise Line including the following:

🕸️SPIDER-MAN will be on the back of the ship! This sets the tone for the Destiny, bringing heroes and villains on board

🐾 Presiding over the Grand Hall will be a stunning statue of T’Challa, the Black Panther: King of Wakanda, devoted son and beloved brother sworn to protect his kingdom — and the Disney Destiny.

🦁A LION KING themed dinner!!!
While guests dine, live musicians and storytellers will present a musical journey through “The Lion King” soundtrack, using authentic African instruments and theatrical props to represent the story and characters.

🥃Three incredible adult lounges are coming to the Destiny…

A Cruella inspired piano lounge, De Vil’s, is boldy decorated in her signature colors.

The Sanctum will be Disney Cruise Line’s first lounge inspired by the powerful sorcerers and mystical artifacts of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange.”

☠️ At Cask and Cannon, join the ranks of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” for an evening of revelry, recreation and — of course — rum in this themed pub

👻 A Haunted Mansion themed lounge!
At the Haunted Mansion Parlor, grim grinning guests will sample a selection of ghostly cocktails that capture the spirit of the story, while legendary characters from Haunted Mansion attractions around the world come out to socialize in mysterious ways

🥓Two new HERO cafes:
Café Megara, a space that will pay homage to Disney Animation’s “Hercules” with a unique and vibrant “Greco disco” design, or at Café Merida, an area that will be inspired by the flame-haired heroine of Pixar’s “Brave” with its Celtic-centered design.

😴HERO designed staterooms!

STAYED TUNED! There will be more news to Come!

Castaway Club Members and select Disney Guests can book early beginning September 6, 2024. General booking opens to the public on September 12, 2024. The inaugural sailings begin in November of 2025, from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas or western Caribbean

📧 [email protected] to get the earliest possible booking by opportunity for your lowest price and best stateroom selection

07/28/2024

It’s National Water Park Day! Did you know that 2025 Walt Disney travel packages include FREE water park admission to the water park of your choice on your arrival day? You also have the option to add more water park time throughout your stay. The Disney water parks are cute, impeccably maintained, and so much fun!

Email [email protected] to book your trip!

07/24/2024

It’s an exciting day for Disney World planning - the new Multipass system has made its debut! Initial feedback is that it’s a smooth system and provides a more relaxed park touring experience in which guests can pre-reserve expedited access to favorite attractions at an additional cost.

I have recieved training on Multipass and will be reaching out to existing WDW clients this week to start making plans with this service if they would like. Please stay tuned.

If you are considering a Disney vacation - this is not the time to go it alone - planning the ideal trip has become more complex. Please email me at [email protected] and I’d love to help you!

Here are just a few of my favorites that can be experienced without the wait using Multipass/Singlepass

06/27/2024

Family vacation to wrap up the year? Let’s make it a YES 🙌

There are new promos out for Walt Disney Resort packages for October - December dates!

And….

Halloween and Christmas parties 🎃🎄

A NEW (and seemingly improved) system for hitting your favorite park attractions with reduced queue time ⏩

Lots of newly refurbished resorts and new attractions 👑

Contact me - [email protected] to start planning!

06/25/2024

🛑 HUGE NEWS ALERT!! 🛑

🥳 We are SO EXCITED to announce that starting July 24, major changes are happening to the current Genie+ system at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. We will FINALLY be able to plan your park day out in advance again so you can enjoy your vacation even better!

06/21/2024

How do you have $ on a Disney cruise?
Book early!

Prices are lowest when sailings are first released!

And…. Sailings for Fall 2025 into Spring 2026 are about to be released 🎉

Email [email protected] for your quote

06/20/2024

I have a Universal Orlando deal that you won’t find online - it’s only available when you book through a travel advisor!

Now through March 6, 2025, you can save up to $1300 on a 3-park 5-night vacation package!

Email [email protected] for this deal!

06/08/2024

Just booked: Disney’s Pop Century Resort in early 2025 for a family of 4 celebrating the kids’ golden birthdays!

This resort is budget-friendly, has a fun vacation vibe, and offers skyliner transportation for fast and smooth access to two of the theme parks.

Now is the time to lock in plans for your 2025 celebrations! Still plenty to look forward to this year as well. Contact me: [email protected]

06/05/2024

‼️ NEW WDW OFFER

This one is for those who want top of the line luxury and service for their vacation.

For select dates July-Sept, save 20% on a private VIP park tour when you stay in a Club Level room or suite

A VIP tour is the way celebrities visit the parks. Your group will be escorted by expert cast members on a customized tour with private transportation. Reduced waits, pixie dusted experiences, and all the best stories and commentary throughout the entire tour. It is VERY RARE for this exclusive experience to be offered at a discount!

A Club Level stay allows you to bring that VIP service right back to your resort. Prime location rooms and views, concierge service, and cozy lounges with drinks, snacks, small plates, and desserts. Check out the photos from when I stayed Club Level at the Polynesian. We watched fireworks from our beds while sipping champagne and snacking on desserts that we brought in from the lounge. Absolutely heavenly!

Dates and resorts are very limited and subject to block outs. Contact me ASAP to get locked in if interested in this offer - [email protected]

05/07/2024

I’ve been getting so many questions about our family park pictures - very happy to pass on my source for these!

We did two private in-park sessions through Disney - one at MK and one at Epcot. These were NOT the regular photo pass photos. They were taken by photo pass photographers who focused just on our group, and took us to their favorite lesser-known locations. We also had an assistant with us for each session to help keep our photos free of background crowds.

Each session allowed groups up to 8 - and was a target of 20 minutes, but our photographers allowed some leeway.

For the quality and quantity of photos, and the opportunity to have them taken in-park, I think it’s a good value - $100 per session - AND - if one person in your party has purchased the $189 Memory Maker add-on, you get high quality digital downloads of ALL the images (plus all the regular photo pass photos and ride photos from your trip). We ended up with 100 images per session.

For my clients, I can help you secure bookings for these sessions as part of our planning process. You can do these at all four parks (Animal Kingdom is on my wishlist to try next!). I’d be happy to pass on the names of my photographers as well, if you like what you see and want to request them.

These lesser known details are why you should use a TA specializing in Disney! Let’s chat - email [email protected]

05/06/2024

👻 We are so excited to announce that Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party will take place select nights between August 9th and October 31st with a few new updates!

Dates do sell out, so let's get your dates secured!

🎃MAY 8th: tickets go on sale for all Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests.
🎃MAY 15th: tickets go on sale to all other guests.

Party dates:
August 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30
September 2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29
October 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31

05/04/2024

Happy Star Wars Day 💫💫
Galaxy’s Edge is full of details and surprises. A big Star Wars fan really needs a full day just for Batuu. I have a guide to make sure it’s experienced to its fullest - email [email protected]

05/04/2024

05/03/2024

I am always on the lookout for unique Disney souvenirs. Did you know that during the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival you can procure your own small starter version of the big character/animal topiaries displayed all around the park? I saw them and had to have my own Mickey topiary. Except we named ours Topher.

He was pretty easy to care for at the resort, I just kept him moist with wet towels, and let him hang out in the window.

Do keep in mind that we experienced a bit of a delay trying to get Topher through airport security. I guess the TSA wanted to make sure he wasn’t having TOO much fun 🤭. But it is legal to bring plants through the airport, and he did make it home unscathed.

If you want to see the topiaries and maybe adopt your own, this year’s Flower and Garden festival goes until late May, and I’m also taking bookings for Spring of 2025! Email [email protected]

05/03/2024

We are back from celebrating my 40th birthday with family at Walt Disney World Resort! I will be catching up on emails, quotes and contact to throughout the day today. I would love to plan a magical vacation for your own family celebration!

04/27/2024

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04/21/2024

Heads up ‼️
I will be on vacation at WDW end of April - early May, celebrating a big, scary birthday with lots of family.

As I attempt to evade middle age with a healthy dose of childhood nostalgia - and many indulgences courtesy of the Disney Dining Plan - I may not be able to respond to emails or messages during this time.

If you have questions or would like to quote/book a trip, please reach out to me THIS week. If you have non-urgent needs, please feel free to send me an email - [email protected] - and I’ll respond when I return 🖤🖤

04/09/2024

I see you Free Dining 👀 - it’s out today! And yes, the Disney dining plan includes everything pictured here and more.

A few reminders about the offer -

Disney Visa Cardmembers only

Check in dates July 1-31, Sept 1-7, Dec 9-21

Free Disney Dining Plan for Deluxe resort guests, free Quick Service Dining Plan with option to upgrade for Moderate and Value resort guests.

Very limited inventory - email me, [email protected]

04/03/2024

‼️‼️IMPORTANT WDW PROMO ALERT

Getting your family to Walt Disney World is an investment - I always try to help my clients maximize theirs by informing them of promotional offers, and applying them to new and existing bookings. This is one of the reasons to use a Disney-specialized travel agent - you can save 💰💰

There is a new offer coming out on April 9. It is a FREE DINING promo for select arrival dates in July, September and December of 2024.

Here is what you need to know:

🧁 To qualify for the offer, you must be a Disney Visa cardholder and place your deposit for the trip on your Disney Visa

🧁 Your vacation must be a Walt Disney World Travel Package at an onsite resort property, for a minimum of 4 nights, with a 4-day or longer Park Hopper ticket

🧁 Some dates and resorts may be excluded, and some resorts may be excluded for certain dates

🧁 The selection of available dates and resorts will be best when the promo first releases - as rooms and dates fill up, the offer becomes more limited

As always, I will apply this promo to qualifying, existing bookings first. I will also reach out to clients who are close to qualifying and may want to modify their package (free food is an important thing, worth some tweaking IMO!). Then I’ll focus on new bookings.

If you are thinking about a trip this July, September or December, and would like to get a bunch of included meals and snacks during your stay, you can start preparing for this offer:

Get a Disney Visa card if you don’t already have one! This will be required to qualify for the promo

Email me - [email protected], so we can start your plans and apply that promo quickly!

03/14/2024

Summer 2025 DCL itineraries will fully open for booking March 22 (earlier opportunities for Castaway members). Favorite tropical itineraries from FL ports include the newest ships (Disney Wish and Disney Treasure), as well as the Disney Dream and Disney Magic, and stops at Castaway Cay and the new Lighthouse Point.

The Disney Wonder will return to Alaska for the summer 2025 season.

The Disney Fantasy is headed to Europe for Mediterranean, Greek Isles, Northern Europe and Norway sailings.

Our Norway sailing last summer was absolutely amazing, and I’ve been itching to get more families sailing out of Europe, now that I’ve experienced how easy and fun it is! For anyone interested in Norway this year, I have so much info on the best pre-cruise and post-cruise touring, port adventures, and more. I’d love to help.

If interested in booking for 2025, prices are lowest EARLY - email me, [email protected]

03/09/2024

Some favorite clients are at Universal Orlando this week, and got this most perfect shot of their little wizard, who is celebrating his birthday 🥳 🪄🧙‍♂️

03/05/2024

Universal Orlando and Hollywood certified for another year! Let’s get planning 😎

02/26/2024

‼️ BIG NEWS if you want to visit Walt Disney World in 2025…

🎉 Packages for January - Oct of 2025 will release for booking TOMORROW

💦 2025 packages will include admission to one of the two water parks on check-in day at no additional charge!

Email [email protected] to start planning! Lots of fun to be had still in 2024, but soon we can get 2025 nailed down too!

02/11/2024

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02/09/2024

Final segment of my report on Sandals South Coast in Jamaica 🇯🇲 - our 2nd excursion - zip lining and waterfall exploring at YS Falls!

I’ll preface this by saying that my one previous visit to Jamaica was as a child on a 1-day cruise stop. We went to Dunn’s River Falls. It was packed elbow to elbow with people, they herded us up the waterfall like a chain gang, I got trampled and scared. Not my best memory. So I was hesitant about Jamaican waterfalls, but this was the exact opposite experience. Secluded, peaceful, perfect.

We were picked up from the resort in a private van just for our group of 6, and we had both a guide and a driver. Lots of service for just 6 people! And these two were fantastic. “Mama J and Papa J, our new Jamaican family” ❤️
They gave info and anecdotes and were fun and hilarious the entire 45-minute drive to the YS estate. Then, once we got there, they walked us through the admission, showed us around, helped us get lunch ordered (we offered to buy them lunch too so they could join us and they happily obliged!), and connected us with our zip line guides. Mama J took my phone and captured about a million photos and videos while we were ziplining.

The zipline guides helped us get geared up and walked us to each line - it was just our group, no waiting. They were safe, careful and thorough. The course was pretty and it was nice to walk and climb after three full days of constant eating and drinking 😂. Again, I can’t emphasize enough how private and VIP the experience felt. I don’t think we saw any other people the entire time we were ziplining.

After ziplining, we got gear off, water shoes and swimsuits on, and got connected to our new waterfall guide. He also took our phones and captured ALL the photos and videos for us. A rare tourist visit where they don’t charge you for photos (we did tip generously though).

Our waterfall guide brought us to various parts of the waterfall. Some were pools we could swim in, waterfalls we could go under, etc. There were also swings into the falls. These were optional but our entire group chose to do them. The guide was helpful and told us when to let go, etc. The water was perfect temperature and very refreshing. You can see in the photos - VERY few people. Most were local visitors there on a Saturday.

We wrapped up with a very authentic jerk chicken lunch with our guides. Mama J mentioned that they have a more mild sauce on it for tourists. I asked about trying it the real way with the spicy sauce. She got it for me and I think was surprised that I poured it all over everything and ate it 😆🌶️ - was delicious and now I know to tell them I don’t want the tourist sauce!

On the drive back, more fun with our guides - they knew us well now and had lots of fun teaching us curse words in patois 🤣. Papa J stopped by a market in the way back and got us spices so we could make jerk chicken at home.

I have been on many cruises and done many excursions, and this was the most personal experience I’ve ever had. A perfect fun and active adventure to get a break from the resort routine.

If you would like help planning a Sandals vacation - in Jamaica or other tropical locale of your choice 📧 [email protected]

02/09/2024

❣️❣️ 1900 Park Fare character buffet at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort will re-open APRIL 10!

Dining reservations open March 5!

Breakfast and dinner service with old favorites (hello again, Strawberry Soup, I’ve missed you ❤️🍓), NEW characters (Prince Ali in his prince outfit 😍, Tiana 👑, Cinderella 🏰, Mirabel 💐), and refreshed decor 🎠

I’d love to help you get reservations if your trip is booked through me, or if you want to book a trip!

📧 [email protected]

02/08/2024

More from my report on Sandals South Coast in Jamaica 🇯🇲…

I have many clients ask - if I’m investing in a stay at this fabulous resort with all my food and drinks and beach/water fun included, is there any reason to ever leave? Are any excursions worth it?

One of my biggest goals for this trip was to be able to answer that and to see if I could find at least one solid excursion to recommend for clients who want to see Jamaica outside the resort for part of their trip.

I’m happy to report I can 💯 recommend at least two of the offerings via Sandals…

Here is the info in the first one:

This was a 5-hour tour. A morning catamaran ride, with a stop at the Pelican Bar for drinks, lunch and swimming, followed by the return catamaran ride.

The catamaran ride was everyone’s favorite part. We were on a boat that could fit 70 people, but there were only 14 of us ❣️- it picked us up right at Sandals’ pier, we didn’t need to leave the beach area of our resort.

There was open bar, yummy snacks, a DJ playing old 90s jams, and plenty of space. We quickly became friends with the rest of the group onboard, and we all kind of felt like we were on Diddy’s yacht or something far more extravagant than what we were expecting. The lack of crowd MADE the boat ride what it was for sure. It wouldn’t have been the same if the boat had been packed. From the info I was able to gather, it rarely is. They may not go if they have fewer than 16 people signed up (but I guess they made an exception in our case 😆). They said 20-30 people is more common, which still would have been plenty of room on the boat.

The Pelican bar is a bar built right in the middle of the ocean, only accessible by raft. It’s cool to see both inside and out, but isn’t the most comfortable place to hang out - seating is limited and the indoor shade areas felt too cold, and outside sun areas too hot. They served up delicious but pricey frozen drinks, but the big highlight was the snapper they caught fresh, and cleaned/prepared right out on the edge of the bar. Simply amazing. You can jump off the bar and swim, but some in our larger group of 14 had trouble pulling themselves back up - so best to avoid if you have any physical limitations, or if you’ve indulged too much on the boat drinks 😆

On the catamaran ride back to the resort, we saw dolphins! Our captain also anchored for a little bit in a safe spot so we could do some swimming off the boat. They refreshed the food and drink in the ride back, and it was absolutely perfect.

I’m happy to set clients up with this exact same tour if we’re planning a visit to Jamaica and this is on your list! 📧 [email protected]

02/07/2024

More from my report on Sandals South Coast in Jamaica 🇯🇲… let’s talk food 😋

If you come here (or to any Sandals resort) be ready to do some eatin’

We only had 4 nights and didn’t make it to all the restaurants (missed Jasmine’s and couldn’t get reservations for Schooners). But everything we had was amazing. Group favorites are Neptune’s (steak and seafood with outdoor seating and beach views), Giuseppe’s (Italian with a fantastic antipasti buffet), and Sushi in the Sand (perfectly prepared sushi and you gotta do the Saki Bomb experience!).

The only restaurant we visited with a dress code is Eleanor’s. Otherwise you can come as you are (but I always like to dress up a little 😊)

Other notable dining stops are the breakfast buffet at Bayside - I loved the entire table of exotic fruit and the fresh peppered mackerel, the Jerk Chicken shack, and the ice cream inside the Parisian Cafe.

Drinks are included everywhere you go - at dinner and at all the bars and lounges. If you don’t know what you want, ask the bartenders to get creative and make you something good. We tried some of the best drinks this way!

If this sounds like a vacation you want to take, 📧 [email protected]

More to come on the fun excursions!