Swan & Dolphin Holiday Decor and Ornaments – Holidays 2013

The decorations at the Swan & Dolphin are elegant and restrained (compared to most of the decor at Walt Disney World during the Christmas Holidays) – very pretty…

sparkly snowflake on a snow covered tree

 

the kid in me loves how this is covered in beads and sequins (did you

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Old Key West Ornaments – Holidays 2013

More ornaments! These are really cute and very well themed.

there were a number of Christmas trees in the gift shop at Old Key West… some of them had what we call “I live at the beach and YOU don’t” signs (slightly bragging)

another sign… living at the beach is the

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Old Key West Decor – Holidays 2013

We didn’t have high expectations for the decorations at Old Key West… our mistake. They were colorful and whimsical, very nice.

there were bird of paradise flowers on lamp posts – these are one of our favorite flowers in Florida (and even though these are artificial, they provide a great pop of color)

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Let’s take a look at past holidays – Port Orleans Riverside

Riverside is the sister resort to French Quarter… from 2002 until 2008 we spent many Walt Disney World vacations at the Port Orleans resorts.

Hope you enjoy Nick’s photos from 2012.

Let’s take a look at past holidays – Port Orleans French Quarter

The Christmas Holiday season was so hectic and compressed this year (lots more travel than usual AND there was one less week between Thanksgiving and Christmas)… that we are revisiting a lot of photos from last year…

Hope you enjoy Nick’s photos from Port Orleans French Quarter 🙂

Port Orleans French Quarter

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Let’s take a look at past holidays – Wilderness Lodge

Another post from 2012, I particularly like Nick’s photo of the wreath with the moose antler…

Wilderness Lodge Ornaments – Holidays 2013

More ornaments! Including the bristle brush animals…

little mountain goat (or it might be a deer, what do you think?) – large lobby tree

birch bark canoe (and a little bit of a teepee) – main lobby tree

large antler, ribbons, greenery – large lobby tree

the

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Wilderness Lodge Decor – Holidays 2013

As we’ve come to expect, the public areas of Wilderness Lodge & Villas have a lot of nice decor. It tends to be rather rustic with antlers and dried flowers and lots of other natural elements…

Christmas tree in the central atrium of Wilderness Lodge Villas, this somewhat hidden spot is often calm

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Looking back at Disney’s Hollywood Studios during past holidays

While the decorations are lovely at all of the theme parks…

Magic Kingdom has the very traditional American details Epcot has details from all over the world plus some modern/future touches Animal Kingdom is very character oriented in the meet and greet area near Festival of the Lion King and naturalistic in all other areas

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Christmas Message

Nothing dramatically profound to say…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! Thank you so very much for reading our blog, following our tweets, and checking out our FlipBoard magazines, Nora & Nick

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