Disney World Free Dining Announced

One of my favorite new Disney web sites, Mouse Misers had this to say about free dining this year…

Travel Dates: August 24 - September 20, 2008

Walt Disney World has announced the “Free Dining” promotion for the fourth consecutive year. Currently, the discount is only available to Disney VISA cardholders, though it will be released to the general public starting on April 10. With the “Free Dining” promotion, Disney resort guests who book a Magic Your Way package that includes both your Disney resort room and your Magic Your Way park passes, will receive the Disney Dining plan add-on for free for all guest three and older in their party.

For the first time, Disney World guests will be able to book the “Free Dining”, and upgrade to the Disney Deluxe Dining for the normal price difference, which is $31 for adults and $10 for children three to nine. The Wine and Dine option is also available at full price to add onto either the Basic or Deluxe dining plans.

Availability is extremely limited, and must be booked by June 22, 2008. To receive the Disney VISA cardholder discount, you must pay your deposit at time of booking with your Disney VISA, and you must pay the balance with your Disney VISA card as well, when due. As a reminder, this exact discount will be released on April 10 to the general public without the Disney VISA requirements.

We have taken advantage of this offer the last two years, and we are doing it again this year. Fortunately, we booked it through a special promotion last year while we were still there, so we are already locked in. If you are interested, you should jump on it right away. You won’t find a better deal for Disney World anywhere. It’s awesome to be able to go and not worry about having to pay for your food. That’s one of the biggest expenses while you are there.

There is a difference this year than in previous years. Your table service meals no longer include an appetizer, and you have to pay your own gratuity (18%). In previous years, all of this was included in the plan. It’s still a great deal, though. If you want to book a trip, I highly recommend Joe at Dream Come True Vacations. He only books Disney vacations, and he is extremely knowledgeable about the complicated aspects of a Disney World vacations.

A Great Video

On the Buckhead Church blog, Jeff posted this video and said “Each staff member in the video came up with their own way to interpret what Isaiah 53 meant to them.” It’s great. Take a look…

Egg Drop Video

Here’s a fun video of the Egg Drop…

Athens Egg Drop

Well, after months of planning, the Athens Egg Drop is in the books.  It was an amazing event.  A LOT of people came- I’m not sure how many. The event started at 10AM, and people started lining up at 8:30AM.  I could not believe how wave after wave of people kept coming.  I know we had 2,100 wristbands for kids, and we had to turn away hundreds of people just to keep things safe.  It was definitely successful in getting our name out into the community, and it was about as well organized as an event like this can be.  I think it’s safe to say that Athens has not seen anything like this in the past- especially from a church.  It will be interesting to see how many people give Athens Church a try tomorrow for Easter.  You can see pictures here.

New Athens Church Videos

Mike and Courtney did an incredible job with these new videos. We are hoping they will help people get a taste for Athens Church when they visit our web site. Check them out…

Waumba Land

Upstreet

Extreme/Inside Out

Adults

I missed it

I can’t believe it,  I have been watching the odometer all week, and then yesterday, I looked down and saw this.  I don’t know what I was going to do, but I at least wanted to see it.  Maybe I can catch it at 200,000.

Church Signs Part 1

Just in case you weren’t aware…

T-Ball Time

Tyler is playing T-Ball for the first time this year.  We have the first parent meeting tonight, but I went to the league web site and found out that Tyler is going to be a Tampa Bay Ray.  Go Rays!  It’s a little disconcerting that the manager field is blank- looks like I may be coaching T-Ball.

A Great Proverb

 

I’m reading Proverbs right now, and I came across this verse, “Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.”

God reminded me that any time I gain something but sacrifice my integrity in the process, it damages my soul. It’s always easy to take short cuts in life, but it’s never worth it.

Good Eats, post #2

I had a lot of fun preaching yesterday. We were in part 3 of or current series Good Eats. You can dowload the mp3 of the talk here. I also got to fulfill one of my dreams and pretend to be a host on the food network. You can see that here.