Hi! We’re Danielle and Hayley, two sisters from Massachusetts who visit Disney as often as possible, often with our collective 6 (soon to be 7!) children in tow. We’ve got a passion for helping people make the most of their Disney vacations, especially those traveling with small children. We’ve hit the parks with kids ranging from 3 months to 10 years - including in a hurricane! - and have gathered all kinds of wisdom to pass on to our listeners along the way (plus hilarious stories of our epic fails).
Hayley (left) and Danielle (right), on Cooper and Audrey's first trip (November 2019)
September 2022 - our crew has grown just a bit since 2019!!
Our content mostly focuses on Walt Disney World, but we also mix it up with episodes about Disney Cruise Line, Universal Orlando, Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, and other destinations. You can listen twice weekly wherever you like to listen to podcasts and follow along on Instagram and Facebook.
We started this podcast with the goal of helping people maximize their trips with young children (hence the "...with Minis" title), but in 2023, we started a tradition of an annual Sisters Trip, where we've been known to stay at 5 hotels in 5 nights, visit 4 parks in 1 day, and make a truly absurd amount of dining reservations.
Four Park Challenge (June 2024)
SO, WHO EXACTLY ARE WE???
December 2024
Hayley is a lawyer by day, Disney addict by night. She has three (soon to be four!) kiddos: Cooper (7), Grace (4), and Emma (3), with baby boy due in November. Her husband, Nick, likes to pretend he only tolerates her Disney obsession, but he enthusiastically bought into Disney Vacation Club a few years ago, so the jig is up. Her absolute favorite time to visit is early December, but she's a firm believer that there's no "bad" time for a Disney trip. Her favorite ride is Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, her favorite restaurant is Narcoosee's, and her favorite resort is whichever one she's staying at next!
September 2022
Danielle has done Disney World just about every way you can do it: multigenerational trips, romantic trips, family trips, and girls’ trips. She's hauled three strollers and a wheelchair through the parks and zipped around with only a backpack, managed split-stays at multiple hotels, weathered a hurricane on property, navigated Disney with folks with disabilities, enjoyed fancy dinners and totchos on-the-go, on-property, off-property, budget trips and splurge trips, every kind of season from surface of the sun July to chilly February. She has three girls: Ella (11), Audrey (7), and Gloria (5), and she's working on converting her husband, Jon, into a Disney fan.
Danielle is a Senior Travel Agent with Fantastical Vacations and specializes in the Disney and Universal properties, plus most major cruise lines and all-inclusive destinations - at no cost to you! You can get started planning your next adventure by emailing her or giving her business a follow on Facebook.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!
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See ya real soon!