Refilling My Pixie Dust

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Refilling My Pixie Dust

RUUBEN & SARA · A WORLD WE SHARE

Our happy place.
A whole world of Disney.

The park days. The little discoveries. The memories we make together. This is our shared corner of Disney, with room for everything Ruuben loves: Magic Kingdom and EPCOT, roller-coaster thrills, Minnie Van rides, Christmas sparkle and all the little details in between.

Open our scrapbook ↗A little more magic, together
Ruuben and Sara smiling together in festive clothes at Walt Disney World
Two people. A little more pixie dust.A real moment together · Posted November 2025

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Disney’s Yacht Club Resort facade and lighthouse across Crescent Lake at sunset in an archival 2012 photograph
An archival view of Disney’s Yacht Club Resort from March 2012, not a photograph of the newly completed work. Original image unchanged, with the photographer’s watermark retained. Rhys Asplundh / Rhys A., CC BY 2.0 Original source · License

News ·

Yacht Club’s exterior maintenance notice is gone

Disney’s resort page now lists only planned Skyliner closures in its refurbishment notice, after BlogMickey reported the exterior work had wrapped up.

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The fountain and illuminated entrance sign for Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT at night
An archival photo of the entrance to Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure from our own collection. This is not a photograph of the new show sets. Photo: Refilling My Pixie Dust Original source

News ·

A closer look at Remy’s new show sets

Imagineering’s latest behind-the-scenes video explores the physical details added around Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.

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Together ♡Magic Kingdom ✦EPCOT ✧Hollywood Studios ✨Animal Kingdom ✦Christmas sparkleLittle treasuresMinnie Van magic
A FEW PAGES TO START WITH

Little moments.
Stories worth keeping.

Our life together is part of the story, not the whole of it. Here are a few pages to start with, from shared memories to the Disney magic that started long before.

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2021–2026 · A scrapbook you can turn through, one page at a time.

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RUUBEN’S KIND OF MAGIC

Four parks.
A thousand little reasons.

Magic Kingdom and EPCOT are Ruuben’s favourite parks. They sit at the heart of the story, with Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom right alongside them. There is room here for every park and all the little details.

Christmas memories from our archive, with a little year-round Animal Kingdom beauty.

Main Street Christmas garlands in our archive, from the November 2024 post01 / MAGIC KINGDOMCastle skies.
Main Street smiles.Explore the park stories ↗EPCOT Christmas tree and Spaceship Earth reflected on the water, from our December 2024 archive02 / EPCOTA whole world.
One happy place.Explore the park stories ↗
Hollywood Tower Hotel with snowflake projections and a holiday star, from our own archive03 / HOLLYWOOD STUDIOSA little drama.
A lot of wonder.Explore the park stories ↗Stone shrines and reflections along the Animal Kingdom waterfront, from Ruuben’s Disney photo collection04 / ANIMAL KINGDOMA wilder world.
A little discovery.Explore the park stories ↗
THE NIGHTS. THE MUSIC. THE RUSH.

A little more us.

Our Cosmic Rewind ride photo, from the original September soundtrack postThat “September” feeling ↗
Our Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster ride photoRock ’n’ Roller Coaster ↗Our TRON Lightcycle / Run ride photoBack on the Grid ↗
TURN THE MUSIC UP. LET’S GO AGAIN.

One more
ride.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is my number one. Especially when the soundtrack is “September.”

  1. 01Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  2. 02Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster
  3. 03Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
  4. 04Expedition Everest
  5. 05Space Mountain + TRON Lightcycle / RunTied for fifth. TRON: Ares is my favourite version of TRON.
The ride photo says it all ↗

From our YouTube channel

A little more of the magic.

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OUR FAVOURITE DISNEY CHANNELS & DJS

Our Disney favourites.

The people, the music, and a few familiar faces from our scrapbook.

Meet our favourites ↗
Ruuben with Ron on the GoRon on the GoRuuben, Sara and Janel at Behind the SeedsWith JanelRuuben, Ron and Koda in our New Year memoryKoda + RonRuuben with DJ Beam in front of Cinderella Castle at nightDJ BeamBirthday night at EPCOT After Hours, from our post about DJ Jordan GallagherJordan’s birthday-night soundtrack

Our own photos and memories. Open a snapshot for its story; meet the full line-up above.

Ruuben’s real photograph of a Disney bus displaying Refilling My Pixie DustThe sign that said it all · Posted May 2025 ↗
THE NAME. THE FEELING. OUR LITTLE WORLD.

Connection.
A return to joy.

“Refilling My Pixie Dust” began with a real bus sign and a feeling Ruuben knew instantly. Disney is a reset, a place to reconnect and a little reminder that there’s still wonder in the world.

It’s also where Ruuben and Sara’s paths crossed. Their memories belong here alongside the park days, Christmas lights, favourite rides and everyday discoveries that make this world their own.

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RUUBEN & SARA · RESORTS & MEMORIES

The magic
between park days.

Riviera first. Coronado Springs next.
All-Star Music memories, and a little DVC magic, too.

Our two favorites

Riviera Resort reflected along its waterfront at dusk, from Ruuben’s Disney photo collection.Our favorite resortDisney’s Riviera ResortExplore our little corner of the resort →The sculpted pillars and ceiling in the Gran Destino Tower lobby, from Ruuben’s August 2024 photo.Our second favorite resortDisney’s Coronado Springs ResortExplore our little corner of the resort →

More resort memories

The entrance sign at Disney’s All-Star Music Resort, from Ruuben’s original photo.From our resort scrapbookDisney’s All-Star Music ResortExplore our little corner of the resort →

Our Disney Vacation Club chapter →

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TAKE A LITTLE MAGIC WITH YOU

Running low on
pixie dust?

One tiny idea. A little room for wonder.

ONE LITTLE MOMENT✦ ADMIT ONE ✦
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Make room for wonder.

Take a photo of one small detail you would normally walk past.

A LITTLE ROOM FOR WONDER

The Main Street theory

The pumpkins. The garlands. That first glimpse of the castle. A little walk through the seasons, and a place to come back to.

Pumpkin wreaths on Main Street · our archivePumpkin wreaths on Main StreetChristmas garlands above Main Street · our archiveChristmas garlands above Main StreetMain Street glowing at Christmas · our archiveMain Street glowing at ChristmasA patriotic welcome at Main Street station · our archiveA patriotic welcome at Main Street station

Photos from our own scrapbook, across earlier visits. Each picture opens its original memory.

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