{"id":7205,"date":"2016-08-25T22:59:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2016-08-25T22:59:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T04:59:58","slug":"youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re Never Too Old To Wish Upon A Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I have been sharing life lessons I learned during my family trip through the Mediterranean on the Disney Magic cruise ship where we visited Spain, Italy, France, and Monaco. To wrap up my posts for this week I will share the biggest life lesson I gleaned from my trip \u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>\u201cWhere there is kindness, there is goodness and where there is goodness, there is MAGIC!\u201d \u2013 Disney\u2019s Cinderella<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Disney cruise truly was magic but the reason it was magic was because of the kindness of the people working on the cruise ship and the kindness of the tour guides who drove us around each city we visited. It truly was the kindness of these people that created the true MAGIC that we felt on our trip.i<\/p>\n<p>Walt Disney understood so well the fact that true magic comes from being surrounded by good people who believe n pursuing their dreams. Walt Disney truly was a great man who created an incredible legacy that will go on forever touching the lives of adults and children alike. He built a dream world for each of us that has princes and princesses, castles and crowns, and\u00a0once upon a time\u2019s which inspire us to wish upon a star. Walt Disney also taught us that if we believe in ourselves then MAGIC will happen. Most of all Walt Disney helped us to believe in a Happily Ever After\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It truly\u00a0doesnt matter how\u00a0young or old you are &#8211;\u00a0I\u00a0will be turning 45 next month and I can honestly say that I enjoyed the Magic of Disney\u00a0as much as any\u00a0young child on the cruise did.\u00a0 We have to always remember that we are never too old to wish upon a star! Dreams can come true at any age if we simply believe in their MAGIC!<\/p>\n<p>I will forever be grateful for this amazing trip my family was able to enjoy together. It was such a huge blessing to be able to go and it helped us bond so mcuh as a family. Most important,\u00a0t reminded all of us that MAGIC is real and we are never too old to DREAM BIG!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some final fun pictures to share from our trip:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2a-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2a-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/rapunzel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7221\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Rapunzel-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rapunzel\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Rapunzel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Rapunzel-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Rapunzel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7209\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/cinderella\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cinderella-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cinderella\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cinderella-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cinderella-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cinderella-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/2016-08-15-15-26-54-hdr-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-15-15.26.54-HDR-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-15 15.26.54 HDR\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-15-15.26.54-HDR-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-15-15.26.54-HDR-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-15-15.26.54-HDR-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/belle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7219\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Belle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Belle\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Belle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Belle-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Belle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/youre-never-too-old-to-wish-upon-a-star\/attachment\/12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a MAGICAL weekend everyone! And remember&#8230;.a dream is a wish your heart makes \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I have been sharing life lessons I learned during my family trip through the Mediterranean on the Disney Magic cruise ship where we visited Spain, Italy, France, and Monaco. To wrap up my posts for this week I will share the biggest life lesson I gleaned from my trip \u2013 \u201cWhere there is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4615,6867,9820,395,101,368,10766,550,410,1114,10770,240,4139,2360,10771,3541,96,179,267,10691,10760,219,585,2319,10743,178,7156,10759,641,10765,1976,4400,5771,7492,244,268,55,180,231,1875,439,4399,464,137,478,35,2127,2057,10762,630,269,2559,10768,10769,264,10698,10338,10767,10764,5274,1253,10763,813,10761],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adults","tag-alexis","tag-amazed","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-ashley","tag-believe","tag-believe-n-your-dreams","tag-blessed","tag-blessing","tag-bond","tag-castles","tag-children","tag-crew","tag-crown","tag-crowns","tag-cruise-ship","tag-culture","tag-dalton","tag-disney","tag-disney-magic","tag-disney-magic-cruise-ship","tag-dream","tag-employees","tag-europe","tag-european-adventure","tag-faith","tag-family-vacation","tag-family-vacay","tag-feelings","tag-felt","tag-forever","tag-france","tag-good-people","tag-goodness","tag-grateful","tag-happily-ever-after","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-hope","tag-incredible","tag-inspire","tag-italy","tag-joy","tag-kindness","tag-legacy","tag-love","tag-magic","tag-manage","tag-monaco","tag-motivate","tag-once-upon-a-time","tag-parents","tag-princes","tag-princesses","tag-rollin","tag-spain","tag-surrounded-by","tag-touching-lives","tag-tour-guides","tag-train","tag-vacay","tag-walt","tag-walt-disney","tag-wish-upon-a-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7225,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions\/7225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}