What is your name? Joanie Nowak
MFL ImaginEAR Joanie Nowak with her DD, Marie.
Who does your family consist of? Husband Bob, Daughter Marie, Future Son-in-law Joey, and 2 cats - Tagger James & Conner.
What is your occupation? Administrative Assistant (actually secretary to the assistant superintendent at the Tamaqua Area School District).
Who is your favorite Disney Character and why? I have 2 - Mickey Mouse and Tinkerbell - Mickey because he is the reason everything got started and Tinkerbell because she's cute and feisty all at the same time.
As an ImaginEAR, what regular feature/job do you do for MFL? Contest Credit tracker.
How many times have you vacationed to a Disney destination? At least 30.
What is your favorite Disney Resort (or off site property) and why? Polynesian Resort - it is where I stayed for the first time on property and where Bob and I got married in 1999.
What is your favorite Disney restaurant, in or out of the parks? California Grill.
What is your favorite ride or attraction at any of the Disney parks? Tomorrowland Transit Authority (will always be the Wedway People Mover to me).
When visiting Disney theme parks, do you "park hop" or not and why? We usually end up park hopping for one reason or another - wanting to do lunch in one and dinner in another, meeting up with friends, or sometimes when we stay at BWV - we walk through EPCOT and grab fast passes to Soarin on our way to another park.
What is your favorite Disney memory? Getting married on the beach at the Poly.
What is your favorite "extra cost" event/tour? Well - we did two extra things this past December that are equal to us - we did the Segway Tour in EPCOT and also with 11 of our "disney family" we rented the Grand One yacht for a fireworks cruise.
Have you met any MFL members at a Disney park? If so, who and what did you do? We've spent the last 4 or 5 christmas's with members of our disney family who are all MFL members (the Forrester's, Johnsons, Dvoraks, Chambers & Anikas families) - we spend christmas night together, do candlelight, meet for other meals, do extra magic hours, fireworks cruise, we've done the BBB - it doesn't matter what we do - we just all have a good time together.
Besides "things Disney", what do you like to do in your free time? Huge NASCAR fan and I work several part time jobs in addition to my regular job - which allows me to continue to do my "things Disney".
What would people be surprised to know about you? That as much as we love disney - I can't seem to convince my siblings to come for a trip with us.
What is your best MouseForLess money saving tip? Annual Passes, DVC and the Dining Experience card. We always fly Southwest and continue to watch the fares in case they go down to get credit on a future flight.
What area of TheMouseForLess.com do you use most frequently? It varies.
What is your favorite aspect of MFL? The friendliness of everyone involved.
