For nearly 15 years, Walt Disney World guests have been greeted nightly by Jiminy Cricket coming over the Magic Kingdom speakers as fireworks burst in the air. May 11th marked the end of that era, as a new show titled Happily Ever After will make its debut on […]
Here’s an updated 2018 version of this post for you to enjoy! The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival showcases beautiful flowers, plants and food around Walt Disney World’s Epcot every spring. In 2017, the festival runs from March 1st to May 29th. The festival is running for the […]
Every few weeks our writers get together and answer a Disney related question, here is this week’s! Question of the Week: It is easy to remember park entrances but not as easy to think of park exits. What is your favorite Disney theme park exit? Melissa – Magic […]
Our last trip report, in October, started with the prospect of flying into a hurricane. This trip started in a more relaxing way with a day at the beach. We flew out of Seattle late on a Monday night, landed in Orlando at about 6 AM and headed to […]
No nighttime spectacular has taken a road to prime time quite like Animal Kingdom’s Rivers of Light. There were speed bumps, construction delays, malfunctioning vehicles, and dissatisfied supervisors. That tumultuous road is now in the rearview mirror and Rivers of Light moves full speed ahead. Animal Kingdom’s nighttime show […]
If you missed our post earlier this week, Melissa and I recently returned from Walt Disney World where we took part in the Dark Side Half Marathon weekend. I’ve already chronicled our 5K journey through Epcot and today we move on to the half marathon. Melissa and I […]
Sorry for the slow last week or two here on the blog. I’ve been traveling and my laptop crashed so that ended most of my writing efforts. On that note, the photos in this post aren’t edited to the usual degree (my laptop is in the shop) and they’re […]
Ah — Food and Wine, my two favorite words in the English dictionary. If there is an event with food and wine in the name, you can bet your bottom I will find a way to be there. Needless to say, my visit to The Food and Wine […]
Every few weeks our writers get together to answer a Disney related question. Here is this week’s question and answers. Question of the Week: As Easter weekend comes and goes, what holiday would you like to see the U.S. Disney Parks celebrate more? Andrew – I’ll kind of cheat […]
Disneyland is arguably the best Disney Park when it comes to counter-service food. Maybe some of it has to do with most of these restaurants using actual silverware and making you feel slightly more welcome than typical counter-service options. But, I think the quality in the cutlery (I […]
There has to be a better title than that for this blog post, right? I tried to come up with a better one for about 20 minutes and finally gave up. With that auspicious start, let’s get to some actual content! Holidays are obviously the most popular time […]