The Beak and Barrel Review

The Beak and Barrel is a Pirates of the Caribbean themed bar and lounge in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Opening in 2025, the lounge sits right next to the iconic attraction in Adventureland. The menu offers a few tapas as well as cocktails, mocktails, beer, wine and […]

Carnation Café Dinner Review

Carnation Café is a table-service restaurant on Disneyland’s Main Street. The restaurant serves American comfort food with both indoor and outdoor seating. While Carnation Café is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, this review will only cover the lunch and dinner menu. Annual Pass and DVC discounts are […]

Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide

Planning a trip to Disney World can feel like a monumental task. The vacation kingdom has four theme parks, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and countless other activities. To help you plan, we’ve created an all-encompassing guide to Disney World. Our planning guide […]

Epic Universe Review

Epic Universe is Universal Orlando’s latest theme park. Having opened in May of 2025, the park includes storied franchises like Nintendo, Harry Potter, Universal’s monsters, and How to Train Your Dragon. While we aren’t exactly early to this review, we have had a few weeks to think through […]

Happy New Year!

Our 2025 ended with something that has become increasingly rare for us – being at home. We watched some New Year’s festivities on TV with friends and Melissa somehow stayed awake through midnight, which is very rare when not on vacation. Then we were off to bed so […]