Disney offers several add-ons to make your trip more magical. For example, a Disney After Hours ticket may give you some time with fewer crowds to enjoy your favorite park. Disney After Hours is a …
So, I don’t really know how to say this without just jumping in. But I have a special skill, a talent even. It’s not worth much. I can’t even prove to anyone else I have it. …
I like to imagine back in the early years that Old Walt Disney had a hot streak at the poker table. Like Han Solo playing Sabbac, Walt stared down a cabbage farmer across the table …
The late 70s and 80s were mostly a dark time for Walt Disney Studios Animation. It’s not that there weren’t charming films like “The Fox and the Hound” or “The Rescuers” or even the much-maligned …
When we booked our Universal Studios Orlando trip, the website offered me a Harry Potter package. In particular, it included breakfast at one of the two Wizarding World sit-down restaurants. I passed. But in hindsight, I should have …
Disney Springs is known for restaurants, shopping and entertainment. It’s the perfect place to spend some time during your Walt Disney World vacation on a low-key, non-theme park day. My family usually visits on our …
Most of the Walt Disney parks around the world have a centerpiece. Often it’s a castle. Occasionally, it’s a golf ball – but whatever it is, it must be iconic. They failed this task at …
When I was six years old, my dad took my best friend Jackie and me to see Stephen Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” If you’re a fan of movies at all, you understand what …
I fell in love with the Disney parades during my first trip to Orlando’s Walt Disney World Resort in 1979. I was about to be five and was mesmerized by the Main Street Electrical Parade. …
“Inherit the Wind” is one of my favorite movies. I especially like a scene in which Spencer Tracey’s Clarence Darrow pontificates about the push and pull of progress. “Mister, you may conquer the air, but …