When I was young, I got to go on a 10-day European vacation. We visited four countries. I knew a little something about Amsterdam and the Netherlands, but I was almost completely ignorant of Brussels …
Some of my most precious memories of my kids happened at Disney when they were too young to remember. One of my kids, at the age of two, went through a phase where he did …
Do you remember the movie “Far and Away?” Tom Cruise plays an Irish immigrant scrapper thrust by fate into the arms of the fiercely independent daughter of aristocrats played by Nicole Kidman. They find themselves …
We don’t really think about it now, but isn’t it a little odd that Walt Disney World execs – back in the middle 90s – decided it would be a good idea to build a …
A few years ago, my husband and I escaped to Disney World for a weekend getaway. After dropping our bags at the hotel, we headed straight to Animal Kingdom for the evening. We arrived as …
Animal Kingdom is probably the most underrated of Disney parks when it comes to food. Nevertheless, it’s one of the best theme parks for snack-lovers in the Walt Disney World Resort. They have some incredible …
I’m getting old. There was a time when the aftermath didn’t figure into it at all. I was at an amusement park. It was hot. There was a water ride. That was all the information I needed. …
I am a plus-size person. I am morbidly obese. There’s a cocktail of self-loathing that comes with writing those words. There was a time it would have hurt me to do so. But the mirror-like ride vehicles …
It seems strange to be rooting for a movie in which I have neither a particular interest nor a financial stake to do well at the box office. But with “Avatar: The Way of Water” …
Genie+ is a service that can be added to your Disney park tickets. Specifically, the service allows guests to skip the standby line on select attractions when visiting Disney parks. Instead, guests can make reservations …