There are touchstones to a Disney vacation in our family that go beyond traditions. For example, we always start our first day in the Magic Kingdom with rope drop, entering Fantasyland through Cinderella Castle, with no …
We made a quick trip down to St. Pete earlier this year. Disney wasn’t on the itinerary. While planning the trip, I got on the My Disney Experience app and started tracking wait times, flirting …
Fanny packs are like a minivan for your waist. Except unlike miniature vans, bum bags are inexplicably in style! And so, as a proud minivan driver, I am happily hopping on the fanny pack train …
Am I legally obligated to start this post with a reference to the need for speed? I feel like I am. The truth is, when thrill-seekers plan their vacation, the subject of speed at the Walt Disney World Resort has …
A video popped up on my Facebook memory feed yesterday. It was my son John Paul at age 3 listing all the things he wanted to do on our upcoming trip to Disney. Atop the …
The Animal Kingdom is the oft-forgotten little brother of the Walt Disney World parks. It’s part zoo and part theme park. It opened in 1998 to a lot of fanfare but struggled a little to find its rightful place alongside the …
When I was a kid, I loved the idea of going to France. In high school, when it came time to pick a foreign language, there was no hesitation. French was for me. I was …
I sometimes wonder why – in the land of delicious, cool and refreshing Dole Whip – would anyone go to the Disney turkey leg cart in 1,000-degree relative heat? Well, they are good, for starters. …
It was July and it was hot in Central Florida. Dang hot. Sahara hot. In fact, the light side of Mercury hot. The kind of hot that makes you mad at the sun. We were in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, …
When you’re booking a trip to Disney World, there are a few questions that must be answered. At the forefront of these – especially now that simply having a ticket isn’t enough – is how many …