Kirby Russell

About Kirby Russell, Contributor for HeyOrlando.com

Kirby is a full-time Speech-Language Pathologist at an elementary school in the Atlanta Suburbs.

She’s also a mom of five boys (including two sets of twins!) and a lifelong Disney fan.

She lived in Florida with her family as a little kid, and some of her fondest childhood memories happened at the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney-M.G.M. Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios).

In 2011, Kirby married her husband Travis, who happens to be James Overholt’s BFF (and once college roommate). She revealed her “skill with the quill” to James and Morgan in 2019 when she wrote the guest column for their Holiday newsletter. They invited her to join the Hey Orlando team just before the launch in 2022.

Kirby and her family have been annual pass holders off and on in recent years. She’s stayed as a guest at nine different Disney Resort hotels and made countless park visits since the early 90s. She loves sharing her tips and tricks for navigating the Disney parks with or without little kids in tow.

She’s also a major STAR WARS nerd and a 3x Walt Disney World Marathon finisher.

If you’re at a Disney Park and need to find the nearest cup of coffee, she’s your girl.