food IS a theme park
Already planning your 2025 Disney World trip? There’s going to be a lot to see!
Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle
With Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the EPCOT transformation, and several hotel renovations being completed in 2024, Disney World is going to feel refreshed and ready to rock in 2025. Packages and ticket bookings for next year are already open, and if you’re staying at a Disney World Resort, there’s going to be a BIG new perk!
We’re counting down the days — okay, hours — until the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival kicks off!
It’s almost time!
This year’s event runs from February 28th through May 27th and will bring all sorts of delicious eats and drinks, exclusive merchandise, exciting entertainment, and more to EPCOT. Some of our favorite parts about this festival are all the floral displays and topiaries you’ll find throughout the park, in fact, an iconic EPCOT ride has received a refresh for the festival and we’re checking it out.
You can really learn A LOT about a person by what’s in their bag (and how well they know Disney World)!
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Overpacking can be a scary idea for a day at Disney. Think about it — having to lug around all the things you THINK you need versus what you’ll actually end up using. But we recently asked our Disney World reporters what strange and weird things they’ve grown to pack in their bags — and you won’t believe half the things we came up with! [Read more…]
The one great thing about planning a trip to Disney World is that you have a lot of options for where to stay on property, including hotels for lower budgets.
All-Star Resorts
We’ve all saved some $$$ by staying at the value resorts, Disney World’s cheapest category of hotels. After all, staying there frees up money to spend on more important things…like FOOD. Whether it’s the All-Star Resorts, or the Pop Century or Art of Animation Resorts, if you just need a hotel room good for resting at night between park visits, Disney’s got you covered. But we’re worried about these hotels, and we’ll tell you why.
What are the HOTTEST rides of EPCOT?
EPCOT
Why does it matter what time of year you travel to this park? Should you plan to eat and drink around the World Showcase? Which brand new EPCOT-ian things do you need to factor into your trip? Find out the answers to all of these questions (and more) in just 15 minutes…. OR LESS!
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Perhaps the BEST thing about going to Disney World is the little surprise moments that Disney Cast Members make!
We love Cast Members!
Over the decades that we’ve been visiting the parks, we’ve seen many of these. From the elusive clap box to random pop-up trivia games to limbo and hula hooping in the streets. Cast Members are constantly finding ways to plus up our day just a little bit at a time! And one of our favorite examples of this is the incredible water art from the custodial staff.
At the beginning of 2023, Splash Mountain was closed to bring us an all-new movie-themed ride. You are all probably familiar by now with the new ride — Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
The ride so many of us grew up with, is in the middle of a massive re-theme. The new Princess and the Frog-inspired ride will be opening this coming summer in Magic Kingdom. While we’ve gotten some sneak peeks from Disney about what we will see inside this new ride, we have noticed a few details on the outside that could be big hints about some changes coming to the ride. And if you’re Hidden Mickey hunters, we’re afraid one might have gone missing.
I just made a TERRIBLE mistake in Disney World. Specifically, it was a CAKE mistake.
Maple Caramel Chocolate Cake
And really, a cake mistake is probably one of the worst kinds of mistakes you can make. I’m telling you the entire story here so that this tragic event doesn’t happen to you! [Read more…]
So it’s no secret that sometimes things just close in Disney World.
Fantasyland
Sometimes, those closures are part of Disney’s refurbishment schedule, and we know about it WAY ahead of time. Other times, the weather can shut down rides. Sometimes things just…well, shut down without any apparent reason. Well, that seems to be happening ALL over Fantasyland — and WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
Disney collectors are SERIOUS about the items they collect.
Tiki Mugs Available at the Disneyland Hotel
Disney fans collect everything from popcorn buckets (we still can’t get over the Figment Popcorn Bucket chaos of 2022) to Loungefly bags (some designs sell out in MINUTES) to limited edition pins, Minnie ears, and more! One of the most SOUGHT-after Disney collectibles, though, are the Tiki Mugs from Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar in Disneyland and Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto in Disney World. Among these tiki mugs, though, seven of them are SO memorable we had to write about them!
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