food IS a theme park
Do you visit the water parks when you go to Disney World?
Blizzard Beach
Disney World is home to both Blizzard Beach Water Park and Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. The parks generally rotate being open throughout the year so that one of them is available for visitors at a time. They’re a great way to enjoy a slightly more relaxing day than you would have at one of the theme parks, and if you’re a water park fan, we’ve got good news for you!
Secret menu alert! If you like feeling like a true insider, you need to listen up. There’s only one way to order this super-secret Disney World drink, and it comes with an expensive prerequisite.
Joffrey’s Coffee Kiosk
The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is officially underway, and we are SO excited. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know, and now we’re heading to a popular EPCOT destination — the Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company carts — to give you the SECRET scoop! Is this top-secret drink worth a try? Let’s find out!
It is Food and Wine time! The 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival is officially here, and we’ve tried every. single. booth.
2024 Food and Wine Festival
There were some clear winners and clear losers at this year’s festival. Some returning favorites did not disappoint while new items shined bright. And of course, we could NOT get enough cheese! However, there were a few booths that almost sent us running before we even tasted their items, but they turned out to be worth our time and money. These five booths may not look like much at first glance, and may even look a little scary, but trust us, they’re worth the stop during the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival!
UPDATED November 21st, 2024
Taking a vacation to Disney World means making plans well in advance of your trip. So if you’re hoping to visit the parks for the holidays, now might be a good time to start thinking about making reservations!
Magic Kingdom at Christmas 2023
Now is the time to start booking hotel rooms, grabbing your park tickets, and purchasing Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party tickets! Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party is a fun holiday party at Magic Kingdom that is sure to get you in the holiday spirit. There’s complimentary hot cocoa, egg nog, and cookies along with seasonal entertainment such as the exclusive Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade and more! But this jolly Christmas party only happens on select dates and only a select number of tickets are sold. That’s why you gotta hurry to grab yours before they sell out!
What if we told you there was a way to stay in the Magic Kingdom after dark, enjoy FREE popcorn and Mickey bars, and walk right onto your favorite rides with no wait? Sounds like a dream, right?
Magic Kingdom
Well, you can make that dream a reality! Recently, Disney confirmed that its popular After Hours events will return in 2025, and tickets are available to purchase now. But before you go running to the Disney World website, you might want to read this first.
Okay, we’re all pretty much here because we love all things Disney, right? Well, that and we REALLY love Disney food, but that’s beside the point (it’s a given being that our middle name is “food”).
Stitch
However, Disney has still shocked us occasionally with things that we might still be wrapping our heads around. For example, we’re still a little upset that some BIG parts of the EPCOT transformation never came to be (it looks like we’ll never get that Mary Poppins ride or the Play! Pavilion). We’re also still trying to come to terms with losing Dinoland, U.S.A. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, although we’re also excited about what’s to come. However, there are some scandals that have almost slipped our minds, and we wanted to remind you of those…just for fun.
There are some exciting new things coming to Disney Cruise Line!
Helmsman Mickey on the Disney Magic
Disney Cruise Line is working on adding several new ships to its fleet, and some are coming as early as THIS YEAR! Toward the end of 2024, we’ll be getting the Disney Treasure‘s inaugural sailing, and then in 2025, we’re going to say hello to both the Disney Destiny and the Disney Adventure. We can’t wait! And right now, there’s some new itinerary information on the Disney Cruise Line website.
Something tells me you clicked on today’s video because you’re getting PUMPED up about a certain future Universal Orlando vacation of yours — or at least you’re hoping to take one later on.
Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure
Am I right? Tell me I’m right! Because if I AM, then today’s video is gonna make sure you’re PREPARED for that future vacation before you ever step foot through the park gates!
There’s a lot that goes into planning a Disney World vacation. You have to figure out your budget, where you’re going to stay, how long you want to stay, what kind of park ticket to get, and more.
Orlando International Airport
You also have to figure out HOW you’re going to get to Disney World, and for many of us, the answer is by flying into Orlando International Airport. Well, we’ve got some good news on that front: two NEW flights are being added from two BIG cities to Orlando!
Disney World is a magical place full of exciting attractions and rides that can make a vacation unforgettable.
Cinderella Castle
However, since Disney World is such a popular vacation destination, and has been for decades, it means that people from all over the world come to visit, and that’s a LOT of people in one place. Not only does that mean you’re surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands, of people each day in the park who may be very different from you who have ALL paid thousands of dollars to experience Disney magic on their trip just like you, but it also means that Disney has to do their best to manage that audience, which is easier said than done. In the parks, you may notice certain trends develop over the past few years — we asked our readers on Facebook to share with us which trends they’d wish would go away for good, and you may find yourself emphatically agreeing, or shaking your head in disbelief.
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