food IS a theme park
We always say the key to a good Disney vacation is planning. By investing just a little time before your trip, you can drastically improve the overall experience.
Cinderella Castle
Everyone has different goals when it comes to determining a successful trip. Are you more concerned about hitting all of the attractions on your wish list? Or maybe you’re on a budget and trying to figure out the way to get the most bang for your buck.
It’s no secret: Disney World can get HOT. When you’re on hour number five of your rope drop day in the middle of the summer, you’d give your left shoe for a dip in the water.
Blizzard Beach
Disney World has two water parks perfect for cooling off, and one has a particularly chilly theme perfect for the days when you feel like you’re melting faster than a DOLE Whip!
If you were hoping to visit Disney World during the slow season, you’ve officially missed out.
It’s almost EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival time!
Although crowds and wait times have really depended on whether there was a holiday or special event that week, now we’ve seen a HUGE jump in the wait times! This comes right before March which kicks off spring break season, the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, more TRON previews, and more.
We talk a lot about the main four Disney World parks and their attractions, but what about the water parks?
Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
Typhoon Lagoon is one of two water parks at Disney World. Located near Disney Springs, you’ll find out that this lagoon is full of shipwrecks (and plenty of activities!).
Are you ready?
Crowds
If you’re heading to Disney World soon, beware! The crowds are already starting to pick back up. We saw the highest price for Genie+ we have in WEEKS and that price is based on demand. We’ve also noticed more crowds in the parks as people flock to Disney World for the holiday weekend. Spring break is right around the corner as well. But what were the wait times like in the calm before the storm?
Okay, brace yourselves — because we’re taking a break from Disney World and Disneyland.
©Universal
Super Nintendo World has opened at Universal Studios Hollywood, and how could we resist visiting a theme park land that literally came right out of our favorite video games? We also hopped on Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge because who doesn’t want to play Mario Kart IN REAL LIFE? So here’s what we thought of the ride!
We’re just a few short weeks away from a VERY big day in Disney World!
Opening soon!
We’ve been waiting on the reopening of TRON Lightcycle / Run for years now, and on April 4th, it finally opens to the public! We’ve already gotten the chance to ride thanks to Cast Member previews and we’re still awaiting the registration for Annual Passholder previews, but we’re one step closer to the big day. So what does the ride look like NOW? Is the construction complete?
Recently, we got digitized and sent into the grid!
TRON Lightcyle / Run
Yes, we got to ride TRON Lightcycle / Run in Disney World, thanks to being invited by a Cast Member for the Cast Member previews of the ride. We learned SO MUCH about the ride, like exactly how the locker system work, how the seats feel, and more. But one detail may surprise you more than anything!
There is constantly some kind of construction, refurbishment, and re-imagining projects going on in Disney World.
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
We’re seeing construction for new restaurants pop up around the resort, we saw one ride close FOREVER to be re-imagined, and we’ve seen some rides close for refurbishment. Well, one POPULAR ride in Disney World is about to close for a LENGTHY refurbishment.
Although this is Disney World’s calm before the storm (the storm being spring break crowds), there are plenty of reasons to visit the parks right now!
Tree of Life
TRON Lightcycle / Run is now in previews with its first-of-a-kind Disney ride feature, adaptive seating, and on-ride photos. The Festival of the Arts is still happening in EPCOT (even though it’s almost over!). There are plenty of new delicious eats to try all over Disney World. Maybe that’s why we started to see the wait times go UP this week!
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