Walt Disney World has released new park maps, resort wide with a completely different, updated design. Features of the new maps include information about Complimentary WiFi being available in the parks, extremely detailed maps with clearer images of the park layout that also lines up with the new My Disney Experience app, descriptions of…
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Garden View Tea at The Grand Floridian
The Tea at the Garden View Lounge at the Grand Floridian Resort is something that I’ve always loved. Being able to be at this fancy Victorian style tea, but also to be able to take one ride on the monorail and be having fun at the Magic Kingdom in minutes was always something I looked…
Rikki’s Mouse Bites 2/25/13
There are some character changes happening at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. First, back in August, the shop Beastly Bazaar closed and it was mentioned that a the location was going to be turned into a new meet and greet location. This new area is scheduled now to open this Spring and called Adventurers Outpost. Here,…
A Few of the Best Queues
Let’s face it… Some lines (or queues) are more fun to wait in than others. Have you ever jumped in line for Spaceship Earth in EPCOT when the line is long? In July or August? With most of the line being outdoors, there isn’t much to look at, and it is hot. Well, I want…
Rikki’s News Bites 2/18/13
Disney has been retooling it’s Segway Tours in Epcot over the past year, announcing a redo of it’s tour and changing it’s name to Keep Moving Forward: See the World, Share the Dream Segway Tour. It now appears that guests who are booked for this tour are being called cancelling their reservation and refunded their…
Rikki’s News Bites 2/11/13
It appears that Disney is attempting to get rid of all the bad coffee that plagued the resort, with the announcement last year of Starbucks coming to some places around the resort, with the Main Street Bakery and the Fountain View Cafe getting refurbishment already. This week, it was announced that Joffrey’s Coffee will…
Horseback Riding Through Fort Wilderness
By Teresa Pitman We’re waiting in line for our guides to mount up – all small group of about ten riders, all of us excited about heading out to the trail. My horse is tied to the fence with a slip-knot, and I sense that she is tensing up. A woman standing on the grass…
Rikki’s News Bites 2/4/13
Disney is introducing Radio Frequency tickets that can be purchased at Vacation Planning or Guest Relations locations. These new tickets can be used at both regular turnstiles, as well as at the new touch point entryways that are popping up at the main entrances to the parks. These new RFID tickets will be good…
Rikki’s News Bites 1/28/13
A brand new, interactive game is being added to Adventureland at the Magic Kingdom. This experience, called A Pirate’s Adventure – Treasures of the Seven Seas, will allow guests the opportunity to use a map and a magical talisman to complete five different pirate raids to locate the different treasures of the Seven Seas, as…
Would You Rather?
By Ann Dunnington The Walt Disney World Resort has so many options when it comes to how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, what to ride, how long to stay…. the possibilities are endless. If you’re a Disney veteran like myself, you have most likely tried the various options and have catered…
Rikki’s News Bites 1/21/13
Two new exhibits have opened up in Innoventions at Epcot! First off, the IBM THINK exhibit has opened and features a 40 ft video wall known as the Gesture Wall which allows guests to move to create unique visualizations of shapes and colors, a 12 minute video explaining how progress was made possible by both…
Rikki’s Mouse Bites 1/14/13
Disney officially announced it’s newest project, MyMagic+, a tool that allows guests to be able to customize their entire vacation. Guests will be able to do this via the My Disney Experience section of the website as well as the mobile app that was released mid-last year. Guests will be able to book book…