Spaceship Earth is more than a park icon – it’s educational! Are you taking your kids out of school for a Walt Disney World vacation? Are you homeschooling and looking to keep your children’s education going while you’re on your trip? Or, are you like me, always looking for ways to keep your child learning even…
FuelRod Portable Chargers at Walt Disney World
FuelRod portable chargers at Walt Disney World are a lifesaver when it comes to reviving or preventing a dead phone. Let’s face it, with the MyDisneyExperience app and cameras, our phones are more important than ever when visiting the house of mouse. What do you do when you go to check when your next…
Rikki’s Mouse Bites – Walt Disney World News 10/21/19
Walt Disney World News Guests can meet two of their favorite characters from Disney’s “The Lion King” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Timon and Rafiki are now greeting Guests daily at Character Landing on Discovery Island. For a limited time starting November 5, a sneak peek of Frozen 2 will be presented as part of…
Value Resorts at Walt Disney World
So, you’re planning a visit to Disney World and you’ve decided to stay on-site at a Disney-owned resort! Great idea! For the budget-minded among us I wanted to do a little compare-and-contrast to each of the Value resort options. There’s 6 to choose from! Let’s start cheapest and work up. I’ll quote 2020 pricing below….
Foodie Friday: The Cowfish at Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Orlando’s CityWalk is a mecca for amazing food. You have options like Toothsome Chocolate Emporium, NBC Sports Grill and Brew, the new Bigfire, and one of my favorite options, The Cowfish. For those who don’t know, The Cowfish is a unique restaurant that serves up both sushi and what’s known as burgushi. Now what…
Making the Most of Your Disney Resort
You have decided to visit Walt Disney World. Now you have to choose a resort. Since so much deliberation often goes into this decision, I encourage you to consider making the most of your Disney Resort. Sometimes your budget and family size can narrow down the selections too. Often times your style of…
Visiting Batuu (And Disney’s Hollywood Studios) on Two Weeks Planning
After the Orlando Airport closures were announced due to Hurricane Dorian, I moved my trip two weeks later into September. This meant that all of my carefully picked FastPasses were gone, but since my main goal was to visit Galaxy’s Edge and ride Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run as many times as possible. Thanks to…
Disney Gluten-Free Dining Review: Coral Reef
Coral Reef is a table service restaurant located in the Seas Pavilion of Epcot. Tucked away around the corner from The Seas with Nemo and Friends, you might not even know Coral Reef existed if you were not looking for it specifically. The restaurant’s selling feature is the giant aquarium with 4,000 plus sea creatures…
An Ode to the runDisney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend
Are you headed down to Walt Disney World this fall to run the races offered at the runDisney Wine & Dine race weekend? Or, perhaps you are considering this in the future. I ran the Two Course Challenge in 2018, which includes the 10k and the Half Marathon. This weekend was the highlight of my…
Let’s Hear it for our Mousekeepers!
A Boardwalk Villa There are many Disney Cast Members who band together to make your Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line vacations great. The ride operators, the transportation drivers, the waitstaff, the chefs, the animal trainers – the list goes on and on. But today I want to sing the praises of some…
Disney Movie Insiders
Disney Movie Insiders is a great way to feed your love of Disney while you’re at home. If you enjoy going to see new Disney releases in the theaters and buy the Blu-Rays or DVDs to add to your collection at home, you really should be a Disney Movie Insider. Why? It’s the place…
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party – Solo Review
Have you ever traveled to Walt Disney World solo? What about Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party? The beauty of a solo trip is that you can tailor your trip for yourself. The same goes for the Halloween party! I recently spent 12 days in my favorite place solo! (Stay tuned for my upcoming…