If you’re going to be visiting the Walt Disney World Resort this holiday season – or even if you’ll just be in the Orlando area, be sure to carve out some time in your busy itinerary to make your way over to Disney Springs at night. This year, you can discover Christmas around every corner, as you come across a collection of elaborately decorated Disney Christmas trees spread throughout the neighborhoods of Disney Springs. Read more
While the focus for just about everyone has been on the new “paid FastPass” service known as Disney Genie and Lightning Lanes (and how to make sense of the system), what has been often overlooked is that part of this new system is actually free for all Disney guests to use.
As we’ve noted previously, there are actually several components to Disney’s new Genie System: Disney Genie (this is the free part), Genie+ (paid) and Individual Attraction Selections (IAS) which are also known in many places as Individual Lightning Lane (ILL) attractions (also paid). I shared info a few weeks ago about the two paid aspects of Genie, so today is all about the free part. Read more
Are you ready to explore Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a whole new light? If so, then make plans to set out on a series of fun, nature-themed challenges on your way to becoming an official Wilderness Explorer! Read more
Imagine transporting yourself into the wilds of Asia and discovering ancient ruins, wild tigers, waterfalls and a palace standing still in time – you can do all of this when you enter the Maharajah Jungle Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Read more
Travel protection is something that I always recommend to my clients because a vacation is a very sizable investment to make, and….life happens. In my opinion, it only makes sense to do whatever you can to protect that investment. While I don’t take adding additional costs to a vacation lightly – and would never recommend anything that I did not think would benefit my clients – as I’ve said many times, it’s not always just the cost of something to consider, as the value you are getting is just (if not more) important. The value of a trip that is disrupted, and you lose tons of money as a result, is…….zero. Read more