Last Friday morning, as I was getting ready to fly to Wisconsin for the wedding of our best friend’s daughter – a wedding where I was doing a reading – I noticed in my Southwest app that our evening flight was already showing delayed. I thought that was a bit odd so many hours before our flight, so I kept checking all day long, and kept watching the delay steadily increase to over 3 hours by late afternoon.
And then I got the dreaded alert: Cancelled. Read more
Who doesn’t love watching gorillas? (Provided you’re at a safe distance and there’s *something* between you and the gorillas, that is.) Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the perfect place to do just this – and it’s a fascinating way to spend some relaxing time in the “animals” theme park! Read more
Everyone wants to know they’re getting the best possible price for their vacation – but how do you actually do that?
Do you scour “discount” travel sites that offer trips at cheap prices? Do you grab that Groupon that just showed up in your email? Do you ask thousands of people you don’t know in a Facebook group? Do you book the inn that your Aunt Martha said was a great deal when she and Uncle Harry visited there 20 years ago?
The answer actually starts with two truths that you probably heard as a kid:
Our first experience in Pandora – The World of Avatar in Disney’s Animal Kingdom was the Na’vi River Journey. As neither my husband nor I were familiar with Avatar, the movie this “land” was based on, we weren’t quite sure what to expect. What we found as we entered the attraction was a mystical area, so unlike anything we had experienced before anywhere at Walt Disney World. Read more
“Disney Enchantment,” an all-new nighttime spectacular, will debut in Magic Kingdom this week as part of The World’s Most Magical Celebration. This all-new spectacular inspires everyone to believe in magic, with captivating Disney music, enhanced lighting, immersive projection effects that extend for the first time down Main Street, U.S.A., and an emotional original song, entitled “You Are the Magic,” by seven-time GRAMMY-winner Philip Lawrence.
And throughout the show, stunning fireworks will fill the sky, providing a great experience for guests throughout the park and neighboring resort hotels. Read more