Exploring Disney: Taking a Gran Fiesta Tour with 3 Caballeros

If you love Donald Duck and The 3 Caballeros (and who doesn’t?), the Gran Fiesta Tour in EPCOT’s Mexico pavilion is a “must do” for you.  My granddaughter was so in love with this easy, slow moving ride, we had to ride it 3 times in a row! Poor Donald, it seems that he has disappeared south of the border and it is up to Panchito and Jose to find him.

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Exploring Disney: EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth

The first thing you’ll see when you arrive at EPCOT, is what most people call the “golf-ball”. This always makes me smile, because the only thing about it that reminds me of a golf ball is that it is round and seems to sit up from the ground as if on a tee! This giant icon is actually made up of over 11,000 triangular tiles and is 180 feet tall – so it’s quite the “golf-ball” indeed! Read more

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Handling the Heat at Walt Disney World

Planning a summertime visit to Walt Disney World involves, in addition to the typical planning, giving some thought about – and planning for – the heat. We have visited in the summer, and by preparing as much as possible, we ended up having a wonderful, albeit sweaty, time. To ease any potential reader fears about whether or not a summer trip is doable, read on to find out what helped us the most. Read more

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Avengers Assemble at Disney’s California Adventure in June!

With the exciting news that Disneyland park and Disney’s California Adventure will be reopening this Friday*, there’s a lot to look forward to at these two parks. And one of the biggest is the opening of Avengers Campus – an entirely new land dedicated to discovering, recruiting and training the next generation of Super Heroes – on June 4, 2021.  Read more

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(Back)Packing Light at the Disney Parks

It’s easy to let things escalate out of control when you’re beginning to pack for a trip to Disney World, but let’s slow down for a minute and talk a little bit about what you really need when you’re spending a day at the parks with children. Read more

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