food IS a theme park
We love visiting the Disney Parks during the holiday season. Where else can you eat Christmas cookies, listen to holiday music, and meet Santa Mickey Mouse all in one place?
Sleeping Beauty Castle will look like this soon!
We especially love Disneyland Resort’s holiday celebration with “it’s a small world” Holiday, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Festival of the Holidays. But Disney announced that we’re about to get even more holiday fun this year, because the festivities are starting EARLY!
Disney Springs has restaurants tucked behind shops, restaurants floating on the water, and restaurants where you may accidentally spend $18 on a very tempting plate of cheese (well worth it!). Now, it has a restaurant hidden inside an enormous gaming venue — and you do not have to play the games to eat there!
Disney Springs
LEVEL99 recently opened on the West Side of Disney Springs with more than 60 physical, mental, and skill-based challenges spread across two floors. But behind all the puzzles, obstacle courses, and competitive chaos, there is also a full food and drink operation with a two-story bar, Detroit-style pizza, burgers, cocktails, and local beer. We stopped by solely for the food, and the process was surprisingly easy.
Calling all Disney+ subscribers — you’re not going to want to miss out on this!
©Disney
Being subscribed to Disney+ doesn’t just mean having access to Disney’s massive library, including content from Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel. It also means access to perks and benefits that drop all the time. Disney+ recently dropped three new perks, and we’re sharing them with you!
Change is a HUGE thing in Disney World, especially right now with all the new lands being constructed, new rides being built, and all the other construction happening all over the theme parks, hotels, and even in Disney Springs. So you would think we would be used to all this change by now.
Can you spot the change?
Well, we were still a little shocked recently when we visited one of our favorite EPCOT quick service spots to notice ANOTHER change. Now, this isn’t a HUGE change in the grand scheme of things, but it’s still big to us: Connections Eatery has swapped out its nice ceramic plates for paper plates.
Staying on Disney World property has always come with a few extra perks that make the higher price tag feel a little more worth it.
EPCOT
From Early Theme Park Entry to complimentary transportation, Disney has built in plenty of reasons to book a Disney-owned or partner hotel instead of staying off-site. But one of the most sought-after perks isn’t available to everyone — it’s reserved for guests staying at select higher-tier resorts, and it’s back on the calendar for several nights in August.
Breakfast is arguably the hardest meal of the day in Disney World. There are options out there, but in the parks, you may find that they’re not as filling as you’d like, are too sugary, or are located in a completely different park or hotel than where you currently are.
Ale and Compass breakfast!
Disney World hotels often have the better breakfast options in comparison to the parks, and one of our favorites was over at Ale & Compass, located at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort. However, we’re sad to report that the breakfast option has now been REMOVED from the menu, taking away one of the best dining deals we’d seen in a long time.
In the nearly a quarter-century it’s been open, Pop Century has become one of Disney World’s most popular Value Tier resorts.
Pop Century
If you find yourself staying at the popular resort, there are some things to keep in mind when checking in, and a BIG thing to remember when checking out.
If you love wearing your Disney MagicBand, you need to check out these accessories on Amazon!
Tapping our MagicBand+!
Amazon has some of our favorite MagicBand add-ons, and once you see them, you won’t want to go to the park without them. Make sure to get those wallets out!
It’s hard to believe, but the Halloween season will be hitting Orlando theme parks sooner than you think…in just a few months! There are so many options this year between Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando, and Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld Orlando. But that’s not even all of the Halloween events, because you don’t want to miss LEGOLAND Florida’s!
Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Florida
Brick or Treat is LEGOLAND’s annual Halloween event, and while we already knew some super fun activities from last year would be returning, LEGOLAND just announced that a new experience is debuting for 2027!
As much as we love Disney World, Disneyland, and Universal Studios, we can admit that they aren’t the cheapest theme parks to visit.
Magic Kingdom
If you’re an avid theme park goer, but you’re looking for a cheaper place to get those thrills, we’ve got something you need to check out. A brand-new list dropped, filled with the 39 most affordable theme parks in the U.S. So, let’s take a look at some cheaper options you can go to this summer!
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