food IS a theme park
Getting stuck on a Disney World ride can be annoying, but hear us out, it might just be the highlight of your trip!
Dinosaur!
We’ve ridden Disney World rides so many times that it’s a treat to see the ride in a completely new way. For example, getting to walk through Spaceship Earth with the lights on when it gets stuck, or Space Mountain with the lights on. Recently, a family member of someone on the DFB team got stuck on DINOSAUR and got to see the attraction with the LIGHTS ON!
New bao buns have arrived in Disney’s Animal Kingdom! We are suckers for fluffy bao buns filled with delicious fillings, so when we spotted a new addition to Tiffins Restaurant’s menu, we had to give them a try. New bao buns will also be coming to Nomad Lounge — although they will be different than the new ones at Tiffins. So, if you are a bao bun fanatic, check out both Tiffins and Nomad Lounge for new offerings.
Tiffins Restaurant
Over at Tiffins, you can grab the Pork Belly Bao Buns. Nomad Lounge will be offering Korean Barbecue Mushroom Bao Buns (although they didn’t have them quite yet when we were in Animal Kingdom last week. We grabbed a table at Tiffins Restaurant to try out the new buns, and now we are bringing you our review!
Our favorite city (well, excluding CityWalk) just got a whole lot more convenient. Last year, downtown Orlando announced a free parking initiative that’s continuing into the new year. The Park DTO program was first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage traffic and consumers downtown. The popular freebie was relaunched in 2023 and has helped Orlando’s recent growth with over 30 new local businesses opening downtown last year.
Lake Eola
Drivers can get free two-hour parking at all parking spaces downtown – both metered and non-metered – 24 hours a day, every day of the week. The move is to encourage both visitors and locals to support local businesses, make downtown more accessible, and explore everything the city has to offer.
EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts starts NEXT WEEK, and we couldn’t be more stoked!
Festival of the Arts
Disney just recently released the full menus for this festival, which already has us making a list of which options we want to try most, and we can’t wait to check out all the live entertainment and artwork that make this festival as special as it is. If you’re planning to head to the festival and want to make the most of it, these are the EIGHT essentials you can’t forget to pack!
When it comes to Disney World, it can be either the most magical time of your life or a trip you don’t mention for years until it finally becomes funny to talk about how bad it went.
AMKEN Waist Fan
That might sound dramatic, but it’s really true! There are a lot of aspects of Disney World that make it a one-time trip for people, like the crowds, long lines, prices, and the HEAT. We’ve spent over 15 years learning the best tips for crowds, strategies to avoid lines, and ways to budget. Now, this new online find might be just the way to fight those detrimental summer days.
Well, it’s not every day that we walk into Disney World only to see that something has completely closed without a word to anyone.
Marketplace Snacks
Now, we ARE in Disney World every day, and we walk around the parks to try and catch things just like this, because as wild as it sounds, things ARE changing in the resort every single day. We stepped into Disney Springs today to check out the Lime Garage closure, which we’ve known was coming for many months, but then we spotted another closure — Marketplace Snacks is somehow completely…and no one has said ANYTHING about it.
Tons of construction projects are happening around Disney World Resort, and we don’t just mean the parks — the Disney World hotels and Disney Springs are seeing lots of construction too!
Disney Springs Lime Garage
Disney Springs is home to some of our favorite shopping and dining options, and with so much to do, it needs a lot of parking to be able to accommodate its crowds. There are numerous parking lots and areas available, but one MASSIVE one has just closed for refurbishment, which means parking might get a little tricky for the next few months.
Staying OFF-PROPERTY can be a cost-effective way to enjoy Disney World without paying Disney World prices, but there are some tips and realities you need to be aware of before committing to this type of lodging.
©Marriott
Good Neighbor Hotels are nearby hotels that are usually more affordable than Disney-owned hotels but are still partnered with Disney World to provide quality services, such as transportation and early entry to the theme parks in some cases. Over 40 hotels from major brands like Hilton, Marriott, IHG, and many more make up the list of Good Neighbor Hotels, and we spent hours upon hours conducting research to discover some secrets general tourists might be missing.
Feet don’t fail me now! Or in this case, arms don’t fail me now! Universal Mardi Gras returns to Universal Studios Florida from February 7th through April 4th, 2026. If you are an Annual Passholder and you have wanted to throw beads during a lively Mardi Gras parade, your chance to sign up to ride a float is coming soon!
Mardi Gras Parade
Universal Mardi Gras features live concerts, delicious food, and a festive parade that you won’t want to miss. The Mardi Gras parade is always such a fun time, with colorful floats, elaborate costumes, catchy music, and LOTS of bead necklaces. Each float in the parade has people on it throwing beads into the crowds — and you can be the one throwing the beads from the float!
TONS of new treats and drinks dropped in Disneyland last Thursday, January 8th! Of course, we stopped by to try some of the new offerings—like PINK milk!! Yes, there is now a third milk option in Galaxy’s Edge! Plus, we also grabbed a Sweet Heat Beignet Chicken Sandwich, Infinity Cream Puffs, and 9 other new food items. We also really wanted to try another new treat, but by the time we stopped by to grab it, it had already SOLD OUT.
Pink Milk
Cast Members said they didn’t anticipate its popularity, so they didn’t make many. We vowed to make our way back — earlier this time — as soon as we could. Well, we have some good news! We stopped by Disneyland this weekend, and we were able to secure this popular treat!
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