food IS a theme park
Do you have plans to visit Disney World for the holiday season this year?
EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays
It’s a great time to visit the resort, thanks to all the beautiful holiday decorations, the holiday food (ALL the holiday snacks, y’all), Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, and the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays. Well, if you ARE visiting the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays, we’ve got an important reminder for you: Candlelight Processional dining packages are now available!
Walt Disney World promises to be a different experience in 2024, but the planning process for a Disney World vacation remains crucial. Despite the park pass reservation system being (mostly) done away with, planning a trip to Disney World is still daunting and takes time (along with a lot of money).
Magic Kingdom
The first question when booking a Disney World vacation can be, “How early is too early?” In actuality, the answer is “never too early”. When it comes to your trip, you need to factor in hotel bookings, dining reservations, time of year, important dates, closures, budgeting and more. If all of that seems overwhelming, don’t worry — we’re here to help! Here are some things to keep in mind when planning your 2024 Walt Disney World Trip and why you should consider starting the planning process TODAY. [Read more…]
Disney World can be a magical place.
Crowds
Mickey hugs, DOLE Whips, and fireworks? What’s not to love? However, there’s one thing that can get in the way of a seamless trip — crowds. Disney World is a popular place, so crowds are kind of unavoidable. But, if you know where to look — you might just be better prepared to handle them (and maybe decide to visit on another day). Here’s how to predict if Magic Kingdom will be crowded when you’re there.
Planning a trip to Disney World is not easy, but many people continue to do it, especially around this time of year!
Magic Kingdom
Crowds typically start to ramp up in October ahead of the ultra-busy holiday season, but we can’t blame them — it’s an exciting time to be at Disney World! Disney recently announced a ton of news including the arrival of the Figment meet and greet, a change coming to Haunted Mansion, and an opening date for a big attraction. But what is going on in October at Disney World? You’ve come to the right place to find out!
Get ready to become a TRUE Disney pro!
Cinderella Castle
One tool you’ll find yourself using a LOT in Disney World is the My Disney Experience app. This is the official Disney World app, which can be downloaded on your mobile device. The app can help you do a whole bunch of useful things in the parks like check ride wait times, place Mobile Orders, and secure those Genie+ selections. But the app keeps changing and evolving, getting new features that you might have TOTALLY missed out on. So today we’re taking a look at 3 of the newest Disney World app updates/additions to help you make the most of your use of the app.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! We DO love some ice cream in Disney World.
Yum!
Granted, we have some of our favorite ice cream treats. We’ll pop into Plaza Ice Cream Parlour in Magic Kingdom to put together one of our favorite hacks with a Mickey Ear cookie (or any cookie, actually). But one of our absolute FAVORITE ice cream joints is OUTSIDE the parks at Disney’s Beach Club Resort — but it is SO hard to get reservations for. But now we have a way to get that ice cream without a reservation.
Okay, we did something kinda’ sneaky in Hollywood Studios.
Please don’t tell the Stormtroopers about us
This one is for all you Star Wars fans who want to enjoy Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in a completely different way (and without a lot of people). Sure, you could pay for one of those pricey Hollywood Studios After Hours events, but we’ve got a hack that might work even better — even if it feels a little dodgy.
A NEW restaurant is coming to Disney World!
Japan pavilion
Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya is now OPEN at EPCOT’s Japan Pavilion, but just for walk-ins. Reservations are available for dates starting on August 28th, 2023 and we couldn’t be more excited to check it out. And now, we are one step closer to trying this new table service spot — dining reservations are open!
When it comes to the Disney parks, things are constantly changing and evolving!
Space 220
From ride refurbishments, to new restaurants, to hotel changes, and more, things tend to move pretty quickly around the Disney parks. The changes aren’t always popular, but sometimes Disney totally NAILS IT and rolls out an update that gets overwhelming applause from the fans! And so far, that seems to be the case with a recent update to the process of dining reservations!
Get ready folks — Disney has just announced a change that’s going to make your Dining Reservation planning SO MUCH EASIER.
Our delicious dessert spread!
Previously, you could sit there for ages, swapping between searching for available “breakfast” times and available reservations around specific times like 9AM or 10AM, with each yielding potentially different results. In other words, making a dining reservation required some luck, some skill, and a WHOLE lot of patience. But Disney has revealed a change that makes things much simpler and we’ve got some top TIPS for you.
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