By Kate Abbott If you are a Disney fan — of Walt himself, or his creations — you must visit the Walt Disney Family Museum. The Disney fan in you (or the animation fan, or the history fan, or the nostalgia fan) will be as thrilled here as if you were visiting an actual theme […]
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D23 Expo Photo Tour
By Kate Abbott If you missed the first-ever D23 Expo this year (or if you went and want to relive it), we’ve got a mini tour for you right here. The Expo is organized into areas for exhibitors’ booths (like The Magic For Less travel / Magically Speaking newsletter), Disney-sponsored booths, and panel discussions / […]
By Kate Abbott Anniversary trip to the Grand Californian: check. Spa gift certificate: check. Big baby and aching back: double check. It’s time to go to the spa! The timing was perfect: on our anniversary stay at the lovely Grand Californian, my husband and baby were going to spend the morning cruising around the theme […]
By Kate Abbott Some said we were crazy; some said it would be pointless; some declared it would all end in tears. To all of them I say: It’s worth it to see baby’s first pair of mouse ears with his name scrolled across the back! Yes, the trip would have been worth it, even […]
By Kate Abbott My first and only previous stay at the Disneyland Hotel was when I was in high school, and the hotel dazzled me — it was the largest hotel I’d ever stayed in (the hotel currently has 990 rooms in its three towers) and featured waterfalls, koi fish to feed, and even remote-controlled […]
By Carol Garcia and Kate Abbott Magically Speaking recently received the following questions from reader Olivia: I am planning our second trip to Disney World in spring ’09. In some literature and on websites, I have seen reference to some slightly different activities to take part in at Disney, such as carriage rides, sing-a-longs, and […]