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By Teresa Pitman You know that Walt Disney loved trains, so you’re not surprised to discover one in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But this is really one of the oddest trains you’ve ever seen. How many trains have seats facing sideways? The Wildlife Express does. Climb aboard and take your seat (the nicely themed station is…

By Rikki Niblett   The past couple of days arctic cold has been rushing through the country.  It’s been so frigid everywhere, yep, even in Florida, with lows dipping into the 30s!  (Somebody go find Elsa please and help change this winter back to summer).  While most people know how to better handle the heat…

By Rikki Niblett Well, it’s hard to believe that 2013 has come and almost gone, but here it is, the last few days of the year.  Christmas is over now and we’re ready to look forward to a new year. But before we do that, I thought we’d take a look at a few of…

By Ann Dunnington Like many other Magically Speaking readers, I am known as a resource for all things Walt Disney World around my office.  There are very few things that I like talking about more than planning a trip to see Mickey.  When I’m talking to first timers, I tend to gear my conversation toward…

By Debbie Boehm   I love Disney.  There, I said it.  It’s a confession and a proud statement at the same time.  It began when I was a little girl with Peter Pan decorations on my bedroom wall and it continues to this day when I watch “Once Upon A Time” on Sunday nights.  And…

By Rikki Niblett Wow!  The Holiday Season is upon us (Wasn’t it just January?)  The glorious festive fun is back with colors or red and green popping up, Christmas songs playing on the radio, and holiday decorations everywhere you look.  So, with the Holidays popping up around me in my daily life, it’s also plain…

By Chris Johnson Are you a fan of Halloween? I am, but mostly only because I met my wife at a Halloween party. LOL In general I was never a fan of the holiday. As a life-long Disneyphile however, I can say, without a doubt, that Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween party is easily my favorite event…

By Teresa Pitman You probably know about the Princess Half-Marathon, The Tower of Terror 10 Miler and the other races around Disney theme parks – they’ve become very popular in recent years. You may not know that on the same days as those races, Disney also hosts races for children. And they just might be…

By Ann Dunnington   My husband and I just returned from a wonderful week-long vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort.  When we were planning this trip “home” a few months back, we decided that we wanted to try one of the many tours that Disney offers.  After doing some research, it was a no-brainer…

By Debbie Boehm We’ve all seen the PhotoPass photographers at Walt Disney World.   There are at least six of them between the Emporium and Cinderella Castle on Main Street every day.  They’ll even use your camera or cell phone to capture that special moment for you.  It’s one of the things that I’ve always thought…

By Rikki Niblett   I’m back with my third segment in this series with a look at what you’re missing at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  This park, because of it’s show heavy nature, I believe causes a lot of people to miss things, mostly due to timing.  Many shows are shown at or around the same…

By Kristi Letsinger Many months ago, when the commercials for the new Cars Land were showing, my son wished to go.  This was big.  This was the first time that he had ever wished to go anywhere.  We began the paperwork and many months later we were on our way to Disneyland.  We can’t thank…