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Planning a trip for a group of middle school students to Walt Disney World can be daunting.  With that being said, it gets to be a little easier when you participate in a Youth Education Series (YES) program, as Disney tailors the trip specifically for each individual group. According to Disney, the YES Programs give…

  Everyone loves food. Everyone loves saving money. So, who wouldn’t love free food? For the seventh consecutive year, the Walt Disney World Resort has released a Free Dining offer for guests. From now through August 27th, guests can book a Magic Your Way package with a FREE Disney Dining plan. As in previous years,…

By Kristi Letsinger My children and I have been to Disney World numerous times. For several of our trips, we have used a Guest Assistance Pass (GAC) due to the fact that one of our travel mates has extreme back issues and needs special assistance. In late fall of last year, my son (age four)…

By Carol Garcia   For those of us who live in a dreary, gray climate during the winter, a trip to Epcot’s Flower and Garden festival can be just what the doctor ordered. A breath of spring in a beautiful setting can go a long way toward chasing away the winter blues. This year marks…

By Rikki Niblett Photos by Marc Lorenzo In the past couple of trips, there has been a Must-Do that’s popped up on my radar. It’s not something that Stacy ever mentioned on any of her shows, but trust me, it is a good time! And I think it’s something that you need to check out…

By Naomi M. My kids and I had the fortune to stay at the Paradise Pier Hotel at Disneyland from February 8 through February 14, 2011. We have now stayed at all three Disneyland Resort hotels, and I have to say that the family consensus is that the Paradise Pier Hotel is our favorite. We…

By Carol Garcia   Admittedly, I didn’t start the Disney fanaticism all at once. Who does? I had been to Walt Disney World four times before that fateful hurricane blew us to Orlando on our first family vacation with our daughter. Since we couldn’t get into Cancun for a beach vacation, and had a week…

By Teresa Pitman I have to confess that the first time I went to Disneyland — after many trips to Walt Disney World — I was kind of disappointed. I missed the feeling I got in WDW of being in an entirely separate world, because I could see the ordinary buildings in the background behind…

By Lisa McClure Recently, my husband and I were able to take a short cruise on the Disney Dream. He is a Disney Cast Member and because of that, we were invited to have the opportunity to go on a short cruise to put the ship “through the ropes” before guests arrived, making sure everything…

By Becky Mac My family and I went to the Disneyland Resort in the middle of November, 2010, and I have to say that we were blown away by the shear number of construction walls everywhere in Disney California Adventure. It reminded me of a song…”Here a wall, there a wall, everywhere a wall, wall…”…

By Sarah DeMare In November, I had the pleasure of dining at Via Napoli, the new pizzeria in the Italy pavilion at Epcot. This was a fantastic dinner, and if you are short on time, you can skip the details and just go ahead and make an ADR for your next trip, you won’t be…

By Teresa Pitman Not long ago, I specialized in the wimpy rides. No drops, nothing scarier than the ghosts in Haunted Mansion. But as I wrote in a previous edition of Magically Speaking, I managed to work up from Barnstormer to Splash Mountain, and discovered that I loved it. Well, you know what has to…