So many wonderful Discovery Cove experiences await you at this intimate, SeaWorld-owned resort. You probably know that you can swim with dolphins here, but now you can also swim with sharks and feed stingrays! Swim with an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin This is, of course, the main draw at Discovery Cove. The 50-minute experience begins with an orientation led…
Mickey’s Halloween Party Without Kids!
Last year, my husband and I got the chance to go to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and we enjoyed it immensely, even though we brought no kids! We are not the type of people that get into the more gruesome or horror filled Halloween type festivities. We enjoy the fall season immensely…
A Birthday Celebration at Walt Disney World: A Trip Report
I recently celebrated my 27th birthday, and was lucky enough to do it at Walt Disney World! My parents are Florida residents, so my significant other and I make a few trips to Central Florida each year to visit (and go to Walt Disney World, of course!). This year, we flew down on a Friday…
Costume Guidelines for Disney’s Halloween Parties
Mickey’s Halloween Party in Disneyland One of the best parts of attending either Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party in Walt Disney World or Mickey’s Halloween Party in Disneyland is getting to dress in costume! If you have tickets to either of these events, you may be wondering what to wear. No matter if you…
Movie Review: So Dear to My Heart
Based on Sterling North’s 1943 children’s book Midnight and Jeremiah, Disney’s So Dear to My Heart was theatrically released on January 19, 1949. The musical drama, a hybrid of live-action and animated elements, is eighty-two minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1903 Indiana, a passing train affords the townspeople of Fulton Corners a brief…
Rikki’s Mouse Bites – Walt Disney World News 9/4/17
Walt Disney World News The Walt Disney World Resort announced the introduction of the Ultimate Nights of Adventure VIP Tour at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. This tour is the perfect way for Guests of all ages to experience their favorite classic attractions during the day and also the park’s newest nighttime offerings including Rivers of Light…
Foodie Friday: Top 10 Returning Favorites You Need to Try at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival
It is time! The most delicious time of the year is upon us. No….I’m not talking about pumpkin spiced everything (though that is delicious). No, instead, I am talking about the Epcot Food and Wine Festival! This year’s festival will be the longest running festival to date. It will run from August 31 through November…
Top 3 Tips for the Epcot Food and Wine Festival with Food Allergies
Disney is known as a safe haven for many of us with food allergies. It’s somewhere you can go and know that you can eat at any restaurant, which is a rarity in the non-Disney world. The popular Epcot Food and Wine Festival may seem off limits at first, but with a little research…
How to Digitally Scrapbook Your Disney Memories
Today we would love to introduce you to how we digitally scrapbook our Disney memories! If your family is like mine, we love going to Disney because it is a place where magical moments happen. Our family loves capturing those moments in photos and videos to look back on years later and make us smile….
5 Tips for Touring Walt Disney World in the Heat
We recently spent 5 days at Walt Disney World during the first week of August, and as you’d expect, it was hot! Fortunately for us, it rained a significant portion of this trip, so we were able to stay relatively cool, but being a summer Disney-goer, I know how powerful the Florida sun can be…
How We Picked Our Walt Disney World Park Days
Our pick for Day Three: The Magic Kingdom My extended family is going on a trip to Walt Disney World in January, and we’ve been planning fiercely since the beginning of the summer. We booked our resort, and we had a list of restaurants we’d like to eat at. Our next step? Figuring out which…
Rikki’s Mouse Bites – Walt Disney World News 8/28/17
Walt Disney World News The 21st annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival begins Thursday, August 31 and with it, one of the new offerings will be found in the Odyssey pavilion, which will become the Epcot Legacy Showplace. The showplace will feature displays of Epcot’s rich history and a selection of throwback treats. The…