Looking out onto Magic Kingdom from Cinderella’s Royal Table I posted a few weeks regarding the planning of advance dining reservations. I went through my process of how I narrow down the hundreds of options using extra magic hours, crowd calendars, family food preferences and other items. As we are getting closer to our big…
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Old Key West for Large Families
From Our Magically Speaking Newsletter Archive – subscribe today! By Ginamarie Palmieri Finding the right accommodations at Walt Disney World can be challenging, especially since there are so many options. This becomes even more amplified when you are traveling with a large group. However, on our last trip, I think we hit the sweet spot…
Dining Review: Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Harvest Breakfast at Garden Grill
While we were visiting Walt Disney World this past weekend for the Wine and Dine Half Marathon and to celebrate our daughter’s eighth birthday, we had the opportunity to try a new dining experience on it’s opening day – Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Harvest Breakfast at Garden Grill! Located in Epcot’s Land Pavilion, Disney’s only (slowly)…
Movie Review: Pollyanna
DVD Cover Copyright Disney A live action adaptation of Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 novel of the same name, Disney’s Pollyanna was theatrically released on May 19, 1960. The film, which marked the Disney debut of legendary teen actor Hayley Mills, is 134 minutes in length. Plot Summary Following the death of her parents, a preteen…
Tips for planning your Advance Dining Reservations
How to plan your Advance Dining Reservations One of the best parts of visiting Walt Disney World isn’t the characters or the rides, but the food. Disney provides so many different and unique food options in and outside the four main parks that guests could spend their whole vacation just eating. As with the characters…
Movie Review: The Parent Trap
DVD Cover Copyright Disney A “doubly delightful” live action comedy, The Parent Trap was theatrically released on June 19, 1961. (1) It is based on Erich Kastner’s 1949 novel Das doppelte Lottchen (Lottie and Lisa) and is 128 minutes in length. Plot Summary A teenage girl from Boston, Sharon McKendrick (Hayley Mills), endures a disastrous…
Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto Review
Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is tucked into a back corner of the Polynesian Village Resort. Modeled after the original version in the Disneyland Hotel, this unique place is like nowhere else on Disney property. I was excited to try it and the experience turned out to be well worth the visit. When we arrived at…
Breakfast Review at Be Our Guest Restaurant
Starting a Magic Kingdom day with breakfast at Be Our Guest is a good way to enjoy some Beauty and the Beast atmosphere while fueling up for touring the park! We’ve had lunch and dinner at Be Our Guest on previous trips, and for this vacation we opted for breakfast. The Be Our Guest Restaurant…
Movie Review: The Swiss Family Robinson
DVD Cover ©Disney Based loosely on Johann David Wyss’s 1812 novel Der Schweizerische Robinson, The Swiss Family Robinson was theatrically released on December 21, 1960. The live action flick is 126 minutes in length. Plot Summary In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, the Robinson family, which includes a father, a mother, and three sons,…
Cabana Bay Beach Resort: Universal’s First On-site Value Resort
Cabana Bay Beach Resort where Nostalgia meets Modern Times Cabana Bay Beach Resort is Universal’s first on-site value resort. The theme is mid-century modern, with lots of windows, bright colors, and period-appropriate lighting and furniture; and vintage cars parked in front of the hotel. The lobby is huge offering multiple lounges, a business center and…
Movie Review: Frozen
DVD Cover Copyright Disney The subject of one of the greatest entertainment frenzies in recent memory, Frozen was theatrically released as the fifty-third full length animated feature in Disney history on November 27, 2013. The film is 102 minutes in length. Plot Summary The grand day has finally arrived, the day when Princess Elsa is…
Lunch Break at The Wave
One of the best things about the Walt Disney Resort area is that there are so many great restaurants to choose from. I had heard good things about The Wave…of American Flavors restaurant at Disney’s Contemporary Resort and decided to try it out for lunch. When I arrived at the restaurant, I immediately loved the…