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)…
Get on the Memory Train~ Disney Style
The other day my mom gave me an old Disney shopping bag. It’s wrinkled and worn and the plastic is starting to go brittle, but it’s not the bag, but what’s inside that I am going to write about. Inside was full of Disney memories from my first two trips back in the early 80’s. Not…
Sittin’ on the dock of a bay…Electrical Water Pageant
I had heard rumors of its existence but never wanted to actually leave the park to verify if it was true. At nine o’clock p.m. , if I am in any of the four parks of Walt Disney World, I want to stay in the park until they kick me out! But not too long…
Exploring EPCOT’s World Showcase: Mexico, Norway, and Morocco (by Brandon, age 12)
EPCOT is a wonderful park to visit if you wish to learn about and see certain countries but do not have a big enough wallet to pay for all of that traveling. Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada are the nations you will find there,…
Riding for Sentimental Reasons: It’s a Small World
There is quite possibly no other ride that brings you both joy and dread like “It’s a Small World”. It’s the ride that you want to love but a song that will stay with you until you think you’ll scream! My mother rode the original “It’s a Small World” at the 1964 World’s Fair in…
Top 5 Reasons for an Adult Getaway to Disney World
I recently had the opportunity to spend a long weekend at Walt Disney World with some of my best gal pals for the Princess ½ Marathon, no kids, no husbands invited. I was a little reluctant to tell the kids that they weren’t invited, but I think the promise of a June trip to their…
Riding for Sentimental Reasons: Peter Pan’s Flight
But, Peter, how do we get to Never Land? Fly, of course. In all honesty, the movie “Peter Pan” isn’t even one of my favorites. There are numerous Disney movies that I prefer to watch over and over again and yet while at the Magic Kingdom, my day is not complete unless I get…
Riding for Sentimental Reasons: The TTA Peoplemover
My very first trip to Walt Disney World was way back in 1975. I was seven years old. There was only the Magic Kingdom back then and while I don’t have a whole lot of memories of the trip (other than the 22 hour drive!), the only two that come to mind are holding hands…
Epcot From A to Z (Part 4)
In the final part of or Epcot series, we have a few that you’d expect and then a few I think might be new to you. Starting with Turtle Talk, we’ll look at Crush and eventually we’ll loop our way over to Test Track where we’ll zip around a bit. Turtle Talk with Crush This…
Epcot’s 18th Annual Flower and Garden Festival
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…
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater vs. 50’s Prime Time Cafe (by Brandon, age 12)
Of all the nice restaurants in Hollywood Studios, my favorites are Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater and 50’s Prime Time Café. It is tough deciding where to eat between these two. Though they both are fun and have delicious foods, they each have pros and cons. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater, which looks like a drive-in, is a fun…
Epcot From A to Z (Part 3)
Epcot is a strange mix of many things and today’s list of favorites really shows that. We start on a Viking ship being chased by angry trolls and end up hang-gliding over California. Norway Pavillion and Maelstrom Norway’s ride Maelstrom is a little joke in our family. It’s a World Showcase attraction. Those are safe…