By Erica Colmenares and Michelle Leifur This Thursday is Thanksgiving. For many, this marks the “official” beginning of the holiday season (although this year some decorations and gift ideas were displayed in stores before Halloween). The Orlando area truly is a festive place to spend part of the season. There are things going on not…
New Year’s Eve in the World
By Carol Garcia So you are going to be in Walt Disney World for New Year’s Eve? Well, you won’t be at a loss for places to ring in the new year. The headline event is of course the bash at Pleasure Island. Nowhere else will you find a party with the likes of Smash…
A Different Kind of Attraction: The Spa Massage
By Erica Colmenares If you’re a veteran of the Disney Spa World, I suggest you skip down to the next article. Right now. This is an account for the newbie, the person who’s always wanted to book a Disney massage, but never dared. Like me. I mean, until this October, when I finally decided to…
Pop Century: A Resort Review
By Michelle Leifur “Oh! It’s like a walk down Memory Lane!” “I remember this from when I was a kid!” “Look at this! Can you believe we used to dress like that?” “Mom, please don’t do the Hustle again!” These are just a few comments you might hear spoken by guests at Disney World’s Pop…
Experience the Happiest Homecoming
Pam Forrester, one of the owners of The Magic for Less Travel, had the opportunity to travel to Disneyland and shares her experience below. Some of the agents and I recently returned from the second annual Earmarked Conference in Disneyland. This is a conference held exclusively for “Earmarked” agencies-travel agencies that have achieved “Authorized Disney…
Disneyland Transportation
One of the first questions visitors to the Disneyland Resort often as is “How do I get there?”. There are four airports in the area. All of them have their own merits and any of them can be a choice when flying in, depending on the airline you choose. Here is a list of your…
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party: Tickets, Timing and Dining
By Michael J. Hewell (fondly known as TourGuideMiKE) Planning on going to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party this year? Or next? If so, MAXimize your experience before you even hit Magic Kingdom by reading our insider article from TourGuideMiKE, with ticket, timing and dining details for MNSSHP. I so-o-o look forward to these fun-filled parties in…
The Tombstones and Creepy Old Crypts of the Haunted Mansion
By Lou Mongello I love the Haunted Mansion! To me, there is nothing else quite like it in any park in Walt Disney World. The nostalgia, the effects… it’s great. Now, on to the questions (posed to me by someone during a recent trip to WDW, but asked of me more than once). Was the…
Quest for a Day
By D. Judson Hindes I don’t remember the year, whether it was the middle or late 90’s, but I do remember hearing the news: Disney would build a new type of theme park, a “virtual” theme park, contained in an independent single building, and place them in cities throughout the country, starting with one at…
At Epcot, A Gyro Is More Than Just a Sandwich
By Binnie Betten If Epcot didn’t quite turn out to be the Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow that Walt had envisioned, Innoventions surely has become the park’s technological playground of the future. It is here that guests can be entertained through hands-on experience with games, gadgets, and inventions on the cutting edge. Thus, Innoventions, located…
A Quick Bite at Downtown Disney
By Michelle Leifur Here’s where you stand. You have purchased Mickey-shaped soaps. You have bought enough decorations to decorate three Christmas trees in nothing but Disney. You finally convinced yourself to buy the Tinker Bell china teacup. And you have been lost inside the World of Disney. Three times. You have been standing on your…
A Babysitter at Walt Disney World?
By Carol Garcia There comes a time in every family’s vacation when the quality of the “quality time” spent on vacation with family starts to dip. There can be too many opinions on the next ride or meal, too many interests trying to be met, or too big of an age group to keep everyone…