From Our Magically Speaking Newsletter Archive – subscribe today! By Jennifer Reztlaff As school ends and summer beings, people start to plan their vacations. From summer trips to the beach, baseball games, and zoos to determining what next year family trip is will be; summer months spark that vacation planning bug in many of…
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Tips on Saving for a Disney Vacation
When planning a Disney trip, I am often giddy with excitement and dreaming of Mickey Ice Cream Bars and Dole Whips in my sleep. Of course, my coworkers and friends are fully aware of my crazy commitment to planning a trip, but there are the few who ask “How do you afford to go each…
Disney’s Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
The Spirit of Aloha dinner show is a unique dining experience at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort that combines music, dancing, and food into an entertaining evening for guests of all ages. You won’t find another show like it at Disney World! After making a reservation online a few weeks ahead of time, we arrived at…
Free Activities in Downtown Disney
We spent a morning walking through Downtown Disney to shop and take in the sights. Shopping does not top my kids’ favorite things to do list, so armed with our shopping list, we had mentally prepared ourselves for some moaning and groaning. Surprisingly, there were many FREE activities for the kids to do while my…
Visiting Walt Disney World Without the Theme Parks
In 2014, my family made no plans to visit Walt Disney World. We were saving up for a Disney Cruise and doing some home improvements and were totally planning to skip a trip to the World. However, like many avid Disney fans, I began plotting to see if there was any way we could make…
Hooray for Disney’s Hollywood Studios!!
When most people think of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, their thoughts often turn to thrill rides such as Tower of Terror and Rock n’ Roller Coaster or the silly, competitive fun of Toy Story Mania. What about the Streetmosphere that pulls this park together? That’s right, Streetmosphere not atmosphere. By definition Streetmosphere is “Entertainers such…
Foodie Friday: Top 5 Restaurants at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Happy Birthday Disney’s Hollywood Studios! The park officially opened on this day in 1989. Of course, one of the most unique things about DHS is the restaurants, both counter service and table service. They all take on unique themes that relate back to the original theme of the park…a celebration of Hollywood. So today, I…
The Hollywood That “Always Will Be” — Disney’s Hollywood Studios
When Disney’s Hollywood Studios opened on May 1, 1989, becoming Disney World’s third theme park (Animal Kingdom wouldn’t become the fourth until 1998), Michael Eisner shared the sentiment that the park was “dedicated to Hollywood—not a place on a map, but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine, a…
Our Favorite Disney’s Hollywood Studios Quick Service Spots
I shared with you in this post here where our family’s favorite lunch Quick Service spots were in the Magic Kingdom. Today I will share with you our favorite spots in Hollywood Studios. Toy Story Pizza Planet My kids love Toy Story. They love the Toy Story Midway Mania ride and posing with green…
Saving for Your Dream Vacation with the Disney Vacation Account
One of the toughest parts of planning a Disney vacation for many Disney-lovers is saving up for the trip. Even with the various discounts offered throughout the year, it’s no secret that Disney vacations can be pricey! Since our family takes frequent Disney vacations, it seems like we’re always saving up for a trip, so…
Delicious Disney Dishes: Oreo Bon Bons from Cape May Cafe
Cape May Cafe is famous for its seafood delights. I mean, you can smell the deliciousness in the evenings when you walk in the door of Disney’s Beach Club Resort. But one of of the things that I found to be most incredible wasn’t seafood at all! Instead, it was an Oreo Bon Bon dessert!…
Star Wars Dine-In Galactic Breakfast Review
What’s better than Star Wars, breakfast, and being in an awesomely-themed restaurant? Not too much, in my opinion. If any these above mentioned things are something that you enjoy, then I highly recommend the Star Wars Dine-In Galactic Breakfast at the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This is a character breakfast offered…