Category: Walt Disney World

Hollywood Studios is best known for its thrilling rides, amazing stunt shows, and an emphasis on some of the greatest movies ever made.  Without a doubt, this park is both fun and engaging, but is it also educational?  Yes!  As a homeschooling family, we have found ways to make even Hollywood Studios a field trip!…

While almost every attraction at Epcot has some degree of learning material, Animal Kingdom is not far behind its neighboring park when it comes to school field trips.  This larger than life “zoo” offers much to learn related to many living (and some no longer living) creatures.  As a homeschool mom, I love that Animal…

I don’t know about you, but I hate driving.  My mother always taught me not to use the word hate, she says it is a strong word to use and I agree.  I hate driving!  So when I go to Disney World I am more than happy to stick the car keys in a dresser…

As a Disney fanatic and a mom who homeschools my three sons, I am well aware of the educational opportunities at Disney World.  We plan special school assignments and projects in preparation for each trip to our favorite vacation destination.  While in the World, the academics continue without any of us ever picking up a…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…