Category: Disney Travel

It is our first trip EVER to Disneyland, so we made sure to get up early and be at the park for rope drop!!!  The park opened at 8:00 so we had breakfast and headed out for our 20 minute walk from the hotel around 7:00.  It was a beautiful and comfortable 63 degrees as…
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We are traveling to Disneyland for the first time ever and we are beyond excited!  Not only is this our first trip to the ‘original’ Happiest Place on Earth but Jason and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary this week! So since this is a special anniversary trip, we are traveling without the kids.…
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After a nice relaxing afternoon around the resort, and a quick but powerful thunderstorm, we head to Boatwright’s Dining Hall at Port Orleans Riverside for dinner.  We were excited to eat here after we saw the menu… all good Louisiana cuisine!  Boatwright’s is the table service restaurant at POR and is located between the River…
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It is lunchtime and we are starving!   Well, all hungry but can’t decide on what to eat…  Jason wants one of the Casey’s Corner famous footlongs so we head in their first, but the boys have different ideas and I take them over to Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café.  This place has always been a…
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What area of Magic Kingdom is the first to come to mind when you think about the park?  For me it is Fantasyland.  We have learned through the years of taking our family to Walt Disney World that your time is best used if you take one land at a time instead of running back…
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We had no idea when we got up and made our way oh so early to the park that it would be our last time ever to see the Welcome Show at Magic Kingdom!  Well, actually it was the first and the last time for our boys!!!  But looking back we are so glad that…
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We are spending the day at Animal Kingdom and the evening having dinner at Rainforest Cafe!  T-Rex over at Disney Springs has always been one of our favorite locations, so we wanted to give this one a try! The joys of Animal Kingdom There are some amazing musicians all over Walt Disney World!  But one…
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There is so much to see in Animal Kingdom… dinos & fish & turtles.  Yes dinosaurs, well not REAL dinosaurs, but there are plenty of them in Dinoland! Dinoland USA Cameron has become crazy about pin trading! He will literally stop every Cast Member he sees with a lanyard and ask to trade. He found…
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Over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, there are two things we love… a safari and a wild raft ride!  I mean of course, Kilimanjaro Safaris and Kali River Rapids! A Safari in Florida? Fresh out of Festival of the Lion King, we decide to stop by to check out the line for Kilimanjaro Safaris. It…
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We are at Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World for the day!  We have so many plans, let’s see what all we can find…   Huge surprise here… Are you ready for it??? We visited with the animals… at Animal Kingdom!!! J But in all seriousness, we love exploring the shaded and overgrown lush trails of…
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