Category: Disney World 2016

Episode 12: Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party: Hocus Pocus Show & Trick-or-Treating – Walt Disney World – September 2016

After enjoying our first ever viewing of the Boo To You parade, we headed over to Adventureland to hit a trick-or-treat stop in the Enchanted Tiki Room.  We love the park at night and Adventureland is great!  Pirates of the Caribbean had a projection of the skull and crossbones on it that was really cool.…
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Episode 11: Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party: Haunted Mansion & Boo To You – Walt Disney World – September 2016

We are having so much fun at our first ever Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party!!!   Haunted Mansion After another candy stop, we head over to Haunted Mansion… it’s like an unspoken rule that you have to ride Haunted Mansion during a Halloween Party!  The ambiance in the area is just amazing!  The lighting,…
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Episode 10: Our Pirate Adventures at MNSSHP – Walt Disney World – September 2016

After a fun in the sun at Blizzard Beach, we head back to Port Orleans Riverside to turn into pirates!  Well pirate costumes anyway…  Once dressed in full pirate garb, makeup included, we hopped the bus over to Magic Kingdom for our family’s first ever Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. We arrived before the…
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Episode 9: Fun in the Sun at Blizzard Beach Water Park – Walt Disney World – September 2016

We always spend at least one day of our Disney World trip at a water park… this year we chose Blizzard Beach.   The Disney water parks are the best we have ever been to! Details, Details, Details… is what makes them so great! Disney takes the theme and immerses it into every aspect. Blizzard…
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Episode 8: Breakfast at Chef Mickey’s – Walt Disney World – September 2016

We had breakfast at Chef Mickey’s for the first time on our trip in 2015 and we were hooked!  This is one of our family’s favorite place to go!  So we get up early, but not too early, on Sunday morning and take the bus from Port Orleans Riverside to the Magic Kingdom.  From there,…
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Episode 7: One Man’s Dream & Star Wars Fireworks – Walt Disney World – September 2016

Our day at Hollywood Studios is coming to a close… but we’re not done yet!  Toy Story Midway Mania We head over to Toy Story Midway Mania for our second ride of the day.  Now, we have never done this twice in one day before because we could only get one Fast Pass and never…
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Episode 6: Embarrassing ourselves at the Frozen Sing-a-long, Warm Hugs & Indy Jones – Walt Disney World – September 2016

One of the best shows at Hollywood Studios is the Frozen Sing-a-long!!!  Now, we are huge fans of Frozen, we just fell in love with the movie when it came out, even before all the hype. This show is so much fun!!!  So it goes like this… Princess Anna come on stage to introduce the…
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Episode 5: Evacuated from Great Movie Ride & Journey of the Little Mermaid – Walt Disney World – September 2016

One great thing about Hollywood Studios is the unexpected meet & greets!  Sure there are some set spots for meeting some of your favorite characters, but there are also places where different characters appear throughout the day.  One of these is in front of the Chinese Theater or The Great Movie Ride. We were lucky…
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Episode 4: Lunch at Mama Melrose’s and a whole lot of Star Wars – Walt Disney World – September 2016

Ethan finally gets food!  Poor kid, you would have thought we never fed him…   Lunch at Mama Melrose We have an amazing lunch at Mama Melrose’s in the newly named Muppet Courtyard and it was AMAZING!!!  We had booked the Fantasmic Dinner Package since we were on the Disney Dining Plan (hint, it doesn’t…
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Review of Jedi Training Academy: Trials of the Temple plus Full Show

We are huge fans of Jedi Training Academy and especially of the newest version Trials of the Temple.  This is a wonderful show that brings the kids (ages 4-12) into the world of Star Wars.  They are broken into two groups and trained to use the force and taught the skills to use a light…
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