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Disney Dining Review Columbia Harbour House In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Four hundred and sixty-six years later, the Sailing Ship Columbia set sail on the Rivers of America in Disneyland, and fifteen years after that, the Columbia Harbour House began serving park goers at Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom. The eponymous inspiration for Disney eateries, sailing vessels, and ...

Valet parking service begins next week at Downtown Disney Parking at Downtown Disney can be extremely difficult during peak times.  With half the parking spaces now under construction, things are worse.  A lot worse. Beginning October 21 2013 and running through the holidays, Disney is introducing valet parking as a possible solution. The service will be available daily from 4pm ...

Character Dining 101 On most vacations the thought of a rodent in the dining room would be revolting. At Walt Disney World, however, vacationers take great pains to wake up in the wee morning hours 6 months prior to their trip to attempt to secure a spot to dine with a mouse and his fictional friends. Isn’t it amazing what ...

Disney Dining with a Toddler Part One: The Plan   I am blessed to have visited Walt Disney World enough times that I’ve stopped trying to count, but my next trip in in late October is a new type of trip for me.  We are celebrating my youngest son’s 2nd birthday and it will just be my husband, our little ...

Full MagicBand Rollout Schedule As it stands now, all resorts will be participating by October 23 2013. The following testing is expected to run through until November 30 2013. Resorts currently participating in MyMagic+ testing: Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Disney’s All-Star Music Resort Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo ...

I love going to the Parks, but I have almost as much fun just at the resorts! While I rarely get to stay in them, I love visiting and seeing what each one of them has to offer. It’s hard to get a full sense of all of the resorts, but first impressions are important. Here’s a list of my ...

News and Views around Walt Disney World this Week There is a large crowd entering Epcot and I happily follow them in. The International Food and Wine Festival is in full swing. The weekend crowd was even heavier.  I passed the Ocean Spray Cranberry Bog and was happy to get a packet of Craisins® handed to me on my way ...

Reported by the Orlando Sentinel 3 Disney cast members beaten by alleged drunken guest, officials say A Naval Academy graduate and former football player was charged with attacking three Walt Disney World cast members while intoxicated at the Epcot theme park this weekend. Austin DeVan Hill, 23, of Pensacola was charged with aggravated battery and two counts of battery after ...

Animal Kingdom’s Pandora Behind the Scenes Video      

Disney Springs is worth a trip. Disney Springs is a great place to spend an “off day” during your Walt Disney World vacation. You’ll still be surrounded by all things Mickey and his friends, but you won’t have to pay for another day in the parks. You might also want to head to Disney Springs if you’ve been to Animal ...