Planning Archive
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is once again fully open at Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World and at Disneyland! This guide details what we know, with tips for visiting, avoiding crowds, and info about Star Wars Land in both California and Hollywood Studios. (Updated June 23, 2021.) We’ve spent considerable time in Star Wars: Galaxy’s
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort is a relaxing Florida beach hotel on the Atlantic Ocean that offers an escape from the crowds and chaos of Walt Disney World. This DVC review features room photos, tips & info from our stay, and recommendations so you can determine if it’s right for you! (Updated June 16, 2020.) For
Should you fly or drive to Disneyland? Rent a car or use Uber? In this Disneyland transportation guide, we’ll answer these questions for you. We’ve put this together based on our first-hand experiences visiting Anaheim dozens of times as tourists, and living in Southern California as locals. Here are pros and cons to each approach,
Castaway Cay is Disney Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas, and is a common port of call for virtually all DCL Caribbean-bound itineraries. This guide provides info & tips for visiting, including things to do, planning advice, and how to make the most of your day. (Updated December 27, 2019.) For starters, Castaway Cay
Ikspiari is a dining, shopping, and entertainment complex located within walking distance of Tokyo Disneyland, the JR Maihama railway station, and with its own monorail station. It’s Japan’s take on the Downtown Disney concept, and in this guide we’ll cover some basics tips for visiting Ikspiari, along with restaurants and stores we recommend. With that
If you can visit Walt Disney World between now and the beginning of November 2019, you absolutely should jump on the opportunity. Last minute trips are not easy to pull off, but in this post, we’ll cover the why and how of doing a quick getaway to experience low crowds, sunrise in the parks, Star
When can we book Walt Disney World vacation packages for 2020? After dates and info about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Free Dining, and which Country Bear is best (Big Al, obviously), this is the most frequently asked question we receive. The good news is that we finally have a date: June 18, 2019. These packages
When heading to Walt Disney World, many of us start planning trips months in advance. In fact, the average Walt Disney World vacationers spend 16 to 19 weeks planning their trips, usually no less than 5 months in advance. We’d hazard a guess that most serious Disney fans plan much further in advance than that.
Shanghai Disneyland is Disney’s newest park, located in China. This travel planning guide covers all facets of a visit to Shanghai Disney Resort, from general: airfare, transportation, currency, etc. to Disney-specifics: food in the parks, where to stay, FastPass strategy, and more. Let’s start with a threshold question: should you visit? We enjoyed Shanghai Disneyland
Wondering what to do outside of the parks with your free day at Walt Disney World? You could relax around the pool, decompressing after a long day in Magic Kingdom. Or, you could have a day jam-packed with fun and the multitude of other entertainment beyond the theme parks in the Vacation Kingdom of the
We just returned from our Disney Cruise Line Alaska sailing and had an incredible experience…for the most part. Not everything went quite according to plan or expectation, and we felt it might be worth touching upon some of the mistakes we made on our Alaska cruise. This may seem like a ‘downer’ way to start
