I thought we might pick up from Part 2 of our 2016 Walt Disney World Christmas Trip Recap by addressing the decision to travel in mid-November as opposed to our normal (and recommended) “sweet spot” of the week after Thanksgiving. The latter we rank as the #1 week of the year in our Best &
In Part 6 of our Disneyland Paris Trip Report, I mentioned that we’d discuss maintenance in the next installment, so let’s start there. Our first visit to Disneyland Paris was during its 20th Anniversary, at a time when we were told maintenance had been improving. Perhaps this was true, or perhaps my expectations were low
This post recaps our recent Christmas vacation to Walt Disney World, offering photos and a quick summary of our experiences that we started in Part 1. I’m going to slow down the pace a bit here, since so many people seemed to like the first installment (or, maybe that was because of the faster pace).
Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay is an on-property “Official Hotel” near Tokyo Disneyland. This review features room photos from Hotel Okura, thoughts on the hotel, and our overall recommendation on whether you should stay here. Interestingly, we’ve found Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay to be the cheapest monorail loop hotel about half the time when searching for
San Angel Inn Restaurante is one of two table service restaurants at Epcot’s Mexico pavilion in Walt Disney World. This World Showcase dining review includes food photos, thoughts on ambiance & cuisine, and how it rates in the big picture of food-dense World Showcase. Regarding basic info for Walt Disney World vacation planners, this is
Cyber Monday is over, but the week of deals continues! We noticed Amazon, Disney Store, Target, Best Buy, and other retailers that carry Disney products and helpful travel accessories for Disney fans are still running deals for the rest of this week, so we’ll continue updating this page. Growing up, Black Friday was a big
We are back from our Christmas season Walt Disney World trip, and thought we’d drop in with some photos and a quick recap of things we did, thoughts, etc. We’ve already done individual posts for several specific topics, and have plenty more things to tackle, but that’ll take several weeks, and not everything is deserving
The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 is the world’s first constant aperture f/1.8 zoom lens. In this review of the revolutionary Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 crop sensor lens, we’ll cover its real world performance, along with a number of sample photos, and a recommendation for the types of photographers for whom this lens might suit best. This lens
Both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort do a lot for Christmas. From entertainment to decorations to attraction overlays and more, it’s a great time of year to be in the parks. In fact, it’s our absolute favorite time to visit both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Given that, and since we’ve already spent some
If you held off on purchasing the first Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney has rewarded you with a new 4-disc collector’s edition, which we’ll review in this post. The new box set features the theatrical version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on 3D Blu-ray, Standard Blu-ray, DVD, and a disc
Walt Disney World just released new concept art for its Avatar-land (see below) and also indicated that the whole land would open in Summer 2017. In this post, we share some thoughts on opening, plus new details on Pandora, including a video of the next-gen Audio Animatronics that will be featured on the boat ride!
