All in Vacations
So while mom and I visited Disney in September during the Food and Wine Festival, we never made it over to the Epcot Play Area that was available. Every time we would be near there, it would already be closed (it closes at dusk), and so it never worked out. But we made a point on our trip in February to let Melody spend some time here. It was our last day of our trip because again, we spend evenings at Epcot and it would already be closed.
On our February trip to Disney World, we decided to try Via Napoli. Brad really wanted some Italian, but I have never loved Tutto Italia. Plus we were planning to have Tony’s Town Square later in the week. So we wanted Italian but not just traditional pasta. We had heard great things about Via Napoli with the exception of using it with the dining plan. That was our only hesitation. But after analyzing all of our meals, we opted to just pay out of pocket for this meal and keep the reservation.
Something we have always wanted to do since our anniversary trip to Disney World is the DVC Tour. We never have the time in our schedule when we visit though. But on our trip back in February we intentionally left time in our schedule to do the tour. Our only concern was whether they would have any availability on the day we wanted to go. I knew you could book online before your trip but I was not sure the perks you would get during your trip for that. And our DVC Tour wasn’t for the perks, by the way. We really are interested. But the perks are nice! Below is our experience of the tour.
On our Disney trip back in February, we visited Restaurantosaurus again while at Animal Kingdom one evening. We ate here a year ago, but I forgot to take any pictures to do a real review. So this trip I tried something different, and I was sure to take pictures!
While at Disney in February, one of the places I wanted to try was Rosie’s All-American Cafe at Hollywood Studios. They had a fried green tomato sandwich that sounded amazing. It had sounded similar to the one served at The Plaza Restaurant. I wasn’t sure if we would still be at Hollywood Studios by lunch but thankfully we were. Let me share our experience below!
Mom and I make an annual trip to Disney World nearly every year for my birthday. We started this when I got out of college. It usually would just be a day or two at Disney and we would tack on a cruise. But since I had Melody, I haven’t wanted to do a cruise yet. So we just do Disney. This year, January was just not ideal. So we postponed until March.
So I am really kicking myself in the butt for not trying Rose and Crown sooner. We have had many reservations here in the past, and we have always cancelled them for one reason or another. Well on our trip in February 2019, we finally tried it. And OMG and I am still drooling over it! Let me share with you how simple yet amazing this meal is.
So back in September, I was lucky enough to attend the Toy Story Land AP Event with my mom and Melody. And since Toy Story Land was so new, it is unlikely we would have visited had it not been for this free event. Well I really wanted Brad to get to experience Toy Story Land, but it is still crazy crowded, and I was unsure of how we were going to accomplish this on our trip back in February. Well then Disney announced Early Morning Magic at Toy Story Land. Unfortunately it isn’t free, but it is only $79 per adult. It gets you prime access to all three rides plus characters and breakfast from 7:30 am (or even 7 am if you opt to eat breakfast first) until park opening. Check out our experience below.
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
We just returned from another trip to Disney World. Over the next seven days, I will be sharing our trip report day by day. You can find my planning post here. So let’s get started!
Well we just got back from a trip to Disney World. Imagine that? Or at least I feel like that is what most people say, ha! I will say, this was our last family trip we have planned to Disney for awhile. Melody turns 3 in May, and she will have to pay after that. And we want to take a few bigger trips to other places. Now in a year, we will see if that statement holds true, ha. This trip is just the three of us. And it is the first trip we aren’t having to make time to visit with anyone else, so our break day was actually a break day at our resort. It was weird. Anyhow, check out all the planning that went into our trip below!
I recently wrote a post about unboxing the AP MagicBand, so I found it only fitting to do a post about unboxing the resort MagicBand. These should be the only two cases (as of now) that you receive a MagicBand in the mail free from Disney. They come with a resort reservation since they are your room key, and they also come with your AP. You can obviously order them separately too, or you can buy other colors while at Disney World. Unfortunately if you buy a ticket, you do not receive a MagicBand. We just use bands we already have in those cases.
So I have been a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder for two years now. Once you activate your AP at Disney, you can then order a complimentary MagicBand. Of course this is a bummer if you were hoping to use the MagicBand and the AP slider on your first trip as a passholder. I suppose they do this because when you buy an AP, you don’t have to activate it for around 10 years. At least that was the expiration on my last one before I activated it at Disney Springs. And I guess there is the change they will change MagicBand styles or even have a whole new system in 10 years.
When we went to Disney back in September, I used Disney Mobile Ordering for the first time. I haven’t had a need for it honestly. On our trips prior to this one, we always had the dining plan, and they were not accepting the dining plan as a form of payment on those trips. Dining plans are accepted now, and we happened to be using a credit card on this trip anyhow.
For this year’s trip to Opryland, we wanted to go back at Christmastime. Last year we visited in the summer, and while it was far less crowded, it wasn’t as festive. They did have events going on, but nothing can compare to Opryland at Christmas. We loved our visit in 2016 at Christmas, so we decided to do it again!
