Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

Yesterday we covered the full menu release for the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, and the reaction was exactly what you would expect. Fans have been waiting on those menus for months. The 30th anniversary lineup with 30 returning or reimagined items gave longtime attendees something to dig into, and the new additions gave everybody else a reason ...

Some restaurants at Walt Disney World are famous. Olivia’s Cafe is beloved, which is a different thing entirely. Tucked into Disney’s Old Key West Resort, Olivia’s has never had the reservation frenzy of a signature dining location or the recognition of a park restaurant. It is a resort cafe at a Disney Vacation Club property that most guests will never ...

Another day in Orlando, another heat advisory. That sentence has been true for most of this month, and the repetition is exactly the problem. When something happens often enough, people stop treating it as a warning and start treating it as background noise. We covered an advisory on August 11 with an index reaching 110. We covered another on August ...

Halloween at Walt Disney World has become an expensive proposition. Between the parties, the merchandise and fun food options all over the property. Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs $119 to $229 per person, depending on the night, and several dates have already sold out. Party-exclusive merchandise sells fast. Popcorn buckets and sippers add up. For a family of four, a ...

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge is not a cheap place to stay, and that matters to how guests react to news like this. Kidani Village is a Deluxe Villa property. Guests booking it are paying Deluxe pricing, or they are burning Disney Vacation Club points they have been saving specifically for a stay here. Either way, this is not a resort ...

Fall at Walt Disney World does not just mean Halloween taking over Magic Kingdom. It also means EPCOT finally gets a festival again. And if you have visited EPCOT during one of the rare gaps between festivals, you know how different the park feels without one. The booths are gone, World Showcase is quieter, and a big part of what ...

Not everyone gets to be in the parks during the holidays, and that is a genuinely frustrating part of being a Disney fan. Halloween season at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort is arguably the most merchandise-heavy stretch of the year outside Christmas. Popcorn buckets. Sippers. Spirit jerseys. Ears. Home decor. Loungefly bags. Most of it is park exclusive, most ...

Disney is not perfect, and fans are extremely good at proving it. That is not a criticism so much as an observation about how this fandom operates. Disney fans notice things. They notice when a paint color changes on Main Street, U.S.A. They notice when an audio track gets remixed. They notice when a font on a sign is not ...

Getting from Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World has never been the magical part of a Disney trip. The bags come off the carousel. Someone watches the kids while someone else wrestles suitcases. You sort out the transportation situation, load everything up, and eventually everyone and everything lands at the resort. It works. It is not exactly seamless, and ...

Cast members carry more than most guests realize, and the past few weeks have made that unusually visible. The situation involving a Disneyland Peter Pan performer brought to light a conversation that people in theme park entertainment have been having quietly for years. Character performers work in costume and in character, often without the ability to break the illusion when ...