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Why come to Orlando for your vacation? There are many reasons to choose Orlando, Florida for your vacation destination. The top reason is the many things to see and do here. This includes the famous Disney World Resort, which features four main theme parks, two water parks, a shopping area with a movie theater, restaurants, and a virtual reality ‘world,’ and more. And who can forget Continue reading Why Orlando? As the modern legend goes, Walt Disney was in Disneyland when he saw a cowboy walking through Tomorrowland to get to Frontierland. He realized this broke the magic of Disneyland and brought the problem to his team of engineers. When they began planning the Disney World Resort here in Florida, they came up with utility corridors, or Utilidors. The result is a vast network of corridors Continue reading Disney’s Magic Kingdom – Utilidors Walking around the Disney World Orlando parks, you may notice that most of the cast members wear lanyards around their necks covered in pins. Many avid Disney fans do as well. They walk around the parks wearing pin-covered backpacks, fanny packs, and hats. They comment on each other’s shiny collectibles, proudly displaying their own like badges. Pin trading is a Disney hobby that can often turn Continue reading Disney – Pin Trading Here’s something many Epcot visitors don’t know about- Epcot’s DiveQuest. Heard of it? I hadn’t either, until now. Imagine getting to swim with the fish you see at the Seas with Nemo and Friends pavilion! Epcot’s DiveQuest is a program which allows SCUBA certified divers to go into Epcot’s large Seas with Nemo and Friends pavilion’s 6.7-million-gallon Caribbean Coral Reef aquarium tank and swim with the Continue reading Disney’s Epcot – DiveQuest For any bride-to-be who has ever dreamed of a fairytale wedding, Disney World has what you need to make your wedding dreams come true. Since 1991, Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings has been host to about 30,000 weddings, with more than 1500 weddings per year at Walt Disney. The non-denominational wedding pavilion, which can host up to 6 weddings a day, had its first wedding on Continue reading Disney World Resort – Weddings Often overlooked in the past, Disney’s Animal Kingdom has gotten some attention over the years for their animal births. The park specializes in many threatened or endangered species. Since the park opening in 1998, the births include a siamang, giraffes, white rhinos, an okapi, five Micronesian Kingfishers (there are only 68 left in the world!), and many, many more. Since 2003, three African elephants were born- Continue reading Disney’s Animal Kingdom You don’t need to spend a ton of money to enjoy the Disney and Universal Orlando experiences. If you fee like taking a break from the parks but don’t want to miss out on the experience, there are plenty of other things to do! For example, you could go to Downtown Disney. It’s an outdoor area filled with shops, restaurants, a movie theater, live shows, Continue reading Orlando Vacation Tip: Have Fun Without Spending Tons of Money As we all know, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is scheduled to open at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in a few months (exact date unknown). Even with higher ticket prices, fans are sure to swarm the doors on opening day. Are you going to be one of those fans? To make sure you’re in the mood for a day in Harry Potter land, we have Continue reading Universal Orlando – The Harry Potter Mood In my last post, I covered manners for shows. This time let’s focus on a similar phenomenon: loss of common sense during parades. As a little girl, adults always let me in front of them to watch my favorite Disney or Universal characters during parades. These days I watch children struggling to see because an entitled stranger refuses to allow them in front. Now, there’s no Continue reading Orlando Vacations – Manners Please! Part 2 We all want to be kids again, with the plus of being an adult- wild, free, fun-loving being with no rules who can eat ice-cream for dinner if we want to. Orlando theme parks are an amazing outlet for this; we can ride the rides we want, eat what we want, and nobody can tell us to use our inside voices when screaming out a lung Continue reading Orlando Vacations – Manners Please! Part 1 |
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