Travel Tips

How to Choose Perfect Walt Disney World Accommodations

Grand Floridian – the ultimate Relaxers’ accommodation!

Finding the perfect accommodations for your family’s Walt Disney World adventure can take your trip from great to the ultimate vacation.

What makes for the perfect accommodations?

It all depends upon your family’s Disney traveling style.

Traveling style will be a major deciding factor in how your trip plays out. Fitting your accommodations to your family’s Disney traveling style will go far in making for that ultimate vacation.

In other words, staying somewhere that fits your family’s style will make for the perfect Walt Disney World accommodations. [Read more…]

Do I Need a Passport?

By Mark

Do I need a passport?

Short answer – yes you do!

Long answer…if you are traveling internationally, with a few exceptions, you’ll need a passport. Even if you fall into one of those exceptions, a passport may make your traveling life much easier. The exceptions only apply to land and sea travel and not air.

If you’re traveling by air you’ll need a passport – no exceptions. [Read more…]

How to Score Great Seats at Disney’s Spirit of Aloha Show!

By Mark

The Spirit of Aloha is one our family’s favorite shows at Walt Disney World.

The food is great, the show is fun and well done, and the location – on the grounds of Disney’s Polynesian Resort – harkens to the tropics in a way that puts you at ease (just imagine all that stress melting away…). [Read more…]

What to do When Your Flight is Canceled!

By Mark

The above shot is an illustration of the faces one makes when stuck in an airport!

Other than making said faces, what do you do when your flight gets canceled?

This is a question every traveler should have in the back of her mind…I say her because if you’re traveling as a family or a couple, there’s every chance a woman, a wife, a mom, made those reservations and is carrying around the itinerary and the tickets!

That’s not to say we men ought not to get more involved – we should!

But…

What happens if your flight is canceled?! [Read more…]

Best Spot to Catch Epcot’s IllumiNations Show!

By Mark

Have you seen the IllumiNations fireworks show at Epcot yet?

It lasts just under 15 minutes and is the perfect way to end a day at Epcot.

If you’re staying at one of the resorts close to Epcot – Beach Club, Yacht Club, Boardwalk – it’s an easy stroll back home after the show.

There is a ton of great information online about IllumiNations, from the official Disney page to sites like All Ears and WDWMagic. The big question is always:

Where is the best spot to see the show? [Read more…]

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