Happy Tears and Angry Eye Rolls: Looking Back on a Disney Year

2013, how I will cheer your passing. The waning days of December are a natural time for reflection – after all, that’s why we all write these year-end posts, no? After a challenging year, I find myself a bit more … Continue reading

Kill Refurb Marry: Thrill Rides Edition

Asking me to be critical about Walt Disney World is like asking me to breathe: it’s something I’m going to do anyway. So when Estelle and Melissa at This Happy PlaceĀ and Mouse on the Mind, respectively, asked me to play … Continue reading

How Christmas at WDW Soothes Savage Criminals, or: I Love WDW at the Holidays

If this year had gone according to plan, today CP and I would have been leaving for our third annual holiday-time trip to WDW. Obviously things haven’t gone as expected, but luckily, my recent impromptu trip to WDW afforded me … Continue reading

Driven to the drink: August trip, day 4

Thursday, August 8 The best laid plans are always thwarted by the need to visit Guest Relations. This is a Disney maxim, yes? It certainly was for us on this Thursday. Our intentions were simple – spend our obligatory half … Continue reading

Home again, and first thoughts on MyMagic+

Well, this is going to be a fun trip report to write. We had weather. Bomb scares. Other people’s vomit. MyMagic+ drama. And good food, new friends, and lots of fun. There’s lots to say about this trip. In the … Continue reading

Flora and fauna and margaritas: Licking the Mirror, Day 2

Sunday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo! Let’s get the boring details out of the way – Sunday began much like Saturday. Get up. Get dressed. Get breakfast at Whole Foods (today, from the hot bar. Hot bar!). Drive to Disney … Continue reading