Walt Disney World: It's Not Just for Kids

I woke up at 1:00pm.  Unless I wanted to head back out in the epic rain, I had to eat at Islands Dining Room.  My cheese was meh, service was slow, but it’s amazing how much can be fixed by offering me a to go cup of cokewithnoice please.  I wandered up to the lobby.  [...]

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This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Go check it out! Based upon the awesome Betamouse Podcast, I thought I’d discuss the techier side of Universal Orlando.  Universal Orlando recently took down their mobile site, so I found that the Android App Ridehopper to be my only option.  I’ll review RideHopper more in [...]

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My bags were packed.  I was ready to go.  My mom drove me to Logan without incident.  I checked my bag.  I grabbed a snack at Starbucks, and settled down at my gate to surf the net before I boarded my plane.  In retrospect, this feels a little like the opening of Meet the Fockers. [...]

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Woohoo!  I am home from my Wizarding World of Harry Potter trip!  I have a bunch of posts to come up, but I figure I’d start things off by taking a page from Betamouse’s book and play “win, fail or meh.” Win: Wizarding World: The theming of this area is beyond reproach.  The touch of [...]

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We are starting off this comparison with a visualization.  It’s July in Orlando.  You land in MCO, and get into a cab as your sweat is sweating and your sunglasses are steaming up.  You hop in a cab to get to your Universal Resort, Royal Pacific Resort (RPR).  As you walk down the entranceway, and [...]

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I am now thisclose to being one month out from my Universal Orlando trip.  As such, I’m going to chat a bit about planning and share my to-do lists. As the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWoHP)is now open, I have begun a more fleshed out touring plan.  I had been pretty settled on not [...]

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