Disney Wish Tower Suite vs Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate Family Townhouse on Icon of the Seas I have been extremely fortunate to be able to stay in both of these flagship cabins in the past year. You can see all kinds of tours and some high… Read More »Tower Suite v Ultimate Family Townhouse
Huntsville used to have an annual Scottish festival. And then it stopped. Now we have a new one! I missed the first Rocket City Highland Games & Scottish Festival in October 2023 because I was attending an immediate family member’s destination wedding at an all-inclusive… Read More »Rocket City Scottish Festival & Highland Games
I had a client very graciously educate me on this recently and I wanted to share! You know you need travel insurance, right? Plenty of cruise lines, airlines, and hotel packges will offer their own protection. I typically don’t want to deal with a bunch… Read More »Tip: Annual Travel Insurance
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/animal-kingdom/wild-africa-trek The Wild Africa Trek is an extra-pay Enchanting Extras tour you can book at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. They are 3 hours long and there are multiple ones scheduled throughout the day. This tour goes through some public areas like the bird house, but then… Read More »Wild Africa Trek Review
If you’re a member of any Disney groups online, you may have heard of the concept of “renting DVC points”. DVC is Disney Vacation Club, Disney’s timeshare program. DVC owners are allocated a certain number of points per year. They have a home resort that… Read More »Rent Disney Vacation Club Points
What a wordy title! This is a review of the Cocktails & Cosmos show. This is every Friday night at 7PM and takes place in the Intuitive Planetarium, which is at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. The shows change every week… Read More »U.S. Space & Rocket Center Intuitive Planetarium Cocktails & Cosmos
In the middle of December 2023, I went to Disney World for 3 nights and sailed with Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Wish for 4 nights. In late November, I’d had surgery on my jaw. It wasn’t wired shut, but I was on a… Read More »Disney No-Chew Diet
Hotel Riu Latino in Cancun, Mexico Hotel Riu Latino is an adults-only all-inclusive resort that opened in October of 2022. It’s pretty standard as far as all-inclusives go. There are many places to eat, drink, swim, and it’s near the beach (it’s “on” the beach,… Read More »Hotel Riu Latino
“Is the dining plan worth it?” This is one of the MOST asked Disney vacation questions. Everyone will tell you the answer is “it depends”. But it’s DEFINITELY worth it when it’s free, right?? Well maybe not. Disney has bounce back offers and other ways… Read More »Disney Dining Plans
In November 2023, I was lucky enough to go on a VIP Tour for Walt Disney World and one for Universal Studios Florida in the same week with a group of about six of us. These are NOT equal, so I wanted to hit a… Read More »VIP Tours Disney World vs Universal Studios Florida