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2016 August, 23

Minnie’s Seasonal Dining at Hollywood & Vine

travelmagicstg2023-10-09T22:53:56-04:00August 23, 2016|Hollywood Studios|0 Comments

Hollywood & Vine has long been home to the Disney Junior characters at breakfast and lunch. But you can now join Minnie and friends in a fun, festive, themed dinner buffet! Hollywood & Vine is a buffet celebrating the bounty of California. The menu includes lots of salads, fresh vegetables, savory meat dishes and more. The kid’s favorite part will likely be the dessert bar featuring a make your own sundae station and a chocolate fountain. Minnie now hosts friends in her seasonal dinner parties. From June 6 to September 11, you will dine with Minnie in her Summertime Dine. Here [...]

2016 July, 27

Cinematic Spectacular Dining at Universal Orlando

travelmagicstg2023-09-29T18:33:32-04:00July 27, 2016|Universal Studios Orlando|0 Comments

Universal Orlando is all about the movies. From family favorites like ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Shrek’ to action movies like the ‘Terminator’ and ‘Mummy’ films to comedies like the ‘Men in Black’ movies and the ‘Simpsons’ movie, there is a part of Universal that celebrates them all. The daily culmination of this celebration is the nighttime show, Cinematic Spectacular. The Cinematic Spectacular is a phenomenal show that takes place on walls of water in the middle of the lagoon in the middle of the park. The show includes fire, water effects and even fireworks in addition to movie clips [...]

2016 April, 29

Five Great Reasons to Stay at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

travelmagicstg2016-04-29T06:00:44-04:00April 29, 2016|Disney Travel|0 Comments

No doubt, you've seen photos of this iconic Disney resort hotel. It's a white, modern-looking A-shaped building with the monorail running through the middle of it. But here are some things you may not know, and Five reasons why this Disney hotel is a GREAT place to stay! Convenience. From this resort, you can walk to the Magic Kingdom entrance in about ten minutes. Or better yet, take the monorail that goes right through the resort! There's nothing easier than riding the elevator down from your room and getting right on the monorail in the morning. You'll be at Magic [...]

2015 November, 16

What’s in a View?

travelmagicstg2015-11-16T06:00:00-05:00November 16, 2015|Disney World|0 Comments

With over twenty Disney resort hotels the choice of where to stay at Walt Disney World can be overwhelming. Add to that the different view categories offered at each resort and it gets even more mind-boggling! In most cases rooms at a specific resort are exactly the same – the price difference comes with your view. A few exceptions to this are club level rooms at the deluxe resorts and the business class rooms at Coronado Springs resort which offer additional amenities as well as the specially themed Royal Guest Rooms at Port Orleans Riverside and Pirate Rooms at Caribbean [...]

2015 May, 6

Some must Do’s when visiting Universal Studios Hollywood

travelmagicstg2015-05-06T06:00:00-04:00May 6, 2015|Travel Destinations|0 Comments

The first thing you must do when you arrive to Universal Studios Hollywood is to walk the red carpet you not only get to feel like a movie star, but can also be a great photo opportunity to capture this one in a lifetime moment. Then head over to the lower lot area where they have the most popular rides such as Transformers where you will experience 3D special effects along with physical moving effects, the infamous Mummy riding which has surprises all throughout this captivating ride , and Jurassic Park which features life-like dinosaurs and an 83 foot waterfall [...]

2014 June, 26

Death Match 2014 – Day 11 trip report

travelmagicstg2014-06-26T14:01:00-04:00June 26, 2014|Disneyland|0 Comments

Disneyland Park Well, my little one has been fighting some sort of illness for a few days now, and we had a bad night. So my older guys went with Gina and her crew to enjoy Disneyland Park at opening time, to knock out lots of rides as quickly as possible, and Amber & I joined them later in the morning. I'm a big proponent of arriving early at any of the Disney parks whenever possible. If you can get there when the park opens, you'll be able to see and do so many things in the first two hours! [...]

2011 February, 21

18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 2nd – May 15th

travelmagicstg2011-02-21T09:00:28-05:00February 21, 2011|Disney World|0 Comments

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A constellation of HGTV design stars lights up the 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 2 through May 15, while “Toy Story 3” heroes Woody and Buzz take Disney topiary magic “to infinity and beyond!” Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and nine other HGTV design gurus appear for the first time at the Walt Disney World Resort festival during weekend presentations that cover topics ranging from “Life, Love and Landscaping” (Yard Crashers’ Ahmed Hassan, April 8-10) to “Curb Appeal Projects from Concept to Construction” (Curb Appeal: The Block’s John Gidding, April 29-May 1). Disney’s [...]