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After a long time away, almost five years to the day, we purchased brand new annual passes to WDW. We don’t intend to activate them until early 2024. We have a lot of research to do so that we’re comfortable jumping back into WDW, and we have time to do that. So, we expect we’ll be back on these pages in coming months. So, my last post was nearly 3 years ago. A lot has changed in that three years, for us personally and for Walt Disney World. We’ll skip the personal stuff, because this isn’t a blog about us (really), it’s a blog about Extra Magic (for Adults) at Walt Disney World. Over time, this blog became more about food and festivals than about behind the scenes tours etc… Over time, Walt Disney World has lost a lot of what we considered “magical”… Over time, the heat and humidity has become a real PITA… Over time, we can no longer deny or ignore the impact that terrorism and violence has had on accessibility and freedom at Walt Disney World (or indeed the impacts on the world at large)… We’ve decided to not renew our Annual Passes, because we RARELY go to the theme parks anymore. Also, we rarely go to the resorts to have a nice long walk and wander. We used to go to Disney Springs at least twice a week, now it’s more like once every two months and that’s nearly always when we have friends/family visiting the area. Also, we’ve been looking at HOME more. HOME being where we grew up and where FAMILY is. In fact, during Hurricane Irma, we bought a condo back home. We’re leaving Lake Buena Vista/Orlando and going HOME. At least for a while, we’ll continue to travel (a lot) and we plan to be snow-birds coming back to Florida for an extended period in the winter (we still aren’t fans of true cold weather). So, this is it for Extra Walt Disney World Magic, Good bye, Nora P.S. Maybe someday, the extra magic will return for us, but I’m thinking we’re going to find magic in other places, away from Walt Disney World
It’s been a few months since we’ve put up any new posts here. Various reasons, most of them are common explanations from bloggers – non-blogging life taking up time and energy, just plain tired of it, etc… We also found ourselves becoming VERY food oriented. There are loads of Disney Food Bloggers out there and does the world really need another? It’s relatively easy to get material for writing about food at Walt Disney World – but at some point, making notes and taking photos all the time kinda takes the joy out of it all. So, for now, we’re on hiatus from writing blog posts. If some sudden inspiration hits, we’ll put something up here. I remain somewhat active on Twitter (@extrawdwmagic) and I continue to curate a number of magazines on FlipBoard (Adults Exploring Disney World):
Thank you for reading, Nora I saw this earlier today… (Thank you to The Adult Side of Disney blog … here) Walt Disney World Resort recently announced that the Backstage Safaritour at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be discontinued as of February 27. A new, enhanced version of the tour will begin March 1, known as Backstage Tales. During this in-depth continue reading Changes to Backstage Tour at Animal Kingdom? … This dining experience took place on October 26, 2014 We stopped in the other day at Splitsville and were hungry (walking 3+ miles will do that to you). We both wanted to avoid carbs (after our recent visits where we were a little less pleased with the french fries and the sandwiches). Even continue reading something new and something not new at Splitsville … In the last 18+ months, we’ve attracted a lot of followers on FlipBoard… Thank You! Christmas ornament from Old Key West 2013 I’d like to point those following “Adults Exploring Disney World” to some of our other FlipBoard magazines… Two reasons (1) this magazine isn’t “active”… I haven’t added new content to it continue reading FlipBoard Followers … This dining experience took place on October 24, 2014 Adrienne had mentioned to Nick that the Fish & Chips at Splitsville have some real devotees. We’d never tried them, and one day we gave into our craving for fried carbs and ordered them to share. Mahi Mahi tempura battered, continue reading Fish & Chips at Splitsville … A very simple post using photos taken on October 11, 2014… Excellent Sashimi at Splitsville… We continue to be very pleased by the quality and the beauty of the sashimi at Splitsville Orlando continue reading Photo Blog – Sashimi at Splitsville … This dining experience took place on October 5, 2014 We had friends visiting in October, we were up and about earlier than they were on a Sunday morning and since we’d just seen the brunch menu for Raglan Road – we decided to go for a walk and have brunch at Raglan Road. Nick ordered continue reading Raglan Road Brunch … This Food & Wine Event took place on November 9, 2014 Our last event for this year’s Epcot Food and Wine Festival, again we’re with Lisa and Andy (our partners in food & wine). We did “Sweet Sundays” with them a while back (Sweet Sunday with Warren Brown). We expected some particular differences continue reading Sunday Morning with Alex Guarnaschelli – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2014 … |
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