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We haven’t been to Il Mulino in quite a while (we think it’s been about 3 years). Why? Well, our first three visits, not long after the location reopened as Il Mulino were all pretty disastrous. One visit with just us went poorly… the service wasn’t good and the food was only moderately good. The continue reading We return to Il Mulino after a long hiatus … We had never eaten at Fresh before this breakfast in December. A couple of reasons: (1) we’re rarely at this resort in the mornings and (2) it’s a buffet with an a la carte option [much like Garden Grove]… However, we’ve decided that we should give eateries at the Swan and Dolphin resorts that AREN’T continue reading Breakfast at Fresh Mediterranean Market at the Dolphin Resort … Revisiting a series from 2009… Epcot Holiday Storytellers In Mexico,Los Tres Reyes Magos share Mexican Christmas Traditions… Beautiful candlelight processions, happy sounds of children laughing, and sweet smells of the season make Christmas in Mexico a magical, meaningful time of community. In Mexico, Christmas is called La Navidad and its main celebration is Las continue reading Epcot Storytellers – looking back to the past … We just said that we really like the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights – tonight is the last of the twelve nights of Christmas (tomorrow is Epiphany) … so here are some links to previous posts about the Osborne Lights… Christmas 2011 Christmas 2012… with details continue reading Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights – looking back … There are only two value resorts that we tend to check out during the holidays. Last year, Art of Animation was new (so, of course we had to see what they were presenting) … and since we love the decorations at Pop Century and it’s a short walk away, Nick took photos there too. continue reading Let’s take a look at past holidays – Pop Century and Art of Animation … If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that we really like Fort Wilderness. Before the new kennel opened up across from Port Orleans Riverside and it became more difficult to drive over and park at Fort Wilderness, it was a regular occurrence for us to go to the Fort and go continue reading Fort Wilderness Christmas 2013 … The most unusual thing that I saw during the holidays at Disney World, was at Downtown Disney right outside of Earl of Sandwich… BLUE POINSETTIAS! One morning, after our walk over to Downtown Disney, I saw a gardening cart with some of these beauties on it and the Cast Members were gracious enough to allow continue reading Downtown Disney – the most unique thing seen during the holidays … The last World Showcase pavilion on our tour is the United Kingdom… perhaps not specifically “Christmas” but this small garden outside the bathrooms isn’t always this spectacular… … especially the deep red poinsettias red and gold ornament inside the shops this is where you’ll find Father Christmas… continue reading Epcot’s UK Pavilion – Holidays 2013 … As you may have expected, there were few items of Christmas-y interest in Japan and Morrocco… Next up is France… we weren’t the only ones wondering what the connection was between France and the peppermint discs on the light poles… any ideas? there were three display ornaments containing different elements of continue reading Epcot’s France Pavilion – Holidays 2013 … America pavilion is mostly decorated in the Della Robia style… this year, the large tree was over in Santa’s Village instead of on the fountain in the center I particularly like the little tin lanterns on the tree well, they aren’t that little! that’s a full sized (plastic) pineapple continue reading Epcot’s America Pavilion – Holidays 2013 … |
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