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Many guests at Walt Disney World never visit the numerous hotels and resorts. Of those who do, many of them overlook the Swan and Dolphin Resort Hotels. These two hotels are not staffed or managed by Walt Disney Cast members but by Starwood (Sheraton, Westin, Le Meridien, W Hotels, Luxury Collection, St. Regis, Four Points, continue reading Swan Resort at Walt Disney World – 2012 Holiday Decorations … Today we continue looking at the holiday decorations at Walt Disney World as we visit the Yacht Club. The Yacht Club Resort is connected to the Beach Club and they share a pool. This may be one reason that many experienced Disney guests just call the whole area Yacht-Beach Club. It may also be the continue reading 2012 Holiday Decorations – Yacht Club Resort at Walt Disney World … Yesterday we shared photos of 2012 holiday decorations at Boardwalk Inn. Today we take a look at the 2012 holiday decorations at Walt Disney World’s Beach Club Resort. Putting together these posts it struck us how different the focus is from one resort to another. Until we took the time to look at the decorations continue reading 2012 Holiday Decorations – Beach Club Resort at Walt Disney World … We think that the most magical time at Walt Disney World is during the holidays. Each theme park and resort gets “plussed” with incredible decorations. The characters have festive holiday attire. Heck, it even snows at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. So over the next few weeks we thought we should share some of the continue reading 2012 Holiday Decorations – Boardwalk Inn at Walt Disney World … We had lovely weather last Monday for the very first Holiday Tour of the 2012 Christmas/Holiday Season at Walt Disney World. Although we weren’t terribly keen on repeating this tour after our excursion in 2010 (here), we decided to give it another try. We were tickled when we saw Monica (she was one of our continue reading Yuletide Fantasy Tour 2012 – Our Review … We went over to the monorail resorts recently for a “self-guided holiday photo tour” – basically, we wanted to enjoy the decorations, take lots of photos, and grab a cupcake for breakfast. We didn’t know that they don’t have cupcakes out in the mornings; we tried at the Polynesian (our first stop, we each got continue reading Breakfast at The Wave, Contemporary Resort … In mid-November we attended our first Tables in Wonderland event – the first beer pairing dinner (Unibroue) at the Wave inside the Contemporary Resort. The lighting was atrocious for picture taking (and to some extent, it was pretty bad for even seeing what you were eating)… so apologies in advance for the photos. When we continue reading Tables in Wonderland – Unibroue Dinner at The Wave … A round-up of things from the web … From the D23 Official Disney Fan Website… Event Highlights From other blogs Chip & Company “D23 Presents: Epcot’s 30th Anniversary Celebration“ The Geek’s Blog “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration Pictures” and “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – Some initial thoughts/observations” (some insightful comments on the D23 event) continue reading D23’s Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – September 30th, 2012 … On September 30th, we attended the D23 EPCOT 30th Anniversary Celebration. Nora really wanted to do this, and nick wanted to humor her (although he grumbled about having to go to a whole day of boring powerpoint presentations). The good news… it wasn’t an entire day of boring powerpoint presentations. The bad news… about continue reading Epcot’s 30th Anniversary – the D23 Event … This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary… BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian continue reading Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 – Wrap Up … |
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