While having lunch at Carthay Circle, I decided to purchase the “Max” Fastpass, a new feature offered by Disneyland Resort. A regular Fastpass is free, but you need to go to the actual attraction location to get a ticket which will “hold your place in line”. The Max […]
Stephen’s birthday was last Wednesday, so to celebrate I took him to lunch at Carthay Circle, located inside Disney California Adventure. We had 12:30 reservations, but arrived too early. To kill time, we stopped for a photo with Goofy and then had drinks at the lounge. Upon checking in, […]
The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival came to an end on April 16, which so happens to be Easter Sunday. I went a few weeks ago on my birthday with Shellie, and for this last visit, I came with Stephen and Karen. Unfortunately, DCA ran out of […]
Last year Disney California Adventure brought back the Food and Wine Festival after a 5 year hiatus. Apparently it must have done so well, they brought it back for 2017, with more food, more wine, and more demonstrations. I came on my actual birthday, which landed on a […]
Once upon a time, back in the late 1990’s – early 2000’s, I started collecting Disney pins. My ex-husband started off with one pin, and said he’ll collect “just a pin a week”. Soon, I got into the hobby and the one pin became multiple pins, and every […]
Happy Lunar New Year!! The Lunar New Year is decided by the cycle of the moon, and for 2017 the new year was on January 28. Most people associate Lunar New Year with the Chinese, but the Vietnamese (who calls it Tết Nguyên Đán) and South Koreans also […]
Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen is located in the heart of Downtown Disney, in the Disney Resort area. Visiting the Downtown Disney area is free, and they also validate parking for an additional 2 hours, giving you 4 hours total. I came here with Stephen for brunch on a […]
I’ve been living in Southern California all my life, and am a frequent patron of live performances. I used to have season tickets to the Ahmanson, Pantages, and even the old Shubert… yet never set foot at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, until this Memorial Weekend. Built in […]
This sandwich shop is located in downtown Disneyland right next-door to AMC movie theaters. Majority of their sandwiches are warm, and are served on artisan white or wheat bread. They also have wraps, flatbread pizza and salads. I had some out-of-town friends who wanted to have dinner. I […]
The Disneyland Resort is divided into 3 sections: The Downtown Disney area is a free area for restaurants and shopping, the Disneyland theme park, and the Disney’s California Theme Park, or DCA for short. I was at DCA on April 2nd for the Disney California Food and Wine […]
The Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival has been revived! After a 5 year hiatus, Disney’s Food & Wine Festival returned to Disney California Adventure on April 1, 2016. Park admission is required, and the event has pay and free versions of their food and wine seminars with […]
Marceline’s Confectionery is located in the middle of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, California. It is an old-fashioned candy shop named after the Missouri town where Walt Disney lived as a boy, and can be kryptonite for anyone who has a sweet tooth. There’s no admission to […]
The Art of Animation is Disney’s newest value hotel. Roger suggested we check it out, so we wandered the lobby and the pool area. Lobby
It’s day 2 of the Pin Event, and today I went to explore the Magic Kingdom some more, and had lunch at “Be Our Guest”, a restaurant themed after Beauty and the Beast’s castle. The dining room is divided into various rooms, from a dark room featuring the […]
It’s Friday the 13th of September, 2013. The pin event theme is Villains, and while it should sound impressive, I was underwhelmed on the choices they offered on merchandise. Perhaps that was good, as I didn’t really stay for the event, but went mostly to socialize. Event sack […]
There’s good and bad things about traveling by myself. The bad part is, unless you have dinner plans, you have to eat by yourself. The good part is you can always join other people for dinner. Roger has always been a great friend and invites me to join […]
Walt Disney World has 4 theme parks, but Epcot is probably large enough to be considered 2 separate theme park because the front half is interactive and educational, while the back part has pavilions of world countries, displaying and showcasing what the country is best known for. The […]
