Happy Birthday to Stephen! For his birthday, I decided to splurge and make reservations at the River Belle Terrace for the Fantasmic Preferred Viewing Dining at 8:00 pm. Our day started off at 9:am with breakfast at Carnation Café, and used our Disney Max Pass to get on attractions […]
National Fried Chicken day was Friday, July 6th but Disneyland Resort took it a step further and had the Fried Chicken Festival for the entire weekend. There was no additional perk or discount, but if you purchased a fried chicken dinner, you would get a commemorative button at […]
Happy 4th of July! This year America’s birthday landed on a Wednesday, so unless I took the Monday and Tuesday prior, or the Thursday and Friday after, I only had one day off. Stephen and I decided to spend it at Disneyland (despite the 90 degree heat!). We […]
In January 2018, Disney California Adventured closed the Paradise Pier section of the park to give it a rebranding called Pixar Pier, where everything is themed with characters from the Pixar movies. Last weekend, the pier reopened, and in the rebranding was the Lamplight Lounge, formerly the Cove […]
Happy 55th Anniversary to the beloved attraction, The enchanted Tiki Room. On Saturday, June 23rd, to commemorate the anniversary, Disney was selling a park exclusive Tiki Room Funko at both Disneyland and Disney World. My friend Chrissy was going to be out of town, and really wanted one, so I woke […]
The weekend of January 6-7 was a busy one at Disney California Adventure. Not only was it the first non black out weekend for most passholders, it was the last weekend for the Festival of Holidays, and the last weekend for The Cove Bar. The Cove Bar is […]
With the holidays over, it’s time for Disney California Adventure to close down their Festival of Holidays event. Stephen and I had some tabs left on our “sip and savor” pass, and went on Saturday, January 6 to use them before meeting up with Shellie at the Cove Bar, […]
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 […]
