by Jessica | Mar 9, 2013 | Family, Oklahoma |
When Stitchy turned the 6, I decided to go out-of-town for his birthday party and hoped his pals (and their parents) would follow. We chartered a water taxi on the Bricktown Canal, which is about a 30-minutes drive from our hometown. The taxi ran us almost $225 for...
by Jessica | Mar 8, 2013 | Dining, Walt Disney World Resort |
Sounds so peaceful, doesn’t it? Whispering Canyon Cafe…can’t you just picture a babbling brook running outside the window with soft flute music playing in the background? Well, that’s not what happens here!! This restaurant in Wilderness Lodge...
by Jessica | Mar 8, 2013 | Dining, Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort |
On an unplanned, relaxing stroll through the World Showcase on our December 2012 trip, we decided to wander around Italy after watching one of the pop-up performances. Despite snacking from Mexico to China, we were ready for something substantial and happened upon...
by Jessica | Mar 8, 2013 | Characters, Dining, Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort |
I’d read pretty great reviews for this Disneyland restaurant, so it was a lock for our second character meal on the kids’ first trip to West coast Disney. It was such a sweet-looking restaurant, and I’d read about the large amount of characters that...
by Jessica | Mar 7, 2013 | Dining, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World Resort |
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano, an adorable table servie tucked away behind the Muppets, is hardly noticeable if you weren’t looking for it. We ended up there on the kids’ first pilgrimage to WDW back in 2008. When I was making dining...
by Jessica | Mar 7, 2013 | Characters, Dining, Disneyland Resort |
Although I spent my early years wandering the Happiest Place on Earth, it had been over a decade since I’d been to Disneyland when I started planning the kids’ first trip. It was the finale to our great American road trip from Oklahoma to California. We...
by Jessica | Mar 3, 2013 | Dining, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort |
We had the pleasure of enjoying our first dinner at Be Our Guest during the first few days after the New Fantasyland grand opening in December 2012 thanks to my lightning fast dialing finger. 😂 Years later, reservations had still been pretty tough to secure even with...
by Jessica | Feb 28, 2013 | Photography, Walt Disney World Resort |
In October 2011, we were making our way around the World Showcase during the Food and Wine Fest and stumbled on a photographer on the platform in the middle of “St. Mark’s Square” in Italy. Since we’d never run into anyone there before, we...
by Jessica | Feb 21, 2013 | Dining, Walt Disney World Resort |
After a few trips of trying to get the perfect California Grill reservation (typically the only reservation the Itinerary Planning Office ever had issues with), we finally got it for our December 2012 vacation!! We were often able to get late reservations, but half of...
