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1 – The Plaza Restaurant located at the end of Main Street, U.S.A., this table-service restaurant serves up an assortment of burgers, sandwiches, and salads.  This restaurant is not nearly as popular as the nearby Crystal Palace or Be Our Guest, but guests ignore this restaurant to their detriment.  We have always had a fabulous meal here and also have always ...

When visiting the most popular theme park in the world, it is easy to overlook various rides, attractions, and experiences for some of the more popular things.  However, you can be missing out on some fabulous things if you are only interested in the headliner attractions.  Here is our list of twelve overlooked experiences at the Magic Kingdom.

With Animal Kingdom going through a metamorphosis from a half-day park to a full-day park, there have been plenty of changes that had added to the guest experience at Animal Kingdom. One of these changes has been the extension of park hours. Animal Kingdom used to close between 5 PM and 7 PM, but is now consistently open until 11 ...

6 – Fireworks – no nighttime show is complete without fireworks and in the battle between good and evil, this show allows Disney to use a variety of different fireworks to tell their story.  The show isn’t over-reliant on fireworks.  They are used to enhance the story while using the other elements of the show to advance the show.  That being ...

5 – Recap of the Movies – in between blasts of fireworks and lasers, guests are treated by short snippets of the films as a way of recapping the movies and showing some of the more important moments of the movies.  The scenes are out-of-order, but we loved the fact that the show includes reference to the newest addition to the ...

3 – Soundtrack – any nighttime show at Walt Disney World is always aided by an amazing soundtrack and Disney is able to use a HUGE exclamation mark in this show with the wonderful Star Wars score – fans are sure to hear the classic theme, the Imperial March, as well as hard-to-miss cantina music.  Diehard fans will find it extremely ...

4 – Classic Characters – the Star Wars franchise is home to many classic cinematic characters and the show pays homage to each and every one of them.  From classic favorites, Han, Luke, and Princess Leia, to new favorites Rey, Finn,  and BB-8, fans are sure to see their favorite.  Even fans of the Empire can cheer when Darth Vader, Emperor ...

1 – Projections – readers of the blog understand our love for the Celebrate the Magic show at the Magic Kingdom.  This show at Hollywood Studios uses similar technology and transforms the Chinese Theatre, as well as adjacent building walls as the backdrop to further tell the Star Wars story.  At times, the projections make the buildings look like they are ...

2 – Lasers – the show makes great use of lasers as a dramatic effect on the show, but also as an essential part of the story that they are telling.  Two new light booths have been constructed to help accommodate the need for lasers, but guests will also notice lasers coming from other parts of the show area.  In addition ...

Hollywood Studios is home to an amazing nighttime show, Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular.  This show brings together everything there is to love about the Star Wars universe.  There is much to appreciate about this nighttime show, but here are the six reasons why you can’t miss it!