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Apr- 2017 -2 April
Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts: 7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One
Have you been dreaming of staying at one of Walt Disney World's many beautiful deluxe resorts? Visiting Walt Disney World is magical no matter where you stay, but staying on-property at a Disney resort only makes the trip more convenient and extraordinary. Value and moderate resorts are nothing to scoff at; they're all well-kept, beautifully themed, and provide transportation to the parks. Howe
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2 April
Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts: 7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One
1. Proximity to Parks All of the resorts on Walt Disney World property provide guests with complimentary transportation to the parks. Although nothing on-property is too far from anything else, it could still take 30-45 minutes (or more!) on a bus to get from one point to another, especially when stops at multiple resorts are taken into account. When you stay at a Deluxe resort, you are generall
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2 April
Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts: 7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One
2. Variety of Transportation Everyone loves a Disney bus- ahem, *motorcoach*- right? There's nothing wrong with a Disney motorcoach, but once you've tried the other forms of transportation at Walt Disney World you may come to prefer them. Many of the deluxe resorts offer alternative methods of transit to the parks. Several of the Magic Kingdom area resorts, including the Polynesian, Grand Flor
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2 April
Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts: 7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One
3. Incredible Resort Restaurants You’ll find some of Disney’s finest dining located at the deluxe resorts. Some notable examples include the California Grill at the Contemporary, known for its' Magic Kingdom views, Jiko at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Artist Point at the Wilderness Lodge, and Victoria and Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. Photo credit Disney
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Mar- 2017 -31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
Walt Disney once said that, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Though he didn’t get to see Walt Disney World officially open, the same could be said about it. Because Walt Disney World is constantly enhancing its offerings and trying to bring in new, innovative ones, this means that some experiences have to go in order
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31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
1) ExtraTERRORestial Alien Encounter Before Stitch’s Great Escape! lived in Tomorrowland, this similar, but more terrifying, attraction lived in its space. This was one of the few attractions at Walt Disney World, if not the only one, that had a warning outside of the attraction’s entrance which let guests know that the experience was intense and may not be suitable for children under the age of 1
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31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
2) The American Idol Experience Located at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, this immersive experience gave guests 14 and older the opportunity to audition to be in one of the live shows at the park, complete with judges and a studio audience. At the end of the day, the winners from each of the preliminary shows would perform one last time and the overall winner would be given a ‘dream ticket.’ The drea
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31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
3) Pleasure Island This section of Downtown Disney, now Disney Springs, was a hot spot for adults to party into the wee hours of the morning. Similar to Church Street Station in Downtown Orlando, Pleasure Island had night clubs, the Comedy Warehouse, Adventurer’s Club and various shops and restaurants. For quite some time, there was even a fireworks display that celebrated New Year’s Eve every nig
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31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
4) Mickey’s Toontown Fair This area, which made you feel as though you had stepped inside of a cartoon land, had many different names over the years. It was Mickey’s Birthdayland when it opened in 1988, then became Mickey’s Starland in 1990 and was briefly named Mickey’s Toyland in 1995. In 1996, after a massive refurbishment, it reopened as Mickey’s Toontown Fair. The storyline was that this land
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31 March
7 Experiences at Walt Disney World That Have Closed Over the Years
5) River Country Disney’s River Country was the first water park on Disney property, well before Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon came onto the scene. It opened in 1976 as an old-fashioned swimming hole near Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. The park featured two pools, one with clean-water and one with a sandy bottom with water filtered in from Bay Lake, five water slides and two chi
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