Tips to Eat Healthy in Disneyland While Disneyland is best known for its Dole Whips, Churros, and Mickey-shaped treats, Disney’s family friendly parks offer a surprising number of options for guests with special dietary needs.   Whether your family member is gluten free, dairy free, or you’re just trying to eat a little healthier yourself, […]

Is Your Preschooler too Young for Disneyland? Worried that your little one is too little to get enough out of Disneyland?  A lot of parents are concerned about height requirements and what their child might miss out on.  In reality, there is far more that your child can do than can’t do!  Plus, there are […]

Don’t Crowdsource Your Disney Vacation Planning I’m sure you’ve seen it.  Someone posts to Facebook asking for advice.  50 people chime in all with different answers.  Sometimes this is useful – say you are asking for a good Italian restaurant in your town.  Generally speaking, it works out fine to take a recommendation that a […]

Outsourcing Your Disney Vacation Planning Outsourcing in business is a smart way to save time and money, and it’s catching on in personal life as well.  Busy people are outsourcing all kinds of tasks:  housecleaning, grocery shopping, picking up take out (UberEats, anyone?)… more and more all the time, it seems.  But vacation planning?  Yes!  […]

Do I Really Need a Plan for Disney World or Disneyland? You’ve probably had friends go to Disney World or Disneyland before, or maybe you went when you were a kid.  And you might be thinking, “Why can’t I just show up and go with the flow?”  You can.  Sure, you can.  But it’s best to […]

Disney’s Long Lines are NOT Something You Must Accept “And with the ubiquitous crowds, lines lasting up to two hours for a ride, it is doubtful that they will get to experience one-quarter of the 58 attractions.” This quote was a portion of an article about Disneyland, published on the LA Times website. It’s not […]

Don’t Be a Last Minute Summer Vacationer! Ok, look.  I know how this goes.  It’s the last third of the school year, things seem like they’re moving like molasses.  Kids have homework, the weather’s not that great yet, you’ve got what seems like 20 different sports and activities to get to, and summer seems like […]

Giving a Disney Vacation for Christmas: The how and why to the best gift ever! Christmas shopping season is upon us.  Are the toy store ads beckoning you to buy THE hottest toys for your kids this year?  If you’re like many parents, you start to wonder how many toys your child really needs.  Toys […]

Should You Use a Disney Travel Agent? So, you’re scrolling through Google, looking up stuff about booking a Disney vacation when you come across the idea of using a Disney travel agent.  Should you?  Let’s find out. First, let’s clear the air on one thing:  The title of “Disney Travel Agent” is one that Disney […]

When Should I Book My Disney Vacation?   Many times, people talk about planning a vacation for “next year” like it’s something so far away they don’t need to think about it right now. But the reality is that your best Disney vacation is going to come from some earlier planning.   In the last […]