Meet Characters on Disney Cruise Line Can Literally “Make” Your Child’s Vacation: Here are 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Experience

Imagine your child meeting their favorite Disney movie or TV character. I can just see the cheek-to-cheek smile on my son’s face if he ever met Woody or Buzz from “Toy Story.” The meeting might be followed by a few tears of shock, but that moment of seeing them “come to life” would certainly be […]

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What to do if your vacation is affected by the Grand Canyon South Rim hotel closure

Grand Canyon National Park announced it will temporarily halt overnight stays on the South Rim (affecting El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge and Maswik Lodge, as well as Phantom Ranch, Yavapai Lodge and Trailer Village) due to four breaks in the line flotation of the Transcanyon, the South Rim’s primary water source. If this news affects […]

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I have taken my children to Europe dozens of times. Here are my tips for the perfect European family vacation.

Are you planning a vacation in Europe with your children? Since mine were babies, I have traveled with them to Europe at least twice a year.. With jet lag and interrupted routines, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, but their looks of wonder the first time they saw the Swiss Alps and the Eiffel Tower […]

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What’s it like to say at The Cabins at Fort Wilderness, Disney Vacation Club’s newest resort property

I was maybe eight or nine years old when I first visited Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground in the early ’80s, and my overriding memory is of running around like Davy Crockett in a coonskin cap washer while my parents sipped a drink by the campfire. Most of the other details of that vacation […]

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