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Opened in 2012, Art of Animation is a value resort located across Hourglass Lake from Pop Century. Similar to Pop, Art of Animation has multiple sections of rooms centered around pools and courtyards. Unlike the other value resorts, Art of Animation is mostly suites, which are double-size rooms with kitchenettes. The suite areas also have interior hallways like Disney’s deluxe resorts, as opposed to

Like everything on Pandora, Satu’li Canteen has a story. Once the mess hall for the Resources Development Administration base, it is now owned and operated by Alpha Centuri Expeditions and lovingly decorated with Na’vi artifacts, hand-woven tapestries hanging from the ceiling, and cooking tools. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the fast-casual restaurant seats 330 guests inside and can accommodate an

The new show at Disney’s Magic Kingdom is a combination of breathtaking fireworks, lasers, and incredibly vibrant and rich digital mapping projection on Cinderella Castle. In previous projection shows, the film clips were played directly onto to the castle, essentially using it as a giant movie screen. In Happily Ever After, however, it looks like Disney edited the film scenes so they

Today, Michelle, host of the  The Disney Dream Girls, shares with us her dining experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom restaurant, Tiffins. May 27, 2016, saw the official opening of a much-needed lounge and high-end eatery at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, namely The Nomad Lounge and Tiffins. On my last trip to Walt Disney World, I made a last-minute dining reservation to

There is no doubt that the highlight of a visit to Discovery Cove is the opportunity to swim with an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, but there is so much more to this beautifully landscaped place. There are waterfalls, winding rivers, white-sand beaches, and exotic birds, to name a few. The day at Discovery Cove starts early and it starts right, with