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  • 2023 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival

    Five Fresh Finds from the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival 2023

    Spring has sprung at Walt Disney World with the return of the resort’s most colorful annual event, and we’ve got your Unofficial Guide to what’s fresh at the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival returned on March 1st and runs through July 5th with all the elements fans have come to expect in

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    Going to the Chapel of Love

    Getting married in Las Vegas brings to mind the famous song by The Dixie Cups, “Chapel of Love,” and Bob Sehlinger, coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, takes us behind the scenes of tying the knot in Las Vegas. Here is his report! Marriages in Las Vegas are a big deal and a big industry. Dozens of stand-alone

  • Disney's Best Worst Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

    Disney’s Best Worst: Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

    Buckle up tight because the Unofficial Guide is taking a bumpy drive back to Disneyland’s Fantasyland, where Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride remains one of our all-time favorite Best Worst attractions.

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    The Unofficial Guide to EPCOT’s France Pavilion

    Bienvenue to EPCOT’s France Pavilion. Lauded as one of the most beautiful pavilions along World Showcase, the France Pavilion was one of the nine original lands to open in EPCOT on October 1, 1982.  When leaving the United Kingdom, guests cross the famous “Seine,” via the Pont des Arts-inspired bridge. Did you know that the Pont des Arts was the

  • Universal Orlando's Mardi Gras 2023

    New at Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras 2023

    Universal Orlando’s annual International Flavors of Carnaval celebration has returned to let the good times roll, and we’ve got your Unofficial Guide to everything that’s new at Universal’s Mardi Gras 2023. This year, the Mardi Gras festivities at Universal Orlando kicked off on February 4th, and they’ll continue daily through April 16th, not only inside Universal Studios Florida, but also