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Our colleague Ryan Jacobson and his family love Disney’s Animal Kingdom. They believe it is the most beautiful of the parks. But, in his family’s opinion, it’s also the park that merits the least amount of time—and that’s meant as a compliment. Read on to learn more. If EPCOT was our sleep-in day, Animal Kingdom was our go-home-early-and-swim day (especially

EPCOT has never held much appeal for Ryan Jacobson—at least not as much as the other parks. However, his wife and oldest son love it. They’re more into all the different foods than any thrill rides. The Jacobson family visited EPCOT on a Saturday in early March, and they’ve never seen the park so busy before (outside of summer)—probably because

Tammy Whiting, our Disney Cruise Line expert, has 10 reasons why you should try Concierge service on your next Disney Cruise. Concierge on a Disney Cruise is one of my favorite things.  It’s expensive, and there’s no way I can do it every time I sail, but I’ve been lucky enough to find several opportunities to try it, and I

Hopefully, you’ve already picked up some useful tips from our series about Ryan Jacobson’s vacation to Walt Disney World with his family—and we’re only on day two! On their second day in the parks, the family’s original plan was to see EPCOT, but the weather forecast threw them a curveball. In what looked like the last rainless day of the

Today, Ryan Jacobson takes us through his day at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios and shares a review of his family’s unanimous choice for the best restaurant in all of Walt Disney World. Here is how his day went. Normally, I recommend spending your first day at Magic Kingdom, but we planned to visit Hollywood Studios twice on our vacation.