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There are a lot of things I love at Walt Disney World. But if you asked me to choose my absolute favorite Disney World experience, I wouldn’t have to think very hard. It’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. I’ve now done the party twice with my children at very different ages. The first time, in […]

Walking out of Magic Kingdom at 11:50 PM, we passed Mickey’s meet and greet and saw a ten minute wait. Our daughter was already in her pajamas. She wasn’t even two yet, and because it was nearly four hours past her normal bedtime, we had fully expected her to be asleep in the stroller by […]

I’ve made enough versions of smash tacos at this point to realize my favorite thing about them isn’t actually any one version. It’s that once you know how to make them, you really don’t need a recipe. I’ve tried them with ground beef, but I definitely prefer ground chicken or ground turkey. They’re leaner, I […]

A real look at the experience, plus the strategy I’d actually use if I were booking this for my kids instead of my clients. Picture a normal Disney afternoon. You’re forty minutes into a standby line, and your youngest is somewhere between hungry and feral. Meanwhile, you’re doing the math on whether it’s worth abandoning […]