Travel with the Whitakers

Start your Walt Disney World vacation in the most magical way possible – abroad Disney’s Magical Express! Today we’re going to answer all of your questions about Magical Express. What is Magical Express? Disney’s Magical Express is a FREE motorcoach transportation option from the Orlando International Airport to your Walt Disney World Resort hotel at the start of your trip and return service to the Orlando Airport at the end of your trip. You don’t have to worry about your luggage! A few weeks before your trip you’ll receive yellow luggage tags in the mail. These tags have your resort, confirmation number, and the name of the lead guest on the reservation. On the day of your trip be sure to place these tags on your checked bags before checking them at your departure airport. Once you get to Orlando there’s no need to go to baggage claim, just head to the Magical Express check in area and later on your tagged bags will meet you in your resort hotel room. What if I don’

Rotational dining - each night trying a different restaurant and a different menu, all with the same service team – is one of our favorite parts of a Disney Cruise. There are three main dining restaurants, and even though you eat at each restaurant at least twice on a seven night sailing, and one three times, you won’t see the same menu offerings twice! (Well, unless you’re like us and take back to back sailings.) Today we have for you the menu items that we tried from the two Animator’s Palate exclusive menus. Enjoy! As with all main dining dinners each of the menus feature a delicious bread and dip combination to hold you over until your appetizers arrive. Six Grain Country Bread with Caramelized Onions Sun-died Tomato Dip and Garlic and Herb Focaccia with Roasted Garlic Dip are both quite satisfying. The bread and dips pair nicely together and these two dips are two of our favorites on the ship – we had to ask for more of both. We sampled two appetizers from each menu.

Step back in time when you step into 50’s Prime Time Café at Hollywood Studios. 50’s Prime Time Café is located in the Echo Lake section of Hollywood Studios, between Hollywood and Vine Restaurant and the Indiana Jones Outpost. When you step inside you’re transported back to the 1950s. Period décor, a TV at some tables playing videos from the time period, and a wait-staff that treat you like family await you! After you check in take a seat on one of the couches while you wait for your table. Once your table is ready you’ll be called for by your cousin – after all everyone is family here. We’ve eaten here on quite a few of our trips and have always had a great experience. This past trip was no different for the “Whitaker kids,” and the food that game from mom’s kitchen was delicious. As the other three locations that we dined at on this last trip were, the staff at 50s was amazing with the allergy restrictions that our party had. Once you’re seated be sure to set the table