Travel with the Whitakers

At the beginning of April we spent a day at Epcot enjoying all that the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival had to offer.  The kids especially loved the Butterfly Garden, the Healthful Trail (playground) and Spike's Pollen Nation Exploration and the Easter scavenger hunts. All four of loved seeing the plants and gardens from around the world, and of course seeing the amazing topiaries of Disney characters around the park. And of course, just like at all Epcot festivals, we LOVED trying eats and treats around the park.  During our time at the festival we tried... Toasted Pretzel Bread topped with black forest ham and melted Gruyère cheese  - This dish keeps coming back year after year, and it's a tasty one. The name of the dish really says it all for this one. Toasty bread topped with salty ham, and melty cheese. It's a great combination.  BLT Scone with Nueske’s applewood-smoked bacon, sundried tomato, and basil - Wait, a BLT scone?! Yes, you read that right. Thi

It has been on week since we disembarked from the Disney Dream! It was so amazing to be back on a cruise ship again after two years away. Especially, because we did have to reschedule the cruise we were supposed to take in February. We had a great time at Disney World in February, and our reschedule cruise last week was amazing. I love stopping in ports, and exploring new cities, but my favorite part of being on a ship is just relaxing and enjoying the ship on sea days. So, what exactly do we do on sea days? No two sea days are the same, but on most sea days we do a lot of the same things.  Our cruise last week stopped at Castaway Cay, and we also had a sea day. We spent the day enjoying all that the Disney Dream had to offer, and spending time together, and some time apart.  We started the day by sleeping in a little, the night before we had been up late for the fireworks! After getting up, and getting ready, we headed up to Cabanas to get some food that we brought back to the statero