Tag: Disney parks

How YOU are the magic for those around you

Disney Cicerone October 19, 2020 0 Comments
Piloting the Millennium Falcon solo is not all it’s cracked up to be. While they are only loading one party per cockpit during the pandemic, I found myself alone in navigating our beloved hunk o' junk this morning. It was... fine. But when I ran into spires and miscellaneous space cargo, it was only my voice I heard echoing in laughter throughout the ship. And it made me realize something...

Adventure is saying yes despite your fear

Disney Cicerone October 12, 2020 2 Comments
I am writing this sitting in front of Expedition Everest, having gone on the expedition but wishing I hadn’t. My motion sickness doesn’t allow backward motion, but all day long I have watched intrepid travelers traverse the terrain in train cars up the mountain, and I wanted to be one too. So I rode. And now I’m sitting because my head feels like it’s on backward. The totem poles outside...

Weather makes a difference (but not the way you think)

Disney Cicerone September 17, 2020 0 Comments
Nothing builds the dread in a Disney planner's heart more than seeing a week's worth of rain in the forecast for a much-anticipated vacation. Sure, we all say, “It’s better when it rains! It clears out the parks!” But nobody really wants it to rain/thunderstorm/hurricane/you name it during your delightfully, thoughtfully planned Disney adventure. But you see, friends, it’s exactly these...

How Disney Provides Stability in an Unstable World

Disney Cicerone September 15, 2020 0 Comments
I sat in my teacup this week watching the families around me laugh and spin, arms in the air, and as carefree as ever. And that’s when it hit me. It’s stability. Something that hasn’t changed in a world where everything has changed. Sure, we were all wearing masks and dutifully sanitized our hands before and after. But there were beloved (likely motion-sick prone) family members around the...