Update on Frozen at Disney

Olaf is already available for meet and greet at Hollywood Studios!  I'm so excited about this!  Frozen Ever After, the new ride coming to Epcot, is opening June 21st!  Anna and Elsa will be available for meet and greet in the Norway pavilion starting June 21st as well!

Frozen Ever After: Opening in June

The new Frozen ride opens in June!  I cannot wait to experience this ride, being the Frozen nerd I am!  This ride is in Epcot!  It will take you on a boat to relive scenes from Frozen such as Kristoff and his trolls and Elsa singing Let It Go!  Also, Anna and Elsa will be available for meet and greet at the Norway Pavilion!  I can't wait to see the new Frozen experiences at Epcot and I will make sure to keep you updated through it all!

New Free Dining!

Disney now offers free dining during certain times of the year!  To get this deal, you must arrive during
August 23 - October 1
November 15- 21
November 26-28
December 10-21
If you stay at a value resort, you'll recieve the quick service dining plan for free.  If you stay at a moderate, deluxe, or deluxe villa resort, you get the standard dining plan for free!  There is a minimum stay of 3 nights and a maximum stay of 14 nights!
The following resorts are excluded.
Campsites
Bungalows at Polynesian Village
Grand Floridian Villas
Bay Lake Tower
3 Bedroom Villas
Port Orleans French Quarter
Little Mermaid Rooms at The Art of Animation
Port Orleans riverside is only available through October 1st.
I'm so excited about the new free dining and I hope you use this information to get you a great deal!

National Pretzel Day!

Today is National Pretzel Day, so I'm going to tell y'all a few great places at Disney World to get soft pretzels!  At Magic Kingdom you can get a Mickey pretzel from The Cool Ship or The Launching Pad, which are both in Tomorrow Land!  However, The Launching Pad accepts dining plans and The Cool Ship doesn't!  In Norway at Epcot, Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe sells sweet pretzels!  Wetzel's Pretzels at Disney Springs Marketplace has every kind of pretzel you can think of, from pepperoni, to cinnamon, to baked cheese!  They also have pretzel bitz and pretzel dippers!  For drinks, they have tons of different types of lemonade!  I hope you have a great National Pretzel Day and check these places out next time you visit Disney World!

Coming Soon: Toy Story Land

I'm so excited for Toy Story Land!  The concept will be to make you feel like a toy.  To accomplish this, they're going to make everything else huge!  There will be two new rides along with a 3rd track on Toy Story Midway Mania, which should be open by this Memorial Day.  However, there is not a said date for the new rides.  The first ride is a family friendly roller coaster!  The "car" on the roller coaster is Slinky Dog!  Kids are going to love this ride because it won't be scary, but it will have enough excitement to be worthwhile!  There aren't many details about the second ride, but the concept is to fly in a saucer and try to get away from "the claw"!  I can't wait to experience this new land and I will make sure to update y'all when I get more details!

Hollywood Studios

I've only been to Hollywood Studios once, so I'm not going to tell you what I think the best restaurants, rides, and shows are because they wouldn't be accurate considering I've only been to two restaurants there.  Instead, I'm going to tell you what I did in Hollywood Studios and what I liked and disliked about it!

Restaurants:
We ate lunch at Pizza Planet!  This was a must for our family because I mean it's Pizza Planet!  How cool is that!  The pizza wasn't great, but the Star Wars chocolate peanut butter cupcake was AMAZING!  Apparently, Pizza Planet is closed, but it may reopen later this year.  I do not agree with this decision to close Pizza Planet and I am currently screaming inside.  I will make sure to update ya'll when and if it opens back up!
For supper, we ate at the sci-fi dine in theater!  It was a great experience!  The actual food isn't amazing, but it's okay.  The Oreo milkshake is a must.  All the desserts sounded great, but I chose the House-made Sci-fi Candy Bar and I was happy with my decision.  The rest of my family got the cheesecake and they said that it was good!

Rides:
We were a little afraid of the Tower of Terror and Rockin' Rollercoaster so we stuck to the other, less scary rides!  First, we rode Star Tours- The Adventures Continue.  I've never seen Star Wars, but it was still a fun ride!  There's a video that you watch that takes you through the story and it makes you feel like it's actually happening!  I've heard it's a different story each time!
We also rode Toy Story Midway Mania!  While it was fun, I don't understand why it is so popular.  If you can get a fastpass, I recommend riding it.  However, if you can't, it's not worth waiting in that long line.
We also went to One Man's Dream.  This isn't actually a ride, but a museum type thing with a video at the end.  I recommend it if you're a Disney nerd like me, but little kids might find it boring.

Character Meet and Greets:
While we were at Hollywood Studios, we met Pluto, Goofy, and Phineas and Ferb!  Neither of these were my favorite, but every character experience is memorable and I recommend meeting as many characters as you can!  We then met Mater and Lightning McQueen!  Obviously, the cars didn't actually talk, but seeing Mater was a must for me!  We also met We also met Buzz and Woody!  The line was over an hour long, but it was worth it!  Once we got up there, we realized what had been taking so long!  They actually spend a lot of time with you and make it an experience you'll never forget.  We all left there laughing!  Baymax and Hiro were my favorite character greet of the whole trip!  Hiro talked to you and engaged in a whole story, while Baymax was open to many hugs and pictures and of course a fist bump!

Hollywood Studios may be small, but it left our family with many memories we will never forget!  I would not recommend skipping this great park!

Tips for Shorter Lines

     I went to Disney World this summer and the lines weren't near as bad as I thought it would be, but it took a lot of planning!  One thing that I found surprising was the long lines to meet characters.  They are much longer than the lines to ride the attractions, so keep that in mind when reading my tips and planning your trip!
     Getting to the park early helps tremendously!  If you get there when the park opens, the lines will be about half as long.  I read on other blogs that the lines would be shorter, but I didn't know by that much!  Every line was probably less than 30 minutes before 10:00.  If I would've known this before, I could've packed a whole lot more fun into our schedule!
     You also need to take advantage of your fastpasses!  You get three per day!  I recommend using them in the afternoon and night.  Some attractions that you definitely need a fastpass are Toy Story Midway Mania, Test Track, Kali River Rapids (Always get a fastpass for a water ride that you want to ride on the middle of the day.), Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Peter Pan's Flight, 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, meeting Anna and Elsa, Rockin' Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, and Soarin.
     During parades is a great time to do things that would normally have a long line!  Keep in mind, however, that some rides and character greets will be closed.  For example, during the firework show some of Fantasyland will be closed. However, rides such as Space Mountain shouldn't be closed.
     I hope these tips help!  I love Disney World and I can't wait to share all my favorite rides, restaurants, and tips with you!