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The Disney West Coast Cruise

Walt Disney Company has always strives to cover for any family leisure activities. Aside from its popular movie and television outfits and the theme parks, Disney makes sure it could facilitate good and effective bonding activities during vacations for all families around the world. Quality time with family is the gist of every Disney business. Thus, when the company established Disney Cruise, family vacations activities have been redefined. Disney West Coast Cruise is very popular among good timers. Disney West Coast Cruise is also more popularly called as the Disney Magic. This cruise was constructed and inaugurated in 1998. The ship served as Walt Disney’s foray into the cruise shipping business. Since then, demand for vacations in the Disney cruise has always been popular especially during summer vacations. The cruise could cater to as many as 2,400 vacationers at one time. The Cruise generally and basically gets to seven destinations all scattered across the Pacific Ocean. Those destinations are the Cozumel, Key West, St. Thomas, Grand Cayman, St Maarten and the Disney private island of Castaway Cay. On its initial operations, Disney West Coast Cruise was open to cruising anywhere, but in 2005, as part of the Disneyland’s golden (50th) anniversary, the Disney Cruise Line decided to make the cruise exclusive for West Coast. If you are planning to book…
Independent Travel to Disney World Florida

Independent travel used to conjure up ideas of backpacking around unheard of destinations and staying in remote hostels, sharing your room, and the one functioning toilet with twelve complete strangers. Well, not any more. Orlando, Florida is still considered the world’s number one family vacation destination. Families too are enjoying the freedom and choice which independent travel now offers. When we first started visiting Orlando, being huge Disney fans, we decided to stay at one of the Walt Disney World resort hotels. There were only the two of us, and we thought they were great, which they were. But they also proved very expensive. So the next time we traveled we decided to shop around, and stayed in nearby hotels. This certainly saved us money, but there was still something missing. And we knew exactly what it was. There was no space. We had nowhere to relax. Even though there were only two of us, we found the hotel room lacked any real space. Sure there were two beds, and a small writing table, but that was it. And it appears we were not the only ones. When we returned home, we started reading reports and we found that there were an increasing number of complaints made about hotels. So, what are the alternatives? We searched and we found them,…
What You Can Do if it Rains During Your Disney World Vacation

You've been looking forward to your Disney World vacation for months. You've packed your bags, bought your plant ticket or hopped in the car, checked into your hotel room, and are just about to go out and explore Disney World Park. Then... it gets cloudy overhead and starts to rain. Uh-oh, your day's ruined... or is it? Here are some activities you can do at Disney World, even if Mother Nature is uncooperative: You can go to other attractions that take place indoors. For example, you can watch the Lion King or the Little Mermaid show, go on the Animation Tour, visit the Tower of Terror, or go see Pirates of the Caribbean or Dinosaur. You can still explore a park. The best ones to go to on a rainy day are Magic Kingdom, MGM, and Epcot Futureworld. A lot of attractions at these parks are close together under cover. You can watch a movie at AMC Theater Complex 24 at Downtown Disney's West Side. You're sure to find something you'll be interested in. You can hop on the monorail and take a tour of the resorts and what they have. Just ask to ride in the driver's cabin and enjoy exploring the Polynesian, Contemporary, and Grand Floridian resorts. You can also take the free tour at the Grand Floridian…

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