Articles
-
Walking the World in Comfort
My past searches for the perfect shoes to wear at Disney World always yielded mixed results. Turns out that people have different feet and shoe needs when they are walking a gazillion miles on concrete in the heat. Who knew! My favorite shoes and foot care tips for the parks may not work for everyone, but I KNOW they will help out some folks. I have super high arches and wide feet. There. I said it. I also have feet that tend to sweat a lot. This is not a point of pride but I have to be honest about it. Walking many, many miles a day in the parks…
-
Visiting Disney World as a Nervous Rider
I have tried many, many times over the years to conquer my fear of thrill rides. When I was a little kid, my poor mother had to stop several carnival rides so that she could rescue me, pale and terrified, from the clutches of some spinny tilty whirly contraption. Wikipedia defines this as, “an extreme over-reaction to normal self-preservation instincts.” How can one over-react in the name of self-preservation? Certainly that is exactly the time for extreme reaction, right? Perhaps I should first define what I mean by “thrill” ride. You know that whooshing feeling that you get when a Ferris Wheel carries you up over the top? Yes, Ferris…
-
Handling Character Meet & Greets
My sister and I both refused to sit on Santa’s lap at the mall when we were kids. Neither of us are big fans of people in costumes and we aren’t particularly touchy-feely. We knew that this might be a problem when we booked a Rivers of Light Dinner package. It was a character dinner (shudder) at Tiffin’s in Animal Kindom. The show was new so convenience and guaranteed seats won out over feeling a little weird about having to take pictures mid-meal with a stranger in a costume when you are over 10 years old. My son was with us and he was tween age at the time so…
