A Trip Down Route 66 at Cars Land in Disney's California Adventure

August 21, 2020

(GUEST POST BY: Magical Adventure Co.)

As one of the first movie franchise themed lands at a Disney Park (think Pandora, Galaxy’s Edge, and Toy Story Land), Cars Land has been wowing guests ever since its opening in 2012 and has continued to marvel guests with its charm and immersiveness to this day. Over the past 8 years our team at Magical Adventure Co. has visited this spot numerous times, and we love everything that it has to offer. So come along for a ride as we share with you all that this land has to offer…

Is Disney Vacation Club Worth It? (How DVC Works and Our Membership Experience)

April 2, 2020

If you have read some of our resort reviews before, you may have figured out that we are Disney Vacation Club (DVC) members. We have been blue card holders since 2013 and have used our membership in various ways. We find that we get a lot of questions about DVC, with the most frequent being “Is DVC worth it?” It can be a bit confusing at first to figure out how the membership exactly works so we wanted to break it down for our readers. With this article we will be covering:

An overview of DVC (including how points work)
Our journey to purchasing (including what DVC costs)
Benefits of being members
and finally: Is DVC worth it?

Our 10th Anniversary Disney Celebration (Part 4 of 4): A Disneyland Hotel Steakhouse 55 Private Dining Review

February 12, 2018

For our 10th Anniversary Celebration we planned a private reception in the Oak Room at Steakhouse 55. The restaurant is located within the Disneyland Hotel and is named for the year 1955, when the Disneyland Park opened. Steakhouse 55 takes you back to a bygone era of decadence with a dimly lit ambiance and feels vintage with dark-wood furnishings and black-and-white photos of movie and music luminaries of the era, including Walt Disney. Read more about our lovely evening...

Our 10th Anniversary Disney Celebration (Part 3 of 4): Julie and Andrew's Magical Disneyland Photo Shoot

February 8, 2018

As part of our 10 year Anniversary Celebration we wanted to capture some special photographs together. We decided to do an in-park shoot as well as capture family portraits and candids on the night of our celebration dinner.

We brought along our friend Ryan Hartford from Ecliptic Media Photo to capture some magical shots in the park. He is super talented and we can't wait to share the amazing moments he captured! We got up bright and early on a Tuesday morning rocking our Disney themed formal wear and got started at some of the resort areas before the park opened...

Julie and Andrew facing Disneyland Fire Department Building. — Cast members would know Walt was in his apartment if the light in the window was glowing. Today it stays lit to represent Walt's spirit of creativity and innovation always being in the park today. PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Hartford/Ecliptic Media Photo

Our 10th Anniversary Disney Celebration (Part 2 of 4): "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps" Group Disneyland Tour Review

February 1, 2018

Being Disney nerds, we are always interested in special events and behind the scenes offerings at Disney Parks. We really enjoyed the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour at Walt Disney World and decided that for our latest visit to Disneyland we should take advantage of being in such a historic place. “Walk in Walt’s Disneyland Footsteps” is roughly a three hour tour that takes guests through the history of Disneyland and Walt Disney himself. Along with the history of the park, guests experience three attractions without waiting and will also enjoy lunch served at the tour gardens just inside the park near the Main street USA train station. We were lucky enough to book an entire tour time (max of 15 people) for our whole large group. It ended up feeling like a private tour and we were even able to use our Disney Vacation Club discount of 15% off for everyone!

Our 10th Anniversary Disney Celebration (Part 1 of 4): Planning An Alternative Disneyland Vow Renewal

January 29, 2018

Our Fairy Tale Wedding in Walt Disney World was one of our favorite days ever and there are so many magical memories from that time. In today's crazy world we think celebrating love is very important and we strive to make our anniversary special every year. When we realized we were coming up on a milestone year we started discussing the possibility of planning a vow renewal. Read more on our planning journey and alternate end result.

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