Category: General

May the 4th Be With You

Star Wars Day

Happy Star Wars Day to all the fans!

Explore starwars.com for new streaming premieres, merchandise, deals, games, recipes, news, and more to celebrate this special day.

If you’re at any of the worldwide, many have special events, character meets, foods, merchandise, and more to commemorate this annual fan holiday. Visit Disney Parks Blog for more info about celebrating at the parks or at home.

May the 4th be with you, always!

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Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend here in America, the unofficial start of summer. This three day weekend is a great time to take a short road trip or to plan your summer vacation. Contact me if you want help planning your next trip and follow my sites for ideas and info.

Most importantly, we should remember why we even have this three-day weekend in the first place.

Let’s make sure to take a moment to remember and honor the men and women who served and made the ultimate sacrifice to protect us.

Thank you to those who served and sacrificed!!

Have a safe weekend!

Exciting Announcement: Travel Products

Travel Products

Exciting news! I recently joined the Amazon Associates Program!

This will enable me to recommend some travel-related products that I think will be beneficial for your next trip. If you would like to support my work of bringing you travel news & information, please use my affiliate links to make your purchases.

Still need a Mother’s Day gift? Graduation or summer trip coming up? Hope this gives you some ideas!

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I’ll continue to add items to this list as I discover them. If there’s anything you are looking for that’s not on this list yet (even if it’s not travel-related), or if you are looking to buy a different version of these products, please email me and I’ll see if it’s an item that I recommend and generate an affiliated link to it for you.

As an Amazon Associate, I’ll earn a small commission from some of the qualifying purchases when using these Amazon affiliate links. These are not products I’m selling or have any relationship with. I am just suggesting items to you that I’ve found useful as a fellow traveler. I am not sponsored by Amazon or these sellers.

Please contact me if you want me to help plan your next trip!

Thanks for your support!

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Survey: Daily Road Trip Posts?

Hot springs path

Quick question! Did you like the daily posts and emails from my Leaf Peeping Trip, or was that too much?

We have a three-week cross-country road trip to post about next. Would you want an update to this blog and your emails every day or just every few days?

A: Daily posts and emails.

B: Posts and emails every few days.

C: Update at the end of the 3 weeks.

Feel free to Reply to my email or in this post’s Comments.

Time For More Road Trips

Road trip

Phew, there’s been so much trip news lately! But now, it’s time to get back to more road trips!

We’ll be doing another cross-country road trip, a giant 3-week loop across the USA, visiting many National Parks and other exciting sites! Follow along!

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Bring the road trip snacks!

Disney Cruise Line Summer 2024 Itineraries Announced

Disney Cruise Line

Disney Cruise Line has announced the sailing itineraries for Summer 2024 (late May – late Sept). Bookings begin on different days next week, starting Monday, March 27, 2023, for different levels of Castaway Cay members and other Disney affinity groups. General members (those who have never sailed on a Disney cruise) can book on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

  • March 27 – Platinum Castaway Club & Golden Oak Club
  • March 28 – Gold Castaway Club
  • March 29 – Silver Castaway Club
  • March 29 – Disney Vacation Club & Adventure Insiders
  • March 30 – General Public

Be among the first to drop anchor at Lighthouse Point, a new Disney Cruise Line island retreat celebrating the breathtaking beauty and vibrant culture of The Bahamas. Or set sail on a glorious adventure exploring the majesty of Europe, the wilderness of Alaska or the tropical islands of the Caribbean.

Costs are generally the lowest when you book during this initial release, and some of the more popular itineraries can sell out fast, particularly the initial Lighthouse Point sailings. It is expected that there will be long waits on the phone with DCL. If you don’t need to apply a placeholder or credit to your new booking, it’s definitely going to be faster to book on the DCL website starting at 8am ET.

For complete details, visit the Disney Cruise Line Summer Itineraries page:

If you would like me to help with your bookings, feel free to contact me ASAP. We love sailing DCL, so let me know if you want to chat about them. I have some recaps of our past sailings in the Trip Recap section of this site if you want to see what they’re like.

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Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights Announced

Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights

Ready to be scared?

Universal Orlando just announced the dates for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event!

  • Sept. 1-3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-30
  • Oct. 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29, 31

Tickets are on sale now! There are also express passes and hotel packages. This is a very popular event so if you are interested, you may want to buy your tickets ASAP.

Halloween Horror Nights is a separately ticketed nighttime event, with 5 scare zones, 10 haunted houses, food, merchandise, and more. Note that some of the scares are pretty intense and gory, so it may be too much for the little ones and the faint of heart. There are plenty of YouTube videos about it if you want to get a sense of what it’s really like first.

For more details or to buy tickets, visit the Universal Orlando Horror Nights site.

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