Ready, Set, Jet - Travel by Holli McClung

09/24/2025

09/24/2025

09/24/2025

06/16/2025

First look at the Disney Adventure stern characters, Captain Mickey Mouse and Captain Minnie Mouse. Stay tuned for more updates! 🚢✨

06/16/2025

📣 JUST ANNOUNCED: Test Track presented by General Motors will reopen at Walt Disney World on July 22! 🚘

05/02/2025

05/02/2025

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05/02/2025

Who’s ready to visit Venice??

Venice wasn’t built on solid ground...
It was built on millions of wooden logs driven deep into the seafloor.

Since the year 421 A.D., this floating city has defied both time and engineering logic.
While most cities stand on bedrock or concrete, Venice rises on a forest of waterlogged timber.

Yes — wood.
Specifically, alder trees — a type that doesn’t rot underwater.
When buried in clay and soaked in salty water, this wood doesn’t decay — it petrifies.
Over centuries, it hardens, becoming nearly as tough as stone.

A timeless wonder still holding up an entire city.

St. Mark’s Campanile rests on 100,000 wooden piles.
The grand Basilica della Salute required over a million.

Each pile was hammered in by hand, spaced every half meter, driven up to three meters deep into the seabed.

But why build a city on water?

In the early 5th century, Italy was under attack by barbarian tribes.
Fleeing the invasions, people sought refuge in the muddy, marshy Venetian lagoon.
The water was their wall — a natural fortress that enemies couldn’t cross easily.

And so, between mud and mist, Venice was born.
Not as a city that conquered nature — but as one that coexisted with it.

Venice doesn’t float by magic.
It floats by ingenious design, by necessity,
and by the strength of a story that refuses to sink.

04/18/2025

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03/28/2025

WALT DISNEY WORLD ... Book new ticket, hotel and dining offers for Summer 2025!!!

The following offers are now bookable:

FREE Dining Plan ...
Purchase a non-discounted 4-night, 4-day package that includes a room at select Disney Resorts Collection hotels and a Park Hopper Ticket
Arrivals most nights from:
June 29 to September 30, 2025, October 20 to November 1, 2025 and December 6 to December 22, 2025

Kids Get 50% Off a 3-Day or Longer Standard Theme Park Ticket ...
Families can save on summer fun! Kids (ages 3 to 9) get a 3-day or longer standard Walt Disney World theme park ticket for 50% off—for ticket start dates from May 27 through September 20, 2025.

Save Up to 30% on Rooms at Select Disney Resorts Collection Hotels When You Stay 5 Nights or Longer ...
At select Disney Resorts Collection hotels when you stay 5 consecutive nights or longer in late summer and early fall. Plus, enjoy other savings for shorter stays. This offer is valid for stays most nights from August 1 to October 11, 2025.