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This morning I woke up ridiculously early to make restaurant reservations for a trip that's still 60 days away.Which sou...
08/19/2026

This morning I woke up ridiculously early to make restaurant reservations for a trip that's still 60 days away.

Which sounds slightly unhinged when you say it out loud.

But here's what I was really doing.

I was imagining breakfast with Stitch.

Dinner inside the Mexico pavilion.

Drinks in a galaxy far, far away.

Sitting around tables with people I love.

Laughing.

Talking about the day.

Ordering something we probably didn't need.

Staying a little longer.

That's why I care about dining when I travel.

Food isn't just something you fit between attractions.

It's where everyone finally sits down.

It's where you recap what happened.

It's where somebody tells the story that becomes the running joke for the rest of the trip.

The reservation takes five minutes.

The memory might last forever.

🍴 Food First. Flights Later.

🖤 Atmosphere is an amenity.

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Travel Agent Confession:Disney:"Dining reservations open 60 days before your trip."Me:Perfect.Disney:"You'll want to be ...
08/19/2026

Travel Agent Confession:

Disney:

"Dining reservations open 60 days before your trip."

Me:

Perfect.

Disney:

"You'll want to be ready first thing in the morning for popular reservations."

Me:

Less perfect😂

Nothing says VACATION quite like setting an alarm before 6 AM so I can aggressively refresh a website for breakfast with a Hawaiian alien.

And the ridiculous part?

I LOVE THIS.

The spreadsheets.

The strategy.

The reservation order.

The tiny adrenaline rush when the confirmation screen appears.

Some people gamble.

I book Disney dining reservations.

Same basic brain chemistry, considerably more Mickey waffles😂🍽️

08/19/2026

Disney Dining reservations are made!! Just had to get up at 4:45 am to do it 🙃 Now to drink all the coffee in my new Zero mug!!

D23 gave us a MUCH better look at what's replacing DinoLand U.S.A. at Animal Kingdom...And Tropical Americas is starting...
08/19/2026

D23 gave us a MUCH better look at what's replacing DinoLand U.S.A. at Animal Kingdom...

And Tropical Americas is starting to make sense.

🐍 Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent

Yes. That's officially the name.

We'll travel with Indy beneath an ancient Maya temple, get pulled through a portal into the Underworld, and encounter bats, giant scorpions, fire, snakes and the enormous mythological serpent **Tsukán**.

And Harrison Ford himself is serving as the model for the new Indiana Jones Audio-Animatronic.

Then we have...

🌺 Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto

We're going INSIDE Casita on Antonio's gift day.

The attraction will take us through rooms created specifically for the ride, filled with the Madrigal family, Antonio's animals, music and all the magical chaos you'd expect inside Casita.

And this is what I love about the direction Disney is taking here:

They're not just dropping two IPs into Animal Kingdom.

Imagineers have been working with archaeologists, anthropologists and Maya experts to ground the land in the culture, nature and architecture of the Tropical Americas.

THAT is what makes me excited.

🖤 Dark Truth:

The best themed lands don't just give you rides.

They make you curious about the real world that inspired them.

👇 Which one are you riding first?

🐍 Indiana Jones or 🌺 Encanto?

If you're reading this, there's a very good chance I've already had entirely too much coffee.Because today is officially...
08/19/2026

If you're reading this, there's a very good chance I've already had entirely too much coffee.

Because today is officially 60 DAYS UNTIL DISNEY WORLD. 🏰

Which means...

ADVANCE DINING RESERVATION DAY.

And yes, I was up before 6 AM CST.

This morning I'm trying to grab:

'Ohana's Lilo & Stitch breakfast
The Beak and Barrel
Oga's Cantina
Chefs de France
House of Blues
San Angel Inn

But here's the thing people sometimes don't realize about Disney dining:

I'm not just choosing restaurants.

I'm using them to help shape our itinerary.

One of my favorite examples?

We're intentionally trying to book Oga's Cantina as late as possible.

Why?

Because if Hollywood Studios is closed when we leave...

We get to walk out through a mostly empty Galaxy's Edge.

Fewer people.

Nighttime atmosphere.

And hopefully some incredible photos without approximately 4,738 strangers wandering through the background. 😂

THAT'S the strategy part.

And it's also something I help my clients with.

When you book your Disney vacation with me, I'm not handing you a confirmation number and wishing you luck.

I help with the pieces that turn a vacation package into an actual vacation.

🍴 Dining strategy
🎢 Park planning
🏨 Resort recommendations
📅 Important booking dates
✨ And all those tiny tricks you wouldn't necessarily know unless somebody told you.

Because you shouldn't have to become a Disney logistics expert just to take your family on vacation.

That's what I'm here for.

🖤 Dark Truth:

Sometimes the difference between a good Disney trip and an incredible one is knowing when to make the reservation, not just where.

👇 And now the important question:

Which reservation on my list are YOU most excited about?

We finally have a date.Friday morning, Hayley will be induced.Which means sometime very soon, after months of talking ab...
08/18/2026

We finally have a date.

Friday morning, Hayley will be induced.

Which means sometime very soon, after months of talking about him, imagining him and waiting for him...

Weston will actually be here.

It's funny how quickly anticipation changes once there's a date attached to it.

"Soon" suddenly becomes:

Three more sleeps.

One more Tuesday.

One more Wednesday.

One more Thursday night.

And then we're loading the whole family into the car ridiculously early Friday morning, armed with coffee and enough road-trip snacks to survive a minor apocalypse, and driving more than two hours to meet our little man.

I've spent my entire life loving countdowns.

Vacations.

Birthdays.

Christmas.

Big adventures.

But I've never had one quite like this.

Because at the end of this countdown...

I get a whole new title.

**Mimi.** 🖤

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Current status:👶 3 DAYS UNTIL WESTON.🏰 60ish DAYS UNTIL DISNEY.My brain currently has absolutely no idea which countdown...
08/18/2026

Current status:

👶 3 DAYS UNTIL WESTON.

🏰 60ish DAYS UNTIL DISNEY.

My brain currently has absolutely no idea which countdown it's supposed to obsess over.

One minute I'm thinking:

"FRIDAY I GET TO MEET MY GRANDSON." 🥹

The next:

"WAIT. TOMORROW IS DINING RESERVATION DAY."

So apparently this week we're simultaneously preparing for:

👶 A baby.

🍽️ 'Ohana.

🌌 Oga's Cantina.

🏴‍☠️ Beak and Barrel.

☕ An ungodly amount of coffee.

And Friday's 2+ hour road trip to the hospital.

This is fine.

Everything is fine.

I definitely don't have six tabs open😂🖤

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