A Touch of Magic Travel-Melissa

04/21/2025

Consideing a visit to Walt Disney World in 2026? Well, you are in luck, because beginning tomorrow I can start booking your 2026 vacations to Disney World with plenty of convenient and flexible to options to choose from, with bookings open through October 31, 2026.

It's never too early to start thinking about the next trip, and 2026 is going to be a fantastic year to visit — especially for kids! Let me know if you’d like to be added to my list for quotes!

04/15/2025

✨All Aboard for a Wickedly Fun Adventure on the Disney Destiny!✨

Calling all Disney fans, mischief makers, and lovers of the delightfully devious — the Disney Destiny is setting sail this November, and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before! 🤩

This all-new, heroes-and-villains-themed ship is bringing some of Disney and Marvel’s most iconic schemers, scoundrels, and stylish troublemakers to life in the most immersive way yet. And it all begins in the Grand Hall, where the line between good and evil blurs before your eyes. 👀

Inspired by Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, this ever-changing space starts off bright and heroic — but don’t get too comfortable. With dynamic 360-degree lighting and character-triggered transformations, the atmosphere can shift in a heartbeat. You might just find yourself in the mysterious domain of a certain God of Mischief…

Yes, Loki himself will be on board, ready to rewrite the rules (and history) as he tries to take command of the ship! Expect unexpected proclamations, bizarre questions about mortal traditions, and maybe even a competition or two in his quest for admiration. 🔮

But Loki’s just the beginning…

Fashionistas, get ready — Cruella de Vil is debuting her own piano lounge AND strutting her stuff on a brand-new runway experience. Guests can show off their style while she dishes out her famously blunt fashion critiques, and if she hears that old song again, she may just demand a remix worthy of her fabulousness. 👑

Prefer a little voodoo flair? Keep an eye out for Dr. Facilier lurking in the Grand Hall with tricks, illusions, and games of chance (with a sinister twist). And for those drawn to the darker side of magic, Maleficent will be casting spells and commanding attention in the stunning Saga entertainment lounge. 🪄

This is just a sneak peek of the villainous delights awaiting you aboard the Disney Destiny. Whether you side with the heroes or lean toward the wickedly wonderful, this cruise is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure! 🛳️

Ready to explore the impossible? 📞 Contact me at Melissa@ ATouchofMagicTravel agent to get your exciting itinerary booked!

04/12/2025

The trip of your dreams is on the horizon. Save up to 25% on select sailings and start dreaming of adventures at sea.

Embark on an unforgettable Disney cruise on select dates and take advantage of special savings on prevailing rates as quoted by your travel planner, that's me :) Reach out today for your quote, Melissa@atouchofmagictravel,com

Important Details
Valid for new bookings only
Valid only for stateroom categories IGT, OGT or VGT
Full payment is required at the time of booking for all Guests
Bookings are non-refundable
Specific stateroom will be assigned at a later time, based on availability
Rate does not include gratuities or Port Adventures
Not combinable with Disney Vacation Club Points
The number of staterooms allocated for this offer is limited
The offer cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts

04/11/2025

Disney+ subscribers can enjoy summer savings with great rates on rooms at select Disney Resorts Collection hotels—starting from $99 per night, plus tax for a standard room at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort (total starting from $198, plus tax for a 2-night stay).

This offer is valid on 2-night stays or longer, most nights from June 29 to July 31, 2025. Explore special rates below:

$99 Per Night, Plus Tax for Standard Rooms at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
$169 Per Night, Plus Tax for Woods View Rooms at Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
$229 Per Night, Plus Tax for Cars Family Suites at Disney's Art of Animation Resort
$249 Per Night, Plus Tax for Deluxe Studios at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort
$339 Per Night, Plus Tax for Savanna View Rooms at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Other savings may be available!

The number of rooms allocated for this offer is limited. Savings based on the non-discounted price for the same room. Length-of-stay requirements may apply. Proof of Disney+ subscription required.

Valid Travel Dates
Most nights from June 29 to July 31, 2025

Length of Stay Requirements

Minimum – 2 nights
Maximum – 14 nights

To get a quote or learn more, contact me today! DM or [email protected]

04/04/2025

Universal Fan Fest Nights will be a limited-time, after-hours experience, exclusive to Universal Studios Hollywood, that will showcase a dynamic line-up of captivating, immersive in-world experiences along with engaging, celebratory activations throughout the theme park, from live entertainment to cosplay, inviting guests to embrace their favorite characters and share their enthusiasm with like-minded fans.

All experiences and activations will be included every event night for guests to enjoy when they attend Universal Fan Fest Nights. Adding to the adventure, guests will also be able to experience select theme park attractions open during the event. Additionally, fans can look forward to an enticing menu of themed foods and new merchandise, including collectibles, apparel, drinkware, accessories and more, to show off their fandom during Universal Fan Fest Nights and beyond.

The 2025 Universal Fan Fest Nights event dates are: April 25-27; May 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18.

To learn more or inquire about purchasing tickets, you can reach me here via DM or [email protected]

03/28/2025

Four Parks. A Whole New Universal Experience.

This changes everything. Now with four amazing theme parks, spectacular themed hotels and more, Universal Orlando offers an entire week’s worth of awesome in one complete vacation destination.

Universal Epic Universe Opens May 22, 2025, Select Tickets and Packages On Sale Now
Let me help you schedule a trip today! [email protected]

03/27/2025

This is the summer to take your kids to Walt Disney World! If you've been waiting for a sign or some great resort rates or great ticket rates, today is the day! This morning many new offers were released:

50% Off on Kids Tickets: Purchase a 3-day or longer kids (ages 3-9) standard ticket for 50% off. This deal is available for visits beginning May 27 through September 20, 2025.

3-Day, 3-Park Ticket: Get a 3-day, 3-park ticket starting at $89 per day ($267 total, plus tax) for visits starting on April 6 through September 22, 2025. This ticket is for admission to EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom (one theme park per day, not valid for admission to Magic Kingdom).

Free Dining Plan Deal Returns: Back by popular demand, get a free dining plan with the purchase of a non-discounted 4-night, 4-day (or longer) package that includes a room at select Disney Resort hotels and a ticket with a Park Hopper option. This offer is for visits on select dates from June 29 through December 22, 2025.

Disney Resort Room Deals: Save up to 30% on select Disney Resort hotel rooms when you stay longer for visits beginning August 1 through October 11, 2025. Special deals on rooms are also available for Florida Residents and Annual Passholders.

On top of all of these deals, Walt Disney World is offering special activities and events this summer and for all of 2025 anyone staying at a Walt Disney World resort will be able to visit one of the water parks for free, on the first night of their stay.

Let me help you decide which of these deals is best for you and your family! I'd love to help you plan a magical getaway! [email protected]

03/20/2025

✨🎉 FREE Disney Dining Plan Alert! 🍽️🏰

Must book in the next 6 days, before March 26th!!

If you’re a Disney Visa Cardmember, you’re in for a magical treat! 🎩✨ Book a non-discounted 4-night, 4-day Walt Disney Travel Company package that includes:

🏨 A stay at a select Disney Resorts Collection hotel
🎟️ Theme park ticket with a Park Hopper option
🍽️ FREE Disney Dining Plan 😍

This incredible offer is available for arrivals on most nights:
📅 June 29 – September 30, 2025
📅 October 20 – November 1, 2025
📅 December 6 – December 22, 2025

Don’t miss out on this delicious deal! 🍕🍔🥤
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03/12/2025

Life is an off-road rally race, and Lightning McQueen, Mater, and the rest of the cars from Pixar Animation Studios’ Cars are going to ride it all night long.

First announced at last year’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, a brand-new Cars themed area is speeding in to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Here, the Cars crew leaves Radiator Springs behind and heads off into the frontier to put their wheels to the test.

Now at The Future of World-Building at Disney panel at SXSW, Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, and Imagineer Michael Hundgen teased that guests will need to strap in because they’re in the process of creating a new type of ride vehicle for this experience.

“Our primary goal is creating an emotional experience for our guests,” Hundgen told the crowd. “For this Cars attraction, we need to invent a new type of ride vehicle. No one builds these in a factory because it has to do so much more than just carrying you from one place to another. We have to create a car that conveys a feeling when you ride in it.”

The team took a trip out to the Arizona desert to jump in a real off-road vehicle to see what it felt like driving over the rocky terrain. These are all things Lightning McQueen and Mater haven’t experienced before, like racing over rocky terrain, ascending to mountain peaks, and dodging around geysers — how do you take these real-world elements and put a Cars spin on it?

From there, the Imagineers worked with a motocross company to build a real dirt track to race around on and took that data back to begin work on creating how the ride vehicles will eventually move and race.

“We’re using a customized production vehicle,” Hundgen continued. “It has sensors all over it, and we’re taking it for test drives on our dirt track to gather data on how the vehicle responds to different terrain. This is where we turn that feeling we want into real-world engineering,” Michael explained.

But all this talk about cars, what do they look like?

That’s where the Pixar team steps in. For some show and tell to get the crowd revved up, Docter shared some early concept sketches with the audience, teasing that they’re creating “new race car personalities for this attraction. Each vehicle in the ride will have its own name and number, just like a real race.”

03/10/2025

Scary-Good New Monsters, Inc. Coaster Includes Vertical Lift

When the team at Pixar Animation Studios start dreaming up new worlds and places to visit in the movies, there’s a little voice inside their head (an emotion, maybe) asking, “Is this something Imagineers could create, and we could walk into?” If the answer is no, they keep working.

But if the answer is yes… well it’s time to partner with the team at Walt Disney Imagineering to see if it’s possible to bring that space to life in one of the Disney Parks around the world.

Taking to the stage during The Future of World-Building at Disney panel at SXSW, Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter and Imagineer Michael Hundgen walked the crowd through their latest upcoming immersive space to occupy Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Monstropolis.

First announced at last year’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, Imagineers are hard at work bringing the world of Pixar Animation Studios’ Monsters, Inc. to life — and that includes its monster inhabitants, James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, and more. While getting to walk through the streets of Monstropolis is exciting enough, the land will include a signature attraction where guests embark on a thrilling roller coaster ride through the Monsters, Inc. door vault.

“Imagineers have been itching to turn that moment into an attraction ever since we saw it for the first time,” Hundgen teased.

While many details about the attraction are still locked up in a laugh canister, the Imagineering team is ready to reveal the load area for the attraction. The upcoming door ride will feature the first-ever suspended coaster at a Disney Park, and the first-ever vertical lift. Get ready to scream — not out of fright, but fun.

Showing off a new animatic of the attraction, guests will board the vehicle before being hoisted into the air (just like in the movie!) to zoom into the door vault. It’s going to be, “an experience that’s as memorable and fun as the film,” Hundgen continued.

“I can tell you that everyone at Pixar is excited about how this is coming together,” Docter told the crowd. “It really is like a dream come true for us.”

03/09/2025

Calling all Star Wars fans! 🤩

A new adventure is coming your way, so prepare to jump to lightspeed. First announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, a new adventure featuring Mando, the titular Mandalorian from The Mandalorian, is coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. And yes, Grogu’s coming along for the ride, too.

It’s something that can only be done at Disney, bringing avid Star Wars fans closer to the stories they know and love via the innovative magic at Disney Parks. This update is only a parsec or two away — both the movie and this update to Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will debut on May 22, 2026.

Working alongside The Mandalorian team, the Imagineers captured scenes for the attraction on the movie set, and you might see some familiar (and beloved) locations aboard the Falcon. Care for a trip to Cloud City, anyone?

“This isn’t going to retell what happens in the movie – it’s more like participating in something that’s happening just off-camera from what you see in the film,” Favreau explained.

But that’s not the only thing making the jump from the parks to the movies, and vice versa. You might have seen the playful BDX droids puttering around Disneyland before, and soon they’ll make a trip around the world to visit Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. And that’s in addition to the little droids appearing in The Mandalorian, too.

03/05/2025

02/21/2025

All new Universal Orlando Resort NOW OPEN! 🤩

Welcome to the all new Universal Stella Nova Resort! Modeled after the infinite expanse of the universe, guests will be immersed in the future of exploration and excitement! 🌌

Stella Nova is located adjacent to Universal Epic Universe Park, which opens May 22nd. Guests have easy access to each park with walking paths or complimentary shuttles. 🎢

Don’t forget to bundle your stay and get early access into the parks plus discounts on your stay! 🎟️

📞 Contact me now for availability and options!

02/20/2025

Bluey joins DCL and Disney Parks in 2025! 🐶

Exciting news for everyone who loves Bluey and her sister Bingo… You will be able to meet them in person at Walt Disney World, Disneyland and on Disney Cruise Line this year! 🤩

Join your favorite Australian pups in fun games, exciting dance parties and unforgettable meet-and-greets throughout your magical vacation! ✨
Guests on select cruise itineraries can already meet their furry friends, while Disney Parks and other Disney Cruise itineraries will be available throughout 2025! 🛳️🎢

📞 Don’t miss out! Contact me to get your Disney vacation plans started! [email protected]

02/15/2025

Han and Leia 👩‍❤️‍👨
Lady and the Tramp 🐾
Belle and the Beast 📖 &
Donald and Daisy 🦆are all wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day!
PS: They'd also like to suggest that your partner's favorite gift would be a romantic cruise, trip to Sandals, trip to Walt Disney World or so many others that I can help you book! 😍 [email protected] to get started with my free help!
❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜💘💝

02/14/2025

Did you know, there is a photo studio, included in Memory Maker, located in Sir Mickey's? This store, located in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom is a wealth of free surprises! You can get pixie dusted here, as I did a few years ago, and you can find this lovely studio where they'll take many photos of you and make you pose in creative ways (such as my Minnie Mouse pose seen here 😄) and even give you some stuffed animal princess side kicks to pose with if you'd like! It's adorable and fun!

02/13/2025

Memory Maker at Walt Disney World and the terrific Photopass photographers are worth it! We got some really fun photos and they add so many special touches!