Laura Combs with The Vacation Wizards

Laura Combs with The Vacation Wizards I'm your magic coordinator for all things Disney Destinations & Universal Vacations and can help you get to the FUN on a Carnival Cruise!

I’ve been hanging out just below 400 followers for months now, and I’d really love to finally get over that hump... or m...
09/05/2026

I’ve been hanging out just below 400 followers for months now, and I’d really love to finally get over that hump... or maybe even make it to 500!

If you’d like to help me get there, I’d appreciate you sharing this post with your friends. And if you or someone you know is thinking about a Disney or Universal vacation, I’d love the chance to help. Whether you already know exactly where you want to go or have no idea where to start, I can help you sort through the options and take some of the planning off your plate.

As a little thank you, I’ll choose five people who share this post to receive a $10 coffee gift card from their favorite coffee spot. And if we make it all the way to 500 followers, I might just have to double that!

I super appreciate you all being here with me!

🍷 Food & Wine is back at EPCOT!The 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is officially underway, so if you have ...
09/01/2026

🍷 Food & Wine is back at EPCOT!

The 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is officially underway, so if you have an EPCOT day coming up between now and November 21, here are 5 things to know before you go:

🍴 1. Come hungry, obviously.
There are Global Marketplaces set up throughout EPCOT with small plates, desserts and drinks from around the world. My advice? Check the menus before you go and make a short list of your must-tries. Otherwise it is VERY easy to fill up on something that looked good at the first booth and then discover what you really wanted three countries later.

🎉 2. This is the 30th anniversary of Food & Wine!
Disney is celebrating by bringing back or reimagining 30 dishes from past festivals. If you are a longtime Food & Wine fan, keep an eye out for the special 30th anniversary symbol in the Festival Passport and Foodie Guide.

🧀 3. You can go on a cheese crawl. This is important information.
Emile’s Fromage Montage is back! Try five qualifying cheese dishes, collect a stamp for each one in your Festival Passport and then turn in your completed passport for a special treat. And here is the part people sometimes miss: *you do NOT have to eat all five in one day.* You can collect your stamps over multiple visits during the festival. Your stomach will thank you.

🎶 4. The Eat to the Beat concerts are included with your EPCOT ticket.
This year's lineup includes Boyz II Men, The Beach Boys, Bowling for Soup, Lauren Alaina, Fitz and The Tantrums and plenty more. Seating is first come, first served, or you can book an Eat to the Beat Dining Package for guaranteed seating if there is someone you really want to see.

🐀 5. There is plenty to do besides eat and drink.
Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak is back, with little Remy statuettes hidden around World Showcase for you to find. There is also a brand-new Cheers to Cheese! experience coming to CommuniCore Hall on September 18.

Food & Wine runs through November 21, and the best part is that the festival itself is included with your regular EPCOT admission. You can make an entire day out of festival activities or just grab a few snacks between rides. Personally, I am a big fan of the "snack, ride, snack, thank the Phoenicians, snack again" touring strategy.

So tell me: What is your Food & Wine strategy? Do you study the menus beforehand or show up and see what looks good? 🍷🍴

🏰 JUST BOOKED! 🎉My clients are heading to Walt Disney World in May 2027 with three-day Park Hopper tickets! Disney is su...
08/27/2026

🏰 JUST BOOKED! 🎉

My clients are heading to Walt Disney World in May 2027 with three-day Park Hopper tickets! Disney is such a fun choice for a friends trip because you can ride your favorites, try plenty of snacks and change parks when you’re ready for something different. With Park Hopper tickets, they’ll have lots of flexibility to plan each day as they go.

They’ll be staying at Disney’s Pop Century Resort, a colorful value resort themed to pop culture from the 1950s through the 1990s. Pop Century has a fun atmosphere, multiple pools, a quick-service food court and Skyliner transportation to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios.

Who would you take on a friends trip to Disney?

💻 Message me here!
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🎃 JUST BOOKED! 🏰Someone is getting a very magical birthday surprise this fall! My clients will be staying at Disney’s Po...
08/25/2026

🎃 JUST BOOKED! 🏰

Someone is getting a very magical birthday surprise this fall! My clients will be staying at Disney’s Pop Century Resort in mid-October with two-day base tickets and tickets to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Between park days, Halloween fun and plenty of birthday magic, this is going to be such a fun getaway!

Disney’s Pop Century Resort celebrates the unforgettable trends and pop culture of the 1950s through the 1990s with colorful theming and larger-than-life icons throughout the resort. It’s a fun and budget-friendly place to stay with multiple pools, a lively food court and convenient Disney Skyliner transportation to EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Thinking about surprising someone with a Disney trip of their own? Send me a message and let’s start planning!

💻 Message me here!
📧 [email protected]
📱 859.916.4007 (text or leave a voicemail)

Disney shared a LOT of news at D23 this past weekend, so let’s break down the biggest announcements!At Walt Disney World...
08/18/2026

Disney shared a LOT of news at D23 this past weekend, so let’s break down the biggest announcements!

At Walt Disney World:

🏎️ Piston Peak National Park is coming to Magic Kingdom with new Cars-inspired attractions and immersive storytelling.

😈 Villains Land will feature a thrilling coaster, a water ride, dining, shopping and environments inspired by Disney’s most iconic villains. Disney says it will be comparable in scale and immersion to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

🌴 Disney revealed the names of two new Tropical Americas attractions at Animal Kingdom: Antonio’s Fiesta de Encanto and Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent. Disney also plans to get the Expedition Everest Yeti moving again!

🚪 Monstropolis will begin opening in 2027 with Harryhausen’s restaurant and a “Welcome to Monstropolis” show. The Monsters, Inc. door coaster will follow in a second phase.

💜 Dreamfinder is returning to EPCOT alongside Figment in a reimagined Journey Into Imagination.

🎠 Carousel of Progress will reopen in late spring 2027 with new scenes that honor the classic attraction.

🌐 Spaceship Earth’s long-awaited reimagining is back on Disney’s agenda. Its focus will shift from human communication throughout history to human connection. No closing date has been announced.

At Disneyland Resort:

🚀 Tomorrowland is getting a major transformation with more attractions and open space.

🎶 Work is moving forward on the Coco attraction coming to Disney California Adventure.

🦸 Avengers Campus will add two new attractions in 2028.

✨ Remember... Dreams Come True and the original World of Color will return in February 2027, followed by the Magic Happens parade that summer.

And at Disney Cruise Line:

🚢 The Disney Believe will feature Moana in the Grand Hall, Woody and Buzz on the aft and Tinker Bell on the bow.

🌊 Disney’s next three ships will introduce a new class sized between the Wish class and Disney’s original ships.

Between villains, Cars, Figment and Dreamfinder, new attractions on both coasts and more ships at sea, Disney has a busy few years ahead!

Which announcement are you most excited about?

The perks I look forward to when I stay at a Deluxe Resort at Walt Disney World are...✨ Extended Evening Hours on select...
08/06/2026

The perks I look forward to when I stay at a Deluxe Resort at Walt Disney World are...

✨ Extended Evening Hours on select nights in select parks with smaller crowds and extra time in the parks.
🚶‍♀️ Being able to walk, take a monorail, or hop on a boat instead of only relying on buses.
☕ Spending time at the resort itself. A Deluxe resort feels like part of the destination, not just where I sleep.
🌿 The immersive theming and peaceful atmosphere along with close proximity to parks that make an easy midday break attainable.
🍽️ Some of my favorite Disney restaurants are at Deluxe resorts, even on days I'm not visiting the parks.
🏊 Amenities that make resort days just as enjoyable as park days.

I love every Walt Disney World resort category for different reasons, but when I splurge on a Deluxe stay, these are the little things that make it feel worth it.

What's your favorite Deluxe Resort perk?

I'm booking more Halloween Horror Nights tickets this year than ever before!Thinking about braving the fog this fall? Le...
07/28/2026

I'm booking more Halloween Horror Nights tickets this year than ever before!

Thinking about braving the fog this fall? Let's make sure you get the dates you want before they start filling up. 👻

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Horror that haunts you. Fear that consumes you. Don’t miss The World’s Premier Halloween Event, Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights — featuring 10 terrifying haunted houses and more.

Tickets and packages are on sale now for Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights, The World’s Premier Halloween Event. Face unrelenting fear in 10 terrifying haunted houses, scare zones and more.

Named the ‘Golden Ticket Legend for Best Halloween Event’ by Amusement Today.

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Announced Haunted Houses:

Evil Dead Burn | An infernal force has taken hold of a family home, and it’s hungry for its next victim. Dodge Deadites hell-bent on bloodshed in this haunted house based on the new film, Evil Dead Burn.

Hellraiser | In this haunted house based on the original Hellraiser trilogy, enter a realm of pure pain where Pinhead and his tormented Cenobites derive their hellish pleasure.

Stranger Things 5 | Join the Hawkins gang for one last adventure. Try to survive an army of Demogorgons, face the Mind Flayer and defeat Vecna once and for all in this haunted house based on Stranger Things 5.

Sinners | It’s opening night at the Smokestack Twins’ juke joint. But the blues become red when a hive mind of bloodthirsty vampires crashes the party in this haunted house based on the original film, Sinners.

Jack & Oddfellow | Chaos and Control: Horror icons aren't born. They’re made. Discover the unholy origins of Jack the Clown and enter Dr. Oddfellow's universe as the two pit chaos versus control in this showdown decades in the making.

Cybergoria | Awaken thousands of years in the future in this haunted house and brave a cold world driven by machines with a singular goal: to make you live forever, even if it kills you.

INVASION: Alien Abduction | Make contact with horrors from worlds unknown in this haunted house, where a ship full of Grays have torn apart a remote homestead in search of fresh test subjects.

MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals | The animals might be gone, but animalistic violence is inescapable. Try to survive a defunct zoo that has become the deadly domain of warring cannibal factions in this haunted house.

H.R. Bloodengutz Presents | A Halloween Fright-Tacular!: Your favorite maître d’macabre returns to WKNB with a special Halloween scare-athon! Tune into this haunted house complete with ghouls, gore and all the frights that keep you coming back for more.

“Whew, boy! Hottest Fourth of July we've had in years.” Sadly true here in Kentucky.There's something about that summer ...
07/04/2026

“Whew, boy! Hottest Fourth of July we've had in years.” Sadly true here in Kentucky.

There's something about that summer scene in Carousel of Progress that has always felt like the heart of the holiday. The flag hanging outside. The town’s Fourth of July celebration they’re all getting ready for. The cold pitcher of sweet tea sitting on the table. The neighbors yelling at John when the fuse blows. Patricia carrying a torch for that boyfriend of hers, lol.

It's a snapshot of ordinary people living ordinary lives, and somehow that's exactly what makes it so meaningful.

The Fourth of July has always been about more than fireworks to me. It's a chance to reflect on the kind of country we hope to be: one that keeps striving toward liberty, justice, opportunity, and a future that's a little brighter than the one we inherited. That's why "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" has always felt so fitting. It's more than a Disney song. It's a reminder to keep believing in tomorrow, to keep dreaming, and to trust that our best days are still ahead.

And with Carousel of Progress taking its final bow in its current form tomorrow, this scene feels even more meaningful. It's hard to say goodbye to an attraction that's inspired generations to look toward the future with hope. I'm grateful for the reminder it's given us for so many years: tomorrow is always just a dream away.

Happy Independence Day.

Your next magical vacation is on the horizon! Message me to take advantage of this amazing offer and get ready to sail. ...
06/30/2026

Your next magical vacation is on the horizon! Message me to take advantage of this amazing offer and get ready to sail.

Uh oh! Stitch is on the loose and things are getting glitchy: Experiment 626 has been pushing buttons, pulling levers an...
06/26/2026

Uh oh! Stitch is on the loose and things are getting glitchy: Experiment 626 has been pushing buttons, pulling levers and giggling his way through our controls. Now select sailings aboard the Disney Fantasy, Disney Wish, Disney Treasure and Disney Destiny are mysteriously 30% off the voyage fare. Don't miss out—book by June 29, 2026.

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