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Author: Lisa Gilmore

REVIEW: Our Favorite Item at This EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Booth Wasn’t What We Expected

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Shanghai Holiday Kitchen is back at the Festival of the Holidays this year!

2025 Shanghai Holiday Kitchen

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Shanghai Holiday Kitchen — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out!

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REVIEW: Trust Us, You’re Gonna Want To RUN to This EPCOT Festival Booth for This NEW Treat

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If you are reading this post while hungry, BE WARNED. Seriously, we’re not joking! You’re willing to keep reading? Okay, well then — we’ve got some DELICIOUS details to share with you!

2025 Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out!

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REVIEW: All I Want for Christmas Is a Fountain Filled With This EPCOT Drink

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You’ll find a plant-based tamale, a Cookie Stroll item, and MORE at Nochebuena Cocina!

Nochebuena Cocina

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Nochebuena Cocina — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out!

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REVIEW: We Had Ice Cream for Breakfast at EPCOT and Have ZERO Regrets

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The best part about getting ice cream in Orlando during the Festival of the Holidays? Ok, yes, it’s delicious. But you’re also not battling that seemingly constant, ever-present Orlando heat to get a good photo of your yummy treat before it melts into a puddle! Photogenic and yummy? Consider it a holiday miracle — or a Festival of the Holidays miracle (see what we did there?).

Swirled Showcase

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Swirled Showcase — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out!

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The $10 Item Every Disney Fan Is Buying From Amazon Right Now

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Let’s play a game called “What’s in my Disney World luggage that isn’t a churro?”

We love our Loungeflys!


Hint: It’s not cute, it’s not sparkly, and it does absolutely nothing for your outfit. But it will save your sanity, your screen time, and possibly your relationship with the person who keeps stealing the only open outlet to plug in their portable neck fan.

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I Spent $232 For This Airport Game Changer, and I’d Do It Again in a Heartbeat

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Travel delays can ruin even the best-planned trip.

Orlando International Airport

When I was flying from Houston to Charleston recently, I got stuck overnight in Atlanta. I was tired, frustrated, and ready to sleep anywhere that wasn’t a cold, bright gate chair. The airline offered me a hotel voucher, but I didn’t take it, and it ended up being one of the best travel decisions I’ve ever made. Let’s talk about the $232 I spent that completely changed how I think about airport layovers.

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The Official 2026 DFB Disney World Shoe Rankings Are Here

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We asked our readers the most sole-searching question of all time: “What are your GO-TO shoes for a Disney trip?”

Lots of support!

Because let’s be honest — between rope drop, popcorn refills, and the third lap around World Showcase, your feet put in more work than your phone does Lightning Lane toggling on a holiday weekend.

After tallying dozens of passionate responses, personal endorsements, and the occasional “I swear by these or I’ll cry in the hub grass,” here’s what YOU crowned the best Disney Park shoes — ranked by comfort, endurance, and sheer “I can do another lap around Magic Kingdom even after the fireworks” energy. And we’re totally not surprised that your rankings are verrrry similar to the shoes the DFB Team rank the highest, too.

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22 New Things Disney World Hotel Bathrooms Desperately Need in 2026

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Look, we’ve all rope-dropped a bathroom. Five people, one sink, a countdown clock louder than the monorail’s “por favor,” and a mountain of damp ponchos glaring at you from the towel rack like Force ghosts. Disney, we love you—deeply, irrationally, with MagicBand tan lines to prove it—but your hotel bathrooms are still stuck somewhere between “1971 opening day” and “why is this mirror gaslighting my contour?”

Bathroom

Here’s the manifesto Disney bathrooms didn’t know they needed, equal parts practical salvation and gloriously whimsical chaos. We are demanding these items to avoid a bathroom apocalypse and a pre-park meltdown.

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Disney Visa Card vs. Capital One Venture Rewards — Analysis of Perks, Pros and Cons

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So you’re planning a Disney vacation — the kind that requires strategy, hydration, and a surprising amount of spreadsheet work. Between park tickets, Mickey waffles, and that inevitable $40 popcorn bucket, your wallet deserves a little magic, too.

Disney Visa Card

Enter two contenders: the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card and the Disney Premier Visa® Card. Both promise rewards, perks, and a touch of sparkle — but only one delivers the kind of value that makes a Disney trip feel slightly less like a financial endurance test.

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5 Venn Diagrams Perfectly Illustrate Your Disney Loungefly Addiction

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Look, some people use Venn diagrams to explore serious topics like data analysis or population overlap. We use them to answer life’s real questions. Like: What does it mean when your closet looks like a Tim Burton movie collided with a Build-A-Bear Workshop? Or: At what point do you stop buying Loungefly bags and start paying rent on them instead?

Feeding our Loungefly addiction.

Welcome to the Loungefly Venn Diagram Collection — a completely scientific, definitely peer-reviewed (by us and our cats) exploration into the minds of Disney and Universal fans who have never once met a themed mini backpack they didn’t want to emotionally imprint on.

So grab your vanilla oatmilk latte, your park ears, and your wallet (may it rest in peace) — because we’re about to map the chaotic intersection of theme parks, fashion, and some generalized personality stereotypes.

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