The live action version of The Lion King is a good movie. It is only a good movie because it is a re-creation of an amazing movie that had a fantastic plot, soundtrack, and dialogue, but it is an inferior re-creation. If we lived in a world where the animated Lion King didn’t exist, I […]
Heartless book review
If you know me, you know I love books! (I’m a librarian, after all). So when I can combine my love of reading with something Disney-related it’s a win-win. We read this book for my online Disney book club, and since I read it I thought some of my blog readers might appreciate a Heartless […]
Toy Story 4 review
One of my favorite movie series is The Muppets, and I’ve particularly enjoyed the newest movies. In the Muppets Most Wanted they sing a song about doing a sequel where they poke fun at the movie’s own existence – and one of the lines of the song is “We’re doing a sequel, the studio wants […]
Aladdin live action review
Disney has been going strong with the live action remakes of classic animated films, and they’ve been hit or miss – both with the public and myself. While I loved Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, I hated Maleficent and Dumbo. Aladdin had faced a fair bit of criticism before release, both due to Will […]
Dumbo live action review
It seems that whether we like it or not, Disney is going to continue making live action versions of basically every animated film they’ve ever created. Even movies featuring animals have been no exception, with The Jungle Book coming out a few years ago and The Lion King up this summer. Dumbo has not escaped […]
The Plaza Restaurant breakfast at Magic Kingdom
When we decided to do a breakfast on our Magic Kingdom day, there were a lot of places we could have gone – but since they started doing breakfast at the Plaza recently and it was something I hadn’t tried before, we decided to eat there! Three of us met for a late breakfast (around […]
Captain Marvel review
I’ve been pretty excited to see Captain Marvel because there were a lot of things about it that looked promising – a cool female superhero, a retro 90’s vibe, and of course an adorable cat! I also expected it to be another fairly typical Marvel origin story, and it was that. But I really enjoyed […]
Be our Guest – new signature menu
Be our Guest has been one of the most popular restaurants in Disney World since it opened. If you want a dinner reservation at Be our Guest, you pretty much have to be flexible and ready to go 180 days ahead of time. Due to its success they began offering lunch and breakfast quick service […]
Terralina Crafted Italian review
On my most recent trip to Disney I decided to try another Italian place – one of the newest, Terralina Crafted Italian. I need good places to carb load before a Disney race, and since the Princess Half Marathon was the next morning it seemed like the best time to try it! Terralina is located […]
Book review: Lost in a Book
I’ve been very into any sort of twist on fairy tales lately, and as Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney movies I was excited to get my hands on this! Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly actually doesn’t tamper with the “original” Disney story at all – it takes place […]