Category: Guides
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Disney California Adventure's Lucky Fortune Cookery Dishes Out Vegetarian Asian Cuisine
The Disneyland Resort offers a variety of flavors when it comes to food. We all know that the resort holds some pretty yummy veggie burgers, pasta and more, but one vegetarian item I would like to share today is something you might be missing. Located at the Lucky Fortune Cookery at Disney California Adventure Park,…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Justin Beckett
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to our newest Culinary Cameo! Today’s interview is with my local food hero, Chef Justin Beckett, owner of Beckett’s Table and Southern Rail. You might remember Beckett’s Table from my Arizona Restaurant Week review. I was fortunate to meet him at Devoured Phoenix. After embarrassing myself by volunteering to peel eggs with…
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Should Disneyland Tickets Have Tax?
OC Register has an article discussing a 20 year pact that Anaheim and Disney has on tickets not being charged a tax (the article is found here). But, this next year the ban could be lifted. The article explains that the ban was enacted as part of a pact that Disney had to improve a…
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Disney California Adventure's Smokejumpers Grill Serving Up Fresh Garden Burgers
Smokejumpers Grill is now officially open in the Grizzly Peak Airfield area of Disney California Adventure Park. With this re-themed land to fully open soon, guests have been able to visit this quick service dining location since that of last week. To see a recap of how this location looks, Mr. DAPs did a great…
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5 Tips For Social Media Meetups at Disney
5 Tips For Social Media Meetups at Disney – by Jessica Prell by Jessica Prell Oh my gosh! There’s an instagram/tumblr/twitter/disney-fan-club/dapper meet up this weekend and I’m SO. EXCITED. TO. GO! I need to figure out what to wear! How should I do my hair!? Will it be hot? O.M.G What if @Mrdaps is there?!…
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Crowds Flock to CityScape Phoenix for Check, Please! Arizona Festival
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to my recap of the Check, Please! Arizona Festival. The event took place yesterday, Sunday March 22nd 2015 at CityScape in downtown Phoenix Arizona. The event is in its third year and featured 25 restaurants and beverage purveyors. Among them were Frashers, Switch Wine Bar, Durant’s and Cowboy Ciao. In addition to…
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Smokejumpers Grill Now Open at Disney California Adventure's Grizzly Peak Airfield
Today Grizzly Peak Airfield opened its first location in the newly re-themed area: Smokejumpers Grill. This quick serve dining location now serves Bacon Cheddar Burgers, Grilled Chicken & Jack Sandwiches and Chili Cheeseburgers to name a few of the options. The decorations showcases the work of the California Forest Service as it fights forest fires. Grizzly Peak Airfield replaces…
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Early runDisney Registration for Annual Passholders
Great news for Annual Passholders who are ready to start (or already have started) their racing adventures complete with Disney magic! Disney allows a certain amount of early registers for each runDisney event, usually about 2 weeks in advance to regular registration. This helps TREMENDOUSLY when a race is sure to sell out in record time!…
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runDisney Announces New Avengers 10K and Challenge
Some awesome news for all our Disney runners out there! RunDisney released a new video today previewing some exciting changes to the Avengers Half Marathon Weekend. Joining up with the Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon and the popular 5k, is now a third race: The Captain America 10K! This is super exciting because not only is…
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4th Annual AZ Wine & Dine Returns to Scottsdale Quarter April 2nd 2015
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (March 13, 2015) — The Valley’s stars of the culinary scene will gather at the hip, urban setting of Scottsdale Quarter, for a high-energy and upscale celebration of food and wine, at the fourth annual AZ Wine & Dine, hosted by the Arizona Lodging & Tourism Association, Thursday, April 2, from 5:00-8:00 pm.…
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What Will Disney's Hollywood Studios Name Be?
Recently, Bob Iger announced that another name change for the Florida park would come. When it first opened, it was known as Disney MGM Studios, then changed to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to reflect the drop of MGM’s influence and large contractual agreement. The park has also evolved from working studio to purely theme park. Even…
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Wine & Dine Half Marathon Registration opens tomorrow
Registration for Walt Disney World’s November race weekend officially opens tomorrow! Noon EST or 9am for all of us in California. This particular RunDisney event is unique in that it combines its race weekend with Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival. Not only that, its an EXCLUSIVE event for Wine & Dine runners! Registered runners can enjoy…
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe Viewing Guide
With the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron coming to theatres May 1st, it seems like a good time to sit down and look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole. And since “It’s All Connected”, I thought I’d throw together a quick little guide for you of what to watch, and in what order…
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Pretty Little Bakers – Geeks Corner – Episode 423
Welcome to this week’s very special edition of Geeks Corner! We are joined this week by special guest Kellie Knezovich from Pretty Little Bakers! Before we get to the baked goods, let’s take a look at what is going on in the news. Disney in Geek News: Disney California Adventure Park to Open ‘Smokejumpers Grill’…
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How To Enjoy Disneyland By Yourself [UPDATED]
I have had an annual pass to Disneyland for almost 20 years now. Most of my times going to the park have been with other people, but there are quite a few times that I find myself flying solo at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. When I’ve told people I go to the parks by…
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Enjoy a Nice Plate of Vegetarian Four-Cheese Ravioli at Storytellers Café in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
Every once in a while it is fun to enjoy table service dining at the Disneyland Resort. Whether it is for a celebration or just because, there are many great table service locations that can add that extra magic to your stay. On top of that, the food options are endless, even for vegetarians. This…
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Disney's Pixie Dust is Gluten Free
Today we bring you another great article from Heather King over at The Gluten-Free Girls blog. Enjoy! I still remember the first time I went to Disneyland. It was truly magical, everything I expected and more. Now, as a mother and Annual Passholder, my Disney delight has waned a bit over the years. Yes, I…
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Dining at Disney's California Adventure: The Wine Country Trattoria
Today we present a special article from Heather King over at The Gluten-Free Girls blog. Here she spotlights gluten free dining at Disney California Adventure’s Wine Country Trattoria. Enjoy! Earlier this week, I was spoiled with a date night at Disney’s Annual Passholder Event. Before we headed over to Disneyland for an evening of all…
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Third Annual Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Festival Set for Sunday March 22, 2015
Phoenix, Ariz. (Feb. 18, 2015) – While the Emmy Award-winning television hit, Eight’s, Check, Please! Arizona continues unabated, its culinary cousin, Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Festival continues on its own glorious path for a third straight year of pleasing fans of local, independent eateries, celebrated once again, Sun., March 22, 2015, 11am-3pm at CityScape in…
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Have You Tried 'Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta's' Five Cheese Ravioli Over at Disney California Adventure Park?
You know when you are hungry but not in the mood for a heavy meal? At the Disneyland Resort, I know the perfect light vegetarian meal that will satisfy your stomach. On top of that, the flavors of this meal will have you thinking that you are at a fancy restaurant. Located in lovely Parade…
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RunDisney goes International!
Big Announcement today in the world of Disney Sports: RunDisney has announced a brand new event in Paris!! Debuting the weekend of September 23-25, 2016, runners around the world will surely flock to Disneyland Paris to take part in this epic Inaugaral Race! This marks the very first RunDisney event outside the United States. No information…
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Bengal Barbecue at Disneyland Park Offers Delicious Outback Vegetable Skewers
The Disneyland Resort is known for having plenty of snacks to satisfy any food craving you may have. You have your popcorn, pretzels, pickles…. and Outback Vegetable Skewers! Sounds like an extra fancy snack, right? Over at the Bengal Barbecue in Disneyland Park, this location has a delicious snack. Located right across from the Indiana Jones…
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Luigi's Flying Tires – Daps From the Past
Luigi’s Flying Tires was a premier attraction with the opening of Cars Land in Disney California Adventure. The attraction utilized an innovative ride system where jets of air in the ground helped propel guests across the floor. Tire bottoms of the vehicles would slightly inflate to provide a cushion of air that the vehicles would…
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It's Pancake Day! Let's Celebrate!… with Nutella!
Happy Pancake Day (or perhaps more officially, Shrove Tuesday)! For those that celebrate Lent, this is the last day before it begins and in some countries it is the traditional day to eat pancakes. I personally love this idea as I’m a big fan of pancakes… just ask my brother. Ask some other friends and…