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We do spend a lot of time and effort in preparing for our Disney vacations on where and when we are going to eat. What World Showcase restaurant are we going to do? Should we have our sit-down meal at lunchtime or dinner? How do we get to that resort for our 6 o’clock seating? Why is counter service at the Studios so bad? These are all questions we ponder as we book our vacation and get those ressies 180 days beforehand. While we spend so much time on our big meals, many of us leave some of the most important aspects of munching to chance. Hopefully, this article will help you get the most out of snacking around the parks. Read the rest of this entry »

The Rainforest Cafe is currently the only sit down restaurant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. As such, waits can be rather long even with priority seating. You can enter from both inside the park or from outside the gates. If you enter from inside the park, you must walk through the rather large gift shop to get to the front desk. This desk is located near the huge aquarium of pretty tropical fish. In fact, there are fish swimming over your head. If the wait is long (which happens all too frequently), you can enjoy the gem-like fish or peruse the gift shop, which is overpriced but fun. Read the rest of this entry »

 I have a quick trivia question for you: What’s the best restaurant in Disney’s Animal Kingdom? You might be inclined to say the Rainforest Cafe. Heck, its the only place in the entire park where you can actually sit down for service. Well, you would be wrong. Read the rest of this entry »