Review - Florida - Orlando - Easter Decorations at Grand Floridian

Something fun to do at Walt Disney World during holidays is to check out the decorations at the Disney resorts. At Christmastime you will see lots of holiday decor, chocolate-covered art works, and decorated holiday trees. For Easter, four resorts display bakery-created Easter Eggs made from chocolate and other ingredients. This year, I was able to check out the Grand Floridian, Beach Club Resort and the Yacht Club. The eggs will remain on display until April 11th, 2024.

Grand Floridian:

Grand Cottage on the ground floor of the main resort building sells Easter treats and goodies to stuff Easter Baskets.

First look when you enter the Grand Floridian resort from the Resort Monorail. You can then take stairs or elevator down to the ground floor.


The Art of Cocoa Butter Painting:

Mickey and Minnie and Sword in the Stone:

Tiana

Bunnies on pink chocolate curls

Daisy and Donald Duck


Mickey and Minnie Runaway Railway

Koi Pond

Snow White

Carton of Villain Eggs

Sleeping Beauty:

Main Street Electrical Parade:

Aladdin

Beauty and the Beast

Al's Toy Barn from Toy Story

Animated Characters

Munchling

Elemental

Onward

Emperor's New Groove

More Chocolate Bunnies

Disney World Snacks

Baby Dragon

Bambi Spring Scene

Alice in Wonderland

Moana

James and the Giant Peach

Cinderella

Grand Cottage and Treats

For more info, https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/03/an-inside-look-at-how-disney-culinary-cast-craft-egg-stravagant-easter-egg-displays

Question of the Week - Can I Bring My Own Drinks on Carnival Cruises? - #WonderingWednesdays

Carnival (and other cruise lines as well) are happy to sell you a Drink package which includes certain drink options for every day of your cruise. But, they can get expensive. And they don't always include your favorite drinks. So, the question for this week is: Can I bring my own drinks on board the Carnival Cruise? So I hope I can clear this up with the following answers:

Bottled Water - No

Canned Water - Yes, one 12 pack case of 12oz cans per person or less

Bottled Soda or other Drinks - No

Canned Soda - Yes, one 12 pack case of 12oz cans per person or less

Energy Drinks - Yes, one 12 pack case of 12oz cans per person or less

Juice or Milk - Yes, one 12 pack case of 12oz cartons per person or less

So a family of four can bring four cases.

I've seen people tie these cases to their luggage or bring carts specifically for their drinks.

Keep in mind, I've also seen a lot of people carrying those same cases back off the ship at the end of their trip because they didn't drink it all.

Prefer to buy from Carnival instead? Here are their current pre-purchase drink prices: $11.95 USD (plus an 18% delivery fee) for a 12-pack of bottled water (16.9-ounce bottle/500-ml bottle)
$4.50 USD (plus an 18% delivery fee) for 1 large bottled water (50.72-ounce bottle/1.5-liter bottle)
$24.95 USD (plus an 18% delivery fee) for 8-pack of bottled water (50.72-ounce bottle/1.5-liter bottle)

Hope that helped!

Review - Florida - Orlando - Epcot - Flower and Garden Festival 2024 - Garden Spots and Photo-Ops

Today's post is a follow-up to my review on the topiaries from Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival (which runs through May 27, 2024). Not only are there fancy topiary works of art throughout Epcot, but there are also little areas of themed garden spots (such as the Spice Garden or the PBandJ Garden). If you're patient enough, you will spot butterflies and other wildlife in addition to the vast colorful plants. Don't miss the limited-time photo-op props for selfies.

Playground:

Spice Garden:

Fragrance Garden:

Songbird Meadow Garden:

Other Spots:



Eastern Bluebird Info:

Inside the Odyssey:

For more information, https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/epcot/epcot-international-flower-and-garden-festival/