Lake Buena Vista Travel Guide
1/08/2008 at 5:01 PM
Tags: Disney World, Disney, Restaurants, Chris Elliott (all tags)
Tired of kids ruining your Disney World vacations? You're in luck! Tireless consumer advocate Chris Elliott, who visits Disney, like, all the time, says Victoria & Albert's restaurant will stop letting in tots under 10.
But rather than give knee-jerk criticism, Elliott realizes that this is actually a great move by Disney, which gets plenty of adult guests along with all those kids:
I've been to Victoria & Albert's, and it's a first-rate, five-diamond establishment where men are required to wear jackets and women must wear dresses or pantsuits...Saying "no" to kiddies isn't such a bad idea. After all, the adults need their own playground, too.
Related Stories:
· Victoria & Albert's [Official Site]
· WDW's Swankiest Restaurant Bans Kids [Orlando Sentinel]
· Kiddies Verboten at Disney World Restaurant [Elliott.org]
· Disney World Restaurant Bans Children [AP, via Google]
· Disney Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Vortech]
by pbb
9/04/2007 at 12:30 PM
Tags: Outdoor Travel, Active Travel, Disney World (all tags)
When Walt Disney first looked across the vast swampland of Central Florida, he envisioned building a world of endless joy, fantasy and revenue. While we enjoy venturing through Epcot when we can't afford overseas travel, there's also merit in the marshes Disney left untouched.
As an alternative to the screaming kids and crowded lines of Disney World, the lakes surrounding Orlando offer pristine beauty and some fun water sports. At Lake Bryan in the Orlando suburb of Lake Buena Vista, Buena Vista Watersports has jet ski rentals and boat charters with water skiing and tubing equipment. For a bit more than the price of entry to one of Disney's parks, visitors can rent equipment for an hour: Jet skis cost $90 and a boat with a driver is $130.
Related Stories:
· Buena Vista Watersports [Official Site]
· Active Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Orlando Hotels [HotelChatter]
[Photo: Freeborn]
by ced138
5/03/2007 at 2:58 PM
Tags: Disney, Smoking, Disney World, Hotels (all tags)
Now that a ban on smoking in Disney World hotels is looming, the Royal Plaza is a smoker's last hope within Disney World grounds. The Disney ban is set to take effect on June 1, and Disney-owned hotels within the park will be smoke-free, with high rule breakers' cleaning costs to boot. Seems this is the hot thing to do these days. If you're a non-smoker who can tolerate smokers, you might be interested to know that our sister site, HotelChatter, has found good summer deals at the Royal Plaza in the past. If you're headed for Disney with Camels in hand, this recently renovated hotel wouldn't be a bad place to stay--at the right price. At least part of Jaunted would consider bunking elsewhere. We like the smoke-free thing.
[Photo:
DisneylandGuy]
Related Stories:·
Royal Plaza Hotel [Official Site]
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Disney Hotels to Be Smoke-Free [AP/The Ledger]
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Hotel Royal Plaza in the Walt Disney World Resort [HotelChatter]
by djk
