Viking River Cruise – Part 3 – The Things We Didn’t Like
Last week I talked about the things we liked on our Viking River Cruise down the Danube, now let’s talk about the things that we didn’t love! Ok, my husband said the weather – but as I reminded him, we were in Bavaria in the winter, so yes, he needed shoes and socks and a jacket. Let me start this off by saying I am no spring chicken, as the saying goes. Both my hubby and I are 60, but we are very active and don’t sit around much. And for us the absolute worst thing was the average [...]
Viking River Cruise – Part 2 – The Best Things
I talked last week about our first Viking River Cruise and will talk about all the best things about the cruise! The absolute best thing about the river cruise was the ability to visit so many cities in one week. On our cruise we visited Regensburg and Passau, Germany; Krems (Gottweig Abbey) and Vienna, Austria; and Budapest, Hungary. In all the cities (except Vienna), the river cruise docked right in the city, so it was an easy on/off to visit the city itself! Vienna was a much bigger city, so the boat docked farther away from the city center, [...]
Viking River Cruise – Part 1
As I promised in mid-2025, when I did my first ever cruise, now I am going to recap my first ever River Cruise! Peter and I planned this river cruise of the Christmas Markets way back in late summer of 2024 which was more than a year before the actual cruise. For me it was a bucket list item to see the European Christmas Markets! Planning the cruise itself was easy and there are a LOT of river cruise companies. We chose Viking as we read a lot of great reviews and we were not disappointed with that choice [...]
Disneyland – Lightning Lane
On a recent two-day trip to Disneyland, we decided to “experiment” with Lightning Lane. We were there on Wednesday and Thursday right before Halloween. The Wednesday crowd forecast was about a 3 and on Thursday it was about a 7 (based on a scale of 1 to 10). We wanted to maximize our number of rides. Here is how it broke down: Wednesday: We purchased Lightning Lane Multi Pass along with individual Lightning Lane for Radiator Springs Racers and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Total cost for that day was $79.75 per person. On that day we rode [...]
Disney World – Planning – Lightning Lane
As we are preparing to leave for Disney World this weekend, last Sunday we continued our never boring and always worthwhile planning (see my previous posts if you are confused!) and booked our Lightning Lane for our entire trip and for our whole party! What is Lightning Lane? Lightning Lane is the timed entry to certain rides (it used to be called Genie Plus and before that there were Fast Passes) and is basically a paid skip-the line service. A lot of people dislike this pass system because it is more money on top of park tickets – but in [...]
Disney World – Planning – Food Part 3 – Victoria and Alberts!
So, in my last two posts I covered planning for eating at Disney World. In the last post I noted that there are over 200 restaurants on property to choose from. And there are a lot of great places to eat. For most people just eating in the parks themselves is all they ever need to be happy (and satisfied!) But when you are a WDW regular and you want to expand your food horizons there are a bunch of great options in the on property resorts to choose from. And you will find almost any type of food you [...]
Last week I talked about the things we liked on our Viking River Cruise down the [...]
I talked last week about our first Viking River Cruise and will talk about all the [...]
As I promised in mid-2025, when I did my first ever cruise, now I am going [...]
On a recent two-day trip to Disneyland, we decided to “experiment” with Lightning Lane. We were [...]
As we are preparing to leave for Disney World this weekend, last Sunday we continued our never [...]
So, in my last two posts I covered planning for eating at Disney World. In the last [...]