Keebles World

Our last trip was scheduled at Animal Kingdom Lodge, but because we added an extra day, we ended up for one night at Port Orleans Riverside. After the fiasco that was Riverside, I was never so happy to see the following: Before I start, I should warn you that I did a really crappy job taking pictures of AKL. I don't know if it was because we arrived tired, or because it rained the entire trip or what, so please forgive the crappy quality of some of these. I kept them because they show things I wanted to remember. I'm really kicking myself about it now, especially since I probably won't be staying there again. Animal Kingdom Lodge is a deluxe resort, albeit a low end deluxe, pretty much on par with my personal favorite, Wilderness Lodge. But, depending on your room choice, it can get extremely pricey at AKL, especially if you want to see the good animals outside your room. We'll get to the room in a minute, but let's first get to the resort. A lot of the d...

I figured I was pretty much done with the Snack Edition of my Disney Reviews...although I eat a lot of snacks at Disney, it's all mainly the same snacks and I don't vary much. As a regular visitor at the Disney Food Blog , I've been hearing non-stop about Mickey Macarons, so I decided to try one on a whim when I got one of my regular red velvet cake pops. Needless to say, cake pops what? I now have a new favorite Disney World snack!! For some reason, even though I literally had a dozen or so of them throughout the trip, I only managed two pictures, the one above (which was pretty much my staple one...they had it in purple and orange and I was lucky enough to get purple every time). This one was your standard macaron flavor (which to me just tasted like the best cookie I ever had with a lightly chocolate-flavored center). When I got home I looked up the recipe and I would have never guessed it was made with almonds! This one was more gourmet. I don't know what...