Chasing Park Adventures Podcast

Ep. 2 - Best Practices for Visiting WDW Parks

Episode Summary

Missy & Cameron discuss some of their recommended best practices for visiting the Walt Disney World theme parks, as well as recap their recent character dining experience at Cape May Cafe. Missy gives a quick review of the 2025 Epcot International Festival of the Arts and your hosts go over the latest news to come out of both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Florida.

Episode Notes

Welcome back to the Chasing Park Adventures Podcast!!  

After checking in with Missy and Cameron, they go over the most recent news & updates to come out of Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Florida.   This week's news includes:

• Updates to the WDW Florida Resident Annual Passes
• The amazing display of Easter Eggs are back at 4 of the WDW Resort Hotels.
• Recently announced, the roller coaster attraction, that will be featured in the Monsters, Inc. themed area at Hollywood Studios, will be Disney's first suspended roller coaster AND will feature the first-ever vertical lift in the load station.
• The Cars-themed area, coming to the Magic Kingdom, will feature an off-road rally race themed ride.  The vehicles will travel on a single track system, while giving guests the experience of driving on a bumpy road.
• Epic Universe, the fourth park for Universal Studios Florida, has announced a meet and greet with Hiccup and Toothless, from the How to Train Your Dragon series.
• Speaking of Epic Universe, as more and more people attended the Team Member previews, information about the attractions in each "land" are coming out!  The 5 featured lands will be: Celestial Park, Super Nintendo World, Dark Universe, How To Train Your Dragon-Isle of Berk, and Harry Potter-The Ministry of Magic.  Each section will have attractions, dining locations, and activity areas.  More to come as we learn more!
• Single Day Epic Universe tickets are now on sale!

Missy and Cameron discussed, in their opinion, the 12 best practices for visits to the WDW parks and resorts. 

Missy and Cameron recapped their experience at Cape May Cafe's character dining experience.  Cape May Cafe is located in Disney's Beach Club Resort, and offers both breakfast and dinner dining.  Missy and Cameron chose breakfast, as that is the only one that offers the character dining option.   Affectionately called "Minnie's Beach Bash Breakfast", you will encounter Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, as you take turns heading to the breakfast buffet!  The food is great and there are lots of options to choose from!  Your hosts share more about their experience during the podcast.

Missy then recaps, briefly, her experience from Epcot's International Festival of the Arts, from back in February.  Highlights from the event included a paint by numbers mural, chalk artists, kids chalk area, an animation academy, and an exhibit inside the Connections Cafe' featuring 30 years of Disney on Broadway.  Here you got to look at costumes, props, and more from various Disney Broadway shows.  Missy met artist Tim Rogerson, and highly recommends bringing more $$ with you if you attend next year's festival. The artists who are there are fantastic and they have several of their original pieces for sale, as well as canvas reprints. 

Follow Tim Rogerson at https://timrogerson.com/

Music on today's episode is provided by:

• Intro music: Geoff Harvey courtesy of Pixabay
• News music: Golden Sound Labs courtesy of Pixabay
• Outro music: Konten_Kreator courtesy of Pixabay