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Category: Travel

  • Epcot the clean cut cousin vs Animal Kingdom the bearded bae

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    Kimberly Blakes
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    Alright… y’all ready? I write this with GREAT trepidation… I LOVE ANIMAL KINGDOM!! Like, more than any place I’ve ever been! If it were socially acceptable, I would close my business, move to Orlando, and start a relationship with it. Here I was, trying to avoid it like a bill collector with the plague! I…

  • Epcot: the glow up I didn’t see coming. 

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    Kimberly Blakes
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    First, I feel the need to apologize to Epcot. I mean, I used to look at it like one of Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters—like the complimentary bread at a steakhouse. She is not the free salsa with the chips badly in need of more salt. Because of my ignorance, I didn’t go in expecting much. We…

  • Magic Kingdom 2019

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    Kimberly Blakes
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    Because of the Disney Group on facebook, I had a much better understanding and appreciation for the park—the castle, Main Street, etc. Oddly enough we didn’t run across any characters, but we did run across FOOD!! Chile… that Dole Whip changed my LIFFFEEEE! Picture it: Sicily—I mean, 2 p.m. We had just gotten off of…

  • My Catalyst to the Castle

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    Kimberly Blakes
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    In 2019, I took my first trip to Disney. I had a client whose husband owned a thriving travel business, and one day—while doing her manicure—she mentioned they’d be going to Disney in a month. I didn’t think much of it at first, but I was intrigued. This girl traveled at least four times a…