Kait Around The Kingdom

The One Where Disney Gets It Wrong

September 14, 2016

I’m the biggest fan of Disney you’ll ever meet, but as a Louisianan and a Marketing Strategist at an advertising agency it’s hard for me to let this major social media blunder slide. Gumbo No-No On Monday, September 12, 2016, Disney’s official Facebook page for Princess and the Frog posted a recipe video for “Gumbo from the Bayou.” This “recipe” was definitely not your ordinary Louisiana Gumbo. It included odd ingredients such as kale and quinoa. The video also got flack for lack of basic ...

Disney Parks

My Top Five: Hollywood Studios

March 4, 2016

For my next installment of My Top Five, I went with one of my favorite places in the Walt Disney World Resort: Hollywood Studios! I do have my reasons for loving each and every park individually, but for me Hollywood Studios represents thrill. From the age I grew to be 40 inches tall I have been building up the courage again and again to step onto that haunted elevator every year. In Hollywood Studios I rode my first roller coaster that flipped upside down. At the D23 Expo ithere were a ...

Disney Parks

My Top Five: Epcot

August 31, 2015

The older I get the more and more I appreciate Epcot. While Walt Disney World is usually labeled as a childish place, I believe Epcot is more for adults. There is much more history to Epcot than most people realize. The original name for the theme park was EPCOT Center. The park started out as an idea Walt Disney had for a futuristic community. The community was to be called the “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow,” which is where the acronym EPCOT rooted from. Unfortunately, ...

Disney Food

Dole Whip: If You Haven’t Tried It, You Should.

August 27, 2015

Before Feburary 2015, I had never yet tasted this delicious pineapple dessert. Dole Whip was just not on my radar as a Walt Disney World snack. I had really only heard about the treat through Pinterest and Disney blogs so I was still skeptical to try it. I don’t have many regrets in life, but putting off this Disney classic would have to be one of them. For those of you who have never tried it, Dole Whip is a pineapple soft-serve treat which is exclusively available in a four locations: 1. ...