Universal Orlando Raises Minimum Wage to $12/Hour

Starting in February 2019, Team Members working for minimum wage at Universal Orlando will see a pay increase to $12/Hour. Tom Schroder, a Universal spokesman, states the decision was “long-planned”. Schroder wrote in an email, “Today’s announcement and the related adjustments we’ll be making means an increase in wages for

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Four-year-old cancer survivor McKenna May has made it to Disney World

According to Newcom.au, McKenna, who is recovering from treatment for leukaemia, made headlines around the world last month after her father refused to sign a release form for the theme park holiday in Orlando, Florida. He reportedly told her that a sicker child with less than six months to live

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Tips for Saving Money off food at the Magic Kingdom

Most of us have a budget but Disney World can be a budget buster. My daughter and I have annual passes so we go as often as we can. Over the past few years I have learned a lot of money saving tips. Hopefully some of these can help you. A huge

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Planning a Disney Vacation? Try using Touring Plans.

One of my biggest Disney secrets is some of the apps from the guys over at Touring Plans. We have been supporting their products for years and could not imagine a Disney World or Disneyland vacation without them. From the Crowd Calendar to Lines and even their new Touring Plans

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Mother raises enough to take cancer survivor McKenna May, 4, to Disney World

According to the NY Daily news, They’re going to Disney World! Friends, family, and complete strangers have raised more than enough money  to send a four-year-old girl whose leukemia is in remission to the Magic Kingdom  after her father denied the child a Make-A-Wish-funded trip to the Orlando theme  park

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Planning a Disney Vacation? Try using Touring Plans.

One of my biggest Disney secrets is some of the apps from the guys over at Touring Plans. We have been supporting their products for years and could not imagine a Disney World or Disneyland vacation without them. From the Crowd Calendar to Lines and even their new Touring Plans

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Touring Plans: Lines, Crowd Calendar, Touring Plans and more!

One of my biggest Disney secrets is the apps from the guys over at Touring Plans. We have been supporting their products for years and could not imagine a Disney vacation without them. From the Crowd Calendar to Lines and even their new Touring Plans they make visiting Disney World

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Can We Afford to Go to Disney World.. Again..and Again?

It happened again the other day. I heard someone say: “I would love to go on a Disney World vacation, but it’s just too expensive.” I have lost count how many times I have heard this statement, and I always feel kind of bad when I do, because I think

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Jessica’s Affordable Disneyland Knick-Knacks

Not everything in the parks in ridiculously priced. I’ve found some affordable little knick-knacks to give to friends and family, or stuff in the kids’ stockings. 1. Disney Bands These rubber band bracelets are part of the Silly Bandz craze among the kids (and apparently my college campus). When worn,

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