The JessyJen

These are some of my tips on eating around the world at EPCOT's International Food and Wine Festival. Plan ahead and make sure you look up the menu on www.mydisneyexperience.com and start planning where you want to go and what you want to order! So you can get a feel for how the festival is set this a vlog on a day I spent at the festival trying all the yummy food and drinks! Keep in mind this was last years festival so some of the items I tried might not be on this years menus. But they did add more stands this year as well as more specialty drink options. Don't forget the special add-ons for the day where you can do food seminars. They recommend booking the seminars in advance because they do sell out of some of them. This years International Food and Wine Festival will be starting August 31st! Make sure you subscribe to get all the information for your next Orlando Vacation!!

Here's a really flattering picture of me in front of the LEGOLAND Florida sign (Sarcasm people). But the sign is super cute and I couldn't resist. I recently got to tour the two resorts at LEGOLAND Florida located in Winter Haven just outside of Orlando. The video below shows the tour of the two resorts and how amazingly themed they are.   Their newest resort is Beach Retreat which is their value hotel. As you see in the video they have really cute beach homes as hotel rooms and they have cute Lego themed rooms. The pools have tubes where you can build foam Lego blocks onto them and make your own creations. There is a fire pit by the pool to make delicious and gooey s'mores and bar not to far from their for the parents to have a fun treat for them at night as well. You do get early park admission with this hotel and a free shuttle to take you back and forth to the park. I really want to stay here soon with some friends and have a really fun time relaxing and...

Starting September get ready for Halloween with me and enjoy the best bits of Autumn. This will include Halloween events in Orlando, Halloween Decorating, Food and Wine Festival at EPCOT, and many more fall and Halloween things. I know last year there was Spooktober and it still might come back but this year I wanted to get a head start on Halloween and Fall festivities! Make sure you follow my blog here as well as my youtube channel and social media pages which are listed in my special poster above for this event. Who is ready for Falling into Halloween with me? www.youtube.com/thejessyjen

I went to Shanghai a few months ago and I wanted to create some posts about the experience. The first day we were day we had a guided tour into Shanghai. Our first spot (the photo above) was the Shanghai Museum. This was a very busy museum and inside was so beautiful and they had so many different rooms full of history. It was really amazing and our tour guide was full of lots of information. I did this tour because I really didn't know anything about Shanghai besides the new Disney Park was there. I really love learning about the difference in culture and understanding their history of their city. The next stop he took us to was a Buddhist temple. Oh my goodness it was beautiful and amazing to see all the people coming into pray to the different gods. I also think it was amazing to see different tour groups from all over the world coming into here and being peaceful and respectful of the religion. I really got a full understand of Buddhism and I have to say it is an am...

  If you know me you would also know that I love the International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. I go every year multiple times. I don't even know how many times I have been (or how much money I haven't spent) there. I do have a tips video over at www.youtube.com/thejessyjen from last year and soon there will be a lot more videos on this years festival. It starts August 31st- November 13th, which is a long time for this festival. The longest it has ever been and the most stands it has ever had! I am going to just mention some of the food and drinks I am excited about trying this year!   Sweet Avocado Crema with Strawberries, Yellow Cake and Tortilla Streusel at the Active Eats stand. It sounds very interesting to me and I am not sure if it's dessert or an appetizer. Cauliflower Risotto with Pulled Chicken, Artichokes, Spinach and Parmesan Cheese and Aged Balsamic at The Almond Orchard Hosted by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze ® . Beer-braised Beef served wi...

On August 19th I went to my first PhotoPass Day at Walt Disney World Resort. I am going to talk a little but about the rare characters you could meet and my experience I had that day. Now if you are really, and I mean really, into meeting characters and that is a huge deal for you then this is your day. But the lines were ridiculous. I mean people were lining up for 3+ hours to meet some of the characters. Now the event was in all four theme parks with characters that you usually will never see in the parks. I was really excited for the day but not realizing how busy it was actually going to be. Now to be fair I am that annual passholder who won't wait longer than 30 minutes for any attraction. But let's get into the photos I did get to do on the day. At Hollywood studios they had the Villains in a special area (where they had club villain awhile ago). I got to the park about 10 minutes after park open and the lines were already really long for the villains. The Evi...

My favorite time of year is fall/Halloween and one of the main reasons is all the events that happen here at the theme parks. If you head to my youtube channel www.youtube.com/thejessyjen I did Spooktober with videos on some of these events. But when do they start and when do they finish? Let me tell you! I will also let you know which events are for the family and for the 13+ ages. Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party: Located at Disney's Magic Kingdom in the evenings. This is a family friendly event for all ages. You can wear costumes, trick or treat, ride the rides, special themed fireworks, parade, and treats. This is a separate ticket event and runs from August 25th to November 1st on select nights. Spooktacular: Located at SeaWorld Orlando during weekends through September 23rd to October 29th. This event is great event is family friendly for all ages. Kids can wear costumes and go trick or treating around the park while meeting special characters. This is t...

I am going to the first night of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this year! August 25th! I know that is so early this year but I made a tips video from last year and hopefully these tips will set you up for success for this years party! Enjoy!       Here's the Boo To You Parade from last year too!       Make sure you subscribe to get all the information for your next Orlando Vacation!!

I recently was lucky enough to go to SeaWorld and experience the Behind The Scenes tour for my job  and I really loved it. It's an add-on to your park admission but it's around $30 which isn't too bad for what you get with it. You are guaranteed an animal encounter and you get a tour if their rescue area in the back which isn't open to the public. I got to see what they use to transport killer whales and where they have the quarantine for the sick and injured animals that just came in. We got to find out a ton of information about the manatees they have saved and the stories are so sad to hear. The work SeaWorld does is amazing and they are always on call to go help rescue animals. We then went to the backstage area of the Shark area and we got to pet a little shark. I can not remember what time of shark it was but it was really soft. My favorite part of the tour was getting to go into a penguin exhibit and getting to pet the penguin. They are so calm a...

The best thing about going to Disney is proving you went to Disney! I recently just went to Magic Kingdom with my bestie Amber and here are some of our photos. SnapChat: Make sure you take selfies and videos for your story for real time updates to make all your friends jealous. The best part about snapchat is they have some filters depending on the land or ride you are in at Magic Kingdom. Including this gem we found that says It's Lit with the Disney Resort underneath at Philarmagic. Also taking selfies with the normal filters is just as good like the we took on the monorail below. You can use the labels for Walt Disney World Resort. Selflie: If you don't take a selfie with the castle behind you did you even go to Magic Kingdom?? This one is on the bridge to Tomorrowland and its a great shot of the castle. But you pretty much can get great shots of the castle from almost every land in the park. PhotoPass: My photo pass comes with my annual p...

So many guest and locals loved electric ocean so much it has been extended! It is offcially ending for every night tomorrow (August 5th). But you can see Saturday nights through the month of August. Make sure you try all the specialty food and drinks for Electric Ocean. They also opened a new craft beer bar and annual pass holders get a free beer through the month of August. The Great Movie Ride and Ellen's Energy Adventure both close permanently on August 13th. The reason is for new attractions to be built and welcomed into the parks. If you have the time look up or watch the D23 theme park announcement to see all the changed coming to Walt Disney World Resort. There are still fast passes available for both attractions at this time. The Slinky Dog coaster has put its last piece of track on the coaster and now they are just waiting for the car to come in to put onto the new Toy Story Land attraction. Toy Story Land will be opening Summer of 2018. Universal'...

Some people come to Orlando more than once on vacation. You might not want to do Disney and Universal again for the fifth time. You might be here on vacation and would like to see a little more than just those major attractions. You might of decided to come to Orlando and realized how expensive the major theme parks are and you have a budget you don't want to go over. Well here is a list of some smaller attractions to do that are just as fun as Disney and Universal. Fun Spot- We like to say that fun spot is all the fun of a theme park but not the theme park prices. There is a fun spot in Orlando and Kissimmee so if you are staying near Disney or Universal there is a Fun Spot close by to you. Tickets start at about $43 per person for ages 3 and up. Gatorland- It's an older attraction located more towards the Kissimmee area. Still a ton of fun to go and experience and it is educational as well. You could spend a whole day there with the VIP Trainer for a Day ticket (sta...