The JessyJen

  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'...