By Ainsley Toonsley, Creative Blogger

Going back through old photos and getting ready for Aulani!

One of the fun highlights of our past Aulani trip included a visit to Aunty’s Beach House, a fun kid’s only club for guests of Disney’s Aulani Resort. 5,200 square feet of art and crafts, games and activities. Every day Aunty’s has a special theme to make events even more fun.

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by Melodie Toonsley, Travel Reporter

We will be traveling from one side of the United States to the other on our upcoming adventure to Disneyland. We are reminded of the complexity of purchasing Disney tickets when you aren’t a local with an annual pass. We have been annual passholders for Walt Disney World for many years and sometimes take for granted the ease of being able to pop ...

by Melodie Toonsley, Travel Reporter

Today we set sail on the Disney Fantasy. Truth be told, we have been on this ship a few times, so it was nice to be away, yet in familiar territory. The best thing about the Disney ships is the cleanliness and the attention to detail. The Disney Fantasy set sail in 2012 – making it a whopping 11 years old. Yet despite its age, everything feels and looks brand ...

by Melodie Toonsley, Travel Reporter

Staying in Kensington, we had to make a day to visit Kensington Gardens and Palace. Of course my hope was that we would run into Princess Kate and the kids running around the gardens, but sadly that was not meant to be.

Kensington Palace has played an important role in British royal history and continues to be a symbol of royal continuity and tradition. Its ...

By Ainsley Toonsley, Creative Blogger

We navigated our way to the Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street on the morning of day one of our London adventure. I’m not sure entirely what I was expecting, but having watched Enola Holmes and being familiar with the Sherlock Holmes character it seemed like a fun way to start the London trip. I’ll be honest I don’t know if I really knew that ...