Year after year Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party has become a favorite seasonal event for Disney Travelers and Locals alike. It's a fun and friendly take on a Halloween Party that occurs on select nights in September and October after hours in the Magic Kingdom. There are lots of reasons to love this annual extravaganza, here are my favorite 5!

My husband and I love eating our way around the world during the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Much to his chagrin, I also like to look cute while doing so. To get him into the spirit of my obsessive travel wardrobe planning, I'll often throw some fun themed Tee-shirts into the suitcase for him. Clean and cool are his "musts" for Disney, but these five fab finds add a little bit of foodie fun to boot.

Epcot is always the first park I visit when I'm at the Walt Disney World Resort. It has earned that honor - despite my unwavering love for the Magic Kingdom - because the park is usually less hectic and because there are so many things that I love about Epcot, specifically in Future World.

Happy Friday and welcome to today's Disney news round-up! In today's new we're talking about the applications for the 2017 Disney Parks Moms Panel, a new runDisney race season and much more. Let's check out what's been going on.

Originally designed to be a "half day" Park, Disney's Hollywood Studios has had its bumps and bruises since it's start in the mid 1980s, but that doesn't mean that fans don't still love it. The 135-acre park is currently undergoing yet another transformation with the highly anticipated additions of Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land under construction. We thought it was about time to share some fun facts about Disney's Hollywood Studios.

The countdown continues with just 6 more days until the opening of the 21st Annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. Guests will be able to find plenty of the most popular dishes from past Festivals at 30 Global Marketplace Booths. Being served up along side the tried and true will be 32 new marketplace dishes and 49 new cocktails, beers, wines, and ciders!

While we've "5 Reasons To Love" posts about Parks, and Resorts, and even specific Lands, we've never before done one dedicated to a single ride. But this is no ordinary ride, it's Walt Disney World's legendary Highway in the Sky. A 14.7-mile system of elevated beamway that services seven stations taking guests to and from Epcot, the Magic Kingdom and three resorts - Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, we're talking about the Walt Disney World Monorail.

Welcome to another edition of our Disney news round-up. Today we're checking out stories about Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and a new requirement for kids at the theme park entrances. Let's see what's going on!

What's the fan favorite event that packs in the crowds as Disney & Celebrity Chefs show off culinary delights from around the world? It's the 21st Epcot International Food and Wine Festival kicking off September 14 at the Walt Disney World Resort. We're happy to say that once again that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will be treating their cardholders to a little luxury in the Chase Cardholder VIP Lounge.

It took me a few years and several visits to really fall in love with Disney's Animal Kingdom. After my initial assessment that it was "too hot" and "too much walking" I took some time on my last couple of visits to really look closely at this amazing theme park. And I'm hooked.