Author: Pete Werner

  • Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato at Epcot

    Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato perform “This is Me” at Epcot.

  • Good Pizza at WDW – I’ll believe it when I taste it

    Walt Disney World has announced that they will be opening a new pizzeria at the Italy pavilion in Epcot later this year.  Operated by the Patina Group, the new pizzeria will seat 300 in a restaurant with “Florentine architecture”. In fairness, let me say that I think the Patina group generally does a good job…

  • Introducing eTicket – a new Disney iPhone app!

    I’m pleased to announce the release of the official iPhone app for the DIS – eTicket. eTicket represents what I like to consider the very best of the DIS condensed into a powerful research planning tool for the iPhone and iPod touch.   We have mapped nearly 3,000 locations throughout Walt Disney World and Disneyland –…

  • A Zoo with a View

    First, I apologize I’ve been slow in putting up the remaining blog entries on our vacation.  It’s been crazy ever since we got back and frankly – it’s depressing to be reminded that I’m home 🙂 This was the next to last day of our trip and the itinerary started early (like 6:30 am) so…

  • The Emerald City

    When someone in Australia finds out you’re gay, they immediately tell you that Sydney has the largest gay population in Australia.  Almost like “you should go there and be with your own kind”.  Always said with the best intentions, I was amused by how often this happened – I’m not lying, it was like a…

  • The Red Center

    Days 5 and 6 of our trip took us to Uluru, in what is known here as “the red center” (the soil is red, and it’s in the center of the country – those Aussies are so creative with naming things ). Uluru is also known more popularly as Ayers Rock. I’ll be honest; while…

  • My kingdom for a cheeseburger

    On the third day of our Adventures by Disney vacation, we headed out into Cairns for a 45 minute boat ride out to the Great Barrier Reef.  Considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world, this was something I had been looking forward to for many years.  Not so much for myself, because…