Author: Pete Werner

  • Look Mom, I’m an Aboriginal Drag Queen

    On Monday, our ‘adventure’ took us to the Tjabuki Aboriginal Culture Park.  Located about 20 minutes from our hotel, this bus ride did not include any warnings about how we were likely going to die, but I think that’s only because the ride there was too short.

  • Welcome to Australia – Please Don’t Die

    You’ll have to forgive me for not updating the trip blog in a few days – getting enough time to actually sit and write has been a challenge – Disney is keeping us very busy!

  • A tale of two IPhones

    “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”  – so goes the opening of one of Charles Dickens classic novels – A Tale of Two Cities.  Although, when Dickens wrote that famous phrase, I seriously doubt he meant ‘best of times’ (I’m on vacation in Australia) and ‘worst of times’ (I…

  • What do you mean “NO WI-FI”????

    Oh, where to begin. First, let me say that my updates to the blog may be more challenging than I could have possibly imagined. The resort has no Wi-Fi. How a five star resort gets by without Wi-Fi is beyond me, but perhaps we’re just spoiled with that in America and the rest of the…

  • And so it begins – our Adventures by Disney trip to Australia

    When I say that I’ve been wanting to visit Australia for most of my life, I’m not exaggerating.  I was 10 years old when I did a book report for school on Australia – and from that moment I was enamored with the idea of one day visiting that place myself.  Mind you I also…

  • A look inside Walt Disney’s apartment

    In the life of a true Disney fan there are moments.  Your first time at a Disney theme park, your first time seeing the castle, your first peek backstage.  For some fans, luck smiles on them occasionally and they get to do things that a lot of people don’t get to do – dinner at…

  • Disney’s new Treehouse Villas – Nice, but….

    Anyone who has ever taken a ride on the Sassagoula River connecting Port Orleans with Downtown Disney has probably noticed the Treehouse villas.  Nestled, appropriately enough, in the trees on the far end of Disney’s Saratoga Springs resort, for many years these villas were vacant and in various stages of disrepair.  While they were used…