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Walt Disney World uses refillable mugs at resort hotel food courts that offer unlimited refills. This guide offers pricing info, photos of designs, and answers frequently asked questions: whether RapidFill is worth the money, where to use these cups, and more. We also address some controversy surrounding them. (Updated April 21, 2021.) As of 2021,

London’s major galleries and museums are reopening on May 17, but until then, art-starved Londoners have a great chance to check out the capital’s small independent galleries. Along with current shows by Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread, there’s a new show opening today at Eames Fine Art in Bermondsey by one of the

Already a familiar sight in 15 countries, Italian food market Eataly is finally dropping anchor in London at the end of April. Its first UK venue is a whopper at Broadgate next to Liverpool Street Station in the City. A kind of epicurean B&Q superstore, the 42,000 square foot temple of gastronomy features a huge retail

Fidelio Orchestra Café is an eating and drinking establishment in which classical music happens. But not in the way you probably imagine, where posh old people slowly saw through beef fillets while studiously ignoring an insipid string quartet. No, Fidelio’s is for people who a) enjoy fun and b) actually like music. The café is due to open its doors

No more than 10 minutes after publishing our 2021 Disneyland Summer Crowd Predictions, I received a tip that California may now allow fully vaccinated visitors from out of state to visit theme parks. In this post, we’ll cover details, offer commentary, and why this may or may not be the case. Before we get started,

Trains, eh? They’re cool, right? Especially London’s ones. Woof! Who doesn’t love a little ride under the ground every now and then? I certainly do. The highly polluted wind in your hair, the sweaty backs of other commuters pushed up against your torso. If you’ve found yourself monologuing like this throughout lockdown, you should be

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme park reservations are now available with no virtual queue or website woes. Now that the dust has settled, we thought it’d be worth offering some analysis and Summer 2021 crowd predictions for Disneyland and DCA. We’ll preface this with the standard disclaimer that this is highly speculative, dependent upon how

When we wrote about the city’s first igloo-style PVC party domes in 2016, we did not anticipate that they would still be doing the rounds five years later, but here we are. They’ve popped up on rooftops and along the river, but now they’re headed for the Queen’s House (no, not that house and not

In the last week plus, there has been news about the future of face mask mandates and physical distancing in Orange County. (Walt Disney World’s home in Florida–not to be confused with the other Orange County in California where Disneyland is located!) This post will present a straightforward recap the latest developments, without our usual

A community-run institution that opened nearly 40 years ago may be forced to close after its landlords – Lambeth Council – announced its annual rent could rise from next to nothing to £45,000 within four years. Since 1973, Waterloo Action Centre (WAC) has been a vital local resource helping some of Lambeth’s most isolated and

Live in south London? Love pizza? Well, today’s your lucky day, pal. Proving that good things do come in threes, south London is getting a trio of excellent new pizza places. First up is Mike’s Peckham, which is a new venture from the team behind The Camberwell Arms and Peckham’s much-loved rooftop bar Frank’s. Serving up pizza

Have you ever looked at the iridescent colours on the wings of a butterfly and thought: ‘how can I recreate that?’ Well, there is a way, and it involves a new technology called Pure Structural Colour, a method developed by scientific researchers at Lifescaped lab that can synthetically produce any shade of colour in its

We’re back with another ride on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Walt Disney World. This report from the Disney’s Hollywood Studios version of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge headliner shares our latest ‘success story’ scoring boarding passes, and our first experience with the attraction breaking down in over a year. Part of the

In one of the more unexpected hook-ups to emerge out of late lockdown in one at the Design Museum in Kensington. Inspired by gin brand Bombay Sapphire, and designed by repeat hoarding-botherer Camille Walala (she of the colourful reimagining of Leytonstone), the new pop-up shop ‘Supermarket’ is selling pimped versions of everyday household items, including

Tiana’s Place is a table service restaurant themed to Princess and the Frog featuring meet & greet characters and a live band aboard Disney Cruise Line. We’ve dined at Tiana’s Place aboard the Wonder a few times, and will share food photos, atmosphere & entertainment impressions, and food thoughts. (Updated April 19, 2021.) Before we get

Airbnb Discovered a Treasure in the French Countryside | .TR HOME Weekly Travel News Tourism Review News Desk – Apr 19, 2021 Covid-19 has made the French countryside attractive again. Airbnb has thus decided to strengthen its presence in rural areas and improve its performance seriously hit by the current pandemic crisis. The platform, which

Travel and Hospitality Google Tools Help Professionals | .TR HOME Weekly Travel News Tourism Review News Desk – Apr 19, 2021 Over the last years, and especially since the beginning of the pandemic, Google has offered various free tools for the travel and hospitality sector to help tourism professionals. From the classic Google Trends to

It’s time for another Walt Disney World news & rumor roundup! This one covers a reminder issued about reservation availability at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, Cast Members being recalled or hired at numerous locations, a profanity warning, new monkey at Animal Kingdom, and more. First, Walt Disney World has issued a reminder about park

Theme park reservations and new ticket sales for Disneyland and Disney California have now been open over 24 hours, with the rollout being a “little bit” rocky. This post recaps how things went, are currently going, park availability, and offers commentary on yet another resounding success for Disney IT! None of this should come as

This week has taught us an important lesson. Nothing will stop Londoners in their quest for a pint in a beer garden. Really windy? Don’t care. Freezing cold? Sure, no problem. On Monday April 12, outdoor hospitality venues were permitted to reopen under the government’s lockdown plan. The easing of restrictions has meant people all

Admiralty Arch, overlooking Trafalgar Square, is a really grand, grade I-listed monument. It really is a big old arch. Next to The Mall. It has a nose on it.  As you well know, a large structure can only exist for so long in London before someone builds a restaurant or a hotel (with a restaurant) inside

There have been plenty of stories over the last year of new bars and restaurants opening just in time to have to shut again for lockdown. It’s a lot rarer to hear of a place that has timed its (re)opening to perfection. But such seems to be the case with Sydenham/Catford’s Perry Hill pub. The

Light installations are a big industry. Every year, bright, ambitious projects light up somewhere in London, whether it’s in the name of art, like the ‘Constellations’ piece from Anthony James that’s currently beaming over Oxford Street, or in the name of Christmas, like the multicoloured LED trail that appears every year at Kew Gardens. But Illuminated

We have new a detailed new look at Fantasy Springs, the $2.3 billion expansion containing new Frozen, Peter Pan, and Tangled mini-lands, plus an in-park luxury hotel at Tokyo DisneySea. This post will share more details and “fly-through” videos of Imagineering’s 1/50th scale model of this record-setting addition to what’s already the world’s best theme