Tag: Travel
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Premium Scream Night 2025 – First Look at HHN Orlando – Our Honest Review
Honest Review of Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) Premium Scream Night – 8/28/25 First off, we did have fun, but was it worth it? That really depends on what you’re looking to get out of HHN. Let’s start with the negatives. If your goal is to experience all 10 haunted houses, Premium Scream Night might not…
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How an Ohio Chip Dip Brand Became Japan’s #2 Convenience Store Chain
Welcome to DinkLife! Today we’re diving into the surprising story of Lawson’s — the hometown convenience store from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, best known locally for its legendary chip dip… and now the second-largest convenience store chain in Japan, with 14,671 locations. To understand how a small Ohio dairy became a Japanese retail giant, we need…
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Hidden Hollywood Gems: Inside the Star-Studded Hollywood Museum!
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. We recently spent the day exploring the Hollywood Museum, located right in the heart of downtown Hollywood. This place had been on our radar for a while, mostly because I’d heard about its Back to the Future memorabilia. With some free time before our flight, we…
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Safari Inn Hotel Review Near Universal Studios: Old-School Charm & Surprising Quality
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife! We just wrapped up a stay at the Safari Inn near Universal Studios and wanted to share our thoughts. From the outside, this place looks like a retro 1950s motel—maybe even a little sketchy—but once we got inside, we were surprised at how clean and spacious…
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Exploring Greenfield Village: History Comes Alive in Dearborn Michigan
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. This weekend we decided to take a trip to Dearborn, Michigan to visit Greenfield Village, part of The Henry Ford. Neither of us had been here since we were kids, so it felt like a brand-new experience. The weather was a little rough in the morning,…
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Flying Zipair: Budget Airline Secrets from LAX to Tokyo
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. We’re sitting in LAX waiting for our flight to Tokyo, and we couldn’t help but reflect on how this very trip started our whole adventure years ago. Today we’re flying Zipair, Japan’s budget airline, and we wanted to share our experience and tips in case you’re…
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Exploring Ikspiari: Tokyo Disney’s Ultimate Shopping and Food Spot
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. On this adventure, we visited Ikspiari, the shopping and dining district right outside Tokyo Disney Resort. Think of it as Japan’s version of Downtown Disney but on a whole new level—four floors filled with everything from quirky boutiques and bookstores to American chains like Outback and…
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Inside the Tokyo Bay Maihama First Resort – Tokyo Disney on a Budget
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife! On our recent trip to Tokyo Disney, we decided to switch hotels after one night on Disney property to something more budget-friendly but still close by. That led us to the Tokyo Bay Maihama First Resort—just a short 8-minute walk from the park gates. It was…
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Braving High Winds at Tokyo DisneySea’s New Fantasy Springs!
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. We just wrapped up another incredible day at Tokyo DisneySea, and this time we came back to check out the newly opened Fantasy Springs. The wind was absolutely brutal—gusts up to 40 mph! It made just walking around a challenge and shut down many outdoor rides,…
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Exploring Universal CityWalk Hollywood: Shopping, Snacks, and Surprises!
Hey it’s Wes and Chanda and welcome to DinkLife. We made a spontaneous return to Universal CityWalk Hollywood, having only visited once before back in 2019. We didn’t remember much from that trip, so this visit felt almost brand new. CityWalk in Hollywood is smaller than Orlando’s, but it packs in a lot more charm…
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