MeghaMom

   The best $125 we spent in Disney Springs (including 3 irresistible pair of Havaianas): The Amphicar Tour experience. You hop in a car, it turns into a boat, and then your skipper "drives" you around the lake while telling you some of Disney's little-known secrets. Like BIRDS. Birds are the reason your dining experience remains bug-less. That was a lame example of a secret, but it stuck with me mostly because I'm fascinated by Disney's food-rich, bug-free environments. Anyway, there's cooler things to know, and your Amphicar captain will tell you all about them. Check out the full Amphicar launch .  Grab lunch at the can't-miss Boathouse restaurant , then swing through the gift shop to book your tour. And don't miss the resilient rubber duckies .

Look, no one's proud of the mother I've become. The mother of four children who tuckers out by the fourth one and makes ridiculous purchases just to exit a store without having to stifle a tantrum. For my 4-year-old, basically every day is her "Yes Day." Our first day of vacation in her 3rd year of life was no different; except that when we rolled up to the counter of the shop in the   Boat House restaurant at Disney Springs   with a rubber ducky, I did not anticipate the $20 price tag they quoted me. Alas, I paid it. I was admittedly fearful of the fit that would follow, and our family of five was about to squeeze into a tiny car-boat together; this was just part of guaranteeing our safety. Yes, we were about to embark on the   Amphicar tours , and I'm a sucker for a souvenir that captures a memory.  So, we'll save the bit on the amphicar tours for another post, but this ducky... this skipper ducky in an amphicar... I'mma tell you what. This thing is TWO...