Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa Reveal Their Secret for Conquering Disneyland With 3 Children

Although we’re accustomed to seeing Heather Rae El Moussa traipse round ultra-luxury properties in designer ensembles and five-inch heels on Netflix’s Promoting Sundown, her life seems a bit totally different today, particularly in relation to journey.  El Moussa — who’s now an HGTV host alongside her husband Tarek El Moussa on The Flipping El Moussas — welcomed son Tristan in early 2023. Tarek additionally shares two youngsters, daughter Taylor and son Brayden, together with his ex-wife and former Flip or Flop co-star Christina Haack, which suggests the couple is commonly touring with three children. So what’s Heather’s important household journey tip? “Keep organized! Particularly when you have got totally different ages. Bringing snacks, bringing water, and taking little breaks when it’s good to,” she instructed Journey + Leisure lately. “I am a perfectionist. I prefer to plan. I do not like last-minute issues. I want I did and could possibly be spontaneous, however I prefer to plan every little thing as a result of I do not prefer to be caught off-guard. Particularly with the infant, it’s important to plan when touring with children, or else it may be chaos.”

The opposite key to touring with a number of children? Make it as straightforward as doable on your self. “After we journey with the youngsters, we would like comfort. We wish stress-free, straightforward,” Tarek added. The El Moussa household lately partnered with Go to Anaheim and did a staycation with all three children on the Westin Anaheim Resort, conveniently situated by the theme parks (“it is actually toes from Disneyland, so you possibly can’t actually beat the placement”). Tarek defined that they have been in a position to make their journey to Disneyland epic and stress-free as a result of that they had a non-public tour information so they might skip the strains for rides. “Truthfully, once you’re touring with a bunch, it’s good to make issues straightforward. In the long run, we had 5 journeys value of Disneyland carried out in someday as a result of we expedited the method by way of a tour information. So that’s one factor I like to recommend — be sure to get a tour information.”

A VIP tour is definitely a luxe addition to a Disney day, and Heather feels her definition of luxurious journey relies on the journey and who she’s touring with. “After we journey alone, luxurious seems very totally different than once we journey with the youngsters. So once we journey alone, lodging, what room we’re staying in, the meals, for certain, perhaps some cocktails right here and there, all matter. And once we journey with the youngsters, we would like comfort. We wish stress-free, straightforward. Additionally, luxurious is simply spending high quality time with one another and the household and the youngsters.”

The household beloved going to Disneyland and seeing the Anaheim Geese play, however the couple famous that they’d come again with out the youngsters for a romantic getaway. “We’re completely coming again and doing the very same factor with out the youngsters as a result of there’s the eating places, we will get the drinks. We received the Westin resort, and we had the enjoyable curler coasters,” Tarek stated. “We’re gonna do a date night time or date day collectively, the place we simply come and it is me and him happening all the massive rides,” Heather added. There’s one thing for all pursuits; Heather additionally beloved that she may get vegan meals at Disney California Journey Park.

Apart from the youngsters and Heather’s upcoming magnificence line referred to as Heather Rae Necessities, one of many actions that retains the El Moussas busy is their new present, The Flip Off, which premieres on HGTV at 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 29 with a particular two-hour episode. Although it’s one other actual property competitors present that includes groups competing to seek out, purchase, and flip a home for cash, this one has fairly the emotional twist. Tarek and Heather have been initially speculated to be main one group to compete towards his ex Haack and her husband, realtor Josh Corridor. Nonetheless, within the first episode, Haack declares she is getting divorced.

“Properly, I feel most individuals are simply surprising about the truth that we’re really doing the present, as a result of it’s a home flipping competitors present between me, Heather, and my ex-wife, and in the long run, the particular person with the very best return on funding goes to be the winner. So it is going to be a very enjoyable, thrilling present, and we’re all very aggressive. I feel viewers are going to be excited.”

The six-episode collection will even characteristic a star-studded panel of celeb judges for every problem together with  Amanza Smith from Promoting Sundown and Heather Dubrow from The Actual Housewives of Orange County, in addition to Haack’s ex-husband, Born Mechanic host Ant Anstead. Heather added, “Viewers are going to find it irresistible. They’re gonna snort. They’re gonna most likely be mad at us generally. It is her followers, our followers, towards one another. So it is going to be enormous.”