Planning
Deciding What To Do in Disney World Outside of the Theme Parks
While your first few trips will likely be focused on Disney World's four main Theme Parks, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Disney's Hollywood Studios, you may want to work in a day or two where you spend some time outside of the parks for a couple of reasons: Park... »
How to Create a Touring Plan
Disney World is often crowded, and it's not uncommon for rides to have wait times of 60 minutes or more. Because of this, many visitors find it useful to create a time effective touring plan, or strategy, for visiting parks and riding rides. With a touring plan, you can... »
Transportation To and In Disney World
Regarding your Disney World transportation, you have three decisions: 1. How to get to Orlando 2. How to get to your Hotel 3. How to get around WDW Let's take them one at a time: HOW TO GET TO ORLANDO There are plenty of options available to you for your trip to Orlando--many different roads lead to... »
Deciding on Disney World Tickets
There are three things you should consider when deciding on Disney World Tickets: number of days you want in the parks, type of ticket that works best for you, and price. Disney currently has a ticket system called "Magic Your Way." Much like Burger King's famous tagline, this ticket system has been... »
Deciding Where to Stay in Disney World
Accommodations in Orlando run from small hotel rooms to giant, multi-bedroom mansions for rent. Disney World runs over 20 resort hotels on their property; rooms range from standard, 4-person hotel rooms to 3-bedroom grand villas. There are also hundreds of hotels, villas, vacation homes, and condos for rent outside of Disney... »
When to Visit Disney World
“When to go to Disney World” is an important question, affected by both personal and external factors. Personal things, like when your kids have school breaks, when you can take vacation from work, and how your finances fluctuate greatly impacts when you can head out to WDW. While I can’t help with any of... »
How to “Speak Disney World:” A Disney World Dictionary
Disney World is huge—it’s over 42 square miles of theme parks, resorts, restaurants, shopping, race car tracks, campsites, blah, blah, blah. Seriously. Big. And that’s intimidating when you’ve saved up for years to take this trip and want it to be the best trip it can be! So think of it like you would a... »
You’re Going to Disney World!
Welcome to Disney World Basics! I loooove Disney World, and have vacationed there countless times as a kid and over 20 times as an adult. I’ve spent a lot of time “initiating” my friends and family into the huge, exciting, and sometimes downright confusing world of vacationing in Disney World, and I’ve... »