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19. Download the My Disney Experienceapp. This app is the single most useful tool you can use for planning your Disney World vacation. Download it to your smartphone and use it to make dining reservations, reserve FastPass+ times, see showtimes, find wait times for attractions and more!

18. First, book your vacation package. As soon as you and your family have decided that a trip to Disney World is in your future, set your trip dates and call an authorized Disney vacation planner as soon as possible to get the best rates for your stay at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel. A vacation package is your ...

Congratulations! You’re going to Disney World—the most magical place on earth! There’s so much fun to be had, that you’ll want to start planning now. Here are 20 things you need to do when you’re planning to take a trip to Walt Disney World!

20. Start planning early. While a vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is the single most magical trip you’ll ever plan, it’s not one that just magically comes together on its own. The key to having the most magic on your Disney vacation is a heaping helping of pixie dust, which comes from beginning your vacation planning ...

1. We can’t wait to walk around the new land and savor every moment! Just the thought of a land totally devoted to the Toy Storyfilm franchise raises the pulse of diehard Toy Story fans (I’m nearly feverish as I type this!) And once we’ve eaten at Woody’s Lunch Box, ridden the two new rides and whooped everyone in our ...

3. We can’t wait to see just how big those likenesses of Woody and Buzz are! For the Toy Storyfanatic, the new Toy Story Land will offer to us the stuff of dreams! And this part of the new land is one of the dreamiest! There are huge likenesses of Woody and Buzz ready to be unveiled at the new ...

2. We can’t wait to take in Andy’s footprint (or will it take us in??) Among all the magic that we will no doubt see and feel at the new Toy Story Land is Andy’s footprint. It makes sense—we will be puttering around in his backyard. But recent intelligence from the insiders tells us that Andy’s footprint might just take ...

5. We can’t wait to finally meet Woody and Buzz at their own stomping grounds! To this day, one of the most interactive character encounters Guests can have at Walt Disney World is the encounter with Woody and Buzz at Pixar Place at Hollywood Studios. But once Toy Story Land opens, we’ll be able to meet the dynamic toy duo ...

4. We can’t wait for Jessie to have her rightful place! It’s about time Jessie had her own personal, permanent place to meet Guests! We used to be able to meet the yodeling cowgirl in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom. But in the recent years, meet and greets with Jessie have been scarce at best. We can still wave to her ...

8. We can’t wait to experience Toy Story Mania as part of the new land. Anytime is a good time to enjoy the Toy Story Mania attraction! Everyone loves this fun carnival game-type attraction that features all the cast of toys from the Toy Storyfilms. We’ve loved it since it opened at Disney World in 2008. But we’re even more ...