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5. Discuss Attraction Plans before Your Park Day Avoid wasting time in parks and avoid discussion stress by planning out your park day before you arrive in the park.  Assembling in a hotel room the night before the park day to discuss what time you will head to the bus stop, breakfast plans, reserved FastPass times and any other details ...

4. Prepare for Wait Times Preparing everyone in your party for attraction wait times is key to avoiding park stress.  It is not always the children in the travel group bemoaning the standby line times.  Discuss wait time possibilities with the entire travel party and agree on time thresholds you are all willing to wait for attractions to avoid being ...

3. Know When to Take a Break Sure, you want to see as much as possible on your vacation and get every bit of worth for your money.  However, sometimes the heat, park pace, and travel party dynamic may call or a break.  Understand that breaking from the action for a while to return to your hotel or hang out ...

2. Enjoy the Beauty Between beautiful architecture, dazzling flowers and landscaping, magical characters and rides, Disney parks are a beautiful place.  Understand that time not spent hopping on and off attractions does not equal time wasted.  Feel free to snag a seat to enjoy the beauty of the park, pause to take photos of pretty areas or enjoy a drink ...

The build up to a magical Disney vacation may leave you with the worry that stressful details on the trip could diminish the fun after arriving in the parks.  Take a look at this top ten list of ways to avoid stressing out in Disney parks, put on a positive face, and get ready to enjoy your Disney vacation. There ...

10. Match Expectations with your Travel Party Having realistic expectations is key to enjoying any experience. Understand that more people on a Disney vacation equal more opinions and possibly a different vacation experience than you would have traveling with a smaller family group.  This is totally ok, understand that travel pace may be a bit difference depending on the group ...

9. Have Dining Plans in Mind Understanding what you would like to eat during the park day cuts down on discussion, stress and walking at mealtimes.  In plotting your park plan for the day, take a look at the restaurants you will be near on a map and make plans about which food cart or quick service dining spot you ...

4. Rider Height Policies Some rides do have a height requirement.  Disney takes these policies seriously and will not allow exceptions to the rules out of concern for guest safety.  Please do not ask cast members to bend the rules for your children, there are plenty of fun rides smaller kids can enjoy safely.

5. Disney Transportation Complexity The Disney transportation system is fantastic.  All methods of transportation are clearly marked and have plenty of cast members available to answer questions.  However, the sheer number of buses, monorails and boats coming and going all the time may surprise Disney rookies.  With so many Disney resorts, the bus banks at parks can indeed seem quite ...

6. No Free Roaming Characters I’m not sure if it’s the Walt Disney World television commercials that feed this myth or some other reason.  Regardless, Disney rookies are often surprised to learn that there are no characters walking freely around the park.  The closest thing to a free character you will see is perhaps a character headed out to meet ...