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We love staying at the various moderate resorts across Disney property — these resorts are a wonderful balance of theme and amenities.  Regardless of whether you are staying at a particular resort, it is always worthwhile checking out the resorts and take advantage of the dining options, entertainment, and lounges available to guests.  Here are some restaurants to check out ...

Entertainment Throughout the day on the Castle Forecourt Stage, guests will be treated to a variety of entertainment options, but we prefer checking out one of the signature entertainment offerings at the Magic Kingdom — either the Festival of Fantasy Parade during the afternoon or the nightly fireworks spectacular, Happily Ever After.  Both are very popular, so you should try ...

Being the most popular theme park in the world, the Magic Kingdom is stuffed to the brim with things to see and do, characters to meet, as well as food to try.  Normally, we would recommend taking at least two days (if not more) to experience the Magic Kingdom, but we understand that sometimes vacations and budgets don’t allow for ...

In may seem to be a contradiction in terms to use Disney World and winter in the same sentence.  Calling sunny Central Florida home, Disney World enjoys warm temperatures year-round, but experiences its own form of winter.  While other parts of the country and digging out from under snow drifts and driving carefully in ice-covered roads, guests at Disney World ...

Crowds Disney World will always have crowds, but when visiting during the winter months, they tend to be a little heavier than normal.  This is attributed to the holidays when parents can take children on vacation without fear of them missing school.  These crowds add to the guests coming to Disney World for the winter runDisney events, as well as ...

While a vacation to Walt Disney World is designed to allow you to curate your experience and choose what you want to do and when you want to do it, there are some aspects of your vacation that you will not have any choice over.  Disney certainly doesn’t enjoy “forcing” guests to do anything, some things just can’t be helped ...

2. Plan (Way) Ahead In addition to making your dining reservations for table service restaurants in advance, the nature of a Walt Disney World vacation will also require that guests plan other aspects of their vacation before arriving on property.  In addition to booking your room and buying your tickets, guests are also strongly encouraged to make their FastPass selections ...

Access to the Event With a ticket to event, guests can gain access to Magic Kingdom three hours prior to the start of the event.  The event begins either at 9 PM or 10 PM, so you can get in as early as 6 PM.  We would encourage guests to arrive early so you can get into the park, grab ...

Beginning in early February, the Magic Kingdom is transformed into a devilishly diabolical theme park on select Thursday and Friday nights between now and July.  If you are planning a visit to Disney World and are looking for a special event, this event might be for you.  The event happens after the park has closed.  Similar to other after hour ...

When planning a Walt Disney World Resort vacation guests must learn almost a whole new language to fully understand what Cast Members, other guests, and travel agents are talking about!  Here is our list of Disney vocabulary terms and their meanings to study before your next trip! 18. Advanced Dining Reservation (ADRs) This term refers to dining reservations that guests ...