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Apr- 2017 -24 April
What to Expect From “Happily Ever After” – Magic Kingdom’s New Nighttime Spectacular
2. Musical Score Every great Disney show is highlighted by a spectacular musical score. “Happily Ever After” will feature the latest fireworks and pyrotechnics and original animation, plus a heart-tugging original score. The score for “Happily Ever After” was recorded by a 75-piece orchestra in London and includes tunes from a multitude of Disney movies, including “Beauty and the Beast,” “Pirate
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24 April
What to Expect From “Happily Ever After” – Magic Kingdom’s New Nighttime Spectacular
By now, you’ve probably heard the “Wishes” nightly fireworks spectacular at the Magic Kingdom is going away, with the last performance scheduled for May 11. For over 13 years, Wishes has been a “must do” for anyone doing a Disney World vacation. Narrated by Jiminy Cricket and featuring a flying appearance by Tinkerbell, Wishes was spectacular and emotional. As we Disney fanatics know, nothing i
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
4. Fantasmic! Dining Package We love the Fantasmic dining package because it allows us to have a meal in one of the great restaurants at Hollywood Studios – Mama Melrose’s, the Hollywood Brown Derby, or Hollywood and Vine AND get preferred seating for the nightly showing of Fantasmic! Guests will receive tickets that grant them seats in the center of the Hollywood Hills Ampitheatre so you can join
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
5. Character Interactions You’ll definitely want to build some time in your schedule to do some character interactions because there are so many unique opportunities at Hollywood Studios. At Star Wars Launch Bay, you can meet Chewbacca or Kylo Ren, as well as recent addition BB-8. You also have Sorcerer Mickey, Minnie, Moana, Disney Junior characters (Jake, Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First), as w
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
6. Check Back One of the best things about visiting Hollywood Studios is that the wait times vary greatly and quickly. There have been times we have walked past Great Movie Ride and the wait is 45 minutes, but we check back two hours later and the wait has dropped to less than 20 minutes. We like that this is true since it adds an element of flexibility to our day at the park. Touring plans at H
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
Even though Hollywood Studios is going through a transformation, there is still much to see and do when visiting Hollywood Studios. Given the unique nature of the park, you can definitely tackle the entire park in one day, but you need to make a specific plan to make sure you get to everything. Here are the six tips for coming up with your touring plan!
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
1. Rope Drop Being able to ride all of the popular attractions, as well as the thrill rides at Hollywood Studios requires that you get to the park at rope drop. Since Hollywood Studios utilizes the tiered FastPass distribution system, guests are forced to choose between two very popular attractions: Rock and Roller Coaster and Toy Story Midway Mania. Getting to the gates at rope drop will allow gu
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
2. Tiered FastPass Decision As we mentioned in the previous tip, you must make a FastPass decision when touring Hollywood Studios. We tend to choose Toy Story Midway Mania because it usually has the longer wait time and we have been able to cut the wait time on Rock and Roller Coaster by either hitting it first thing before lines are too insurmountable or by riding it as a single rider! The Great
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20 April
The 6 Tips to Making Your One Day Touring Plan for Hollywood Studios
3. Times Guide for Entertainment Between your journeys across the park, guests will pass many, many, many entertainment options. Depending on the time of the year that you choose to visit, the times of these shows vary, so we always recommend picking up a Times Guide so you can know when the slate of shows are performing – the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, Disney Junior Live on Stage, Beauty an
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20 April
10 Ways to Outwit the Crowds on Your Disney Vacation
6. Enjoy the Most Popular Attractions First Unless you are highly motivated to minimize walking and backtracking, please resist the urge to just experience attractions in the order you come to them. I would also caution you against running to your favorite ride first unless it's also one that develops a long line quickly. I love the PeopleMover and Journey Into the Imagination, but neither accru
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