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What You Need to Know Before Staying at a Walt Disney World Resort

4. Free transportation around Disney property While parking overnight at a Disney resort may cost a bit of money now, you can still get around the property for free. There are bus stations at every resort with buses arriving every 20 minutes or so. Some resorts offer additional options, such as boats or the monorail. A new form of transportation will debut this year: the Disney Skyliner. It will c

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Disney’s Dining Plan 101 – 13 Tips for Using Your Credits Wisely

6. Avoid Two Credit Establishments And this brings us to our next point, as a thrifty guest, avoid the Signature establishments! By using two table-service credits for one meal, you are paying double in point value. Plus, you will likely be paying for another meal out of pocket to supplement the additional credits used. Enjoying one of the opulent two-credit restaurants is fine, but if you book me

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Disney’s Dining Plan 101 – 13 Tips for Using Your Credits Wisely

11. Never Use Snack Credits on Water Bottled water is another popular snack credit option, but we’d urge you to resist. Almost every food stand and restaurant can give you complimentary cups of water. On the other hand, we’ve yet to see any cast members pass out complimentary turkey legs… 12. Don’t Buy Additional Snacks With each plan offering two snacks per day, never pull out your debit card for

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Disney’s Dining Plan 101 – 13 Tips for Using Your Credits Wisely

Let's Recap! 1. Understand the Tiers – There are various types of Disney Dining Plans. Each plan offers a set number of meals which are redeemed by either meal or snack dining credits. 2. Decide Whether or Not to Purchase – Speaking of which, once you understand what all of the different packages cost and include, take the time to decide if you’ll need it. 3. Plan a Dining Itinerary &#

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Disney’s Dining Plan 101 – 13 Tips for Using Your Credits Wisely

Hailed by some Walt Disney World regulars as the most convenient add-on to a Disney vacation, using a dining plan requires some savvy. If you can purchase a dining package beforehand, you can (theoretically) never have to take out your wallet to purchase food or beverages. All you have to do is scan that oh-so-luxurious MagicBand. Depending on the plan you choose, you’ll be able to enjoy a number

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Walt Disney World Demystified – 20 Insider Tips for Planning a Great Disney Vacation

11. Make your Disney World bucket list. Remember those discussions you had with your children about your upcoming trip? Now it’s time to take the information you gathered from those talks and write out a bucket list of all your family hopes to experience during your trip. It can be a show someone hopes to see, a dessert someone hopes to enjoy, a ride or attraction someone wants to experience—thank

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Walt Disney World Demystified – 20 Insider Tips for Planning a Great Disney Vacation

16. Take breaks. Because the parks are open from morning till night—Magic Kingdom alone is often open sometimes for 13 to 15 hours in a day—you may find that the vacation of a lifetime is making you and your family members exhausted. Don’t let this happen to you since exhaustion never makes friendly faces and attitudes among most people. You know best when you and your loved ones need breaks, a qu

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Walt Disney World Demystified – 20 Insider Tips for Planning a Great Disney Vacation

Let's Recap! 1. Start planning early! 2. Remember that you are the only one to decide whether your kids are old enough. 3. Download the MyDisneyExperience app. It will save your life. 4. Choose your mode of transportation. 5. Book your resort hotel as early as possible. 6. Book your dining reservations. 7. Buy your tickets from Disney World or from an authorized Disney ticket seller. 8. Read up an

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Walt Disney World Demystified – 20 Insider Tips for Planning a Great Disney Vacation

6. Book your dining reservations. Dining reservations at Disney World can also be made in advance—180 days in advance. And because so many of Disney’s dining venues are wildly popular among Guests, if there’s a dining experience you’re really hoping to have, it’s vital to make your reservation 180 days in advance. For example, restaurants like Cinderella’s Royal Table and Be Our Guest Restaurant a

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Walt Disney World Demystified – 20 Insider Tips for Planning a Great Disney Vacation

A magical vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida promises the most fun and excitement any family can have on any trip. Because of all there is to do at Disney, planning a trip to the parks is no small undertaking. But the work you put into planning your trip will pay off exponentially once you’re finally there! Here are 20 of our best tips for planning the most magical vacation on ear

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