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What You Should Know Before You Visit Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Pandora Navi River Journey

4. Be Prepared for Crowds… While this land has been open for quite a while now, it is still pretty new and very impressive. Therefore, it draws enormous crowds. Go in prepared to spend some time amongst the crowds. For some this might simply mean mentally preparing themselves; for others it could mean making practical changes in touring style, such ...

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What You Should Know Before You Visit Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

6. Don’t Miss the Explorer Stations If you’ve been to Animal Kingdom before, you probably already know about the super cool Wilderness Explorers stations offered there. These stations offer kids (and adults) the chance to learn something new about the world around them and earn a sticker badge for doing so. What some people don’t realize is the fact that two ...

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What You Should Know Before You Visit Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Pandora – The World of Avatar is the newest big thing to hit Animal Kingdom, and it’s pretty awesome. Even if you’ve never seen Avatar, you’ll love this place. However, those who haveseen the movie are more likely to have a special appreciation for it. That said, while many Disney goers are perfectly okay with waltzing into this land of ...

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Hate Crowds? Here’s When You Should Visit Disney Throughout the Year

Let’s Recap! 5.  May Of the summer months, May is the best choice as far as weather and crowds.  Most schools are still in session, and the weather, especially at the beginning of May, is usually not as hot or humid, with cooler evenings and a few scattered showers.  Most showers in Florida do not last very long and can ...

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Hate Crowds? Here’s When You Should Visit Disney Throughout the Year

2.  February Just like January, February is a good month for low crowds and mild weather.  The weather does tend to warm up a bit in February, but the evenings can be cooler than normal.  Since there are no major Holidays in February, many families will wait until Spring Break or summer for their Disney vacation.  Most refurbishments and rehabs ...

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Hate Crowds? Here’s When You Should Visit Disney Throughout the Year

4.  November The days after Thanksgiving week are another good time to visit Disney World.  The crowds are lower and the weather is better than summer or winter months; pleasant during the day and cool in the evenings.  Beginning in early November, a special event called “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” takes place on select dates through the third week ...

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Hate Crowds? Here’s When You Should Visit Disney Throughout the Year

Castle Main St

Walt Disney World is one of the largest and most visited theme park resorts in the world.  The property covers nearly 25,000 acres and features four theme parks, two water parks, twenty-seven themed hotels, nine non-Disney hotels, several golf courses, two mini-golf courses, a camping resort and other entertainment venues, including Disney Springs, an extra large outdoor shopping, entertainment, and ...

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8 Dining Tips from a Disney Expert

Epcot Food and Wine

2. Be Aware of Discounts Disney World does have discounts available to guests to decrease their bills at restaurants across property.  The first is a discount available to passholders.  Not every member of the party needs to be a passholder to take advantage of this discount, so maybe one member of your party purchases an annual pass for your visit ...

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8 Dining Tips from a Disney Expert

Grand Floridian Park Fare

4. Advanced Dining Reservations Some restaurants are almost unattainable if you don’t have an advanced dining reservation (I’m looking at you, ‘Ohana).  So, while guests are almost forced to plan out their table service dining options, don’t go overboard.  A typical sit-down meal at Disney World lasts about 75 minutes (and that is from when you sit down to when ...

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8 Dining Tips from a Disney Expert

Tigger

6. Character Dining Experiences Character dining experiences can be a worthwhile experience because guests are allowed to interact with their favorite characters in a unique setting while they are enjoying a delicious meal.  In addition to being very popular, the character dining experiences tend to be very expensive depending on what characters are appearing.  All character dining experiences take place ...

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