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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

15. Begin to familiarize your children. This is especially important if you have younger children, or if you have a child with special needs. That’s because both young children and children with special needs can often benefit from being prepared for upcoming trips. Let them know a little about what they might look forward to, and if it h

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

16. Read up and research. If this will be your first trip to Disney World, be sure to research all that Disney has to offer. Read all you can about the fun you can experience at Disney World, and start to talk with your family about those options. Even if you’ve been several times, you’ll want to refamiliarize yourself with the most magic

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

17. Book your airline tickets. Once you have your vacation dates set in stone, it’s time to book your airline tickets, if you’ll be flying to the Orlando, Florida area. Be sure your vacation dates are set firm first because it can cost you almost as much to make changes to your tickets as it did to purchase them in the first place! Yikes!

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

18. First, book your vacation package. As soon as you and your family have decided that a trip to Disney World is in your future, set your trip dates and call an authorized Disney vacation planner as soon as possible to get the best rates for your stay at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel. A vacation package is your best bet because it bun

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

19. Download the My Disney Experienceapp. This app is the single most useful tool you can use for planning your Disney World vacation. Download it to your smartphone and use it to make dining reservations, reserve FastPass+ times, see showtimes, find wait times for attractions and more!

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

20. Start planning early. While a vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is the single most magical trip you’ll ever plan, it’s not one that just magically comes together on its own. The key to having the most magic on your Disney vacation is a heaping helping of pixie dust, which comes from beginning your vacation planning e

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20 Things You Should Do When Planning and Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World

Congratulations! You’re going to Disney World—the most magical place on earth! There’s so much fun to be had, that you’ll want to start planning now. Here are 20 things you need to do when you’re planning to take a trip to Walt Disney World!

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Fabulous ‘Don’t Miss’ Places to Eat at Disney World Resort

1. Ale & Compass Restaurant – Yacht Club Resort We'll complete this roundup with a culinary trip to New England. Located at Disney's Yacht Club Resort, Ale & Compass is a relatively new casual gastropub-style restaurant that offers a variety of seafood dishes and other comfort foods from the northeast US, all day long. Despite all the sur

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Fabulous ‘Don’t Miss’ Places to Eat at Disney World Resort

2. Baseline Tap House – Grand Avenue, Hollywood Studios Located right next to the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant in Hollywood Studios, Baseline Tap House is a corner pub that, according to the lore, opened in the building where a former mom-and-pop printing shop (“Figueroa Printing Company”) used to operate. In any case, wh

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Fabulous ‘Don’t Miss’ Places to Eat at Disney World Resort

5, 4, & 3. Maria & Enzo's Ristorante / Pizza Ponte / Enzo's Hideaway – The Landing, Disney Springs This trio of concept eateries, each with its own spin on Italian fare under a shared “backstory”, opened one-at-a-time throughout this past winter (December 2017 and January 2018). The story goes that Maria and Enzo, a husband an

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