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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

4. Easy Access to the Parks It may seem obvious, but staying in the same area as all of the Disney parks is a huge bonus, especially if you have no intention of ever leaving the “Disney bubble” while you're there. Pro tip:Use this to your advantage by heading to a park first thing in the morning, going back to the hotel for a

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

5. Extra Magic Hours Ever wish you had even more time to play in the parks? With Extra Magic Hours, you do! This benefit—reserved for guests of Disney Resort hotels and a few others—allows you to either enter a given park before the normal opening time, or stay later than the closing time! The selected park and time of day rotates each da

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

6. Free Parking While a nightly resort parking fee is now included in your booking, you won't have to worry about paying for standard parking at any of the the theme parks, water parks, or at Disney Springs. This is useful if you're not into the idea of waiting for a bus to show up—either in front of your resort each morning or at the par

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

7. …Plus Transportation To and From the Airport Whether you're arriving in Orlando or preparing to leave, Disney's resort hotels offer a ride to and from Orlando International Airport — with complimentary luggage delivery — via Disney's Magical Express motorcoach.

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

8. Free Transportation Around the Resort No matter which resort hotel you stay at, you gain complimentary access to Disney World's bus system, which can take you to any of the theme parks or water parks, plus Disney Springs. Certain resorts also include other methods of transportation, like monorails and boats.

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

9. Free MagicBands Everyone staying in an onsite resort hotel receives a complimentary MagicBand (in the color of their choice). This little wrist gadget certainly lives up to its name: It acts as your park ticket, your room key, your in-park payment method, your PhotoPass connection, your FastPass access, and more.

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

10. Earlier Access to FastPasses Guests visiting Disney World who aren't staying on-property get to start making FastPass+ reservations 30 days in advance. If you decide to stay on-property however, your window of opportunity extends to 60 days in advance.That's a bighead start if you're trying to snag FastPasses on some of the more popul

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Be Our Guest! Why Staying at a Disney World Resort Hotel is Fabulous!

There are more than two dozen Disney-owned resort hotels on Walt Disney World property. One of them is calling your name, and by staying there, you'll have access to benefits that other WDW guests can only dream about. Why don't we list a few of them for you? In fact, to make things easy, here are the top 10 reasons to stay in a Disney Re

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

1. We can’t wait to walk around the new land and savor every moment! Just the thought of a land totally devoted to the Toy Storyfilm franchise raises the pulse of diehard Toy Story fans (I’m nearly feverish as I type this!) And once we’ve eaten at Woody’s Lunch Box, ridden the two new rides and whooped everyone in our family at Toy Story

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

2. We can’t wait to take in Andy’s footprint (or will it take us in??) Among all the magic that we will no doubt see and feel at the new Toy Story Land is Andy’s footprint. It makes sense—we will be puttering around in his backyard. But recent intelligence from the insiders tells us that Andy’s footprint might just take our breath away! I

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