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10 Essential Steps to Planning Your Disney World Vacation

10. Set a budget The first step in planning your Disney vacation is to determine how much you are willing to spend. Is this a once in a lifetime, no expense spared luxury vacation? Is this a super-budget, we just want to eat Mickey ears ice cream and don’t care what else happens trip? One of the most appealing things about a Disney vacati

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10 Essential Steps to Planning Your Disney World Vacation

Planning a Disney World vacation can seem daunting at first, but it doesn’t have to be that difficult. Here are 10 easy steps to plan your dream Disney vacation: 

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

1. Disrespect for Cast Members Cast Members are on every corner at Disney World. They give directions, help with questions, solve FastPass+ issues, help reunite lost parents with their children, check safety restraints on rides, operate rides, offer free smiles, call little girls “princess,” wave good-bye at night with giant Mickey gloves

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

2. Alcoholic beverages You can buy alcohol at a billion places in the parks. Disney isn’t hosting a BYOB party. Buy it when you get there; don’t bring it in. You’ll never make it through bag check.

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

3. A ginormous cooler. Some people are surprised to learn that Disney allows Guests to bring food and drinks into the parks. You don’t have to—there are scores of places to eat and you won’t be disappointed. But if you like packing your lunch, go for it—I can’t imagine a more perfect place to have a picnic. But Disney does ask that you no

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

4. A sour attitude You won’t find this item on Disney’s official list of prohibited items, but it should be on there. For the most part, Guests at Disney are full of joy, excitement and anticipation. But occasionally, you can come across someone who hasn’t quite mastered the art of being courteous and respectful to others. And at Disney W

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

5. A foul mouth We’re not talking bad breath after you’ve eaten too much garlic. We’ve all had an experience or two around someone who’s having a bad day and has chosen to go public with their sour day. Maybe they fell off the wrong side of the bed (maybe they were pushed off). It could be they have a headache, a tummy ache, an earache or

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

6. Wagons Wagons are prohibited for the same reasons selfie sticks and folding chairs are prohibited. Wheelchairs, ECVs (electric conveyance vehicles) and strollers are permitted in all Disney parks, but wheels of any other kind are strictly prohibited. This includes skateboards, roller skates and the like. Guests cannot wear roller blade

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

7. Folding chairs This one is a no-brainer. Disney World is a fabulous, fantastical, magical place. It is also enormous. It is further the vacation destination of some 50 million people each year. Can you imagine the cacophony that would ensue if each Guest brought a folding chair into the parks? Guests are not permitted to bring folding

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10 Things You Will Not Be Allowed to Take into a Disney Park

8. Wrapped gifts If Disney allowed Guests to bring in wrapped gifts to any of its parks, why would they have such an expansive group of Cast Members and security officers at the front gates of each of its theme parks? It makes sense that if you must visually disclose the contents of your purse, bags and backpacks at security checkpoints,

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