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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

3. Wait Patiently No one enjoys waiting in lines, but this is inevitable at Disney World. While this is a no-brainer for most, please know that line-cutting is unacceptable. You and your siblings are also not allowed to catch up to your parents who got in a ride line before you. As far as other lines go, be mindful of where they actually

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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

5. Dress Appropriately When packing your ensembles, keep in mind that this is family-friendly park. (This means, leave the short-shorts and clubbing outfits at home kids!) Basically, don’t pack anything you couldn’t wear around your grandparents or in-laws. While people will wear clever t-shirts into EPCOT for bachelorette parties and The

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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

7. Don’t Squeeze In On that note, if you show up late to a parade, don’t push yourself into a spot that isn’t really there. Nothing will award you more glares than if you try to shove 3 people into an inch of space. Avoid the temptation. Most people will allow your small children to stand in front of them, but your 6-foot teenagers? Not s

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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

8. Saving Spots Everyone saves parade/show spots for their friends/family, I get it. However, please try to do so within reason. Don’t be that guy that blocks off all of Main Street with strollers and blankets for your 20-person party. Just don’t. Instead, if you have a larger group, try to have a couple of “savers” grab 2-4 spots through

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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

9. Be Prompt Please be on time for all FastPass+ and advance dining reservations. Regarding Fastpasses, these are electronically stored within your magic band, so you won’t be able to arrive late and successfully scan your band to enter the line. Regarding ADRs, many WDW restaurants book up months in advance, so being tardy will make thin

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Essential Etiquette Advice for Walt Disney World Rookies

There is nothing more fun (or agonizingly slow) than anticipating the magic of a Disney vacation. In a perfect world, we would all be able to run through the Magic Kingdom and experience every attraction via a Full House-inspired montage. Sadly, this is not reality. Walt Disney World is crowded. Mapping out your itinerary for the week can

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9 Things You May Not Expect When Visiting Magic Kingdom

1. Early Spot-Staking Those who have never been to a Disney park may not be prepared for the people who begin seeking out spots for watching parades and fireworks a full two hours before the show is scheduled to begin. While we don't recommend joining them and staking your claim this early, we do recommend knowing the less-crowded spots w

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9 Things You May Not Expect When Visiting Magic Kingdom

2. Plenty of Short Waits We’ve all heard about the insanely long waits for Space Mountain. What you don’t usually hear people talk about are the numerous short waits found in Magic Kingdom. Short waits can be found on any moderately crowded day, and some are even fairly short on high crowd days. Here are the attractions with consistently

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