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3 Ways to Dine at Walt Disney World – Here’s What You Need to Know

4. Character dining doesn’t always happen for all meal times There are some restaurants that offer character dining for one mealtime and then regular full service for another meal time, such as Ohana and Cape May Café. If you want to dine with characters, make sure the time you’re reserving coincides with the character-dining schedule. If

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3 Ways to Dine at Walt Disney World – Here’s What You Need to Know

5. Dining packages for shows are for full service restaurants Some of the shows at Walt Disney World offer dining packages, which means you get to dine at one of the restaurants in the park and then have reserved seating for the show. Normally, you can only pick from the full service restaurants if you choose to buy this package, but some

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3 Ways to Dine at Walt Disney World – Here’s What You Need to Know

6. You should make a reservation for full service and character dining Some of the full service restaurants and character dining locations at Walt Disney World are extremely popular and, therefore, tend to be booked up months in advance. If there is a particular place you want to dine during your trip, it’s recommended that you make a res

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3 Ways to Dine at Walt Disney World – Here’s What You Need to Know

7. You have three options As I mentioned earlier, there are three different ways to dine at Walt Disney World: quick or counter service, full or table service and character dining. Every park has at least one character dining location and a good bit of quick and full service restaurants so you have plenty to choose from depending on what

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3 Ways to Dine at Walt Disney World – Here’s What You Need to Know

Walt Disney World is unlike other theme parks in a lot of aspects, but especially in the dining department. When you think of theme park food, your mind probably goes straight to pizza, burgers and chicken fingers. While Disney does offer these in every park at one dining location, at least, they also offer a multitude of other food optio

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How to Plan Your Walt Disney World Trip in 10 Fool-Proof Steps

1. Packing After you decide what to pack in your luggage, put half of it back.  Don’t over pack!  You’ll need room for all those souvenirs you’re going to buy!  *Bonus tip: Relax and have fun on your magical Disney vacation!  

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How to Plan Your Walt Disney World Trip in 10 Fool-Proof Steps

2. Plan your park days (and some rest) Whether you are an uber planner or not, you should have at least a rough idea of your park days.  Obviously, this should coincide with your ADRs you planned earlier.  Check park hours/refurbishments/parades and fireworks times/special events.  Don’t be caught unaware!  *Bonus tip: Plan some rest time

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How to Plan Your Walt Disney World Trip in 10 Fool-Proof Steps

3. Photopass or Memory Maker It’s important to document any vacation with lots of pictures.  Unfortunately, someone has to actually take the pictures, usually mom or dad.  Disney offers their Photopass service, where they’ll take your pictures for you, including several onboard ride photos!  You have two options.  One, let Disney’s Photop

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How to Plan Your Walt Disney World Trip in 10 Fool-Proof Steps

4. Book Magical Express Have you considered how you will get from the airport to your hotel?  If you’re staying with Disney, the cheapest option is Magical Express bus service.  It’s free-can’t beat that!  Like any other airport, you can also rent a car, hire a taxi, Uber, etc.  The Orlando airport is about 30 miles from Disney. 

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How to Plan Your Walt Disney World Trip in 10 Fool-Proof Steps

5. Reserve Fastpass+ at 60 (or 30 days) At some point prior to 60 days out, go to mydisneyexperience.com (or get the app for your device) and put in your reservation and ticket numbers.  All your plans should pop up, including any dining reservations you have.  At 60 days out (if you’re staying onsite) or 30 days otherwise, make your Fast

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