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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

4.  Aren’t the cast members hot? Yes, but in most cases not as hot as you think. While it might seem crazy to guests who are only dealing with Florida’s heat and humidity during their vacation, many cast members do actually get used to the Orlando weather. Their water bottles are usually replenished throughout the day, and they do their b

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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

3.  If I know a cast member can he/she get me into the parks for free? In theory, a cast member you know may be able to get you into the parks using a guest pass, however I would never ask for one. Cast members are only given so many opportunities to bring friends and family into the parks for free, so chances are if they haven’t offered

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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

2. Does Disney offer payment plans? Guests are able to make payments on reservations that include a vacation package– at least booking your resort and tickets through Disney. Since I have an annual pass, and therefore never have a package booked, I pay the deposit for my resort room when I go, and I make payments via adding money to

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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

1. Is a Disney vacation as expensive as it sounds? The short answer is yes, but the long answer is that it doesn’t have to be. There are so many ways to save money on a Disney vacation, and even little things like eating breakfast in your hotel room each morning of the trip can really add up to a great deal of savings. Check out special o

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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

Chances are if you’re researching a trip to Walt Disney World, there are just some questions that you haven’t seen addressed. Hopefully the following post covers some of those questions that you’re just itching to know the answer to, but are too afraid to ask!  

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Do You Know These 8 Secrets for Navigating the Magic Kingdom?

8.  Take the Train When the center of the park is just too full, we always can get where we want to go with the Walt Disney World Railroad.  On a hot day, there is nothing better than climbing aboard in Frontierland and having the train take you to the front of the park to be able to leave or over to Fantasyland so you can cool off at the

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Do You Know These 8 Secrets for Navigating the Magic Kingdom?

7.   Outer Spokes With the renovation and expansion of the Hub completed, Disney has made it easier to navigate the Hub.  Rather than get tangled up with guests waiting for fireworks and pictures, guests trying to leave the park or get to another area of the park can use the outer spokes of the Hub to get where they are going quicker!  Yo

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Do You Know These 8 Secrets for Navigating the Magic Kingdom?

6.  Tomorrowland Terrace During peak times it can be daunting to approach the Hub from Tomorrowland as guests take pictures in front of the castle or are busy staking a claim for one of the nighttime shows.  When it is like this, we veer left upon leaving Tomorrowland and cut through the Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant (it is a seasonal r

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Do You Know These 8 Secrets for Navigating the Magic Kingdom?

5.  Circus Path One of the most unknown paths and our favorite for its nighttime views, there is a path that connects Storybook Circus with Tomorrowland.  Guests can find the path next to the Barnstormer in Storybook Circus and it will take them to right next to the exit for Space Mountain.  This is a preferred method for our family to mo

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Do You Know These 8 Secrets for Navigating the Magic Kingdom?

4.  Go Left! It could be because guests are focused on the future or that 90% of humans are right-handed, but research has been done to suggest that guests tend to head to their right once they reach the Hub in the Magic Kingdom.  Wise guests can use this to their advantage by heading to their left when getting to the Hub and experiencing

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