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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask
12.  Are the value resorts unbearable with all of the groups that stay there? The value resorts do have a reputation for being the place where all of the large groups visiting the parks will stay. I wouldn’t call it unbearable, and I’ve never had issues at the resorts themselves, however expect the buses be a little bit tighter and have l
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11.  Should I stay on property? In general I suggest staying on property since the benefits (Extra Magic Hours, Magical Express, merchandise shipments) resort guests are entitled to (in my opinion) outweigh the lower costs of staying off property. However if you, or someone you’re going with, own a vacation home in Orlando, or if you go
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10.  Is the dining plan worth it? It really depends on your individual eating habits! To determine how much you’d save with the dining plan, check out menus for restaurants you’d like to eat at online, and add up the cost of what your meals would come to by paying out of pocket. Add in additional numbers for snack credits, and compare thi
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9. Â When I rode x attraction, how did my picture go to my account without me scanning my Magic Band? The same way your Magic Band works when you use it to pay for purchases at a Disney shop, only instead of having to physically touch the band reader, the readers on attraction have a much longer range, thereby transferring your photos to y
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8. Â Are Magic Bands tracking me? Technically the RFID technology used in Magic Bands does have tracking abilities, but only when there are other RFID devices to pick up on them. Guests who think their every move is being tracked by Disney are mistaken. In theory, Disney can see that you rode Space Mountain when you scanned your band for a
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7.  How do they do…? There are a lot of behind the scenes cast members who make Disney run like clockwork. While we'll probably never know all the ins and outs of what makes Disney World work, we prefer to answer the question, “how do Disney cast members do this or that?” with the best Disney answer of all – It's Magic!.
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6. Â Really though, those cast members have to be super hot! Thanks to character integrity, I can assure you that the characters you see in Walt Disney World have nothing to do with hot cast members. Character integrity means that each character is real, and there is only one of them. Asking questions like this, which you might not think t
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5.  But aren’t the cast members playing the characters hot? There are no cast members who play characters at Walt Disney World. But the characters themselves seem to have adapted nicely to Florida’s weather and are doing just fine in the Sunshine State.  You'll also notice that characters take frequent breaks.  One can only imagine they'r
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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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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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