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

8.  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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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

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

6.  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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15 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Walt Disney World But Were Afraid to Ask

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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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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