Magic Kingdom Archive
Early Entry at Magic Kingdom is a perk for on-site resort hotel guests at Walt Disney World, offering a 30-minute head start on the official park opening crowds. This photo report shares our step-by-step strategy for starting at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and continuing from Fantasyland to Adventureland and Frontierland for regular rope drop. The
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is now underway for 2023 in Magic Kingdom! This Walt Disney World event recap shares photos of the new parade additions, characters, Hocus Pocus stage show, fireworks, and more. I’ll also share thoughts on MNSSHP, review the good, bad & ugly of the experience, and more. If you’re looking for step-by-step
Extended Evening Theme Park Hours will go on hiatus at Magic Kingdom starting in September 2023. This post shares dates & details, and explains the ‘why’ behind this decision, as well as strategy for taking advantage of the on-site perk for Walt Disney World guests staying at a Deluxe Resorts, DVC Villas, and select other
Staying in the Cinderella Castle Suite at Magic Kingdom is a bucket list dream for a lot of Walt Disney World fans, and now, it’ll be possible for the first time in forever thanks to Give Kids the World! This covers details of the giveaway and fundraiser, what’s included in this exclusive vacation package, the
The biggest and one of the best meet & greets in all of Walt Disney World is the Seven Dwarfs–Doc, Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful & Sneezy–all meeting together in Magic Kingdom. This post covers how to do approach this rare character collection and do so while wasting the least time waiting in line. That
Visiting Walt Disney World and wondering where your kids can find Mirabel and all things Encanto? This guide covers character locations in Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and other parks, breaking the golden rule that we’re not supposed to talk about Bruno. (Updated August 15, 2023.) This is the second time we’ve done one of these movie-specific
Magic Kingdom just had its third slowest day of 2023! I was in the park all doing rides, testing new Early Entry and rope drop strategy, and checking out crowd patterns. This Walt Disney World park report covers what it was like and why, how this compares to other days–including the same date last year–and
There are over one dozen different PhotoPass Magic Shots in Magic Kingdom at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and regular hours for all Walt Disney World guests. In this post, we share our results (good, bad & ugly), locations for the photos, tips & tricks for avoiding lines, and other commentary. (Updated August 12,
There’s one Walt Disney World restaurant at which we’ve dined repeatedly over the years, and yet, somehow still have not reviewed…until now. Historically, it’s been the worst dining option at Magic Kingdom, making the ‘most mediocre meal’ moniker hyperbole. (I can’t pass up a good alliteration–even if adding a superlative to mediocre makes little semantic sense.) This
Walt Disney World has announced new entertainment the 2023 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. This post shares the details about the musical acts and characters, where you can catch it all, and other assorted commentary. For those of you who are not familiar with Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party (MNSSHP), the hard ticket
Magic Kingdom opens at 8 am on days when the park closes early for special events. We set out to determine what we could accomplish during 7:30 am Early Entry and share the step-by-step results, photos from our morning, and a Party Season plan of attack. (Updated July 28, 2023.) There are a number of
