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Our ultimate guide to Christmas 2021 at Disneyland & Disney California Adventure offers tips & tricks for visiting during the holiday season, which is now underway and runs through January 9, 2022. This provides info about ride overlays, entertainment, fireworks, parades, decorations, and more. (Updated November 16, 2021.) For the most part, Disneyland’s first holiday
Our Christmas 2021 Guide to Walt Disney World offers tips for Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and hotels. It covers entertainment, crowds, food, free tours, things to do, and everything WDW does for the holiday season. (Updated November 14, 2021.) Christmas-time is now underway at Walt Disney World, and will run until early
Our 1-day Magic Kingdom touring plan offers a step by step itinerary for an ideal visit to Walt Disney World, with strategy to minimize time in line, maximize efficiency, and avoid crowds. We’d ride these attractions, eat at these restaurants & snack stands, and more. (Updated November 7, 2021.) This one-day Magic Kingdom itinerary has
Whether to stay in an on-site or off-site hotel is a big, important decision when planning your Walt Disney World vacation. This weighs the pros & cons, with an unbiased look at third party accommodations, Universal v. Disney resorts, and other options near the parks around Orlando, Florida. (Updated November 7, 2021.) We stress the
Our 1-day Animal Kingdom itinerary details step-by-step strategy for minimizing wait times & avoiding crowds at the theme park’s most popular rides & shows, including Avatar Flight of Passage, Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, and more. This Walt Disney World touring plan covers attractions, restaurants, zoo exhibits, and more. (Updated November 7, 2021.) This single day
Our guide to discount Disneyland & Disney California Adventure tickets offers money-saving tips & tricks for safe sellers of park admission and where not to buy to avoid scams. We cover a hack for upgrading to Magic Key passes, potential price increases, buying at grocery stores or from AAA, and pros & cons of Park
Our “Self-Guided Yuletide Tour of Walt Disney World Resorts” offers a Christmas itinerary for experiencing holiday highlights without using a park ticket. That’s right, this is a free way to enjoy Christmas at Walt Disney World! (Updated November 3, 2021.) This post is a step-by-step tour you can do on your own that will take
If you’re visiting Walt Disney World or Disneyland during the winter months of November through February, what to pack will include clothes for cold weather. This post offers tips to prepare for unseasonably chilly temperatures in Florida. (Updated October 27, 2021.) Orlando’s first winter weather of the season is here–just in time for Halloween. A
Our Epcot itinerary details strategy for a perfect day in Walt Disney World’s second theme park. It offers a step-by-step touring plan to minimize time waiting in lines for rides, avoiding crowds, seeing shows, dining at the best restaurants, and enjoying World Showcase’s atmosphere. (Updated October 18, 2021.) This Epcot itinerary has been overhauled following
This Magic Kingdom ride guide reviews the best & worst attractions with numerical scores, plus info & tips for everything in Walt Disney World’s most popular park. If you’re planning a WDW vacation, you need to know which rides and shows are not to be missed, and what you can skip. (Updated October 17, 2021.)
These Walt Disney World crowd calendars for 2021-2022 help to choose the best times to visit and avoid the worst, skipping long lines and high wait times. We cover seasonal events, weather, park hours, Orlando travel trends, and other factors that impact when to visit Florida’s theme parks. (Updated October 11, 2021.) There really is
