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These tips will help you save time using Walt Disney World’s transportation systems with shortcuts, fastest routes, and info about the buses, boats, monorails, and gondolas. WDW’s transit network is complicated, but this guide makes it easy. We’ll also offer the latest as of Fall 2023 as a long-missing watercraft will finally return! (Updated September
This guide to Typhoon Lagoon helps you plan a visit to Walt Disney World’s best water park. It features time-saving strategy for popular slides & raft rides, where & what to eat, and how to make the most of your day here. Our review also helps you decide if it’s worth your limited vacation time
We’ve all been there: that first trip to Walt Disney World and the inevitable “learning experience” that comes with discovering we’ve made a mistake. If you haven’t been there, it’s not because you’re perfect…it’s that you have been there and you just don’t recognize it. (Updated September 24, 2023.) That, or because you literally haven’t
Our guide to September 2024 at Walt Disney World offers a free crowd calendar, when to visit, weather to avoid, new attraction openings & closures, plus Halloween & fall events. We also cover info & tips for what’s happening at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. Relative to summer, September is a good
Summer humidity and heat can ruin a trip to Walt Disney World if you’re not prepared. In this post, we cover tips for packing, ways to deal with hot weather, and having a comfortable experience even when the “feels like” temperature is over 100 degrees. (Updated August 7, 2023.) It’s the unofficial start of Halloween
Are you honeymooning at Walt Disney World? That’s where we honeymooned, and it was a great time with delicious dining, luxurious hotel stays, late night adult entertainment, and more. This guide covers how to have an incredible “Disneymoon” with tips & tricks from our experience over a decade ago that still hold true today! (Updated
Walt Disney World versus Disneyland is a fierce fan debate, with each side swearing their home parks are superior. For those wondering whether to take a vacation to the California or Florida parks, the actual answer which is better is: it depends. This digs deeper, weighing weather, rides & entertainment, crowds, costs, convenience, and more
This post covers the best-value snack credit uses on the 2024 Disney Dining Plan. These include delicious Walt Disney World desserts, cupcakes, EPCOT festival snacks, Dole Whips, Starbucks specialty drinks, and more. Maximizing the ‘bang for your buck’ out of each snack credit is important for a couple of reasons, which we’ll cover in this
Choosing the best room location and building at Caribbean Beach Resort is tricky, as it’s the only Walt Disney World hotel with two Skyliner gondola stations and non-stop access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. This post covers room recommendations based upon various priorities. (Updated June 8, 2023.) First, I’d be remiss if I didn’t start
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 May 23, 2023.)
It’s May once more, which means lovebug season has ‘officially’ returned to Walt Disney World. This post rants a bit about these insects, shares info & tips for avoiding love and other bugs during their peak months in Florida, and more. (Updated May 15, 2023.) Known as the month of merriment and renewal, May is