What to Bring to Disney World
June 29, 2011 by disney
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Check the weather forecast for the dates you’re visiting Orlando and pack appropriate attire – a poncho or an umbrella, or on the other hand, a misting fan and sunscreen, will come in handy for various weather.
Make sure to pack as many necessities now, rather than shopping for them at Disney World later. Why? You’ll spend more money on simple items like diapers in the Disney area than you will at home. Same goes for Mickey Mouse merchandise and autograph books. Don’t let you or a loved one fall victim to Disney World inflation!
Other great items to have on hand are Disney area restaurant menus, park maps and guides, a camera (with batteries), good walking shoes, and a light tote bag.
Tips For a Fun Disneyland or Walt Disney World Vacation
June 17, 2011 by disney
Filed under Disney World, Disneyland Tips, Featured, WDW
Disneylandand and Walt Disney World are often a dream vacation for many kids and for parents alike. Make your trip fun and easy by following a few simple suggestions in this Guide.
Before you go on your Disneyland or Walt Disney World vacation, check out the software called Ridemax. You simply plug in which rides you would like to go on and it prints out a schedule for you with the order and time you should go on the ride. It takes into account when lines are the smallest, so you really maximize your time. Ridemax does not take the spontaneity out of the trip, it just makes it more manageable.
Make sure you stay at a hotel that is across the street, or closer. Parking in the Disney parking lot is $59 per day (the same price as kids admission), so you don’t want to have to pay that much or be a slave to a shuttle. It is best stay within walking distance. Once you make it to the parking lot, you can hop on a tram to the front gates. The parking lot is huge, so it’s a long walk in itself.
Save you legs for walking around Disneyland itself. Bring snacks and water bottles in a backpack with you to the park to avoid the astronomical prices of food. Things like granola bars, fruit leather, crackers, nuts, peanut butter sandwiches and such work well. Don’t bring anything that can melt. If you fly to LA, you can pack a suitcase with just food or if you drive you can stop at a store outside of Anaheim or bring food from home.
Nearly everyone at Disneyland is wearing some type of character clothes. Buy one for each day locally before you come to California. Kmart is a great place to buy Mickey and Pooh t-shirts for girls or boys, at the bargain price of under $10 each. Most little girls wear their princess dresses all day around the park. Disney Princess dresses at the park run anywhere from $60-$100 each, so make sure you buy them one for each day before your vacation. You should expect to pay $20-$40 for a good quality dress. You will see many boys with their pirate clothes and pirate hats on. You can buy these in advance as well.
If you have little girls, the highlight of your vacation will be dinner with the Disney Princesses. The food is actually reasonable and the atmosphere is wonderful. Make sure your child wears her princess dress to the dinner. During the dinner, princesses like Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White, and others will come to your table, talk individually with your child, and even sit with you for a while. As they leave they can take a picture with Ariel (she can’t walk around during the dinner because she has fins and not legs).
If you have little boys, make sure you visit Tarzan’s Tree house and let them climb trees to their hearts content. Little boys who are in to pirates, will also like the ride Pirates of the Caribbean. Make sure they wear their pirate costume and pirate hat on the ride for extra excitement.
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Money Saving Tips To A Magical Disneyland or Walt Disney World Trip
June 9, 2011 by disney
Filed under Disneyland Tips, Featured
Is it not everybody’s dream to go to Disneyland or Walt Disney World and pose with Mickey?
As they, Christmas is really for the kids, and those who are kids at heart. (Guilty of that!) And one of the top hotspots at this time of the year for the young at heart is the infamous Disneyland or Walt Disney World.
Childhood escapade
My mom took me there when I was 8 years old. Old enough to remember the trip but still young enough to be obedient to not let go of her hand so I won’t be lost in the crowd. Went there after Thanksgiving. Disneyland was like a real-life child’s dreamland. Back then,I felt it was larger than life, like a big and wide playground with all the castles and rides and that the cartoon characters were my playmates.
Tipoffs
Not only are airfares costly these days, more so if you’re thinking of going to Disneyland outside U.S. Airfares don’t come in a few bucks especially if you have a couple of kids to take with you. Also, you have to allot for souvenirs, food and and as well as hotel accommodations. Here are money saving tips to make your trip to the big D hassle-free and budget-friendly.
1. Take advantage of their vacation packages
Disneyland’s vacation packages offer a great ease to the stress of how can you actually go to Disneyland. All you need is fill out their online booking form.
2. Plan ahead
Now, operative word here is ahead. A month is a safe time frame. This gives you time to make the necessary arrangements, like for you to file a leave at work or at school for your kids, or to let your relatives know of your vacation. This gives time to also make adjustments for your monthly payments such as mortgage, electricity, and home bills and
your credit card bills. Ultimately, this will give you time to save money for the most-awaited trip.
3. Call your travel agent, early
This makes sense if you’re unsure of how to navigate Disneyland’s online booking site. Again, a month’s time is the safest.
4. Go with the rush
They have lower rates during peak seasons. I know reverse psychology tells us to go off-season. But in this case, the Disneyland amusement parks and the partner hotels do offer more affordable rates, more so for families and big groups during peak season. Just take note of the one month’s notice.
Money well spent
After all the fuss, every dollar that you’ll be spending will be worth it. Your kids will not be the only ones who’ll be having the time of their lives but you’ll enjoy the most as well. You’ll wear the mickey hats and scream at the rides. Most of all, with these money saving tips, you’ll not worry of an empty wallet after going to the place dubbed as the happiest place on earth.
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Prepare For Your Walt Disney World Visit
June 5, 2011 by disney
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As we draw closer to the schools summer holidays, Orlando will inevitably be a dream holiday destination for many. You wouldn’t be able to comprehend the number of visitors I have spoke to that have visited WDW during the high season, whether that be summer, Easter or Christmas and really weren’t prepared for the crowds. This usually leads to those folks having a disappointing trip. Here’s some advice.
Back in the day, you had quiet times at Walt Disney World. You could guarantee that if you turned up in March the parks would be quiet. To a lesser extent this is still true, and I would still recommend avoiding all school and public holidays if at all possible. What Disney World and the other theme parks in the area now regularly doing is holding special events at the parks to draw in the visitors even during quieter times. For example Star Wars Weekends and Super Soap Weekends are huge crowd pullers. So, I’d say prepare for Disney World to be busy. If they’re not then great, but if they are you’ll already have the upper hand.
So what planning trips should you take on board?
The Disney World maps are freely downloadable online with information about each attraction. So find out what attractions your party want to ride before you go and visit these rides as a priority, fitting in the other attractions when you can.
I still find it unbelievable that people visit the Disney parks and don’t make full use of Fastpass, Disney’s virtual queuing system that gives you a time to return to the attraction and ride with a minimum wait. Make sure you use this. If you’re unfortunate enough to not be able to get a Fastpass some attraction do have single rider lines, so if you are not bothered about who you sit with take advantage of this.
Above all, make sure you get to the park before the official scheduled opening time. Sometimes the parks open prior to this time so you can get a headstart on the other visitors. Beyond that, remember any plan isn’t set in stone, so be flexible and have fun.
Tips for Planning an Awesome Disneyland or Wal Disney World Vacation
May 27, 2011 by disney
Filed under Disney World, Disneyland Tips, Featured, WDW
Going on a vacation to Disneyland or Walt Disney World? Whether it’s a family vacation or a trip with friends, a visit to Disneyland or Walt Disney World is always cause for excitement. What better way to make sure your visit is perfect than with proper planning? Planning is a big part of having an awesome Disney vacation and you should never be too sure or too busy to make time for it. Here’s how: Timing is important. Plan your Disney vacation during a time when weather is comfortable and friendly. The summer may not be the best choice of all because it’s usually hot and humid. And then there are those unpredictable summer storms that appear out of nowhere. Spring is usually the loveliest time of the year to visit or maybe October to have an awesome Disney vacation.
If you want to avoid the crowd, late November and early December will usually have smaller-than-usual number of visitors. You’ll love the short lines and short waiting time to get to the rides and entertainment. But if summer is the only time you can go, don’t worry you can still have an awesome Disney vacation. There will be a lot of people, but Disney is quite efficient and effective in handling big crowds to make sure you will have an awesome Disney vacation.
Book ahead of time. It’s only logical to get your bookings way ahead. Call your travel agent or your favorite airline and get your reservations in place. That way you can schedule your flight at a time that is best for you and you will surely have an awesome Disney vacation. You should also get in touch with the hotel where you will be staying. If you’re going during peak seasons, you might have trouble finding a vacant room, so make sure you call ahead of time. Your airline and hotel might even throw in a good early bird discount.
Have a budget. Disneyland and Walt Disney World have dozens of wonderful places to go and visit and thousands of reasons to make you want to spend. A family of four will spend about $1,600 for a week of fun, including hotel room and entrance tickets if you buy during value season. If staying offsite seems less expensive, check out the hotels that are conveniently located. Figure in your expenses for meals, gas and a rental car. You have lots of options, so make sure to shop around to have an awesome Disney vacation.
Learn about Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Disneyland and Walt Sisney World have amazing places you can go to on a vacation: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and MGM Studios. All of these means there are a lot of things you can do in so many places… and a lot of money to spend on souvenirs and gifts. That is why it’s important that you learn about Disneyland, what it offers and what you want to do to have an awesome Disney vacation.
Find out about the most popular rides and entertainment and the times during the day when they are packed. You can avoid long queues by knowing which rides have more crowds and which rides don’t. To have an awesome Disney vacation, it’s also important that you learn what time the park opens (so you can go in early) and what time it closes. The water parks are quite popular and will have long queues by noontime. Animal Kingdom closes early so you might want to schedule your visit early during the day.
Take it easy. There are so many things to see and you can’t realistically enjoy them all in one day. A great thing to do is to go to the parks early, take the most popular rides and go back to take a rest in your hotel or resort at noon time when the sun is hottest. When you are well rested and refreshed, return to the parks in the late afternoons or early evening. Better yet, learn to use common Disney tools such as the transportation system and Fastpass strategically to ensure you will have an awesome Disney vacation.
Enjoy yourself. Learn to improvise. You’re there for an awesome Disney vacation and with so much happening at the same time; something just might not go as well as planned. If this happens, relax. Don’t let a small glitch ruin your Disney vacation. Have fun with your family and enjoy an awesome Disney vacation.
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