[Travelandtourism] Day 3 in Walt Disney World Continues andMickey's Magic Christmas Party

Mon Dec 19 14:48:26 UTC 2011

Hi,
Okay, my little disclaimer, I have not been to Disney World yet. That being
said, doing my research and reading many comments on different Disney world
forums, you are better off with the early opening parks than you are with
the ones that stay open later. So, if you stay on property, and get the
extended hours, try to go to bed a little earlier the night before the park
has the earlier hours. The majority of people will stay out late at the park
that has the later hours. That means the next morning they will be sleeping
in later. I have heard that the parks that open early can be pretty dead and
you can go right on rides with no waits.

In general, this is what I have figured out. It is best to go when the park
opens, and go to the rides the furthest away. The majority of people start
with the first things they see. Go on the popular rides when there is
something going on, like a parade. The majority of people will be at the
parade so your wait is much less. If your doing a character breakfast or
something similar, get the latest, usually about 11:30 or so, it can be a
late breakfast and an early lunch. The places are less busy and you can
possibly get more interaction from the characters. Avoid the parks in the
afternoon. This is when they are the hottest and busiest. Do the same for
dinners, go at off peak times, like the 7:00 or so. You will be in the park
around the 5:00 time, when most people go eat, and you can eat dinner at a
less popular time. If you happen to be coming from a different time zone,
this is really no change, if you live in mountain time and eat at 5:00, that
would be 7:00 in FL.

But, it all depends on what you want out of your Disney World trip. People
going for 3 days are going to have a different mind set then those that stay
for 2 weeks.

Like I said, that is just some info I gathered while planning our trip, I
have not put any of it in to practice.

Michael

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Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Day 3 in Walt Disney World Continues
andMickey's Magic Christmas Party

Well Jewel, when you went to Disney you went during a very busy time of the
year, all the kids are out of school, including the college  students. So
the lines and crowds are longer, there are a couple of places to help people
with the lines and which parks to go on which day you are there, for those
that are partially sighted, and have a cell phone there is an application
for lines and parks which is on touringplans.com it is not free but it does
help.

The high season is anytime the college students and schools are out,
sometimes you have to wait an hour or 2 just to get on a ride.  We did that
in August 2009, not worth going during this time, you are wasting time and
money.  Your resorts are empty but the parks are crazy.

But if you are going during these times, go early in the morning, but I
would recommend staying at one of the WDW Resorts, and go back to the park
that has extra hours, when the other guests go home and enjoy the parks then
as well.  This you will see later that, when staying in the parks, you get a
lot of perks like the extra hours at the parks.

Also get Hopper Tickets, which allow you to go from park to park in the same
day, if you just get the day passes, and you go to the Magic Kingdom in the
morning but you have dinner in EPCOT at night, you cannot go because you
don't have hopper tickets. If you have little ones day passes are good.

Other perks for staying at one of the resorts - all your transportation to
and from all the parks, water parks, ESPN Wide World of Sports and Downtown
Disney.

If you are a golfer, Disney has some of the best Golf Courses and the
Professionals do play here, also during spring training the Atlanta Braves
have there spring training at the ESPN Wide World of Sports, and you can go
see them play, there is a fee, but not like paying at the major league
stadiums when regular season goes on.

There are also the Avon Disney Marathon and half Marathon which are in Feb.
So when you want to go, you really need to know what is going on in the
World.  Because there are a lot special events.

In the Spring Time is is the Plants and Flowers Show, from Magic Kingdom to
Epcot, lots of learning and exhibits and techniques you can learn.

Also, Disney is big on EASTER/PASSOVER/CHRISTMAS/THANKSGIVING/NEW YEARS,
ETC.  You DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE on those exact weeks and days, it is the
most expensive time to go and the most crowded time to go.

Halloween Good time to go, also end of October to just about Thanksgiving -
EPCOT has the food and wine exhibit going on. 

Also crowd calendar is on this site as well as touring plans.  These are
great help.

I am on the website right now and it is telling me the best parks to visit
today will be EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Magic Kingdom.  It also tells me
to avoid Animal Kingdom.

Also, when we went to the parks, we went early in the morning, sometimes we
ate breakfast after my daughter went on the roller coasters that she wanted
to go on, from there we took our times.

Also recommend, now this is for those that are staying at the Walt Disney
World Resorts, this is not available to those that are staying outside the
parks.

Take note of which day a park is opened late, which means at all the parks
accept for Animal Kingdom closes depending on the time of the year, between
6-7pm.  For those that are staying at a Walt Disney World Resort, you can
stay up to 11pm-Midnight at theme parks, a perk when staying at on of the
WDW Resorts.

Plan ahead when going, you can find out which parks are opened late.

Also, once you see the show and the rides you wanted to do, take your time
and stroll through the parks, there are other things to see and do other
than just the rides and shows, they have stores with different things in
them, listen to the music that is played around you, and when walking
through the parks, there are different smells from the restaurants and
bakeries that perfume the air.

So even though people like to go on a trip and play it by ear, go ahead and
do that, but if you know you want to do something extra special or go on a
certain time, and see a parade which I encourage even though some of us
cannot see it, you will enjoy yourself, we saw all the parades, and
fireworks, etc.  Do them early in the day, do them when the park is not as
crowded by knowing which park is going to be crowded and less crowded.

Oh FYI, Animal Kingdom closes early, they put the animals in around 5pm, to
eat there food and so that the vets can check on them, make sure that they
are okay, count them, etc.  So remember this.

All the senses come alive there.

I will be posting EPCOT adventures soon, been trying to get over this
bronchitis.

Take care.

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