When your Walt Disney World trip planning starts, one of your first decisions may be to choose between staying at one of the Disney World On Site Resort Hotels or an off site hotel. We'll take a look at the pros and cons to both the on-site and off-site options, some things to think about to help you make your decision, as well as our personal opinion and experiences. … [Continue reading...]
After staying on site at Walt Disney World for our first twenty trips, we decided to take a chance and see what it is like to stay at an off site, non-Disney owned resort for our 21st trip to The World. We did some research starting with Mousesavers.com to look into the resorts they recommended and where they were located in the Disney area. Staying at the end of August made for some pretty good deals, since southern schools were already back in session, thus “tourist” season was over. We decided on a one bedroom suite at Buena Vista Suites on World Center Drive, about a mile outside of Disney property. Two queen beds, a double pull out couch and a free breakfast for only $99 a night seemed too good to be true. Was it? … [Continue reading...]
Wow. 2014 came and went with a total of one post (not including this last minute one) to our blog. Ugh. We "only" made three visits to the Walt Disney World area in 2014, but we logged 21 days with many new experiences, including our first venture staying at an off site resort, and our first Disney Cruise. We have lots of fun information to share. With all that has been going on in Walt Disney World, from the full roll-out of FastPASS+ and the completion of New Fantasyland, to the … [Continue reading...]
The Disney World Free Dining offer has just been released for Disney Visa card holders. This free dining promotion is expected to be released to the general public on May 7, 2014. For 2014, the Disney World Free Dining Plan is being offered for stays 8/31/14 – 10/3/14, 10/26/14 – 11/1/14, 11/9/14 – 11/20/14 and 12/12/14 – 12/23/14. The offer excludes the Villas at Grand Floridian, Little Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation Resort, All-Star Movies, Port Orleans French Quarter and … [Continue reading...]
Have you ever worried about purchasing a ticket to Disney event such as Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party or Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and having your plans ruined due to rain or other unforeseen circumstances? We experienced a torrential downpour for a Halloween Party in October 2012 and thought it would be helpful for our readers to hear about our experience and what Disney may be able to do for you. Hopefully it will make you a bit less hesitant to spend the extra bucks for one … [Continue reading...]
In case you are unaware, FastPass+ is Walt Disney World's new, free, high tech ride reservation system offering shorter waits for a limited number of pre-selected attractions at pre-selected times. It basically does the same thing for you as the "legacy" FastPass system, except that you can now use the MyDisneyExperience web site and Mobile Apps to schedule your ride times up to 60 days in advance and you can make as many changes as you want, right up to the moment that your selected time slot … [Continue reading...]
What Are MagicBands? Technically, MagicBands are simply an RFID device worn on your wrist. The code on the MagicBand is Disney's key to all the information you have provided to them on the MyDisneyExperience web site and basically links all your Disney World privileges to a single wearable device. … [Continue reading...]
2013 marked our second year in a row visiting Walt Disney World specifically to catch Star Wars Weekends. We make several trips a year, and I think the annual Star Wars Weekends event will continue to be high on the list of must dos for the foreseeable future. The yearly schedule for this event seems to be the last two weekends of May and first two weekends of June. In 2012 we visited for the third weekend, and for 2013 we visited for weekend four. In recent years, weekend one has overlapped … [Continue reading...]
With it being Fourth of July, and being the Disney fan that I am, I figured I would post some photos of Flags and Fireworks from around the Disney World Parks. 'Nuff said. Enjoy! … [Continue reading...]
What is it? Disney’s Magical Express (ME) is a service offered by Walt Disney World to provide free airport transfers and luggage service between Orlando International Airport and select Walt Disney Resort Hotels. This service can be booked at the same time you make your Disney Resort reservation. If you don't know your airline info at this time, it can be added anytime up to ten days prior to your arrival. It is recommended that you book the service a minimum of six weeks prior to your … [Continue reading...]
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