Because sometimes things just need to be said….
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party tickets run $189 to $229 a head this year, depending on the night, and that’s before tax. Kids 3 to 9 get a $10 break. Disney World sells 25 of these nights between November 8 and December 22, and as of this week one recap says every November night is …
Disney’s most expensive way to skip a line is about to cost $499 for one person on one day. That’s the reported new peak price for the Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Magic Kingdom, up $50 from today’s $449 peak, plus tax. The cheaper stuff is going up too. Starting with reservation dates on November …
There are thousands of Disney World tips out there, and I’ve read an unhealthy number of them. Only one has never let me down: get to the park early. Not 15 minutes early. At least 45 minutes before opening, and up to 90 on a packed day. Here’s why. Parking, the monorail or bus, and …
Disney sells a lot of things that cost too much. Photos, weirdly, aren’t one of them. I’ve said for a while that PhotoPass is by far the best deal in the whole Disney World catalog, so I went and tested my own claim. The product is now called Memory Maker, and as of the October …
I spent a whole post complaining that Disney World food is pricey and usually average. Now I’m going to tell you to spend more on a meal. Yes, I see the problem. Here’s the difference: at a character meal, you aren’t buying dinner. You’re buying your kid a few uninterrupted minutes with Mickey, and the …
A cheeseburger at Pecos Bill in Magic Kingdom costs $14.79. That’s the barbecue bacon jam one, and it’s the headliner at a counter-service window, not a steakhouse. A fountain drink to go with it is $4.99, after a 20-cent bump just two weeks ago. I’m not mad that Disney charges what the market will bear. …
I sat down expecting to be annoyed. A one-day Disney ticket runs well past $150, and a Royals seat can cost $30. Then I divided by hours, which is the step most people skip, and Disney came out looking like the bargain on the list. I did not enjoy that. Here is how I built …
I’m back with my annual sharing of my own Disney World planning tool. BIG change to this year’s data. As always, I’m using data from TouringPlans.com – a GREAT source for Disney planning, and they had an amazing year in 2013 and are even better now! And in 2013 a big change was the way …
I’m back with my 2013 version of the Disney World crowd calendar. Again this year I’ve done Saturday – Saturday crowd levels as well as Friday – Sunday crowd levels. A couple things to keep in mind: Data is subject to change, by that I mean it will change. Individual day estimates do get updated …
As you know by some past posts (my most popular posts in fact) I’m a big Disney Parks/Disney Vacations fan and part of the fun for me is planning. I just found a great resource over at WDWPrepSchool.com that I wanted to share. If you’re new at planning Disney vacations there are a lot of …