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    AK late arrival strategy?

    I would ILL FoP. Standy times for most of the rides drop by early-mid afternoon, other than Navi (and even then it's usually not terrible). I'd do ITTBAB on your way, in, then try to time of FoP, maybe suck it up and stand in line for Navi at that point, do FoTLK and then spend like 2/3-6 doing...
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    Rope Drop vs Park Close

    We typically do a mix during our trip but we LOVE park close. I wish it was later like it use to be though. My kids have always been able to push through and are so much more pleasant once the sun is down (we go in summer). I have the greatest video of my 7 year old dancing down Main Street at...
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    How Long Do Your Trips Last?

    We did our "one big family trip with all three kids" in 2022 and stayed 11 nights, I believe? It was supposed to be a week in 2021 but I just kept adding because Covid cancellations of everything were making me sad and I wanted a whopper of a vacation. AAaannnnddd then we went back in 2023 and...
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    7:30AM v. 8:30AM Early Entry

    If you're willing to get up at the crack of dawn, 7:30 arrival, especially at MK, is quite lovely. We were able to knock out a lot in that first 60-90 minutes when we did it, when it's nice and cool and empty!
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    Why is Poly so expensive

    We staying at a one bedroom villa at BLT this summer, a regular old cash reservation through Disney, rack rate was something like $915/night and we got it with a discount I think $580? $585? a night. Is that expensive? Yes, it is very expensive. But for a family of 5 plenty of places would be...
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    Extended evening hours: EPCOT question

    We got popcorn over on the right coming from world showcase before you get to the connections area. Not sure if that stand sells any other food, they were definitely open for the whole EE time though.
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    Please critique my itinerary for 5 days at WDW, staying on property (Long - I love planning)

    In general, I think it looks like a solid plan (except for the fact that there aren't any Astro Blasters at WDW! :) ). My only thoughts would be- Animal Kingdom has some of the best food in our opinion, so I probably wouldn't go to Sanaa to eat (although Sanaa is very yummy, too). That's just...
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    In Praise of Quieter Restaurants —help me with the list!

    Sci-Fi for sure. That's the biggest reason we hit it every trip. My husband calls it the dark, quiet cool oasis in the cement desert of Hollywood Studios. Flame Tree has lovely quiet seating areas back by the water. Skipper Canteen was also quiet but we were in a side room, not the big main area.
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    A different way to do Disney… should I?

    Our issue tends to be this- we say "oh, we aren't going to totally exhaust ourselves, go nonstop etc" but....then we arrive and can't help ourselves. Case in point- it was SO hot last August. We arrived on a Tuesday, went hard for a few days. By the weekend my middle was all "can we do an easy...
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    Question about Park Hours (Animal Kingdom and Epcot)

    I would guess both nights will be moved to at least 7. Getting in line 5 minutes before park closing works great. We waited less than half the posted time AND got to see the actual line (we had always used ILL so never got to see all the cool stuff in the regular queue). We did this with a 7pm...
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    "Official" 2024 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

    If you will have two days in MK, I'd do one of each! The party days really are lovely, especially first thing in the morning.
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    How many park days?

    We would rather do more park days and add in some breaks each day, but different plans work better for different people. You can always add a day to your tickets when you're there if you decide you want another day based on how it's going. I think it's as long as you add the day before you've...
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    I must be crazy……AUGUST?!?!

    I am laughing because so are we....after going last August and swearing never again! We went in August 2022 for 10 days for our "big, last trip for a long time" trip and it was fine. Was it hot? Yes. But it was 100% manageable and I daresay one day in Epcot it was even cool. The rain didn't...
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    Remember when Skyliner was announced....

    It's true, I wasn't sure I'd ever try it but it's by far our favorite mode of transportation now. Even during a heat wave in August, it's completely fine in there!
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    How bad will crowds be the week of 4/6?

    I think there's a decent chance this coming week will be decent (busy, but not like last week). The week after (April 14th) is April Vacation in NE so there will likely be an uptick at that point.
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    AOA Skyliner- is it a nightmare?

    We stayed at AoA in August of 2023, we did not rope drop HS but did Epcot and there was like a 2 minute line (we did not get in line when the skyliner first started running but it wasn't too long afterwards, I just looked back at the pictures and and early entry was 8:30, we were outside of the...
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    Summer WDW Offers

    They had two deals for the rest of summer (free dining and a resort discount) already (January-early February) and then they disappeared (free dining had an expiration that was public, the resort discount did not, just wasn't there one day). My theory is that Tiana's Bayou Adventure is opening...
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    How to successfully get kid’s finger to scan?

    My little guy has tiny fingers and we had way more success with his thumb. At 6 he was about 50/50 getting but then last year at 7 he was really good at it after the first day or so, he learned how to put it flat on there and not move. His thumb was just a bit bigger so it worked.
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    Advice/Things to Know for an Art of Animation Stay?

    We LOVE AoA. Love it. We told the kids last week that we're going back to Disney this summer and when we told them we're staying at Bay Lake Tower, two of them were so disappointed we aren't going back to AoA (one of them actually cried) and honestly it was a HARD choice- we only went with BLT...




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