Whose Taken a Behind The Scenes Tour?

[ILUVDXL]

Which one? How did you like it? Was it worth the money? We'll be there in October.

 

[mmorizio]

I took two of them. One was about 8 years ago, and I took it with my son. It was called the "Backstage tour", and we traveled by bus to a number of areas, and ended up in the utilidoors. bout five hours. lots of info, lots of fun. I'm not sure if this tour is still available.

In 2002 my daughter and I took the "Keys to the Kingdom Tour". This was a walking tour of the MK, including the utilidoors and several backstage areas. Even more info than the first tour, well worth the time, but I wouldn't recommend taking it in August as we did (you will melt). October should be fine.

 

[teedee]

We did the Keys to the Kingdom tour a few years ago and loved it. It was so interesting we learned a LOT of things about Disney. When we went it included the utilidoors, but I've heard it no longer does. Don't know if that is true or not. As for being worth the money, we got it for free when we joined the Magic Kingdom Club, I miss that club

Terri

 

[wfloyd]

We have taken the one that goes backstage at Animal Kingdom and the Keys to the Kingdom tour. We throughly enjoyed both of them and learned a lot. Afterwards we hoped they were longer because of all the information we were getting. The tour guides really enjoy what they are doing and are willing to answer any of the questions you might have.

We are looking forward to doing more in the future as well.

 

[horner5]

My husband and I took the Backstage Magic Tour this past December and really enjoyed it. It was expensive ($199 per person before our AP discount), but I'm glad we did it. It was an 8 hour day and very informative-we had a great lunch at Mama Melrose's in MGM midday. You have to be 16 and over to take this tour. At one point it felt weird, almost as if I might lose the "magic" after seeing some of the backstage elements; however, once the tour was over, we went to Magic Kingdom as regular patrons and the magic was "magically" restored! Now I can look back and say that learning all of the new things actually enhances our Disney experiences.

 

[Danauk]

My friends took the backstage magic tour when we last went to WDW (we didn't go with them as we had gone to Discovery Cove that day.) They enjoyed it so much we are doing this tour on our next trip and they are going to do the tour again with us. They really enjoyed looking in all the back stage areas and seeing Star Wars as the ride was in motion.

 

[catsrule]

did the keys to the kingdom tour. yes, it was worth it to do once, but i wouldn't spend that kind of money to do it again.

 

[experiment626mom]

We did Behind the Seeds in the Land. It was fantastic!! We are avid gardeners and found all the different ways they were growing plants and the different types of plants was fascinating.

Do they even still do this tour??

 

[beccasmom]

We took the Keys to the Kingdom tour in 1998 while we were in WDW as part of our Disney cruise. I think we received two vouchers for free tours as part of the DVC (not sure about the origin, but I know we did not pay!). It was fun. It started at 9:00 and ended at 1:30. There was a break for lunch on our own at the Columbia Harbour House. We went underneath the Kingdom through a door in one of the shops. We also went behind the scenes where they "hid" the parade floats. Very interesting and our group was rather small - about 8 - so we had lots of opportunities to ask questions.

 

[paladin]

I did Keys to the Kingdom and the Steam trains. enjoyed both and would do them again.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We also did the Keys to the Kingdom tour and the Magic Behind our Steam Train Tour. Liked them both very much.

Bobbi

 

[disneytraveler]

In 1998 i took the animation tour at mgm which sadly has been discontinued.
It was great . Now i am going to Disney again and will take the Keys to the kingdome tour.
steve

 

[twojo21]

me & my fiance did the dolphins in depth tour at epcot, which was $110 with a coupon each. it was an amazing experience. you were educated on marine dolphins, took a tour of the living seas, & then suited up in wet suits to get in the water with 2 dolphins & trainers, you assisted in tricks & we got a great picture of us & rainer, the dolphin. we also got tshirts & a info packet. we also did the backstage safari at animal kingdom which was very informative & neat to see the animals so close, we have never seen an elephant or giraffe like this. you view the veterinary and nighttime animal facilities as well and we got a ak book, pin and snacks. we plan on doing both again someday, as we really enjoyed it.

i also did the backstage magic tour of wdw which was mk, mgm & epcot with my mom years ago of the tunnel systems, which included ride riding, special guests & lunch, it was like 7-8hours.

the wdw tours are really enjoyable in our experience, i would definetly recommend them. 407-wdw-tour.

 

[cranbiz]

We did the KTTK tour in December. It was just great! As of then , you still went into the utilidors. We went in from behind the Emporium and exited near the Expo center.

We learned sooo much that I found it enhances our visits now.

It is amazing how close POTC and Splash are in reality.

 

[Paulie&andie]

Did it last time we were there and it was great!

 

[MiJo]

The KTTK Tour in the MK and the Segway Tour in EPCOT. Both were very enjoyable for different reasons and both were worth the cost. We learned a lot more during the KTTK Tour but the Segway Tour was great because the Human Transporter is such an amazing device. If I had to do one again it would be the Segway Tour, especially if they revise it so the training period is shorter for those who have already done it. Both are great though and the pins are nice.

 

[BrerRabbit_fan]

We did the keys to the kingdom and loved it. I recommend any of the tours if you have the time.