First things first:
1- have you made your resort room reservation? You don't have to stay on Disney property!
2-have you made an My Disney Experience account? Free! And download the app to your smart phone!
3- you can buy your tickets before you arrive! And it is much better if you do!
4-have you reserved your dining reservations? Only table service restaurants need reservations 180 days out
5-have you made your FastPass+ selections? You can make these 60 days out if you are staying on Disney property, or 30 days out if not!
6- have you customized your Magic Bands? You get free magic bands if you stay on Disney Property! You can choose color and put your name on it in the My Disney Experience website or smart phone app
7 - Get Memory Maker in advance!
7 - Get Memory Maker in advance!
8-have you ordered the free Disney planning guide DVD? Order on Disney website! Updates every year!
9- have you ordered the free Disney World Maps? Order on the Disney website!
1 you can call Disney or book your resort room online!
Choose a package with tickets, dining plan, memory maker, or just a room!
If you choose a package with the tickets, then you only have to pay $200 the day you book it, and then you can pay the rest off at your own time!
If you only choose the room, then you have to pay the tax that day (around $250) and the rest is due the day you check in!
Dining plan has quick service option, quick service or deluxe option. You get two meal credits, 1 snack credit, and 1 refillable drink credit per person per day. The quick service package is around $60 per person per day. The unused credits do roll over until the last day of you stay.
See https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/vacation-packages/2014/dining/ for more explanation.
---You DON'T have to stay on Disney Property! There are cheaper resorts available, but they might be farther away! If you do stay on Disney Property, then you get free transportation to and from the airport and to the parks! You also get free Extra Magic Hours where only the disney resort hotel guests can be in the park! - Use these Extra magic hours to make out your itinerary for your stay!
2 My Disney Experience account -- YOU NEED ONE ASAP! This is where you can book your Fastpass+, reserve dining, look at maps; on the smartphone app you can see each attractions wait time and find where you are on the map! You can also see what rides and characters are 'near me'! It is free to create and it is super useful! Even has a FAQ and you can chat with a Disney employee so they can answer all of your questions!
3 Buy your tickets before you arrive to Orlando!! You can purchase them at the Disney website, buy them as a package with your room, or buy them from undercover tourist -- my favorite place to buy them! always cheaper. You will have to decide how many day passes you need, and if you want a park hopper! You can't go to more than 1 park per day unless you have a park hopper. Only Disney sells annual passes and special event tickets (Mickey's not so scary Halloween party, Mickey's very merry Christmas party, Harambe nights, etc)
You want to buy your tickets at least 60 days before your trip - prices go up every year so I buy mine as soon as I know I am going! They don't expire until you first use them at DW! Then they expire 14 days from first use - unless you buy the non-expiring tickets. You want to buy tickets before you arrive so you can link them to your My Disney Experience account and choose your FastPass+ attractions! If you wait until you arrive, all of the good FP+ selections will be taken!
4 You can get dining reservations 180 days out! If you are staying on Disney Property, you can book the whole week you are staying once the first day is 180 days out. Example, I am going in November so in May when my 180 days started, I booked the whole week (even thought the last day was 186 days out).
Not every restaurant takes reservations - only the sit-down table service. Each Character Dining must have a reservation (character dining is where you eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and Disney characters walk around to take pictures and sign autographs for you). Character dining is the most expensive, but children love it! Best- O'hanas with Lilo and Stitch, Cinderella's Royal Table with princesses, Chef Mickey's with Mickey and Minnie, Tusker House with Donald and Daisy.
You must have a credit card number to book your dining reservation - no charge unless you don't cancel before 24 hours out. If you don't cancel and you don't show up, then a $10 charge per person will be charged to the card.
5 Fastpass+ selections can be made 60 days out from your Disney Property hotel check in, or 30 days out if you aren't' staying on Disney Property! You may only choose 3 FP+ per day, but once you use all 3, you can go to a kiosk and select another attraction. Once that one is used, you can go back to a kiosk and select another... and so on! Last may I was able to use 8 FP+ in one day! You book FP+ through your My Disney Experience account. You must have linked your tickets to each person in order to book FP+ selections! You can book them as a group if you all want to do the same rides/shows, or you can book them separately! Once you choose your 3 attractions, you may go back and change the time of one or swap out one attraction for another! --- No penalties for missing a FP+ time! And you can arrive 5 min early!
Magic Kingdom - get Enchanted Tales with Belle (if you have young children), Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mt, Peter Pan's Flight, Buzz Lightyear or Seven Dwarfs Mine Train! - You can also choose a FP+ for a character meet and greet (anna and elsa -Frozen)
EPCOT- Soarin', Maelstrom, Nemo and friends, Figment, Test Track, Mission: Space, or character meet and greets!
Hollywood Studios - Tower of Terror, Rockin Roller Coaster, Toy Story Mania, Beauty and the Beast live show, Star Tours, -- Make your last FP+ at the end of the day be Fantasmic!
Animal Kingdom - Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro's Safari ride, Festival of the Lion King, Dinosaur, Kali River Rapids
6 If you are staying on Disney Property or if you have an Annual Pass, you get free MagicBands! You can customize these on My Disney Experience and they will ship around 1-2 months before your vacation! You choose the color and have your name on them! They will be your room key, park ticket (once you linked your tickets), credit card, and FP+ ! If you aren't staying on Disney Property, you can buy these for around $13, but I wouldn't. Your plastic ticket will be used to enter the parks and for FP+.
7 Buy Memory Maker for $150 at least 4 days before your trip starts! This is the best deal Disney has made for all your pictures! Disney has hundreds of PhotoPass photographers spread throughout Disney World. They take your photo for free (and they can use your camera also if you ask!) Then they will scan your Memory Maker card or MagicBand and your pictures are ready! If you don't buy the memory maker, then be prepared to ask everyone to take your picture. I bought 7 photos (didn't have memory maker) for $100 in May 2014. This Memory Maker includes all attraction pictures, character meet & greet pictures, and PhotoPass photographer pictures ( these are photos in front of Cinderella's Castle, EPCOT ball, Tower of Terror, etc). You could easily get over 100 photos with Memory Maker. I have heard someone getting 300 photos! DON'T FORGET to ask for Magic Shots everywhere you go! - Google images of Disney World Magic Shot :)
8 & 9 - On the Disney Website, you can order free park maps and a free Disney vacation planning guide DVD!
If you only choose the room, then you have to pay the tax that day (around $250) and the rest is due the day you check in!
Dining plan has quick service option, quick service or deluxe option. You get two meal credits, 1 snack credit, and 1 refillable drink credit per person per day. The quick service package is around $60 per person per day. The unused credits do roll over until the last day of you stay.
See https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/vacation-packages/2014/dining/ for more explanation.
---You DON'T have to stay on Disney Property! There are cheaper resorts available, but they might be farther away! If you do stay on Disney Property, then you get free transportation to and from the airport and to the parks! You also get free Extra Magic Hours where only the disney resort hotel guests can be in the park! - Use these Extra magic hours to make out your itinerary for your stay!
2 My Disney Experience account -- YOU NEED ONE ASAP! This is where you can book your Fastpass+, reserve dining, look at maps; on the smartphone app you can see each attractions wait time and find where you are on the map! You can also see what rides and characters are 'near me'! It is free to create and it is super useful! Even has a FAQ and you can chat with a Disney employee so they can answer all of your questions!
3 Buy your tickets before you arrive to Orlando!! You can purchase them at the Disney website, buy them as a package with your room, or buy them from undercover tourist -- my favorite place to buy them! always cheaper. You will have to decide how many day passes you need, and if you want a park hopper! You can't go to more than 1 park per day unless you have a park hopper. Only Disney sells annual passes and special event tickets (Mickey's not so scary Halloween party, Mickey's very merry Christmas party, Harambe nights, etc)
You want to buy your tickets at least 60 days before your trip - prices go up every year so I buy mine as soon as I know I am going! They don't expire until you first use them at DW! Then they expire 14 days from first use - unless you buy the non-expiring tickets. You want to buy tickets before you arrive so you can link them to your My Disney Experience account and choose your FastPass+ attractions! If you wait until you arrive, all of the good FP+ selections will be taken!
4 You can get dining reservations 180 days out! If you are staying on Disney Property, you can book the whole week you are staying once the first day is 180 days out. Example, I am going in November so in May when my 180 days started, I booked the whole week (even thought the last day was 186 days out).
Not every restaurant takes reservations - only the sit-down table service. Each Character Dining must have a reservation (character dining is where you eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and Disney characters walk around to take pictures and sign autographs for you). Character dining is the most expensive, but children love it! Best- O'hanas with Lilo and Stitch, Cinderella's Royal Table with princesses, Chef Mickey's with Mickey and Minnie, Tusker House with Donald and Daisy.
You must have a credit card number to book your dining reservation - no charge unless you don't cancel before 24 hours out. If you don't cancel and you don't show up, then a $10 charge per person will be charged to the card.
5 Fastpass+ selections can be made 60 days out from your Disney Property hotel check in, or 30 days out if you aren't' staying on Disney Property! You may only choose 3 FP+ per day, but once you use all 3, you can go to a kiosk and select another attraction. Once that one is used, you can go back to a kiosk and select another... and so on! Last may I was able to use 8 FP+ in one day! You book FP+ through your My Disney Experience account. You must have linked your tickets to each person in order to book FP+ selections! You can book them as a group if you all want to do the same rides/shows, or you can book them separately! Once you choose your 3 attractions, you may go back and change the time of one or swap out one attraction for another! --- No penalties for missing a FP+ time! And you can arrive 5 min early!
Magic Kingdom - get Enchanted Tales with Belle (if you have young children), Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mt, Peter Pan's Flight, Buzz Lightyear or Seven Dwarfs Mine Train! - You can also choose a FP+ for a character meet and greet (anna and elsa -Frozen)
EPCOT- Soarin', Maelstrom, Nemo and friends, Figment, Test Track, Mission: Space, or character meet and greets!
Hollywood Studios - Tower of Terror, Rockin Roller Coaster, Toy Story Mania, Beauty and the Beast live show, Star Tours, -- Make your last FP+ at the end of the day be Fantasmic!
Animal Kingdom - Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro's Safari ride, Festival of the Lion King, Dinosaur, Kali River Rapids
6 If you are staying on Disney Property or if you have an Annual Pass, you get free MagicBands! You can customize these on My Disney Experience and they will ship around 1-2 months before your vacation! You choose the color and have your name on them! They will be your room key, park ticket (once you linked your tickets), credit card, and FP+ ! If you aren't staying on Disney Property, you can buy these for around $13, but I wouldn't. Your plastic ticket will be used to enter the parks and for FP+.
7 Buy Memory Maker for $150 at least 4 days before your trip starts! This is the best deal Disney has made for all your pictures! Disney has hundreds of PhotoPass photographers spread throughout Disney World. They take your photo for free (and they can use your camera also if you ask!) Then they will scan your Memory Maker card or MagicBand and your pictures are ready! If you don't buy the memory maker, then be prepared to ask everyone to take your picture. I bought 7 photos (didn't have memory maker) for $100 in May 2014. This Memory Maker includes all attraction pictures, character meet & greet pictures, and PhotoPass photographer pictures ( these are photos in front of Cinderella's Castle, EPCOT ball, Tower of Terror, etc). You could easily get over 100 photos with Memory Maker. I have heard someone getting 300 photos! DON'T FORGET to ask for Magic Shots everywhere you go! - Google images of Disney World Magic Shot :)
8 & 9 - On the Disney Website, you can order free park maps and a free Disney vacation planning guide DVD!
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