Comments on: Top Ten Tuesday: Disney Tips (Lessons Learned the Hard Way Edition)

By: I’m going to Disney World (and I’m going to eat. A lot.) — Mommin' It Up!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:49:14 +0000

[...] Top 10 Disney Planning Tips here. At least those were my best tips before we actually went – here’s what I learned while we were actually there!) Filed Under Emily is neurotic Leave a [...]

By: oh amanda

oh amanda — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:58:17 +0000

Oh, I want to digest this post word for word.

*happy Disney sigh*

And I’m flabbergasted at the woman NOT using the table service. Whaaaat?!

By: Michelle Smiles

Michelle Smiles — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:41:42 +0000

In all seriousness – was this fun? It doesn’t sound like fun…it sounds like you have to plan for conquering Disney instead of vacationing.

By: mandi @ it's come to this

mandi @ it's come to this — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:52:56 +0000

Such great advice & tips! I’ll have to bookmark this one for a future trip. I didn’t take advantage of the Baby Centers & now I’m wishing I had!!!

By: Bridget

Bridget — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:25:05 +0000

We used to go to Disney every year when I was a child, and I’ve actually lost count on how many times I’ve been. At least 20 times…so I’m a bit of a Disney know-it-all sometimes. But the post-EMH park days is something I’d never thought about! Great idea!

Another good idea is to look at your map and go counter-clockwise. Everyone seems to go clockwise, so you’re going against the crowds and miss a lot of the traffic!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:16:16 +0000

EMHs really worked for us when we were there last August. But, we learned the hard way NOT to make that park our MAIN PARK for the day. I remember being at Hollywood Studios one day and it was SO CROWDED! We left and went to Magic Kingdom, deciding later to go back to Hollywood Stuidos. It was after we did that re realized that some people (without park hoppers) make that their ONE park for the day, which caused the congestion. After that we spent the majority of the day in one park, and then EMHs at night at a different park.

I do agree that the Baby Care Centers are AMAZING. I found out about them before we left the first time we took the kiddos (Faith was 4, Lucy was 13 months).

But I do disagree about the strollers. When we went last time Faith turned 8 and Lucy 5 while we were there. We didn’t want to bother with a stroller, and both kids did absolutely fine. In fact, I remember commenting several times about how glad I was not to have to hassle with a stroller on the trip. I think that the use of a stroller really depends on the temperament of the children you will be traveling with.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:18:48 +0000

GREAT list! I’ll be coming back to this post when we plan our first trip there with our boys….

By: VDog

VDog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:21:28 +0000

Muahahhahaha LOVE the last tip. THAT is hilarious.

Glad you did this trip and not me!! Snort.

Now the rest of us have a cheat sheet!

By: Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect

Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:06:16 +0000

I love that you made spreadsheets for your vacation. You’re my kind of vacationer.