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We’re leaving for MCO at 5am tomorrow and we’ll be celebrating my 21st birthday in Disney by noon!!! Any last minute advice for first timers? I endlessly appreciate all of the support and helpful answers to questions I asked over on the discord. Can’t wait to live it up!

https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Fdisney-world-villains-land-character-details-8742741&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4 Out of the 13 villians revealed Dr. Facilier isn't one 😞 was really hoping to see the Shadow Man be included. Still hyped for the new land though. Any not included that anyone else was hoping to see?

Just got back from a short trip to the parks, and this is one of my favorite pictures I took while there this time.

We are thinking of either going with our children when they are almost 5 and 2.5 or waiting until they are almost 6 and 3.5.

Planning to go Jan/Feb and also planning to go every other year until they are around 12.

Right now our 4.5 year old is really into the magical things and wanting to have her enjoy the “magic” but also worried it might be too difficult with our recently potty trained toddler.

We are planning to stay at the Contemporary and go 2 days to MK and one to Epcot something like this.

What do you think should we wait or go when they are 5 and 2.5?

Now that daylight savings is done and the sun sets earlier, do they stop running Kilimanjaro Safari before park closes? Are there lights on the transports and/or lights along the route?

We are going to AK on a day with extended hours (until 8pm) so was wondering if they have Safari runs during that time and if you can see any animals?

Separately, now that it is cooling down, is it still best to go in the morning for most animal activity or is afternoon okay now that it is cooler?

I’m considering both Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs for an upcoming trip. Does anyone have any insight on how long the bus ride is from either resort to Magic Kingdom?

Looking for recommendations for Thanksgiving dinner at the park. Seems like a lot of choices are closed/not accepting reservations.

My family is going next week, planning to spend one day at each park. Are the refillable popcorn buckets transferable between parks (I.e. I buy a refillable bucket at Epcot on Monday, can it be used at MK on Wednesday?

Also how much are refills for the popcorn?

Randomly picked to be the first family in the park and got to walk down Main Street to the Castle all by ourselves!

Is anyone else experiencing grumpy employees at Magic Kingdom? Pretty much at every park other than MK people were smiling telling us congratulations that we are on our honey moon. But magic kingdom yesterday everyone seemed angry only a couple people told us congratulations and it looked like no one wanted to be there. I also heard another employee calling her fellow employee stupid while waiting for a show. I'm not trying to power trip on the pins I just noticed a difference in parks. I think it's crazy how I can go on one ride in another park and have almost every employee tell us congratulations vs walking around the park all day looking at angry employees.

Went there a couple months ago for the first time and it was awesome. Views and food were very good! Going back to Disney in a couple weeks and wanted to see if there is a better/similar restaurant I need to try!

Hey y’all! We're heading to WDW for Marathon Weekend in January, staying at Boulder Ridge Villas (rented DVC points!), and I’m in our 60+ booking window. Last time we were there for race weekend was back in 2020, and we were pretty fast and loose with planning—no reservations, just vibes. It was great, but now we're coming back with a two y/o and a four and a half y/o—their first Disney trip!—so I want to lock down some options going into it.

I'd love feedback on the itinerary—mostly anything we should scrap for sure, or things I’m missing that we should try to hit. For context I’m running Goofy, and my wife will do the half with me. (We have sisters to park the kids with while running.) Thanks in advance!

Mon:

• Maybe a water park? Apparently included with a resort stay in 2025–which one with kids?
• Dinner at Artist Point with Snow White

Tues:

• Dinner at 'Ohana

Weds:

• Breakfast at Topolino's Terrace
• Race expo at ESPN Wide World of Sports
• Disney Springs
• Maybe dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe

Thursday: 

• EPCOT
• Breakfast at Garden Grill

Friday:

• Hollywood Studios
• Lightsaber building at Savi's Workshop
• Drinks/snacks at Oga's Cantina

Saturday — Half Marathon Day:

• Magic Kingdom
• Breakfast at Whispering Canyon Cafe
• Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
• Maybe Lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern

Sunday — Full Marathon Day:

• Animal Kingdom
• Breakfast at Tusker House (10:25–last bkfst seating)
• Dinner at 'Ohana

Monday:

• Check-out

How’s it look? Is there a better place for our last night's dinner? Maybe important to note that we’re vegetarian, so made some choices based on plant-based options. Also, we actually have 5-day park tickets, so I’m thinking we’ll do one of the parks twice. Maybe adding Magic Kingdom on Tues too? Anything you’d tweak? Any restaurants we should scrap or make sure we add, for us or the kids?

Thanks for your feedback, experts 🫡

Hi there! Anyone know why I can’t swap out my 9am booking with another one for the same time? I thought at first it was because someone else had grabbed it but the other experience is showing 9am for over 12 hours now. I’m not stacked either so that shouldn’t be it.

📸: by me

Hi all, we will be visiting next May, on a moderate budget. Wife and I plus 3 kids aged 8, 13 and 17. The older kids need a bit more space so sharing a room is not really an option. Any recommendations on resorts with suite/multi-room that cater to this age demographic? Would like to stay on property but maybe a villa would work better for us? Thanks

We have only three days to spend at Disney World. 2 girls (ages 6 and 2) and parents. What would the best combination for these ages? We’re thinking to do 2 days magic kingdom and one day universal studios. I also wonder should we do one animal kingdom, one magic kingdom, and one universal?

New christmas parade song/choreo? I understand there was some copyright issue with the old parade song, so there's an entirely new parade this year, with a sporadic piecemeal song in its place. It's like they cut all the references to other songs out and covered it up with bits of a new version of 'Once upon a Christmastime at Christmas', but there's something missing. It doesn't crescendo, no climaxes, it doesn't evoke emotion and feels to stop/start like someone has copy/pasted. There's also long boring parts of Nutcracker Suite, but without the good parts - this doesn't FEEL as good as the old parade arrangement. Honestly it feels pieced together haphazardly by someone who doesn't get it. Honestly? Just pay to use the old music! Get the Must Be Santa song back and the I Want Candy stuff, this is obviously a huge step down. It was so bad that mods were deleting almost all the comments on all the live feeds and vlogs I've seen.

I'm just in awe at the lengths some cast members go to make these experiences unforgettable. I'm a hobbyist drummer and have been teaching my 3yo son how to play since he could first hold a drumstick. As a result rhythm and percussion are among his favorite interests. So when we happened across the Main Street Philharmonic doing a performance my son was absolutely engaged and proceeded to do his signature air drumming along with the beat. They quickly noticed this and immediately sent one of the drummers over to play right in front of him while he air drummed along (they were jamming on Hot Dog at the time).

If that wasn't enough, at the conclusion the drummer gave my son a high five and then handed him his drumsticks, thus making this the greatest vacation of his little life so far :)

Edit: a couple screen grabs from the video my wife took:

https://imgur.com/a/68Awcxu

Thanks Sean and Disney for the foundational experience!

Want to go to Epcot for like 20 minutes then head to magic. Will it be running around 9am?

I think MagicBands+ are a real Gem of the Disney World experience but here are my takes on how they could improve it.

Start Simple 1.) Add a digital watch Clock to them, won’t eat that much battery life and kids and adults can use them after daily and have fond memories of using them at Disney - that is just good marketing (how can you make someone always reflect on their trip and make them long to go back.)

2.) fix the bands they are not secure enough and don’t fully stay on, even with the aftermarket protectors. Maybe buy or license and use the slap bracelet design. For kids even on the small size band they are too loose.

3.) maybe make the bands modular like other smart watches.

4.) make toys that interact with them (again so kids can use them after)

5.) make them interactive with Disney+ special event concerts from home..

6.) if possible add a small alarm reminder system to push notification if there is an in park show you want to see coming up.

Some thoughts and ideas please be kind.

Tonight was so magical and everyone seemed to really be in amazing spirits!

Going to Disney in early December and have a park hopper ticket for my husband and I and our 2 year old. Thinking Hollywood Studios in the AM (essentially doing the Disney JR show and maybe a ride or two using child swap) and spending the rest of the day at Epcot. Think this may be the best way to go since the travel between Hollywood and Epcot is the easiest to park hop between. Appreciate any other thoughts or suggestions!

If I choose a multipass LL for 8am but don't use it, can I choose another tier 1 at 9am or park hopper, even if I don't enter the park?

I'm trying to avoid getting to Disney early and wanting to book all of my LLs for the evening, as we are doing shows and other things in the morning.

So we're getting ready for our vacation coming up on the 12th and our magic bands are due to arrive at our home even though I thought I placed the order too late for them and they would just show up at the hotel. There's been no updates on them for 2 days and they haven't even gotten to USPS yet. Tomorrow is the last day they can be delivered before our trip since Monday is veterans Day and it says they should be arriving the 9th to the 11th and I'm just wondering what's going to happen if we don't get them in time.

The least crowded times of year listed in the Birnbaum’s book conflict with all those Disney blogs and planning sites. And there’s still a lot of conflicting information when comparing those as well. So I wanted to crowd source it.

The only time I can’t go is the summer months (June - September). Any other time of the year I’d love to hear what others experiences have been.