Disney VIP tours

[Anonymous]

Has anyone done this? Would love to know what the experience was like.

[Anonymous]

We've done it with another family. I think you can have a total of 10 or 12 people, so if you can share with another family, it almost makes financial sense. Here is why - You breeze through the park and lines, and you don't have to go back for a second day. One and done. We did Disney, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios with a guide, so a total of 3 days. The tour guide was amazing and happy to watch a kid while you went on a ride with another kid. They picked us up at our hotel in a van (with car seats) and drove through a back gate to a special parking lot, and we were off!

[Anonymous]

Last time I went it was about $10k for a day. We were in line behind Sean McVeigh who was doing it. I think it's worth it.

[Anonymous]

If you can afford it, it’s the only way to do Disney. Our guide was amazing.

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If you are thinking about it and can afford it, just do it! The only reason we haven't done it is because we prefer to vacation without nannies and guides. We just do the premier passes. But if you don't mind having a guide with you, there are real benefits above the premier pass like riding a ride as many times as you want, and having someone to handle all your logistics.

[Anonymous]

It's amazing if you can do it. In fact, it's hard to go back to one of these parks without one after you've done it.

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I'm a travel advisor and book this regularly for clients. They all come back raving about it. But these are people who can easily afford it, so cost is not an issue. They all say they could never go without it if they ever went back.

[Anonymous]

Don’t forget to factor in the tip which is expected and not included ($100 per person is recommended).

Prices range from $5Kish to $10Kish per day. There’s also a lunch hour that I’ve heard mixed things on if they make you take it or not - I think it’s guide dependent but maybe the TA above can advise.

We’ll likely do it for 1 of the days and then do the new premier pass lighting lanes for the other days when we go which gives one time immediate access to all lightning lane rides. They’re also something like $200-400 extra per ticket per day so sometimes VIP can actually be pretty close to that price depending on group size and if it’s a non busy vs busy time.

[Anonymous]

I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

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Anonymous wrote:Last time I went it was about $10k for a day. We were in line behind Sean McVeigh who was doing it. I think it's worth it.

So some celebs ARE waiting in the lightning lanes. There was some discussion on another thread about what level was above VIP for travelers like Tom Cruise.

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Anonymous wrote:I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

We did it about 8 years ago. The guide didn’t pepper us with knowledge or facts. The benefit was being able to zip around the park behind the scenes to get places more quickly and to eliminate waits. We had a list of rides we wanted to do and the guide suggested some. We did 3 parks in one day (obviously select rides at each).

[Anonymous]

OP here. Fascinating! Thanks, PPs!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I went it was about $10k for a day. We were in line behind Sean McVeigh who was doing it. I think it's worth it.

So some celebs ARE waiting in the lightning lanes. There was some discussion on another thread about what level was above VIP for travelers like Tom Cruise.

He had a vip guide and he still had to wait in the fast pass line (which was very short). You don’t just go to the front like the wheelchair riders at tsa.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

We did it about 8 years ago. The guide didn’t pepper us with knowledge or facts. The benefit was being able to zip around the park behind the scenes to get places more quickly and to eliminate waits. We had a list of rides we wanted to do and the guide suggested some. We did 3 parks in one day (obviously select rides at each).

Understand it is customer specific, but I sometimes hear the guides talking to their groups in lines. I think it's mostly driven by customer engagement. And I've cringed a few times.

I'll note I've been grabbed twice near the end of lines by VIP groups that weren't full and taken with them through lightning. I don't know if that's allowed anymore. Depends on the VIP I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

RIP Aussie dave who surely could have matched your knowledge.