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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous].

I think people buy into the hype then spend so much money the expectations are impossible to meet with the crowds etc. [/quote]

^^^^ This

I've been to Disneyland once last minute. The plane blew in an engine on a Chicago to LA flight I was on w/my dh and we randomly decided it would be a good place to drive to after and walk around and get over our nerves. Walking up to the ticket booth and learning a one day pass was more than $100 is still hilarious to me. We paid it, had a great time wandering around, went on the rides, did not have kids with us so that probably helped.

We did a family trip to Disney World somewhat last minute - I went to a conference there and when we realized the entire family could go discounted, we booked a few months out. We took a break every afternoon in the hotel or at the pool, then went back to the parks. We didn't try to fit everything in. My (then) 5 year old wanted to meet all the characters, which we didn't anticipate going in but took a lot of ride time away and we went with it. We didn't get "the best" character meals at "the best" times but we checked the box for doing it, and my DD got to lead the Micky parade with Stitch in the Polynesian - we still love the picture of that.

I found the advanced planning somewhat annoying but liked that we were on autopilot a bit once we got there, no trying to figure out where to eat for many meals because they were booked and you were penalized $10/person if you didn't show (don't know if they still do this). These "Unofficial Guide to Disney World" books have great advice about how not to leave disappointed. We saw people screaming at their kids or each other and that is not a great way to have family fun.[/quote]

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