Anonymous wrote:Four seasons Orlando is on WDW property. That’s your must luxurious option. The Floridian and yacht club are the nicest properties owned by Disney. Many other resorts are considered deluxe as well.

Google search, disney or four seasons can help connect you on the VIP tour aspect.

I disagree with your choices in terms of Disney properties. Riviera is nicer than Grand Floridian — we’ve stayed at both recently.

Anonymous wrote:Katie is the absolute best at this! Highly recommend! She trains her guides and they're great, plus her service does so much business for Disney that her guides get perks that are passed along to you (like early entry), and she has floater guides that do things like wait in line for you or save you a table at a restaurant. She's also an expert in which hotel will fit your needs and budget. It's actually cheaper to get an outside guide than use a service that's actually from Disney, and if they know the tricks they're just as good.

www.katiebeantravels.com

Holy troll-a moly.

Four seasons Orlando is on WDW property. That’s your must luxurious option. The Floridian and yacht club are the nicest properties owned by Disney. Many other resorts are considered deluxe as well.

Google search, disney or four seasons can help connect you on the VIP tour aspect.

Club level is not at all worth it if you are doing VIP. Club level at contempo is great if you want to have a chill day with some breaks back at the hotel and watch the fireworks from club. If you’ve got a 7 hour minimum with your guide, I would not waste money going back to club for snacks!

Also, the clock starts running when you meet the guide. So don’t have them meet you at the 4 seasons and you’re paying that hourly rate for cab service. We Uber to park and do a rope drop and then meet the guide to start the clock.

Also note that the vip guide can only skip the line for a particular ride once per hour—so you can ride avatar over and over again. You can loop around and come back to your favorites or do one before lunch and then after, etc.

To maximize the VIP experience you need to be real about what kind of family you are. Our file has a special note that says we like to move so we get a guide in great shape who can move quickly from ride to ride. Other families want a slower pace or a different type of day. We’ve been to disney a ton so if we are paying for VIP, we don’t want a “wander around and soak it all in” day—we want maximum ride time for 7 hours and don’t mind hoofing it.

They also have special parking privileges so you can park in a special lot and they can take you in a back door to skip lines. That can be a help especially if you only want to do a couple rides in back of park.

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Anonymous wrote:You can book a room on club level. I feel like I read there's a room at the Grand Floridian that comes with a butler? Then you'd get a VIP tour (up to 10 people) for the parks. Minimum of 7 hours but you can do longer.

Club level room is one thing. VIP tour is entirely different.

Always book the club level room as there are many benefits to having access to this (i.e. special room with food/drinks/bar 24 hours a day, a place to relax that is not your room). Access to a concierge.

The VIP tour is many thousands of dollars extra versus hundreds of dollars extra.

The club lounge is not 24 hours a day. They even lock the doors to the main lounge and various points throughout the day. They will put coffee out at 6:30 am, and then open the doors to the lounge around 7 am for breakfast. I think they close the doors for the night around 10 or 11 pm.

We were at WDL in December (staying at the Grand Californian) and my early-riser kids and I were there at 4:00 am. Maybe they had it open because we were there around Christmas?

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Anonymous wrote:You can book a room on club level. I feel like I read there's a room at the Grand Floridian that comes with a butler? Then you'd get a VIP tour (up to 10 people) for the parks. Minimum of 7 hours but you can do longer.

Club level room is one thing. VIP tour is entirely different.

Always book the club level room as there are many benefits to having access to this (i.e. special room with food/drinks/bar 24 hours a day, a place to relax that is not your room). Access to a concierge.

The VIP tour is many thousands of dollars extra versus hundreds of dollars extra.

The club lounge is not 24 hours a day. They even lock the doors to the main lounge and various points throughout the day. They will put coffee out at 6:30 am, and then open the doors to the lounge around 7 am for breakfast. I think they close the doors for the night around 10 or 11 pm.

Anonymous wrote:You can book a room on club level. I feel like I read there's a room at the Grand Floridian that comes with a butler? Then you'd get a VIP tour (up to 10 people) for the parks. Minimum of 7 hours but you can do longer.

Club level room is one thing. VIP tour is entirely different.

Always book the club level room as there are many benefits to having access to this (i.e. special room with food/drinks/bar 24 hours a day, a place to relax that is not your room). Access to a concierge.

The VIP tour is many thousands of dollars extra versus hundreds of dollars extra.

You can book a room on club level. I feel like I read there's a room at the Grand Floridian that comes with a butler? Then you'd get a VIP tour (up to 10 people) for the parks. Minimum of 7 hours but you can do longer.

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Anonymous wrote:Katie is the absolute best at this! Highly recommend! She trains her guides and they're great, plus her service does so much business for Disney that her guides get perks that are passed along to you (like early entry), and she has floater guides that do things like wait in line for you or save you a table at a restaurant. She's also an expert in which hotel will fit your needs and budget. It's actually cheaper to get an outside guide than use a service that's actually from Disney, and if they know the tricks they're just as good.

www.katiebeantravels.com

Don’t do this OP. Disney does not allow outside tour guide companies and hasn’t for years.

+2

And the post doesn't even make sense. Katie will stand in line for you or save a table at a restaurant? Um, what?

Right? How can "Katie" stand in line for another party-is the other party supposed to push and shove their way to the front of the line as Katie gets close to the end?

I don't know if Katie does this, but it could be really helpful to have a third party booking LL for you with the new Genie+ service. They could do all the refreshing and scrolling. They could know the patterns for how fast stuff books up and the tricks for how to get anytime LL when a ride goes down. You'd just get a text where to go next and when. She wouldn't even need to be in the park with you.

It sounds like Katie's group is a guide to navigating through the parks themselves - not actually a Disney VIP. Two completely different things.

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Anonymous wrote:Katie is the absolute best at this! Highly recommend! She trains her guides and they're great, plus her service does so much business for Disney that her guides get perks that are passed along to you (like early entry), and she has floater guides that do things like wait in line for you or save you a table at a restaurant. She's also an expert in which hotel will fit your needs and budget. It's actually cheaper to get an outside guide than use a service that's actually from Disney, and if they know the tricks they're just as good.

www.katiebeantravels.com

Don’t do this OP. Disney does not allow outside tour guide companies and hasn’t for years.

+2

And the post doesn't even make sense. Katie will stand in line for you or save a table at a restaurant? Um, what?

Right? How can "Katie" stand in line for another party-is the other party supposed to push and shove their way to the front of the line as Katie gets close to the end?

Anonymous wrote:Katie is the absolute best at this! Highly recommend! She trains her guides and they're great, plus her service does so much business for Disney that her guides get perks that are passed along to you (like early entry), and she has floater guides that do things like wait in line for you or save you a table at a restaurant. She's also an expert in which hotel will fit your needs and budget. It's actually cheaper to get an outside guide than use a service that's actually from Disney, and if they know the tricks they're just as good.

www.katiebeantravels.com

No. No. No.
This is not true. The tricks that Katie knows are well known to all Disney enthusiasts. She cannot cut the line like Disney guides and for this kind of money, isn’t that the real goal here?

I know my way inside and out. I’ve always wanted to hire a Disney guide for a day to shorten the lines now that the old Fastpass system is no more.

This Katie person may be great but her services are different from what OP is asking about.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t need an agent for this that is the point of doing it. You are paying Disney to treat you like a VIP.

When we did it, I believe it was around 15k - 20k for 3 nights two days. But that was 6 years ago.

6 yrs ago is a lifetime ago...prices have sky rocketed and they're now nickle & dime you for everything (parking overnight at hotel, LL, tightened magic hours, etc).

Op - Prices start at $500/hr w/ min of 7 (?) hrs...can't remember the exact details now.
Is this DL or DW? What season ? That makes a difference in pricing.

Re: nice accommodations. I assume this means top-tier lodging, but not sure what your lodging limit is.

Have you done even an ounce of research?

The hourly rate is at least $700-$800 (maybe more, it depends on your dates, busier times are more) and there is a 7 hour minimum as you stated. This does not inclulde food, tickets, or hotel. This is just the guide and the front of the line access. So minimum $5k/day for the guide, before any other costs.

I haven’t looked since we went in 2019, but you could get into all rides via fast pass lines. I know they don’t have fast pass anymore, but they must have a shorter line for some. We were there with the nfl coaches and saw some of them doing it with their families. They stayed at the ritz grande lakes. Four seasons is nicer though, imo. A park view suite at spring break next year will run about $8500 a night per tax.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/private-vip-tours/

You can have up to 10 people, and it’s $425-$850/hr with a seven hour minimum. They book quickly.

OP, we have done the Disney VIP thing several times - both at DL and DW. You MUST call Disney directly to book this. There are no outside companies that can do this for you.

Actually, it DOES book up quickly so yes, I would call now to book for next year. Also, book all the special things you want to do (Crystal Palace, see if the Bippity Boppity Boutique will re-open, character dining, etc).

We have stayed at several hotels. We loved the Polynesian (reserve club level), Animal Kingdom and the Four Seasons. The VIP guide will pick you up there even though it's not a Disney property. We did not like the Grand Floridian.

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Anonymous wrote:Katie is the absolute best at this! Highly recommend! She trains her guides and they're great, plus her service does so much business for Disney that her guides get perks that are passed along to you (like early entry), and she has floater guides that do things like wait in line for you or save you a table at a restaurant. She's also an expert in which hotel will fit your needs and budget. It's actually cheaper to get an outside guide than use a service that's actually from Disney, and if they know the tricks they're just as good.

www.katiebeantravels.com

Don’t do this OP. Disney does not allow outside tour guide companies and hasn’t for years.

+2

And the post doesn't even make sense. Katie will stand in line for you or save a table at a restaurant? Um, what?