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Anonymous wrote:18:24 here. Also, stay in the park. It has its perks. For instance, if you get to your hotel early and you don’t want to purchase a park pass for that day you can go to blizzard beach for free or a little village within the park. You can also gain entry to the park an hour earlier. Traveling from an outside hotel to the park property can be very challenging and frustrating.

Little village within the park? I have no idea what you are talking about.

The early entry for onsite guests is only half an hour

PP is a nut. There are also no hotels inside parks. I’m guessing the “village” she id referring to that doesn’t need a ticket Disney Springs, the outdoor mall. But her memory is clearly from a very long time ago.

Anonymous wrote:18:24 here. Also, stay in the park. It has its perks. For instance, if you get to your hotel early and you don’t want to purchase a park pass for that day you can go to blizzard beach for free or a little village within the park. You can also gain entry to the park an hour earlier. Traveling from an outside hotel to the park property can be very challenging and frustrating.

Little village within the park? I have no idea what you are talking about.

The early entry for onsite guests is only half an hour

I get why your DH wants to do this. We did it with ours any they ended up liking it.

Anyway, here's what to do:

Get on Disney.com and find a hotel you like. Some are on the monorail = easy to get to the parks, and the rest have free shuttle buses. If you book the hotel on their site, they also offer park tickets as part of your reservation, at a discount. You also get early entry to each of the parks. Do _not_ waste your money on Park Hopper. Each park has enough to keep you busy all day, and you can go in and out. This is also the benefit of a Disney hotel with easy transport back -- your 6 year old is going to get tired after lunch from sensory overload, and will need a break. Disney's open until 9pm each night, so come back again after an afternoon hotel rest.

If you want 3 days at the park, then do 2 days Magic Kingdom, and 1 day Epcot. Skip the others and come back another time for those. Your DH doesn't have memories of the other parks anyway, as they didn't exist when he was a kid.

Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive mid-day. Relax at hotel pool.
Days 2-4: Wake up and have breakfast at hotel, then head straight to the park for early opening hours. Do the rides you really want first -- shorter lines when it opens.
Day 5: Fly back mid-day

Don't rent a car. It's cheaper to get a car service/Uber to/from the airport, and less hassle. You never need to leave the Disney "area" if you are staying at a Disney hotel.

The restaurants within the parks can be nice, albeit a little pricey (it's Disney). The food is surprisingly decent. If you do a restauratn, make reservations in advance. This will avoid meltdowns when kids get hungry as you know you've got a place to sit down, rest, and eat. Some of the restaurants have cool themes like outer space or winnie the pooh, so your kids may like certain options. You can reserve the restaurants in advance on the disney site, based on your hotel reservation.

Done. Thank me later.

Anonymous wrote:You would not want to go bare bones for Disney. If that’s your goal, stay home. It’s not worth the misery.

It’s hard for newbies to go bare bones. It’s actually quite easy for experienced folks to go bare bones. We stay offsite and skip park hoppers and pricey sit down meals and character buffets pretty much always and have a fantastic time.

You would not want to go bare bones for Disney. If that’s your goal, stay home. It’s not worth the misery.

If I was going to do it, I'd do one park for one day. Stay from rope drop closing and pay for all the extras. If you bare bones it, you'll be miserable and waiting in line all damn day and then the kids will be like why did we do this?

18:24 here. Also, stay in the park. It has its perks. For instance, if you get to your hotel early and you don’t want to purchase a park pass for that day you can go to blizzard beach for free or a little village within the park. You can also gain entry to the park an hour earlier. Traveling from an outside hotel to the park property can be very challenging and frustrating.

Call a designated Disney advisor. I live in FL and some Moms are ambassadors and know everything Disney. 3 adults, 3 kids is about 2k per day. They can advise you about restaurants because you definitely want reservations. The food is disappointing but you must take your kids to Prime Time Cafe. Fast passes (or whatever they call them now) are also a must. You can get Disney themed things at Walmart.

Anonymous wrote:What’s the lowest price just for tickets in 2025 - what’s what you would guess we will end up spending? $2k a day per park?

universal is a completely separate park. Actually it’s a completely separate three parks and one water park.