I definitely agree about seeing Pandora after dark. We went right after it opened and I was very happy that we saw it at night first. It’s so beautiful at night.
@veronicaroberts31727 ай бұрын
I dont find that Geni plus is confusing . I resent the fact that I now have to pay MORE-money to ride the rides that I’ve already paid for in my with my ticket . Free fast passes will never again happen . But … never say never . Free dining is back . So we can still hope !
@margaretwang38187 ай бұрын
Do you mean the Dining Plan? We do pay for it.😃
@lauradodd76277 ай бұрын
@@margaretwang3818right! Nothing is free at Disney 😂
@mdf35307 ай бұрын
Disney having a paid skip-the-line service actually just brought them in line with other amusement park operators like Six Flags, Cedar Fair, SeaWorld, Palace Entertainment, Universal and Herschend. It’s actually the cheapest of all of them.
@mdf35307 ай бұрын
@@margaretwang3818If I get the dining plan on my next trip, I would prefer just to get the quick service and then pay for a table service restaurant out of pocket.
@junew72517 ай бұрын
Nothing in Disney is free.
@cooterpooter697 ай бұрын
DO NOT GO AT THE END OF APRIL/EARLY MAY!!! i am an ex cheerleader and there are competitions at espn that take place for multiple weekends and they always end up at the end of april or early may. these competitions are known for being the biggest competition of the year so it will be insanely crowded.
@May_53616 ай бұрын
2024 Cheerleading Worlds is 4/26-4/29 at espn this year. Hope this helps for planning.
@princessmarlena13595 ай бұрын
Some of my former dance troupes performed at Disneyland (Anaheim) around that time of year, in exchange for free park admission. It definitely was very crowded.
@jsan71785 ай бұрын
Is this Florida, California, or both locations?
@justinschrank48063 ай бұрын
We go early may and it's fine. It's always crowded at disney. Most of the dancers are in the competition most of the time. There's always something going on
@nerdminnie82237 ай бұрын
Our family has been DVC members since 2001. We call our transportation plan B a “Disney Transportation Adventure “!
@mcleigh666 ай бұрын
I have done hours cycling through Star Tours. One time, the cast member running the ride eventually let me return to the line through their passthrough hallway so I didn't have to keep running around. It was the Year of a Million Dreams, and it was so sweet.
@loglog57 ай бұрын
prebooking before you're in the park is how fastpass got so out of hand, there's just not enough attractions to guarantee everyone (even just hotel guests) can prebook
@marydonnelly47057 ай бұрын
They were giving out too many/there were too many people who wanted them. It made the standby lines too long.
@tasiajohnson15436 ай бұрын
The only downside to being a spring (March) baby. All prices are jacked, and crowds are awful, but we're going to push through!
@LLMiller16 ай бұрын
What disgusted me about space 220 was so many did not show up for their reservation and those tables went to waste. Sad to see people trying to get a reservation and a bunch of empty tables
@nadogrl5 ай бұрын
Didn’t they charge for that? They do now.
@DavidMontgomery15 ай бұрын
They charge, but there’s days around it.
@johnicamcclurkin98877 ай бұрын
Star Tours is a must for us every single time!!!
@mike91477 ай бұрын
Most folks don't give a second thought about 'crowd planning' when planning a trip to WDW. Have no idea it can be a mob of people with wait times to ride and eat an hour or two.
@cyrusoverland84617 ай бұрын
Unless going on holidays, it’s hit or miss.
@justinschrank48063 ай бұрын
Its pointless to crowd plan. Other than avoiding the obviously busy times like holidays. It's always busy at wdw now. We went last January in what was supposed to be the slowest week or the year, and it was jam packed the entire time.
@justinschrank48063 ай бұрын
This. Other than avoiding obvious holidays, spring break, etc, you really can't plan around crowds anymore. It's always busy.
@mdf35307 ай бұрын
10:52 I see some familiar faces. Nate from Paging Mr. Morrow and Jackie from Super Enthused!
@lizziesoups7 ай бұрын
I’m heading to Disney Jan 28-Feb 4 - I’m hoping sooooo much that the crowds are lower!!
@TiredSnowBerry7 ай бұрын
Might be my imagination y'all, but I think AJ is super excited that those prime rib sliders are back 😂
@DFBGuide7 ай бұрын
Have you had them?! You’d be excited too!
@3NDER247 ай бұрын
Just want to say thanks for all the amazing content. You’re a lifesaver when it comes to WDW info.
@donnajohnson44597 ай бұрын
I try to go just after thanksgiving. But avoid epcot and magic kingdom on weekends. So far works well with crowds
@katrinathompson59037 ай бұрын
I went during Princess Week which is also my birthday (Aug. 22nd) this year. It was insanely busy. There were a ton of people from overseas.
@RafaelHernandez-vt8fu7 ай бұрын
My bday is Aug 22nd! Will be at Disney!
@katrinathompson59037 ай бұрын
@@RafaelHernandez-vt8fu Me too! Enjoy 😃
@lolamb3432 ай бұрын
there was something from what i THINK was pecos bills and i swear it was a taco burger or something.. went back years later and it was gone. i have mourned it ever since.
@OGdeason7 ай бұрын
Thank you DFB we love y’all keep it up my family will be going to Disney this summer and all we watch is you thank you for all of your great videos
@DFBGuide7 ай бұрын
Have fun!
@OGdeason7 ай бұрын
@@DFBGuide thank you
@AngelKotoko7 ай бұрын
I want to work for a company that rents out a park
@jeninaslicer3527 ай бұрын
I understand vloggers stress and encourage low peak seasons but some of us can’t afford or can’t help but to go during peak seasons.😊
@luma49027 ай бұрын
I think is a nice information to know tho for the ones who can go and dfb guide seem to try to cover how to go on high seasons too giving tips and tricks for more stress and enjoyament in such seasons
@marydonnelly47057 ай бұрын
I think peak seasons are generally more expensive.
@justinschrank48063 ай бұрын
We went the last week of january 2023 and crowds where massive the entire time. Small world was 45+ minutes the entire time. We waited for the boat ride in Mexico. Never had a single day that wasn't slammed. I don't think that information is accurate.
@libraryminnie76747 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for giving us the best dates! This video was packed to explosion with value! I may end up watching the whole thing again when I feel like I need to refocus on the things that matter most! I hugely appreciate you! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 32:18
@vintageoriginallegit7 ай бұрын
I can’t take a trip this year but maybe I can if I get a second job and pay off all my Debt.
@y3ahb0y7 ай бұрын
I don’t know if you’ve done one, or considered doing one. But a super helpful video would be if your team could put together an extensive list of gluten free items around disneyworld, for celiacs like myself when they come to visit!
@Koral337 ай бұрын
Yes! I asked for this a couple years ago too
@dominique26977 ай бұрын
I will love it, please, do this 🙏
@ijabel34367 ай бұрын
You guys should follow @mermaidninatravels she is gluten free and talks about it a lot
@brad349miller7 ай бұрын
Snore.
@Anthony-iv7de4 ай бұрын
Don't think the juice is worth the squeeze on that one
@justinschrank48063 ай бұрын
The busses are by far the worst about about wdw. Its the reason we will never stay at AKL again despite it being an awesome resort.
@drunkenmunke34047 ай бұрын
Thank you as always! Idk what we would do without you and your great team ❤
@Imperius1467 ай бұрын
Timestamps?😊
@jencomito89577 ай бұрын
Are the virtual queues filling up even faster now that more people can try for them?
@user-tn5xq6fe7x4 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your narration! Fun and informative.
@heidiziemer96967 ай бұрын
Love Star Tours and always will! Never take away C3PO or R2D2!
@DragonTigerGateMerchant7 ай бұрын
Small correction, I asked Disney support about buying a single park hopper ticket because when we are going animal kingdom closes 3 hours before the others and they said you can buy one less day worth of tickets and then buy a single park hopper ticket for the day you want. I didn’t choose to do that but just wanted to let it be known.
@hollyharakaly18984 ай бұрын
It has always been possible, but there is no upside to doing it so therefore no one really talks about it. The cost of adding a hopper to a one day ticket is only $10-20 dollars cheaper than adding it to a multi-day ticket. Dropping a day from a multi-day ticket won’t save you enough to recoup the cost of a single day base ticket.
@AngelKotoko7 ай бұрын
Could you do firework dessert parties video? I couldn’t find a video from you after 2020
@lcflngn7 ай бұрын
Holy heck, as a one day ticket holder I can change my park plan in the morning? Depending on which virtual queue I prefer?? That sounds weird.
@ryverwynd7 ай бұрын
So glad you did this video today! We booked the MK After Hours Party for February 1 a couple of weeks ago, with plans to do AK during the day on that day. When booked, AK closed at 6pm and MK closed at 8pm. We were excited for MK cause we could arrive at the park at 7pm and enjoy the lower crowds starting around 9 or so (when lingering daytime guests would mostly be gone). I just checked, per your suggestion, and AK is now closing at 7pm and MK at 10pm on that day!! A bit of a bummer having 2 extra hours of possible After Hours lower park attendance taken away and losing an hour at AK (as we'll have to leave that park before closing now to get to MK in time). Glad we know this now instead of the day of!
@kiaraharris8264 ай бұрын
What about going around Mother’s Day?
@aaronmkeith16227 ай бұрын
Video paused and refreshment acquired! No milk but coffee!
@dancymew25 ай бұрын
Could you guys make a list of all the height requirements for the rides including the water parks? I literally found an official one that still listed Disney quest so it was not up today
@hannahtate9237 ай бұрын
We booked one of the low season times mentioned and now people are all gonna go book it 😂
@covley94387 ай бұрын
I keep hearing that Animal Kingdom is going to have After Hours events but I haven't seen anything on the disney site. Do we know when it is coming? I have a trip in late April and I know that AK does do some stuff for earth day like all April so wondering if that will be when they are.
@hottibdotti6 ай бұрын
For the after hour tickets , how can you find out what rides are going to stay open? I’m kinda interested in trying that option.
@piilanichang52906 ай бұрын
Aloha we actually booked a 10 day trip to DW Sept/oct 2022 Not a single hurricane that summer, Then Ian hit the day we were to arriive. I lost $4,000 because the car rental "was operating and we could have rented our car" and the hotel said that acts of God were not covered in their refund policy. I had to pay $400 per ticket to reroute our airfare. So will be researching for 2025. Thank you for this blog.
@kratlieff15 ай бұрын
Seems like Disney is too expensive for the average income family. So sad I wish my family could go but it was too expensive. 😢
@izzyblake89717 ай бұрын
I’m going February 22nd and getting in for free from someone I know who works there. Do you think all the parks will be mobbed?
@infinitespiritsongs97226 ай бұрын
You’ve got to laugh at the people who have nothing better to do than to leave a silly comment about how terrible it would be to go to Disney or some such nonsense 😂😂😂. Read your audience. This channel is for Disney fans. 🌈 🌈 🌈 Your negativity is futile! 🎉🎉🎉
@vincent412l76 ай бұрын
If they don't t come to a Disney video to tell us that they would never go to Disney, then how would we know?
@amymckenna50187 ай бұрын
Spring break the first week of March?? Say it ain’t soooo
@elimarfigueroa58177 ай бұрын
I book my Disney trip to go on February 24th to magic kingdom and February 25th to Epcot. Is it going to be super crowded because of the marathon or where is it taking place at? I was reading at run Disney that says returning to Walt Disney World resort feb 22 / feb 26, 2024 does that means the marathon will not be in any of the parks?
@benedwards25667 ай бұрын
We’re planning a Feb 14 - Feb 24 2026 trip. Should we be worried about spring breakers?
@marydonnelly47057 ай бұрын
There probably will be some type of surge, but I don’t think it’ll be worse than April. Lots of different parts of the world have their spring break at different times.
@danielley2177 ай бұрын
We did that timeframe last year and Valentine’s Day wasn’t bad, but there was a huge crowd surge for Presidents Day, so you will most likely experience crowds from the 16th-19th and then it should settle down for the rest of the week. We went to Magic Kingdom on the Friday before Presidents Day and it was like a peak season summer day! Thankfully with Genie+ we rode everything we wanted but I definitely wasn’t expecting the crowds. We also made dining reservations well ahead of time so that helped too!
@Serenaskywalker7 ай бұрын
Spring break is in April not February
@benedwards25667 ай бұрын
@@Serenaskywalkerclearly you didn’t pay attention to the video where she says some schools take spring break in FEBRUARY.
@benedwards25667 ай бұрын
@@danielley217maybe I’ll stick with AK that day
@BeautyInTheMagic7 ай бұрын
Chicken Guy lowered their sauce numbers??? 😭😭😭
@catherineadair90786 ай бұрын
I thought the skyliner is closed until January 2025?
@chrismayer39196 ай бұрын
Disney has made arranging the attractions so complex, going onto a ride is all but impossible without standing in line. 😒
@nicolejohnston55827 ай бұрын
New to visiting WDW. Am I understanding correctly to ride Tron you need either to join the virtual queue or have genie+ with no walk up?
@DFBGuide7 ай бұрын
There’s currently no standby line, you need to either join the virtual queue (which is free) or pay for an Individual Lightning Lane (about $20, but you can pick the time you want to ride) - you can also do both of those in the same day if you want to ride twice. Individual Lightning Lanes are separate from the Genie+ lineup of rides
@nishiefb33527 ай бұрын
Yay I’m early! New DFBGuide y’all
@BotFansUnited7 ай бұрын
When is the best time to buy Genie +? Like... what I mean is, will the price of Genie + change from midnight to 7am or later (depending on the amount of people in the park)?
@DFBGuide7 ай бұрын
The price stays the same throughout the day. The best time to buy would be anytime before you can make your first selection (so anytime before 7am)
@BotFansUnited7 ай бұрын
@@DFBGuide thank you so much!
@deathsnitemaresinfullust22697 ай бұрын
You can avoid Every "Disney World mistake" by just not going at all. 😄👍
@NMannillo7 ай бұрын
We’re closing in on our ADR time, and I’ve noticed at many locations you can’t book for parties larger than 4. Is this a change we’ve missed and is there any work around? We travel with whole family (so party of 7) and haven’t been in a couple years. Last trip we did quite a few meals with our group but now when I search for 7 (or even 5) I don’t see any for meals like the character breakfasts at Akershus or Cape May Cafe, but when I drop our party to 4 there’s a bunch of availability.
@DFBGuide7 ай бұрын
Some restaurants have more tables that are able to accommodate larger groups and some only have a few that may get booked up quickly. Here are some of our favorites for bigger groups, they tend to have a better table set up to fit in more large groups www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/06/01/the-6-best-disney-restaurants-for-large-groups/
@NMannillo7 ай бұрын
@@DFBGuide That’s super helpful. It’s still weird that a restaurant like Akershus, which is the same characters for breakfast and dinner, will take a part of 7 for dinner but only 4 or less for breakfast. And we had a part of 7 for Cinderella’s Royal Table back in 2019, and now that’s not option. I assume they have their reasons, maybe it’s just left over Covid practices, but it is a little frustrating to be limited to just 4 people.
@dannygrau29837 ай бұрын
If Disney put more money investing on there parks and less time investing on there streaming then these malfunctions wouldn't be happening as much. Still a great ride though.
@dannyortiz04067 ай бұрын
Cool
@samanthahodges78067 ай бұрын
Omg we are famous!
@richardmercer23377 ай бұрын
Wouldn't "Epcotians" be pronounced "Ep-co'-shuns"?🙄A great word regardless!
@richardmercer23377 ай бұрын
PS You can't walk *everywhere*, but you CAN walk from Epcot and nearby resorts to Studios and back. (You CAN'T walk anywhere there is not a sidewalk!!) There are several ways to get from Transporation & Ticket Center to Magic Kingdom. See how many you can name!
@psychchick866 ай бұрын
If there are teenagers in your party, can they accompany you to trader sam's; or is it 21+?
@DFBGuide6 ай бұрын
It is 21+ after 8pm
@psychchick866 ай бұрын
Thanks! @@DFBGuide! I'm going to be aiming closer to opening time.
@DFBGuide6 ай бұрын
Heads up that it’s still kind of a long wait to get in usually. They open their waitlist around 1ish and open at 3. I recommend getting your name on the list and grabbing lunch nearby while you wait
@psychchick866 ай бұрын
@@DFBGuide yup, that's definitely the plan. Get there closer to 1:30, putting our names down, and then wandering around the poly (not to far from Trader Sam) until it gets closer to opening time.
@stevebury65607 ай бұрын
I was at disney land in Ca. A long time ago, was not impressed at all . Don't think I would ever go to Disney World do to crowds and the time waiting. I don't see the magic in this trip at all. It over priced and Disney has so much maony they don't do much for the people at all. ll they do in this case is raise prices on everything !! This is my opinion not fact. Sorry
@amydoran99877 ай бұрын
It’s a shame that free fast passes are perm gone. Not only was it free, but it was much less complicated.
@marydonnelly47057 ай бұрын
It made the lines too long
@awnb956 ай бұрын
GD the amount of over planning you seem to have to do now verses the last time I went in 2009.
@kendricksockey-rl7xu4 ай бұрын
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