Mistakes to Avoid in Disney World in 2024

[@michellekindley9298]

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.

[@veronicaroberts3172]

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 !

[@margaretwang3818]

Do you mean the Dining Plan? We do pay for it.😃

[@lauradodd7627]

@@margaretwang3818right! Nothing is free at Disney 😂

[@mdf3530]

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.

[@mdf3530]

@@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.

[@junew7251]

Nothing in Disney is free.

[@cooterpooter69]

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_5361]

2024 Cheerleading Worlds is 4/26-4/29 at espn this year. Hope this helps for planning.

[@princessmarlena1359]

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.

[@jsan7178]

Is this Florida, California, or both locations?

[@justinschrank4806]

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

[@nerdminnie8223]

Our family has been DVC members since 2001. We call our transportation plan B a “Disney Transportation Adventure “!

[@mcleigh66]

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.

[@loglog5]

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

[@marydonnelly4705]

They were giving out too many/there were too many people who wanted them. It made the standby lines too long.

[@tasiajohnson1543]

The only downside to being a spring (March) baby. All prices are jacked, and crowds are awful, but we're going to push through!

[@LLMiller1]

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

[@nadogrl]

Didn’t they charge for that? They do now.

[@DavidMontgomery1]

They charge, but there’s days around it.

[@johnicamcclurkin9887]

Star Tours is a must for us every single time!!!

[@mike9147]

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.

[@cyrusoverland8461]

Unless going on holidays, it’s hit or miss.

[@justinschrank4806]

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.

[@justinschrank4806]

This. Other than avoiding obvious holidays, spring break, etc, you really can't plan around crowds anymore. It's always busy.

[@mdf3530]

10:52 I see some familiar faces. Nate from Paging Mr. Morrow and Jackie from Super Enthused!

[@lizziesoups]

I’m heading to Disney Jan 28-Feb 4 - I’m hoping sooooo much that the crowds are lower!!

[@TiredSnowBerry]

Might be my imagination y'all, but I think AJ is super excited that those prime rib sliders are back 😂

[@DFBGuide]

Have you had them?! You’d be excited too!

[@3NDER24]

Just want to say thanks for all the amazing content. You’re a lifesaver when it comes to WDW info.

[@donnajohnson4459]

I try to go just after thanksgiving. But avoid epcot and magic kingdom on weekends. So far works well with crowds

[@katrinathompson5903]

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-vt8fu]

My bday is Aug 22nd! Will be at Disney!

[@katrinathompson5903]

@@RafaelHernandez-vt8fu Me too! Enjoy 😃

[@lolamb343]

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.

[@OGdeason]

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

[@DFBGuide]

Have fun!

[@OGdeason]

@@DFBGuide thank you

[@AngelKotoko]

I want to work for a company that rents out a park

[@jeninaslicer352]

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.😊

[@luma4902]

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

[@marydonnelly4705]

I think peak seasons are generally more expensive.

[@justinschrank4806]

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.

[@libraryminnie7674]

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

[@vintageoriginallegit]

I can’t take a trip this year but maybe I can if I get a second job and pay off all my Debt.

[@y3ahb0y]

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!

[@Koral33]

Yes! I asked for this a couple years ago too

[@dominique2697]

I will love it, please, do this 🙏

[@ijabel3436]

You guys should follow @mermaidninatravels she is gluten free and talks about it a lot

[@brad349miller]

Snore.

[@Anthony-iv7de]

Don't think the juice is worth the squeeze on that one

[@justinschrank4806]

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.

[@drunkenmunke3404]

Thank you as always! Idk what we would do without you and your great team ❤

[@Imperius146]

Timestamps?😊

[@jencomito8957]

Are the virtual queues filling up even faster now that more people can try for them?

[@user-tn5xq6fe7x]

I really enjoy your narration! Fun and informative.

[@heidiziemer9696]

Love Star Tours and always will! Never take away C3PO or R2D2!

[@DragonTigerGateMerchant]

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.

[@hollyharakaly1898]

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.

[@AngelKotoko]

Could you do firework dessert parties video? I couldn’t find a video from you after 2020

[@lcflngn]

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.

[@ryverwynd]

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!

[@kiaraharris826]

What about going around Mother’s Day?

[@aaronmkeith1622]

Video paused and refreshment acquired! No milk but coffee!

[@dancymew2]

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

[@hannahtate923]

We booked one of the low season times mentioned and now people are all gonna go book it 😂

[@covley9438]

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.

[@hottibdotti]

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.

[@piilanichang5290]

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.

[@kratlieff1]

Seems like Disney is too expensive for the average income family. So sad I wish my family could go but it was too expensive. 😢

[@izzyblake8971]

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?

[@infinitespiritsongs9722]

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! 🎉🎉🎉

[@vincent412l7]

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?

[@amymckenna5018]

Spring break the first week of March?? Say it ain’t soooo

[@elimarfigueroa5817]

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?

[@benedwards2566]

We’re planning a Feb 14 - Feb 24 2026 trip. Should we be worried about spring breakers?

[@marydonnelly4705]

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.

[@danielley217]

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!

[@Serenaskywalker]

Spring break is in April not February

[@benedwards2566]

@@Serenaskywalkerclearly you didn’t pay attention to the video where she says some schools take spring break in FEBRUARY.

[@benedwards2566]

@@danielley217maybe I’ll stick with AK that day

[@BeautyInTheMagic]

Chicken Guy lowered their sauce numbers??? 😭😭😭

[@catherineadair9078]

I thought the skyliner is closed until January 2025?

[@chrismayer3919]

Disney has made arranging the attractions so complex, going onto a ride is all but impossible without standing in line. 😒

[@nicolejohnston5582]

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?

[@DFBGuide]

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

[@nishiefb3352]

Yay I’m early! New DFBGuide y’all

[@BotFansUnited]

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)?

[@DFBGuide]

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)

[@BotFansUnited]

@@DFBGuide thank you so much!

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

You can avoid Every "Disney World mistake" by just not going at all. 😄👍

[@NMannillo]

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.

[@DFBGuide]

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/

[@NMannillo]

@@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.

[@dannygrau2983]

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.

[@dannyortiz0406]

Cool

[@samanthahodges7806]

Omg we are famous!

[@richardmercer2337]

Wouldn't "Epcotians" be pronounced "Ep-co'-shuns"?🙄A great word regardless!

[@richardmercer2337]

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!

[@psychchick86]

If there are teenagers in your party, can they accompany you to trader sam's; or is it 21+?

[@DFBGuide]

It is 21+ after 8pm

[@psychchick86]

Thanks! @@DFBGuide! I'm going to be aiming closer to opening time.

[@DFBGuide]

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

[@psychchick86]

@@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.

[@stevebury6560]

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

[@amydoran9987]

It’s a shame that free fast passes are perm gone. Not only was it free, but it was much less complicated.

[@marydonnelly4705]

It made the lines too long

[@awnb95]

GD the amount of over planning you seem to have to do now verses the last time I went in 2009.

[@kendricksockey-rl7xu]

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[@stump1897]

Solve the biggest mistake by skipping Disney.

[@fcochandia]

First!

[@Groegselmaschupp]

Mistake no.1: to go there……