Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

4. Magic bands track your every move I can kind of understand why people might think this, but this is not true at all. While magic bands do automatically upload your ride photos to your My Disney Experience account, and they can be used for other things like park entry, making purchases, Mickey is most definitely not tracking your every ...

5. Every attraction ends in a gift shop This point is something that’s overheard often by guests in Walt Disney World, which I just find amusing because most attractions actually do not end in gift shops. If you actually look at the number of attractions that exit into gift shops and the number of attractions that do not, you’d be ...

6. You have to be on Main Street to see the parades I don’t know if this is as much of a lie as it is simply a desire to be on Main Street, but you absolutely do not need to be on Main Street to see the parade. If you don’t want to spend some serious time camping out ...

7. It can be done in one or a few days This lie is interesting to me, and I can only assume it happens as a result of one of two reasons. One reason is that the people who promote this lie do absolutely no research—they do so little research that they think Walt Disney World is one park, and ...

8. You can get free stuff if you ask This is another lie that I heard occasionally while on my college program. I assume that by “free stuff” people are usually referring to things like snacks or basic merchandise items. I don’t know of any company that would just give out free stuff because you asked, and Disney certainly does ...

9. Cast members will watch your kids for you Disney does offer some excellent childcare services, however these services come from cast members whose job it is to watch your children, not any cast member you happen to see. While safety is indeed a huge priority for any Disney cast member, watching your children is really not part of your ...

10. Fastpass costs money One “lie,” or misconception that I occasionally heard during my college program was from guests who did not use Fastpass until the end of their trip, because they assumed that it cost money. I assume this misconception occurs simply because other theme parks do generally charge for similar services, however Fastpass at Walt Disney World is ...

There have been a couple of neat changes announced for Walt Disney World annual passes.  The first is that starting October 2nd, if you purchase an annual pass, you get 13 months for the price of 12.  The passes must be purchased between October 2, 2016 and January 3, 2017 in order to qualify for the promotion.  If you have ...

The permit applications have been filed to kick off the required work to expand the current convention center space at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club.  The current convention space is around 75,000 square feet.  With the expansion, the new size is expected to be around 100,000 square feet.  Disney plans to begin the construction soon and finish by spring of ...

It is said that the Imagination! Pavilion will be the host to the new Visa cardholder exclusive photo spot.  With this addition, the current location at Innoventions West will be closing.  You must show your Disney Chase Visa in order to enter the area for your free photo spot with the character for that day.  This may help drive a ...