Time is Money at Disney World
Planning Ahead
Let’s start out by seeing if we can all agree on the following:
1) Tickets to Disney World are not exactly cheap.
2) The more days that you add to your ticket, the more you’ll pay (total cost, that is)
3) There are only so many park hours to see what your family wants to see (per day).
4) The more time that you spend waiting in line for each attraction the fewer attractions that you will be able to visit each day.
Assuming that we can all agree on the four points (above), let’s take a look at some ways get more for each dollar that you spend for Disney World tickets.
1) Check out the park hours: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/calendars
2) Contact Disney to find out what (if any) attractions are closed: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/contact/
3) Write down the attractions (visit http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/) that you want to visit before your vacation starts
4) Prioritize each identified attraction into 3 categories
a. Must visit
b. Like to visit
c. It might be fun to visit
5) Take a look at this handy web site: http://m.disneyworld.go.com/
a. Select your Theme Park
b. Select Attractions
c. Select Browse by Wait Times
d. Select High Demand
e. Write High Demand” next to each attraction that you identified (above). These are the attractions that are most likely to have long lines.
6) Ok, now that reality is starting to set in, now is a good time to map out attractions that are close to each other. Take a look at the Disney World maps page http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/maps/
7) Now figure out where and when you are going to eat at the park. Of course fast food options will not only save you money, but they will save you precious time as well.
While on vacation
1) Plan to try to arrive at the park gate at least 20 minutes before they open.
2) If you have an internet capable mobile phone, check the wait time for each attraction using this web site http://m.disneyworld.go.com/ to get an idea of which of the attractions within each park are “High Demand”, “Moderate” and high demand.
3) Be flexible and ready to reprioritize which attractions to visit.
4) Make use of Disney FASTPASS which allows guests to make ‘reservations’ for a popular ride to avoid
waiting in long lines.
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