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Old 10-06-2007   #9 (permalink)
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Re: The Ultimate Disney Trip Guide!

I think a lot of that is personal preference. It depends on what's going on the time of year you visit, the ages in your group, and how many times you've been to WDW.

In my case, my family probably spends the least amount of time in the Magic Kingdom. When we go in December, we're attending MVMCP and we know we'll get to ride anything we want to ride then, so we only have one short daytime visit planned just to take daylight pictures of the Christmas decorations. We have favorite attractions that we have to do, but have been there enough to skip what doesn't interest us as much.

Although MGM is a small park, there are things in there that are "must do" for my family, so we'll go there a few times during our visit. We ride ToT and RnRC as many times as possible, preferably one after another. Star Tours and Muppets are also high on my list and I can do them multiple times. I also try to get in Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, and One Man's Dream once a vacation.

Since we're going in December, we plan on spending quite a bit of time at Epcot, seeing the Christmas storytellers. Epcot seems to be the park we spend the most time at no matter what time of year we visit.

Animal Kingdom Park is under-estimated, in my opinion. My best tip for that park is to slow down and look around at all the stuff people run past when they're in a hurry to get to the attractions. It was a couple of years before we ever went down the side paths by the Tree of Life. I'm not talking about the ones that lead to It's Tough to be a Bug, but rather the ones that lead to the giant tortoises and Capybarra, down by the bottom of the tree. There are beautiful sights at the Animal Kingdom and a lot of them aren't in plain view, take time to explore.

My favorite tip is to get to a park early, do as many of the popular attractions that you can fit in and leave it at lunchtime when it starts to get crowded. Get a bite to eat, relax at your resort, take a swim or a nap, or do some shopping. Then head back to a park in the late afternoon, just as the people who have been there all day are leaving. We usually go to a different park in the afternoon, just for variety.
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