Behind-the-scenes tours

phayes93 · 06-24-2009

I have always wanted to take one of the guided tours around WDW, particularly the one that takes you under the MK! However, both our kids were dead-set against it - they didn't want to know how was done. Heck, our 26-year-old son still refuses. I think he's afraid it would somehow ruin the magic.

DW and I will be at WDW this September for the first time since 1982 without a kid in tow. I would like to check into one of he tours. Any Mousebuzzers here taken any of the tours? How'd you like them? Worth the cost?

Soundgod · 06-24-2009

That would be Keys to the Kingdom. If you're at all interested and have never done any of the backstage tours, it is worth it, if only to see places you've never seen or only seen on TV. KTTK is a very long tour and it does have a lunch break included at Columbia Harbour House.

Tiggerific · 06-24-2009

COMPLETELY WORTH IT. Make sure you think up some good questions, DW and I asked most of them. I'd tell you more about how cool is was, especially the super secret areas, but we were SWORN to secrecy!

NokeyNose · 06-24-2009

When we took my mom in 2007, she took the Keys to the Kingdom tour and LOVED it! Said it was totally worth it!!!

mickeysgirlz · 06-24-2009

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Originally Posted by phayes93

I have always wanted to take one of the guided tours around WDW, particularly the one that takes you under the MK! However, both our kids were dead-set against it - they didn't want to know how was done. Heck, our 26-year-old son still refuses. I think he's afraid it would somehow ruin the magic.

And this is why I can't do it! I want too . . . but just can't!

I

the magic part!

PrincessJill · 06-25-2009

I haven't done Keys to the Kingdom, but I've done the Backstage Safari at AK and Behind the Seeds at Epcot. Both of them were great! Backstage Safari takes you around the buildings and animal areas that you can't see from inside the park. Behind the Seeds is pretty quick and takes you to only a few rooms you can't see from inside the Land, but it was very informative and interesting.

AnnaBanana · 06-25-2009

Took Keys to the Kingdom in May, 2008. Was great! Didn't really spoil any of the "magic". Lots of what we saw, I had read about, just hadn't "seen". I would say the magic is still there for my family - maybe even more so.

We would love to do more of the backstage tours one day.

TheHawley's · 06-26-2009

I've been kicking around taking my daughter on the Backstage Safari this year. She is a total animal nut, so to the what goes on behind the scenes I think would be a treat!

PrincessJill · 06-26-2009

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Originally Posted by TheHawley's

I've been kicking around taking my daughter on the Backstage Safari this year. She is a total animal nut, so to the what goes on behind the scenes I think would be a treat!

I think she would love it!! They explain a lot about how AK works and how they take care of the animals. We got to walk up to the elephants' house and see them playing in their enclosure, and at the end of the tour they brought in a reptile (I can't remember what it was... I know they're in one of the windows at Conservation Station... looked like a fat lizard

) for everyone to see and touch. It was pretty neat.

IckleHelen · 09-16-2009

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Originally Posted by Soundgod

That would be Keys to the Kingdom. If you're at all interested and have never done any of the backstage tours, it is worth it, if only to see places you've never seen or only seen on TV. KTTK is a very long tour and it does have a lunch break included at Columbia Harbour House.

Is the food included in the cost of the tour? Or is this just somewhere you can grabs something. It's not mentioned on the Disney site. Either way we are doing it, I just wanted know if I get to save some DDP quick dining credits that day so we can spend them on a breakfast another day. Cheers.

jbjags · 09-16-2009

when I did it in 2003 it was included.

KingOMiami · 09-16-2009

I did KTTK in Jan. '09 and it was fantastic. The CM who was the Tour Guide was Carol and she had been doing it for years so she knew EVERYTHING down pat. Well worth the cost. It is almost 4.5 hours including lunch at Columbia Harbor House and they also give yo a special pin to commemorate the occasion. DW did not want to do the tour and when she saw the pin she tried to swipe it from me and I told her too bad so sad. Now she wants to do a tour herself lol

MikeyJCanada · 09-17-2009

What is the price of the tour?

IckleHelen · 09-17-2009

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Originally Posted by MikeyJCanada

What is the price of the tour?

$62 each. Prices of tours are on Disneys official site, look under each Park. Here is a link to the prices of the MK tours.

Tours | Special Experiences | Magic Kingdom Theme Park | Walt Disney World Resort

IckleHelen · 09-18-2009

Here are the links for the other parks, showing the prices of other tours...

Tours | Special Experiences | Epcot Theme Park | Walt Disney World Resort

Tours | Special Experiences | Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park | Walt Disney World Resort

Tours | Special Experiences | Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park | Walt Disney World Resort

They are a pain to navigate to, if you just type 'tours' in the search, they all come up, but don't have prices.

06-24-2009	#1 (permalink)
phayes93 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Godfrey, Ill. near St. Louis Posts: 1,263	Behind-the-scenes tours I have always wanted to take one of the guided tours around WDW, particularly the one that takes you under the MK! However, both our kids were dead-set against it - they didn't want to know how was done. Heck, our 26-year-old son still refuses. I think he's afraid it would somehow ruin the magic. DW and I will be at WDW this September for the first time since 1982 without a kid in tow. I would like to check into one of he tours. Any Mousebuzzers here taken any of the tours? How'd you like them? Worth the cost? __________________ Off-site 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1997, 2000 Yacht Club 1991 Old Key West (Vacation Club) 1993 Caribe Royale 1995 All-Star Sports 1997 Disneyland Pacific Hotel 1999 All-Star Sports 2000 All-Star Movies 2001 All-Star Music 2002 Dolphin 2002-2003 (Xmas) Caribbean Beach Resort - 2003 Port Orleans Riverside & Poly - 2005 Pop Century - December 2005 Pop Century - Dec. 2007-Jan. 2008

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Soundgod Squirrel! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Laughing on the Laughing Floor Posts: 8,801	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours That would be Keys to the Kingdom. If you're at all interested and have never done any of the backstage tours, it is worth it, if only to see places you've never seen or only seen on TV. KTTK is a very long tour and it does have a lunch break included at Columbia Harbour House. __________________ Do you live to eat or do you eat to live? My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Instant Single Digit Dance 6 days 20 hours 54 minutes

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Tiggerific Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 275	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours COMPLETELY WORTH IT. Make sure you think up some good questions, DW and I asked most of them. I'd tell you more about how cool is was, especially the super secret areas, but we were SWORN to secrecy! __________________ TTFN! 1986 March: Spring Break (Epcot) 1994 Oct: Honeymoon with my new DW MickeyEars at the Beach Club Resort 1997 Apr: Port Orleans French Quarter 2003 Feb: Port Orleans Riverside; Oct: All Star Music 2004 Sep: Coronado Springs (We have some pretty cool video of Hurricane Jeanne) 2007 Jan: Port Orleans French Quarter; Aug: Caribbean Beach 2008 Aug: All Star Sports; Dec: Wilderness Lodge 2009 Apr: Pop Century (a 1 day mad dash thru MK!); Aug: Pop Century

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NokeyNose Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,535	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours When we took my mom in 2007, she took the Keys to the Kingdom tour and LOVED it! Said it was totally worth it!!! __________________ Shannon 1988~Off Property 1999~Off Property 2000~Dixie Landings 2006~OKW (1st DVC Trip) 2007~BWV 2008~SSR 2009~BWV My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Hoping for a Bay Lake Stay 318 days 23 hours 54 minutes

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PrincessJill Earl Grey, please. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FL Posts: 2,394	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours I haven't done Keys to the Kingdom, but I've done the Backstage Safari at AK and Behind the Seeds at Epcot. Both of them were great! Backstage Safari takes you around the buildings and animal areas that you can't see from inside the park. Behind the Seeds is pretty quick and takes you to only a few rooms you can't see from inside the Land, but it was very informative and interesting. __________________ Avatar: The Tea Caddy - "Twinings Tea in the classic English tradition" Fall 2010 WDWCP Hopeful!

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AnnaBanana Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 55	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours Took Keys to the Kingdom in May, 2008. Was great! Didn't really spoil any of the "magic". Lots of what we saw, I had read about, just hadn't "seen". I would say the magic is still there for my family - maybe even more so. We would love to do more of the backstage tours one day.

06-26-2009	#8 (permalink)
TheHawley's Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 108	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours I've been kicking around taking my daughter on the Backstage Safari this year. She is a total animal nut, so to the what goes on behind the scenes I think would be a treat! __________________ 2005~POP Century 2007~POP Century 2008~Coronado Springs 2009~ Beach Club DD's 16th Birthday! My Disney Countdown Counting down to: DD's 16th Birthday Trip! Enjoying the Disney Magic!

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jbjags Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Key West, FL Posts: 182	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours when I did it in 2003 it was included. __________________ Contemporary (2001)Polynesian, DCL, All Stars Music (2002)All Stars Sports, All Stars Movies, Coronado Springs, Grand Floridian, All Stars Music (2003) POR Riverside, Pop Century (2004) AlS Movies (2005) ALL Star Movies (2010) My Disney Countdown Counting down to: First trip back in five years with my two kids 264 days 21 hours 54 minutes

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KingOMiami Big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 232 miles from the House of Mouse Posts: 656	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours I did KTTK in Jan. '09 and it was fantastic. The CM who was the Tour Guide was Carol and she had been doing it for years so she knew EVERYTHING down pat. Well worth the cost. It is almost 4.5 hours including lunch at Columbia Harbor House and they also give yo a special pin to commemorate the occasion. DW did not want to do the tour and when she saw the pin she tried to swipe it from me and I told her too bad so sad. Now she wants to do a tour herself lol __________________ '72 Contemporary '74 Poly '81 Golf Resort '89 Grad Night '94 Offsite '06 POP, Offsite, ASMu, AS Sports '07 AS Movies, AS Sports, Coronado , VWL '08 AKV, AS Sports '09 SSR, POP Avatar - Big Al performing from our most recent trip to WDW MB'ers I have met: Allyson, Dac921, Ddoll, Huakai, Nastory4, PrincessPooh, rlcarmichael, Skwak, Val32

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MikeyJCanada Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tecumseh, ON Posts: 305	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours What is the price of the tour? __________________ 1978 off resort,1982 off resort,1985 off resort,1987 off resort,1990 off resort 1996 All Star Music 2006 All Star Music 2007 Coronado Springs 2009 UNKNOWN ASM... BIRTHDAY BASH My Disney Countdown Counting down to: My Birthday Week At WDW

09-18-2009	#15 (permalink)
IckleHelen Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 125	Re: Behind-the-scenes tours Here are the links for the other parks, showing the prices of other tours... Tours \| Special Experiences \| Epcot Theme Park \| Walt Disney World Resort Tours \| Special Experiences \| Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park \| Walt Disney World Resort Tours \| Special Experiences \| Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park \| Walt Disney World Resort They are a pain to navigate to, if you just type 'tours' in the search, they all come up, but don't have prices. __________________ POP 3 days THEN Offsite Villa 7 days THEN POP 4 days - Sept/Oct 2004 (Hurricane messed up our schedule) Next Trip : Pop Century - 6th Dec to 20th Dec 2009

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