park planning
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The Wall Street Journal revisited the affordability question with an article titled: Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation. I am not linking to the article since it is behind a paywall. Full Disclosure, I do not have a WSJ subscription, so I have not read the article. Fortunately the…
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Grandma and I are getting close to our first trip to Disneyland in over 20 years. Back in the late 1990s, the kids were younger. Our plan was to alternate between Disneyland and Walt Disney World. It was a great plan. However, California did not have a Disney Vacation club presence. Lodging for a family…
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Well it has been a minute since my last post and lots of Disney has been in the news. Mufasa was released, Bluey is coming, and various ride closures on both coasts. I tend not to just rebroadcast news that is easily obtained elsewhere. I may give a link to an article or two, but…
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So it seems Disney has decided to rip the band-aid and increase prices on almost everything all at once. There are few things in life that are certain. Disney raising prices is unfortunately, one of them. I know this is old news to some of you who keep up with this sort of thing. I…
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This post will cover some of the perks that comes from staying on property at Disney Resorts. I have mentioned some of these before, but I thought I would collect them in one place. I also know that I will miss a few. So please let me know in the comments what your favorite perks…
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With the rush to get everything in and do every attraction, down time is often overlooked or just not given much thought. Everyone feels the pressure of “Doing It All“. I really don’t know what “Doing It All” means. All What? What do you win if you do? What do you lose if you don’t?…
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OK, you have your resort picked out, reservations are done, park tickets purchased, travel arrangements made, dining reservations put in and a host of other things that need to be done before making the magical trek . You have decided on you park visit strategy and are ready for a laid back relaxing time just…
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As promised this post will cover how you can possibly survive only riding standby. I know that there are times where purchasing Lightning Lane could make sense. Say when you can only visit the parks on rare or special occasions. Or if you only have a short time and want to experience as many attractions…
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Today we get back to a bit of strategy for a low key relaxing Disney Resort vacation. The flurry of news that was D23 is dying down. The excitement of things to be is still hanging in the air. Ole Grandpa feels energized and excited for what’s to come. To be sure things at the…
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As mentioned last time, this post will out line just how Grandma and I use the “Crush” strategy. To review; Crush from Finding Nemo was a laid back sea turtle that just went with the flow. He did not fight the current but just went with it. This is the core of my Disney for…
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