Hacking Disney
Getting the most of Disney in the Summer
Summer is here. Florida summer’s can be really hot, it rains and gets nastily humid. Walt Disney World is an amazingly awesome theme park; however, it suffers from Florida’s heat, summer showers, humidity, and to add another layer of issues, the parks get crowded. This may seem like a recipe for a disastrous Walt Disney World vacation but fret not, here are a few hacks to make the most of your trip.
Stay On Property
Staying at a Walt Disney Resort can be an expensive thing to consider but the value it adds can make all the difference. If you book with time, you can choose to stay at a value resort and those are typically about $40-$60 more than what you would pay to stay off property. The benefit here are the busses (think a/c), a pool to cool in, and extra magic hours. Extra magic hours gives you access to the parks either before official open or after closing time, meaning wait times all around are much a shorter than they would be during the day.
Napping
The convenience of staying on property and access to the bus system, which runs about every 20 minutes or so means you can go back and forth from the parks to your hotel. We love this! This past weekend, we used this to our advantage, big time. We would head to the park in the morning (one day we did a pool day) and get back to the hotel by 3pm or so. We’d nap, shower, and head back about around 6pm-ish. Our three-day trip essentially felt like a 5/6 day trip because we doubled our park visits and what we did all be hacking the day with naps. Winston Churchill used to take naps during World War II because he felt most productive in the morning. Naps became the way he would get two mornings in one day, doubling his productivity.
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Not to mention, some other benefits of plotting your day was that it would typically rain in the afternoon, so while it rained, we napped (thanks Dark Sky, amazing weather app). The split of the day also let us maximize magic hours without being tired for them.
A few more things
Other notable things: book fast passes! They are free and you get three you can book in advance. After you use up the three, you can book additional, one at a time. You’ll need the myDisney Experience app to do so.
At any location that serves beverages, you can get free cups of water. This is important so that you can stay hydrated. Additionally, some rides (specifically in Pandora, the World of Avatar) have water dispensers for water bottles, so it’s nice to have one.
If you want to kick back at the resort, each resort has a full schedule of activities. Lastly, Pandora, Walt Disney World’s new expansion at Animal Kingdom is absolutely amazing and the have magic hours all summer long. Great way to experience the new land and all the rides in it.
Hope you have a wonderful summer vacation trip if you go to Disney World and if you have any other hacks, tips or advice, drop it in the comments below for others to see, until next week!
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