If you received the May issue of Costco Connections, you will find an article about planning your Disney trip. In it are a few good tips to review before your trip to a Disney park.
Plan your trip. Typically planning your trip means how are you going to get there, where are you going to stay and what are you going to eat. However, this article focuses on how to optimize your time in the park. Bob Sehlinger, author of the The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2009, has mathematically calculated the correct order to do the rides. According to his formula, you will avoid spending too much time in lines and spend the most time on rides. Visit TouringPlans.com for to optimized order.
Arrive at the park at least 45 minutes early. When you get in, hit all the most popular rides first. Even if they are in different lands. Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear then head all the way over to Splash Mountain. Even though you are crossing the park, you’ll still net ahead because the lines to these popular rides can get very long.
Rent or bring a stroller. If you are moving quickly to get from ride to ride, even moving across the park, you don’t want your kids to get tired before the day has even started.
Find a deal. Even if you find just one deal, coupon or promotion, you are ahead of the game. Mary Waring started mousesavers.com to be the most comprehensive list of current deals available.
Take a rest. Both Sehlinger and Waring recommend leaving the park at lunchtime for a little siesta. Hang by the pool, relax in the room or have a bite out of the park. If you head back in the afternoon, you will not only skip the hottest and most crowded time of the day, but there will be a mass exodus of families who didn’t take this advice.
A tilt-shift lens is a special camera lens that puts the edges of the photo out of focus while maintaining focus in the center of the photo. The effect causes everything to look small. Great video!
This video looks so much better on YouTube in HD mode (make sure you click on watch in HD). I’m gonna rush out get some LED lights. I can have ten times the lights for the same cost. And the lights will be brighter.
I took this picture from a magazine page my wife’s grandma saved from 1961. The back, which I will post shortly, had a recipie to create a Mark Twain riverboat cake.
Annual Passholders can get free sunglasses from St. Joseph Hospital by filling out this form and taking it to the St. Joseph’s Healthy U exhibit inside the Innoventions Dream Home in Tomorowland.
At least it will be, starting September 26. Disney has a new site that is dedicated to this now annual event. The site goes into details about the event. This year, the following attractions
will be decked out for Halloween:
Haunted Mansion Holiday
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Woody’s Halloween Roundup
It also includes details on what charters will be in costume, what special food and beverages will be available, and special Halloween merchandise. They also have downloadable pumpkin carving
templates and coloring pages. To top it all off, there are three games to play.
Disney went all out on this site, just like they do in the park. Head over to the site and check it out.
If you got excited about the Fantasmic in your own backyard post, you’ll love this. Dean, obviously very talented with his video camera, built out a version of Soarin right in his house. Looks like a ton of fun.
Secrets, history, and fun facts behind the magic. Disney World vacation planning, information, tips, games, rumors, secrets, shopping, downloads and more!
A collection of images and other items from Disneyland, theme parks and other amusement parks. Also look for images and items I find interesting, amusing or both.
A photo blog devoted to Disney Theme Parks; all photos were taken by me and will feature the rides, characters, buildings, and that wonderful feeling you get when you visit the parks.
If you received the May issue of Costco Connections, you will find an article about planning your Disney trip. In it are a few good tips to review before your trip to a Disney park., has mathematically calculated the correct order to do the rides. According to his formula, you will avoid spending too much time in lines and spend the most time on rides. Visit TouringPlans.com for to optimized order.
