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It's one thing to live in a hot, humid place and another to spend all day walking around outside on the concrete amid giant crowds for 15 hours totaling 20,000 steps or more. It sure is better when it isn't so hot!

May by a mile on weather alone. May is a not bad for crowds and you will avoid the September Halloween parties that can complicate MK visits.

You intend to spend the night near the Space Center after a visit and then leave from there for PA? Cape Canaveral Beach Resort has a lazy river.

Here is my experience having gone to Disney many times with 3 young kids: It is much better to have 7 park days and spend less time in the parks vs. 4 park days and trying to cram it all in. For example, you go to MK in the morning, leave at 1 p.m. and take the rest of the day off. Or you...

You can plan now but the weather It's the day you check in to your hotel. For example, you arrive Monday and check in at 11 a.m., you head to the water park for free. If you arrive Monday and check-in at 11 p.m. you are out of luck because the water park will be closed. You are planning a...

People often ask, when are crowds low? Last year, the morning and afternoon of July Fourth was it! Those early-in-the-day crowds led to many stories stating that people were abandoning visiting Disney, attendance was way down and the end was near. Anyway, I do think summer is the new "off"...

You can enter MK at 7 p.m. for your After Hours event. If you want to do something at EPCOT first, I would skip the STK 71 dinner.

I also recommend a house or condo for a month. Something with multiple bedrooms, a living room, washer & dryer and a full kitchen. There are ample places in the WDW area and the cost will be far less than a hotel room. If you want the "resort feel" go with somewhere like Windsor Hills or...

Halloween begins in August at Magic Kingdom as they start the parties that month. Only the parties get the big theming, costumes and fireworks. There are some decorations you would see during the day and some stuff in the gift shops. The rest of the parks don't get big Halloween theming. The...

Some people are already booking for 2025 and it's an incentive for people to book earlier. Plus it takes time for the work of this perk to spread. As for what is behind it, there could be multiple reasons: - This is an incentive for someone on the fence between an onsite or offsite stay. - It...

The timeshare tour playbook is that the 90 minutes won't include the property tour, the meal time if offered, and the other stuff that makes 90 minutes turn into multiple hours. They wear you down to get you to sign anything to leave.

There is another advantage to staying inside the airport. We recently had to wait about an hour for a shuttle to take us to a nearby airport hotel. Now, had we known it would take that long we would have called an Uber, but these are the kinds of delays that can happen when traveling. The more...

Another vote for the Hyatt Place Midtown. Our family of 5 fit in the room, although it was tight. Free breakfast is a big money and timesaver. For fun I looked at what the rates are now for the week before Christmas and by the time you add fees and taxes likely $900 a night.

1. Don't attend the timeshare presentation. If interested in timeshares, visit tugbbs.com. Orange Lake timeshares have no value and sell for $1 from owners wanting to escape the maintenance fees. 2. If forced to attend, don't agree to anything. Set a timer on your phone if there is a time limit...

You have already planned a grueling trip with 5 full days of activities. April can be hot and having a couple days to recuperate would be my plan. Also not fun for me would be driving 4 hours in one day to go somewhere. Some things I would consider would be going over to Animal Kingdom Lodge...

Disney offers a crowd calendar as they charge more for tickets on more popular days. They also block out more periods from most annual passes. In the end, how you tour the parks is much more important than when your visit is. Having a strategy for your visit makes the difference between...

The true purpose of the AP turnstiles is to remind and nudge non-AP holders that they should buy one. A little reminder as you enter. One of many clever things Disney does to "nudge" guests into doing things.

Magic Kingdom has several anytime attractions with little to no wait and is the most iconic of the parks, so I would pick that for a quick visit. I have gone there just to have a snack, watch the fireworks, walk around and perhaps go on the people mover. You are going to be taking a small...

There many resorts you can rent in the Seaworld area between Universal and Disney. These are timeshare resorts you can rent directly from owners or from the resorts. Renting somewhere like Redweek is going to be less than from the resort directly. Some resorts include Marriott Harbour Lake...

That's a great time to arrive as the timeshare sales people will most likely be gone.