Posts from — March 2010

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER: MARCH UPDATE

A new Universal Orlando brochure for travel agents includes some key new details on height requirements for the rides at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and some new language describing the rides. 

As a result, I have updated all the materials in this site’s instructions for visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and also put the key material below.

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OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD AIR TRAVEL 101

(This page is one of a series explicating Walt Disney World lingo, abbreviations, and FAQ for first time family visitors to Walt Disney World.)

This page is one of a several designed to give tips and insights to those traveling by air to Walt Disney World for whom air travel is a new or rare thing.

I will try to cover in it all the key things they may not know about such travel.

This series purposely excludes tips and hints for getting the best deals  on air travel.  Those are on a different page—Air Travel 201.

Air Travel 101 for Walt Disney World includes the following pages:

1. Flights and Tickets
2. Seats and Ground Transport
3. Bags and Packing
4. From the Day Before You Leave Until the Day You Return

B. PICKING YOUR SEATS

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OVERVIEW

This page outlines September 2010 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, operating hours, and weather, and then ends with week by week summaries and recommended itineraries.

Also in September is Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, a special evening event–with its own ticket–that has become a family tradition for many.

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CURRENT DEALS AND DISCOUNTS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DISNEY WORLD DEALS AND DISCOUNTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Several Disney World deals for the general public are out for 2026:

• Disney World Free Dining for Kids in all of 2026
• Disney World Room Percentage-Off Deal for May 1 through July 29, 2026
• Disney World Room Percentage-Off Deal for July 30 through October 3, 2026
• Disney World Free Dining for much of June 28 through December 21, 2026

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OVERVIEW: DISNEY’S GIVE A DAY, GET A DISNEY DAY PROGRAM

Note: Disney has met its goal of getting a million people to sign up, and thus is no longer accepting new registrants for this program.

For current Walt Disney World discounts, see this.

Disney’s “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program provides one day of free theme park admissions (or other goodies) in return for a day of volunteer work at a pre-approved  project or event. 

For some families, this ticket will be worth more than $80 per person. 

Other families won’t be able to use the ticket itself, but can redeem their day instead for a cool special FASTPASS program that will likely limit their waiting the day that they use it.

MORE DETAILS ON DISNEY’S GIVE A DAY, GET A DISNEY DAY PROGRAM

How it works:

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OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD AIR TRAVEL 101

(This page is one of a series explicating Walt Disney World lingo, abbreviations, and FAQ for first time family visitors to Walt Disney World.)

This page is the first of several designed to give tips and insights to those traveling by air to Walt Disney World for whom air travel is a new or rare thing. 

I will try to cover in it all the key things they may not know about such travel. 

This series purposely excludes tips and hints for getting the best deals  on air travel.  Those are on a different page—Air Travel 201.

Air Travel 101 for Walt Disney World includes the following pages:

1. Flights and Tickets
2. Seats and Ground Transport
3. Bags and Packing
4. From the Day Before You Leave Until the Day You Return

A. PICKING YOUR AIRLINE, FLIGHTS, AND TICKET TYPE

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