Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

OVERVIEW: GETTING MORE FASTPASSES FASTER AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

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

Walt Disney World’s FASTPASS program permits your family to skip a lot of waiting in line for some of Walt Disney World’s most loved—and hence crowded—attractions, for free.

I have posted details on this program elsewhere. This page is meant to help you—at some real cost—overcome some of the key limitations of the FASTPASS program:

• You can only get a FASTPASS every two hours
• Some FASTPASSES are completely distributed early in the day
• Other FASTPASSES quickly build to a return time very late in the day

Walt Disney World currently has no program similar the “Universal Express Program” for Universal resort guests.

This remarkable Universal program allows Universal hotel guests to move to the front of almost every ride’s waiting line as many times as they wish, whenever they wish, beginning as soon as the parks open. (See this for details.)

However, you can buy your way into a roughly similar situation at Walt Disney World—simply by buying and using more than one theme park admission ticket per person!

Two theme park tickets used for admission allow twice as many FASTPASSES, on average granting you a FASTPASS every hour rather than every two.

DETAILS ON GETTING MORE FASTPASSES FASTER AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

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OVERVIEW

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

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This is part of The Comfortable Guide to Walt Disney World

OVERVIEW: THE MOST COMFORTABLE WAY TO TOUR THE THEME PARKS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

This site provides precise instructions elsewhere , including how to tour the parks at Walt Disney World. These instructions are designed for typical first time family visitors who are not sure whether or not they will ever return.

This page is one of several onhow to tour the theme parks at Walt Disney World for a subset of first time visitors: those seeking the most comfortable visit.

It is part of a series about the most comfortable way to visit Walt Disney World.  Its companion series is about the most inexpensive way to visit Walt Disney World,

I am publishing both series at the same time so that they also help those who are looking for bargains and deals on some things, so that they can spend more on others!!  Links to everything in these two series are at the bottom of the page.

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Hey–this page is about July 2010–for July 2011, click here

OVERVIEW

This page outlines July 2010 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, operating hours, adds a few other notes, and ends with week by week summaries.

For the schedule of 4th of July fireworks at Walt Disney World, see this.

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Because of changes to Walt Disney World’s summer Fantasmic schedule, the Easter/Summer Itinerary no longer works for summer visits.

As a result, I’ve split this itinerary into two. 

• The Easter Itinerary is identical to the old Easter/Summer itinerary, and still can be found here with a new name.
• The new Summer Itinerary is here (and its To-Do List is here). The changes in it are minor, and, in particular, its restaurant reservations remain identical to those of the former version.

Questions or concerns?  Leave a comment below!

OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD SUMMER ITINERARY

This 8 night itinerary  is for most of the incredibly busy weeks  from late May to mid-August.  

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For itineraries for the rest of the year, see this. For when to go to Walt Disney World, see this.  

Click on your arrival week on this page to check for exceptions. If you are returned to this page, then this itinerary should work.   

For an alternative that’s 7 nights long instead of 8, see this.  

LINKS FOR THIS ITINERARY

• First Saturday
• First Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Second Saturday
• Second Sunday
• TO-DO LIST
• SUMMARY OF ITINERARY

ITINERARY LINKS  

• For itinerary design goals and the basic December Itinerary, see this
• For shorter and longer itineraries targeted at the same December weeks, see this
• For itineraries covering all the other parts of the year, see this
• To design your own itinerary, see this
• For rides that might be skipped, see this
• For a comprehensive guide to rides and attractions, see this

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