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This Walt Disney World itinerary, revised in September 2009 (click here for a PDF of the obsolete itinerary), is designed for a specific December week–although it works just fine the weeks immediately before and after that week.

You can review the basic itinerary by clicking on the thumbnail; to enlarge it, when it’s open, click it again a couple of times.

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When you make your Walt Disney World hotel and ticket reservations, also sign up for the package “Magic Your Way Plus Dining,” and request a refrigerator for your room.*

Assuming you eat where this site’s itineraries suggest you do (see Where to Eat), this will save you a lot of money.

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Stay in Disney’s Polynesian Resort if you can afford it, or at Disney’s Pop Century Resort if you are on a tight budget.

(Note: only 5 people can stay in one room at the Polynesian, and only 4 at Pop Century. If your family is too large for a single room, see Special Circumstances.)

STAY AT A WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT

You should stay at an official Walt Disney World Resort, as doing gives you special privileges that your itinerary takes advantage of.

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WALT DISNEY WORLD CROWD CALENDAR

The thumbnail (click on it to open it) presents predictions for crowds at Walt Disney World over the year.

(Last updated July 2010.)

The thumbnail shows colored bars by Saturday arrival date.

The higher the bar, the more crowded the parks at Walt Disney World will be that week.

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This chart (click thumbnail to open; when open, click one or two times again to enlarge) groups all rides at Walt Disney World based on two points of view:

• Vertically from the eyes of pre-school kids: best loved, to be avoided, or neither;
• Horizontally from the eyes of kids in the third grade or older, and their parents: skippable, favorites, or neither.

Groupings are based on ratings by age from a number of sources, on height restrictions, and on “scariness.”

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“While every child is different, in general this guidance is dead on.” –David C., Pediatrician

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If this will be your kids’ only childhood visit, as of your arrival date at Walt Disney World, your youngest child should be 8 or 9 or older, and your shortest child should be at least 48 inches tall.

Children of any height or age can enjoy Walt Disney World. However, this site assumes that you are not sure whether or not you will ever be returning for another visit.

Because you may not be returning, your children should be old enough, 8-9 years old or older, and tall enough, 48″ tall or taller, to fully enjoy Walt Disney World on what may be their only childhood visit.

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