Category — w. Most Recent Stuff

Sometime today this site’s 2 millionth visitor will drop by.

I can’t tell you all how grateful I am that you come here, ask questions, come back for the recent stuff, tell your friends, pin it, “like” it, link to it from your own sites, and everything else you do to spread the word. [Read more →]

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: JULY 28 TO AUGUST 5, 2012

The material below details operating hours, Extra Magic Hours, parades, and fireworks.

The same stuff is in the table, but organized by park, not by topic.

(For more on July 2012 at Walt Disney World, click here. For more on August see this)

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2013 DISNEY WORLD PRICE SEASONS UPDATED

Barring possible typos, I’ve got the Disney World 2013 price seasons updated, and so have removed the “projected” language.  Find them here.

For some commentary on 2013 resort hotel prices, see this. For an overall view of Disney World 2013 price and value, especially in the light of changes to evening Extra Magic Hours starting in January, see this.

AVERAGE DISNEY WORLD NIGHTLY PRICES BY ARRIVAL DATE AND LENGTH OF VISIT [Read more →]

DISNEY WORLD SPRING BREAK CROWDS: THE PRINCIPLES

Walt Disney World Spring Break crowds are governed by two and a quarter factors:

• Public school Spring Break calendars, which are still largely framed around Easter
• The demand of snow-belters for a break from winter weather, which peaks in March, and
• The quarter factor, the date of President’s day.  Later President’s Days (which can range from February 15 to February 21) tend to make the first part of March better

An early Easter combines the first two factors, making for more than the usual horrible crowds in March but a great April; a late Easter spreads the first two factors out, yielding some good later March and early April weeks.

Easter 2013, on March 31, is early in the possible range. President’s Day 2013, on February 18th, is in the middle of its possible range.

As a result, 2013 Spring Break crowds at Walt Disney World will be fine the last week of February, iffy the first week of March, and  bad from March 9 through April 6, with the peak crowds (rated 11 on my 2013 crowd calendar) happening the weeks beginning March 9, March 23, and March 30.

2013 PUBLIC SCHOOL SPRING BREAKS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON WALT DISNEY WORLD CROWDS [Read more →]

WRITE A CAPTION FOR THE PHOTO BELOW IN THE COMMENTS FIELD!

Welcome to those coming from Capturing Magical Memories as Magical Blogorail Teal gets even sillier than usual this month.

This month, we are each posting an image and inviting our readers to write captions for it in the “comments” section!

My image is from a family visit to Disneyland in the late 60s or early 70s.

I’m on the left; my sister is on the right.  Dumbo, with some astonishment,  is trying to see her glasses more closely.

My sister has since grown up a lot, and changed her glasses; I look pretty much exactly the same as back then….

Insert your own caption for the photo in the comments form below!

MORE FROM MAGICAL BLOGORAIL TEAL

Thank you for joining Magical Blogorail Teal this month. Our next loop will be in August with an all new theme. Keep checking in with our blogs in between loops to keep up to date with our Disney info, photos and stories.

If you are looking for more Disney magic, you can make your way over to The Magical Blogorail website to see all our members and their blogs, as well as all our previous loops.

Here is the map of this month’s Magical Blogorail Loop should you happen to have to make a stop along the way and want to reboard:

1st Stop ~   The Disney FAITHful
2nd Stop ~ The Many Adventures of a Disney Lovin’ Spectrum Mom
3rd Stop ~   Capturing Magical Memories
Final Stop ~ yourfirstvisit.net

OVERVIEW: JANUARY 2013 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews January 2013 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, operating hours, adds a few other notes, and ends with week by week summaries.

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