Category — w. Most Recent Stuff

CREATING THE “WEEKS TO VISIT RANKED IN ORDER” PAGES

Month in and month out, among this site’s most popular pages are its “Weeks to Visit Walt Disney World, Ranked in Order” pages–for example, this one for 2011, and this one for 2012.

This page explains why these were built, how they were built, and some of their limitations.

WHY BUILD A LIST OF WEEKS TO VISIT WALT DISNEY WORLD RANKED IN ORDER? [Read more →]

SEVEN NIGHT WALT DISNEY WORLD SUMMER ITINERARY

Update: this itinerary will not work for June 2014, and I don’t know yet if it will work for July or August 2014.

Instead of it, use this.

This Walt Disney World itinerary is based on the eight-night Summer Itinerary, but is one night shorter.

It is designed for the incredibly busy weeks from late May to mid-August, and for most other high-crowd periods (Christmas week, Easter Week, etc.)

The 8-night Summer itinerary itself is jam-packed; this 7 night version, which I don’t recommend but provide due to popular demand, is even more strenuous.

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never mind…this contest is over, and the winner will be announced 2/13!  Thanks, Dave

HELP ME HELP YOU!

Much of the material on this site comes from suggestions from readers like you. 

Here’s a chance for you to provide ideas about topics for the site to cover and, if I pick your idea as the best, to win a free night at a Walt Disney World moderate resort!

My friends at Destinations in Florida, the travel agency I work with, have provided this prize for me to share with you guys. 

Give them a look if you are seeking a travel agent to arrange and book your Disney World trip at no cost!

HOW TO ENTER IDEAS

First, once you have an idea for a topic for the site to cover, use the search box (at the very top of the page) to check that it’s not already here somewhere!

Once you’ve checked, enter your idea into the comment form below.  Make sure your email address is right, so that I can later contact you to let you know if you’ve won! (No one will see your email address but me.)

If similar ideas are presented, only the first to be suggested (based on the time stamp on the comment form) will be eligible to win. 

HOW YOUR PRIZE WILL WORK

I will let you know if you have won via email, and let you know how to claim your prize of one free night in a moderate resort from my travel agent partners at Destinations in Florida.

DISCLAIMERS

My decisions as to who came first and who wins are final and not subject to discussion.

No one owns any submitted idea–I get to use any entries as ideas for material to develop as I see fit, without creating any obligation to whoever provided the idea.

The contest will be over no later than a month from now.

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

GETTING FROM YOUR WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT HOTEL TO THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER

I recently had a comment from Dave on this page:

“How long from Disney resorts to Universal, and what’s the cheapest way to get back and forth?”

I told him that it takes 20-50 minutes, depending on which resort and on I-4 traffic, and said that I’d find out about the cheapest way and post on it.

Here’s the post! [Read more →]

WHERE TO FIND FLOOR PLANS FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORTS

All of my Disney World resort hotel reviews contain floor plans.

The Disney-owned and operated resorts are listed below.

If I’ve published a review, the hotel name is a link to the page where the review can be found.

Click the hotel name, the review will open, and you’ll find floor plans within it.

FLOOR PLANS OF DISNEY OWNED AND OPERATED RESORTS

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OVERVIEW: JULY 2011 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews July 2011 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, and operating hours, and ends with week by week summaries.
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