Disney World vacation tips
Bruce Pecho of Niles has been to Disney World more than 40 times. Here are his top six tips to get through efficiently. He emailed me this photo and added a couple of ideas if you can't get to Disney in the spring:
Epcot Flower and Garden Show in April and May, and Epcot Food and Wine Festival in October.
Bruce’s WDW Spring Break Tips
1. Always get a park hopper pass. That way, you won’t be confined to a single theme park on any one day. If one theme park is extremely crowded, you can always hop to another park.
2. If you are a Disney hotel guest: Take advantage of the Extra Magic Mornings and Extra Magic Evenings. Only Disney resort guests get an extra hour in the morning or up to three extra hours in the evening each day in one of the theme parks. Resort guests can beat the crowds by using that exclusive time to their advantage. And since a theme park can be especially busy on an Extra Magic Day, you can leave the park during the day once it really crowds up and go to a less crowded park.
3. Get a FASTPASS very early in the day for really popular attractions, such as Expedition Everest, Splash Mountain or Soarin’. During peak season, FASTPASS tickets can run out early in the day, sometimes before noon, and then you’ll have to wait in extremely long lines in order to ride them.
4. If you want to dine in a nice, sit-down restaurant during your stay, make dining reservations now via 407-W-DISNEY. By the time you get to WDW during spring break, you may not be able to get into these restaurants because they may already be booked up.
5. Once in WDW, eat your counter service meals (fast food) at times other than during normal meal hours. Lines in these restaurants can become horrendous during normal meal times and you may waste a lot of valuable time standing in line waiting for food. During off-peak eating times, the lines will be much shorter and the eating area will be less congested and much easier to navigate.
6. Try to hit the busier attractions during a theme park’s special events (such as parades, fireworks). Lines often thin down during these special events which are viewed each day/night by thousands of guests.
-- Larry Potash