Worst advice you got

[Hoopfamily]

What is the worst advice you ever got or overheard someone get for a Disney trip? Mine has to be when a TA told me it would be a waste of money to buy books like The Unofficial Guide because they don't help.

 

[rajak73]

Worse advice was on the disboards saying how bad FP+ was. You could only ride 3 rides and had to wait in line 45min for everything else. Umm, No, we did more on our last trip in December than we ever did before.

 

[Mom2Stitch]

My DSIL once told me you could see the Castle from the hotel that sits across from DTD. She had lived in Jacksonville, FL for a while and you would think, to hear her talk, she was an expert on WDW, lol. I knew that wasn't right, but she's the sort that you just nod and agree with and go on.

 

[Magpie]

While in line at the Magic Kingdom, I once overheard a man telling his family that they could take the monorail to "Harry Potter Land". When I tried (nicely) to correct him, he told me I was mistaken!

 

[bbjunkie]

Pack 47,000 things in your park bag just in case you need them. You must be prepared. Extra shoes, band-aids, every kind of medicine you can think of, bottles of water, crystal light, socks, ponchos, baggies, toothbrushes, kitchen sinks, and a dishwasher. Ok, so that's hyperbole, but you catch my drift. After the first evening, we carried what we "needed" in our pockets and never carried the bag again. STEP AWAY FROM THE BAG!!

 

[Disney_Dogs_Rule]

get married

oh wrong thread

 

[mom2AidanAndEli]

Before our first trip, I did a lot of research here on DIS, and other places as well. Prevailing thought seemed to be you absolutely HAD to have park hoppers or you'd never see everything you wanted. If you weren't hopping, you were wasting your time. No way could you stick to one park a day. So I bought them. Never used them! Wasted over $200 for our family. We've never bought them since and have done just fine on all five trips! I know this is personal preference. There's no one right answer--but it certainly seemed that way at the time!

 

[ArwenMarie]

Ditto to the park hoppers

 

[Disney_Dogs_Rule]

I agree with Park Hoppers unless your plans include park hopping.

We have had them for our trips but we have hopped during every trip but I could easily go without it. It is not hard to plan around not hopping.

 

[Flamingeaux]

Most of the advice we got for our first trip was great and I wish DW would have listened to a couple things. I guess the worst advice we got was it is too far to drive to WDW from Baton Rouge. Our first trip we flew which was fine. Because DW spent so much money on that trip I told her I would make all the plans for our trip to Universal. We drove and guess and it was very doable. We saved a ton of money and have been to WDW more than 15 times since....

 

[richmo]

a couple:
- Rope drop is the only way to go
- Magic Kingdom IS Disney World

 

[mhconley]

Another vote for Park Hoppers. We purchased them our first several trips and never used them. The last several we did not have them and never missed them. This trip we're doing one day each in each of the four parks plus one day in the middle at a water park.

Martin

 

[LiveToTravelNicely]

Pack 47,000 things in your park bag just in case you need them. You must be prepared. Extra shoes, band-aids, every kind of medicine you can think of, bottles of water, crystal light, socks, ponchos, baggies, toothbrushes, kitchen sinks, and a dishwasher. Ok, so that's hyperbole, but you catch my drift. After the first evening, we carried what we "needed" in our pockets and never carried the bag again. STEP AWAY FROM THE BAG!!

That's the "Mary Poppins' bag approach" of park touring!!! Don't forget your coat/hat rack! You'll want that to hang your hat during RNRC!

 

[amomma23]

We sat on the bus with one other family going back to AoA for an afternoon break. The dad was kind of grumpy and mentioned not doing the dining plan if they return because he was tired of eating at the resort every day.
Apparently their TA told them their free QS dining plan was only good at their resort! We quickly set them straight, but I wish we would have met them earlier. It was day 4 of a 7 day trip.

 

[bellyrunnersix]

Eat at Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar. I heard so many great things about it. It has a menu as good as Tutto Italia, it's so relaxed, and it's great value for a lounge.

We spent nearly $100 for a few slices of so-so cured meat, a couple of pieces of cheese, wine, and tiny bread sticks. On top of that our waiter was inattentive and when we he did happen to show himself he was pushy.

I'd rather eat chips in La Cava del Tequila and deal with the crowd than repeat that disaster again.

 

[Disney_Dogs_Rule]

Definitely a personal preference here


Go to the park with EMH and enjoy a full day. After a few times, this dog doesn't follow the pack on that one anymore. Rather go to a less crowded park at regular operating hours and sleep a little more and enjoy a breakfast. (please note that my opinion is only for EMH am hours)

 

[smiths02]

That the best character interaction is at character meals; otherwise, you will waste all your time in hot lines to meet characters. I mean, I will still probably plan some, but we had WAY better character interaction with A&E FP+, Epcot character spot FP+, Jake (short line at DHS), Sofia (short line at DHS) then we had at any of our meals.

 

[JennyDrake]

To go through TTA to go from resort to resort or park to park.

 

[PantherPete]

While in line at the Magic Kingdom, I once overheard a man telling his family that they could take the monorail to "Harry Potter Land". When I tried (nicely) to correct him, he told me I was mistaken!

Apparently, you aren't aware of platform 9 3/4 at the Disney TTC.

 

[Princess Mulan]

get married

oh wrong thread