{"id":34893,"date":"2014-10-16T08:59:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=34893"},"modified":"2022-05-05T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:58:36","slug":"breaking-disney-vacation-planning-step-five-park-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/breaking-disney-vacation-planning-step-five-park-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down Disney Vacation Planning Step Five: Which Park to Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StepFiveWhichPark\"<\/a>In my last four blog posts we have broken down Disney vacation planning into four easy steps to make your planning less stressful. \u00a0First was researching giving us more knowledge about Disney while making us feel less overwhelmed as we planned. \u00a0From there we moved onto talking to our travel party to determine our goal. \u00a0Knowing what people want out of a Disney trip is extremely important. \u00a0Resorts came next as we decided where to stay during the vacation and finally we looked at food. \u00a0Determining what dining plan to use as well as what type of reservations we needed were all important in step four of planning. \u00a0In this blog post, we will finally get to our fifth step which is deciding when to visit each park and how long to visit each.<\/p>\n

Although you would think this would be earlier on in the planning of a Disney trip, I have found that this actually comes later on in my planning. \u00a0I need to know where I want to eat and what my party\u2019s goals are before determining where we are going each day. \u00a0When I start to plan this step, I use a variety of different resources.<\/p>\n

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  1. Extra Magic Hours<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are bonus hours that guests staying on property (at a Disney resort) can take advantage of while visiting. \u00a0They are extended hours \u00a0both in the morning for early risers and late into the evening for those night owls. \u00a0Again, you need to know your traveling party.<\/p>\n

    We are an up early type of family so making early extra magic hours was fine; however, trying to stay up late wasn\u2019t going to happen so evening extra magic hours were out. \u00a0It is always a good rule of thumb that if you are unable to make early extra magic or late extra magic hours to avoid the park that is hosting it that day. \u00a0\u00a0Many don\u2019t purchase parkhoppers so if they were there early they have to stay late making it a busier park for the day.\"WhichParkToVisit2\"<\/p>\n

    2.\u00a0 Crowd Calendars<\/p>\n

    This is another tool that I use a lot when planning which parks to go to. \u00a0There are a variety of sites that provide suggestions and crowd levels for each day. \u00a0Most of these sites don\u2019t suggest the park with the extra magic hours so take that into consideration. \u00a0If your family can make it early, then head to extra magic hours in the morning and use the crowd calendar to determine where you want to be in the afternoon. \u00a0I would say I use these as suggestions not a law when planning.<\/p>\n

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    3.\u00a0 Favorites<\/p>\n

    This would seem like an easy one, but don\u2019t forget to take into consideration favorites of your traveling party when determining which parks to visit. \u00a0If you have a park that is a favorite, plan more time there; however, if there is a park your family isn\u2019t as excited for it is okay to skip it or limit your time visiting it. \u00a0When looking at this make sure to go back and review your goals of your travel party. \u00a0Is it to try to hit as much as possible while visiting? \u00a0Or is it to hit your favorites as many times as possible? \u00a0This will determine where you want to spend your time<\/p>\n

    4.\u00a0 Food<\/p>\n

    Again we all love to eat and Disney is an amazing place to do this at. \u00a0Look back at your reservation must dos and use that to guide which parks you might need to be at during food time. \u00a0If your daughter just has to eat with Cinderella, you will want to make sure you make reservations at the castle and plan to be at Magic Kingdom that day. \u00a0Although you are able to park hop (if you have purchased that option) we have learned that traveling between parks for reservations can be stressful, so we plan our parks around our reservations as well.<\/p>\n

    Disney World has so much to offer that it can be overwhelming determining which parks to be at when. \u00a0I have learned that by reviewing extra magic hours, crowd calendars, our favorites, and food reservations we are able to make the decision a little easier.<\/p>\n

    Planning a Disney World vacation can be extremely stressful and overwhelming for how big it is. \u00a0Breaking it down into five easy steps makes it less stressful and more magical.<\/p>\n

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    In my last four blog posts we have broken down Disney vacation planning into four easy steps to make your planning less stressful. \u00a0First was researching giving us more knowledge about Disney while making us feel less overwhelmed as we planned. \u00a0From there we moved onto talking to our travel party to determine our goal….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":34894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1695,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86192,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34893\/revisions\/86192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}