Each and every Walt Disney Global fan has a bucket checklist, however the sensible ones even have lists of items we’ll by no means do once more. This isn’t like our checklist of simple first-timer errors. Moderately, those are issues we’ve achieved and stated to each other: “Wow, that used to be silly on our section. Let’s keep away from it in any respect prices one day.”
Honestly, there are only a few issues at Walt Disney Global that we’d by no means do once more. Our bucket lists a long way longer than our “by no means once more” lists, as a result of maximum issues at Walt Disney Global are value of a 2nd probability. Menus at eating places trade, lodges are overhauled, and sights are tweaked or re-imagined through the years.
If truth be told, since we at the start printed this a couple of years in the past, so much has modified. In all probability we must take the immortal phrases of celebrated philosopher Justin Bieber to center and “by no means say by no means.” Fortunately, Walt Disney Global has a tendency to hear visitor comments and proper errors and reports that rating poorly on visitor pride surveys. Through the years, we’ve had to take away a number of issues from this checklist as a result of we’ve achieved them once more (from time to time inadvertently or now not by means of selection) and had dramatically other–and higher–reports…
To that time, we’ve got rid of other entries from the checklist:
- Dinner at Chef Mickey’s – We’ve got a daughter now. There isn’t a unmarried personality meal at Walt Disney Global that we gained’t be doing within the close to long term. With that stated, we revisited breakfast at Chef Mickey’s and it exceeded expectancies. So possibly we’ll simply stick with that and proceed keeping off dinner?
- New 12 months’s Eve at Magic Kingdom – The closing two occasions we did NYE or December 30 (principally the similar) at Magic Kingdom, it went a long way higher than anticipated. Crowds aren’t just about as dangerous as they was once, and generally height previous within the week.
- All Stars Throughout Formative years Sports activities – I’ve stayed at All Famous person Sports activities right through two early life occasions (couldn’t move up the cost, even supposing I knew I used to be taking part in with hearth) and it in truth wasn’t that dangerous. You nonetheless would possibly wish to keep away from the All Stars right through those occasions, but it surely’s now not a “by no means once more” for us–particularly now that Pop Warner is long gone from Walt Disney Global.
- Step Foot in Dino-Rama – It’s extinct.
- Tomorrowland Speedway – We’ve got a daughter now–one that loves vehicles and pretending to power. Uh oh.
Every other factor to notice is this checklist best covers issues which are inside of our keep watch over to by no means do once more at Walt Disney Global. Through the years, the corporate has made the “selection” for us, by means of getting rid of a large number of issues that we’d another way care to do once more. We’ve taken our ultimate journey on Disney’s Magical Specific and redeemed our closing FastPass.
The ones are issues we will be able to technically by no means do once more at Walt Disney Global, however are very a lot now not within the spirit of this checklist, which is extra like “NEVER AGAIN!” What gained’t we do once more at Walt Disney Global? Listed below are the highest 10+ issues…
TODDLER TIME BONUS: Two Queen Beds – When it used to be simply the 2 people, we’d guide whichever usual room kind used to be least expensive. This incessantly supposed getting two queen beds, which used to be completely nice. We had a queen mattress at house for the longest time and it used to be quite a few area. The opposite mattress may well be used as a workspace or the place one in all us unpacks their suitcase.
This doesn’t paintings with a crib added to the combination. I believe that is the place the word, two’s corporate, 3’s a crowd, used to be born. When you’ve got two queen beds plus a crib (and different child stuff), the room turns into just about unnavigable. We by no means actually took room measurement or flooring area into account, as each and every hotel used to be nice for simply the 2 people. Holy cow does including one small human to the combination trade the equation! It’s king rooms solely for us…for now.
Truthfully, it appears like that is already ‘evolving’ once more. That our most suitable choice is queen rooms that experience a 2nd mattress that folds down from the wall and converts right into a desk or settee. That is doubly true as Megatron will quickly graduate to an ordinary mattress, making the space-saving two queen association the optimum one. Regardless, the 2 usual queen mattress association is 2 cramped–we’d like the convertible room for more space.
TODDLER TIME BONUS: Cut up Remains – Truthfully, it pains me to incorporate this. I like cut up remains and this weblog has advocated them for goodbye. The entire whilst, folks have puzzled our sanity, and now that we have got a child of our personal, we utterly get it.
When touring solo for analysis journeys, I will close up a resort room in beneath 10 mins. When it used to be simply the 2 people, the time used to be a tad upper than that. With a child, it’s for much longer–packing is 2 steps ahead, one step backwards on repeat. Different shifting items of switching lodges simply makes it far more bother than it’s value with a small kid. This used to be some of the Largest Courses Realized on Child Bricker’s Christmas 2025 Travel to Walt Disney Global.
We nonetheless love cut up remains for plenty of causes, and counsel them to solo vacationers and {couples} (particularly those that pack mild). We’ll completely do them once more one day as soon as the logistics are more straightforward, however for us for now, cut up remains are a no-go.
TODDLER TIME BONUS: Inns Beneath Unavoidable Development – We generally aren’t too fazed by means of development at Walt Disney Global, now not even at the resort aspect the place it kind of feels like there are perpetual initiatives at some inns. A easy room request generally works wonders.
That’s nonetheless most commonly our point of view, however after our Vacation Lodge Horror Tales at Walt Disney Global, we will be able to certainly be rather less cavalier concerning the unavoidable or all-encompassing initiatives. Specifically, anything else involving the foyer at a hotel the place the rooms radiate from the foyer, or any long term initiatives on the tower-style lodges the place the whole lot is beneath one roof.
Be aware that this best applies whilst we’re touring with a child and relating to unavoidable initiatives. We’d have 0 hesitation to stick at Port Orleans Riverside between now and 2027 right through its room overhauls, however would keep away from the A-frame of the Recent if the Grand Canyon Concourse have been redone. It’s a case-by-case foundation.
10. Good looks and the Beast Sing-Alongside – It is a tough one. We got here of age right through the Disney Renaissance and are large lovers of Good looks and the Beast consequently. On most sensible of that, we’re new folks who can’t wait to percentage the film with our daughter.
Alternatively, we additionally hate the Good looks and the Beast Sing-At the side of the fiery pastime of 1000 burning suns. I’ll spare you that rant once more, however there’s a explanation why the Good looks and the Beast Sing-Alongside is lifeless closing on our ratings of all 87 sights at Walt Disney Global. It’s worse than the worst direct-to-video sequel, or even the authors of dangerous fanfic may just’ve penned a greater script.
For us, it is a subtle needle to string–making Megatron a large fan of Good looks and the Beast, whilst combating her from ever finding out of this atrocious display’s lifestyles. One in all my large fears is that we will be able to be triumphant on the first, however fail at the second one…which is a recipe for crisis.
As a substitute of by no means doing this display once more, we will be able to do it each and every unmarried time we consult with EPCOT. It’ll change into the enchantment we do greater than the rest at Walt Disney Global. Our common viewership on my own will single-handedly prop up visitor usage numbers and inadvertently assist stay this display round. We can change into the villains.
9. Magic Kingdom on ‘Crimson Flag’ Days Throughout Celebration Season – Magic Kingdom crowd dynamics right through Celebration Season were some of the key dialogue issues of our August via December crowd calendars for a number of years.
We’ve strongly beneficial readers consult with Magic Kingdom right through the day on Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Celebration and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Celebration nights, and Park Hop somewhere else round 4 pm. Conversely, we’ve beneficial keeping off Magic Kingdom on non-party days.
There’s an added wrinkle to this from mid-October via December, Celebration Season “expands” from 2-3 days every week to 3-4 days every week. This ends up in some 4-5 days stretches when Magic Kingdom is just one till 10 pm or 11 pm as soon as, and closes early all different nights. This creates primary issues, particularly on Primary Boulevard, as there are a number of days of crowds consolidated right into a unmarried date by means of distinctive feature of the ones concentrated 6 pm closings.
Should you do make the error of going–possibly even on goal as you wish to have to peer Magic Kingdom at night time and it’s your best choice–a minimum of heed this one piece of recommendation: keep a long way clear of Primary Boulevard sooner than, right through, and after Fortuitously Ever After and Starlight Night time Parade! Critically. It might get downright uncomfortable and really feel unsafe.
8. Lightning Lane Multi-Cross at Animal Kingdom – Let’s simply say that there’s a explanation why Animal Kingdom is now the “least expensive” park for Lightning Lane Multi-Cross. We beg of you: don’t be fooled by means of this. It’s now not in fact a deal if it’s one thing you don’t want!
Even on busier days, you do not want LLMP at Animal Kingdom with even a scintilla of strategizing. That is mentioned in numerous posts, together with in our Easiest Time-Saving Methods for Walt Disney Global, which says all you wish to have to grasp for DAK is “don’t cross right through the center of the day and stand in lengthy strains.”
Critically, that’s about it. Arriving early or staying overdue paintings completely nice for beating the crowds as a result of maximum visitors nonetheless deal with it like a half-day park and attendance is considerably decrease at Animal Kingdom than some other park at Walt Disney Global.
In consequence, a decrease marketed base worth for Lightning Lanes at Animal Kingdom is nearly meaningless. That is very true on days when Animal Kingdom is beneath $20–crowd ranges are by no means dangerous sufficient on the ones dates to justify LLMP within the first position!
There’s one large exception to this, which is strategic Park Hopping. Some Lightning Lane energy customers may be able to leverage LLMP at DAK by means of pairing it with some other park, savvy technique, and a powerful refresh recreation!
7. Pinocchio Village Haus Lunch Rush – We coated this one in Magic Kingdom’s Largest Love-Hate Eating place. After a quick and livid morning racing via Fantasyland, it’s not unusual for children and fogeys alike to hit a wall, wanting meals straight away or risking a meltdown. Input Pinocchio Village Haus. Actually, all of them input Pinocchio Village Haus as it’s the closest eating place when the clock is ticking on a nuclear meltdown.
The core demographic of Pinocchio Village Haus right through the noon rush is “hangry households which are 90 seconds to nighttime at the WDW Doomsday Clock.” That is precisely why simply bringing up it may ship shudders down the backbone of longtime lovers. We’ve nearly all been there, with the battle tales to inform about Pinocchio Village Haus and eerily identical not-so-fond recollections of the eating place.
Pinocchio Village Haus is probably the most notorious Magic Kingdom large-scale eatery, but it surely’s a identical tale with the opposite high-capacity counter carrier eating places. We’ve wandered aimlessly at Cosmic Ray’s looking for a desk and had folks actually run into us rounding corners at Pecos Expenses. The ethical of the tale isn’t to keep away from those eating places fully–as they each and every have redeeming qualities–however not to do it right through the lunch rush when it’s bonkers. Cross early or overdue to avoid wasting your time and sanity.
6. Pandora, Famous person Wars or Toy Tale Lands Noon – There are a couple of parts to this. First is crowds, which can be all the time chaotic and remove from playing the lands. Those lands have a large number of a laugh main points, but if they’re filled with folks, the crowds hinder any person’s skill to in point of fact absorb those lands.
Lengthy strains right through the center of the day surely don’t assist. This isn’t simply triple-digit waits for the sights, both. Walkways and retail outlets change into congested, and it’s tougher to peer the whole lot consequently. Excellent success assembly the Mandalorian and Child Yoda or looking for a desk at Woody’s Lunch Field!
2nd, you’re working a possibility if rain is within the forecast. Those lands are broad and feature few indoor escapes if the elements takes a flip for the more serious. Including insult to harm, they’re a little bit remoted from the remainder of their respective parks. In brief, if it begins raining in both and also you’re now not already inside of, you’ll get rainy. Your choices for briefly ducking indoors are restricted if now not nonexistent.
In the end, there’s the easy fact that those lands are highest originally and finish of the day. Pandora’s bioluminescence and natural lifestyles comes alive within the night, and it in point of fact appears like some other planet. Famous person Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has a spooky and serene sense to it, with the exception of available on the market the place a lot of stunning lighting fixtures give added texture and intensity to the whole lot. Toy Tale Land’s cartoonish high quality is much more exaggerated, with display lighting fixtures and popcorn lighting including much more vibrance to the land.
5. Summit Plummet – In spite of my declare for years that I’m just right in this, after we visited Snowfall Seashore this 12 months, I did Summit Plummet once more. Nearly once it all started, the conclusion washed over me like water that I had made a horrible mistake. To borrow the immortal phrases of Roger Murtaugh: I’m too outdated for this slide.
That is the best enchantment in this checklist, and the cause of this is that we predict folks must pass judgement on sights for themselves, as a result of everybody has other personal tastes. (For instance, there are likely a couple of of you who don’t like Nation Undergo Jamboree. That’s nice–some folks don’t like masterpieces like The Godfather and Citizen Kane, both.)
For me, Summit Plummet at Snowfall Seashore water park is one thing that’s somewhat stress-free and I’m satisfied it exists, as it seems to be actually cool and is a brilliant water slide idea…however as soon as used to be sufficient. From the insanely lengthy line to the sensation of natural terror to the loopy wedgie, I’m just right on it for one lifetime. In fact, I’ll most probably do it once I’m 65, in opposition to my higher judgment another time, simply to really feel younger and reckless once more. 😉
4. “Improperly Pack” – That is moderately of a blanket commentary as it’s a mistake I’ve made time and again in several techniques. Principally, I will be apt to concurrently beneath and over-pack, and convey clothes for the elements I need quite than the elements that’s in fact forecast.
For instance, I tend to pack shorts and polos for iciness journeys–a mistake I’ve made as lately as closing 12 months, even regardless of having written our Iciness Packing Pointers for Disney. For early fall journeys, I’ve been recognized to carry denims and button-downs, even if the elements remains to be sweltering. Past that, I go away at the back of sensible pieces I finally end up lacking to keep away from overpacking, whilst bringing useless stuff “simply in case” that I by no means use.
Sadly, I don’t have an elephant-caliber reminiscence…or I attempt to persuade myself that “it’ll be other this time” (for causes unknown), best to have historical past repeat itself. In different phrases, I say it is a mistake I’ll by no means make once more…however I nearly surely will. Thankfully, there’s now a UNIQLO at Disney Springs, and that retailer has bailed me out many occasions!
3. Meals & Wine Competition on a Weekend – We wish to get started out by means of pronouncing that we actually revel in Epcot’s Meals & Wine Competition…however we don’t like it on weekends. Ever been to a UCF frat get together? Smartly, in case you responded “no”, it’s now not too overdue!
Weekend evenings are top time for college kids with disposable earning to descend upon the Competition to get sloshed. For them, it certain beats consuming Outdated Taste in a dank basement (like we did in faculty), however that surroundings plus the large crowds could make this the least delightful time to be at Meals & Wine Competition.
Weekdays right through the competition are way more stress-free. It’s additionally way more stress-free to wait Meals & Wine in mid-November when the temperatures and humidity are extra bearable, however we invariably attend in September as a result of that’s generally after we consult with for Halloween.
BONUS: Italy Sales space – If now not “required” for the sake of analysis, we’d by no means do the Italy sales space at any competition ever once more. The kiosk is infamous for prime costs, basic faculty cafeteria-inspired delicacies, and only a startling loss of ambition. Should you revel in paying $10 for a sample-sized model of microwaved TV dinners, Italy is a brilliant possibility. If now not, keep a long way away.
2. Rainforest Cafe – How this eating place nonetheless has a couple of places round america, a lot much less a couple of places in Walt Disney Global, defies good judgment. The meals is terrible, and the environment rings a bell in my memory of Eighties-relic ShowBiz Pizza Position, however “modernized” for the Nineties and devoid of personality/attraction.
The darkish cloud that hangs over Rainforest Cafe nearly prolonged to forged a shadow over T-Rex Cafe for me. Thankfully, I gave that a possibility as a result of dinosaurs, and used to be pleasantly stunned. If you’re considering, “however our youngsters love Rainforest Cafe!” believe taking them to T-Rex as an alternative.
1. Depart Early – Midnight is when the parks come alive with stunning lighting fixtures and spell binding environment. It’s additionally when the elements begins to chill and features begin to die down. From a realistic point of view, nights are actually extra high quality than mornings, with decrease wait occasions within the closing couple of hours of the night time than within the first couple hours after rope drop.
On most sensible of that, one in all my favourite “sights” is walking via Global Exhibit after Epcot’s fireworks finish, simply absorbing the environment, paying attention to the song, and seeing the lovely structure. I’d quite do that for an hour than spend 8 sunlight hours within the park. Similar is going for wandering alongside the Rivers of The us in Magic Kingdom or being bathed within the neon glow of Tomorrowland.
BONUS: Sleep In – We pressure this such a lot at the weblog that it’s most probably changing into cliche. Alternatively, it’s just right recommendation–particularly in case you’re staying on-site and are eligible for Early Access. There’s no higher technique to beat the crowds at maximum parks. Principally, we might by no means now not be drained at Walt Disney Global once more. Smartly, that’s now not true–noon naps are a game-changer if you’ll organize them.
Past a few different eating places which are blacklisted (for now) and sights we keep away from for private causes, however that’s about it. Confidently you’ll be told from a few of our errors…or in finding solace in realizing that we have got made those identical errors as you. Call to mind this as a beef up team for individuals who were awoken by means of loud development at off-hours or who’ve dropped $200 on a circle of relatives “dinner” at Rainforest Cafe. Percentage your personal “NEVER AGAIN!” pieces within the feedback–venting can also be healing!
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