TouringPlans

We’ve got a lot of requests lately for touring plans for parents with both younger and older children, with the older kids able to experience thrill rides such as Space Mountain if accompanied by an adult.  For example, a family with children ages 3, 5, 9 and 11 might be included in this ca...

Last week we updated our MVMCP touring plans for 2009’s schedule.  Look for them in the “Miscellaneous” section of the Magic Kingdom’s touring plans.   That page also contains a scanned image of the new 2009 MVMCP park maps.The touring plans include options for focusing on...

Episode 648 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

This is the fourth installment of reviews of the restrooms throughout the Disney World theme parks.  If you have missed any of the previous entries please find them here: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.Since Animal Kingdom is the newest of the parks, I think Imagineers...

Episode 647 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Episode 646 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Two days ago we launched Lines, a mobile website that serves up WDW wait times for every attraction in all four parks. Today we’re announcing support for Android phones and two Palm smartphones: the Pre and the Pixi. OK, so it looked pretty darn good on these phones two days ago, but now ...

Roller coasters, shopping, fireworks, swimming, dancing, laughing. These are some of the things that teens love about Disney World. Notice the omission of the phrase “sit-down-dinner-ing?” True, Disney has some amazing restaurants, but a teenager would much prefer to be in the parks, ...

Disney World Mobile Wait Times estimates, FASTPASS return times, Single Rider lines, crowd estimates from the Unofficial Guide

Episode 645 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Episode 644 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Today, we’re launching a preview version of Lines, a mobile website for the iPhone that displays estimates of wait times for every attraction at Walt Disney World.For the past 10 years we’ve been obsessively researching wait times at Walt Disney World, collecting and processing a massive amount o...

I’m spending the weekend finishing up the Epcot chapter of our new color guidebook to WDW.  There’s certainly nothing wrong with the text we have in the regular Unofficial Guide, of course.  However, Epcot is my favorite park, so I want to explain in text what makes Epcot special and ...

Episode 643 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

This week I’ll continue my series on my favorite and not so favorite bathrooms around Walt Disney World.  If you missed my previous entries please check them out here: Part I: Magic Kingdom and Part II: EpcotFavorites:Pixar Place – The new ones on Pixar Place are a must before getting...

Episode 642 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

With the recent changes to Park Hours, Extra Magic Hours, Parades Schedules and Fantasmic performances we took the opportunity to update a lot of the background data that goes into the Crowd Calendar. We collect thousands of pieces of data on hotel occupancy, weather, special events and of course...

Not long ago, I was privileged to be a guest on the world famous WDW Today Podcast. I get my WDW news fix three times a week from Matt, Mike, Mike, and Len. The show topic was the design behind the arrival experience at each of the 4 parks. Making a great first impression is one of the hallmarks ...

Episode 641 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Episode 640 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Thanks to the hard work done by Bob, Len, Fred and many others, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2010 is currently the ninth best selling travel book on Amazon (and as been in the top 100 for 112 days)! And if you take a look at the travel book section right now, you’ll see someth...

Len recently made two guest appearances on The Season Pass Podcast, an excellent show on theme parks and attractions hosted Brent Young and Doug Barnes. In early August Len talked all things Unofficial, including the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2010 and how he got involved with The Gui...

Episode 639 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

A few weeks ago I started my series on the bathrooms of Walt Disney World.  If you missed my first entry you can find it here: Part I: Magic Kingdom. This week I’d like to turn the focus to my personal favorite park, Epcot.  Since Epcot covers so much land, there are lots of restrooms to ch...

Yes, this is little more than another shameless plug to follow us on Twitter. However! With the introduction of Twitter lists, you can now follow a special list of TouringPlans.com / Unofficial Guide team members: http://twitter.com/TouringPlans/team. So come join us on Twitter (or on Facebook...

Episode 638 of WDW Today is now available for download here. One-click subscriptions to WDW Today:

Not long ago, I was privileged to be a guest on the world famous WDW Today Podcast. I get my WDW news fix three times a week from Matt, Mike, Mike, and Len. The show topic was the design behind the arrival experience at each of the 4 parks. Making a great first impression is one of the hallmarks ...

Park hours, parade schedules, Fantasmic showings and all the other new Disney information is going in the giant  TouringPlans.com hopper. A couple turns of the wheel, the push of  button and a pinch of salt an we’ll have the updates incorporated into the Crowd Calendar for you.An early glan...