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    So I know we just started 2024 but I think we all need a Disney World vacation and I have an idea let’s take one together today so you can find out how to rock a full six days in the most magical place on Earth before your trip actually legit kicks off deal

    Deal hey everybody it’s aj4 Disney food blog and I think you deserve to go on a six day Disney World trip don’t you agree I think you should agree so just to make sure you hit up all the most important stuff and you do so as efficiently as possible we’re going to

    Walk through this weekl long trip right alongside you to highlight the best rides the best shows the restaurants the character meet and greets that you should not miss there’s a lot to see and do in Disney World but if you want to continue planning your Trip’s details

    With the help of yours truly plus the rest of the dfb team be sure to scan the QR code you see on the screen now or head to disneyfoodblog docomo our Disney World planning worksheets now you don’t have to have these for this video we’re still going

    To tell you what to do for those six days but these are going to be super D helpful when you start planning your actual Disney trip they’re completely free worksheets and they’re going to be a digital companion that’s going to help you keep track of those tried and true

    Disney tips and the tricks and personal plans whether you’re still in the process of scheduling things or your knees deep in the Parks and want a handy dandy checklist to refer back to when you need it most okay so it’s time to go on our trip we are arriving at Disney

    World I don’t know if you’ve driven or if you’ve flown in but it’s time to go so either way you finally made it to Orlando and you’re starting your Disney World vacation to really maximize your vacation time it is best to arrive inside the Disney bubble as early as you

    Can by either booking that early flight or pacing out your driving schedule so you’ll arrive on day one sometime in the morning just as long as that works with your vacation schedule of course why do we recommend that well basically you want to squeeze as much out of this

    Vacation as you can it’s really really expensive and if you’re spending money on a hotel night you might as well get a whole day out of it right so along those lines if you’re planning on staying at a disney-owned hotel during your trip your room probably won’t be ready for you to

    Check into until around 3: or 400 p.m. that being said that doesn’t mean you can’t start taking advantage of your Disney hotel offerings just as soon as you get there so bell services can hold on to your luggage for you so you don’t have to tote it around all day and then

    You can go explore your hotel ASAP I promise the cast members don’t mind they’ll be excited for you each Resort has gift shops and restaurants daily activities for you to experience you may even want to take a dip in the pool if you’ve got your swimwear handy all the

    Pools have good bathrooms nearby where you can change into your swimsuit this is also a good time for you to travel over to Disney Springs maybe since you don’t need a park ticket to explore those restaurants and shops and activities either while you’re busy playing Disney’s going to continue

    Getting your room prepped and ready and you should receive a text or My Disney Experience push notification letting you know when your room is ready for you once it is that is if you’ve done online check-in or if you’ve already checked in at the front desk make sure you check in

    Or else they can’t tell you your room’s ready so after moving into your new home away from home it’ll be time to start thinking about dinner personally I always like to kick off my Disney World trips by booking a nice dinner somewhere for the sake of Celebration a few Resort

    Recommendations you may want to consider are Ohana over at Disney’s poy Asian Village Resort that’s going to be a very tropical vacationy first dinner that’s the one I always like to go to and I get a giant Lapu Lapu and a pineapple so that I can really just Christen that

    Vacation is starting then there’s yachtsman Steakhouse at Disney’s yacht club resort maybe you want a higher end dinner maybe you want to really relax into luxury for your first meal Stak house 71 at Disney’s contemporary resort is a great option if you want awesome food at a more budget price tag than

    Maybe yachtsman Steakhouse Great Steakhouse Cuts here at Steakhouse 71 for a slightly lower price now if you want to jump into characters first thing I recommend going to artist Point storybook dining with Snow White at Disney’s Wilderness Resort it’s one of my favorite favorite favorite restaurants right now I think the food

    Is excellent the character interaction is amazing you don’t get to see all of those characters because you’ve got snow white you’ve got grumpy you’ve got Dopey and the evil queen who you never get to see except for here so that’s exciting or even go to SAA Disney’s Animal

    Kingdom Lodge just make sure you go when it’s still light outside so you can see all of those savannah animals outside so ease into your vacation with an incredible dinner maybe in some night swimming at the pool when you get back to the hotel and then get to bed early

    So you can really make the most of your first day in the Parks okay on day two of our vacation together we are going to Magic Kingdom now this might be day two of your vacation but it’s day one of being in the park par so since you’ve got all

    That built up adrenaline and you’re ready to take on this vacation let’s start in the park where you’re probably going to need that vacation High the most the OG Park Magic Kingdom Magic Kingdom is the park with the most rides so we’re going to talk about rides here

    First today and well not every ride is probably one you want to prioritize many of them will be since they’re mostly iconic so if you want to make sure you’re getting on as many rides as possible during your one and only Magic Kingdom day I’d recommend going the

    Disney Genie plus route now for things like Genie plus and virtual cues we’re going to talk about a lot of terminology today in this video if you’re not sure what that means we’re going to put it up on the screen for you kind of a little

    Definition of what it is but we also have other videos that explain that stuff in detail so we’ll give you those links too anyway which rides should you be prioritizing if you and your group love rides with a little more of the thrill element then you’re going to want

    To focus your energy on the mountains Space Mountain Big Thunder Mountain so Magic Kingdom is also home to one of the most popular family coaster Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and of course that newest coaster Tron light cycle run but you won’t be able to book a lightning Lane

    For either one through the standard Genie plus service instead you’ll have to use the second premium tool type that individual lightning Lane entry tool which is set up in more of an alloc cart fashion you got to buy those rides individually they’re not going to be included in your other Genie plus

    Purchase now if you decide you don’t want to pay for an individual lightning Lane again you don’t necessarily have to but at the time of this recording the only other way to get on Tron is by booking a free virtual queue through the My Disney Experience app currently Tron

    Doesn’t use a normal standby queue like most other rides though that could change later on this year and that’s because another virtual queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is probably going to go live once that ride does later on in 2024 just make sure you’re familiar with how that virtual Q system

    Works or plan on saving for those individual lightning Lanes if you want to skip over the virtual Q stress entirely now if you skip the genie Plus SL individual lightning Lane purchase then the coasters that do have those physical standby cues are a good place to start your day especially if you’re

    Planning on getting to the park right when it opens AKA by rope drop or you want to use your early theme park entry Park if you’re staying at a Disney World hotel the start of the day is typically when you’re going to see the shortest Disney Lines by early to midafternoon

    Lines are going to start to Peak after you conquer The Coasters you might want to start in on your dark ride Journey next Peter Pan flight Jungle Cruise Haunted Mansion and Pirates to the Caribbean are some of the most popular options that we’re going to want to add

    To the top of our to-do list and don’t forget to say a grim grinning hello to the haunted mansion’s newest resident the hbox ghost who materialized for the first time in Magic Kingdom at the end of last year well technically for the second time he was there for like a

    Second right when the ride first opened and then he didn’t work and they took him down but now he works it’s cool rides like Dumbo the flying elephant It’s a small world and Under the Sea journey of The Little Mermaid are a lot of fun too but they tend to have much

    Shorter weight times than the others though that doesn’t mean they can’t get long they do tend to make great filler rides when other cues are starting to look super intense so we’ll sprinkle these into our day when things get a little hectic at the other rides all

    Right it’s midday now we can’t have y’all Running on Empty around the Magic Kingdom so let’s grab some grub if we don’t have time to sit down and eat a big meal at lunchtime then there are a couple of quick Services we’re going to rely on instead my favorite Magic

    Kingdom quick service is right now Columbia Harbor House over in Liberty Square cuz it’s hearty they’ve got grilled and fried surf and turf options and they have one of my favorite things in the whole wide world those hush puppies and they have an interesting dessert right now too that we’re going

    To get I think they have that Boston cream pie pudding stuff but if you’re looking for some more basic theme park eats like burgers and hot dogs and cosmic rays and Tomorrowland that’s going to have us covered if we’ve got some picky eaters in the mix plus you’ll

    Be able to listen to the musical stylings of Sunny Eclipse while we’re there which makes the visit all the more worthwhile now if we don’t want to sit down for a quick service meal even even if we don’t want to spend that much time cuz we’ve got too many other things to

    Do in Magic Kingdom we’re probably going to get a couple of snacks here are some of my favorites one of the most iconic options of course are the Dole whips you can find in Adventure Land both at Aloha Isle and sunshine tree terrace but we might head right outside of Adventure

    Land and track down the Adventure Land spring roll cart and pick up an order of the cheeseburger spring rolls or the pizza spring rolls or whatever they’ve got there during our visit cuz these fried little dudes might be kind of pricey but they tend to hit the spot

    When we want a snack that’s more filling without being too filling and we can also walk and eat so let’s go get in line what are we getting in line for well the ride lines are getting a little bit long right now and things are getting a little hot and crazy so let’s

    Head over to shows now there aren’t as many shows in Magic Kingdom as there are rides but there’s enough of them that you’ll have to pick and choose what we want to see during the day some of the shows run continuously like Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room fill our

    Magic Enchanted tales with BT Hall of Presidents and Carousel of Progress usually I’d throw country bear jambe in the mix too but this grizzly animatronic stage show is going to close on January 27th to begin its big transformation and the new country bear musical jambur will open up later this summer with updates

    Inspired by the oery style shows of Nashville Tennessee so we’re not going to see Country Bears while we’re there probably unless we go after this summer now we can also catch one of two live performances taking place during the day or both of of them if we want to the

    First is Mickey’s magical friendship fair that takes place on Cinderella Castle’s main stage and happens a few times during the day between 10:00 a.m. and 4: p.m. times can vary we’ll check our My Disney Experience app for them and the second kind of live show is the Festival of fantasy parade which

    Depending on the crowd levels will only happen once or twice once around noon once in the afternoon I think we’re at the only once a day in the afternoon time frame right now okay we’re going to head back to our hotel for a little rest cuz it’s been a busy day maybe we’re

    Going to swim in the pool maybe we’re going to take a nap probably I will do some voiceovers because that’s what I do when I go back to my room in the middle of the day in Disney World and then we’re going to head back to Magic

    Kingdom for the evening so that’s right you can absolutely leave a park and then come back later on in the day that’s okay you can also leave a park and if you have a park hopper ticket you can go to another Park later on in that day or

    As many parks as you want to but it is absolutely okay even if you have just a one-day ticket to leave the park and come back back later on so we’re going to head back to Magic Kingdom just in time for dinner now our options for a

    Sit down meal in Magic Kingdom are okay they’re decent but let’s talk about our character options Cinderella’s Royal table and Crystal Palace Cinderella’s Royal table gives us a chance to dine inside Cinderella castle where we get to meet a ton of Disney Princesses during our meal and because the restaurants

    Popular we want to prioritize with an advanced dining reservation which will go live 60 days before our visit starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern meanwhile Crystal Palace is a good sit down option if you’re looking for a buffet style setup where you can meet the 100 Acre Wood gang for pictures autographs and

    Lots of hugs this is a very good one for a variety of different pallettes because again it’s a buffet so they have lots of different stuff there it’s also an easier restaurant to book than Cinderella’s Royal table now if we didn’t make dining reservations before our visit because this is a spontaneous

    Visit we just decided to go last minute we can probably get into one of my very favorite restaurants in Magic Kingdom the jungle cruise inspired Skipper canteen in Adventureland that’s got super unique food really really fun atmosphere and hilarious servers now if that’s not for you because usually it

    Can be kind of hard for super picky eaters to find things to eat there then we might go to Tony’s toown Square which is lady in the theme it has a garlic bread appetizer right now that’s really good and it has those foot long mozzarella sticks which I mean and who

    Doesn’t want those or my Nostalgia might kick in we might go to Liberty Tree Tavern which has of course been one of my favorite restaurants in the Magic Kingdom for my whole Disney life and I even used to go there back when they had characters there they actually had

    Characters there for a long time and they dressed up in Halloween costumes on Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party nights so if you remember that if you’re as old as I am and you remember that raise your hand in the comments okay after dinner and before the fireworks we

    Might go see a few characters now Magic Kingdom’s got a bunch of characters you can meet inside the park most of them aren’t sort of roaming some of them are roaming but most of them have set meet and greets here are a few of the most popular ones we’ll put them on the

    Screen for you now now even if the lines for some of these characters get a little too long for your liking they may show up at other Parks during our trip too you just want to make sure to prioritize the characters who seem to only stick around Magic Kingdom like

    Mirabel and Peter Pan all right are we ready for fireworks back in April 2023 magic King om brought back their well-loved firework spectacular happily ever after which takes place pretty much every night right before the park closes this show also features impressive projections across Cinderella Castle so

    If you want to make sure you don’t miss out on those then we’ll probably stake out a spot around Main Street USA or near the castle Hub pretty early like 30 to 45 minutes before the first firework blasts off okay hope you slept well because we

    Are headed to Epcot today are you ready now let’s talk rides I’m not saying that Genie plus is a bad idea for Epcot in fact if we’re visiting during a busier time of year like spring break or Christmas season on an extended 3-day weekend or the very first day of a new

    Epcot festival then lightning Lanes could be Nifty to have in our back pocket especially for getting on some of the more popular rides when crowds are getting to be really busy and wild but typically we’re not really going to need lightning lanes for our abcot day since

    There’s so much to do here aside from just riding stuff and there aren’t that many rides to start with now the two rides that tend to see the highest weight times during the day are frozen Ever After and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure but if you can hit up either

    Or both in the morning then you should be set for Success the rest of the day after Remy and Frozen our next two most popular rides are sorin and test track now you’re probably wondering why I’m not talking about Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic rewind well it is the most

    Popular ride in ECOT but it’s also the newest ride which means it has a virtual queue still now this virtual queue does tend fill up relatively fast if you don’t want to fight for your spot in that virtual line then we can always book an individual lightning Lane for it

    Instead it’s going to cost us extra but we can do that now around 11:00 a.m. if we’re lucky enough to be in Epcot during a festival we’re going to eat around the world because of course we are you are there with me so Epcot Food is some of

    The best Park food hands down but if I’m there during a festival I’m probably going to spend at least one meal just grazing around those Festival options going through those booths each Festival comes comes with dozens of food booths for you to try and there are also tons

    Of activities and showcases lots of stuff going on for each Festival by the way the festivals throughout the year are Festival of the Arts which we call farts as you know flower and garden food and wine and Festival of the holidays and of course we’re going to start

    Eating at those food booths right at 11:00 a.m. cuz that’s when they open and we don’t want to wait in a lot of lines now once we’re done eating around the festival it’s time to thoroughly enjoy abcot World Showcase Pavilions and this is the perfect opportunity while the

    Headliner rides are swamped so we’re going to take our time going through and exploring the different Pavilions because they are the coolest part about Epcot for me most every Pavilion has restaurants and shops entertainment and Exhibits that reflect that pavilion’s country so if you’re all about traveling

    The world this is your chance to visit 11 countries in just one day and while you’re in World Showcase you may want to also check out the American Adventure show that happens here throughout the day it’s one of my favorites I used to go see that with my dad all the time

    It’s an audio animatronic performance and it recounts those vital points in America’s history so if it’s cool with you we’re going to definitely go see that now epcot’s other rides spaceship earth mission space Grand Fiesta tour starring the three caberos living with the land oh bless its heart the Seas

    With Nemo and Friends journey into imagination with figment these can be ridden pretty much anytime during our day since their weights are never too bad and honestly they probably get lower during the day cuz they’re up there in the front of the park so a lot of people

    Go to those right away just cuz they see them first like spaceship earth is going to have its longest lines probably right in the morning as soon as the park opens everybody gets in line for that cuz it’s the first ride they see right so we’re going to just sort of sprinkle these

    Throughout our day although we have to have to have to ride spaceship earth because it is my favorite favorite ride probably in all of Disney World and we also have to ride living with the land so those are my two deal breakers if you’re going to go to Epcot with me and

    Let’s talk about where you’re going to find your best Disney Pals roaming around the Epcot scene too this this is the list of the most popular character meeting spots in Epcot right here many characters do tend to pop up around World Showcase 2 though we might see

    Alice in the UK Pavilion Princess Aurora in France Mulan in China Snow White in Germany and Asha has been near the world show place Plaza lately basically there are a lot of character sighting opportunities that change daily that’s why it’s good to have the My Disney Experience app handy that way you can

    Get a good idea of who’s meeting and greeting on the day we’re there and in the evening so maybe our food Booth Nosh session didn’t hold us over until the fireworks well we can dine at one of epcot’s popular sitdown restaurants like space 220 or lelia that’s one of my

    Favorites now space 220 is going to let you dine on a prefix menu inside the centor space station 220 ft above the Earth lelia is like a Canadian wine seller with some of the best steakhouse cuts and poutine that we’re going to find on property I just love it there

    But that’s okay I will go to space 220 if you want to now looking for something brand spank and new then shikisai sushi isaka in the Japan Pavilion just opened this past August and features Japanese Delights like sushi and tepen items plus an open Sushi Bar and Grill if the

    Food’s getting a little too adventurous for us though I’d recommend picking up some fish and chips from the arkshire county fish shop window in the UK Pavilion that’ll make things real quick and make sure we can get on a bunch of other rides or we can swing by the

    American Adventure Pavilion for some barbecue favorites at Regal Eagle Smokehouse that’s also one of my favorite places to go these days in hi cot and finally let’s check out those restaurants with a little extra character maybe we do want to do a sit down restaurant although I don’t think

    We’re going to be that hungry after all that food at the food booths but that’s okay if you make me I will go to Garden Grill in the land Pavilion you know how I feel about it but I’ll go just kidding those of you who have watched this

    Watched this channel for a long time know that I love Garden Grill and I will go any day to Garden Grill I love that place and you can meet Mickey Pluto Chip and Dale and then there’s ACU’s Royal Banquet Hall that’s in Norway that’s where you’re going to meet a bunch of

    Princesses so if we didn’t go to Cinderella’s Royal table yesterday we can go to acru today after dinner we are going to head over to journey of water inspired by Moana this is a brand new attraction and it won’t have epically long lines in the evening because it’s

    Kind of a walkthrough attraction it’s primarily for kids and if we’re there during a cool time of year nobody wants to go cuz they don’t want to get wet and then when we’re done with that we’ll go find a spot to watch luminous the Symphony of us which is epcot’s brand

    New firework spectacular that just started up it features fireworks of course and fountains lasers lighting effects classic Disney songs and it’s all over there on World Showcase Lagoon luminus only plays once per night but there are also light shows that happen on spaceship earth the big Epcot ball

    Each evening and those light shows happen about every 15 minutes all right day four for us is going to be a bit of a rest I’m an old lady and I get tired so we’re going to take a little rest day at our Resort or maybe go to Disney

    Springs so here are a few few things that we can do on our rest day first of all we’re going to sleep in and we’re going to take advantage of everything that our hotel has to offer we can also spend our break day doing a little Resort hopping not every Disney Resort

    Is going to be easy to hop to some of them are kind of out there by themselves like Coronado Springs and Animal Kingdom Lodge but if we’re staying at one of the Skyliner or Montreal Resorts we can hop on one of those modes of transportation to travel to another Disney hotel on the

    Same route pretty easy on the Skyliner we can get to Pop Century Art of Animation Riviera Caribbean beach boardwalk in and Y and Beach Club and on the Montreal route we can go to the Contemporary Polynesian Village Grand Floridian Resort and Spa so if we feel

    Like leaving the room or the pool we can head over and check out some Resort or if we want to be even more active we can go over to Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort this place has tons of outdoor activities like archery classes and kayak and canoe rentals and segue tours

    And horse rides and even a full-on dinner show at hoop-de-doo Musical review which is going to require Advanced dining room reservations for us as well as advanced payment or if you want to do some more shopping and dining around Disney Springs cool we can do

    That and for a nice sit down meal to wrap up our evening we can have Chef art Smith’s home coming if we can get a reservation we can go to the boat house Helo Raglin road is one of my favorites please get me bangers and mash all the

    Time and moroto Asia is also on my list now I hope you feel rested cuz we spent all day just chilling and doing like chill stuff right so day five we are heading back to the parks we’re going to one of my favorite places in all of

    Disney World Animal Kingdom so even if you’re still battling that theme park hangover from Magic Kingdom and Epcot Animal Kingdom isn’t going to be as taxing on us as the others there just aren’t as many rides and it’s super chill in there and lots of opportunities

    To just sit for a little bit and appreciate where we are and yes I promise I’m going to take you to Nomad lounge and we’re going to get all the delicious things and we’re just going to sit and chill for a little bit cuz that’s what I do when I’m an animal

    Kingdom now AK doesn’t have a whole lot of rides to choose from which makes it easy so unless we’re visiting the park during a time we know it’s going to be packed which of course we’re not then you’re more than likely not going to need Genie Plus in the morning that

    Being said don’t count out all Animal Kingdom Lightning Lanes just yet an individual lightning Lane for flight of Passage might be one of our best purchases that we can make might be well worth our cash today all the other rides here have pretty manageable weights but flight of Passage stays long all day

    Long we’re talking two hours on average and I don’t want to wait for two hours I don’t think you want to wait for two hours so if we’ve got to decide between Genie Plus or an individual lightning Lane I’m team individual lightning Lane Disney hotel guests can purchase an

    Individual lightning Lane as early as 7: a.m. but all other guests will have to wait to get theirs once the park opens since we’re staying in a Disney hotel I hope we can get our 7:00 a.m. individual lightning Lane for flight of Passage now even though we bought the flight of

    Passage individual lightning Lane I would still recommend starting our day in Pandora so we can hop in line for na’vi River Journey which is going to rack up the second longest line of the day Kilimanjaro safaris is also a good option to start the morning with since

    The animals will be more active during the cooler temperatures and you might get to hear that lion roar as he looks out across his realm in the morning now for lunch we could hit up a quick service like satuli canteen or flame tree barbecue maybe around 11:00 a.m. or

    Around 1 p.m. so we avoid those hungry crowds and packed out tables but I think instead we are going to go to Nomad Lounge because that’s what I love to do like I said when I’m in Animal Kingdom and the wait list opens up at 11:00 a.m.

    So we’re going to head over there right at 11:00 a.m. when we’re done with Pandora and Kilimanjaro safaris and we’re going to get some drinks and some Lounge bites maybe some lobster mac and cheese some soup and we’re just going to sit and relax and enjoy each other and

    Enjoy the beautiful views now if you don’t happen to get out of your kilamanjaro Safari right at 11:00 a.m. and you don’t get to Nomad lounge and there’s a huge line that’s fine we’re just going to open up the My Disney Experience app and check out the walkup

    Weit list and get ourselves on the walkup weit list so that as soon as there is availability at Nomad we can head there for lunch now in the afternoon we can probably pretty easily hit up some more rides like dinosaur Expedition Everest coli River Rapids Triceratop spin usually they’ve got

    Weights that range around the 20 to 30 minute Mark though that doesn’t mean they can’t Spike during the day especially around the mid-afternoon there is one ride however that we may be able to skip the bulk of the line for since Expedition Everest does have a free single Rider line we can use

    Instead when the ride lines are feeling unreasonable though this is a good time to step inside an aircond conditioned building and watch one of animal Kingdom’s Broadway style shows like Finding Nemo the big blue and Beyond located right outside Dinan USA or Festival of The Lion King over in Africa

    And I usually don’t recommend seeing it’s tough to be a bug which happens inside the tree of life because I don’t like bugs and I don’t like when Disney does things that make it feel like bugs are on me however Disney has announced that they’ll be replacing This creepy

    Crawly bugs life themed 4D show in the future with a new zootopia show which we’re excited about but this might be our last time to see A Bug’s Life so we might have to go see it but I have to sit at the end of the row so that I can

    Get up and walk out if I don’t want to be poked by bugs anymore now this might surprise you but animal kingdom is actually quite the hot spot for character meet and greets so maybe we’ll head over and meet some characters we’re going to check on our Disney Experience

    App because that’s going to tell us when we can see them if we don’t have time to meet any of the Disney characters in the afternoon but we’d like to at least wave at them in passing then we can check out those Animal Kingdom character flotillas that are floating down Discovery River

    From time to time maybe we saw a few of them at Nomad Lounge though so we might not have to go out of our way but you can see Timone and Pumba Pocahontas and moiko the dino rific versions of Chip Andale members of the Fab Five and several other characters that may swing

    By to catch a boat ride and say wingapo okay it is time for dinner we’re going to have a nice sit down meal that the kids might actually sit down and stay seated for over at tusker house this is the one and only character Buffet inside this Park featuring Donald and the Gang

    All dressed up in their Safari gear ready to say cheese for some more than memorable photo ops also has really really good food surprisingly most buffets you never really know but tusker house is pretty reliable now if the kids rule our lives and they are making us go

    To Rainforest Cafe we can do that too the food isn’t great and it’s too expensive but there are a bunch of animatronic animals and it’s kind of cute well there aren’t any major nighttime spectaculars at Animal Kingdom like there are at the other three Parks AK does have a seasonal projection show

    Called Tree of Life Awakenings this usually only happens when it gets dark before Animal Kingdom closes so it’s not really going to happen during the summertime but if the winter rolls around and that’s when we’re there then the Tree of Life Awakenings will probably be happening okay so after that

    We’re probably going to call it a night because you know again we’re probably pretty tired or we can go do some night swimming which is another one of my favorite things to do so we can go back to our hotel and do a little Night Swimming before we all fight over the

    Shower and go to bed okay I hope that you enjoyed your super chill day and your super chill day at Animal Kingdom so two chill days in a row right because now it’s time for Hollywood Studios which is go big or go home this is our fourth and final Park

    It’s got the most rides we’re going to want to ride it’s got the most going on it is going to be a busy busy day so wake up let’s go in the morning we are going to get Genie plus it’s great to have on hand during our Hollywood

    Studios day without Genie plus though I’d recommend rope dropping this park or getting here 30 minutes early with your early theme park entry benefit cuz you’re going to need a head start lots of folks are going to start off their day by piling into the rise of the

    Resistance line inside Galaxy’s Edge not a bad idea especially since this ride can get finicky and has an Infamous reputation for breaking down but we can also purchase an individual lightning Lane for that one to help us bypass the main queue all together now if we’re in

    Need of a morning pick me up before or after we ride on Rise of the resistance we can order a cold brew black calf from cat saaka Kettle to get a taste of totally unique coffee topped with sweet cream cheese that’s right sweet cream cheese and chocolate Puffs by the way

    The sweet cream cheese think of it like cream cheese frosting or icing it’s not frosting or icing but like that sweet Vibe instead of like cheese and coffee don’t that’s not what it is but anyway all that being said I think we probably are going to buy Genie plus and that

    Individual lightning Lane for Rise of the resistance just so the we can do and see everything in one day okay other a tier rides like Tower of Terror Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run Mickey and min’s runaway Railway Toy Story M Mania these tend to have fluctuating weights throughout the day which of

    Course are probably going to Peak in that midday time frame we can keep track of them on the My Disney Experience app the rides that wind up with the lowest weights tend to be aliens swirling saucers and Toy Story Land and Star Tours in Echo Lake so those we can wait

    Till after lunch and we can hit those up then that being said Star Tours is going to get that all new Ahsoka scene later this spring and some other scenes too so there might be a slight uptick in the lines here when those go live but

    Probably not a huge one now as far as rock and roller coaster is concerned cuz I know you’re worried about it right now it’s down for the count again and it will be down for extended maintenance until later this summer when it does finally reopen this ride is going to get

    Pretty popular making it a good one to snag a lightning Lane for with our Genie plus but just so you know rock and roller coaster also has a single Rider line option if we’re okay with breaking up our group for a potentially shorter weight in the middle of all the dark and

    Thrill rides though we’re definitely going to get some snacks Hollywood Studios seasonal treats can be awesome you’re going to find limited edition snacks all throughout the park at places like Hollywood Scoops with their seasonal shakes Woody’s lunchbox with the seasonal lunchbox tarts car Cafe with seasonal cupcakes and lots of other

    Places that are going to provide us with the sweet stuff that we crave all year round oh and there are some good stage shows we can see at this time of day as well especially if those ride lines are getting way too long the three big shows

    We can check out if you want to are Beauty and the Beast live on stage Indiana Jones epic stun spectacular and the First Time in Forever Frozen singal along which we probably won’t go do unless the kids are here however when fall rolls around there’s going to be a

    Fourth one called The Little Mermaid a musical Adventure so if we go in the fall we might need to go see that if we’ve got really little kids in our group they may be interested in yet another stage show called The Disney Junior play and dance where we’re all

    Allowed to dance and catch Bubbles and have an allaround good time hanging out with some popular Disney junr characters yes this is exactly what you think it is and that’s all I will say about that now while these performances have a few set times throughout the day there are also

    Continuously running shows in the park like the fabulous puet Vision 3D Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy which everyone always forgets about and vacation fun and original animated short which is basically just going and watching Mickey shorts in a big theater that’s a good place to go if you kind of

    Need a little nap now keep an eye on the show times cuz they typically hold their last showing about an hour or earlier before the park closes okay for real though those thick afternoon crowds are starting to bottleneck that’s why we’re making an advanced dining reservation for dinner we’re going to sit we’re

    Going to relax we’re going to get in the see just for an hour or so and here are our choices 50s Prime Time Cafe sci-fi dinein and Roundup Rodeo barbecue 50s prime time is that retro style kitchen that you’re sitting in Mom’s Kitchen and your cousins are serving you plenty of

    Sassy family members pick on you while you eat Homestyle Cooking sci-fi dining is exactly what it sounds like even though it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen you’re sitting in a convertible car in an outdoors except it’s indoors drive-in theater watch ing cheesy black and white sci-fi clips and eating

    Homestyle food in a dimly lit setting Roundup Rodeo barbecue is the newest restaurant in Hollywood Studios you’re going to find it in Toy Story Land it’s super colorful you’re basically sitting in Andy’s room and you’re shrunk down to the size of a toy and you’re basically

    Eating a bunch of barbecue food in in and amongst giant cardboard cutouts of toys and stuff but honestly the best restaurant in Hollywood Studios by far as we know is Brown Derby this is a signature restaurant that’s got a variety of California inspired Cuisine they’ve got Burgers but they also have

    Incredible steaks they’ve got that famous cob salad now if we can’t get a reservation for this one and we want to go there we might try going to the Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge instead if it’s not raining and it’s not too hot now after dinner we can walk it all off

    By going to see a few characters Chip and Dale like to hang out in the grassy area in front of the gromin Chinese Theater to host a picnic every now and then Goofy and Max could be caught strolling the balcon Bon of Tower of Terror free roaming Star Wars characters

    Like Mando and grou tend to pop up around the planet of bat over there in Galaxy’s Edge and we can also do meet and greets with the big cheese himself okay now I told you this would be a long day cuz Hollywood studio stays open late whether we’ve purchased Genie plus to

    Help us or not the next busiest ride we’re going to brace ourselves for is Slinky Dog Dash and Toy Story Land now this is a really really fun one to ride at night so hopefully we snagged a lightning Lane for this but if we didn’t if you didn’t want to

    Buy Genie plus that’s cool we’re going to wait till the end of the day to get in line for this one cuz it might be a little bit shorter and when we get off Slinky Dog of course it’s time for Fantasmic this is Hollywood Studios nighttime spectacular that features

    Water technices pyot Technics live actors popular Disney music puppetry Bright Lights lasers so many Goosebump worthy moments that you’re just going to have to see for yourself to get the full impact of how cool it is the amphitheater is ginormous con seat a whole lot of guests in a single show so

    Even even if we show up 15 to 30 minutes before we hopefully can get a seat maybe we got a Fantasmic dining package earlier in the day when we had lunch and we just get a seat anyway we’ll see when we plan out the trip finally when we’re

    Making our way out of the park we’re going to see if we can catch Hollywood Studios projection show which happens across the gromin Chinese Theater each night so this has been a really really fun trip I’ve had a blast with you and I know we didn’t do everything in Disney

    World cuz of course we can’t do everything everything in Disney World we have to sleep at some point but I think our trip was pretty epic and there’s still plenty of planning left to do so be sure to check out our other Disney World videos here on our Channel and

    Don’t forget to download our free Disney World planning worksheets over at disneyfoodblog tocom Disney plans let me know in the comments what other things you’d want to do while you were in Disney World thanks for listening everyone and thanks for watching as always this is AJ for Disney food blog

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    1. Magical Tips! Just stumbled upon this gem for planning a Disney World trip! AJ's insights are gold – from maximizing rides to dining recommendations. The QR code for planning worksheets is a game-changer!

    2. For my AK day, I’d get Lightning Lane for the Na’vi River Journey because that line is BORING. With Expedition Everest and Flight of Passage, you at least have some things to look at and interact with, they’re almost a primer for the ride. NRJ, the line is just that — a line, and the highlight of the line is the water bottle filling station deep into the line.

    3. when I went to Epcot, Sorren was 5 minutes. (Walk on Score!) so of course that was the first EVER ride (i dont count when i was 10 because i don´t remember any of it) I did. It made me cry (in a good way) do that first. Be BE impressive. (lame sorry i never got to be a cheer leader). I think i had Figment for myself. It was amazing (Scary) but amazing. I think there was only another person in another cart behind me, but we got a whole cart to ourselves. (i was scared near the end lol)

    4. Doing 8 day park hopper in June, I did have to laugh to myself when she said to take a break in the afternoon, ha!! NEVER!! lol, I’ve gone several times, never took a break! I’m getting my monies worth, I will need a vacation from my Disney vacation!! Lol

    5. My last trip in 2022 was just a few months before lightning lanes and Genie + fancy ride upcharging and standby line freezing changed everything. Park hopping is expensive but it really opens up many options for early dinners at Epcot with the ability to go back for MK fireworks.

    6. Noooo I loveeeee tough to be a bug! I remember me and my kiddo did that our first trip and the part that the “bug” is under your butt made him JUMPPPP so high!!!! It was hilarious 😅😅😅😅

    7. I’d like to throw Sebastian’s Bistro in the mix for a first day dinner. It was so delicious, a pretty good value, and easily accessed via the Skyliner.

    8. Im going in two weeks! Four nights in disney plus extra evening hours and other 3 days for seaworld and universal studios! First time since my toddler days for my Quincinera trip so excited!!!

    9. Hollywood Studios after hours event was without a doubt the ULTIMATE way to visit that park.

      Slinky dog dash was 120 mins wait in the day. For me? WALK ON

      Star Wars RoR was 100 mins wait in the day. For me? WALK ON

      Runaway Railway was 80 mins wait in the day. For me? WALK ON

      Smugglers Run was 60 mins wait in the day. For me? WALK ON

      If that is not the ultimate, well I don't know what is. We went on everything twice, with no queues, and it worked out to be about 20 hours of queuing if we'd of done it in the day.

    10. Couple other points IMO

      its a shame you mention about breaking up the group for a shorter wait – the ultimate experience involves it being together – shame

      And sideline point, why is everything so unhealthy? I ended up having to bring my own salads in every single day because there is no healthy food anywhere… even the coffee has cream cheese on…. no wonder every is obese and the park is taken up by those buggies

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