So, OK, I’m not going fishing. Call this one Tips and Tricks #8.
Did you know that you could go fishing at Walt Disney World? From Guided Fishing Excursions to Dockside Fishing, you can angle to your outdoorsman’s content.
Referring to WDW’s web site, “Guided catch-and-release outings let you …
Mrs. All in WDW and I made an impromptu visit to The World in early January, and, while we were there, we got the opportunity to meet one of my Touring Plans ‘Lines chat’ friends, @pod4christ, and his lovely family. While we chatted, they spilled a tip that I thought was quite clever. In fact, once they passed this little nugget along to me, I was shocked I hadn’t thought of it myself.
One of the things that absolutely frustrates me to no end is to stand at a park and wait forever for a bus back to my resort. We joke – my family and I – because it always seems that a dozen Port Orleans buses come past before one for our particular resort decides to show up. Anyway, how can you “cheat the system” a bit?
According to @pod, if you’re staying at Pop Century, as he and his family were, double your chances of getting back to the resort quicker by hopping on an Art of Animation bus … if it happens to arrive first, that is. It’s a five-minute walk to cross through AoA and cross over the Generation Gap bridge to POP. You’ll be back home quicker, and you won’t be standing at Epcot looking at lucky guests piling onto a bus back to French Quarter.
Tip #6? Don’t buy wine in World Showcase! OK, hang on, let me explain.
Mrs. All in WDW and I love to find an umbrella table in Italy – one of the high ones in the front of the pavilion – and camp out to watch Illuminations. Our “usual” is for me to go over to Tutto Gusto to buy a quartino or two of wine, so we can sit there and watch the best fireworks display in WDW (in the universe!). No, the view isn’t optimal if you want to see everything, but, after dozens of viewings, it’s all about the soundtrack, being in World Showcase, and the overhead display. We find it incredibly energizing!
Anyway, we thought we were getting “smart” when we …
Whether it’s in Lines chat or on other forums, I see this question all of the time …
“Does anyone know if ‘fill-in-the-blank’ will be open/closed while I’m in The World”? Sheesh, I’ve even asked that question myself! I’m still waiting to see if Hurricane Hanna’s at the Beach and Yacht Clubs has re-opened.
Anyway, before each trip, I take …
This “Tip” comes from one of our Readers, Will F., who says, “The single biggest time-wasting mistake I see is people not having their Magical Express booklet ready to hand to a Cast Member at the Disney Welcome Center at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
If you have the booklet, a Cast Member scans it and sends you straight into the queue pen for your resort. If you don’t, they send you into the “Line of Doom” for processing. Every time I go, the “Line of Doom” is enormous.
Truth be told, I think some of the people with booklets get in the line anyway because they don’t know about the bypass. They handle assorted other guest service issues there also (people don’t seem to get how the luggage tags work), but I think the booklet thing is the big one.”
Thanks, Will. Honestly, in all the years we used Magical Express (when we lived in, and flew in from, Ohio), I think we did wait in the so-called “Line of Doom”. Silly us, I guess!
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