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Notes and Thoughts From My Recent Disney Trip

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As I’m writing up this post it’s a beautiful 20 degrees outside (although sunny). Having come from warm and beatufiful central Florida it’s quite a shock to the system going back to weather 50 degrees colder. I just returned from a great trip down to the ‘World to watch my brother run the Disney 10k as part of the Marathon Weekend.

I wanted to share some thoughts, notes and observations from my trip along with some of the pictures I took while there. Overall it was an amazing trip as always, all of the parks are looking good as usual but a lot of construction which I like to see. That means we’ll be seeing some new things coming soon which I’m very excited about. [click to continue…]

5 Cheapest Times to go to Disney World

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Timing your trip to Disney World can have a huge impact on the cost, crowds, weather and overall enjoyment of your trip.  For this post I’m going to focus on the times of year that will keep costs the lowest with a secondary look at the crowd levels during those times.  The highest variable costs for your Disney trip will be

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The Case Against Park Hopping

Park Hopping at Disney World

Tickets are among the highest expenses for your Disney vacation – most families are easily dropping over $1,000 alone just for park tickets.  With tickets being such a huge expense I started looking for some ways to minimize the costs of those very expensive tickets.

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