16 days to go. So freakin excited now 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Me and my sister are more excited than all the kids as they’ve never been! They roll their eyes every time we mention it. The tropical Florida damp heat and smells come back to me when I get my hits of nostalgia
We stayed at universal and spent one day at Hollywood studios - if you're doing the same and have limited time there, I'd recommend getting the lightning pass for rise of the resistance, runaway railway and slinky or be prepared to wait a very long time to get on them. A good tip for Fantasmic is to get one of the dinner / show combo deals. We ate at the sc-fi dine in theatre and got reserved seats in the middle section for fantasmic.
Gotta say, I love the quality and effort you put into these videos; it's definitely helped me with my upcoming trip to Volcano Bay and SeaWorld/Aquatica in Orlando! Would love to see you one for Epic Universe whenever that park eventually opens. After you and the family visit it, of course.
Hi Frugal, I love your videos. We watched them in 2022 for our, then, Florida trip. We’re watching again in prep for our planned holiday in 2026. Keep em’ coming! Just a note on visiting Animal Kingdom later in the day. I did re-enter the park shortly before closing during our visit in August 2022. I just wanted some semi-night time shots in Pandora expecting to be kicked out. I ended up being there well after it had gone dark and the cast members weren’t making an effort to move guests out when I left (around 7ish). This may have changed but perhaps there is some leniency for anyone already in the park after the official closing time.
I was able to do it in 2022 as the parks closed on average around an hour later than compared to this year (I think). I tried doing it in July this year, got on one of the last rides for flight of passage…saw lots of people were hiding at the exit to stay as late as possible. I managed to get some good twilight shots, but wasn’t quite nighttime. I think it’ll be back in a year or two though fingers crossed. Thanks for watching!
Back in June 2022 I did manage to stay until after 8pm on Animal Kingdom, and nobody cared to rush me and my family out. We got to experience amazing views, and I hope they extend hours again, because it’s unmissable
Just got back from Orlando a couple of days ago, had the most magical time of my life. The only downside actually made it better, because loads of rides were breaking down while we we were on or in the queue for them, we received quite a few fast passes.
Fantastic, as always! Heading to HS on Saturday and this is my hype. Definitely hitting runaway railway first. I did that last time and walked right on, then walked on to Toy Story Mania which I arguably prefer to Slinky Dog.
Another wonderful video, just got back from Disney after a week of fun in sun, you are absolutely right about those LL passes there a waste of money we found that wait times were inflated and many of the rides almost walk ons.Except the big attractions like 7Dwarfs, flight of passage, expedition everest. The rest no more than 30 minutes.
Brilliant as always. Going back to WDW in August 2025 and realising watching this that we are back to being Disney amateurs as you covered loads of stuff we didn't know. Minefield 😂
I think the reason why the times you mentioned are good times to go is because I believe Florida schools are back in session by September and are out by summer. I live in the US myself.
When we visit WDW we tend to go the last 2 weeks of the UK summer holidays, we've never as of yet (🤞) had to deal with massive queues, most seem quite reasonable bar the exception of SDMT which I agree, is not worth the wait, Slinky Dog is much better! FOP is always a long queue but a fantastic ride. Never stayed in a Disney resort hotel either and we've managed to get on all rides without the use of LL purchases! The only issue that time of year visiting is the weather. These are fab tips and we always go against the grain and I find it makes our vacation more enjoyable!
Awesome as ever. Love this sort of stuff. Do you do spreadsheets etc to plan out your days (which park and where to eat each day) or just have a vague top level idea and go from there?
Sort of a mixture of the two. I’ll usually have a spreadsheet or notes document to plan out each day. Less crucial these days though now that the reservations system is gone.
Hi Frugal Brit!! Planning a trip with my 5yr old this October, really loving your videos and tips🙏🙏 We'll be there the first week of October. Do you think we'll have to deal with huge crowds??
We're going for the last 2 weeks in October this year (2 adults & a 17yo) and I've been binge-watching your videos in prep. They're excellent so a huge thank you for the time and effort. I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind. 1. Do you have a feel for how busy it is in late October? 2. Are there plenty of places to sit/guard bags if I'm skipping a ride and waiting for the other 2? Thank you :-)
@@Pocket_Full_Of_Ramen thank you! It really depends where you’re flying from (I’m guessing you’re from uk). I use aer lingus as Manchester is my nearest airport.
I will honestly never understand the insane level of love for Peter Pans Flight…I went on the ride multiple times a year at Disneyland throughout the 90’s and, while a good dark ride, it wasn’t in my Top 3 for Disney dark rides in California (I prefer Alice in Wonderland, Mr Toad and even Mike and Sulley to the Rescue at DCA)…
It's not that it's more popular than others. It's all about the ride capacity. Peter Pan can only get through about 800 riders an hour. For comparison, Pirates can do 2600. So if a thousand people go straight into Pirates at the same time, the thousandth person is waiting 20 or so minutes. But if that same scenario happens with Peter Pan, the thousandth person is waiting well over an hour. So if Pirates has only a 20-minute wait all day and Pan has a 60-minute wait all day, it sounds weird, but that means Pirates was more popular that day.
It’s not about the love, it’s the capacity. People flock to it because it has one of the worst capacities in the park, so people feel compelled to ride it knowing this fact.
My 5 year old son and I love your videos, especially the rides ones! But my understanding is that guests from the UK can’t book multi pass and single pass rides until they arrive in the US?
@@DebbieGranger-Bevan love to hear that thank you! Yes the situation for UK visitors is a bit of a mess at the moment. I think you need a combination of some sort of GPS hacking tool for your phone (android only) and a vpn service (although may not need the latter). I’ve ordered myself an android phone this week so I can do it 😐. I believe there’s some legal issue with people purchasing it in advance from Europe which is causing problem. It seems unfair that Disney has chanced the system to the detriment of UK customers after I’ve booked the trip…if I had the time I’d be calling them to request some money off or something.
Would be interested to hear if it works! I have an iPhone and can get through to the lightning lane purchase screen on the app by turning off location services on my phone and changing my country of residence in the app to the US but I know others have got stuck at that stage and I don’t have a trip booked yet to see if I can actually get through to purchase! Hopefully they sort it out soon.
Can you advise me on getting the shopping delivered to your room as a visitor from the UK? Do you do this before you fly using a VPN, or do you wait till you arrive? And will they send beer? Cheers.
Is there a way around pre booking yet if we are in the uk ? we start our trip at Disney in November so waiting 3 days before won’t work for us 😢 but I really wanted to get them are there any video tips on using this if you are outside the USA ?
@@bubbleygirl I used a combo of gps hacker on android, and vpn to make it work. It took me a while to find a US vpn location to work though, so requires a bit of trial and error.
This is pretty typical for early entry at magic kingdom (when aiming for seven dwarfs mine train). This is not so common elsewhere. Disney announced earlier today that Tron will lose its virtual queue so hopefully this will split the crowds at early entry.
Why do you say "you can't do reverse rope drop" for SDMT? Do the lines stay awful right up until park closing? Or did you mean to say "if you can't do reverse rope drop...."
@@TheFrugalBrit Thanks for the clarification. That's v helpful. Hope you don't mind me asking another question, but I was wondering, given the inclement weather in Florida in July/Aug/Sept, do you find the skyliner goes down due to storms so often that it makes the perk of staying in a Skyliner resort almost negligible, or are closures not that frequent?
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I'm not heading to DW until April, but I am planning on becoming an expert before I go!
Your videos have been Invaluable, thank you so much ! 😁
16 days to go. So freakin excited now 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Me and my sister are more excited than all the kids as they’ve never been! They roll their eyes every time we mention it.
The tropical Florida damp heat and smells come back to me when I get my hits of nostalgia
I know exactly what you mean by that last sentence 😂
We stayed at universal and spent one day at Hollywood studios - if you're doing the same and have limited time there, I'd recommend getting the lightning pass for rise of the resistance, runaway railway and slinky or be prepared to wait a very long time to get on them.
A good tip for Fantasmic is to get one of the dinner / show combo deals. We ate at the sc-fi dine in theatre and got reserved seats in the middle section for fantasmic.
Great tips thank you! I should have mentioned the dining deal.
Gotta say, I love the quality and effort you put into these videos; it's definitely helped me with my upcoming trip to Volcano Bay and SeaWorld/Aquatica in Orlando!
Would love to see you one for Epic Universe whenever that park eventually opens. After you and the family visit it, of course.
Yeah I’ll be 100% be doing one of those 😁
We love your videos. You are always spot on with your tips and tricks.
Much appreciated 😁👍
The riverboat and people mover are always a nice rest
Best tips ever. The gift shop tip is amazing
Hi Frugal, I love your videos. We watched them in 2022 for our, then, Florida trip. We’re watching again in prep for our planned holiday in 2026. Keep em’ coming!
Just a note on visiting Animal Kingdom later in the day. I did re-enter the park shortly before closing during our visit in August 2022. I just wanted some semi-night time shots in Pandora expecting to be kicked out. I ended up being there well after it had gone dark and the cast members weren’t making an effort to move guests out when I left (around 7ish). This may have changed but perhaps there is some leniency for anyone already in the park after the official closing time.
I was able to do it in 2022 as the parks closed on average around an hour later than compared to this year (I think). I tried doing it in July this year, got on one of the last rides for flight of passage…saw lots of people were hiding at the exit to stay as late as possible. I managed to get some good twilight shots, but wasn’t quite nighttime. I think it’ll be back in a year or two though fingers crossed. Thanks for watching!
Back in June 2022 I did manage to stay until after 8pm on Animal Kingdom, and nobody cared to rush me and my family out. We got to experience amazing views, and I hope they extend hours again, because it’s unmissable
Just got back from Orlando a couple of days ago, had the most magical time of my life. The only downside actually made it better, because loads of rides were breaking down while we we were on or in the queue for them, we received quite a few fast passes.
Fantastic, as always! Heading to HS on Saturday and this is my hype. Definitely hitting runaway railway first. I did that last time and walked right on, then walked on to Toy Story Mania which I arguably prefer to Slinky Dog.
Great ride! My wrist is always sore though afterwards as I’m an overly competitive dad.
Another wonderful video, just got back from Disney after a week of fun in sun, you are absolutely right about those LL passes there a waste of money we found that wait times were inflated and many of the rides almost walk ons.Except the big attractions like 7Dwarfs, flight of passage, expedition everest. The rest no more than 30 minutes.
Yeah I tend to stick with Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios for the lightning lanes.
Brilliant as always. Going back to WDW in August 2025 and realising watching this that we are back to being Disney amateurs as you covered loads of stuff we didn't know. Minefield 😂
@@TD3Vlogs awesome, glad you found it useful 😁👍
Hi you helped alot with planning my trip to disneyworld
@@mitam6272 🙌 glad you found it useful 😁
This mans a life saver!
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I think the reason why the times you mentioned are good times to go is because I believe Florida schools are back in session by September and are out by summer. I live in the US myself.
Yeah that’s it 👍
Great video!! Thank you❤
Glad you liked it! 😁
Great video love slinking dog 🎉🎉
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Oo, I would never do crocs, good sneakers always
When we visit WDW we tend to go the last 2 weeks of the UK summer holidays, we've never as of yet (🤞) had to deal with massive queues, most seem quite reasonable bar the exception of SDMT which I agree, is not worth the wait, Slinky Dog is much better! FOP is always a long queue but a fantastic ride. Never stayed in a Disney resort hotel either and we've managed to get on all rides without the use of LL purchases! The only issue that time of year visiting is the weather. These are fab tips and we always go against the grain and I find it makes our vacation more enjoyable!
Awesome as ever. Love this sort of stuff. Do you do spreadsheets etc to plan out your days (which park and where to eat each day) or just have a vague top level idea and go from there?
Sort of a mixture of the two. I’ll usually have a spreadsheet or notes document to plan out each day. Less crucial these days though now that the reservations system is gone.
You did good!
Hi Frugal Brit!! Planning a trip with my 5yr old this October, really loving your videos and tips🙏🙏 We'll be there the first week of October. Do you think we'll have to deal with huge crowds??
We're going for the last 2 weeks in October this year (2 adults & a 17yo) and I've been binge-watching your videos in prep. They're excellent so a huge thank you for the time and effort. I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind. 1. Do you have a feel for how busy it is in late October? 2. Are there plenty of places to sit/guard bags if I'm skipping a ride and waiting for the other 2? Thank you :-)
Can I just pay you to upload everyday? 😂 Love your content keep up the great work!
Deal! 😂😁
great vid whats the best/most cost friendly airline to go with ?
@@Pocket_Full_Of_Ramen thank you! It really depends where you’re flying from (I’m guessing you’re from uk). I use aer lingus as Manchester is my nearest airport.
I will honestly never understand the insane level of love for Peter Pans Flight…I went on the ride multiple times a year at Disneyland throughout the 90’s and, while a good dark ride, it wasn’t in my Top 3 for Disney dark rides in California (I prefer Alice in Wonderland, Mr Toad and even Mike and Sulley to the Rescue at DCA)…
My eldest really likes Peter Pan at the moment so that’s gonna have to use up a lightning lane slot for us 🙄
It's not that it's more popular than others. It's all about the ride capacity. Peter Pan can only get through about 800 riders an hour. For comparison, Pirates can do 2600. So if a thousand people go straight into Pirates at the same time, the thousandth person is waiting 20 or so minutes. But if that same scenario happens with Peter Pan, the thousandth person is waiting well over an hour. So if Pirates has only a 20-minute wait all day and Pan has a 60-minute wait all day, it sounds weird, but that means Pirates was more popular that day.
It’s not about the love, it’s the capacity. People flock to it because it has one of the worst capacities in the park, so people feel compelled to ride it knowing this fact.
My 5 year old son and I love your videos, especially the rides ones! But my understanding is that guests from the UK can’t book multi pass and single pass rides until they arrive in the US?
@@DebbieGranger-Bevan love to hear that thank you! Yes the situation for UK visitors is a bit of a mess at the moment. I think you need a combination of some sort of GPS hacking tool for your phone (android only) and a vpn service (although may not need the latter). I’ve ordered myself an android phone this week so I can do it 😐. I believe there’s some legal issue with people purchasing it in advance from Europe which is causing problem. It seems unfair that Disney has chanced the system to the detriment of UK customers after I’ve booked the trip…if I had the time I’d be calling them to request some money off or something.
Would be interested to hear if it works! I have an iPhone and can get through to the lightning lane purchase screen on the app by turning off location services on my phone and changing my country of residence in the app to the US but I know others have got stuck at that stage and I don’t have a trip booked yet to see if I can actually get through to purchase! Hopefully they sort it out soon.
Can you advise me on getting the shopping delivered to your room as a visitor from the UK? Do you do this before you fly using a VPN, or do you wait till you arrive? And will they send beer? Cheers.
Where do you order your food from before you arrive? Never done that before
I do mine with Amazon Fresh
Is there a way around pre booking yet if we are in the uk ? we start our trip at Disney in November so waiting 3 days before won’t work for us 😢 but I really wanted to get them are there any video tips on using this if you are outside the USA ?
@@bubbleygirl I used a combo of gps hacker on android, and vpn to make it work. It took me a while to find a US vpn location to work though, so requires a bit of trial and error.
Are the crowds at 1:11 always like this? That looks ridiculous.
This is pretty typical for early entry at magic kingdom (when aiming for seven dwarfs mine train). This is not so common elsewhere. Disney announced earlier today that Tron will lose its virtual queue so hopefully this will split the crowds at early entry.
Why do you say "you can't do reverse rope drop" for SDMT? Do the lines stay awful right up until park closing? Or did you mean to say "if you can't do reverse rope drop...."
Yes meant to say the latter, apologies if that’s not clear. The line is still pretty long, but it’s the best time to do it imo.
@@TheFrugalBrit Thanks for the clarification. That's v helpful. Hope you don't mind me asking another question, but I was wondering, given the inclement weather in Florida in July/Aug/Sept, do you find the skyliner goes down due to storms so often that it makes the perk of staying in a Skyliner resort almost negligible, or are closures not that frequent?
13:40 LOL and 14:12 LOL and :LOL 18:00
Love watching your vids. They are such a big part of the build up to our Disney hols!
If you wasted money on lightning lanes then I think that’s on you not maximizing the system via lack of education.
Always enjoy your videos 👍
You mention September as a good time of year to visit for lower crowds, would end of may/start of june also be quieter
Much appreciated! It’s about 5/10 in terms of crowds (10 meaning most crowded).
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