Recently when we were in US we 3 went to orlando.It was quite a nice trip. Would like to list the do's and don'ts out of my own experience
1)Look for a good deal in flight tickets.If you book real early it will be very cheap. You can either plan for a 4 or 5 day trip depending upon your budget. And when you are booking the flight tickets make it such that you reach orlando in the night and when you are starting from there also make it in the night, so that you get full whole days to spend there.
2)Booking a hotel - Book something nearer to the theme parks . So that commutation will cost you less if you prefer to take a cab service. If you are going for a rental car then this might not be a problem .Always carry a car seat if you have a kid, because the rent of the car seat might exceed the actual price of the car seat.Always book a hotel with kitchen in it , because food there is costly.So atleast whenever you can ,you can cook something for yourself.Read reviews in net for the hotels and then book them.
3)Book the entrance tickets to the theme parks. You have to book them well in advance because walt disney tickets are not e tickets. It will take you 10 - 15 days to receive them.
4)Once you book your travel tickets,hotel and then park tickets , start preparing for your travel.
5)http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/myVacation/customizedMaps/index?id=CustomizedMapsSampleMapsPage You can get the maps of all the disney parks from here.
6) In the maps there is explanation about each and every ride and show there. You can go through it and select the items which you want to explore based on your interest. Doing this prior to your trip will help you more because one day in one park in not enough for seeing everything there and you might end up missing something very important there. So if you do a research and select the items which you want to go for, it might be easy.
7)There is something called fast pass in Disney land.Its like booking an appointment. In disney land every ride and show has long queues.To avoid getting struck up in one place for long time you can get fast pass and return to that place at the time indicated.If you select which all rides you should see, go and take fast passes for them first, as many of the rides and shows are really crowded.
8)Photo pass is something which you can ask any Disney photographer there.They will give you a card for free and if you present the card to any Disney photographer they take pictures of you for free. You can log in to net with the address specified there and fill in your details to check the photographs.If you want to order any photographs you can do so online.That will cost you money.
9)Dont miss the Parades in Disney world. They are the speciality items there.Look for the timings before you get there and make your rides adjusting these timings.Once you get to the park ask the route where the parade goes by and well before half an hour get a seat for yourself in the route, because getting a place to stand to watch the parade itself will be difficult.
10)Dont miss any of the fire works in Disney Land. Like parades get yourself placed well before half an hour here also as getting place will be difficult.
11)Cooking - Before you leave buy some ready to eat foods , noodles and the like so that it will make your cooking easy. You can try simple recipes and long lasting food items like puliogare/Lemon Rice/Curd rice. It will be difficult to find an Indian Restaurant near by where you stay so be prepared.
12)Can cook chapathis/Idlis and freeze it.Later when you want to use thewm you can microwave them.Every hotel has a micro wave facility.
13)Dont forget to take Sun Screen ,hat, Drinking water,goggles. Because climate there is really hot. Its better to get drinking water bottles outside the parks because they are very costly there.
14)Wear proper comfortable shoes beacuse you will have to walk in miles inside the parks. Avoid wearing high heels, Chappals or the like. For kids also shoes are better.
15)Stroller for kids is available in every theme park for rent. You can take your own strollers also.
16)Dont forget to take basic medicines for head ache ,fever ,cold, and the like .Take your Health Insurance cards,Passport, Driving License for User identification.Beacuse inside the parks when you book your tickets or get in by using online tickets they ask for user identification.
17)Dont forget to carry your mobile phone and important phone numbers.
18)If you have a digital camera / Handy cam better take your Laptop with it, because you might want to take 100's of pictures there and the memory in your camera will never be enough.
19)Take extra dresses with you in case u get wet or dirty you can use them. In Sea world definitely take an extra pair because its a water park.
20)Have a nice trip to disney :)
1)Look for a good deal in flight tickets.If you book real early it will be very cheap. You can either plan for a 4 or 5 day trip depending upon your budget. And when you are booking the flight tickets make it such that you reach orlando in the night and when you are starting from there also make it in the night, so that you get full whole days to spend there.
2)Booking a hotel - Book something nearer to the theme parks . So that commutation will cost you less if you prefer to take a cab service. If you are going for a rental car then this might not be a problem .Always carry a car seat if you have a kid, because the rent of the car seat might exceed the actual price of the car seat.Always book a hotel with kitchen in it , because food there is costly.So atleast whenever you can ,you can cook something for yourself.Read reviews in net for the hotels and then book them.
3)Book the entrance tickets to the theme parks. You have to book them well in advance because walt disney tickets are not e tickets. It will take you 10 - 15 days to receive them.
4)Once you book your travel tickets,hotel and then park tickets , start preparing for your travel.
5)http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/myVacation/customizedMaps/index?id=CustomizedMapsSampleMapsPage You can get the maps of all the disney parks from here.
6) In the maps there is explanation about each and every ride and show there. You can go through it and select the items which you want to explore based on your interest. Doing this prior to your trip will help you more because one day in one park in not enough for seeing everything there and you might end up missing something very important there. So if you do a research and select the items which you want to go for, it might be easy.
7)There is something called fast pass in Disney land.Its like booking an appointment. In disney land every ride and show has long queues.To avoid getting struck up in one place for long time you can get fast pass and return to that place at the time indicated.If you select which all rides you should see, go and take fast passes for them first, as many of the rides and shows are really crowded.
8)Photo pass is something which you can ask any Disney photographer there.They will give you a card for free and if you present the card to any Disney photographer they take pictures of you for free. You can log in to net with the address specified there and fill in your details to check the photographs.If you want to order any photographs you can do so online.That will cost you money.
9)Dont miss the Parades in Disney world. They are the speciality items there.Look for the timings before you get there and make your rides adjusting these timings.Once you get to the park ask the route where the parade goes by and well before half an hour get a seat for yourself in the route, because getting a place to stand to watch the parade itself will be difficult.
10)Dont miss any of the fire works in Disney Land. Like parades get yourself placed well before half an hour here also as getting place will be difficult.
11)Cooking - Before you leave buy some ready to eat foods , noodles and the like so that it will make your cooking easy. You can try simple recipes and long lasting food items like puliogare/Lemon Rice/Curd rice. It will be difficult to find an Indian Restaurant near by where you stay so be prepared.
12)Can cook chapathis/Idlis and freeze it.Later when you want to use thewm you can microwave them.Every hotel has a micro wave facility.
13)Dont forget to take Sun Screen ,hat, Drinking water,goggles. Because climate there is really hot. Its better to get drinking water bottles outside the parks because they are very costly there.
14)Wear proper comfortable shoes beacuse you will have to walk in miles inside the parks. Avoid wearing high heels, Chappals or the like. For kids also shoes are better.
15)Stroller for kids is available in every theme park for rent. You can take your own strollers also.
16)Dont forget to take basic medicines for head ache ,fever ,cold, and the like .Take your Health Insurance cards,Passport, Driving License for User identification.Beacuse inside the parks when you book your tickets or get in by using online tickets they ask for user identification.
17)Dont forget to carry your mobile phone and important phone numbers.
18)If you have a digital camera / Handy cam better take your Laptop with it, because you might want to take 100's of pictures there and the memory in your camera will never be enough.
19)Take extra dresses with you in case u get wet or dirty you can use them. In Sea world definitely take an extra pair because its a water park.
20)Have a nice trip to disney :)
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