Comments on: 14 most common Disney mistakes (+ how to avoid them!)

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:40:40 +0000

In reply to Becca. Yay! You are going to have such a great time, Becca!!! Let me know how the trip goes.

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:48:36 +0000

This post is incredibly helpful!! We are going to Disneyland for Christmas break and are going to need all the help we can get. I didn’t know about mobile food ordering, that is going to save us so much time! Totally doing that.

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:45:51 +0000

In reply to blair villanueva. Wow, what a steal! I love saving money, and I just can't justify spending full price for souvenirs inside Disney properties. Great work Blair!

By: blair villanueva

blair villanueva — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:10:16 +0000

I agree with your tips! When we visited Tokyo Disneyland, I brought some Mickey Mouse headbands that I’ve got from Manila for a dollar each, because the same headbands costs $20. There is a Japanese dollar store called DAISO where they sell licensed Disney products which are better than buying souvenirs inside the Disney resort.

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:50:18 +0000

In reply to Mila R. Oh wow I'm surprised you've never been if you live so close to a Disney property! I'd love to go back again soon.

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:49:51 +0000

In reply to Crickette, The Things I Have to Say. Yep, I'm with you on not waiting in long lines to meet Disney characters. There's too much else to do in Disneyland without waiting in long queues!

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:49:17 +0000

In reply to Charlene. Oh my goodness Charlene I hear that! Sometimes when I travel with other people I get so antsy when they're not efficient with their time. I'm like COME ON!

By: Charlene

Charlene — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:18:43 +0000

This is such a great post! I love all the time wasting tips. Or rather the tips for NOT wasting time! My husband’s family went to Disney World earlier this year and my in-laws about drove me CRAZY with how much time they wasted! It’s a good thing my husband and I had just gone to Disney by ourselves the year before so I wasn’t *too* upset about it this time around. haha Oh and it helped that his parent’s payed our way as a Christmas gift from the year before. So really I was more thankful than upset. But still. haha

By: Crickette, The Things I Have to Say

Crickette, The Things I Have to Say — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:48:19 +0000

I think for all the time-wasters, the best answer to this is to NOT BUY A SINGLE DAY TKT. When we were young, my parents would buy 3-day passes so we can go to Disney more than one day. We explore certain sections per day, and take our time.

We also never queued to see any Disney Character. We just waited for those we see on walking on the streets. And there are lots of them really.

By: Mila R

Mila R — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 05:37:00 +0000

haha this is a great one! I live close to big Disney Park but still haven’t visited it. Hopefully soon! This can save me some pain!

By: catherine.art

catherine.art — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:27:27 +0000

In reply to PegP.

Thank you for your comment! Yep, quick food to go isn’t for everyone (though I often get a salad or something like beans and rice from the fast restaurants, and some of them allow you to eat at their tables even though you don’t do table service).

You make SUCH a good point about tips! I have never done the Disney Dining Plan but probably wouldn’t have considered automatic tips. Good call to budget that! Do you remember about how much you ended up paying in gratuity per day?

By: PegP

PegP — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:48:39 +0000

Have to disagree with the table service restaurant “mistake.” We go to Disney every year and make at least one ADR for each day we’re there. For starters, it’s a nice break from the constant walking in the sun. Some of us (including children) need to be able to sit in the air conditioning for a little bit in order to recharge. Also, it’s a great way to kill two proverbial birds with one stone. Many table restaurants are also character meals. You can get, for example, a FastPass to meet Cinderella, but that’s not going to let you meet Prince Charming or the evil stepsisters (1900 Park Fare dinner). And I’m not sure where you can meet Lilo & Stitch at besides breakfast at Ohana. Lastly, the food’s a lot better (usually). I don’t eat fast food for every meal at home. I certainly don’t want to do it on vacation.

And my number one budgeting mistake I made on our first trip to Disney was forgetting about tips! I didn’t even think about the meals since I’d gotten the Disney Dining Plan. I was in sticker shock when I saw how much the amount of money for tips was adding up!