When I was in the early planning stages for our first trip to Disney World, I discovered the Disney Planning Guide from Touring Plans. They have spent many years researching crowd patterns and have it down to a science. They can predict which parks are going to be crowded on which days and they have it all available for you to use to plan your trip.
You do have to have a subscription to TouringPlans. It is $15.95 for a 365 day subscription and they even give you a 45 day money-back guarantee!
Touring Plans crowd calendar is outstanding. They use a scale from 1 to 10 (with 10 being the busiest) to indicate how crowded Walt Disney World parks are going to be. When I am considering dates for a trip, I pull the calendar up to check my dates. If they are croweded, I check to see if the week before or after is better. This is a great way to make sure you are going at the absolute best time for your family. Time is money at Disney World and if you are going to invest in a trip, you need to make sure you are making the best decision you can.
In addition to the crowd calendar, they also recommend which parks to go to on which days. For example, they might say that Magic Kingdom is the best park to visit on the first day of your trip while Epcot is the worst. You then know that you need to pick a different day of the trip to go to Epcot if you want to avoid long lines. I use this to determine every day of our trip. It hasn’t steered me wrong yet!
They also give you access to over 140 different touring plans. These are custom plans based on your family’s ages and desires. By using their crowd calendars, best days and touring plans, you can drastically cut down the amount of time you spend in line while still seeing everything on your must do list. They have also added a new feature that lets you personalize and save your own touring plans.
I know it seems crazy to invest in your trip now before you have even determined if you are going to go, but with their 45 day money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose!
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Michele says
It tells me discount code is invalid
Kristin from Couponing to Disney says
Make sure there isn’t a space or anything in your code, and it also says that it is only available for new users..
Kris says
Code doesn’t work