Your least known Disney tips

I don't find any thing wrong with doing that Brad and I hope no one else does. Fault finding like that is the reason I left the other WDW forums. But what do I know? I'm already over the hill.
Joe

We do that several times each trip depending on where our meals are. I never even gave it a thought as to that may be frowned upon.

I don't think any reasonable person would take issue with that. The questionable practice is when people park at a resort where they are not staying and have no ADR or any other business there then go to the parks just to avoid paying for parking. If you have an ADR or are doing something else at the resort I don't, and I doubt Disney would, have any issue with it.

Here's one that I often forget may not be common knowledge:

Don't worry about coming back late with your FASTPASS. They'll take them pretty much any time after your window's start time.

Regarding parking at a resort where you have an ADR and going to the parks -- I know sometimes, during busy days, Disney will give you a three-hour parking pass when you have an ADR. That's the only indication I've seen of them putting a limit on parking when you have an ADR.

I've seen that too..we really don't drive around the parks but once we had a late ADR and we didn't want to have to play the bus hop game so we drove to Poly and we got a 3 Hour pass..

Got a really interesting tip on this trip from a very friendly CM. When you get a Tables in Wonderland card, it's good for 13 months. So basically it will expire on the last day of the month after you get it. In our case that meant it expired on Sept 30. When we went to renew it, the CM suggested we wait til Oct 1, the first day of the next month, so that we got an extra 30 days in the active period. So basically, never renew your TiW card, just go get a new one right before you need it.

Good tip!! I did the Tables in Wonderland a few years ago (before it was Tables in Wonderland) and I really thought it was a great advantage. Especially since the discount was on alcohol as well.

That's a GREAT tip!! Thanks!!

Here's one I thought of today: Don't eat when other people eat. Either for ADRs or quick meals. You're on vacation and for a lot of us it's not even the same time zone. Eat at 11 am, or 2pm for lunch and eat at 5pm or 9pm for dinner. It makes getting ADRs easier and lets you avoid crowds. Who wants to spend your vacation waiting in line for food.

That's one we take advantage of alot. Now if I could only figure out "off time" for that Tequila Bar

1. We have DEFINITELY popped into a park after an ADR - esp MK. We'll go to Chef Mickey's for breakfast for example, then head over to MK to walk around and avoid the TTC lines.

2. Take advantage of First Aid and, if you do have children, the Baby Centers. I never used either before I had children - but they're awesome! First aid is staffed and sponsored by FL Hospital, and they're friendly, helpful, and very liberal with the bandaids! The baby center features a nice air conditioned area to feed and change baby, and there's a mother's area where mom can nurse or pump in private. The bathrooms are clean and quiet, and there's bottled water to make baby bottles (and rehydrate mom and dad!) There are also activity rooms to give toddlers and older siblings a little break. And did I mention the a/c???Love, love, love these hidden treasures.

1. We have DEFINITELY popped into a park after an ADR - esp MK. We'll go to Chef Mickey's for breakfast for example, then head over to MK to walk around and avoid the TTC lines.

2. Take advantage of First Aid and, if you do have children, the Baby Centers. I never used either before I had children - but they're awesome! First aid is staffed and sponsored by FL Hospital, and they're friendly, helpful, and very liberal with the bandaids! The baby center features a nice air conditioned area to feed and change baby, and there's a mother's area where mom can nurse or pump in private. The bathrooms are clean and quiet, and there's bottled water to make baby bottles (and rehydrate mom and dad!) There are also activity rooms to give toddlers and older siblings a little break. And did I mention the a/c???Love, love, love these hidden treasures.

If you have a ticket for a party (MNSSHP or MVMCP) that starts at 7pm, they'll usually start taking the tickets at 4pm. That's a good way to not use up an extra day on your park hopper!

2. Take advantage of First Aid and, if you do have children, the Baby Centers. I never used either before I had children - but they're awesome! First aid is staffed and sponsored by FL Hospital, and they're friendly, helpful, and very liberal with the bandaids! The baby center features a nice air conditioned area to feed and change baby, and there's a mother's area where mom can nurse or pump in private. The bathrooms are clean and quiet, and there's bottled water to make baby bottles (and rehydrate mom and dad!) There are also activity rooms to give toddlers and older siblings a little break. And did I mention the a/c???Love, love, love these hidden treasures.