Most Disney advice is written to make you dream. Mine is written to help you decide.
I’m Loryn. Ten-plus years of hauling my family through these parks, which is long enough to have made the expensive mistakes personally so you can skip them.
Nobody warns you about the real problem: the rides aren’t the hard part, the deciding is. A hundred restaurants, booking windows that open at unreasonable hours, several kinds of ticket, and a meter running on all of it. Most people are worn out before they leave the house.
I love that part. Genuinely. I’m the one awake at 5:58 a.m. for dining, 11:58 p.m. for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, and 6:58 a.m. in a resort room for virtual queues. I’ve stopped pretending this is normal. I have a Disney problem. You don’t need one too. That’s what I’m here for.
On money
Pop Century is our go-to. The Contemporary is a splurge, worth it for the monorail, but wait for a deal. When something isn’t worth it I’ll tell you to skip it, because “skip it” is a complete answer.
On secrets
There’s always something I haven’t found yet, and finding it is the entire hobby. But if a tip is on this site, we tested it, recently. A lot of the “insider secrets” floating around quietly expired years ago.
On why
Watching my kids see something for the first time beats seeing it myself. I’d like more parents to get that, without needing an unlimited budget to pull it off.
Say hello. Your question is probably my next post.