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Hello! Have been reading the blog and following your advice for 5+ years and have never been steered wrong. Based on gut instinct would you book 2 br dvc room as BCV or BWV for nov 2026?
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In case you might miss it, check out my reply to Jason, who commented at March 26, 2026 at 1:10 pm.
Tom – As a new transplant to the LA area, I have purchased a magic key. I am not asking for planning advice – but it would be interesting article to explore how locals visiting parks is different from vacationers. At DL, with the changes to LL, there is little difference for those arriving at rope drop regardless as to whether they are staying in a hotel or have a pass.
Attending DL/CA for an evening is a bit different. LL are usually booked up, and so not really viable. It’s probably more do a couple of rides, people watch and eat.
I suppose the same could be said for WDW – when I was a passholder, it was as an out of state DVC member, so I was probably on the same plan as most vacationers.
It really is unfortunate that you’ve made the decision to block users using adblockers from visiting the site. Adblockers are best practice for protecting users from malware and tracking services. Malware can be delivered through ads even on reputable sites because usually the ads are handled through a third party service, which the site owner may not have control over. I understand that you are using ad revenue to fund your work, and I enjoy reading your articles, which is why I find this decision disappointing.
I just came here to comment the same thing! I was blocked recently even though the ad system on DTB is so aggressive the ads burst through the block anyway. Later I was able to get back on because I guess those aggressive ads were detected. Like what does it matter if I deactivate AdBlock or not when ads show up anyway?
I do not agree with the block box message with Tom saying the ads are few & unintrusive. When AdBlock was functioning as it should, the site ran smoothly. Everything loaded at once. Now that ads are back, sometimes I’m scrolling through an article & have to wait for several minutes before the next paragraphs load. Plus sometimes I also have to wait a couple of minutes for a floating ad that is ACTUALLY BLOCKING TEXT to disappear so I can read the article word for word. Plus when writing comments, the site often freezes up & I again have to wait several minutes to be able to continue typing. I know the site isn’t performing at the rate of Flash the sloth at the DMV because AdBlock is slowing it down. Before I had AdBlock, the site would also function at abysmally slow rates. I blamed it back then on too many photos.
Tom, rhetorical question here as I do not intend to check back for an answer, but do you enjoy your day/night at home suddenly getting interrupted by telemarketers or door-to-door salesmen or even political canvassers? So you should understand people have a right to avoid ads & it is never a moral imperative for greedy corporations to be able to force ads on people. I am determined to protest by never clicking on any ads on your site, so what good does it do the advertisers for me to see them?
Hi Tom! Just suggesting an edit to this article regarding Victoria & Albert’s status in the Michelin Guide:
https://www.disneytouristblog.com/dining-plan-table-service-top-value/
https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/florida/orlando/restaurant/victoria-albert-s
Hello Tom, I’m posting because I wanted to say thank you. I truly appreciate all of the research and analytics that goes into your predictive posts. When planning a trip for my family of four (over 21 YO’s) I relied on your recommendations. I bumped your content against 3 other sites (I won’t name them but they have solid SEO and come up top of google searches) and your information was better. I appreciate how you factored in holiday changes (Easter, Mardi Gras) and didn’t just rely on previous year’s attendance numbers. We toured the parks March 01 – March 05, and our single longest wait was 55 minutes for a second ride on Guardians (we got September both rides!) You were on point about the EPCOT crowds for Garden Fest, more ‘feels like’ than actual ride impact. I also took your advice on LLSP and LLMP – def didn’t need any at Animal Kingdom, but Hollywood it was a big help to have them. We toured Magic Kingdom during the special After Hours Event on 3/2, and we felt like we had the park to ourselves. In summary, Thank You! I will recommend your content to anyone who asks me about planning their WDW trip!
“I bumped your content against 3 other sites (I won’t name them but they have solid SEO and come up top of google searches) and your information was better.”
Thanks for the kind words and vote of confidence!
There are a lot of great Disney sites out there aside from DTB, but unfortunately, there’s now a lot of AI-generated content out there now–and much of it is bad or flat-out wrong. A lot of first-timers don’t realize just how ever-changing Walt Disney World is, and that makes AI particularly prone to errors in this realm.
All of my recommendations are based on data, my nearly two decades of extensive experience on the ground in the parks, and my (human) judgment. If I make an error (which does happen!), it’s usually because something fairly unpredictable happened.
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Tom, you engage in a lot of conjecture about actions Disney will take, & I’m doing that right now about The American Adventure’s Golden Dream montage. That’s always evolving, but it seems every version has had a shot of Cesar Chavez holding a sign saying “Boycott grapes”. Recently, though long dead, he’s been in the news as allegations have surfaced that he was a molester & rapist. Cesar Chavez Day celebrations around the country are being cancelled or renamed. Do you think Disney will follow suit & excise him from Golden Dream? It can take them forever to get rid of disgraced American heroes from that montage, though, & it certainly took them a long time after 9/11 to get rid of the NYC skyline that still featured the destroyed WTC Towers. It was so awkward watching the show back then worrying about other audience members being traumatized.
Yeah, they’ll definitely get rid of him as soon as the montage is updated. Just a question of whether this creates a new sense of urgency to update the montage in the next few months, or it happens in a few years. I have no clue what the answer is to that.
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While reading a piece in the Atlantic today about how the desire for human interaction increases with income, I was thinking about how Disney has recently automated away so much of buying and receiving food and other services in WDW. I wonder if that has any impact on lower guest scores, and I’d like to see your take on it.
I had not been back to WDW in Florida for over 33 years, until January (last month) and yes, the last time was with children(whom now bring their children but not grandma and grandpa)…alas, I had a TOTAL BLAST coming home to WDW ! I would love to become a “secret shopper” kind of visitor if anything like that, is considered….someone sent to spend time in parks; but secretly assessing things for the park/company…I have all the time in the world as a retired nurse; would love to offer myself for such a job if you have that need…..
Hi, I worked as what I called a “Disney spy” (though perhaps secret shopper is better) for about 3 days in the early 1990’s. It was one of my first jobs & I promptly got fired, though, like with a lot of my firings, I’m not exactly clear why. Anyway, Disney hires such people themselves to check on attractions, gift shops, shows, restaurants, etc. I think you might need to be able to ride any ride they ask you to, though that didn’t come up with me that they pressured me to ride Space Mountain. And you have to keep up a cover story if the cast members make casual conversation, like where are you from, what hotel are you staying at, etc.? It requires a LOT of lying & I realized later I probably wouldn’t have been comfortable with such a job in the long term even though it seemed like a cushy one. Also, you had to be willing to come in at any time. You could have other plans for the day & suddenly they would call you to come in. I don’t know how much this job would’ve changed since the 1990’s.
I don’t think you have ever commented on Adventures by Disney, so I assume you have never used it. They have a couple of packages for LA-I’ll have to take out a mortgage to afford it, but wondered if it was worth it. The studio tour is certainly a bucket list item.
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I don’t know if you covered this in an article already, but I have some news from my recent visit to Epcot. Around 8:10 PM as I was leaving the park, by Spaceship Earth where they usually play instrumental music, suddenly “The Rainbow Connection” came on. (The version from “The Muppets” movie of a few years back). Either they’re playing this especially for the Festival of the Arts since rainbow imagery features so prominently, or they’re planning to bring the Muppets to Epcot.
Thanks for that info regarding updating of parade calendar.
Thank you for the information on least expensive tickets. I bought them from getaway today and also used your promo code.
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Planning on being at DisneyWorld first week in March 2026. As of today, Feb 11, 2026, there is no schedule listed for the nightime parade at Magic Kingdom past the end of Feb. 2026. Do you know if this parade will no longer be happening come March 1, 2026? Thanks
They are slow to update the parade schedule, for reasons beyond me. This always happens. Starlight will almost certainly be shown those dates, so don’t worry!