The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia | A Guide to the flora, fauna, and fun of the world's greatest theme park! Disney World - The Largest Unofficial On-Line Guide to Disney World, Walt Disney World It's A Disney World After All Disney Every Day | We'll Take You to Disney Every Day! Discover Epcot The Disney Blog | Disney News and Information — by fans, for fans Walt Disney World Resort The Crowd Tracker: Get Email Updates When The Crowd Calendar Changes | TouringPlans.com Blog TouringPlans.com is proud to introduce a new feature included with a premium subscription: The Crowd Tracker (see Disneyland and Walt Disney World trackers). The Crowd Tracker allows users to select their specific travel dates from the Crowd Calendar and monitor changes to them. If the crowd levels or recommended parks change, an email will be sent (maximum one email per 24 hours). The email will inform users of increases or decreases greater than 1 point for individual parks or the resort as a whole, as well as changes at Walt Disney World in recommended parks/parks to avoid. To select days to track, go to the Disneyland Crowd Calendar or the Walt Disney World Crowd Calendar and click on the date to track. In the upper right corner, select “Track This Day.” To view tracked days, from the Crowd Calendar page, click on the “Crowd Tracker” tab in the left bar. Changes to the forecasts occur for many reasons including changes to park hours, wait time data collected, and other information.
Disney News from Walt Disney World, Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company - Stitch Kingdom ParkTunes Trip Planning 101: Packing for Your Walt Disney World Vacation You’re going to Walt Disney World! You’ve chosen your travel dates and made you reservations, but what should you bring with you? To help you with this issue, we’ve created a handy downloadable TOURINGPLANS PACKING CHECKLIST. The checklist includes it all, but the rationale for many of the checklist items is broken down here. ClothingToiletriesDocuments/MoneyElectronicsand Miscellaneous. My biggest suggestion when assessing your clothing needs is to check the Orlando weather forecast 2-3 days prior to your trip, particularly if you’re traveling at any time other than mid-summer. All WDW resort hotels have laundry rooms for guest use. I’m not a fan of chores while I’m on vacation, so I usually skip doing laundry on my trips, but you should know that coin-operated guest laundry rooms are available at every Walt Disney World resort hotel. If you’re checking bags, keep one change of clothing in a carry-on in case of delayed or lost luggage. For easy replacement, copy the back of your tickets.
Destination EPCOT: First Impressions - Blogs - MiceChat You only get one chance to make a great first impression and that is certainly the case with theme parks. The arrival experience must transport guests from where they are to where the designers want them to be. Come with me as we explore the front gates of Epcot, in Orlando Florida. (For the purposes of this story, we use "EPCOT" in all caps to talk about Walt's ideas for a city of tomorrow and "Epcot" to discuss the theme park which was actually built) First, let's got back to sort of the beginning. Over the years, it became a well-known fact that Walt Disney did not like to do the same thing twice. Those ambitions cost a lot of money. Many years later, the same thing would happen with another blockbuster – Disneyland. Walt liked new challenges and he already had a Disneyland. Sadly, Walt passed away before his most ambitious dreams could be realized. The Magic Kingdom was to be an updated Disneyland. There is an often-told tale about the genesis of EPCOT, the theme park.