Starting 1 January 2021, limited Park Hopping returns to Disney World!!! Today Disney announced the following: As the phased reopening of Walt Disney World Resort continues, we are nearing another exciting milestone we know many guests have been looking forward to: the return of the Park Hopper option! Starting Jan. 1, 2021, guests who purchased a ticket, […]
Planning and Executing Your Walt Disney World Vacation During These Trying Times – 2020 and 2021 Travel
Welcome to our resource for all of the things that are different about a Disney World Vacation during this Temporary Abnormal. On this page we’ll be discussing everything that is different about planning and executing a Walt Disney World vacation for military families during this temporary “crisis.” UPDATED: 20 November 2020. We have a huge […]
Beat the Lines – Mobile Order at Walt Disney World Counter Service Restaurants
Waiting in line for Walt Disney World Attractions is a Given. But waiting in line to eat doesn’t have to be! The Solution My Disney Experiences App Mobile Order! Here is a portion of the Flame Tree Barbecue Menu. When you use Mobile Order your order will print out ahead of all the people standing […]
What If I Lose My Magic Band
Here’s an awful thought… What if you are in the middle of your Disney World Theme Park day and you realize they you (or more likely one of your kids) have lost your magic band? Don’t fear! It’ll will be fine. I know that’s lots of stuff tied up in the band, theme park tickets, […]
Walt Disney World Starting to Discount 2021
To date all of Walt Disney World’s announced Resort Room Discounts have only run through 25 December 2020, calling into question 2021 Discounts. Now there is Good News and a Positive Sign for a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount! Disney World’s website is now offering Passholder discounts up to 40% off (just like […]
Our Return to Walt Disney World
We did it! We just spent 2 weeks at Walt Disney World and experienced all of the post-closure changes in person. In this post we’ll share it all with you. We’ll share our experiences, the good and the bad, our thoughts on the whole can of worms plus some tips. UPDATED: 21 Oct 2020 (originally […]
Will There Be a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount? When Will Disney Announce a 2021 Salute Room Discount?
I am getting these two questions in growing frequency as the military community is wondering why we haven’t heard anything yet. This is understandable as each of the last 5 years, Disney has announced the coming year’s Military Salute Offer right about this time in September. And we’ve seen nothing yet. UPDATE 21 Oct: See […]
The C-141 Starlifter Lives On In WDW’s Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Here is a great bit of military and aviation trivia for Walt Disney theme park fans. Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios’s, Star Wars Galaxies Edge, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction has a piece of military aviation history used as a set dressing. When Disney Imagineers are building a new attraction they will go to the […]
Split Stays at Walt Disney World Resorts and Shades of Green
Here is Military Disney Tips’ advice on this slightly out of the ordinary subject. What’s a Split Stay? Splitting your vacation time between 2 or more Resort Hotels during your Walt Disney World vacation. We regularly do this in order to stay up to date with what’s going on at all the Disney resorts to […]
Shades of Green Walt Disney World’s Military Resort Room Rates
Shades of Green, the Military Only Resort on Walt Disney World property sets their room rates by pay-grade. You’ll find Shades of Green has reasonable room rates when compared to many of the Disney World Resorts and other hotels in the local area. Rates are based upon your pay grade or status, with junior members […]
Shades of Green Re-Open at Walt Disney World
On our Return Trip to Walt Disney World we stopped by Shades of Green to check out what’s happening. Our recent trip was the end of August/beginning of September 2020. It was our first trip of the year (we had 2 cancelled trips in the spring) and first trip after all of the special measures […]
What’s the Right Military Discounted Disney Ticket for Me for 2020?
What’s the Right Military Discounted Disney Ticket for me? I am often asked some version of this question. (Updated September 2020) Note During the current operating situation there have been changes to Disney World Tickets. There is no Park Hopping and Water Parks are not open. This affects the different tickets in different ways: Disney […]
Your 2020 Introduction to Disney Resort Destination Security – Plus Some Tips
Disney’s theme parks have had Bag Checks as far back as I can remember (perhaps for the last 20 years). But since late 2015 metal detectors have been added to the security lineup. On 17 December 2015, literally overnight, America’s theme parks all began using some form of metal detectors. This includes Disneyland, Walt Disney […]
Disney Accidentally Voided Some Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets
Well, it has been quite a year with lots issues that have come up with Disney’s Military Discounts! And here is the latest snafu! Disney World has inadvertently voided a block of 200-300 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets! Who knows what they were doing? But your Base Ticket Office should be contacting you if you […]
Disney Military Tickets – Your 2020 Start to Finish Guide
The MDT Guide to purchasing and using Your Military Disney Tickets You Are Going To Disney! Great now you’ve got a lot of things to start thinking about. Theme park tickets are one of the biggest expenses for a Disney vacation. This post is meant to be your end-to-end guide on all things related to […]