Despite the title of this video, I think the big thing is to understand you are never going to accomplish everything in the parks. There are simply too many variables. A three hour rain storm will mess up 1/3 of your day for going on many of the big outdoor attractions. And that will lead to longer lines with the dark ride attractions that are still open. People just need to go with what they are able to accomplish and enjoy the ride.

This video is like music to my ears. All my favorite Disney strategies! Sometimes it’s nice to get a video where I’m not actively learning or disagreeing (I like a good restaurant ranking debate 😂) but just nodding along the entire time. Worth noting, these strategies are also great for maximizing a short trip or a single day. I have used these tips for a 4 park challenge day.

As we've gotten older, DH and I have povited from 5-6 night trips to shorter 2-3 night trips going to just 1 park and are happy we did so.

We were at WDW one year ago today. Florida kids were back in school, people were still a bit leery about traveling, and it was HOT. Most of the rides in Epcot were a walk on most of the day. It was fabulous. Also, when at AK, we saw the Celebration of the LK and when it was let out, apparently it had been raining. Well, it got lighter and we booked it over to Asia because Expedition had just reopened and was a posted 5 min wait... It was a walk on! It was the best! We were very fortunate with our timing overall. And yes, if Peter or Winnie are more than 20 min... just walk past. Not worth a long wait.

I feel like this video should be titled, how to make the most of your time at Disney World… Because it isn’t necessarily explaining how to fit everything in in one week it’s more just general times saving tips and advice.

After you booked your first lightning Lane reservation, if you go back in and try to book another lightning Lane reservation, it will tell you at what time you will be eligible to book your next one. That way you can set a timer on your phone to know When 120 minutes has passed!

A VIP tour is definitely on my bucket list! I may not get to experience it anytime soon, but someday, I'm determined to make it happen!

This one time, back in like 2015, me, my mom, my lil bro, and four relatives from Ecuador got to do all four parks (even the two Universal parks) and we only missed a handful attractions in total across all four… I wonder if it would be possible today lol 🤣

The Friday before last, my sister, brother in law, and I did all of dca and disneyland in one day (7:15am to 12:30am) using lighting lanes and being tricky with what we were doing. 22 miles later, we rode 29 rides in one day!!! Genie+ works really well if you use it right.

So much of "everything" depends upon what that means to a given individual. I remember when Pandora first opened, and I made a decision: However long the line was... I was riding those two rides. I was right behind a rope drop... and the line was 3 hours long by the time I got there for Banshee. But once I finished that ride, all the rest were relatively short and I felt I got to "everything" in Animal Kingdom. But when I talk "a week" I literally mean I have 7 days to do 4 parks. Since I already plan on two days for Epcot, it means I have two extra "fill-in" days to go finish up what I might have missed before. Since I'll usually get a park hopper ticket, I've been to up to all four parks in just one day.

This was the video I was searching for 30 minutes until I found this was uploaded an hour ago.

As far as maximizing ride time: After fireworks don’t exit the park. MK usually open a little afterwards, which gives an opportunity to lower the bus lines and ride wait times should be lower as most people are leaving the park.

Perfect video - booked our first trip to Disney world from the UK in Jan 2023 for 2 weeks for an adult only trip - myself and husband, staying at the Swan (after years and years of listening to DFB and AJ’s voice - finally going)! Just brought the DFB guides as well, really helpful - really appreciate the teams knowledge, expertise and effort into all the research you do :) Suggestion for video - adult only trip and suggested evening entertainment…. Thanks again AJ and team :)

We have you beat!!! We did Every top attraction in 3 days!!! Was amazing!!! First day was Epcot. First I got a boarding queue for Cosmic rewind for Monday of last week. We did Soaring, Test-track, Frozen, Remmy, Nemo, Cosmic….park hopped to Magic kingdom and did Splash, mine train, thunder mountain and fireworks show. Then a few days at universal. Friday Magic Kingdom was empty due to park closing after hours Halloween party. Walked on everything. Lightning lane purchasers for guests we talked with were super pissed because they could not get that money back. Peter Pan was a walk on. Splash mountain was 15 minutes at 2:00 for standby. We did everything and were done by 3:00 park hopped over to AK. Did Kali river, Pandora FOP, and Everest twice. Next day was crazy weird but totally worked out in our favor. The only time I used a LL Genie Plus!! We got into the park at rope drop and found Rise broken almost all morning. Many people cancelled their LL as they were told it would be down all day or so they claim. Well I grabbed one at 9:40 while in line for Rocking roller coaster as the attraction ended up opening. Right after I purchased it, the ride went down again and was down until 4:00. We then went to Mickey and Minnie runaway. Then star tourers and Slinky dog. All standby! Later we went to Muppets, Tower of terror and then went for the Rise which was running at partial capacity and only LL people were able to get on the ride. The standby line was 5 hours +! Rise workers has to be the worst job in the park. I literally watched them get chewed out one person after another because they cancelled their LL because they were told it would be down all day. Which I think was a lie. But anyway. During this trip we ate at Garden Grill, Whispering canyon, 50’s Prime, and Sci-fi. Did we get lucky. I do t know but I am not complaining. One tip for getting the virtual queue. Having the newest 5G phone with the fastest service like AT&T or Verizon is a massive advantage. My iphone 13 pro max is 1.5 seconds faster than my sons 5G pixel on T-Mobile.

Thank you, AJ and team! This was such a fantastic video, especially about the rides to prioritize and splitting up for food and rides that not everyone agrees on. On our upcoming trip, I’m planning my family’s character breakfast reservations on our travel/non-park days so it doesn’t eat into the mornings hours we should be spending in the parks 😀. Same with any character dinners except for the ones in the parks. That way everything will be more leisurely, and we still get magic on our non-park days! Same with fireworks! We would like to try watching them from our resort or while on a ride. In other words, multi-tasking! About mobile orders, it’s not only to get the orders in early during non-peak times and avid crowds, but seating is also hard to come by during peak times, too. Aloha Isle gets so chaotic and it’s hard to tell which line is for people whose mobile orders are ready, people waiting for their mobile window or the standard walk-up. I would definitely hit up Aloha Isle early next time, lol, or while we are waiting for a parade. I know people who get their dinner to go (Casey’s, for example) while they wait for fireworks, that’s smart, too. Lastly, we do our best to bring things that save time in lines. We eat breakfast and drink coffee in our hotel room but bring our reusable water bottle, ponchos, snacks, Lunchables, extra batteries, bubble maker, a small bottle of bubbles, glow sticks, basic first aid items. It not only saves money but time in lines as well. Our strategy with and without kids is totally different and now we just have a few must-do’s and everything is a bonus. Things don’t go according to plan so we just have to be patient and flexible. One day I definitely want to try the VIP Tour. That’s my dream, lol!

Aj!! I love your videos!! I usually do almost everything but not water parks and only sometimes Disney springs

I love what you do

Love your videos! 🙂

THANK YOU

Awesome Video AJ and team!

The best advice is to ask a CM whenever you need to swap the scheme around. If you have a diner reservation or a Genie plus reservation at a certain time and want to swap it around you can always ask them - Nicely. They cant always help you but a log of times they can. Johan.

This video is very informative, even though I knew almost everything. Even if I learn one new tip, it's so worth watching

When I went to Walt Disney World last year with my parents, Grandma, aunt jody, her son and boyfriend when landed on Sunday, went to Animal Kingdom Sunday night for a little while, then went back again on Monday, we went Magic Kingdom on Tuesday, had a relaxation day Wednesday, went to EPCOT Thursday, went to UNIVERSAL Studios Friday and went back to Magic Kingdom on Saturday

Great video. And hey, The DIS team at 25:06!!

I will tell you even though we are only going for two days we shelled out for staying at Beach Club. It is worth it to have easy access to Epcot so we can have more time at the park and worry less about transportation sucking up our time.

The last time we went to Disney was 08 or 09 in late winter Fed or March & Kail River Rapid had a 0 Min wait time Jut had to walk up & get on. Heck one pair that was in our raft went right back on. They just had to get off the one raft & get on another. The Dinosaur ride wait was so short we missed that Bill Nye did the narration until the 2nd time we went. Space Mt. wait was 30 Mins in the middle of the day as well

Keys to the Kingdom tour is awesome!

FYI. Onscreen typo for guide link. AND-Thanks for all you and the team do!! 💖

Our past Disney Trip (May 2022) and went swimmingly! We did literally everything and got the must do rides and snacks in each park! However, we couldn’t have done it without AJ and the DFB Team! We didn’t take a break day while we were there, but when we go back to Disney I’ll be sure to plan one! We also did a split stay which was nice to see the other resort, but it was too much moving around for our party. We will be staying in just one hotel when we go next. Of course the hotel that we love is Contemporary Resort!

I made a spreadsheet half hour by half hour every time i go. I am DETERMINED

Great Video AJ! Very Useful Because I'm Booked At WDW The Week Of September 13th-22nd 2023. All Star Movies Resort! The Love Bug Rooms! I Booked It With Your Recommendation Thru Small World Vacations, Brandi To Be Exact! Soooo Thanks AJ For All Your Advice There At DFB! Stay Safe Y'All😉💖

oh my goodness you would be a virgo haha same girl same! september baby here

Are Lightning lane selections available during Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Party, and are all the rides open during the party? Thank you

I’m trying to plan a week long disney vacation for august 2023 but I’m worried about them discontinuing those extra 2 hours for deluxe resort stayers, should I be worried about this?

I used to be able to do it in 08. Curious about now

Is pre thanksgiving Disney World not peak time? I was thinking of trying October but my work schedule is filling up

Ha! That’s impossible but fun to try!

Love your videos we are going to Disney world this Sunday!🤣

Is there any indication of how long the extended evening hours are going to last? Is it a 50th Anniversary thing? I'm planning for a trip in fall 2024 and my parents are springing for a deluxe resort, so I should definitely take that into account :D We're a lot of night owls AND we're gonna be doing the halloween party so skewing more days late rather than rope-dropping works well for us

Are fireworks and shows all week long or just weekend I’m going thanksgiving week

AJ, around 8:39 you mistyped your site's name ('dsney' vs 'disney')

I can't wait to go in Oct. and I'm doing Disneyworld in 4 days. I go when crowds aren't so big. I get a disability pass so I don't stand a long time in lines. I go from opening to closing. I don't sit at a restrunt and I don't spend a lot of time in stores. I also don't go on roller costers but I do go on other rides. I wonder if those rider swaps are reliable or if the other person is reliable.

Going on September 11. Wish me luck I’m gonna try this!

Looking to do animal kingdoms for a one day visit next week. Any tips or a video we can reference? Love DFB!

If we go to WDW in the future, we will only focus on rides which are not in HKDL.

Have you ever done a video on how to get around disney or tips if your on a electric scooter.. Also I don't know what you have to qualify for disability pass I have a healing multy broken bone foot and disabled but didn't get one on my video chat.

You tell Me this on my 5 th day I. The parks? Haha

I think a resort day is a must for doing everything in one week. It recharges you for the parks but also checks off another item on the everything list.

Can you put chapters on your videos?

8:17 Does anyone know what dish this is and were its from?

K, I need your honest opinion. I’m going to Disney for one day, Magic Kingdom, and didn’t realize they’d be having the Halloween party until recently. My question is, would it be more worth it to get a park hopper and go to another park when the party starts OR pay for the party and stay? I will have a 1yo if that changes anything haha!

you made a typo in the link u forgot the “i” in disney

is the link in description for the planner?

Sorry, there is NO possibility to do EVERYTHING at Walt Disney World in One Week, or two weeks, and probably not a month either. There are SO MANY things that people do not even consider - Golf Courses, Mini-Golf Courses, etc that people forget about. ANd it is NOT possible to spend a night in EVERY Disney Hotel in a Week either much less go to every Eatery in the place.

If by chance I don't make it to the first park I signed up for the day...can I still go to another park at 2pm?

So what's the issue with Peter Pan? Is it one of the best rides in MK? Not really. Does it load any slower than any other ride? Not really. Apparently it's just a matter of everyone knowing it's a long wait, so everyone gets in line for it, making it long wait...

Rehydrate, Reflect, and Replan that trip you've already fully planned several times....

California here thinking maybe my 1 Park 1 Day approachable is all wrong

To me “everything” means every ride. I don’t care about anything else.

My kids have never watched a fireworks show from the parks😬. We ride rides or leave.

This seems like "how to go a week without sleeping"

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Step 1: Be rich and ready to spend a lot of 💰💰💰

1 week? What are you sleeping? 4 parks. 4 days. That's it. Lol

It’s just not worth the cost, hassle and crowds.