Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
about 3.8 hours to earn enough money for a 1-Day Base Ticket in 2005. Today it's 4.9
hours. If current trends continue, it'll be 8 hours in a decade.
The
Unofficial
No-Frills Guide to Walt Disney World
With even a bare-bones visit to the World now out of reach of many families, being
frugal is becoming ever more necessary. These tips can help:
you plan to visit, and skip all add-on options.
2
.
Book a hotel outside of Walt Disney World. Hotels on US 192 (Irlo Bronson Memorial
Highway) are usually the least expensive. Also, consider renting a vacation home (see
dis-
cussion starting
) if you have four or more people in your group.
3
.
Eat breakfast in your hotel room from a cooler; take lunch, snacks, and drinks from your
cooler to the park; and eat dinner outside the World using discount coupons from local
visitor guides or from the Internet.
4
.
Avoidparking fees byusingyourhotel'sshuttle service orbytaking Disney transportation
from Downtown Disney or the water parks, where (for the moment) parking is free. Note
that the second suggestion eats up a lot of time, so do it only if you're budgeting to the
penny.
5
.
Buy discounted Disney merchandise from one of Orlando's two
Disney Character
Warehouse
outlets (4951 International Dr., 407-354-3255; 8200 Vineland Ave.,
407-477-0222;
premiumoutlets.com/orlando
)
.
RFID: IT'S ALL IN THE WRIST
WITH ITS MYMAGIC+ CAMPAIGN
, Disney introduced
MagicBands
—reusable rubber
wristbands—as a sort of wearable theme park ticket. Small and reusable across trips,
a MagicBand is imprinted with your first name, an ID number, and some legalese,
along with a Mickey logo. A tiny radio-frequency-identification (RFID) chip embed-
ded in the wristband holds your ticket and travel information.
BOB
Old non-RFID tickets must be converted to the new media before you
can enter the theme parks or use FastPass+. You can get this done only at
Guest Relations, just outside each park.
