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almost always move faster than larger groups, and parties of adults generally cover
more ground than families with young children.
Switching off
, also known as “The
Baby Swap” or child swapping, among other things, inhibits families with little ones
from moving expeditiously among attractions.
Along with dining breaks, the appearance of a Disney character usually stops a
touring plan in its tracks. While some characters stroll the parks, it's equally common
that they assemble in a specific venue where families queue up for photos and auto-
graphs. Meeting characters, posing for photos, and getting autographs can burn hours
of touring time.
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Character meals are another way to collect autographs and might
be something you could promise your avid collector in exchange for a full
day of touring when the signature hunt is off.
If your kids collect character autographs, you need to anticipate these interrup-
tions by including character greetings when creating your online touring plans, or
else negotiate some understanding with your children about when you'll collect auto-
graphs. Note that queues for autographs, especially in the Magic Kingdom and Dis-
ney's Animal Kingdom, are sometimes as long as the queues for major attractions.
The only time-efficient ways to collect autographs are to use FastPass+ where avail-
ableortolineupatthecharacter-greetingareasfirstthinginthemorning.Earlymorn-
ing is also the best time to experience popular attractions, so you may have some
tough choices to make.
While we realize that following the touring plans isn't always easy, we neverthe-
less recommend continuous, expeditious touring until around noon. After noon, inter-
ruptions won't affect the plans significantly.
A multigenerational family from Aurora, Ohio, wonders how to know if you are
on track or not, writing:
It seems like the touring plans were very time-dependent, yet there were no specific
times attached to the plan outside of the early morning. On more than one day, I often
