Geaux14999

I'm a Disney travel agent, go probably 10 or so times a year (mostly weekend trips with the wife with 1 big trip with kids). Just got back Saturday from a 10 day trip.

Stay at Pop. The bag transfer to and from MCO alone makes it worth it plus the food court is good enough and the skyliner makes life easier.

We've stayed at almost all the resorts besides the monorail resorts (The Contemporary, The Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, The Grand Floridian) If you don't stay at Pop, we love Port Orleans French Quarter and Boardwalk the most. The All Stars are good enough but you get what you pay for with them.

A day in each park with Lightning Lanes is perfect with an extra day in Magic Kingdom squeezed in.

Keep in mind that there is construction going on at every park except Epcot at the moment.

There are plenty of character meet and greets at every park.

Every park has a night time fireworks show except Animal Kingdom. I'd see them all with Fantasmic at Hollywood Studios being 1st, Happily Ever After at Magic Kingdom 2nd and Luminous at Epcot a close 3rd.

Animal Kingdom opens early and closes early so keep that in mind.

Epcot is absolutely a park for every age. There's plenty of stuff for kids and depending on what time of year, there's usually a festival going on with booths that offer different food and drinks than the regular restaurants around the parks.

Don't push the kids too hard, they'll make it miserable for you. We were park open to close people for our first few trips and found it more enjoyable when we took breaks after lunch for an hour or 2.

If you have Walmart+, make a snack/water order to get delivered to the resort. It'll save you some money plus is pretty convenient to have snacks yall like and water to bring with you in the stroller.

The Dining plan is great if you don't want to have to worry about paying for food while there. It ends up being a wash money wise but paying for it ahead of time is a seller for some. Not sure if it would be worth it with a toddler though.

I'd recommend buying the Individual Lightning Lane for Guardians in Epcot. It's usually around $20 pp but saves you at least an hour and a half and is easily the best ride on property. There's a 42" height requirement.

Disney Springs is a great place for good food if you don't want to eat in the parks every day. Also plenty of shopping.

On your check in day, you can go to either water parks for free. Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something but if you have any questions, let me know.

Following this for the tips. Planning on late May next year and have no clue where to even start.

And here you are, starting yet another thread about it.

I didn't get that email, not sure what that's about. I'm on chapter 23, no issues yet.

I've had to fly out of MSY at least twice a month for the last 3 years, holidays included. I don't think I've ever had a problem finding a spot. I've had to go to the 4th floor a few times but usually find a spot on 2.

73 Pages, never would have thought there were this many wrestling fans on TD.

Still pissed they took this away from us in NOLA, glad they couldn't sell out and had to resort to discounting tickets. 50k and 55k for Mania is pitiful.

Definitely plant fires/explosions/leaks. Working in some of these ancient facilities up and down the river, you never know. Luckily those days are behind me, only have to visit sites from time to time now.

The topic says MSY in the title, figured that was a given. It was twice this month and the last week of February.

MSY to Dallas to Midland Monday 3-16
MSY to Orlando Tuesday 3-10
MSY to Houston Monday 2-23

Edit: I do have PreCheck and Clear but the regular TSA lines weren't as long as I've seen them in the past.

I flew out 3 times this month and have never waited longer than 5 minutes for TSA. I did, however, wait 45 minutes to drop my bag off at Southwest.

Letterkenny is my favorite show ever. Shoresy is pretty good too. I'll have to check out that diary.