🚨 STOP Making These 10 Disney World Mistakes Before Your Next Vacation

The biggest Disney World mistakes that cost families time, money, and unnecessary stress.

What are the biggest mistakes families make at Walt Disney World?

This week on Here We Go! A Walt Disney World Podcast, Mitch and Kim are counting down the 10 biggest Disney World mistakes that can waste your time, drain your wallet, and add unnecessary stress to your vacation.

From rope drop strategy and Lightning Lane decisions to dining at the wrong times, skipping resort breaks, and leaving EPCOT before dark, we’re sharing the lessons we learned the hard way—so you don’t have to.

We also cover this week’s Walt Disney World news, answer a listener question, and wrap up with our Disney Tip of the Week to help you plan your best vacation yet.

Whether you’re planning your very first trip or your fifteenth, this episode is packed with practical tips, funny stories, and planning advice that can help make your next Disney vacation smoother, easier, and more magical.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

All right, slap on some sunscreen, grab your magic band, and throw on those Mickey ears. Because today we're not making any mistakes. Here we go.

SPEAKER_01 0:12

Come on, everybody. Here we go.

SPEAKER_00 0:23

All right, welcome back to Here We Go, the Walt Disney World Podcast, where we talk all things rides, food, news. Today, today we're going to talk about how you can't make mistakes. Are you ready for that? I'm ready. You're ready, hon? Yeah, because I think that this would be a helpful podcast for everybody. I'm going to call this the top 10 Disney World mistakes that end up costing families time, money, and a little bit of sanity. Yes. All right. So what if I were to tell everybody there's mistakes that could cost you hundreds of dollars, hours in line, and maybe even a family argument before lunchtime, right?

SPEAKER_03 1:06

Yeah, let's try to avoid that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:08

So we're going to try to avoid that. So today we're going to talk about the top 10 mistakes that I think a lot of people get into when they go to Walt Disney World. Why does that sound good to you? That sounds great. All right, you love it? I love it. All right. It's great to great to hang with you this week. Uh uh, anything exciting happened for you this week, my my dear Kimberly?

SPEAKER_03 1:27

Um, well, we had our daughter's graduation party, which was a big success.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

Done over with on the next.

SPEAKER_03 1:34

Some stress off off of our shoulders. And then your birthday.

SPEAKER_00 1:39

Oh man, yeah, I had a birthday.

SPEAKER_03 1:40

I'm old. And then we just went out for some sushi tonight. That was great.

SPEAKER_00 1:44

Sushi was great. Loved it. Loved every minute of it. Okay, let's dive into it. So let's say these are the top 10 biggest Disney World mistakes that you can make. They're gonna cost you time, money, sanity, not arguing with every single one of your loved ones. Yeah, uh, I'm gonna say start right here and feel free to add uh any, you know, anything to these. Okay. All right. So number 10, what I'm putting down here is trying to do everything. Yeah. You know, you it people will try to see every show, ride every ride, eat every snack, meet every character. You can't do it, you know. No, there's no way, and I think that there's like a ton of FOMO, right? Yeah, yeah. For sure. Walt Disney World is a trip these days. It's a vacation where there's a lot of planning that you have to do. You know, that's there's mistakes that can be made about not doing enough planning, and I think there's mistakes about trying to plan over plan. Yeah, and trying to do everything is is just too much. So if you're pushing your family too hard, you know, if you're pushing them too hard and you're trying to get every little snack in, you're not gonna be able to eat every snack. Even last time, I didn't I didn't get a cheeseburger spring roll last time we went. I know, which is the first time I've ever gone to Walt Disney World and didn't get it. And I'm even thinking my head, like, oh my god, I gotta get cheeseburger spring rolls, but I didn't have to do it because it just wasn't I would have had to walk from the other side of the park to get it in the time that I could get it.

SPEAKER_03 3:12

And you would have to just basically stuff it in, even though you like weren't even hungry. Yeah. Like so, yeah. I guess I'd say my pro tip stemming off of this would be don't try to cram it all in at one trip, just go multiple times a year.

SPEAKER_00 3:24

Yeah, that's your project.

SPEAKER_03 3:26

I mean, that might not save you money, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:29

I mean, what's something that like you think that we skipped that turned out really not to matter? Last time we ended up pivoting from a Topolino's Terrace Breakfast, yeah, right? We we pivoted from that and we ended up having dinner, which I think ended up being amazing. I don't know if I can say it would be way better, but it ended up fitting uh our current schedule better.

SPEAKER_03 3:49

Yeah, now when we go back with the kids, we're gonna go to the breakfast because it has the characters, which you know, the kids will that'll be fun for the kids to see.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

Exactly. So I think that you know, don't try to do everything, it's not always gonna happen, even if it's in your itinerary, yeah, don't try to do it.

SPEAKER_03 4:05

Yeah, and you want to kind of have like a loose plan of like your top things that you definitely want to do.

SPEAKER_00 4:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:11

And then if there's some stuff that you know might be on the list, but it's not you know your top 10 things, then you can just let it go and just know that you'll be back. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 4:21

So let's go from there. So um trying to do everything. Number nine is over planning every minute. Yeah. So if you're trying to schedule everything every 15 minutes and you're getting it down to the complete itinerary, uh, you know, to a T, I don't think you have to do that. I think you need to leave room for pool time shopping, unexpected moments.

SPEAKER_03 4:47

Yeah, yeah. Sometimes that those turn out to be like the best.

SPEAKER_00 4:51

Yeah, I mean, think let's think about some unexpected unexpected, unplanned things that happened to us on the last couple vacations. I would say, like, I'd never really ridden the people mover before.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

I know.

SPEAKER_00 5:03

What an unexpected thing. I was just like, eh, that line's not very long. It's hot out. Yeah, my feet hurt. Want to sit on that thing? Yeah, and now every night before I go to bed, I go, dear people mover.

SPEAKER_03 5:14

Do you miss me? Do you miss me, guys?

SPEAKER_00 5:16

Are you thinking about me? Because I'm thinking about you right now. And I wish I was sitting across from my wife sneaking on food right now on your your beautiful, beautiful tracks. I mean, I absolutely love it. Like, I've been surprised by a lot of stuff like that. Carousel Progress is one of those things, R.I.P. Yeah. You know, there's there's a lot of things, there's a lot of snacks. How about that that uh pecan cinnamon roll that I always talk about? That was just a whim. Yeah, you know, that was unexpected. You know, what about taking a stroll on the boardwalk and seeing street performers? Yeah, that's great. Those things you you know, if you overplan every moment, you know, think of Disney and we have to do certain things, and you have to get your lightning lanes, have to get planned, your ADR should be planned, but be ready ready to pivot. Don't overplan that and and leave room for unexpected moments.

SPEAKER_03 6:12

Yeah, or I guess just you gotta you gotta expect that some things aren't gonna go as planned. So, and that that's fine.

SPEAKER_00 6:20

Don't be stringent in your thought process on it, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 6:23

Because we had like planned like rope drop every single day when the two of us went, and then there's no way the second day we're like, we're just gonna sleep in for a little bit, yeah. And that was great because then we had the energy to like stay till you know the end of the night.

SPEAKER_00 6:35

Yeah, I think that that's a really good point. You know, think of it as broad strokes and not every little minutiae of the day. Yeah, because I think that's how you're gonna really make people angry too. Don't crack the whip, yeah, get ready to pivot, you know. All right, number eight for me here is eating at peak times. Everyone eats at 6 p.m. dinner, everyone eats at 12 p.m. Instead, you know, start pivoting from that. Maybe your lunch happens at 11, or maybe it happens later at 2 p.m. Yeah, you know, maybe your dinners happen at 7:30 and then you're you're okay to go ahead and and get ready for fireworks or whatever your last things are that you want to do. So I think eating at peak times can really mess you up. It's okay. Like if you have little kids, you're gonna get off schedule a little bit. By day two, all the sugar and everything's gonna come unglued and everybody's gonna be hanging on by a thread. It's okay. But if you're booking your ADRs and they're all at noon, all at six, I mean you're gonna end up following the cattle a little bit in that chip. So I think thinking out of uh the box and eating during uh you know that two I think two p.m. lunch is a great idea because that is the peak heat of the day. If you're if you're going there this summer and you think that you want to have lunch, don't do it at noon. Do it at two.

SPEAKER_03 7:56

Yeah, that's when it's gonna be the hottest of the day. You'll that's like the time you're gonna want, really, like a break, sit down, get an AC. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 8:03

Yeah, I think uh that's a that's a great one for me. It's a quickie, you know, like just eating at peak times. I think you need to be able to adjust that a little bit. Yeah, you know, some of these some of these meals are gonna be had on top of a uh a garbage can or whatever. But it is a Disney garbage can, so it's very fancy and clean. And clean, yeah, it's great. But you know, just be ready. Again, don't think that you're gonna have every single meal the same time that you have at home, and that these peak hours sometimes you you can't even get the you know the reservations you want. So yeah. All right, this number seven is a huge one for me. I think it's a giant mistake if you don't learn how to use the My Disney experience app.

SPEAKER_03 8:45

Yes, I agree. Because our first couple trips, I just let you do all the app stuff, and I was just like, la la la.

SPEAKER_00 8:51

My passenger princess.

SPEAKER_03 8:53

Yeah, I was just kind of like, you know, oh, I don't I can't check that. I don't have the app. But honestly, having the app and being able to like, I'll check the wait times on this, you check this, I'll look at this menu. Like, you know, I can place a mobile order while you're doing, you know, XYZ. I think that's definitely helpful.

SPEAKER_00 9:09

And that's and that's it. I mean, inside of this app is everything. You can check into your hotel room, you can unlock your door to your hotel room with it. Yes, you can you can uh there's maps that will give you walking directions, it'll give you directions to other parks. Lightning lanes are all done through this thing. All of the wait times that you can see on a map or a list. All their all your bus info is gonna be there for transportation times. You can go in and click your resort. Oh, I guess I didn't even know that. See, I'm learning new things. You can click your resort, and then right there, it'll give you the bus wait times when the next buses are coming. You know, I would say this is a pro tip. Learn this. Take uh take a half hour to an hour, play with it, learn it. This thing is your Bible when you get there. Yeah, it is everything. You know, everything is done on this app. Every dining reservation is made on this thing, every lightning lane is made. Any kind of pivots that you need to make are made on this. Another thing, they're gonna have all the menus to all the restaurants. You can mobile order ahead of time at some of these restaurants. You cannot sleep on these things if you are not learning this app. It is probably one of the biggest mistakes that you'll ever make taking a Walt Disney World trip.

SPEAKER_03 10:26

Yeah, like you need the app. There's like no way to do Disney without this app.

SPEAKER_00 10:30

Yeah, I mean it's it's everything, and it's it's it's great. I love I like it.

SPEAKER_03 10:34

Yeah, it's easy, it's easy to navigate and very helpful.

SPEAKER_00 10:38

All right, number six on the list buying things that you don't actually need. And I think this is a tough one for me because I am like, oh, what's that?

SPEAKER_03 10:51

Oh, oh man, what's that over there? Yeah, I'm usually like, okay, you don't need that.

SPEAKER_00 10:56

But it's like I think it's like being prepared and um is one thing. Like, hey, you should bring a poncho. Yes, you know, not bringing those things that you actually need is one thing, but buying things that you don't need is a whole nother problem. So what about lightning lanes?

SPEAKER_03 11:15

I mean, I'm gonna have to say you need lightning lanes, you're gonna need them, right?

SPEAKER_00 11:19

But sometimes we probably didn't need some of those lightning lanes. Sometimes you get a lightning lane just to burn it, you know, to be able to get more.

SPEAKER_03 11:27

Yeah, or like the single like lightning lanes, like for cosmic rewind and um what else? The Star Wars Rise of Resistance. Yeah, Rise of Resistance. Like you could, you know, potentially save on those, especially if you have a large party. Like buying lightning lanes for two people is one thing, but if you have a family of six, you're spending six that's a lot of money $25, $80.

SPEAKER_00 11:48

So, what I would say there is you know, check websites like touringplans.com. You might pay 19 bucks for the whole entire year, especially somebody like us, and we're gonna go a couple times a year to Walt Disney World. They have a car, they have a crowd calendar right in there. Yeah, you'll know what park to pick that day that you go, what what order of parks you go if you have park hoppers? That's another thing. Do you need a park hopper? You know, you gotta think about yourselves as a family. Can you pivot and go to another park and everybody's okay with a little bit of travel? Do you need a memory maker? Is that photo pass memory maker? Is that important to you? It's usually not important to us, which is a weird thing. Like, I like some of the photos that you get automatically, yeah. Right, but do we need the ones where we're holding our hands and tinkerbells in our hand? Yeah, you know, and like the the castles behind us, or they're like taking some kind of weird 360 picture around the circle of the tree of life at the at Animal Kingdom. Do you need that? You know, no, yes.

SPEAKER_03 12:47

There's definitely like ways you can like save by you.

SPEAKER_00 12:50

You don't need sometimes you do you might not need that. A magic band plus. I mean, I I prefer it. We probably didn't need it. Yeah, you know, like I prefer it. Once you buy it, you can use it over and over again, right? But again, how about a re a uh a refillable resort mug?

SPEAKER_03 13:06

I mean, that's something that like you definitely will get, but I'll be like, I'll be fine, I'll have a little sip of yours, or I'll get some uh you know, 12 packs of Diet Coke. Uh that's it. I think send to the room. That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_00 13:18

Walmart. Do you need the dining plan? You know, we're gonna we're gonna try to debunk the dining plan need on this next trip, or even the trip after that, if it's just me and you, maybe we'll do it a little even harder.

SPEAKER_03 13:28

Um yeah, it kind of depends. I mean, if you are somebody who definitely like wants to eat like you know, two to three meals a day plus snacks, plus alcoholic beverages, I think it makes sense if you're planning on having alcoholic beverage.

SPEAKER_00 13:41

Yeah, I mean, we did it last time, and if you're getting alcoholic beverages with it, it probably would have been worth it. Because if we're already $50 some dollars, $60, and we've had two snacks and two meals.

SPEAKER_03 13:52

Yeah, you know. Or when they have the deals where you get the kids kids free free.

SPEAKER_00 13:57

We gotta remember kids free on the dining plan is $10 and under. Yeah, it's it's it's actually not. I think I don't even know if 10 counts. I think 10, I think it's nine, you know.

SPEAKER_03 14:06

Yeah, so if you have little kids, then it's worth worth it.

SPEAKER_00 14:09

Because you know, a little kid might is not gonna eat $50 worth of food or whatever, $40 or $48 worth of food, $30. I think it's what it is, almost $40. I don't think that's that's worth it. But you know, you gotta really gotta think about that. Lightning lanes, dining plan, park hopper, memory maker, magic band, resort mugs. You know, are these things worth it? Souvenirs sometimes will be worth it, but that's gonna be a particular thing. I mean, I'd buy all these pins all over the place, but I have a problem. I gotta see a pin doctor. I have an issue.

SPEAKER_03 14:38

Someday I'm gonna be very rich when I sell all of your pins.

SPEAKER_00 14:40

I look at some of them like this is a great investment. This pin's worth $80. I got a super chaser. That super chaser only cost me $10, $12. Um, let's go on to number five. All right. Number five here is forgetting to slow down. All right. I think one of the biggest mistakes that somebody can make is they're they're just going ping-ponging from one thing to the next and getting into that itinerary and and just not slowing down and taking it and having some of those slow moments. Yeah. And those slow moments can be anything.

SPEAKER_03 15:16

Yeah. And honestly, I think I feel like that kind of is us sometimes. We forget to slow down because if we look at the app and we're like, oh, Tron has a 30-minute wait, let's, you know, we had run over to the other side of the park.

SPEAKER_00 15:28

We had one argument the whole the last time that we went. One argument. Do you remember the one argument that we had? It wasn't a hard, it wasn't a crazy test. It wasn't a crazy argument. It's not like we were actually fighting, but it was like, I knew it, we shouldn't have done this. Why did I do this? And it was uh that once once in a while they'll they'll try to fool you there, and they'll they'll take one thing down um for a little while, like maybe they'll only run half of Twilight Zone Tower Terran. That might not mean that it's necessarily not working correctly at the time.

SPEAKER_03 16:01

People gotta go on breaks, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:02

So then all of a sudden, like the line for that will be a lot, and it'll push a bunch of people over to Toy Story land, right? And all these people will be over, and Slinky Dog will be two hours long, and then all of a sudden you'll see like, all right, now you're over at Slinky Dog, you don't want to be there, and now they've booted up a different uh you know, uh, elevator over a Tower of Terror, and now it says 20 minutes. So then you rush over from this one side of the park to the other side of the park, and then when you get there, everybody else saw that, and that 20-minute wait just went to 40 as you got the line, or even more, more it was, yeah. Yeah, I mean, and you could feel it getting longer and longer. I knew where we were standing, I'm like, this isn't a 20-minute wait, this is an hour, and it was slowly going up on the app, it was like 20, 30, 40. Yeah, and so I think slowing down, making your dis decisions, um, you know, count and you know, sit on Main Street for a minute, take it in, you know, be with your loved ones, ride the people mover, look at the castle, have a coffee, yeah, you know, have a have a drink. Disney isn't just attractions, you know. I think we define it as those magic moments that you'll you you can't really get back again because it'll be another magic moment next time you go, or you'll need somebody interesting just by sitting down, having a coffee, sitting on a bench, relaxing. And I mean, I'm making myself sound like a million years old. I'm for I'm 40, I'm not a hundred, but still it's like I don't know. I just think you think about what's your favorite moment when we weren't doing anything, when we were just hanging.

SPEAKER_03 17:38

I don't know. I mean, I think it was definitely fun every time we were like en route to one of the parks, like either on the skyline or in the bus, like we just like would strike up a conversation with another couple, and just yeah, that was that was nice. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 17:53

It's it is like slow down, realize where you are, realize how lucky you are to be able to see these things, and you know, especially for us, we go a couple times a year, you know. How lucky are we to be able to to do that, you know, and to experience that and see these things and make these memories. You know, these are some of the best times of my life, you know. Yeah, I absolutely love them. So don't forget to slow down. That is the number five biggest mistake. Um, number four is a huge one, all right. Ignoring transportation time. All right. And now we have done some, and you can follow us on social media and you know, follow us on Instagram, you know, ask me any kind of questions you want at Mitch um at here we go getaways.com. And I'll let you know. We've done some of this. So we stayed at Pop Century, we knew how to rope drop. All right, the clock clock in. We got up at 6 30, 6 45. We got in line for the Skyliner. You know, you gotta think. It is gonna take 45 minutes.

SPEAKER_03 18:53

Yeah, because the line was already huge by the time we got mine.

SPEAKER_00 18:56

If you're thinking about rope dropping and you're even getting on the Skyliner, it's gonna take a long time. There's gonna be security, there could be transfers. You might have to go to the ticket and transfer um center, you know, and go there and get on a monorail. You have to get through through security. Just remember when you're going through security, one side's gonna be for people with strollers, wheelchairs, etc. The other side's gonna be just for humans without a without a stroller or a vehicle. Yeah. And you know, how much stuff's in your bag? Did you bring a bunch of yeah? What kept setting off the oh man, my glasses case? So I had I have a Warby Parker glasses case for my sunglasses, my prescription sunglasses, and it was setting it off. So they're like, just put it in front of you as you walk through security. And I did that, and they would just let me go through, but sometimes it would stop, you know, and you get stopped by security, and now you're sitting there, and he's giving you a little groin pat down in front of a family matching Mickey outfits, you know what I mean? Uh, you know, just think how long does it take to walk? Are we taking a boat? Are we taking a monorail? It's it's big. Get on the app, see when the next bus comes. All this stuff takes time. And if you're not anticipating how long it takes to do a transfer or when the bus is gonna come, or you know, knowing that when you go to a Mickey's not so scary Halloween party, that you can get there at four o'clock and get in. But I necessarily wouldn't say get there at four o'clock because guess what? That line's gonna be huge. You need to, if you want to get in, you better start getting in that queue at three. So that might mean leaving your hotel room at 2:30. Yeah, or before. Or before. So start really putting that in there. I think it's a big mistake when you ignore how long it takes for transportation time. Yes. All right, what's number three? Number three, look, we're getting into the top three. I think one of the biggest mistakes is taking resort breaks or uh or giving yourself an actual resort pool day.

SPEAKER_03 21:01

I mean the mistake would be skipping, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:03

Skipping. Sorry, sorry, sorry, yeah, sorry. Yeah, so number three, skipping resort breaks or skipping giving yourself a resort pool day, especially in like August heat, uh, you know, July heat. We're in it right now, you know, a pool time just to rejuvenate, bring it back to life. The water alone, as soon as I got in the water after, like, you know, at like three o'clock on one of those days, like I would just be like, oh, I'm back. We're good. Throw on some fresh undies, throw on some deodorant, let's get back out there by five o'clock. I feel great. Yeah, that definitely helped. I want we did it like two days. Two days. I'm old now.

SPEAKER_03 21:43

I ten years ago it wasn't like this. Naps. Yeah, and then this year we planned or for when we go in August, we planned it so we'll have a res or a break park day, and then a day off, and then another park day, and then we're doing the not so scary Halloween party.

SPEAKER_00 21:59

So you Park day, a day off, a park day, then you don't go into the park that that following day until four o'clock. So I've got it planned pretty good for us just to be able to take a break in that summer heat, naps, showers, recharge, then you can head back. Yeah, if you want to. It's okay. You can get more done because everybody has energy again. This is a huge tip. If you're dead and you're just like finding your reprieve in Pinocchio's village house with a flat bread listening to It's a Small World, yeah, that ain't much of a break. If you have the opportunity, you can get back to your hotel again. Make sure you put in resort time, but take a shower, take a break. Come back. Pick the pick the right park to where when you come back, you're going to the one that has extra park hours or is closing at 10 o'clock, nine o'clock. You can you can do it. Yeah, it's great. So that's that's it. You'll you'll get more done when you have more energy, but a little bit of water in your face and a clean pair of underwear. Anything can be anything possible. Anything's possible. Yeah. And here's a big tip everyone wear deodorant. Yeah. I don't want to smell you in Disney. Oh man. All right. Well, the final two here. Um, number two is just leaving a park and being done before sunset. So again, if you have to take a break, take a break. You know, you think about a park like Ebcot. It becomes a completely different park at night.

SPEAKER_01 23:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:27

Just be able like the world showcase lights, like watching all those lights turn around, turn on around the world showcase. They kind of like go around like a clock, like boom, boom, boom, boom. They're all turning on. Yeah. And the in the in the countries all feel different at night, you know, especially during a festival like Festival of the Holidays. There's music, the atmosphere. Uh, you think about Luminous, like their their show on the lagoon, just like you almost like the breeze coming off of that lagoon. It's it's one of the most exciting Disney experiences. Think about Magic Kingdom at night. Oh, yeah. You know, like walking through Adventureland and getting yourself a dole whip. It just feels like uh man, like walking through Agrabah almost, you know what I mean, at nighttime. We're going on jungle cruise at night. Tomorrowland. But I was just gonna say like tomorrow land at night, Tron at night. My favorite things in the world, like experiencing these parks at night cannot be slept on. So if you think you're gonna rope drop and and that's it, and you're gonna get as much stuff as you you want, and you're gonna go home after dinner.

SPEAKER_03 24:29

You know, instead go home around or go back around two, come back at five. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 24:35

Two, two thirty. You know what I mean? Get your food, come back around five, stay until it closes. You know, here Hollywood Studios. Hollywood studios at night. Yeah, I mean, that walk down Sunset Boulevard looking at the Hollywood Tower Terror at night. There's like nothing like it. Yeah. Christmas time, there's lights going, there's snow sometimes, and things are lit up. The trees are lit up at Christmas. I mean, there's there's nothing in the world like it. Halloween time, same thing. You know, get yourself to a party, experience and after hours, really take a peek at these parts at these parks at night because I think there's something to be said. It is a huge mistake if you're just going during the day. All right, are you are you ready for my number one?

SPEAKER_03 25:23

Yes, with your top.

SPEAKER_00 25:25

I think the number one biggest mistake is just thinking that Disney is all about the rides. It's not, I mean, for us, and we say it so many times, we love the rides, we're all about the rides. I think you can say that we love the rides, but the more that I go, the older that I get. What is it about? Experience. That's it, the people you're with. It's about watching your kids, watching your wife turn into a kid in front of your eyes when she eats cotton candy or something weird, or like finding out that they had gluten-free chicken tenders in a place, and and she lights up and she's you're watching your kids and your loved one bite Mickey ears. You know, it's laughing, it's fireworks, it's late-night walks, finding a place that you've never seen before in those parks and going, Oh my god, who knew that there was this little nook over here where you could do this, or or a ride like the people mover, where I could relax and laugh and take in the day, or find a drink that changed your life like an Ube Cole brew. Yeah, you know, it's it is the monorail, the skyliner, a random Mickey bar given to you by uh by a cast member because you are wearing a birthday button, you know? Yeah. A ride is a ride, but it becomes a memory that you love when you're riding with the people you're with. Yeah. Right? That's it. That's when it becomes an actual memory. So I don't want to think that it's all about if I'm making you tear up. Nerd. You know, it's not, it's not just about that. So Disney's not just about rights, it's also about shows and food. Yeah, and pins and cheeseburger spring rolls, and just so much. And I I think that why there are Disney adults like ourselves, and why there are it is such a uh a giant community with people that listen to this. I don't even know how the heck we got how did we get listeners for our podcast? You know, that's great. We appreciate you guys. The weird guy from the you know, a rural part of America that that is, you know, captured some people here. Um, you know, again, we couldn't do any of this without you guys. And um, I'll give you guys uh a couple of tips here before we leave, but I want to make sure make sure that you guys bring the appropriate things. I think another mistake too. Bring the appropriate things, bring a poncho, bring a reusable water bottle if you have it. Bring your gum in because you're not gonna they're not gonna sell you gum there. And don't leave it on the ground or I'm gonna be mad at you. I'm gonna find you. Yeah.

unknown 28:08

All right.

SPEAKER_00 28:08

Keep it clean, keep Disney clean. It's important, all right. And and treat everything with respect. Don't be jumping off the uh, you know, Tiana's buy you adventure. All right, keep your kids, keep your keep your kids in line.

SPEAKER_03 28:21

Yeah, and like really we have to say that you know it will never it will never be a mistake to like decide to go to Disney and plan that trip. Like you're gonna it's gonna be something you'll never forget. It's such an amazing experience. And we're here if you need help with that. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 28:37

We're here. Yeah, if you guys want me to help you plan your your Disney World vacation, please reach out to Mitch at here we go, getaways.com. Uh, I'll help you plan your your Disney vacation. This is a no fee to you whatsoever. So this is a free service. Um, I will do the whole thing for you. So reach out if you're thinking about taking a Disney cruise. If you want to go to uh uh you know Universal, we've been a Universal a bunch. We should go there, we'll go there soon. I think on the next maybe adults trip we'll go to Universal together. I think that might be an idea just to check out some stuff. Yeah, that's it. I'm actually gonna skip over the listener questions this week. We'll get to them next week. We've we've done a half hour here. I think it's been an awesome, an awesome episode here, like just talking about the mistakes that you can made could make. And I hope um we could save you a little bit of money, a little bit of time, and you know, save you from that family argument to you know keep a little sanity to you to you. You know, and if we missed one, what is your your biggest mistakes that you've made? You know, let us know. Again, just email us anytime, Mitch and Here We Go, uh, here we go, getaways.com. So that's Mitch at Here We Go Gitaways.com, or find us at uh on social media. You can uh you can follow me at Mitch Does Disney. And you know, make sure you rate, follow, share. I don't want to pander to you guys anymore on that. But I hope you really appreciated today's episode. I I felt like it was uh it was a good one.

SPEAKER_03 30:00

So yeah. I think it I think it was definitely gonna be helpful to listeners out there.

SPEAKER_00 30:06

So I hope it was. Uh, thank you again for listening, and I want everyone at home to remember your next magical vacation to Walt Disney World is only a moment away. Here we go.