Your ticket is your fast pass but from what I have heard they are changing to some sort of new wireless enabled wrist band called a "MagicBand" that is part of some new MyMagic program. Not sure when it starts but is supposed to end the FastPass problems and speed up the lines.

Wow, I love the response. What a great community.

 

2 quick bits of advice:

 

1) go the week after thanksgiving. Slowest week of the year. We went a couple of years back and basically had the park to ourselves. Take the kids out of school. It is absolutely worth it.

 

2) get the "the unofficial guide to WDW" my wife planned the whole thing using that book, saved a ton and my daughter got all the princesses' signatures and we did breakfast with Mickey and all the other cool things that you have to reserve 6 months ahead.

 

Trust me, it's an art.

 

Good luck.

Ahh yes, forgot that. Make sure you pick a good week. We went the last week of January and eventhough it was "busy" it was one of the slowest weeks of the year there. Cant imagine waiting in line at busy times. Also you have to make reservations for stuff MONTHS in advance. One night we ate at the place on the top floor of that building the tram passes through. After dinner you are allowed outside on the balcony (prob like 50 stories up) to watch the fireworks. The meal was AWESOME (tho VERY expensive) and the view of the fireworks was PERFECT!

Talking about weeks, the first week in November is "Jersey" week, so named for all the Jersey people down during the week of the teacher's convention. Avoid this week at all costs! Other than the first week, Nov and Dec are nice because Christmas in Disney is simply awesome! Mickey's very merry Christmas party is one of the coolest things I have ever seen at Disney, hot chocolate, and a late night Christmas parade on Main Street USA in the (fake) snow is just the best time. Did it in 2010 and 2012, kids went nuts.

Talking about weeks, the first week in November is "Jersey" week, so named for all the Jersey people down during the week of the teacher's convention. Avoid this week at all costs! Other than the first week, Nov and Dec are nice because Christmas in Disney is simply awesome! Mickey's very merry Christmas party is one of the coolest things I have ever seen at Disney, hot chocolate, and a late night Christmas parade on Main Street USA in the (fake) snow is just the best time. Did it in 2010 and 2012, kids went nuts.

 

Absolutely.

 

One more thing. Ask about "red shirt" day it is sometime in June. You don't want to be there then either. A friend found out the hard way, and it wasn't only one day in June. He ran into it on December. Not that's there's anything wrong with that.

 

 

Thanks for all the tips! Greatly appreciated. I think I'm going to wait till November, and try to reserve for all these fun kid stuff. I'm definitely looking into staying in property just to lessen the hassle.

 

 

Thought about it after I posted this, I think Jersey week is actually the second week in November as it usually falls on The election week (second Tuesday). Either way it is the week the kids are off for teacher's convention, however tempting with the kids being off from school, trust me, don't do it!

Thought about it after I posted this, I think Jersey week is actually the second week in November as it usually falls on The election week (second Tuesday). Either way it is the week the kids are off for teacher's convention, however tempting with the kids being off from school, trust me, don't do it!

Correct! We saw this once also. We learned to take the kids out of school so we didn't have to see the rest of Jersey down there with us!