15 Things People Don't Realize About Disney World Hotels

30 seconds in, and I'm ready to defend Maine's honor! 😂

These videos have helped me plan multiple trips since 2017. Took the entire fam (kids, grandparents, some aunts and uncles and cousins) last year and used tips from DFB for choosing dining and when to try certain rides. Everyone said it was well planned and all had fun. No one had to worry about anything. They just trusted the process and I took care of everything. All thanks to DFB.

Big fan of Fig Newtins too. I love spending time at the hotel and just have a hotel day. My first day is travel to Winne Dixie to get food for the week. Great video as always.

I would h8 to be on vacation or in a hotel with some of these ppl commenting! Yikes!!! Pull ur drawls out ya behind they seen to be too tight!! This is a fun vacation vlog not an English course or preschool for babies that cry bc u don’t agree with EVERYTHING she says… P.S. ur families don’t want u to come with them on vacations either they told me to tell u 😂😂

I love these videos but could you add timestamps and video chapters so I can find certain points easier? ❤️

Disney hotels should add the babysitting service that Swan and Dolphin have! This makes it even more of a vacation for the parents. :)

The island tower hotel is ugly and unimaginative. They built a regular hotel because it is cheaper but it ruins the whole vibe Polynesian had going. So happy they scrapped building a regular looking bland hotel in for wilderness resort.

Question: what if you arrive at your hotel around 9.00pm to 11.00pm, does that mean you miss out on this opportunity to visit a water theme park or do you go to one for free the next morning?

question about cancellation: what about family emergencies and death in the family. does disney give exceptions for that?

so for the refillable mugs: if you have a dining plan, can you use you mug at the unlimited refill QFR?

about the hotel cancel policy What if the flight is cancled

I watch every DFB video planning the fictional magical vacation to Disney World I have always wanted. Maybe when I retire my husband and I will make it a bucket list trip.

You have mentioned in the past as well as in the episode about going to the waterpark before check-in.
I wiuld like to know how that works. We have been to Disney World multiple times and because we are from Canada there is a bit of fiddling around to get our Park Passes set up.

Is this a USA based perk or is it a Disney Hotel feature?
Do you have to pay to get into the water park or is it tied into your reservation?

We will be going to Disney World again and I am curious.

Additional note on Skyliner downtime that I wish we had known before our trip: Busses are rapidly deployed but from Epcot they run to and from the main entrance NOT the International Gateway. We were ready for the rain but not for that extra walk lol. And we could not find a way to monitor Skyliner shutdowns via the app, which would be very helpful.

I enjoy the resort restaurants. Good food & a break from the park.

Oh how I wish more people would use babysitting services....LOL!

Never have to worry about monorail crowdness. I can’t afford them! My kind of resorts are all star movies or music. More in budget. I’m a teacher! But I would love to work for DFB guide! I’m a hardcore Disney fan! My inner child which I’m working on nurturing loves Disney! Wish I could go soon!

Diet Coke!!!!! Another reason to love Disney World is the exclusivity of Coke Products.

Can you keep the mugs?

Is there a reason there isn’t more room service?

These resorts look cool but I'm still not sold on the Disney resorts. I'll be staying at the Dolphin at the Swan and Dolphin resort in 2025. It's cheaper and I still get most of the perks. Stayed at the Drury in 2023 and loved that one too.

My wallet says pop century, my feet and itinerary say a monorail resort, but my heart strings keep pulling towards Animal Kingdom Lodge

Thank you so much for the updates. These help me/us so much. Regarding the extended park hours, we'll be staying at the Wilderness Lodge in Sep, does the Disney transportation (ie - the ferry) support those late nite hours?

The construction noise at Port Orleans seemed to start at 7am each day. It wasn't bad at all even though we were right next to it.

The free waterpark day is kinda useless IMHO, we'd rather hit up Disney Springs for the day and grab a Gideons Cookie for first park day the next day. MUCH rather have them bring back 2 snacks on the DDP and/or resort delivery for things you buy in the parks!

soda goblin....lol I'm going to use that!!!

AJ's Merry Band of Soda Goblins -- now there's an awesome idea for a tshirt!! 😂

Animal's voice as an alarm clock is hilarious to me. It sounds like it would be effective, at least!

Us Diet Coke goblins don’t joke around when it comes to refillable fountain drink options

Do the parks have their own refillable mugs?

cant wait. im at disney music hotel form sunday for 2 weeks

We are going in 2025 and love the idea of free Waterpark ticket on check in day! I'm at odds however how to pull it off as best as possible. (We will be driving in from GA) With check in being at 3pm, do we check in, drop off our things, get ready and head over there? or drive down to Orlando early to go to the Waterpark first at an earlier time before 3pm and get a longer stay? is that even allowed? Do they need proof we have checked in or will they allow us in because we are going to check in? Also will we have to pay for parking at the park? Hopefully you guys at DFB can break this down in a video, I love your thoughts and investigations throughout Disney Vacations.

Can you do an up to date video on the food offerings at Coronado Springs please! Love your videos helping me plan for our 2025 trip from the UK!

Does the hotel on Disney properties hold our luggage while we go to the water park waiting for check in?

LOL, I think the cancellation policy is so that you can't cancel the trip when you don't get any lightning lanes for your trip. You are then trapped going and not being able to ride anything.

While I’m still a huge Disney fan and a DVC member, not visiting the theme parks anytime soon.

DVC has different cancellation policies that are more in line with the old resort policies. The parks themselves have become rundown and are missing the old magic they used to have.

In the 1990s, the parks were meticulously maintained. You never saw a construction worker, you never heard a construction worker. Items that required repairs or refurbishment were done OVERNIGHT. No one was inconvenienced on their vacation.

Lines, they only had them on weekends, holidays, and over the summer and they never exceeded 60 minutes. Line skipping (really line shortening) options were free of charge. Most of the time, we didn’t need to use them.

With all the modern advancements, you would think that Disney would come up with a system that maximizes park goer enjoyment. They haven’t done that in a long time.

Love these podcasts, keeps me up to date on the action without the frustration. Eventually I’ll start going to the parks again, but it probably won’t be until I move back to Orlando in a few years.

77 days till my trip

We love All Star Music and Movies! I would rather stay there to stay on property then shell out the money for one of the deluxe resorts if there isn’t a great offer! ❤❤❤ thank you for the video AJ!

I struggle to forgive Disney for ruining the morning extra magic hours. I loved the lesson it taught kids about the advantages of getting up early and how the early birds gets the worm. I have family that still rave today about how cool it was to be able to hit the most popular rides, which had 2 hour+ lines in the afternoons, multiple times jn a row in the morning. And, admittedly, I like to get the indirect credit for dragging their whiney butts out of bed.

Saratoga Springs CP here! The Artist’s Pallet has so many breakfast grocery options. Big boxes of cereal, bagels, donuts - everything, so I was glad to see that in the video. The boats are great for Disney Springs but the wait between each one is excruciating in this heat.

Disney has no all inclusive resorts that’s BS

Is the swan hotel resort included in the water park package?

If you are inside the cancellation window can move your reservation to a future date without penalty?

when will the 2025 book come out

The water park is insane bc arrival day is a cluster and most folks don’t arrive till 3-4pm .. it just something they invented to say they “did a freebie”

Like what? That they give you early access to the parks in the morning?

Then can he get the money from the neighbor?

Oh no! When does the pool reopen at all star movies? I’m going mid to late April! 😮