My Itinerary Planning Basics

Everything has to have a beginning point. This is where your vacation itinerary planning must begin for the best possible experience! It's important! Let's make sure you understand these basic principles before you get started on everything else. Why? Because 'everything else' I'm going to teach you is centered around them!

Planning Step 3: My Itinerary Articles Guide
Plan like TourGuideMiKE! Learn the least crowded parks per day of the week, specific planning advice for entertainment options, and my planning techniques on how to 'put it all together!' :>)

Plan a Genuine WDW 'Resort' Experience
EVERYTHING in the entire TourGuideMike Automated Vacation Planner is built around the basic itinerary planning principles I share in this article. It is THE most important advice I provide. Please read it; accept it as the best way to plan and experience your vacation, and apply it once you're here!

TGMiKE’s Top 5 Itinerary Planning Principles
As I hope you’ve learned, I have professionally designed vacation itineraries for hundreds of guests for a number of years. Let’s review the five basic principles you should consider when designing your own day-to-day vacation itinerary!

When Should You Visit the Water Parks?
I have advice all over the place on which days of the week to visit the theme parks, but what about the water parks? I consider them an excellent 'break' opportunity, so let's cover what's most important! :>)

Design Your Day-to-Day Vacation Itinerary!
Learn how I 'put it all together' to design a perfect vacation itinerary. I apply these tips when planning for our VIP Tours, and we train with these same principles. Combine them with my Least Crowded Parks charts for your vacation dates and you're all set for a great vacation! :>)

MK: When Should YOU See Spectro?
It would make our lives so-o-o much easier if Disney showed their beautiful, memorable, magical SpectroMagic parade every evening like Epcot does with its IllumiNations, but they don't. We can't change that, but we can make sure you know the most optimal night and times to go!

Reserved Seating for Fantasmic?
[Updtd June 16, 10] Guests arrive at the Fantasmic theater as much as an hour and half to two hours before show time. Disney provides a complimentary alternative for those interested in dining at a few select table service restaurants in the park. Yes, I wrote ‘complimentary.’ Let’s find out more!

Should You Use the Fantasmic Dinner Package?
[Updtd June 11, 10] Disney provides the Fantasmic Dinner Package for their guests who don’t mind dining at a table service restaurant for dinner and then having reserved seating for the show. ‘Disney’ says it doesn’t really cost anything extra, but does it? Should you ‘invest’ in this package? Let’s find out the real truth!

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