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 Gitzbitah wrote:
The sun is beyond their control.

For now.

 filbert wrote:
A few years ago my advice would have been to bring a cripple. Disneyland used to do a thing where if a member of your party was disabled, you could skip to the front of all the queues. I went to Disneyland when I was 11 with my grandparents and disabled Mum - we got on all the rides (and I mean *all* the rides) - saw the whole park inside 2 days; same for Epcot and MGM land, all thanks to my Mum, whether she wanted to go on the ride or not. I believe the local disabled population apparently used to hire themselves out for the day for that same purpose but I am lead to believe that Disney have now stopped the queue jumping for disabled so you can't take advantage of that shortcut any more.

This is still a thing, sorta. They give you a comeback time, and you just return when they tell you and get on the ride. However, that's only for the oldest rides. The new rides are all wheelchair accessible, so you pretty much just end up waiting in 3/4ths of the line, then right before the station they shuffle you over to an elevator that takes you to the ride exit and load you on (they take you to the exit so no one has to lift a wheelchair over the tracks). My wife and I went on our honeymoon in January and I'd say we save 15-20 minutes of wait time per ride with the wheelchair.

As for you OP. If you are going alone, or just with a friend. skip the meal pass. It is only worth the cost if you plan on eating 3 full meals plus like 4 snacks a day. The only people that ever seem to get the full value of it are families of 4 or more and even they usually have money leftover.

Star Wars land if going to turn Hollywood Studios into a full day park. Try to get fast passes for it on the first day you can or else plan on a full day of star wars and a second half day for the rest of Hollywood studios. Animal Kingdom is pretty much a half day park, do pandora first, then the rest of the stuff will be pretty quick, especially if you can fast pass the safari ride. Epcot is half day park unless you plan on drinking around world/sitting through all the video presentation/rides in each pavilion. The Magic Kingdom needs a full day. The only caveat to what I just said is that My wife and I basically only concerned ourselves with riding every ride. We did a few character meet and greets, we ate at 1 sit down restaurant in each park, and we occasionally watched a show. so if you plan on doing all the shows or meet and greets then each park may actually take a full day.

I was literally just at Disneyworld so if you have any questions let me know.

And while you're in Florida, don't forget to visit Cape Canaveral. Might be a bit of a drive from Disney (I think, was a wee lad when I went there with my parents), but it's well worth it.

Edit: Oh, and the biscuits & gravy thing, though weird, is pretty good. Try some 'gator meat as well - it's better than you think.

Bran Dawri wrote:
And while you're in Florida, don't forget to visit Cape Canaveral. Might be a bit of a drive from Disney (I think, was a wee lad when I went there with my parents), but it's well worth it.

If you're going near Cape Canaveral and Cocoa beach, I think kayaking at night in the lakes/lagoons that have bioluminescent bacteria is a must. It's really one of the most amazing things I've done. It's not too expensive, and is ~1h from Orlando. So you could even go there after visiting a park, and still come back to sleep in your hotel the same night.
Basically the water is filled with some bacteria that emit light under mechanical stress. So the water is clear, but starts to glow as soon as you move it. So walking in shallow water creates a light glow around your feet, and when kayaking on the water, each paddle stroke creates a trail of light. On top of that, the water is filled with flying fish (or at least jumping fish). And as most fish, they're attracted to light. So when one of those fishes jumps out of the water, it creates a glow (especially when falling back in the water). This in turn attracts more fishes that also jump and create even more light, and in a matter of seconds you have a ballet of jumping fish with lights all over. It's really really cool.
I would actually rate it as the #2 outdoor thing to do in the US (after the grand canyon). The only caveat is that it's only during the summer, because the bacteria that produce the light need very warm water. So unless you're going during the hot summer month, that won't be an option.