Disney behind the Magic

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 4:03 pm

Here's something they had on AOL. It's pretty good.

http://travel.aol.com/disney

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 5:03 pm

Nice find Jacca

I'm going to try to get into one of the Segway tours. My Mom has been itching to get on one of those ever since she saw one ~ I wouldn't mind a ride either

momeja · Post by **momeja** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 5:32 pm

We did the Family Magic tour when the kids were little. it was one of the best memories I have of WDW. At one point, we had to crawl through Cosmic Rays (early morning - still clean) so that Sonny Eclipse wouldn't find us. Later, we had to imitate our favorite characters. It was a total blast.

I'd love to do the Backstage Magic tour sometime. It looks like fun, too.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 6:05 pm

momeja wrote:We did the Family Magic tour when the kids were little. it was one of the best memories I have of WDW. At one point, we had to crawl through Cosmic Rays (early morning - still clean) so that Sonny Eclipse wouldn't find us. Later, we had to imitate our favorite characters. It was a total blast.

I'd love to do the Backstage Magic tour sometime. It looks like fun, too.

We did splurge one year on the Backstage Magic tour. It was completely worth the money! The only bad thing was I wanted to take photos sooooooo badly of all the cool backstage things we were getting to see.

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 6:19 pm

What a great find! Thanks for sharing! We have only been on the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour in DL, but there are several tours in WDW I would love to try!

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 6:35 pm

MmeLeota wrote:What a great find! Thanks for sharing! We have only been on the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour in DL, but there are several tours in WDW I would love to try!

I went on Walk in Walt's Footsteps the second time I went to DL. The first day we went with my brother and his family, and my niece and nephew were too little at the time to fully appreciate being on a tour. The second day we sent the kids to school, went on the tour and thoroughly enjoyed all the little tidbits of knowledge! It was also the first and last time I've gotten to ride in the steamboat wheelhouse.

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 6:47 pm

Amy wrote:
MmeLeota wrote:What a great find! Thanks for sharing! We have only been on the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour in DL, but there are several tours in WDW I would love to try!
I went on Walk in Walt's Footsteps the second time I went to DL. The first day we went with my brother and his family, and my niece and nephew were too little at the time to fully appreciate being on a tour. The second day we sent the kids to school, went on the tour and thoroughly enjoyed all the little tidbits of knowledge! It was also the first and last time I've gotten to ride in the steamboat wheelhouse.

Wow! One of these times I have to remember to ask to ride in the wheelhouse. When we went on the tour, we were supposed to go in the Tiki Room, but it was under a lengthy refurb process, so they took us on Jungle Cruise instead. That was the coolest tour ever!!!! It was our group, our guide and the Skipper. Our tour guide shared some little tidbits with us, but whenever the boat was in the vicinity of another boat, the Skipper took over and started the spiel depending on where we were along the river. Once we were out of range, our guide took over again. (I actually forgot about this until just now since thinking about the tour!)
We ended the tour with lunch in the courtyard of the apartment for Walt and Roy (now the Dream Suite)...it would be interesting to go on the tour again to see how it's changed over the years.

momeja · Post by **momeja** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 8:01 pm

Mme. L, I could totally see you and Chernabog loving the Backstage Magic tour.

Post by **Len90** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 11:16 pm

We looked into doing the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour on our past trip. However, it is a 5 hour walking tour and we just didn't have the time. Secondly you have to wake up very early as the tour begins pretty early in the morning.

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Aug Wed 11, 2010 11:19 pm

Len90 wrote:We looked into doing the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour on our past trip. However, it is a 5 hour walking tour and we just didn't have the time. Secondly you have to wake up very early as the tour begins pretty early in the morning.

But wouldn't it be worth it? You only have to get up early ONE morning....

sandi · Post by **sandi** » Aug Thu 12, 2010 5:59 am

We did the Keys To The Kingdom tour this summer. It was wonderful and well worth the time and the money. We"re early birds and are usually at the parks when they open so the early time was not a problem. Our tour guide made the 5 hours very entertaining. We'd like to do again in a couple of years.

Post by **Len90** » Aug Thu 12, 2010 11:22 pm

mindflipper wrote:
Len90 wrote:We looked into doing the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour on our past trip. However, it is a 5 hour walking tour and we just didn't have the time. Secondly you have to wake up very early as the tour begins pretty early in the morning.
But wouldn't it be worth it? You only have to get up early ONE morning....

We looked into it around halfway through our stay and the time they offered we had a Breakfast ADR. Next time we will try to schedule it into our plans.

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Aug Fri 20, 2010 1:21 pm

I am actually thinking of the keys to the Kingdom Tour and the UNdiscovered Futureworld tour. Any feedback on that one? I have 6 days to plan out with the wife for January, and I am trying to plan a different trip than any other trip I have taken up there.

MoonPet · Post by **MoonPet** » Aug Sun 22, 2010 11:20 pm

Amy wrote:
momeja wrote:We did the Family Magic tour when the kids were little. it was one of the best memories I have of WDW. At one point, we had to crawl through Cosmic Rays (early morning - still clean) so that Sonny Eclipse wouldn't find us. Later, we had to imitate our favorite characters. It was a total blast.

I'd love to do the Backstage Magic tour sometime. It looks like fun, too.
We did splurge one year on the Backstage Magic tour. It was completely worth the money! The only bad thing was I wanted to take photos sooooooo badly of all the cool backstage things we were getting to see.

My husband and I did the Backstage Magic tour just last week and I agree - it is too bad we couldn't take photos. It was a fantastic tour and I loved every minute of it!

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Aug Mon 23, 2010 5:37 am

MoonPet wrote:
Amy wrote:
momeja wrote:We did the Family Magic tour when the kids were little. it was one of the best memories I have of WDW. At one point, we had to crawl through Cosmic Rays (early morning - still clean) so that Sonny Eclipse wouldn't find us. Later, we had to imitate our favorite characters. It was a total blast.

I'd love to do the Backstage Magic tour sometime. It looks like fun, too.
We did splurge one year on the Backstage Magic tour. It was completely worth the money! The only bad thing was I wanted to take photos sooooooo badly of all the cool backstage things we were getting to see.
My husband and I did the Backstage Magic tour just last week and I agree - it is too bad we couldn't take photos. It was a fantastic tour and I loved every minute of it!

Yay! Will you include some of your observations in your trip report? It was a long time ago for us and I forget what all we got to do...

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