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Hi all, we love the YouTube channel and it has been a fantastic resource as we build our Disney expertise. My husband recently purchased an annual pass for the first time, and we have an upcoming trip to WDW where I have a date-based ticket. We’re now facing the Lightning Lane conundrum: I can pre-book passes for all my park days three days before our first entry date, but he can only book for one day at a time, three days before each park reservation. If I pre-book Lightning Lanes for all days, can I add him to my reservations for each day as he becomes eligible? Also, do you have any tips, tricks, or best practices-especially for syncing bookings and handling high-demand attractions or parks-to help us maximize our chances of experiencing rides together? If you’ve covered this in a video, apologies for the repeat; I’ll be brushing up this weekend before our trip next week. Thanks so much for your help!

Family of 5 visiting in late May with kids ages 4, 12 & 17. We are only doing 3-days of parks and I'm stressing a little about which park(s) to assign for each day. We definitely want to do TL one day, and visit AK & MK on the others, but possibly MK twice. We have the most fun with rides! This is what I first came up with, but I'm thinking it might be too much for the 4 y/o and it would be an extra $500 for PH tickets): THU 29th - Start AK with early entry, park hop to MK in the afternoon and stay to close FRI 30th - MK only (early entry could be rough with the 14hr previous day) SAT 31st - TL 10am to 5pm 2nd option- THU 29th - MK early entry to close FRI 30th - Typhoon Lagoon 10-5 (as kind of a rest day?) SAT 31st - AK early entry to close (I'm kind of liking no stress of park hopping and not having to rush, but a little worried we might run out of things to do) Looking forward to opinions and suggestions!

In the UK Disney announced a new deal for 2026 trips where you can get the dining plan for free. It's broken down as following. Value Resorts: 1 Quick Service Meal Day free (not the Dining Plan). Moderate Resorts: Quick Service Dining Plan free. Deluxe Resorts: Full Dining Plan free. We're currently planning a trip for next year and trying to decide between a Value or Moderate resort. Is the extra cost of staying in a moderate resort worth it to get the quick service dining plan? What do people think? From the pricing I've seen so far it's around £1000-£1500 more to stay in a Moderate resort. We're a family of 4, we'd likely still have a couple of table service meals on top of quick service. If we were going Moderate it would likely be Colorado Springs and if Value likely be All Star Movies. I know Moderate resorts have other perks as well, but we've stayed in All Stars previously and been perfectly happy there.