OLD PEOPLE'S Guide to Walt Disney World - Planning, New Rides, and Things you NEED TO KNOW!
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- It's 2023 and visiting Walt Disney World in Florida is complicated. From the My Disney Experience app to boarding groups, Genie+, Lightning Lane, dining reservations, and more, there is so much planning involved. This video is full of tips and information to help you plan your trip if you are new to WDW, or just haven't been in a very long time. Also, as a fellow old person, I go through all the parks to let you know which rides and attractions might bother your aching back! #disneyworld #disneyworld #travel
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I'm approaching 60 and consider myself older but not a senior citizen needing assistance. The key to traveling and having fun is pain management. Unless you go to Disney every week, your body is naturally not accustom to the heat, walking, crowds, different food, etc.
Key suggestion - Stay ahead of the pain - Don't start treating your pain once you feel sore, medicate in advance and stay ahead of the pain
1) The night before your Disney day, take your ibuprofen, take a warm shower, apply the necessary creams on the joints, legs and knees
2) Know your body. If you need 2 Ibuprofen (3 times a day) put yourself on a schedule regardless of how you feel at the moment
3) Everyone take bathroom breaks often - You do not want to be in a long line and get caught short. Jostling around on a ride can trigger the need to go
4) Pace yourself and take breaks as a group so everyone has time to recover (even young people can be worn out at an amusement park)
5) Someone is going to get sick, so plan 4 it. A person in your group should carry the things you need for upset stomachs, sun burn, heat exhaustion, and clean-up
6) Don't stigmatize older travelers as young folks suffer from pain as well. Establish a pace balanced for everyone
7) Carry a light change of clothes for an all-day adventure in a light knapsack. Do you want to have an accident and have to walk around in soiled clothes?
My secret weapon - When I am traveling and I have to keep going, I use a proven topical rub on any place there is pain. Within seconds the pain is suppressed and you can keep going. I have travel sized versions of the cream and roll-on. One can go in the bathroom stall and apply them discretely. When you are miles from your hotel, you cannot afford to be unwell, tired, or sore.
The only thing I would add is to bring along ‘motion sickness medication’. As I have gotten older I am surprised by how much I suffer motion sickness when riding those rides.
Great advice
GREAT list. I'm 75 with creaky joints, muscle aches and run out of energy. QUESTION, what cream do you use? I've never tried one....
I'm in the U.S.
I’m 38 and do all this. Still end up in pain but push through lol
Wow, you should be paid by Disney. Seriously, this is an excellent, detailed guide to probably the most important tasks -- both pre-trip and during the trip -- that could make or break a person's level of enjoyment. From reservation requirements, to app requirements, to queuing options, and actual ride experience and safety -- this is an amazing and succinct visitor/user guide to Disney World. Well done! Okay, now on to the People Mover!
Think it's bad now with all the planning, I had to do this in 2020 during the Pandemic and 1/2 the restaurants were closed (had to rebook all my meals), and I never was able to ride Rise of the Resistance. Worse, we spent more time walking around than enjoying rides. We ended up selling out timeshare and decided it's time to "cancel" Disney World.
@@Steve_in_NJ Agree 100%. This is not a reflection on Morgan but time to reflect on the value proposition of Disney. This is a lot of work for so little return of joy. I see no luxury, joy, or special moments in all this work. It seems like a lot of work culminating in a sad anticlimax. You are not getting the best food or drink when you visit despite the cost. You are a captive audience and Disney has setup a maze (for a mouse/rat) for human customers to follow.
Parents feel obliged to give their children what was marketed as a special experience but in reality it has become financially and physically abusive. The long waits, the overcrowding, and the constant upsell feels like a BladeRunner moment (not a good thing) - a battle of the fittest.
Does the experience get better as one pays more? It does not look like it. Maybe Disney needs to create a WestWorld-like space for the super-rich to take a load of Disney for the working class. IMO, skip Disney and take your family on a non Disney cruise. It is probably cheaper and your children will have a positive lasting memory as there are thousands of cruises available around the globe.
As a testament to your skill as a channel creator, storyteller, and conveyer of information, I gotta tell you that although I personally would consider a trip to a theme park or Disney type facility equivalent to entering a circle of Hell, I still avidly watch and enjoy all your videos, even those devoted to places and activities I would never consider partaking in.
You may not always be offering me personally useful information, but I never feel my time has been wasted on your uplifting, enthusiastic, honest, amusing, and often self deprecating presentations.
To date, I am only able to offer my subscription (done immediately after viewing my very 1st video of yours) in support of your efforts but hopefully, that will change to something more fiscal someday.
Call me a PEOPLEMOVER if you wish, but please promise to keep those videos coming.
Thank you from a 70 year old, female, Canadian, retiree (who is trying to get the local Library system to stock your book in both hardcopy and e-book formats).
I am SO glad to hear some other "old" person complain about doing things and having more side effects than 10 years ago, or no longer able to do certain things anymore. But Morgan, you're Gen X, and us Baby Boomers are so "over it" LOL when it comes to roller coasters. I haven't been able to ride a roller coaster in 15 years (I'm 63). I'm cool with never being able to ride the new Tron, Guardians, Rock and Roll Coaster, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Space Mountain, Universal Islands of Adventure, or the High Roller in Las Vegas. I do love riding the PEOPLE MOVER though. Life priorities shift and evolve when we are "at a certain age". I finally accepted that I can't lift 300 pounds of weights anymore at the gym, and when I do work out, I need a day to rest afterwards. I loved Star Tours (hubby very dizzy and sick afterwards), but alas, couldn't get the Boarding Pass for Rise of the Resistance and the line for Millennium Falcon was over an hour, so we skipped that too.
When you're older pain management is the key. The walking, heat and crowds can be overwhelming. RIP to the people mover.
People MOVER!!!!! Love ALL your Video's!!! Thank you and God Bless!!!
Not as young as I use to be, with many “broken” parts. The PEOPLE MOVER is for me.
Turning 50 maybe like accomplishment for a lot of people, it's reminder how much time we used in our earlier life, and compared to how much time we barely have enough ahead of ourselves. Welcome to the old man Club. I used go to Disneyland a long time ago with family, no longer. Too many memories, good and heartbreaking. When you get older you lose too many people. I'm glad you can still enjoy it while you can
My husband and I used to go to Walt Disney World every other year an loved it. Lately, we just haven’t been able to afford , thus, haven’t been there since 2018. We both love the rides! I’ll be turning 53 this week and still LOVE roller coasters. As a matter of fact, I have had a tradition that I always have to ride at least one roller coaster on my birthday! I remember some of the rides you mentioned, such as the Maelstrom, which I liked better than Frozen ride because the lines were much shorter. We haven’t been to Disney since they began using the different types of “Fast Passes”
Love the “People Mover!” Mentioning “Tilt a Whirl” is so Minnesotan of you!
You can take the boy out of Shakopee...
In MY day, Exlax was the people mover.
I love watching Adam The Woo ride the people mover.
Great video, Morgan! I love the PEOPLE MOVER!
I LOVE the people mover!
people mover! Great video that summarizes the challenges associated with many of the roller coaster and flight simulator attractions at WDW.
Since I am an "older person" the PEOPLE MOVER is about my speed!
People Mover. Good information for preparation for us vintage types
The People Mover would be a great way to `take a break` part way through your visit.
Detroit has a people mover and we rock and roll up here
I love your videos! I wish Disney parks had more people movers to get everybody around.
Wife and I went to Magic Kingdom for 1st time at age 62. Did Epcot, rode boats and some of the explorer rides. Train ride.. No Rollercoaster, but had a great time. Glad we missed the new reservation system
Great info, thanks Morgan!! People mover!!
Oh my, lots of changes since there 25 yrs ago! Thanks for these heads-ups, Morgan. People-Mover. 👍
I clicked on this so fast!
I hope it helped! The next edition from EPCOT will be going online in the next few months!
I love when they let me ride peoplemover 2 or 3 times in a row without getting off. Ps the best part of Mickey and Minnies railroad was the song!! "Nothing can stop us now"
People mover! I haven't been to Disneyworld since the 1970's when I was a teenager!
I haven't been to DW in 30 years. Used to be young and would enjoy all of those rides, but now, the People Mover is probably best for me. Hubby could not do all that walking either. My daughter and granddaughter went last fall and she planned every bit of the trip to an amazing level. I think she researched for a year.
I still love Rockin Rollercoaster, but Dinosaur is the worst. Never again for that one. Even though you have those speed ups on the People Mover it's not bad and it will stay in my top 5 Disney lineup. This was so thorough!! Thank you Morgan!
this is such great info, thank you so much!
Morgan you don't look a day over 40! People mover is a great way to cool off and rest your feet all while getting a great view of the park.
People mover. Excellent video! Thank you!
Oh people mover. We heart you
Im 43 and planning a trip to Disneyland for my moms 65th birthday. I just messaged her and told her to download the app! I wish Disneyland still had the people over though. We got a ride that immediately broke instead so now it’s just a vacant spot.
I love this video
Haven’t been to Disney in 18 years or so. Always loved thrill rides but if I would return in the near future with my grandson I may stick to just the kiddie rides. Getting old sucks. PEOPLE MOVER is more my speed now.
Love all your people mover videos Morgan, I’m going back in May
I am in my late 40s and the last trip to Disney the indication that I was getting old was when cousin's advise for Space Mountain was to sit behind someone in our party who was wearing a white tee shirt so that I could see which way he was being pushed and pulled and I could brace myself and not hurt the discs in my back. I agree - it is definitely a lot rougher than I remembered! Also, strange that you should mention the People Mover as it is seriously one of my favorite rides - nostalgia I think. So relaxing and the cool breeze is always welcome!
Hey Audra, make sure to watch this week's SofaTime video when it goes online. I comment on your comment! :-P
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides You made my day! I was so excited my husband was cracking up watching me watch your video. Yes, it did work. You are correct though - we had a large group and there were 6 together. Works well if the person wearing the white shirt is in the front car and you are in the chaser car connected right behind it. Doesn't work too bad if you are in the rear seat and the person is in the front seat of the same car but definitely not as well as you don't have as long and need to anticipate/ have some familiarity with to ride to make that work.
Thank you for the information. Very helpful! The people mover is one of my favorite rides.
I have to comment because I love your Purple Rain shirt. I love(d) Prince. He was extremely talented.
Being from the days of the “E” ticket I am seeing how much the Disney experience has changed. I haven’t been in about 7 years and even the changes since then are crazy! I live in Southern California so Disney was always at least a yearly visit. I have been thinking about taking my three little granddaughters to Orlando….holy cow…..this inservice video is a must!
I will look for the people mover to guide me through the park 😉
Thanks for the old person guide. My wife and I have been hesitant about a Disney trip mainly for the things that you brought up in your video. Thanks for the tips. (People mover)
I'm glad I could help! Have you ever been, or will this be your first trip?
I agree with you about space mountain. Too jerky for my back and it’s hard to see where you’re going so you can brace yourself like on big thunder mountain. Guardians of the galaxy is the only ride that I actually thought I was going to get sick from. I think the movement in different directions from where you’re facing is what did it. Also recommend taking your glasses off for that one.
As for Soaring or flights of passage, you’re not really moving very much just the screen. When it gets to be too much just close your eyes and it’s gone.
Always enjoy your videos & your channel because you tell it like it is. My days of riding on any wild rides or walking around have been over for many years. 😢 I can relate & certainly understand (especially with health issues ) my Dad’s aversion toward ANY theme park/ ride is certainly understandable now but couldn’t grasp it whilst growing up. I will miss the thrill & the People Mover..what I won’t miss is standing in lines, for a minute or less ride during Spring ~Easter School Break during the extreme heat / humid weather & the exorbitant prices …. for everything. not just Disney…so our children could experience what we did not. I don’t understand how your now expected to go on Vacation & have to spend the day looking at a cell screen just to ride that attraction with your Family. I was OCD planning everything. The one time we just went to DW & didn’t plan was one of the happiest times for me.
I still entertain myself watching travel videos & like to see new attractions from other’s POV. Thank you Morgan & Marcus for all your time & patience ( and pain) …A in NJ
Lots of good info! people mover. "When I woke up this morning,..." is the only way I want to hear that word now with the word up. 8>))
People mover…that term was first used, I believe, at the ‘64-65 New York World’s Fair at the New York State pavilion.
Thank you ! People mover
Thanks for the advice. I'm getting old and planning a 20hr flight to Orlando just to do Disneyworld.
Thank you for a great review of theParks, we are Floridians and try to go at least every two years, but this time around we haven’t been there since Covid, usually go in the winter to avoid the heat. I am forwarding this to my kids because it is very informative!
I was being a people mover, I mean to say a moving person preparing a Sunday morning breakfast while enjoying one of your entertaining videos. You are very nice to listen to and watch!
Wish Disneyland still had the People Mover. 😊
As I get older it is a great sight to find a people mover in areas I travel too to assist in getting around.
I’m 70 next year and am looking forward to my visit in October. The people mover is great to rest your aching bones for a very short time. Thanks for all the advice. 🙂
Thank you for this. I would love a video like this about all of the parks you go to that have thrill rides. I have a bad neck and back but haven’t given up coasters completely for only rides like the people mover but I have decided to only ride the newer and smoother coasters. Thankfully they keep getting better and better and the restraints are no longer like Rockin Rollercoaster. Non drowsy Dramamine is also a great friend.
Really enjoyable vlog :)
People mover. Thanks for the advice.
I went to Disney the first year it opened. We went on the monorail but don't remember the people mover. I was 7, totally loved the experience, and I'm done. I guess not a big adult theme park fan. I really enjoyed watching your video about what's there now. Sooo different Lol! Glad people still have fun there.😄❤️
Great summation Morgan! Thank you for your videos! Rip Disneyland people mover. 😪
Morgan
Great vlog. Speaking of old, I still have E Tickets.
Oh my G! Those are probably have so much emotional value! If you ever want to get rid of them… I’ll take em! I’ve never seen one in real life!
People mover! 😊
people mover Have a wonderful day dear!
People mover…loved this very informative for people with motion sickness issues 😊
People mover! Thank you so much! This will be my 3rd trip BUT now I’m nearer 50 than 40 and needed this video! Also my parents are coming who will be 69 and 71 so I thank you for stopping me potentially traumatising them too! 😂
I’m glad I could help 🥰
Peoplemover 😁. Thanks for the 'healthtips'.
True story, I once got sick on a child’s ride in Animal Kingdom, it spun too much and then the next day we were stuck on a people mover in Tomorrowland…. I think we were jinxed- that was the last time I ever went, and don’t plan on going back.
I remember when Space Mountain was an E-ticket ride. We would run to Tomorrowland to ride it first. We would then get to the PeopleMover and go from there. Always running from one attraction to the next. As we got older we would jog and then walk to either The Haunted Mansion or Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
I remember the Maelstrom, and the people mover, and the majority of my Disney visits were prior to the introduction of FastPass. I am ancient, but am still physically able to ride the rides, if I want to!
People movers are cool
Enjoyed video a lot, and will review it next time I go to Disney world, especially since I’m much older than you are!Now, please do a similar video for Universal Orlando!
Make sure you watch this week's SofaTime when it goes online. I comment on your comment!
We could have used a people Mover on our cruise. Just watched this back to back with your other video. We were on the Anthem in Miami where they decided to do check us all in due to it being our first US port after the Bahamas unfortunately we were told it would be quick but they decided to have everyone wait outside the in the Florida heat while the checked every passenger...and there were some they required security to get off the ship because they felt they didn't have to. Many were forced to wait without a bathroom or water from 8 AM to noon and this resulted in some pretty nasty booing for those last stragglers.
PeopleMover
I'll start by saying that the people mover is a nice quiet respite when one needs a little time out from the other rides. I guess I am an "older" person now since my experiences were very similar at Disney. I take a Rotary Youth Exchange group (high school age) of about 15 students to Disney in Orlando every December and I ride everything at all four parks and Space Mountain is definitely a lot more abrupt than it used to be. I took the students to Universal this past December since Disney has gotten way too expensive and had a great time. Again, rode all the rides in both parks (no water park in December) and only one was way too rough and that was Rip Ride Rocket. Hagrid's and Velocicoaster and The Hulkster were all a lot of fun. By the way, I am 75 and love the rides.
Morgan, thank you for this video. I have been in a couple of car accidents and have to be cautious about rides now. I’m a native Floridian who’s been going to Disney since 1971 and been on basically all the rides over the years. I had a 4 day park trip in November and had to do a lot of research on the newer rides, and reevaluate the roller coasters. I trust your opinion.
Hey Margaret, sorry about your accident. Drivers in Florida are insane. It doesn't surprised me you had car accidents!
To help you a little more, can you let me know what big rides you've done since the most recent accident and how you felt after?
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Sure. At hollywood studios - I rode Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway for the first time, it was totally fine. And did Star Tours again, it was jerky which I didn't remember, but I was ok. Rise of Resistance went down so I didn't get a chance to try it. Skipped all the big rollercoasters. Animal Kingdom - did Avatar Flight of Passage for first time, it was totally fine. Also Kilamanjaro Safaris was fine. I can do Kali River Rapids but my sister didn't want to get wet :). Epcot - I did Remys ratatouille adventure for the first time, totally fine. Frozen was very jerky, I read it is now closed for refurbishment. Magic Kingdom- skipped all the big rides. Luckily I have done all the rides over the years, kind of sad I can't do some any more, but its not worth ruining the vacation with an injury. I love your channel !
Thanks so much for the detailed answer!
I think if you can do Star Tours you can definitely do 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, btw
What a great video, this dinosaur thanks you! People Mover! : )
I first went to Disney and went on the train thunder mountain I was in my early fifty s it made me feel sick and shook my whole body never again I love Disney don't think i could do the walking now I am 76 went with my son and family and stayed in a house on crescent lakes I do recommend that
I have been interested to find out about the people mover since the first time I heard you talk about it.
Great vlog, thank you. Do you have a vlog like this for Universal Studio Park, Florida
Coming soon!
People mover I could not ride rocking roller coaster I am not a roller coaster fan but I love rise of the resistance I am a huge Star Wars fan
As a blk person. Thank you. I hate ppl saying woke . Aware is the measage. Peoplemover
OMG...Space Mountain years ago, scared me to death. I was soooo shaky when I came off, walking on the long long flat mover, got my moccasin stuck at the end, they had to get everyone to walk off, put the belt backwards to get my shoe out....not my best moment. LOL
Oh no! Girl down! I can’t believe your shoe got stuck. Maybe you are the reason they removed that moving walkway?!? It’s gone now!
That word basically means "genuinely aware of the world around you." Much like politically correct, which means "how not to be a jerk," it's actually a positive term that has been given a negative connotation by roughly the same group.
I have a broken L5 so for decades, my love of roller coasters has been stymied. You mentioned a few I think I could do, though. Assuming I ever went. But with this video, now I know to look for coaster reviews should I ever decide to go to a park with them. Hopefully someone else out there is as thorough with them as you are!
I don't recall that I ever took the People Mover the two times I've been to Disney. I really hated the Magic Kingdom (the first time we went, long story) but I did enjoy Universal Studios.
Very well done video, one of your best! A shame you didnt talk about the PEOPLEMOVER. Oh well. Keep up the good work
Peoplemover! Lois
Hey Morgan, people mover!
As a people mover and someone who according to you , is and old person 😂(52). Thanks for the tips So my whole body is aching looking at some of these rides , so won’t be visiting anytime soon 😜
People Mover 😊
People mover !
People mover 😊
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Love all the rides but they don’t love me back, lol. I’m 63 and I do skip Space Mountain and RRCoaster these days! Still love People Mover!
The rides don’t love me. Haha! That’s a great way to put it.
Yes some of these attractions can throw your body all over the place .
Such a shame that the “ Normal day out to an adventure park etc has to be before you even adventure out arranged your phone ( when your Trying to have a Full non phone day 🤔🤦♀️😅)
There goes the old Fashion day of going To the entry desk to show you tickets ,and walk straight in !
Thank you for All the info about booking your day before on the app i for sure will pass this information on to some
Neighbors 😜.
they are planning a Huge Family trip to celebrate wedding Anniversary,Special Birthdays for later this year / early next .
I use to work in an adventure park,saw many either limping or holding their head different ( yes Neck pain )
When leaving the park at the end of the day 🫣.
Have a Good week 🥰
people mover !
People Mover. Morgan, it would be great if you could do a video about smoother rides such as the simulated kite ride. It’s the one where you leave your flip flops on the ground in front of you and simulates flying through the mountains, over the ocean, etc.
Soaring?
Yes! I love that thing.
people mover!!!
Ok, thx and nope nope nope. My people mover will be flying us to TX for the ship that will people move us for a week in warmer weather. Nice and slowly :)
I’ve never been to Disney and I’m 53
I’m not tech savvy one bit & got my 1st phone last year (I’m way older than you Morgan). My phone doesn’t work out of my country, so I guess going to Disney won’t be happening for me.
More recent Disney visits are Paris in 2000 & LA in 2009
How times are changed 😮
I liked your video all the way to the end….good one
I found out in January how old & out of shape I am. At 61 I was exhausted everyday by lunch. We also did Universal. Why do they have so many steps. 😂
People Mover!
Never heard of the people mover 🤣
Peoplemover!!!
By the way, 50 ain’t old, brother! I’m old. Ooooolddddd! But I appreciate your vlog - it’ll help me and my husband plan our trip. Thanks!!!