Jason Cochran remembers when visiting the Disney theme parks used to be a little more relaxed.

You showed up to the park, you ate a little food, you rode a ride, you sat down, you looked at the balloons,

watch the parade, you went home, and now it's like a military operation. Don't do that.

Today on Travel with Rick Steeves we get time-tested advice from the author of Fromer's Guide to Disney World

and Orlando to help distress your family's next visit to the world's largest theme park.

On the other hand, Pauline Frommer says there's lots of free entertainment when riding the

subways in New York City.

You're going to have musicians, you're going to have spoken word artists who in other cities might be known as

beggars but here in New York they are so talented and dinner can be a lot of fun

on a night out with locals in Greece.

Don't be afraid to try things of which you have never heard the name or haven't seen the shape.

Insider tips for enjoying yourself in Greece, New York City and Disney World. It's all just ahead on Travel with Rick Steeves.

Stay with us.

It's one of America's most popular attractions, packed with some 20 million annual visitors from across the country and abroad.

The Disney World theme parks are like a world of their own.

It's a world that can intimidate your family if you don't know

the layout and some of the tricks to getting around the crowds.

Coming up in just a bit on today's travel with Rick Steeves, the author of Frommer's Guide to Disney World Universal and Orlando shares his time-tested advice

for visiting the world's most popular theme park and its neighboring Disney siblings.

And Pauline Frommer updates her recommendations for visiting New York City this year.

We'll check in with our friends from Frommers a little later in the hour.

We're at 877333 Rick.

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