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Christine's BIG April WDW trip - PREP 513

WDW Prep To Go - a Disney World planning podcast

Shannon Albert from WDWPrepSchool.com, a Disney World planning site

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

Christine shared details from her Apr. 17–25 Disney World trip for 16 relatives, including coordinated park plans, Lightning Lanes, dining, and transportation across multiple parks and resort days.
 
Despite challenges with heat, timing, and logistics, highlights like Guardians, character meals, and the After Hours event made the $20,000+ family trip a success overall.
 
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0:00.0

Today we'll have Christine's 16-person April Disney World Trip.

0:03.4

That's kind of on this, episode 513.

0:05.4

I'm DesiGanWCrop to go.

0:27.5

We talk strategy and ideas for people planning their Disney trips.

0:30.8

I'm your host Shannon Albert from WDWPSpore.com.

0:33.5

Thank you for being here for episode 513.

0:36.0

Today is another trip report, and this was a very

0:41.5

informative one for me. I think having 16 people just adds a whole other layer of planning

0:47.6

to what, you know, you would do for your own immediate family. And I am just fascinated by the logistics of it. So I'm going to have that in just a minute. As always, a reminder to follow in social media. And if you want to be a guest like Christine, the only way to do that is to use the SpeakPipe information in the show notes of every episode. You leave a voicemail. And if it works out with the schedule, somebody and my team will reach out to you to get you scheduled.

1:11.8

Speakpipe.com slash www.com to go. You can do it on laptop or on mobile. Either one will work.

1:18.4

And we do get a lot of submissions. So go ahead and submit it, but don't get your feelings.

1:23.8

Sorry, if we can only choose a few per month. And we try to pick ones that are different and unique and haven't been represented

1:31.9

before.

1:32.5

We, you know, we try to mix up.

1:34.2

So that's what we're looking for.

1:35.7

Feel free to leave a message there if you would like.

1:39.4

And now let's talk about my conversation with Christine.

1:42.9

First of all, we do talk about Spirit Air.

1:45.4

They flew Spirit Air. We have a pretty good turnaround, fast turnaround on these episodes,

1:49.5

but we were not fast enough to get it out before Spirit closed down. So they did use Spirit

1:55.4

Air. Just know that it was recorded before the shutdown. And the other thing is I would like you to try to take

2:02.5

track of how much you think Christine's immediate family spent on the trip because at the end,

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