Disney World Planning Secrets: The Exact Steps to Take After You Book
Disney Travel Secrets - How to do Disney
Kerri Stuart
3.2 • 995 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
475 - Just Booked Your Disney World Vacation? Here's Everything You Need to Do Next
You've booked your Disney World vacation — now what? In this episode, Disney travel experts and best-selling authors Rob & Kerri Stuart walk you through every essential step to take after you hit confirm on your reservation. From setting up your My Disney Experience account to snagging the most coveted dining reservations before they disappear, this is the Disney trip planning checklist you didn't know you needed.
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In this episode, you'll discover:
- How to set up My Disney Experience and link your reservation the right way (avoid the most common mistake families make!)
- The critical 60-day booking window for Disney dining reservations, character dining, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, and VIP tours — and exactly how to prioritize them
- Why the 7-day Lightning Lane planning window can make or break your park days
- The Memory Maker photo package trick that saves you $25 (don't miss the 4-day deadline!)
- Online check-in vs. front desk — which one actually gets you a better room
- How to lock in the Disney bounce-back offer before you even leave the resort
- The 30-day Memory Maker photo download reminder most guests completely forget
- Why Rob & Kerri say skip the expensive 200-page Disney planning guides — and what to do instead
Whether you're planning a Disney World vacation with toddlers, teens, or as adults only, this episode breaks down the planning timeline so you never miss a booking window again. Plus, don't forget to celebrate National Wear Your Ears Day on March 31st — a holiday Rob & Kerri founded in 2020!
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| 0:00.0 | Did you just book at Disney World Vacation? |
| 0:03.0 | And if you didn't, why not? |
| 0:05.7 | Okay, that's a totally different show. |
| 0:08.0 | So you are in luck, though, because in this show, we are going to walk me through everything you need to do after you are all booked. |
| 0:16.6 | Hello, my friend, and welcome to the Disney Travel Secret Show. |
| 0:19.0 | We are your travel agent host and bestselling author |
| 0:21.8 | is Robin Carey Stewart right here in the CMV studio in Windymear, Florida. This is episode number 475. |
| 0:30.7 | The original air date, if you're wondering, is March 23rd, 2026. |
| 0:34.6 | And I say this a lot. Disney is a complicated vacation. And we book every destination |
| 0:41.7 | around the world, but when it comes to Disney, there is a lot for you to know and do before you go. |
| 0:48.2 | We have lots to cover, so let's get to it. But first, I'm going to give you the number one reason |
| 0:52.5 | that you should be watching this on YouTube instead of just listening to it is as we're getting ready to head over to Europe, Carrie just got her hair done and it looks fantastic. So head over to YouTube so you can see what that looks like. Okay, Hugh, we're ready. |
| 1:06.2 | Hello, my friends. This is former Disney Imagineer Hugh Darley, and you're listening to Disney Travel Secrets |
| 1:11.7 | with my friends Rob and Carrie Stewart. As you can imagine, I have plenty of Disney secrets myself, |
| 1:17.9 | and I can't wait to share them with you. Let's get this show on the road. Take it away, guys. |
| 1:44.5 | Welcome to this week's show. We are in the middle of Flowering Garden. Disney's come out with even more specials. And as of the airing of this show, we are currently in southern France. I do not have an accent for that. And we're cruising the Southern Rhone River from Arles to Lyon. Now, before we do dive in, it is the month of March, which means mark your calendars for |
| 1:50.2 | National Wear Your Ears Day, which is March 31st. |
| 1:54.6 | This is a national holiday that we, and by we, I mean she, found it in 2020. |
| 1:58.9 | And the only idea was spread some Disney happiness because |
| 2:02.0 | the lockdown had just started and we just thought it'd be a fun idea to have everyone wear their |
| 2:07.4 | Disney ears, wherever they were, because it wasn't at Disney. So they work home and out and about |
| 2:14.0 | and we had no idea all the other agencies and Disney influencers and whatever |
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