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Emily's January WDW trip - PREP 498

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

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Emily shares how a stressful car accident delayed her January Disney World trip, but kindness from strangers helped them push through. Despite the rocky start, her family adjusted plans and enjoyed multiple parks, new experiences, and their stay at Caribbean Beach Resort.
 
Post trip begins: 24 minutes
 
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0:00.0

Today we'll have Emily's January Disney World Trip that's coming out on this episode 498 of Deputy Front to W.D.D.W.D. We're going to Go where we talk strategy and ideas and have lots and lots trip reports for people playing their Disney World trips. I am your host, Shannon Albert, from WDW Prep School.com. Thank you for being here for episode 498. We are creeping up on 500.

0:40.3

Very, very soon. Sounds like a huge number. I can't believe it's been this many. But today is another

0:45.7

trip report, and this time it's with Emily, who went to Disney World in January. And one of the

0:52.1

biggest reasons I love doing the pre-trip and the post-trip is so we can compare.

0:56.0

And this is another one where they vary for very good reasons.

0:59.9

So I like hearing people adjust and pivot as needed.

1:05.0

And today is that.

1:06.2

This is why you do all the research and learn everything so that you can pivot while you're there if you have to.

1:12.9

As always, a reminder to follow on social media and also a reminder that we are very busy over on Patreon.

1:18.7

Not only do we have bonus content for every episode, including this one, but we have a whole separate podcast that goes up there every week and a private Facebook group and we're going

1:29.1

on a cruise together in April and all kinds of stuff. So feel free to join us over there. If you

1:35.2

run out of content on the main feed and these trip reports and podcast episodes, there's a lot

1:41.2

more over there if you'd like a distraction from all the crazy

1:44.2

of the world. So I think that's all for now. Here are my chats with Emily. Welcome to podcast,

1:50.1

Emily. Thank you for having me. We are talking on Saturday, January 10th, and you just told me you're

1:57.0

headed to Disney Room. I am, yes, we leave tomorrow morning, actually. Okay. So we're talking fresh. The good thing about that is that we'll know more about your, like, lightning lanes and that kind of stuff. Sometimes we do the pre-trips before that. Yeah, I kind of waited to book it so that way I could have all my ducks in a row. So. That's good. And then when does your trip go to?

2:20.3

We come back home on Friday, January 16th.

2:24.0

Okay.

2:25.1

And who's we?

2:26.0

Who's going on the trip?

2:27.5

So it is me, my husband, and our three sons.

2:30.7

They are eight, four, and three.

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