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Hello my friends and welcome to the WDW Radio Show, your Walt Disney World Information Station.

I'm your host Lou Manjello and this is show number 167 for the week of April 25th 2010.

Properly planning your Walt Disney World Vacation is crucial and an important part of that planning needs to focus on not just time spent in the parks but getting to and from the resort.

In this week we're going to look at Disney's magical express, the free bus service to and from Orlando International Airport.

And whether you're a first time visitor or think you know how magical express works we'll talk about not just how the system works but its pros and cons, how to get the most out of it and some very important details you need to know before you go.

Next I'll call a listener and invite her to play Fact or Fiction where she can answer Walt Disney World trivia questions for a chance to win some prizes.

Play along at home, see how you do and find out how you can enter for a chance to play on the air as well.

I'll announce a new product this week, have some other announcements and then play more of your voice mails at the end of the show so sit back, relax and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show.

Believe it or not, a large part of what makes for a fun, successful Walt Disney World vacation isn't necessarily just what happens inside the parks.

We all know that planning your vacation from beginning to end is crucial and I don't just mean where and when you're going to eat and even maybe what parks you visit on certain days, things like that.

In fact I'm not even talking about park time at all. Instead I'm talking about something that's really one of the most basic yet important parts of the start and the end of your vacation and that's getting to and from the resort yourself.

Now certainly driving presents its own set of possibilities for fun times and memories made in the car ride down but what about those guests and there are millions of them every year who fly into Orlando to kick off their Walt Disney World vacation.

Well you may be surprised to know that many people don't even know about Disney's magical express service and even if you do you may be surprised at some of the pros and cons of using the service.

So joining me this week to talk about what Disney's magical express is, how to get the most out of it and some of its pros and cons is the Disney daddy himself Mr. Chuck Lionberger.

And you know what Chuck right off the bat I'm sure some people saying magical express come on I'm a Disney veteran I know all about it but you know this is one of those things and I analogize it to something like fast pass that many of us who are fortunate enough to go to Disney quite often we understand we take it for granted but we still go into the parks and hear people saying well how much is a fast pass cost where do I get them I'm not staying on property I can't get one.

And I think magical express is very much the same way you know especially depending on how often they go when the last time is that they've gone if they've used other services before whether or not they use a travel agent things like that.

Well sure it's like a lot of things to the pros you know the concept of a fast pass you kind of just sort of take it for granted that oh yes sure everybody knows about fast pass well this is magical express is the same way for those who are frequent visitors to Walt Disney World.

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