Disney Vacation Planners Flock to the Internet

By Jennifer and Dave Marx

For sheer size, scope and fun, few vacation destinations rival Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Disney packs four legendary theme parks, water parks, shopping and entertainment districts, over 20 resort hotels, and 250 eateries into its 47 square mile "world." What's more, Disney's world never stands still--they're always ringing in the new and wringing out the old. With all these choices, it takes careful planning to organize a happy, magical holiday instead of a harried, disappointing ordeal. How can a determined vacation planner ever keep up? Join the migration to the Internet, of course!

Copyright (c) 2001-2014 - MediaMarx, Inc. Permission granted to reprint.

-------------------------------

PassPorter® Walt Disney World®
The unique travel guide, planner, organizer, journal, and keepsake!

by Jennifer Marx, Dave Marx, and Allison Cerel Marx

296 pages in four-color

Order at http://www.passporterstore.com/store.
Also available at bookstores, on the Internet at
amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, borders.com,
and passporter.com.

Web site: http://www.passporter.com

Fans of "the Mouse" flock to the Internet to ferret-out the latest news, exchange advice and views, and share their passion for all things Disney. This is not just a matter of glitzy commercial web sites hawking travel deals (although there are plenty of those), or Disney's official site (http://www.disneyworld.com). We're talking about hundreds of "fan" web sites, focusing on any aspect of Walt Disney World you can imagine, and some beyond your imaginings.

For wide-ranging, clearly presented information for vacation planners visit AllEarsNet: Deb's Unofficial Walt Disney World Information Guide (http://www.allears.net). Steve Soare's Walt Disney World Entertainment site (http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/) does Disney's site one better by listing every live event in the parks. Bargain hunters have fallen in love with http://www.mousesavers.com, an exhaustive listing of all sorts of deals. The Web also hosts http://www.passporter.com, companion site to the popular PassPorter Walt Disney World travel guide (PassPorter Travel Press, 1-877-WAYFARER). The central focus here is on planning, and the authors supplement the print edition with reports on the latest Disney doings so their book effectively never goes out-of-date.

Web sites are only the tip of the iceberg. Message boards, e-mail discussion lists, and live chat events draw thousands of fans. If you have a question someone is sure to have the answer, and if Disney closes a ride for repairs the word spreads around the world in a matter of hours.

The big Kahuna of discussion groups is the Unofficial Disney Information Station at http://www.disboards.com (better known simply as "DISboards." The PassPorter community at http://www.passporterboards.com is also very popular, and offers a warm, friendly environment for Disney fans of varying degrees of interest. Vacationers on a budget adore the TheMouseForLess discussion group at http://www.themouseforless.com.

Looking for more Internet resources for Walt Disney World? The PassPorter Walt Disney World guidebook offers an index of over 95 tried-and-true Disney- and travel-related Web sites, with many more sprinkled throughout the book. PassPorter guidebooks are available in bookstores and over the phone (1-877-WAYFARER). And, of course, you can order PassPorters on the Internet at http://www.passporter.com.

Explore Some More
Search the entire site
Home to the top page
Or jump back to the...