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Disney Vacation Planning: Resorts, Dining, Lightning Lane & Tickets, Handled by Advisors Who've Been There

From booking dining at 60 days to a Lightning Lane strategy that actually works, we plan Disney trips so you can just show up and enjoy them.

Favorite Grampy Travels is an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner agency. We plan every Disney destination (Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, and Adventures by Disney), handling resorts, dining, Lightning Lane, party tickets, and itineraries. Full-service Disney planning averages around $250 per trip, based on your trip’s complexity; ticket-only and single-service requests run $0 to $200. Your exact fee is quoted in a complimentary 15-minute consultation first. See all our travel planning services.
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WHY DISNEY IS COMPLEX NOW

Disney World Isn’t a “Figure It Out When You Get There” Trip Anymore

Between a skip-the-line system with three separate products, dining reservations that vanish in minutes, and more than 25 on-site resorts across three price tiers, the families who arrive with a plan get the trip everyone else stands in line for. Three things worth knowing before you start:

  • Lightning Lane replaced Genie+ in 2024, and it is now three separate products (Multi Pass, Single Pass, Premier Pass) with pricing that changes daily and booking windows that differ for on-site and off-site guests.
  • Dining opens 60 days out at 6:00 AM Eastern, and the most popular character meals and signature restaurants can book out within minutes of the window opening. On-site guests can book their whole stay at once; off-site guests go day by day.
  • Your resort shapes the whole trip. With 25+ on-site hotels across Value, Moderate, and Deluxe tiers, the right pick depends on your parks, your party, and your pace, not the prettiest photos.

What You Get When You Plan Disney With Us

Been There, Stayed There

Our advisors walk the parks and stay in the resorts, so “book this room, skip that one” comes from experience.

Dining & Lightning Lane Strategy

We book dining at 60 days and build a Lightning Lane Multi/Single Pass plan that fits your family’s pace.

First-Timer & Grandparent Confidence

Disney overwhelms first-timers and multigen groups. We make it feel easy.

What We Handle for Your Disney Trip

We make the calls that are hard to make from a booking screen, so you walk into the parks with a plan that fits your family.

AreaWhat we handle for you
Resort selectionThe right resort for your budget, party, and pace, from someone who’s stayed there.
Dining at 60 daysHard-to-get reservations and character meals, booked the moment the window opens.
Lightning Lane strategyMulti Pass and Single Pass planning that actually saves you time.
Tickets & party eventsPark tickets, hoppers, and special-event tickets matched to your trip.
ItinerariesDay-by-day plans with rest built in for little kids and grandparents.
Transfers & logisticsAirport transfers, Disney transportation, and the moving parts.

We Plan Every Disney Destination

This page is about how we plan Disney. Each destination has its own guide.

Walt Disney World

Four parks, dozens of resorts, the most to coordinate.

Walt Disney World

Disneyland

The original, and a different planning game from Walt Disney World.

Disneyland

Disney Cruise Line

Disney magic at sea, staterooms to private island.

Disney Cruise Line

Aulani & Adventures by Disney

Hawaii and guided trips around the world.

Ask us about Aulani & AbD

Not Sure Which Disney Trip?

Start with a complimentary consultation and we’ll help you choose.

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Are We the Right Fit for Your Disney Trip?

We’re a Great Fit if You…

  • Want expert help and straight recommendations more than the cheapest quote
  • Are planning a Disney trip, especially a first-timer or multigen one
  • Value your time and would rather not live in Disney planning forums
  • Want someone in your corner before, during, and after

We’re Probably Not Your Fit if You…

  • Only want the lowest possible price and nothing else
  • Prefer to plan and book every detail entirely on your own
  • Aren’t looking for ongoing support once the trip is booked

Just need a known ticket or a quick re-book? That’s a ticket-only or single-service request, $0 to $200, so reach out and we’ll size it to what you need.

What Does It Cost to Have Us Plan Your Disney Trip?

What you pay depends on how much planning is involved. Full custom Disney planning averages around $250 per trip, based on complexity (which Disney destination, party size, dining, Lightning Lane, and multigen coordination). Ticket-only and single-service requests run $0 to $200, and many carry no fee at all.

Your planning fee is separate from your trip cost, non-refundable, not applied toward what you pay for the trip, and quoted in the complimentary 15-minute consultation before you pay. Some suppliers also pay us a commission (we’re upfront about that), but our recommendations are based on what fits your family.

SEE EXACTLY HOW OUR FEES WORK

Full-service Disney planning

$250

average per trip · based on complexity

Ticket-only & single-service requests: $0 to $200

Separate from your trip cost · Non-refundable · Quoted before you pay

From “Where Do We Start?” to “Best Disney Trip Ever”

Here’s exactly what working with us looks like, including the parts most agencies skip.

Step 1: Complimentary 15-minute consultation, where we learn about your trip and quote your exact fee before you commit.

Step 2: Invoice is sent, and once you’re ready, we get started.

Step 3: Quote & itinerary development around your dates, budget, and who’s traveling.

Step 4: Detailed planning & finalizing: resort, dining, Lightning Lane, tickets, logistics.

Step 5: Final / pre-trip consultation, so you walk in with a plan.

Step 6: Mid-trip check-in, and we’re reachable while you’re in the parks.

Step 7: Post-trip follow-up: welcome home, and let’s plan the next one.

Steps 6 & 7 are where we’re different: we don’t disappear once you’ve left home.

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Credentials That Actually Do Something for You

Agency-level designations, framed around what they mean for your Disney trip.

Authorized Disney Vacation Planner Agency: trained, accountable Disney expertise and access to planning tools the public doesn’t get.

Universal U-Preferred Platinum Agency: handy if your Orlando trip includes a Universal day too.

IATA · CLIA · ASTA member: the industry credentials that signal a legitimate, protected agency.

Planning Disney Yourself vs. Planning It With Us

You can absolutely plan Disney on your own, and thousands of families do. Here’s what you’re taking on if you do.

On your ownWith Favorite Grampy Travels
Research time40 to 50 hours of blogs, YouTube, and forumsOne complimentary 15-minute call to start
Resort choice25+ hotels and three tiers to decode aloneMatched by an advisor who’s stayed there
Dining at 60 daysSet a 6 AM alarm and race the internetWe book the moment your window opens
Lightning LaneThree products, daily prices, guessworkThe right product for each park day, or none
Park-day planWing it at the gateDay-by-day plan with rest built in
When plans changeGoogle it while the kids waitText your advisor mid-trip

Frequently Asked Questions

Some do, some don’t. We do, a transparent planning fee that averages around $250 per trip for full custom planning, because it means our advice is built around your family, not around chasing a commission. Ticket-only and single-service requests run $0 to $200, and many carry no fee at all. We quote your exact fee in a complimentary 15-minute consultation before you pay anything, and the fee is separate from your trip cost and is not applied toward it. Most Disney agencies charge you nothing and are paid only when you book. That model works fine when you already know what you want. It is a harder fit when you need someone to tell you not to book something.
You don’t need one, but Disney has more moving parts than almost any other trip. Dining, Lightning Lane strategy, resort choice and ticket type all interact, and the decisions land in a specific order months before you ever pack a bag. An advisor who knows the destination saves you hours of research and the kind of mistakes you cannot undo once you are standing in the park. Start with the complimentary 15-minute consultation. If your trip is simple enough that you do not need us, we will tell you that, and you will have lost fifteen minutes and nothing else.
Yes. Dining and Lightning Lane are two of the biggest reasons families hire us. We book hard-to-get dining the moment your booking window opens, which means we are awake and in the system rather than you. We build a Lightning Lane plan around your family’s actual pace rather than a generic touring plan, and we tell you where it is worth paying and where it is not. If you are traveling with little ones, grandparents, or anyone who needs a slower morning, say so in the consultation. That changes the plan more than which park you pick.
Depends on your family, and the real answer is that the options are not interchangeable. Walt Disney World is four parks and a week or more. Disneyland is two parks, close together, and works in fewer days. A Disney cruise takes the driving and the daily decisions off your plate. Aulani is a resort stay with Disney touches rather than a park trip, and Adventures by Disney is guided travel with a group. Start with the complimentary 15-minute consultation. Tell us who is coming, how many days you have, and what went sideways on your last trip, and we will narrow it quickly.
For a first-timer or a multigenerational trip, usually yes. The time saved and the mistakes avoided typically outweigh a fee that averages around $250 per trip. Ticket-only and single-service requests run $0 to $200, and many carry no fee at all. For a repeat visitor booking three nights at a resort they already know, it often is not worth it, and we will say so rather than take the booking. What the fee buys you is someone whose recommendation does not change based on what pays the most, plus someone to call when a ride is down, a reservation vanishes, or the weather turns.

Ready to Plan a Disney Trip You Can Just Show Up and Enjoy?

The best time to start is two to six months out, and six-plus for peak and holiday travel.

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