Question: Who are you and what is disneygeek.com?

Geek's Response: Disneygeek.com is a site that started way back at the dawn of internet time, 1994, as Jason's Disney Facts & Opinions. The site great for several years and then in 2000 we became disneygeek.com. The site started off as a guide to the Disney parks here in the States. We focused on Walt Disney World since it was my favorite place to go on vacation and on Disneyland since we live in Southern California and the park is a only 70 miles away. As time went on and internet technology evolved the site grew into what you see today. We have extremely large pictorial sections that take you on virtual walks through the park so you can experience the park as we do and see it through our eyes. We have several columns as well as our traditional park guides too. For a more detailed history I would recommend checking out the About Us page. A little about my Disney credentials. I visit the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim approximately every 2 to 3 weeks and I have been down to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando 15 times, for the past several years I have had an Annual Pass to both parks and spend in the neighborhood of 20 days at each resort. I do not claim to know everything, but I do know quite a bit and have quite a bit of experience at the parks and really do enjoy sharing this knowledge with people. Hence the reason I was dubbed the disneygeek by my family and where the name of the site came from.

Let's start off with two Walt Disney World Questions:

Question: How far are the parks from each other?

Geek's Response: The Walt Disney World is an extremely large complex, its 43 square miles and encompasses the four main theme parks, 2 water parks, over a dozen resorts, six golf courses, a nighttime entertainment complex, shopping, dining, and not to mention all the infrastructure to support this including parking lots, roads, backstage facilities, etc... Getting around the property involves some time and effort and your choices range from busses, to monorails, to boats and everything in between. Here are some rough distances and times to help you reference how long it takes to get from place to place.

Below are some very rough mileages from the parking main entrance/parking lots of each park to each other. I stress these are rough.

Magic Kingdom to EPCOT - 4.0 miles
• Magic Kingdom to Disney Studios - 5.0 miles
• Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom -
• EPCOT to Disney Studios - 3.1 miles
• EPCOT to Animal Kingdom - 6.7 miles
• Disney Studios to Animal Kingdom - 4.3 miles

For a better overview I would recommend using Google Earth and taking a look around the property. Google Earth is a FREE "browser" from Google. You can download it from http://earth.google.com. I have created a list of favorites that includes all the WDW parks, as well as the resorts and some of the recreation places so you can see the relative distances and paths. Its extremely interesting and well done for the most part. Unfortunately the far Southern end of the property does not have a high resolution image so its quite bad from about the middle of the Studios South and then West to Animal Kingdom. Click here for my Google Earth WDW Places file.

Question: What are the best times of the year to go?

Geeks Response: This is a tough question to answer. It really depends on what your looking for and what your tolerance levels are. So here is a rough list with some suggestions:

• Best Weather (defined by mild temperatures, not a lot of rain): November/December and March/April seem to be the most mild months of the year. The summer weather in Orlando is hot, humid, and thunderstorms blow through almost every day. This leads into Hurricane season in August/September/October. January and February are a bit unpredictable and can be a little on the cool side. In May it starts to warm up for the summer.
  
  
• Least Crowded: The crowds dwindle as Fall approaches and then pick up again for the Holidays and stay fairly constant give or take through most of the winter. There is another lull in early spring as long as you avoid the Easter Holiday.
  
  
• My favorite time of year to visit is December because Disney really goes all out for the Christmas Holiday and the decorations and holiday spirit really bring the parks alive.
  
  
• Cheapest time of year: This is during hurricane season, September/October as well as in the Spring there is usually a value season.