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While we wanted to take our children (5 & 7) to Disney, planning the trip seemed like a daunting experience—even as we often plan our international trips with the children with ease. Michelle and the whole team helped us every step of the way—which time of year to travel (and not travel), where to stay, options for dining and one-off experiences, and helped book and coordinate everything. We had an incredible trip—and all the credit goes to their team.

Michelle and her team remain the Gold Standard in planning any sort of Disney vacation. Their help with our trip to Disneyland was invaluable. They secured us the best rate for our hotel, proactively rebooking after discounts were announced. And they made sure we were able to get every single dining reservation that we wanted. Disney can be done stress free—you just need an expert like Michelle to help!

Michelle helped guide us in booking our first family trip to Disney World (Orlando) in late March 2025. There is so much information out there and so many opinions about how to best “do” Disney with young kids, but having worked with Wendy Perrin experts on past trips we knew we were in good hands.

Michelle helped us narrow our focus to suit our 2- and 4-year olds, and found the best possible set up for rooms at the Polynesian so we’d be on the monorail, securing a room close by for my mom who joined us. She kept us abreast of all the timely to-dos, like booking restaurants and Lightning Lanes to optimize our experience and reduce wait times.

We loved staying at the Polynesian as it was a more casual, laid-back vibe for the kids, with a lot of fun Moana-themed elements and three different pools for us to rotate on our arrival and departure days, as well as before dinner. The food was excellent at the restaurants, though we wished there were more fruit and vegetables incorporated. Michelle suggested a great grocery delivery service which we organized, and that worked out well for the kids’ breakfasts and snacks in the parks.

Stroller rental was a great idea by Michelle as it reduced the amount of things we had to travel with, and the stroller was in excellent condition, waiting for us as we arrived in the airport transfer. It couldn’t have been any smoother, as the kids had fallen asleep in the car on the way to the hotel, and I was able to quickly scoop them into the rented stroller and keep them sleeping. Such a win!

It was a bit stressful booking the Lightning Lane rides, but I had written out a plan and got to work right at 7am, one week prior to arrival, as per the guidance. It all worked out. We rope-dropped every day to get the kids onto as many rides as possible before the park got too busy. This was definitely the best tip as we’d be tired by lunch time and head back to the hotel to eat, nap and recharge before heading back in the afternoon for the parade, more rides, shows and fun experiences. Being on the monorail was definitely the way to go, if you have young kids and are focused on Magic Kingdom.

We hit all the Tier 1 rides, re-rode many of our favourites and enjoyed some of the indoor, air-conditioned shows during the hottest/sunniest hours. Ordering ahead food on the app is a good idea but we were rarely organized enough to do so. Lines didn’t seem to bad overall for food.

Thank you, Michelle, for your hard work and for managing some last-minute phone calls to help sort out technical issues with our app. Appreciate the time you took to connect me to Disney technical support and your accommodating nature to ensure every last question was answered. We had an amazing time taking the kids to Disney, it was truly magical!

We planned a quick 2-day trip with our adult children to Disney World the weekend before Christmas 2024. This is a very busy time to visit the park (!) but our family was spending Christmas in Florida and our kids were flying in, so it was the only time we had to do this as a family. Thank goodness we had help planning!

The planners were wonderful in helping us to cut through the maze of the Disney website, locating the right hotel to use, helping us to get restaurant reservations and notifying us of reservation rules for other bookings. We would have spent soooo much more time without their help and assistance! They even helped us to get a “Florida resident discount” on certain reservations as we own property in Florida. Whew!

Disney is wonderful, but without the right guidance, it can truly be a jungle of options. We were very glad we got help navigating the options at such a busy time!

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