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Trixie’s Disney Planning Guides

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Ten books, on sale soon. Nine you read, each in three editions: the reader, Letter for printing, and large print. The tenth, Our Disney World Memories, is one your family fills in rather than reads.

Shorter lines. Better deals. A day worth what it cost.

The whole World

The trip, the days without a park, and the evening at Disney Springs.

Cover: Disney World 2026
Disney World 2026First visit, maybe the only one. When it might be the only time, the usual advice changes.

58 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • The Berm and the Tunnel
  • Where Your Feet Go
  • Buildings That Lie About Their Height
  • Where the Illusion Breaks
Every chapter (58)
  1. The Berm and the Tunnel
  2. Where Your Feet Go
  3. Buildings That Lie About Their Height
  4. Where the Illusion Breaks
  5. Colour Is Not About Mood
  6. Ride or Place?
  7. The Two Years Before the Paint
  8. The Sense You Cannot Close
  9. Story First, Then Find Out If It Is Possible
  10. The Floor You Are Standing On Is the Second One
  11. Almost Nothing Here Is Actually New
  12. Seven Ways a Thing Survives
  13. The Silence Is Also Designed
  14. The Sound Exists Before the Building Does
  15. Four Things Nobody Meant to Make
  16. The Ticket Is Not the Price
  17. The Line You Can Buy
  18. The App In Your Hand
  19. The Things Nobody Advertises
  20. The Line You Can Buy, In Detail
  21. Free Transport Is Never Free
  22. The Trip Starts at Your Front Door
  23. The Tool That Works for Both of You
  24. The Evening Is Sold Separately
  25. The Room With No Children In It
  26. What the Refurbishment Removed
  27. The Same Shop, Many Times
  28. The Plan That Bets on How You Eat
  29. Where the Food Actually Is
  30. The Festival Problem Nobody Plans For
  31. The Room That Sells 1982
  32. What You Are Paying List Price For
  33. What a Competitor Proves
  34. Two Kinds of Park
  35. The Park That Was Going To Be a City
  36. The Park That Waited Forty Years
  37. Where One Land Ends
  38. A Land Built on a Land
  39. The Queue Is Part of the Ride
  40. Why You Must Be This Tall
  41. The Exit Is Through the Shop
  42. The Show Almost Everybody Walks Past
  43. Why That Line Is That Long
  44. Announced, Building, Dated
  45. The Land That Won the Survey and Was Never Built
  46. Magic Kingdom, Rides One to Ten
  47. Magic Kingdom, Rides Eleven to Twenty
  48. Magic Kingdom, Rides Twenty-One to Thirty
  49. EPCOT, Ten Attractions
  50. Hollywood Studios, Ten Attractions
  51. Animal Kingdom, Ten Attractions
  52. Blizzard Beach, the Ski Resort That Melted
  53. Typhoon Lagoon, and a Park That Is Closed
  54. Who Actually Owns the Problem
  55. The Boring Things That Save a Day
  56. The Ten That Everything Collapses Into
  57. What Falls Out of the Ten
  58. Even Here, Things Changed
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Cover: The Other Disney World
The Other Disney WorldA day without a park ticket: the resort hotels, the water, Disney Springs.

123 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • The Vacation Is Bigger Than the Ticket
  • The Day Has to Earn Its Day
  • What Did Everybody Actually Enjoy?
  • More Is Not Always More
Every chapter (123)
  1. The Vacation Is Bigger Than the Ticket
  2. The Day Has to Earn Its Day
  3. What Did Everybody Actually Enjoy?
  4. More Is Not Always More
  5. Recovery Has a Return
  6. The Hidden Cost of Being Tired
  7. The Vacation Rhythm
  8. Choosing Contrast
  9. You Paid for More Than a Bed
  10. The Resort Day
  11. The Pool Day
  12. The Deluxe Resort Without the Deluxe Room
  13. The Monorail Resorts
  14. The EPCOT Resort Loop
  15. The Skyliner Resorts
  16. Animal Kingdom Lodge
  17. Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness
  18. Port Orleans and the Sassagoula
  19. Resort Hopping With a Purpose
  20. The Resort at Night
  21. Holidays Without a Park Ticket
  22. When Transportation Stops Being Transportation
  23. The Monorail Day
  24. The Skyliner Day
  25. The Boat Day
  26. Riding Disney for Free
  27. Transportation Loops That Actually Work
  28. The Cost of a Transfer
  29. Walking Is Transportation Too
  30. Transportation at Night
  31. Disney Without a Gate
  32. The Free-Day Illusion
  33. Eating Disney Springs
  34. The Springs Lunch
  35. Disney Springs After Dark
  36. Shopping With a Reason
  37. Entertainment Beyond Shopping
  38. Kids at Disney Springs
  39. Adults at Disney Springs
  40. Getting There Without Wasting the Day
  41. When Dinner Is the Attraction
  42. The Monorail Food Crawl
  43. The Skyliner Food Crawl
  44. Resort Breakfast Without Rope Drop
  45. Character Dining Without a Park
  46. Signature Dining Day
  47. Lounges
  48. Eating Outside Disney
  49. Bikes, Trails, and Walking
  50. Movies Under the Stars
  51. Campfires and Evening Activities
  52. The Laundry Afternoon
  53. The Vacation Begins Before the Park
  54. Airport to Resort
  55. The Temptation to Rush Into a Park
  56. Arrival-Day Pool
  57. Arrival-Day Disney Springs
  58. Arrival-Day Resort Tour
  59. The First Dinner
  60. Sleep Is an Attraction Tomorrow
  61. The Vacation Does Not End at Checkout
  62. Bell Services Gives You Hours Back
  63. The Long Breakfast
  64. One Last Resort
  65. Disney Springs Before the Airport
  66. The Pool Before the Plane
  67. The Last Meal
  68. When the Late Flight Is Worth It
  69. Leaving Something for Next Time
  70. Day Four
  71. When Everybody Needs Something Different
  72. Sleep, Water, and a Proper Meal
  73. Laundry, Charging, Repacking
  74. Changing the Schedule
  75. The Second Half
  76. Let Them Tell You What Vacation Means
  77. The Pool Is Real Disney
  78. A Day Without Lines
  79. Resort Exploration
  80. Characters Without a Park
  81. The Beach With Children
  82. A Child’s Recovery Day
  83. Letting Kids Choose
  84. Disney Without Children Changes Shape
  85. Resort Lounges
  86. Dinner and Nowhere Else to Be
  87. Resort Hopping After Dark
  88. Golf, Spa, Pool, Nothing
  89. Disney Springs for Adults
  90. Leaving Disney
  91. What Does a Non-Park Day Actually Cost?
  92. What Does It Replace?
  93. The $0 Day
  94. The $50 Day
  95. The $100 Day
  96. The $250 Day
  97. The Day That Costs More Than a Park
  98. The Disney Springs Spending Pattern
  99. Resort Price Versus Resort Use
  100. Rental Car Math
  101. The Cost Moved Somewhere Else
  102. Three Nights
  103. Five Nights
  104. Seven Nights
  105. Ten Nights
  106. Two Weeks
  107. The First-Timer
  108. The Repeat Visitor
  109. The Family With Small Children
  110. The Adults-Only Trip
  111. The Multi-Generational Trip
  112. The Price Is Not the Cost
  113. Free Does Not Mean Free
  114. Expensive Does Not Mean Poor Value
  115. What Else Does This Purchase Do?
  116. What Does This Day Give Tomorrow?
  117. What Are We Actually Trying to Accomplish?
  118. Watch the People, Not the Plan
  119. Use Your Value to Obtain What You Value
  120. The Vacation You Actually Took
  121. Advice That Died
  122. Plans for a Shortage That Ended
  123. More Guests, Each Spending More
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Cover: Disney Springs 2026
Disney Springs 2026An evening with no admission. Free to walk into, easy to spend in; what is worth it.

43 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • What Disney Springs Actually Is
  • Free Entry Is the Product
  • The Four Neighbourhoods
  • How It Got Here
Every chapter (43)
  1. What Disney Springs Actually Is
  2. Free Entry Is the Product
  3. The Four Neighbourhoods
  4. How It Got Here
  5. The Shape of a Day Here
  6. The Story Wrapped Around a Shopping Centre
  7. The Garages, and Why They Are Free
  8. Security Is Now at Every Entrance
  9. Arriving by Water
  10. Arriving by Bus, and the Rule That Catches People
  11. Leaving Without Losing an Hour
  12. Doing This Place With a Mobility or Sensory Need
  13. If Someone Is Hurt or Unwell Here
  14. Marketplace
  15. The Landing
  16. Town Center
  17. West Side
  18. Walking It Properly
  19. The Four Price Tiers, and How to Tell Them Apart
  20. Reservations: What Actually Needs One
  21. The Queue That Is the Point
  22. Eating Well for Very Little
  23. The Signature Rooms, and Whether They Are Worth It
  24. Drinking
  25. World of Disney
  26. What Is Actually Exclusive
  27. The Third-Party Tenants
  28. Watching Things Get Made
  29. The Souvenir Decision
  30. The Balloon
  31. The Theatre
  32. The Big Rooms
  33. The Cinema That Serves Dinner
  34. On the Water
  35. Everything Here That Costs Nothing
  36. What the Free Things Are Doing
  37. An Evening Here for Nothing
  38. Christmas
  39. The Rest of the Year
  40. When to Come, and When Not To
  41. No Admission Is Not No Price
  42. The Shape of a Free-Entry Place
  43. What You Would Do Differently Tomorrow
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One park, one day

A park land by land, in the order the day walks it.

Cover: Magic Kingdom 2026
Magic Kingdom 2026One park, one day, land by land. Every hour something is pulling the crowd one way.

Being written: 11 chapters so far · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • What Magic Kingdom Actually Is
  • Getting There Is Part of the Park
  • The Shape of a Day Here
  • Main Street, U.S.A.
Every chapter (11)
  1. What Magic Kingdom Actually Is
  2. Getting There Is Part of the Park
  3. The Shape of a Day Here
  4. Main Street, U.S.A.
  5. The Castle and the Hub
  6. Adventureland
  7. Frontierland
  8. Liberty Square
  9. Fantasyland, Round the Castle
  10. Fantasyland, Beast’s Castle to Storybook Circus
  11. Tomorrowland
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For the people you bring

Little ones and grandparents together; wheels, or legs that tire.

Cover: Disney World with the Grandkids
Disney World with the GrandkidsWhat works with little ones and grandparents in the same party, and what does not.

57 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • Why You Said Yes
  • But Why Would You?
  • What You Are Actually Buying
  • What Changed Since You Were Last Here
Every chapter (57)
  1. Why You Said Yes
  2. But Why Would You?
  3. What You Are Actually Buying
  4. What Changed Since You Were Last Here
  5. Three People Want Three Different Days
  6. What This Trip Is Now
  7. What I Want To Do
  8. What Is Simply Not Happening
  9. Nobody Asks for What They Do Not Know Is There
  10. Miles, Not Rides
  11. Heat Is Different After Sixty
  12. Sweat That Does Not Work
  13. The Person Who Won’t Say They’re Tired
  14. Wheels Are Not Surrender
  15. Where to Actually Sit Down
  16. The Things You Will Not Think About at Two O’Clock
  17. Choosing Where to Stay as a Mobility Decision
  18. What Each Way of Moving Costs Your Legs
  19. Getting In, and Getting Out Again
  20. The First Ninety Minutes
  21. The Mid-Day Break Nobody Wants to Take
  22. The Convoy
  23. The Last Day, and Where the Stuff Goes
  24. What It Actually Costs
  25. The Favourite Tax
  26. Paying to Skip the Line, Plainly
  27. What Is Free That People Pay For
  28. The Souvenir Conversation, Had in Advance
  29. Is There a Discount for Me?
  30. When Everyone Has a Different Budget
  31. Your Child Is Now the Parent
  32. The Rules Are Not Yours to Suspend
  33. What the Grandchild Is Actually Experiencing
  34. The One Who Does Not Want to Be Here
  35. When Two Grandparents Disagree in Public
  36. Thrill-Seekers, Wanderers, and the One Holding the Bags
  37. Who Rode Nothing
  38. Disability Access Service, As It Stands Now
  39. Rider Switch, and the Extra Adult
  40. Reserving a Table Two Months Out
  41. Booked Without the Information
  42. The Phone You Did Not Want to Use
  43. The Queue Is a Designed Object
  44. The Shape of a Good Day With You In It
  45. Which Park, Which Day
  46. Seven O’Clock, and the Fireworks Decision
  47. The Meltdown
  48. Going Home Early Is a Skill
  49. What Each Park Does in the Rain
  50. The Question You Are Waiting For
  51. Explaining a Queue to a Nine-Year-Old
  52. Explaining the Same Thing to Your Adult Child
  53. They Will Use It On You
  54. What You Are Actually Leaving Them
  55. The Favourite Tax in an Ordinary Week
  56. Saying You Are Tired, Anywhere
  57. The Day Nobody Agreed To
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Cover: Disney World Vacation with Limited Mobility
Disney World Vacation with Limited MobilityA Walt Disney World trip on wheels, or on legs that tire.

28 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • The Day Is Longer Than the Walk
  • What Disney Says, in Its Own Words
  • Wheelchair, Scooter, Walker or Cane Chair
  • Your Own, Rented or Delivered
Every chapter (28)
  1. The Day Is Longer Than the Walk
  2. What Disney Says, in Its Own Words
  3. Wheelchair, Scooter, Walker or Cane Chair
  4. Your Own, Rented or Delivered
  5. The Numbers a Scooter Has to Fit
  6. What a Battery Pays For
  7. Parking, Trams and the First Mile
  8. The Buses
  9. Monorail, Skyliner and the Boats
  10. Choosing the Hotel for the Wheels
  11. Five Phrases on Disney's Lists
  12. Magic Kingdom on Wheels
  13. EPCOT on Wheels
  14. Hollywood Studios on Wheels
  15. Animal Kingdom on Wheels
  16. Disney Springs on Wheels
  17. Shows, Parades, Fireworks and Meets
  18. Inside the Queue
  19. Disability Access Service, Precisely
  20. Rest That Counts
  21. Heat, Shade and the Afternoon Storm
  22. Eating on Wheels
  23. What You Carry
  24. Seeing, Hearing and Service Animals
  25. First Aid, Medicines and a Bad Afternoon
  26. Make Day One the Short Day
  27. The Terrain You Cannot See
  28. The Whole Trip on One Page
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Yours to fill in

The one your family writes.

Cover: Our Disney World Memories
Our Disney World MemoriesA book your family fills in, not one it reads. 120 pages, and it types or prints. Trixie’s time capsule prints what stood where you stood, from Disney’s own dated guide maps.

120 pages to fill in · types or prints

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Beyond Disney World

The other Orlando gates, and the Smokies.

Cover: Universal Orlando 2026
Universal Orlando 2026The other Orlando gates, day by day, with the same rules of thumb.

45 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • Why Universal, Which Is a Fair Question
  • The Swing and the Sure Thing
  • The Prototype That Became the Standard
  • The Land That Changed the Industry
Every chapter (45)
  1. Why Universal, Which Is a Fair Question
  2. The Swing and the Sure Thing
  3. The Prototype That Became the Standard
  4. The Land That Changed the Industry
  5. The Screens Argument Is Over
  6. Three Parks, Three Decades, One Resort
  7. What a Ride System Costs When It Is New
  8. The Thing You Came For Is in Three Places
  9. The Train Is the Upsell and It Is Also Wonderful
  10. Park-to-Park Depends on How Many Days You Bought
  11. Which Ticket You Actually Need
  12. Early Entry and Who Gets It
  13. What Express Pass Is and What It Is Not
  14. The Hotel That Includes It
  15. The Price Is the Crowd
  16. When It Is Worth It and When It Is Theatre
  17. The Three Tiers and What Each One Buys
  18. Walking to the Park
  19. Working Out What the Room Rate Is Really For
  20. Dining Plans and Mobile Order
  21. CityWalk, Which You Do Not Need a Ticket For
  22. The Interactive Wand, and Paying for a Verb
  23. Universal Studios Florida
  24. Islands of Adventure
  25. Epic Universe
  26. Volcano Bay
  27. The Invention Tax
  28. Building a Day That Survives a Closure
  29. What You Are Owed and What You Are Not
  30. Halloween Horror Nights Is a Different Park
  31. The Hard Close, Explained Kindly
  32. Everything Else on the Calendar
  33. Rain, Heat and the Florida Afternoon
  34. Height Requirements and the Child Who Cannot Ride
  35. Lost, Ill, or Out of Money
  36. Cost Moves Rather Than Vanishing
  37. Waiting Is Hidden Rather Than Removed
  38. Infrastructure Disguised as Entertainment
  39. The Gate Is the Product
  40. The Proven System Versus the New One
  41. The Gradient Inside One Resort
  42. Intensity as the Default
  43. The Event That Is Not Included
  44. Now Rather Than Forever
  45. The Pattern Is Not an Accusation
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Cover: LEGOLAND Florida 2026
LEGOLAND Florida 2026The day off with young children. The park is sorted by your child’s age, and it says so.

Being written: 1 chapter so far · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • What LEGOLAND Florida Actually Is
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Cover: Dollywood 2026
Dollywood 2026The Smokies park on its own terms: the coasters, the crafts, the food, the season.

41 chapters · reader, Letter for printing, large print

Inside
  • Why Dollywood, Which Is a Fair Question
  • Four Constraints and What Each One Forced
  • The Best Idea in the Park Is a Wristband
  • A Park That Climbs
Every chapter (41)
  1. Why Dollywood, Which Is a Fair Question
  2. Four Constraints and What Each One Forced
  3. The Best Idea in the Park Is a Wristband
  4. A Park That Climbs
  5. The People Making Things
  6. Who Owns It and Why That Shows
  7. One Park, One Gate
  8. Season Passes and the Arithmetic of Going Twice
  9. Splash Country, and Whether You Need It
  10. What TimeSaver Is and What It Is Not
  11. Golden Hour, and the Hour That Is Actually Free
  12. When It Is Worth It
  13. The Two Resorts and What They Include
  14. Staying in Pigeon Forge Instead
  15. Working Out What the Room Rate Is Really For
  16. The Cinnamon Bread Problem
  17. Dining Plans, Refills and What Is Free
  18. Taking Something Home That Was Made in Front of You
  19. The Loop and How to Walk It
  20. The Train as a Shortcut
  21. Wildwood Grove and What Is New
  22. Splash Country
  23. Mountain Weather Is Different
  24. Building a Day That Survives a Closure
  25. What You Are Owed and What You Are Not
  26. Nearly Everything Is Included
  27. Smoky Mountain Christmas
  28. The One That Is Not Included
  29. Heights, and the Child Who Cannot Ride
  30. Lost, Ill, or Out of Money
  31. Getting There and Getting Out
  32. Cost moves rather than vanishing
  33. Waiting is hidden rather than removed
  34. Infrastructure disguised as entertainment
  35. The gate is the product
  36. Constraint produces invention
  37. The gradient inside one resort
  38. Craft as the product
  39. The event that IS included
  40. Now rather than forever
  41. The pattern is not an accusation
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