Disney World Lines TP Reviews

DisneyWorldLinesTP is supposed to help you plan which is the best time to go to the parks but how many people writing these great reviews looking at the accuracy of their predictions. When you look at the ten day prediction and scroll down you can find a tab that takes you to their actual website. They actually post what the predicted and what the actual crowds were. Much of the time, the crowds were significantly higher than what they predicted.
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I've used DisneyWorldLinesTP several times to plan my visits but it's been more crowded than they predicted every time. I don't mean by my perceptions but when you look the next day to see their reported comparisons they were usually off. Just went to EPCOT yesterday. The predicted a 3, it was actually a 5. Just goes to show there are too many variables that are not predictable and their accuracy in predicting crowds is off to much to justify paying their annual fee. I guess you can use it to determine that when kids are out of school, the parks are busier. But I'm certain most people can figure that out on their own without an app.

We used DisneyWorldLinesTP for our Disney and Universal week 3-4-19 to 3-8-19. It is well laid out, easy to use, and got very good ratings so we confidently expected it would be a great help in planning our days so we could best enjoy the big rides we love.

Unfortunately the information on crowd size and wait times was not only inaccurate it was misleading and steered us wrong time and time again. We’ve been to the parks during low crowd times, so when Universal was predicted to have a 2/10 Tuesday, we changed our plans to attend then — but it was VERY crowded, very difficult to even walk through the streets, and all the wait times for the popular rides were at least 30 to 60 minutes longer than reported. It was even worse during our days at all the Disney parks — crowd sizes were much larger than predicted and wait times were always 40 to 95 minutes longer than reported on DisneyWorldLinesTP . We wasted most of our days in lines, riding only 3 or 4 attractions, partly due to the misleading information presented here.

The apps we’ve used previously were much more accurate. Save yourself the money and the frustration— choose a different app.

I’m trying to make a plan for a few hours now, but the bugs are KILLING ME All of the scroll wheels are 1 tick off. ALL,OF THEM The meal planning/scheduling screen has overlapping fields such that you cannot select the duration of your meal and therefore you cannot optimize. The biggest issue is that my set end time is STUCK on 6pm. I partly think this is the case because I’m scheduling on dates without published park hours but I feel DisneyWorldLinesTP should be able to work through that. Beyond that DisneyWorldLinesTP is great but it needs pictures and summaries of what each attraction is, what each restaurant is, and a small mini map, showing where each attraction is. Also, in the final steps I would love to see an interactive map showing my route that I can click on the stops, get info on the stop including a picture of 360 deg picture would be great

Update: 2 years later, not a flipping thing has changed. DisneyWorldLinesTP is hot garbage. STEAMING PILE OF USELESSNESS

During normal times this is the best app ever for touring anything related to Walt Disney World! We used touring plans for well over a decade, every other year, going to Disney World. So we turned to it again this year(July 2021). Epic fail!!! It’s as if the developers and researchers didn’t do anything to update their app or software or algorithms to handle the lack of fast passes and ride closures as well as increased crowds. The crowd levels were way off as were the wait times! And on one day none of the official wait times were showing in DisneyWorldLinesTP . We had to turn to the crummy Disney app. All of our touring plans were a waste of time. We abandoned DisneyWorldLinesTP at each of the parks and instead turned to the Undercover Tourist app. They have a one day park plan for each of the parks accounting for all of the changes. They also have the updated Disney wait times. It’s not as full featured (no estimated wait times) but it was a better alternative in this case. When things return to normal and when we return to Disney World in a few years, hopefully the developers will have gotten their algorithms back in order. Until then don’t spend much time on DisneyWorldLinesTP.

Overall DisneyWorldLinesTP and associated website were helpful in planning our trip. In the future I think I would use DisneyWorldLinesTP for the itinerary part of the planning, but take the crowd levels and expected wait times with a grain of salt. Unfortunately I think the projected park crowd level was way off for our trip (listing some as a 2 or 3 to see it actually end up being a 6). This in turn ended up making the projected wait times way off (character spot in Epcot projected at a 5 min wait ended up having a posted wait time of 50min and crowd inside to correspond). Even with the crowd/wait time issues the itinerary part was very useful to keep track of what we wanted to do next. My advice would be to not feel like you have to do your itinerary exactly as planned, and to adjust based on wait times (cross check in the actual Disney app) I would also like to see more of the character meet and greets included as options to pick as steps so they show in the itinerary (ie the ones without fastpass lines/wait times). I also did experience some glitchiness when trying to record wait times.

Knowing from prior experience how overwhelming planning a Disney trip is, I originally wanted to work with a Disney travel agent for our first trip with our 1yo and his 3yo friend, but alas we were too late in calling the agents (3 months). So I have spent days going through online sites and various apps. I bought the premium plan for DisneyWorldLinesTP. Overall I think DisneyWorldLinesTP is okay. The plans are doable. My biggest issue is that the user interface is not very friendly. Also it would be nice to have a one stop shop including food options, tour options, and special events like the flower and garden festival. I haven’t found my one stop shop app or website, I ended up manually making our plan using Apple numbers. I used a number of books including Birnbaum’s guide and the 2018 Walt Disney World Dining guide. I have tables for all of our travel reservations and a table for each day at the park. I might enter them into touring plan app just to create a map.

I pay for this service! Therefore I think that updates should constantly be pushed to DisneyWorldLinesTP . The updated UI is awesome and long overdue. I would love DisneyWorldLinesTP to be more of a hub for info while in the parks...is Fantasmic cancelled tonight? There should be somewhere to share that. The chat feature is cool and has a huge following, but it's people asking where they should eat for their trip in a year. I want to have a place to share "live" information about the parks for other people in the parks.

I love DisneyWorldLinesTP though. It's easier to use than the Disney app for show schedules and is always accurate. Thank for all your work TP!

Update: I wrote this several years ago and still true. Touring Plans, you NEED to give the endless people using it as a forum a place to talk about their UPCOMING trips so that the Chat can be about info happening in the Parks that day. Also, did the prices recently skyrocket??

Just like you need to check the weather forecast to plan your day and vacation, you need the Lines forecast to do the same.
Huge ROI! Lines is the easiest tool to help make the most of your time in the parks. It's very easy to create a plan and adjust your itinerary on-the-go when things don't go as planned (which happens to everyone). I really like that DisneyWorldLinesTP will tell you if you will not have enough time to do everything on your plan; it helps you rearrange and optimize your schedule on the go. Ex: we arrived late to the park and lines showed us that we had to remove 2 rides from the plan. Then my friend thought splash mountain was too scary once she saw it, so I removed that ride, added another we wanted to see and Lines told us when and where to be the rest of the day. My friend thinks I'm a Disney genius because even though we were late, we saw all of the best Magic Kingdom attractions and still had time to snag a great spot for Celebrate the Magic and fireworks... I couldn't have done it without Lines's planning tools.

I really wanted to love DisneyWorldLinesTP, hoped it would be the wonder it claimed to be, but it just wasn’t. First of all, crowd level. Yes, it does give the disclaimer that the forecasts are just estimates, but they were way off. Secondly, our customized plan made odd suggestions which clearly showed glitches in the system (like going to the American pavilion in Epcot for a 105 minute wait at 9:00, when World Showcase doesn’t open until 11:00), and finally, it simply was unrealistic to follow. It suggested running back and forth across the park to enjoy attractions on the opposite sides of the park, and still showing us having to wait in line 30-40 minutes for them. That may be fine with adults or older kids, not so much with a younger kid in tow. After the first day, I only used it to check line times and after the second day, I quit using it altogether. The My Disney Experience app and some common sense is all you need. Get there early, ride the popular rides first, and then just relax and have have fun!

I love touring plans, they have really helped us through the years. DisneyWorldLinesTP, however, isn’t helpful when it comes to the menus. The menu offerings are wrong and the prices are off too. Idk how often Disney changes their menus and prices, but I would hope that DisneyWorldLinesTP would be updated more often. We were walking all over blizzard beach looking for the rice bowls that don’t exist and I almost didn’t bring enough cash to Tusker house because the price was $9 per person off!
Wait times for the rides were also about 10-15 minutes longer than DisneyWorldLinesTP said. In fact, the Disney posted wait time was much more accurate.
So what good ? Well everything else is awesome and the site, book and app are always a huge part of trips. Thank you for creating them.

I had no idea the gem I stumbled on when I first signed up to have Touring Plans show me each room at my resort and then fax my room request. Touring plans also does schedule optimizing and attraction filtering. I punch in my kids ages and heights and it shows me what to go see and in what order and what my expected wait time is AND which rides to use my Fastpasses on. Which parks are the best based on crowds for which day. For a Disneyworld virgin it’s been like having a travel agent on my computer. They also have info on literally everything- honest direct info, not the vague pat answers the Disney sites give. So DisneyWorldLinesTP itself is good, but limited in its capabilities. Not surprising considering the back end data they are constantly pinging their server with. The very first thing you should do in your Disney planning, is sign up with Touring Plans.

If you like to sleep late and walk around in the heat of the day and stand in really long lines, DisneyWorldLinesTP will probably still make you a little more comfortable on a Disney trip, but I don’t think we have much in common.

On the other hand, if you like to be at the park at Rope Drop and maximize your touring when other tourists are “sleeping” because they are on “vacation”. If you like to spend more times actually on the most popular attractions instead of waiting in line for them and if you don’t mind a little backtracking or a few extra steps, DisneyWorldLinesTP is a lifesaver.

I also love the menus and the reviews of the hotels, although admittedly I get those in advance of my trips from the printed Unofficial Guides. I make a game out of “optimizing” my Touring Plan when I leave an attraction to see if I can shave two or three minutes off of my schedule. For me, this is fun!

For the rest of you, I still think you would be better armed with the knowledge of how long it takes to walk to a restaurant or an attraction as information is power and at Disney, time is money.

I have read the Unofficial Guides for 24 years and I know I drink the Kool-aid when I say, just once, try the Dumbo-or-Die-in-a-Day plan. It will change your life.

Five stars.

DisneyWorldLinesTP/website is the absolute best tool you can use when planning and visiting Disney parks. I have used it both in Disney World and Universal Studios. Having a plan in place is a must when visiting these parks. DisneyWorldLinesTP/website is worth every penny for the amount of time and stress saved while on vacation. Not only does it help you build an in park touring plan, it will remind you when to book Dining, Fastpasses, etc. Plus you have access to a forum where you can ask other Disney travelers any questions you may have about your vacation. The folks at Touring Plans have collected at least a decade worth of data to bring users the most up to date information and touring plans possible. I use this to plan before my trip, then use while in the parks, updating it as I go for the optimal touring plan. I can’t recommend enough.

This is the fourth time we have made a trip using the Unofficial Guide. Our vacation was so relaxing and fun while using the Lines app in the park as we followed our custom plan. This trip we visited all four Disney parks in Orlando during the last week of March. The crowd levels were at a level 7, 8, and 9 during our days in the parks yet we never waited more than 35 “park minutes” for anything. The majority of the attractions we waited less than 15 minutes!!!! We did get to Animal Kingdom before the park opened so we had to wait for rope drop but made it through Flight of Passage by 9:35 (with 9:00 park opening). I can’t praise this system of touring Disney enough! A bit of planning at home will make so much difference in your touring days at the park. My family was so amazed that we made it through all the attractions we wanted to see with breaks during the day and no long lines! The Unofficial Guide is our best friend for our Orlando vacations - you really get to enjoy your time seeing the attractions vs. standing in line all day. We give it a 5-Star rating!!!

This is the ESSENTIAL app for planning and surviving your trip to Disney. We were locked into a specific Magic Kingdom visit date with no flexibility - one of the busiest days of the year. But with DisneyWorldLinesTP and a subscription to the companion website, we planned out our day and allocated our FastPasses in a way that allowed us to literally breeze through the park.

In all, we did 14 attractions, met Peter Pan, had lunch and a couple of Dole Whips, and shopped for souvenirs between rope drop (8:50am) and 4:30pm. Without running! We were even able to rearrange our touring plan on the fly to accommodate a temporarily closed ride. Even the teenager was impressed with how little time we spent standing in lines.

Granted, you have to exercise a little forethought and commitment, but if you want or need to make the most of your limited time and money, then DisneyWorldLinesTP more than pays for itself.

I’m planning my family’s first trip to Disney World and with 67 days til our trip I found this site. Well worth the $15 for year long access, plus there is no automatic renewal to worry about which is outstanding. There are videos for most every ride, crowd estimates, fastpass+ advice, suggestions for rides based on ages, check lists for the months and days leading up to your trip, sample itineraries and more. There is seriously not one question that I have had that hasn’t been answered. If you can afford to go to Disney, you can afford to spend another $15 and get a year long membership to accompany DisneyWorldLinesTP. They even offer a 45 day money back guarantee so if for some reason your not happy you’re taken care of. I literally never leave reviews but this website/app/membership is amazing, well worth the price for the amount information you get. You won’t regret it. ❤️❤️❤️

If you consider the relationship between amount of minutes in a Disney park and the price of admission, you would easily see that time is not only of the essence for most visitors, but that it is also a pre-paid premium commodity.

With that in mind, DisneyWorldLinesTP is an essential for the best use of your hard-earned minutes in the park. I live locally (within eyesight of the MK fireworks), and my time in the parks could be more whimsical than most - but yet I still feel it imperative to have Testa and Co.’s planning tools, crowd data, and updated schedules on my person in anticipation of a visit to the parks as well as during our many visits each year.

The subscription fee, when considered with the benefits of included time saving tools and information, is easily repaid in the time capital you gain from using DisneyWorldLinesTP and the website. Even more impressively, all of these features are responsibly presented in the form of a simple GUI that is easy enough to use (once you get the hang of it) and better for bandwidth on the Disney guest wireless network. While DisneyWorldLinesTP is certainly more utilitarian than aesthetic, any user will quickly appreciate its responsiveness when making those important last-minute decisions
(like...Splash Mountain, then train or vice versa?)

Many kudos to the team of touringplans for providing an invaluable service on an excellent platform.

I am retired and live in Florida but haven’t been to Disney in a long time because of my military profession. Now that I am not ball and chained to a ship or military base I bought the annual pass to catch up on what I missed at Disney World and catch up on much needed vacations. I did some research and found DisneyWorldLinesTP and their website and I think there is nothing more I need to help me from now on. DisneyWorldLinesTP and the statistical work put into it by statisticians and the input of faithful app users it helps to experience Disney the best way possible by navigating you through the parks to the shortest lines, to know when to skip the rides and enjoy the sights, rest, and eat. The plans are fantastic for those who need help navigating through the day. As a man who used charts, navigation, and landmarks throughout my career, I can say without doubt this is a necessary app for me and anyone who wants to make the most out of every trip to the World of Disney. Well done!

With a newborn and just turned 4-year-old planning a trip to Disney World seems overwhelming, maybe even impossible! Plus, we haven't been to Disney World in over 8 years, and so much has changed in the parks. The touringplans app and website is a lifesaver! It is so EASY to choose which day to go to which park based on crowd level predictions, use a ready- made touring plan for each park with just a few tweaks for our family's preferences, and optimize the plan or check on wait times as your family's schedule might change throughout the day. DisneyWorldLinesTP and website also helpfully tell me which rides I need fast passes for with suggested times to reserve the fast passes. Even though we visited during a moderately crowded time, we rarely waited in a line longer than 10 minutes!
Although the Disney app would not load at times while in the parks, I never had a problem with the touringplans app. You can bet I will use DisneyWorldLinesTP and website for all our future Disney trips!

Unless you want to spend your trip waiting in lines, you need to make sure you're getting the right fast passes and plan your day to avoid the longest lines. Touring plans helps you do that, regardless of whether you're spending the whole day doing as much as you possibly can or you move at a more relaxed pace and enjoy yourself. DisneyWorldLinesTP is a bit hard to use by itself---you really want to set up your plans on the website first. But with disney's current fast pass system you need to do this two months in advance anyway. DisneyWorldLinesTP won't change that if you go when it's crowded you need to follow the plan (and get there early) to avoid long lines, but it's fantastic that you can change things a bit, click "optimize" and have it update your plan based on current lines and what you've actually done, even if you get off the original plan.