MOG is Mickey's of Glendale - its a store to buy all kinds of special Disney items that are not available to the public.@atlmgm-One of my friends and I were thinking about doing this trip in a year or two after there is vaccine and life returns to a new normal. What is "MOG?" It is an abbreviation that I am not familiar with. We were planning on extending our trip for a night or two. Do you know if we can stay in the same room if we extend and book a room in the same hotel or if we would have to change rooms and/or hotels? When you are exploring the park on your own do you get fastpasses for specific rides or are they multi-experience fastpasses (you get to pick which ride to use them on.)
If you book the extension yourself, it's a "maybe" on being able to stay in the same room. Same thing with post-trip transportation to the airport. The room thing is up to the hotel, and the policy on the transportation changes all the time and from trip to trip. You'd have to check with ABD for your specific situation. If you book the extension through ABD, you'll get to stay in the same room and get the transportation from there to the airport for sure.@atlmgm-One of my friends and I were thinking about doing this trip in a year or two after there is vaccine and life returns to a new normal. What is "MOG?" It is an abbreviation that I am not familiar with. We were planning on extending our trip for a night or two. Do you know if we can stay in the same room if we extend and book a room in the same hotel or if we would have to change rooms and/or hotels? When you are exploring the park on your own do you get fastpasses for specific rides or are they multi-experience fastpasses (you get to pick which ride to use them on.)
The ABD Rep told me that if I want additional days, I would have to book them by myself, but I would like to let ABD know - so they can provide the transportation for me.If you book the extension yourself, it's a "maybe" on being able to stay in the same room. Same thing with post-trip transportation to the airport. The room thing is up to the hotel, and the policy on the transportation changes all the time and from trip to trip. You'd have to check with ABD for your specific situation. If you book the extension through ABD, you'll get to stay in the same room and get the transportation from there to the airport for sure.
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Cool thread. I just looked at this adventure and thought it’d be a really fun one to do someday. Seeing the history of Disney would be amazing. Gonna follow along and soak up the advice and stories from others.Weare booking our first ABD trip for the Backstage Magic Oct 24th, 2021. Anyone have any tips, good advice any help for first timers?
We have done four ABDs with the first when our kids were 11 and 9. I know some on the board have done it, but I think 5 would be a tough age for any of the ABDs due to the fast pace and fairly fixed schedule. The DL ABD in particular would be tough with that age as the child would likely want to run off and experience rides and the parks right away rather than doing the backstage tours with narration that happen before you experience the attraction on this tour. When we did the Backstage Magic Trip my kids were 13 and 11 and had been to DL many, many times. They are also very much "Disney Freaks" and interested in the history. I think the kids bonded the most on this trip than any of our ABDs as they all shared the deep love of Disney History. I highly recommend this trip, but personally I would not do it with a kiddo that age. I would do a splurge trip to Disneyland and stay at the Grand Calif. Hotel (our favorite and so convenient for coming back for a rest) and use some of the money you would have spent on the ABD to hire a private guide for the day - not the same as the ABD experience but it will give you a deluxe experience and you can tailor the day to your and your kids interests.
IMHO, this wouldn't be a good fit for the youngsters. We've done it ~5 times and, while there are certainly things they will find interesting, on the whole its aimed at a bit older crowd. Yes, there is much, especially DL/DCA that will appeal to them, but even then there is lots of back-stage technical stuff that won't be of interest.Does anyone have thoughts or experiences of doing this with a young child (5, 5.5 years old)?
Thank you so much for this - it is really helpful. I emailed ABD and they basically said the same for the Cali trip (which does make me wonder why they don't raise the age....). We would totally have a blast in California and DL on our own!
What age do you think is good generally for ABD's? We have travelled quite a bit on our own in Europe, but never with our child [in Europe], and like the idea of something kid friendly.
She is actually a great traveller (she forced us to wait in looonnngg lines for her 3rd bday when in WDW this January - so despite being a stubborn and energetic child she has more patience than us!).