Your Guide to Walt Disney World’s most expensive and exclusive tour – a Private VIP Tour
Through our travel agency (Wish Upon a Star with Us Travel) Brittany and I, along with her parents, were able to take a private Walt Disney World VIP tour. We had the most amazing experience and want to share all of the details with you!
What is a Private VIP Tour?
A VIP tour is a private guided tour at Walt Disney World. A VIP Tour will take your experience to the next level. It includes a first class level of service, skipping the lines and getting whisked away in a luxury vehicle; all with your own private guide for the day. Entrances to the parks and waiting in line for attractions? Don’t worry about those! Your guide will escort you through private entrances to select rides and drop you off “behind the scenes”. This allows you to save time when moving around the parks AND makes you feel like a VIP.
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The Basics:
- Completely customized itinerary for your family
- Highly Knowledgeable Disney VIP Tour Guide
- Flexible start time with a minimum time required (see below)
- Backstage access
- Ability to skip the lines for just about any experience at Walt Disney World
- Private vehicle to take you where you please
- Private VIP access to special firework viewing areas
VIP Tours Include:
- Pre-planning services
- Skip the line access
- Transportation once your tour starts
- VIP guide
- Some snacks and bottled water
VIP Tours Do Not Include:
- Full meals
- Park Tickets
- Parking
Things to Know
- All VIP tours require a valid theme park ticket and a Park Pass reservation. If you plan on doing multiple parks in your VIP tour, you will need to have a Park Hopper ticket. Upon arrival at your first park of the day you will scan your ticket/MagicBand and be set for the rest of the day!
- All private VIP tours have a minimum tour duration of 7 continuous hours. You can add extra time onto this, up to a maximum of 10 hours.
- Private Disney World VIP tours allow up to 10 guests per guide including infants. If your party is larger than that, you will need to book a second VIP tour guide.
How much does a Private VIP tour cost at Walt Disney World?
The prices change depending on the season, but guests can expect to pay $425 to $850 an hour. During peak travel times (like the winter holidays and spring break) expect that price to be at or near the top. If you want to keep costs on that lower end, we recommend traveling during non-peak times. Prices can vary by the week, but we generally recommend September, January, and February as some good off-peak times.
- Do I need to tip my Disney VIP Tour Guide?
You are not required to tip, but it is customary. The general recommendation would be to tip 10-20% of your tour cost.
- The level of service you will experience on a Disney World VIP tour is second to none. The day is designed around you and your family. If you want to ride Dumbo all day, then that is what your guide is going to make happen. Want to get from one section of the park to another? Backstage entrances and otherwise Cast Member-only areas become your golden ticket to getting across the parks effortlessly. That gets you to riding your next attraction quickly!
Our Disney VIP Tour Experience
During our VIP tour we chose to visit 3/4 parks. We felt like we got to do so much because of how fast we got to attractions! Our guide picked us up at the Polynesian, where we were staying. He escorted us to a black SUV that was waiting to whisk us away. This is something I had never experienced at Walt Disney World before! I will warn you, once you experience a Disney VIP tour you won’t want to go back to the normal way of experiencing the parks! These tours will change the way you want to experience the parks going forward.
Being the Disney veterans we are, we knew exactly which rides we wanted to hit and the order. If you are family that hasn’t experienced Walt Disney World or maybe has not been in quite some time, a VIP guide is right there ready to help make recommendations. Not only that, but throw out that park map; your guide is going to escort you in the quickest way possible to those rides so there is no worry about navigating the parks. This is extremely helpful to my traveling families, especially those who worry about missing something during their visit to Walt Disney World.
Hollywood Studios
We headed to Hollywood Studios first, where we were dropped off at the back side of Sunset Boulevard. We were greeted by Cast Members holding baskets full of snacks for us! Chocolate, starbursts, chips, you name it! They also scanned our MagicBands for entry to the park. We grabbed some snacks and bottled water and headed into Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster through a back entrance. The first time walking into a Disney park not through a main entrance is a surreal experience, one I hope many of you get to experience firsthand for yourselves. No photos are allowed in any of these backstage areas so it’s not something many ever get to see.
Epcot
After doing the highlights at Hollywood Studios, we headed over to Epcot. We hopped back in our SUV and entered through a backstage area near Test Track. Ever wondered how they fix up those cars? A lot of it is done right there behind the ride. We could see them working on some of the cars in their own little shops! After Test Track, we exited once again and drove to a back entrance of the World Showcase to ride Frozen. It’s pretty cool to get to see what the other side of the parks look like. During these tours, you really do get to see how Disney makes some of the magic come to life. Again we drove instead of walking across the park to get to Soarin’, getting to see yet another backstage area.
Animal Kingdom
After leaving Epcot, we ended our day with going over to Animal Kingdom. Our plan was to finish out our tour with a ride on Kilimanjaro Safari and Flight of Passage. We actually ended up having time to do Flight of Passage twice! When our guide parked near Festival of the Lion King, we got to see yet another backstage area. We even saw some performers doing their warm ups for the show! All throughout the day, our guide also shared tips and fun facts with us.
Ready to Plan a Walt Disney World VIP Tour?
All in all, we had probably the most magical day at Walt Disney World we could have ever asked for. There was no stress, no planning, no worry. With how much planning I do for my clients on a daily basis, I can definitely say this is by far the best way to experience a truly-hassle free day at Walt Disney World.
If those price points aren’t in your budget but you still want an expert’s help in planning your amazing visit to Walt Disney World, you can fill out a contact form here. Whether or not you are planning to do a VIP tour, we strongly encourage having a Travel Advisor in your corner. We help with all the other details, like selecting the perfect resort for your family, transportation, park details, and will even help with setting up your VIP tour itself. I help hundreds of families a year make the most of their vacations and I want to help you do the same! My planning services are complimentary for all guests who book through their trip with me.
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