Disney Planning Tools
You have found the Disney Planning Tools section of the plan-a-magical-vacation website. This is a collection of spreadsheets, calculators, and other tools that I use when I am planning a Disney World Vacation. I hope you find these planning tools useful!
Check back often – more tools will be added periodically.
Disney Vacation Planning Spreadsheet
Looking for an easy way to plan out your Disney vacation? This Disney planning tool is a spreadsheet that allows you to have all of your vacation information in one place. Simply input whatever you need to keep track of, like travel information, dining and resort information, park hours, extra magic hours, parade times, and show times. Sample and Blank spreadsheets are available to download.
Disney Crowd Levels
A chart showing the Disney crowd levels throughout a typical year. Use the chart as a guide when selecting the week for your vacation.
Currency Converter
You can use this currency converter to easily figure the equivalent value between the currencies of two countries. This Disney planning tool is useful for all international travel, not just Disney-related!
Gas Mileage Calculator
A handy Gas Mileage Calculator that helps you budget for a road trip. Includes a city-to-city mileage calculator as well as a fuel-cost calculator.
Tipping Chart
Use this tipping chart to figure out the tip amount when dining out. Includes 18% and 20% gratuity values. This is one Disney planning tool you should print out and take with you!
Vacation Countdown Calculator
This is a handy little calculator that computes the amount of days until your vacation. Simply enter in your departure date and it will do the rest!
Disney World Weather
A synopsis of the average Orlando weather throughout a typical year. Use the information as a guide when choosing the week for your vacation.
A Cool Tool to Find the Cheapest Airfare
If any of you have ever booked your own airfare, you know what a pain it is to manually check all the different airlines for the best deal. Well, you have got to check out Kayak.com . I was so impressed by this service that I really wanted to pass this info along. Kayak is a travel tool that searches 140+ travel sites all at once and finds the cheapest fares for you – for flights , hotels , and even rental cars . After you get all of the results for your desired travel dates, you can then compare the results from all of the sites together – and there are many ways to filter and sort the results – all done instantly! Hotels searches are also offered, so check it out if you are planning to stay offsite in an Orlando area hotel. You can even buy direct from the airlines or agencies - Kayak is not a travel agent. And of course, Kayak is free!
Tools offered by Google
Google offers a bunch of great software applications - all FREE. The ones I use the most are Google Earth and Picasa. Google Earth is an awesome program that enables you to get aerial views of anywhere on earth. It is very fun (and addicting!) to look at Disney from the sky.
Picasa is a wonderful tool that helps you share and manage all of your digital photos. It automatically locates and organizes all of the photos on your computer - how cool is that! You can then easily edit and add effects to your pictures. Picasa also allows you to share your images through email, prints, and web-based albums.
Both of these tools are fast, easy, and best of all - FREE!
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