Disney

"- Parking is very easy. They direct you very well and there is a "train" that comes around and picks everyone up. It is great. I've never had to wait very long, and they make it extremely easy and pleasant.

- Crowds. I haven't been to the Magic Kingdom since I was 14, but we frequently went to other parks (Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, etc.) the week after Christmas. I don't recall the crowds being too bad. Definitely make use of the "FAST PASS" feature - you stick your park admission card in a machine for a certain ride, and it prints you a fast pass for an admission time a bit later. You may still have a line, but it is by far better than the regular line. You can only have one fast pass out at a time. It's a great way to get on a popular ride. Sometimes we waited too late in the day and ended up near an attraction we wanted to see, only to find all the fast passes gone at that point in the day and the line incredibly long, so we had a decision to make - skip it or wait in the big line...

- I've never used a park hopper, but we usually have so much we want to do in one park on one day since we were local. I think if you are there multiple days it might be worth it so you can finish up a few things at a park you were at the day before, and move on. But others might have more opinions on that.

- number of days. Magic Kingdom is a must with kids (I didn't have kids so we did not go), Animal Kingdom and Epcot are my next favorites. I thought Animal Kingdom would just be a zoo sort of thing, but it is so great!!! I love it there and could go back all the time (in fact I did when I lived there!). Great river rapids ride, the Safari is incredible.

- I don't know anything about a meal plan. We just ate wherever we saw that we were when we were hungry."