Tour/Extras recommendations?

[lukacseven]

I have been visiting WDW the past several years for the January marathon weekend. I am traveling with a group of adults - we've already booked Kidani Village for 2011 and have a declining interest in certain parks/attractions. I am seeking recommendations for some of the behind the scenes tours and other things to do on property beside the regular theme park admission. We've already done the Behind the Seeds tour at The Land and Divequest. We've done Cirque de Solei and Disneyquest.

I know AK offers some tours, and of course, the famous MK underground tunnel tour. Please let me know what else you may have done that might be interesting/fun and what we may want to avoid.

 

[wdwmagic]

Check out http://www.wdwmagic.com/Tours.htm for some reviews.

Keys to the Kingdom and Undiscovered Future World are my favs.

 

[Andrew54]

Keys to the Kingdom looks awesome. We really should take the time to check that one out. Dont you get a small tour under the MK? Its just soo long though

 

[DisneyGator]

Keys to the Kingdom is WELL worth the time and money! I enjoyed it so much that I have actually done it twice, and I would do it again! They do take you into the tunnels (the utilidors) for a little while, and you get to go to some backstage areas as well. You learn a lot and see some pretty cool things, and the tour guides are great (see if Tiny is available for your tour, you will get a comedy show along with your tour--he is hilarious). I have also done Behind the Seeds and DiveQuest--I don't know many others who have done DiveQuest, but I thought that was a really cool experience as well. Good luck!

 

[WishIwasThere]

I've done behind the seeds and Keys to the Kingdom. I would recommend both tours to anyone interested. Keys was awesome, the fact and info you learn was quite astounding and the four hours just flew by.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

All the tours have merit and are worth doing if you have had a few visits cause its interesting how much you miss or pay little attention to.

Keys is indeed good, the tunnels are worth it for novelty factor if nothing else.
Undiscovered Future World not bad too much time I felt was spent in normal areas,

Backstage Safari was a very good balance


Sadly the best tour Hidden Secrets of World Showcase was stopped just after we did it.

 

[WDW 3]

We had a whole day without anything to do so we took the Back Stage Magic tour and it was great. Long but great. Make sure you have the Disney Visa because you save 20%.

 

[disneygirl76]

I have been visiting WDW the past several years for the January marathon weekend. I am traveling with a group of adults - we've already booked Kidani Village for 2011 and have a declining interest in certain parks/attractions. I am seeking recommendations for some of the behind the scenes tours and other things to do on property beside the regular theme park admission. We've already done the Behind the Seeds tour at The Land and Divequest. We've done Cirque de Solei and Disneyquest.

I know AK offers some tours, and of course, the famous MK underground tunnel tour. Please let me know what else you may have done that might be interesting/fun and what we may want to avoid.

We did Keys to the Kingdom last summer at MK and it was awesome! Definitely recommend this tour!

 

[alanbrai]

The Magic Behind Our Steam Trains that is if you do not mind getting up early. this is a great opportunity to get up close to the engines and see the round house. I really enjoyed it and i am not a train enthusiast. I am going to do it again someday.

 

[sarajo]

My DH and I did the Around the World on a Segway tour at EPCOT a couple years ago. LOVED IT! It was so much fun and really interesting, especially if you've never ridden on a Segway before. I would love to do it again.

 

[lisa2465]

I have done the Keys to the Kingdom tour, Behind the Seeds, Segway around the world and the Holiday D'lites tours. All the tours where well worth the costs. This year I am going to do the Segway around the world again since it was cut a little short last year due to rain. I am also going to try the Backstage Safari, hopefully I should have a good review in the near future.

 

[Babylon Control]

I've done Backstage Safari (AK), Wild by Design (AK), Keys to the Kingdom (MK), Mickey's Magical Milestones (MK), Backstage Magic (MK, Epcot and DHS), Dolphins in Depth (Epcot) and Yuletide Fantasy. All of these tours were well worth the money. We're planning to do Undiscovered Future World next June.

You need to be careful with Magic Behind Our Steam Trains. It isn't always offered at all times throughout the year.