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Disney’s most complete but expensive tour is ideal for guests who have to know what makes things tick. The seven-hour visit explores the inner workings of Epcot technology, the art of animation at Disney-MGM Studios, and the Magic Kingdom’s underground operations hub.

A useful, four-to-five hour Magic Kingdom taster tour for guests who’d like to see what’s on offer before they really get started. It gives a basic park orientation as well as a glimpse of some of the usually hidden high-tech magic.

This three-hour tour offers a closer view than most park guests get of Epcot’s multi-cultural treasures.

Kids love this two-hour scavenger hunt in Disney World’s most child-friendly park, the Magic Kingdom. Characters also meet guests at the end of the tour.

Both Disney and Universal offer VIP tours – at a price. Disney’s lets guests create their own itinerary, which could take in one or more parks, meals, golf, spa treatments, and more. The tour includes reserved show seating but not front-of-the-line access to rides. Universal’s five-hour fixed tour offers line-cutting privileges at up to eight rides and shows.

A fascinating three-hour tour through some of the finest landscaping in the theme-park world, as Disney horticulturists describe the gardens and growing techniques used at Epcot.

It’s hard to beat Disney’s Christmas celebration.This three-hour tour gives guests a front-row look at how the four theme parks and Fort Wilderness Lodge resort are transformed into a winter wonderland. Highlights include a candlelight procession and Epcot’s massed choir. This tour is guaranteed to get visitors into the holiday spirit.

During the summer, SeaWorld offers several day programs to suit all budgets. The camps are divided by age from pre-school through 8th grade (13 yrs) and are designed to help kids better understand the marine animal world. There are family sleep-over programs, too.

This is an hour-long tour of SeaWorld’s rescue and rehabilitation efforts (see SeaWorld’s Rescue & Rehabilitation Program). The tour goes through critical-care and quarantine areas, as well as laboratories and surgical units.

SeaWorld’s cold-climate creatures, including beluga whales and the polar bears Klondike and Snow, are the stars of this hour-long tour. It finishes at the avian research facility where guests get to meet and touch a penguin.