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Have an upcoming trip? Just daydreaming about planning a new vacation to Walt Disney World? Then you're in the right place!

Feel free to post your questions or comments to your fellow planners, but before you do, there are a few things to know about participating in this forum. Please review the following before posting:

CHOOSING THE PROPER FORUM
Per the board guidelines, we ask that you try to pick a forum that most closely relates to the topic(s) of your post(s), as several forum categories may apply. Sometimes topics overlap, but Jennifer and Dave have done a really good job at creating areas specifically tailored to most of the popular subjects, so picking one forum over another, when this happens, will generate great responses from the community.

Popular topics that sometimes get posted here in Planning have more appropriate locations elsewhere on the boards. Every forum has a description, either in its title or by its listing on the main page, as to what subjects are being discussed within it. Using these descriptions to help you decide if your own post would benefit from that forum will help alleviate any moves by the Guides.

That being said, here is a list of some recurring topics, along with where they are better-suited for posting:

• Technological discussions, such as those concerning MyDisneyExperience, FastPass+, MagicBands, MyMagic+, MemoryMaker (for Photopass), and Apps, belong in Using Disney Tech;
• Trip countdowns belong in The Porch;
• PTRs (Pre-Trip Reports) belong in one of the following, depending on where you are heading:
  • Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports;
  • DL: Sharing the Adventure: Disneyland Trip Reports;
  • Sharing Your Adventure: Disney Cruise Reports; or
  • Globetrotting: General Trip Reports; and
• Topics concerning the kids, romance, or running around Disney without the kids all have a great destination location within our sub-forums here in Planning:
  • Disney For Kids;
  • Disney For Romance; or
  • Disney for Adults.

Typically, topics that are deemed more appropriate for other areas of the board are moved by us, the Guides, based on our knowledge of the topic being discussed. Because we occasionally have to do this, we ask that you don't worry too much if it happens to one of your posts. It's simply our "job" to ensure that your questions, comments, requests, etc. are benefiting from the best possible audience.

It's also important to keep in mind that it doesn't matter if a forum is at the top of the main page or down near the bottom; every forum gets plenty of traffic from people who are interested in that very subject. It's this very purpose for the different forums (and subsequent moves, if necessary) -- to give topics exposure to those audiences who are most likely pretty knowledgeable and/or interested in what you're discussing, or else they wouldn't be visiting that section of the message boards.

NAMING/CREATING TITLES FOR YOUR POSTS
When giving your new post a title, it's important to keep in mind that the more specific and informative the title is, the more likely others are going to open your post. Additionally, our search function (and those of search engines like Google, etc.) are greatly enhanced when the titles are clear.

For example, rather than just titling your post "CRT question," it would be better to use "Is Belle at Cinderella's Royal Table (CRT) breakfast?" That way, readers know if they have an answer for you (and searchers know if your post might contain the answer they are looking for).

Also, only using acronyms is problematic, as many newer readers don't know them yet. In the example above, the restaurant name, as well as its acronym in parentheses, was provided to make it easily understood.

Note that, with unclear or incomplete post titles, the Guides are likely to come in and make changes in order to help others find what they're looking for. Any Guide changes are usually denoted with brackets. However, please note that Guides do not change the original language of a title (unless there's a typo); instead we merely add more information with the use of the brackets.

Again, if this should happen to a post of yours, please understand that it is simply being done as a function to further help the boards and the membership.

So, from your Guides, we thank you for your understanding, and we'll see you around the boards!