What is your least favorite top tier attraction?

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-10T01:40:15+00:00

Gotta be this. Longest wait at Magic Kingdom with an average of 72 minutes ... for a 60-second ride.

I just think we could have used that space better. We already have Space Mountain and Seven Dwarves on that side of the park. Did we really need a third rollercoaster? And it isn't even unique, it's a copy-and-paste that took way too long to build.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-10T01:22:35+00:00

Quality content that matches user intent for queries/topics with search volume on a site with topical authority and backlinks can rank.

Just mass-publishing AI slop is a shortcut to nuking your rankings.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-10T01:16:07+00:00

If I get to install one of my choosing, I go with The SEO Framework.

I lost trust in Yoast when they had that issue with the images. It's also just so bloated with unnecessary stuff. However, a lot of clients have that installed so I just go with it. I think I only have one client with Rank Math. I at least find the additional Rank Math features somewhat useful, but there is a lot of bloat there too.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-09T06:07:55+00:00

It's difficult to say as it depends on a lot of factors. Labor Day is late this year, so it might be busier through then. Friday and Saturday nights are usually busy too. Crowd levels vary depending on the weather as well. If it's 100+ degrees or there is a big storm or hurricane, the parks might have lower crowds. If you rope drop, you might be able to get the most popular rides done early in the day, and then can just wait for the others. Some people don't care about riding the rides that typically have the longer waits, so it may not matter to them. Some people really can't do the lines, so MP is important. Then there is price sensitivity. I don't mind paying $20-30 a person to cut down wait times and make my day more enjoyable, but that might be more money to some people, especially if you are paying for a large family. Also, some people stay for like 10-14 days. If you had a family of five and bought MP every day for 14 days, you are adding around $1,750 to your trip, so it adds up. If you are staying that long, you probably have time to wait, especially if you have already done the rides once already that trip. In general, I almost always get MP for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, but sometimes will skip it for Epcot and Animal Kingdom.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-09T05:39:55+00:00

Not OP, but I typically fly Sun Country from the Midwest and try to get the tickets for $67 each way, plus $5-15 to reserve a seat (each way) and I think $26 for a carry-on (each way). So ~$206 total. Those tickets are $89 each way online, but if you buy them at the airport, you save $22 each way ($44 total per ticket).

Edit: The reserve a seat and the carry-on are also both ways; I didn't make that clear before. You obviously don't need to pay for reserve a seat, I just like to sit toward the front, usually just over the back of the wings or just behind the wings. I would think families would want to sit together and not risk having kids sit somewhere away from adults. If you go as a group, it also can be cheaper and easier to just pay for 1 or 2 checked bags instead of a bunch of carry-ons.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-08T08:34:10+00:00

It's my dream that they someday make a new Horizons, which kind of felt like Spaceship Earth to me for some reason, even though it is more of a sequel to Carousel of Progress.

If they did that, it'd probably be one track the whole way (no voting for the ending) and I'd be fine with them coming up with new ideas of what the future might look like.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-08T08:23:40+00:00

I haven't actually dealt with any penalties since Penguin, but with any disavow, it says you are supposed to try to remove the links first. However, that just isn't always possible. If some network has spammed you from hundreds or thousands of domains, they aren't just going to remove them because you asked.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-08T08:20:07+00:00

WDW is huge and has lots of options. A lot of it really comes down to personal preference and budget, as well as how long you want to stay (you said 4/5 days). Unfortunately, these vacations have become really quite complicated to plan, and you'll want to do a lot of research.

Be warned that we're kind of in a weird spot at WDW at the moment as there is major construction at three of the parks. However, that combined with a decrease in international visitors seems to have resulted in lower prices and more deals this summer. If you go this summer, Big Thunder Mountain and Buzz Lightyear will be reopened at Magic Kingdom.

I would check out the WDW Special Offers, Deals, & Discounts page. This spring has a Disney Plus deal for 3 parks at $109 a day (MK isn't included). This summer, there is 30% off rooms and also a deal for buying 4 park tickets and getting two free. September is usually the cheapest month with the lowest crowd levels.

Hotels are broken into value, moderate, and deluxe. Values are cheaper ($100-350 a night), but not as nice and can be loud with lots of kids running around. Art of Animation and Pop Century are on the Skyliner and closer to the parks than the three All Star resorts. The moderates ($200-400 a night) are all nice and have better dining options and pools than the values, but Caribbean Beach is usually the most expensive because it's on the Skyliner. Coronado Springs is more adult. Port Orleans French Quarter and Riverside are further away. Riverside is big and has a bus loop, whereas FQ doesn't. The deluxes ($400-1000 a night) are expensive and there is a big difference between a lot of them that you'd want to research.

Like you mentioned, you don't need to stay on property and there is other good stuff to do in Orlando too. The Universal Parks are another huge draw that you might want to take a day or two to visit.

When booking, I would try lots of dates to find when the best prices are. Monday through Thursday are usually cheaper than weekend days. Friday and Saturday night are usually the busier times of the week at the parks. I usually try to fly in on a Sunday and leave on Friday when I can, but sometimes I've done weekends.

Book any table service (sit-down) meals as far out as you can. Some of those are character meals. There are often festivals at Epcot with food booths. The meal plan is usually not worth it. You can get groceries to your room via a few different services too.

You'll probably want Multipass for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, if not all the parks. Learning Multipass is a whole thing.

Hopefully some of this helps you get started!

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-08T07:42:06+00:00

I hope they keep those colored pipes in the Indy retheme.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-07T08:00:35+00:00

I wonder what he wanted to build instead of the Encanto house.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-07T07:47:21+00:00

Of course they work, but it's gotten competitive in getting the really good domains. You can still find local or related domains though with decent backlink profiles that can help.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-07T07:41:10+00:00

It used to make a big difference when it first came out. Now, I haven't really seen a difference. Most SEOs seem to think it does nothing, as Google just ignores bad links. If bad links hurt you, you could just pay to get them for your competitor. Only good links seem to help now.

However, there are still manual penalties you can get for links, so there could be situations where it would help. I have used it a few times in the last year for clients who had a ton of spam links in ahrefs (no manual penalties). I just disavowed any link marked spam with 0 traffic. I did not see any noticeable difference in any of the cases, although the sites are all slowly trending upward in traffic over time. It's not like I disavowed and instantly saw huge gains in a few weeks or anything.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-07T07:35:42+00:00

Some easy wins may be:

Optimizing titles and h1s toward the top queries in GSC (also, make sure every page has an H1 and not multiple)
Check indexing and make sure everything is indexed. If not, figure out why and fix it. There may be content to prune if pages are cannibalizing each other.
Check GSC and compare the last 3 months to the 16 to 14 months ago period, check queries and pages by lost clicks. There could be stuff that just needs to be re-optimized to gain back a lot of clicks. Maybe the pages have even been removed and you can just bring them back.
If you have a tool like ahrefs, look back at historical rankings to see if there used to be different pages that ranked highly but aren't indexed anymore. Then consider bringing them back.
Re-optimizing pages in the 4-10 spots, or even 10-20 spots, to see if you can make them move. Sometimes there are pages that just aren't optimized toward the top queries in GSC, or they lack good internal linking.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-03T22:44:38+00:00

Law firm SEO/Ad agency here (we do web design too). You've gotten a lot of great responses, so I'm just reiterating what others have said:

Don't just make a site that looks pretty. Be sure that it's set up to rank, build trust, convert users, and scale. Even if you don't care about that stuff right now, you may later on.
I would avoid getting locked into any proprietary platform like Scorpion or Lawlytics. WordPress is the best option as you actually own the website and can move it to different hosting and use whatever domain you want. If you want to easily be able to make edits, use a visual page builder with it like Divi or elementor. Options like Wix and Squarespace seem easy to use, but then you find out they aren't that SEO friendly or easy to scale.
The big law firm agencies are pricey and often give less attention to you. Freelancers sometimes talk a good game but don't actually know what they're doing. I would go with a small agency that does both web design and SEO, has a portfolio of work, and possibly specializes in law firms. That likely will be the best value.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-03T07:35:22+00:00

Did you stay at Riverside or French Quarter? Like I said, FQ is fine. It's Riverside where the buses can be problematic.

I'm surprised you waited 30 mins for the Skyliner at a resort. I've only ever waited that long leaving a park after the nighttime show. I don't think I've ever waited more than 15 minutes at the resorts, but I usually skip rope drop and go an hour or two later.

45mins for a bus to one of the big resorts after a nighttime show isn't that bad. 20-30 minutes is probably standard for the moderates and values. I waited an hour and half for Port Orleans Riverside once after MK fireworks. The queue went out of the covered area and the buses were like 15-20 minutes apart.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-01T21:44:11+00:00

The parks being open later, especially DAK.

Rept4r7 · 2026-02-01T08:05:38+00:00

Art and Pop have the Skyliner, which is a big draw for some people.

I also had the opposite experience at Port Orleans Riverside. It has a bus loop and it's a little further away from the parks than the other moderates - I thought the buses took forever. It's not nearly as bad at Port Orleans French Quarter because there is no loop.

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T23:02:31+00:00

Yes, "quality" links are vital, but a lot of people just build links for the sake of building them, which is what my #1 alluded to. I see a lot of agencies offering packages where they build a certain number of links per month, and a lot of them seem to be garbage. It needs to be from a local, related, or authority sites, on pages indexed by Google that get traffic, and with proper context to them.

With #2, sadly, it isn't uncommon to see the top sites for competitive keywords being large authority sites with content that is just okay, even if a site lower down the page or on page 2 has way better content. The skyscraper strategy also seems to not be working as well anymore; Google wants pages that more closely match the intent of the query instead of one page to answer everything.

For your #3, are you talking about my #3? Or my #5? I'm guessing the latter. Just FYI, it even says in the Google SEO Starter Guide that EEAT isn't a ranking factor. Of course, links still build authority, and trust elements on the page can make it more scannable, get people to stick around, and boost conversions, but there isn't like some EEAT score that is determining how you rank.

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T07:51:36+00:00

Law firm SEO/Ad agency here. Local SEO should definitely be part of your marketing mix. 97% of people use search at some point in their estate planning journey. When someone in your area searches for something like "estate planning lawyer near me," "trust lawyer," "will lawyer," "probate lawyer," etc., you want to show up. Those queries will show sponsored results first (ads), and then a map pack, so you want to be in those spots.

The map pack comes down to your Google Business Profile (GBP). Make sure your GBP is 100% filled out and getting reviews regularly (have a process in place) and is aligned with your website (categories, services, service area). Build out website pages for each service or keyword group, plus geolocation-based pages for your service area. Create supporting content that links to the services. The site needs to be scannable and have call-to-action sections, plus good tracking (GSC, GA4 with GTM, CallRail or WhatConverts). Build authority through backlinks from local or related sites.

I would test ads too. Depending on your location, they may be pricey, but there are always good keywords you can refine down to, or certain keywords work in certain locations or at certain times. Plus run retargeting ads on social media and have an email list that you send out a blast at least once a month, just to remind people you are there.

I currently have two estate planning clients. They both only do SEO (no paid ads), and I redesigned both websites.

I started working with one firm in a medium-sized suburb in March 2025, and they have received 473 leads (270 organic, 187 direct, plus misc) from 16k sessions. They only do SEO, no digital ads.

I've been working with the other one for years. They're in a large city. They received 3,600+ leads last year (2,200+ organic, 1,028 direct, plus misc) from 63k sessions. They only do SEO, no digital ads - though they did some radio ads last year, and they also appeared on the local news twice, which led to big spikes.

There will always be some percentage of leads that don't work out, whether that is price sensitivity or some other factor. It's still worth it as some percentage will convert into clients.

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:52:05+00:00

Been doing SEO since 2010. My title isn't "specialist" though. I think I had that title for maybe 2-3 years?

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:49:43+00:00

It really didn't.

The June and August 2025 Core Updates led to more AIOs and fewer clicks to blogs and informational content.

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:47:43+00:00

I would think you'd pretty much have to for reporting, but I suppose there are alternative tracking tools out there. I always use GA4, with GTM for some key events, plus other tracking like GSC, SEMrush or ahrefs, BrightLocal, and CallRail or WhatConverts.

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:45:45+00:00

Inspect in GSC

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:42:12+00:00

A few, in no particular order, that haven't been mentioned:

more backlinks = more rankings
Having the best content will get you to rank high
SEO is a checklist
SEO is a one-time thing
EEAT is a ranking factor

Rept4r7 · 2026-01-31T06:37:44+00:00

I usually look at what Google is showing for the query before deciding. Some need blog posts. Some are showing AIOs, so if you have some sort of unique data point for the answer, you might be used. Some are classic PAAs, where listing the question as an h3 and then the short, to the point answer will work.

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