Legal
Terms and privacy.
Plain language, because you should know what you are agreeing to. Effective October 12, 2026.
Terms of use
Who we are
The Happiest Planner is published by Mouse Money, a business operated by Katherine Tarbox in Miami, Florida ("we"). It is an independent planning tool. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney World Resort, or any of their affiliates. Disney, Walt Disney World, park, resort, restaurant and attraction names belong to their owners and are used only to identify them.
What the service is
The planner helps you estimate and organize a Walt Disney World trip: tickets, resort, dining, park days, Lightning Lane, packing and a budget. Every figure is labeled Published, Estimate or Yours, as explained on the Methodology page. Figures are not quotes. Prices, hours, availability, height requirements and policies are set by Disney and change without notice. You are responsible for confirming everything in Disney's own checkout before you buy anything.
Free use and the Ultimate purchase
The intake questions and the When to go guide (month-by-month weather, crowd and price ratings, and the read on your dates or month) are free, with no card and no account. Everything else in the planner is part of Ultimate: a one-time purchase of $49 (launch price) for one trip, handled by Stripe, and stored in the browser you buy it in. What Ultimate includes is listed on the When to go page before you pay.
No refunds
All sales are final. Because the free guide and the full list of what Ultimate includes are shown before you pay, we do not offer refunds, in whole or in part, for any reason, including a changed or cancelled trip, a different browser or device, or dissatisfaction with an estimate. If a purchase fails technically (you were charged and the unlock never appeared), email hello@thehappiestplanner.com with your Stripe receipt and we will restore the unlock.
Your plan lives in your browser
There are no accounts. Your answers, trip, saved meals, packing checks and unlock are stored in your browser's local storage. Clearing site data, using a private window, or switching devices means the plan is not there. Print or save your budget as a PDF if you want a copy.
Acceptable use
Do not scrape, resell or redistribute the data, attack the service, or use it to build a competing dataset. Wait-time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki under terms that do not permit redistribution.
No warranty, limited liability
The service is provided as is. We do not warrant that any estimate, hour, price or recommendation is accurate or current. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim related to the service is limited to the amount you paid us, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including the cost of a trip. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits; where that is the case they apply to the extent permitted.
Affiliate links
Gear links go to Amazon through the Amazon Associates program. We may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
Changes and governing law
We may update these terms and will change the effective date above when we do. Florida law governs these terms, and any dispute will be heard in the state or federal courts in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Privacy policy
What we collect
Very little. We do not have accounts, so we do not collect your name or email unless you write to us. Your trip plan stays in your browser; we do not see it.
What leaves your browser
- Weather: your trip dates are sent to our server, which asks Visual Crossing for the forecast. No identifier is attached.
- Live wait times: the park name is sent to our server, which asks ThemeParks.wiki. No identifier is attached.
- Ask the planner: what you type in the chat is sent to our server and then to Anthropic, which runs the AI model, to work out your dates, party and preferences. Do not type anything you would not want sent to a third party. We do not store chat transcripts.
- Payment: checkout happens on Stripe's pages. Stripe collects your card and email and is the controller of that data under its own privacy policy. We receive a confirmation that the purchase succeeded and a session identifier, nothing else.
- Hosting: the site runs on Netlify, which keeps standard server logs (IP address, pages requested) for a short period for security.
- Affiliate links: clicking a gear link takes you to Amazon with our tracking ID; Amazon's privacy policy applies there.
Cookies and tracking
We do not run advertising trackers or analytics cookies. Local storage is used only to keep your plan on your device.
Children
The service is for adults planning a trip. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Your rights and contact
Because we hold almost nothing about you, most requests are answered by clearing your browser's site data. For anything else, including a copy or deletion of any email you sent us, write to hello@thehappiestplanner.com.