My party of 7 paid $4,200 for a Disney World VIP tour that took us to 3 parks in one day. Here's what it was like and why it was worth it."

Each VIP tour can accommodate up to 10 guests, and the group gets a specially trained tour guide to bring them around the parks. The minimum time for a tour is seven hours, but you can reserve up to 10.

Prices vary from $450 to $900 an hour depending on the season. If you go over your allotted time, you'll be billed for it.

All VIP tours require valid theme-park admission, which is not included in the price of the tour. You'll also need to make a park reservation through the Disney World website.

For our tour, we decided we wanted to focus on riding attractions at three of the theme parks.

We opted to start our tour at 2 p.m. so we could end by watching the fireworks from the VIP viewing area at Magic Kingdom.

Our tour guide, Shelby, texted me at 1:50 p.m. to meet her at the stroller services inside Epcot after we entered the park. We were cheerfully greeted by her, and then she asked us about our must-dos for the next seven hours.

Our first ride of the day was Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Epcot. Once we were finished there, we left Epcot through a backstage door and were taken to our van for the day.

Private transportation is included in your tour, be it to and from your resort or between the parks.

As VIP-tour guests, we got to travel through the "backstage" employee areas of the parks.

In no time, we arrived at Hollywood Studios and were greeted with a complimentary snack basket full of chips, protein bars, and Mickey-shaped marshmallow treats, which was a fun little surprise. I grabbed a Mickey treat and was giddy as a child.

Our tour guide also stopped to get us all bottles of water, which were also included in the cost of the tour. Anytime we needed water or a drink, she'd stop and get it for us.

Pro tip: Full meals are not included in the price of the tour, and make sure you account for that time because the clock doesn't stop.

While we were at Hollywood Studios, we rode Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Toy Story Midway Mania, and Tower of Terror all in under 90 minutes.

Sadly, two big attractions we wanted to go on were down, and we couldn't ride them.

Pro tip: If you're stuck on an attraction for a longer period of time, your tour time "pauses" and you're not penalized for the time spent waiting.

Your tour guide doesn't have to ride the attractions with you unless you ask them to (Shelby rode with us). But they have to escort you to the Lightning Lane (expedited line) entrance for ease of access.

As VIP-tour guests, we bypassed the standby lines and went right to the front.

We still had to wait a little, but I think the most we were in line for anything was around 10 minutes.

Disney PhotoPass downloads aren't included in the tour, but you can pay extra for any professional photos taken in the parks via the My Disney Experience app.

We used our extra time at Hollywood Studios to grab a few fun shots.

Once we were done in Hollywood Studios, we grabbed some pretzels and popcorn (included in the tour) for the ride to our third and final park, Magic Kingdom.

We arrived at Magic Kingdom at 5:30 p.m. and still had three and a half hours left of our tour.

We headed straight to Tron Lightcycle / Run since none of us had been on the new attraction yet.

Pro tip: New attractions are included in your tour, but you can only ride them once. You can ride older attractions as many times as you'd like.

After riding Tron, we strolled Magic Kingdom at a leisurely pace, rode all of the big attractions, and had a quick dinner. We even hopped on Pirates of the Caribbean and the PeopleMover with time to spare before the fireworks.

About 10 minutes before the fireworks began, our tour guide took us to the VIP section, which is a fenced-off area directly in front of Cinderella Castle. She surprised us with one last treat for the night: Mickey ice-cream bars.

As I watched the fireworks fly high above the castle with some of my best friends and my daughter around me, I was overcome with emotion. It truly was one of the most magical Disney days I've ever had.

We all walked away saying how great it was to just enjoy the parks and not worry about long wait times or figuring out where to go next. Our tour guide handled all of that for us.

If you want to experience Disney World without obsessing over wait times and making the next Lighting Lane selection, I think a VIP tour is absolutely the best way to do it.