Happiest Place Vacations
Effective Date: December 1, 2025
Last Updated: December 1, 2025
1. Introduction
Happiest Place Vacations (the “Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides tips, guides, and planning advice for Disney vacations, Royal Caribbean cruises, and Disney cruises. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit or use our Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
We only collect information necessary to provide our planning advice, content, and manage our business operations. We do not collect or store sensitive financial information (such as credit card numbers) or highly sensitive personal data (such as passport numbers or government identification).
A. Information You Provide Directly
When you interact with us (e.g., sign up for a newsletter, leave a comment, or fill out a contact form), you may provide us with the following Personal Information:
- Contact Data: Your name and email address.
- Communication Data: The content of your messages, inquiries, and any survey responses.
B. Information Collected Automatically (Usage Data)
When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This Usage Data includes:
- IP address, device type, and browser type.
- Pages viewed, time spent on the Website, and click paths.
- Referring website (the site you came from).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide Content and Services: To operate, maintain, and improve the Website; to send you the newsletters, guides, or resources you requested.
- To Communicate: To respond to your questions, comments, or requests.
- For Analytics and Improvement: To analyze how users interact with the Website so we can optimize content and functionality.
- Marketing and Promotional Use: To send you promotional emails about new content, tips, or partner deals, provided you have explicitly consented or previously engaged with our marketing materials.
- For Affiliate Tracking (Crucial): To track user clicks on affiliate links and verify any resulting commissions earned from our partners (e.g., Disney, Royal Caribbean, booking agencies).
4. Disclosure and Sharing of Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only with the following third parties who are necessary to run our business or provide our services:
| Third Party Category | Purpose of Sharing |
| Service Providers | [List your email service provider, e.g., ConvertKit, Mailchimp], hosting services, and customer relationship management tools, who help us operate the Website. |
| Analytics Providers | [e.g., Google Analytics] to help us understand site usage and traffic patterns. |
| Affiliate Partners | When you click an affiliate link on our site (which links to external booking sites like Disney or Royal Caribbean), a cookie may be placed on your device to track the referral. This tracking is necessary for us to earn a commission, but the external party controls the data once you leave our Website. |
| Legal Compliance | If required to do so by law, court order, or subpoena. |
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, which are small files placed on your device, and similar technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information.
- Essential Cookies: Required for the Website to function (e.g., remembering your cookie consent preference).
- Analytics Cookies: Used to track visitor behavior and optimize site performance.
- Affiliate & Advertising Cookies (Third-Party): These may be placed by our affiliate partners (mentioned above) or third-party ad networks [e.g., Google AdSense] to target advertising and track conversions.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service or participate in our affiliate tracking programs.
6. Your Data Rights and Choices
Depending on your location (e.g., EU, California), you have rights regarding your personal data. We honor the following requests:
- Opt-Out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from our email newsletters or marketing communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email.
- Access, Correction, or Deletion: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request corrections to inaccurate data, or request deletion of your data.
- Managing Cookies: You can adjust your cookie preferences via [Describe where the user can manage cookies, e.g., “our consent banner” or “your browser settings”].
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in Section 8.
7. Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Our Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us immediately so we can delete the information.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:
- Website: Happiest Place Vacations
- Email: krystel @ happiestplacevacations.com
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.
10. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.