Board Thread:Disney Magic Kingdoms Discussion/@comment-25174522-20180829235322/@comment-32526072-20180901161712

Are you willing to spend money or not? If not, definitely don't spend gems to speed things up. Try to choose your characters' quests to match how often you check the game. If you check every four hours, give them four-hour tasks. This is because shorter tasks usually pay off better -- twelve one-hour tasks pay off better than one twelve-hour task (not for everything, but a general rule of thumb). Don't worry about spending gems on costumes in the beginning. They're useless except for specific tasks that are unnecessary to advance in the game. Make sure you watch two movies in the theater every day for your two gems; they'll start to add up. Check your calendar every day for bonuses. Use floats often since there's a chance you'll get gems. I systematically used my gems to get (in order) all characters, buildings, chest spaces, costumes and floats. Put as many of your buildings out as you can so you can collect more potions. A lot of people are focused on upgrading their characters as quickly as possible. I've found that's unnecessary unless it's important to you to speed through the storylines.

If you're willing to spend money, still avoid using gems to finish tasks. Try to save those for special events when you need them. During special events, buy the premium content characters (usually two) as soon as you can, as they help a great deal with the event.

That's the cumulative knowledge I've gathered in the two years I've been playing. Hope some of it's helpful!