I enjoy all aspects of planning a trip to Disney World, This can involve researching, making reservations and actually going on holiday. As soon as I book our trip, I start our Walt Disney World Countdown which only adds to the excitement in our house.
The countdown to Disney World can seem to take ages, especially if you book it over a year in advance like we often do. This helps us stay on track with our budgeting and saving for our Disney holiday, but also it means that we are in the best position to make the most of our planning.
This works if you enjoy a visible Disney World planning checklist, but may not work if you’re more spontaneous and last minute.
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More Than A Year In Advance
Your Disney World planning timeline can often begin more than a year in advance. There’s not a huge amount of planning you can do at this stage, but don’t despair. Once booked you can link your booking to your My Disney Experience account. From here, you will see your Disney countdown for your holiday.
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If you are planning on travelling from the Orlando International Airport to a Disney resort via an airport shuttle, you can book this with now.
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60 Days Until Disney World
Some of the more popular restaurants such as Be Our Guest, Cinderella’s Royal Table, Storybook Dining and others do get booked up well in advanced so it’s worth booking if you know you want the reservation.
Planning and booking our ADR’s is a lot of fun for me. It’s the start of our holiday plan. Booking our restaurants is a big deal for us at 60 days. It’s a great way of enjoying character meals if meeting characters are important to you.
Also at this stage in the planning, you can use your time to make sure you have your travel insurance sorted. If you are an international traveller, you will need your ESTA to gain entry to the country.
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Do you need an overnight stay at the airport before an early flight? This is a good time to be looking around for some good deals.
You can also use this time to select your seats on the plane if that’s something that’s important to you. Flights are released eleven months in advance, so by now you should have booked your plane ticket.
I spend the time after booking our ADR’s to start thinking about what parks we’ll be visiting and then in turn what rides we would like to experience. Park days need to be pre booked in advance, so take a look at this now.
Why not check out these FREE Disney planning printables to plan your holiday.
There’s not a lot else to do now in your Walt Disney World countdown but wait for your holiday to start.
How soon do you start packing? I generally get the cases out a week or so before and start to think about the outfits I am taking with me. The final pack is usually done a day or so before we travel.
The planning is so exciting ! I loved doing lots of research before going, filling notebooks with ideas. Great post x