Travel: Disney Makes it Easy

Traveling with a young child can be very hectic. However, if you are planning a trip to Orlando to visit Walt Disney World®, here are some things to consider that will make traveling with, or without, kids easier.

After many years traveling to Walt Disney World as a child, and later as an adult, it finally came time for me to start a new tradition with my daughter. So, this past October we took our first trip to the Magic Kingdom with our 21-month old daughter.

Now, I am the first one to admit that taking a young child to Disney is never easy. However, the opportunity to meet up with old friends, their children and visit Orlando in the fall was very appealing.

The first decision we made was to stay at a WDW resort. Since my daughter still takes her midday nap, it was important to be able to have easy access to our room from the parks. With Disney’s transportation, we could easily visit a park, go back to the hotel, nap, and head back to the park in the afternoon.

As I did further research on Disney’s website, I discovered Disney’s “Magic Your Way Package.” What a great find this turned out to be. This simple package made our trip the easiest, most fulfilling trip we have had to Disney!

Let me explain. We began by selecting the resort for our stay. In this case, we chose Coronado Springs due to the wonderful pool, scenery, restaurants and price. Next, we were able to select our airfare to Orlando and find the times that were most convenient for us.

We decided to choose the Park Hopper passes which allowed us to visit to multiple parks within the same day. It also allows you to come and go from the same park as many times as you want in a given day. This was nice because it made it much more convenient for the aforementioned nap times. It also allowed us to visit Magic Kingdom during the day and Epcot at night for dinner.

The best part about this package is the transportation and baggage assistance to and from the airport. When staying at a Disney resort, you can ride the Magical Express buses from the airport to the hotel. Disney personnel will pick up your luggage at baggage claim for you and deliver it to your room. Thus, no need to wait for your luggage once you get off the plane!

Other items included in the package were a free family photo within the park, and vouchers for a meal and souvenir key chain from Planet Hollywood.

When the vacation is over, Disney even makes it easy for you to depart. Depending on your airline, you can check your luggage and get your boarding passes right at your Disney resort. This allows you to simply board the Magical Express bus, go to the airport and right to your gate. No checking in yourself, or your luggage. Be sure to check the Disney website for which airlines offer this service.

There are other additions you can make to your package. You can add the water parks to your park hopper pass, the Disney meal plan, character dinners, etc. Make sure you make reservations very early for special events such as character dinners because they do fill up quickly. You can make most reservations 180 days in advance.

So, the next time you consider visiting WDW, consider one of these packages. They will generally save you time, money and a headache!