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Disney Vacation Countdown

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Let the Disney Vacation Countdown begin! Yahooooo! You’re all set. The major planning is over. You’ve done all the research and have made all of your travel and dining reservations for your best Disney vacation ever. But you know what - all that was just the EASY part.

Now comes the HARD part – waiting for the trip to arrive!

Waiting for a Disney vacation can sometimes seem like an eternity. Especially if you have children and they know about the upcoming trip, but have absolutely no concept of time!

How long until your trip?

Enter a date — Day, Month and Year — in numbers:
(January=01, ... December=12)
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Well, to help you and your family cope with this waiting period, I’ve put together some fun ways to endure the never-ending countdown to your departure. My own family has done many of these things in preparation for our own trips. Some of the ideas listed below are things that we have made up ourselves, while others are borrowed from friends and fellow Disney fanatics.

If you have a great idea and you’d like to share it, please click here to share your story or simply scroll down. You can also read other Disney vacation countdown ideas submitted by readers just like you!

Make the most of the countdown to your Disney trip. Most people are not able to go to Disney every year, or even every couple of years. For many, it is truly the trip of a lifetime. So go ahead and make a big deal of it! Get the whole family involved in some of the fun activities listed below.

Scroll down for some other ideas from readers like you!


Fun ways to CONDUCT your Disney Vacation Countdown


Things to MAKE during your Disney vacation countdown


Things to DO and LEARN while waiting


Miscellaneous other Things to DO

  • Notify School officials if your child will be missing school.
  • Have the car checked out if you are driving to Disney World.
  • Review Airline Regulations if you are flying.
  • Prepare your home for your absence.
  • Make all arrangements for Pets and plants.
  • Make sure all medications and prescriptions are up-to-date.
  • Pack early and smartly.


Do you do anything fun to Countdown to your Disney Vacation?

Do you have a great Disney Vacation Countdown idea, game, story, or ANYTHING to make the time-until-vacation pass by quickly?

Please tell us all about it!

Enter the Title of Your Story (ex. "Waiting for Disney World...")

YOUR Disney World Vacation Countdown Stories

Click on the links below to read other visitors' stories. They were all written by other visitors to this page! Enjoy!!

"DAYS UNTIL" Disney Vacation Notepad  starstarstarstarstar
I'm going to disney soon. For my countdown I wrote on a full notepad that had almost 95 pages in it. On each sheet I wrote a different number starting ...

Disney-Themed Dinner Nights  Not rated yet
As an avid Disney lover I love all things Disney. Unfortunatly we can not go every year but we do go every couple of years. We plan a year in advance ...

Disney Fun Fact of the Day via text message....  Not rated yet
My boyfriend and I are planning our trip to Disney World and the wait is almost unbearable !

To help pass the time, I send him a "fun fact of the ...

Yeah! Mickey Mouse  Not rated yet
Each month in the twelve months before our holiday we buy something for our suitcase, whether it be luggage tags or cotton buds, to new clothes & underwear....

Balancing Act  Not rated yet
To help countdown the day until our Disney World vacation, we have been watching Classic Disney movies together, and some new ones too. We talked to lots ...

Countdown to Disney - 10 treat-filled days!  Not rated yet
We are leaving for Disney soon and have decided to do a 10 day countdown. Each morning I will have an item waiting for the boys before bedtime (to make ...

Vacation Countdown Calendar  Not rated yet
I made a calender for my nephews who are going to Disney World for the first time. I used pictures from my family's Disney trip with a countdown on each ...



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