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Disney Vacation Countdown

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)
dd mm yyyy







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 send it to me. I am always looking for new ideas.

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.

Fun ways to CONDUCT your Disney Vacation Countdown

Here are some other ideas from readers like you!

Things to MAKE during your Disney 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.





Reader Contributions


These are ideas that readers have submitted. If you have an fun idea to share, please tell me about it.

  • "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 with one on the last page. On a sheet of computer paper I wrote "DAYS UNTIL" and then I printed out Disney. I put it on my bulletin board the notepad on top." Thanks Ally!

  • "I made a calender for my nephew who are taking to Disney World for the first time with pictures from my husband and my trip with a countdown of how many days till our trip on each day!"Thanks Shane!




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