Staying onsite? At exactly 180 days from when you check-in, book your dining reservations (as well as any special Disney World tours or experiences like Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique).Decide where you will want to be each day and make your daily plan.

Create your My Disney Experience account and link any friends and family you’ll be traveling with.If renting a car, start monitoring car rental prices so you can book when they are at their lowest (or use a free service like AutoSlash to help with that).Set up alerts so you’ll know the best time to book. If flying, find the best flights for your trip by starting to check flight prices and options.Finalize travel dates, decide where you want to stay, and make your resort reservation OR contact a travel agent to help with the process.Pre-vacation checklist timeline 6+ months out General travel Looking for printable versions? You’ll find those at the end of the post. Trust us: it is a lot easier to relax and enjoy your vacation when you can be confident that everything is in order before you go! Instead, pick out the things that do apply and work your way through those.Īnd, like our Ultimate Packing List, we have found this checklist to be helpful whenever and wherever we travel, not just when we are going to Disney World. Not everything on this list will apply to you, so please don’t feel like you have to do it all. The same holds true for this pre-travel checklist. We know that list is long, but we include everything under the sun so that you can customize it to fit your family’s needs.

You’ll also notice we tell you up-front that we do not expect you to pack everything we have on it (and considering we’ve had people tell us they tried and it required 4 giant bags and a caravan of pack mules to get it to Orlando, it’s seriously not advised). If you’ve checked out our Ultimate Packing List you’ll know that we try our best to think of everything you could possibly ever want or need on a Walt Disney World vacation.

Printable pre-vacation checklist versions.

Final check items – make sure you have these in-hand before you walk out the door.

What is coming to Walt Disney World in 2021 (and beyond!).

Budgeting for food w/o Disney Dining Plan.

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