©Set up your My Disney Experience account - you'll need this set up in order to make dining reservations, FastPass+ reservations and to personalize your Magic Bands. You should also download the My Disney Experience app to your smartphone.
©Make a plan of attack - come up with a basic plan of which park(s) you'll do on which day. I use WDW Prep School's monthly dashboards to figure out which parks are recommended for which days and go from there.
©Make dining reservations - you can book your dining reservations 180 days in advance. If you're not within that window, start looking at restaurants that you may want to try. If you're within that window, ask your travel agent to start making your dining reservations. You should first plan the park that you will be at for the day and make your reservations based on that.
©Walk - if you're planning to buy shoes for your trip, buy them now and start walking in them. You will walk several miles a day during your trip. Start training now. Your body will thank you!
©Watch Disney movies - prepare your family by watching some of the movies that rides and experiences are based on (or movies that are based on rides!). The character meet and greets are always more special when you're familiar with the characters - plus it may give you ideas of things to say while you're interacting with the characters! Saturday is always our family movie night, but when we're preparing for a Disney vacation, we stick to Disney movies. Here are some suggestions (in no particular order):
-Peter Pan
-The Little Mermaid
-Cinderella
-Haunted Mansion
-Pirates of the Caribbean
-Toy Story
-Monsters, Inc.
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
-Tangled
-Swiss Family Robinson
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Incredibles
-Brave
-Dumbo
-Aladdin
-Frozen (assuming you haven't already watched it 10,000 times)
-Star Wars
-Indiana Jones
-Finding Nemo
-The Lion King
-A Bug's Life
-The Princess and the Frog
-Mary Poppins
-Sleeping Beauty
These are all movies that have an attraction and/or a character meet and greet associated with them.
©Do your research - there are a lot of great sites out there about planning Disney vacations. I love these.
©Start packing - of course, you don't need to actually start packing, but start thinking about what you'll want to pack and pick little things up along the way. Here's a list of some things to purchase before your trip. I always bring this adorable soap along with us, so I keep an eye out for it to go on sale.
I'd love to help you every step of the way with your planning process!
Rebecca Mitchell
©Start packing - of course, you don't need to actually start packing, but start thinking about what you'll want to pack and pick little things up along the way. Here's a list of some things to purchase before your trip. I always bring this adorable soap along with us, so I keep an eye out for it to go on sale.
I'd love to help you every step of the way with your planning process!
Rebecca Mitchell
Authorized Disney Travel Agent
FTM Travel
www.ftmtravel.com
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