Designing Your Own Walt Disney World Itinerary

OVERVIEW

This site provides

• Shorter and longer options here for the basic December trip
• 8-night itineraries here for all of the rest of the year
• And shorter options for the most of the rest of the year here

If these aren’t enough, here are a few thoughts on designing your own shorter itinerary for the rest of the year.

They focus on the Autumn-Winter-Spring itinerary as Easter-Summer visitors are more likely to be able to spend the full 8 nights that this site suggests.

AN OPTION OR TWO THAT MAY HELP

First, before you go to the trouble of designing your own itinerary from scratch, if the above shorter options don’t help, still note that the Autumn-Winter-Spring itinerary

• Gives you Tuesday morning, and mid-day Saturday, off
• Gives you Thursday off
• Does not schedule you in the parks on Sunday morning

If you can arrive on Tuesday morning and depart Sunday afternoon, you can

• Use the portion of the Autumn-Winter-Spring itinerary that covers these days as is, saving three nights of hotel and food expenses, but missing the Animal Kingdom entirely, most of the Hollywood Studios, and short changing Epcot, or (and better),
• To keep from missing so much, you could make the following changes to the Tuesday-Sunday portion of the Autumn-Winter-Spring itinerary for your targeted week. (Some of these changes require a park-hopper add on to your tickets, costing your family another $200 or so.)
  • Instead of taking Thursday off, spend it entirely at the Hollywood Studios (recommended) or at be the Studios until late afternoon and then at Epcot (park hopper required if you see two parks in the same day).
  • Use the free time you have on Saturday to go to the Animal Kingdom, using the appropriate part of the Autumn-Winter-Spring Animal Kingdom itinerary for the part of the day you are there on Saturday (requires park hopper), and
  • Skip the Gospel Brunch on Sunday, and finish up at the Animal Kingdom first thing Sunday.

DESIGNING YOUR OWN TRIP

For a blank excel version of the itinerary spreadsheet to use for your own itinerary, click here.

(Guidance continues on next page.)

Last updated September 2009

HOW LONG TO STAY LINKS

• For advice on how long to stay, see this
• For other trip lengths, particularly for the basic December itinerary, see this
• For itinerary design goals and the basic December Itinerary, see this
• For itineraries covering all the other parts of the year, see this
• For shorter and longer itineraries targeted at the same December week, see this
• To design your own itinerary, see this
• For rides that might be skipped, see this
• For a comprehensive guide to rides and attractions, see this

LINKS FOR WHEN TO GO

• For when to go, see this
• For next best dates, see this
• For best and worst times to visit, see this
  • For 2009 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For 2010 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For the 2010 Week Picker App, see this
  • For 2011 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
• For forecasting crowds at Walt Disney World, see this
• For seasonal pricing at Walt Disney World, see this
  • For 2009 price seasons, see this
  • For 2010 price seasons, see this
  • For projected 2011 price seasons, see this
• For weather at Walt Disney World, see this

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