Walt Disney World - Orlando - Part 1

Our trip to Walt Disney World(WDW) was truly a dream come true. The Disney characters, the laughter around and the festive mood at WDW uplifts your mood making us forget all tensions and anxieties of life. WDW is a world of its own,beautiful,exciting and pleasurable. This post has the iteinary of our WDW,Orlando trip that was in March 2010. Hopefully, it should help those of you planning a trip sooner or later.


Some facts about WDW:

• The first Walt disney theme park to open was in 1971 at Orlando
• The walt disney company was founded in 1923
• Walt Disney world resort is made on a sprawling 30,000 acres of area which is more than the area of San Francisco

The travel

Most visitors are from outside Florida and some among these are from outside the country as well. Orlando is a preferred holiday and vacation spot by many people across the world - thanks to Disney. The first step in your travel involves choosing the dates. Avoid choosing christmas vacations and schol breaks for kids,if you have a choice, as these times are over crowded in WDW.If you have the time and luxury to afford a few days in WDW, then a 3 day trip would be the best. Longer number of days are good too,if you are travelling with kids. However, remember that you need to pay for the entrance ticket for each day you stay there.

The Stay

Our first day in Orlando was a visit to the Disney park. It was about a 7 mile drive for us from our hotel to WDW. Visitors to Orlando, stay predominantly in two areas - the Kissimmee area and the International Drive area. Both are a good choice. Kissimmee area is close to the WDW while the International drive is close to Seaworld and Universal Studios. The city of Orlando is full of hotels and there is nothing really to choose from except the budget and location. Almost all offer similar facilites. The Hotel that we stayed in was a good experience as well. They offered a kitchen inside all the rooms which made is easier for vegetarians like us to serve up a hearty meal atleast for dinners. Few things that you would like to check with the hotel are break fast/dining facility, distance from theme parks of your interest, shuttle/transport provided to theme parks, distance from airport and other amenities that interest you like swimming pool, recreation.

In the next posts, I shall elaborate the various theme parks.