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As I mentioned last month, we’re planning a family road trip. It will be the first as a family of five and I’m hoping C is as good in the car as W was last summer. So where are we headed?
Orlando, Florida!
I’m looking forward to sharing one of my favorite vacation spots with my kids. I know they are still young and may not remember much of it, but I’m going to love seeing it all through their eyes. It’s one of them most exciting things for me as a parent. I love watching them experience my favorite things and places with me.
Part of our trip to Orlando does include their first visit to Disney World so I wanted to start building the excitement with a Disney vacation countdown!
I’ll admit that I would have loved to create a completely original Disney vacation countdown but I found so many cute ideas on Pinterest that I just couldn’t resist! Our HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One printer was a huge help in getting the countdown ready while the kids were napping one afternoon!
It was so easy to print out the Disney vacation countdown that I fell in love with when I spotted it! It’s a great countdown for using the last month before your vacation. W is a huge fan of numbers so using one with the numbers to cross off was really exciting for him.
Next time I think I’d like to make a paper chain so we can tear a link off each day and watch the chain get shorter. I always loved doing that for countdowns when I was teaching.
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- DIS Countdown Clock. Below is a list of people who will be visiting Disney in the near future. Enter your own countdown This list displays the all families going to WDW.
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- Apr 12, 2017 Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run A paper chain countdown is probably one of the most basic ways to countdown to Disney, and kids love it. They get to rip a piece of paper every day after all. And they can also help make it too.
Counting down is definitely a fun way to build excitement before the big trip! If you’re looking for Disney vacation countdown ideas, check out some of my favorite ideas below or on my Disney Vacation Planning Pinterest board.
25 Disney Vacation Countdown Ideas
My Disney Experience has a countdown 'days to go' feature in the desktop experience. I'm not aware of an official Walt Disney World desktop countdown widget, however, there are several apps and widgets you can use that are 'unofficial'. There is an app called, 'Days to go to WDW' that will countdown the days until your trip on your phone.
- Disney World Countdown with Clothespins (pictured)
- Disney Countdown with Magnets (great for younger kids who don’t count!) (pictured)
- Mickey Chalkboard Countdown (pictured)
- Disney Countdown and Prize Box for Kids (pictured)
- Disney Princess Countdown Chains (pictured) (has others that I can use)
- Mickey themed Disney Countdown Tutorial (pictured)
- Disney Countdown Blocks (pictured)
- We’re Going to Disney printable Countdown (this is the one I fell in love with!)
W is getting excited about checking out Disney World and the rest of our Orlando vacation. The hotel we’re staying at has a pirate ship themed pool and I’m pretty sure we’re going to be spending a lot of time in the pool area.
I plan to spend some time in the pool but I also plan to spend some time relaxing. Our HP Pavilion x360 is already packed so I can use it in the shade by the pool or to watch a streaming movie at night before bed since I’ll be sharing a room with W and he tends to take over the TV!
I can’t wait to share all of our adventures when we get back. I plan to capture as much of our family adventures on camera while still being part of them! I think I’m almost as excited as W! Here’s to hoping the road trip part goes smoothly so we can enjoy tons of family time!
How do you build excitement for family vacations?
Thanks to HP for sponsoring this great #HPFamilyTime adventure for my family! For more Disney vacation countdown ideas and other Disney planning tips, don’t miss my Pinterest board dedicated to Disney vacations!
Disney Calendar
The 30 day mark before any vacation is so exciting. The 30 day mark before a Walt Disney World vacation is beyond exciting, it is magical. We start our planning early in our household when it comes to Disney vacations so when we reach the 30 day mark it is a huge deal. Although we make countdown chains and movie watch and ride discuss, we make a hitting the 30 day mark even more special. Here are a few things we do to make this day extra special.
Our biggest celebration comes from making a 30 day Walt Disney World themed calendar. This calendar not only helps us countdown the days, but it also helps us quiz the kids on different rides and shows we will be experiencing while in Disney.
I took a poster and divided into days and weeks to make a big calendar then marked the dates in each box.
Start of the Calendar
From there we printed out different colored Mickey heads. We used these to mark down our days until our vacation. My daughter decided to keep each day a specific color which was fun.
Disney Trip Countdown Calendar
Mickey Heads
After we had the calendar done, I then printed cards of different Disney characters that I added facts and questions to that the kids put up each day of our 30 day wait. These just help us keep our conversation about Disney and the trip going.
Finished Calendar
Disney Calendar with Trivia
A Walt Disney World calendar countdown is just one of many ways that we celebrate reaching our 30 day mark. We also make sure to have a Disney dinner and a movie this evening to keep the celebration going. There are so many ideas on how to “Disneyfy” your meals. Just google search and you will have tons of ideas for whatever movie you want to watch and whatever food your kids like to eat. It is amazing how you can make mac and cheese relate to every Disney movie out there.
Disney Puzzles
Disney Countdown Days
Disney themed puzzle making and game playing are other ways we add some Disney into our day. We love getting new puzzles from the dollar store, as well as putting together the amazing Thomas Kinkade puzzles. For games, we enjoy Beat the Parents, Eye Found It, and Disney Yahtzee. There are so many games out there you are bound to find a variety of choices at any store you head into.
Disney Countdown App
Our final way we celebrate on this day is to just talk Disney. We get out our planning books and look at pictures, talk about rides and shows and just get into the Disney spirit. Watching ride videos is another thing we do as we have a little guy who gets nervous about rides, this will hopefully help him feel more comfortable heading into the parks. As you can’t see many of the rides from the queue, we think watching videos will help elevate some of his nervous ahead of time.
Disney Trip Countdown Clock
In our family, hitting the 30 day mark is a big celebration because we have been waiting so long for it to get here. We like to make it a day about Disney to help get the magic going and excitement geared up. Hope these give you some ideas on how to add some fun to your wait.
What do you do to celebrate your 30 day mark? Share in the comments section!
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