Hotels, parks & the budget.
Hotels
Parks
- Hotel · $1,100
- Tickets · $1,380
- Food · $480
- Transport · $90
Suggested itinerary
- Day 1
✈️ Arrive + FREE Water Park! 🎉
- · 🌊 FREE water park on arrival day!
- · Check in → drop bags → head straight to the water park
- · Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach — your Key to the World card gets you in
- · Early dinner nearby
- · Early bedtime — big park days ahead!
💡 Go straight to the water park even before your room is ready — you can store luggage at Bell Services. Best way to start the trip!
- Day 2
🏰 Magic Kingdom
- · 🚌 FREE 24hr Disney bus — no booking needed
- · Dumbo — go first thing!
- · Explore at your own pace
- · Lunch break + shade break at 12pm
- · 🎆 Stay for fireworks at 10pm — worth every tired minute!
Go at rope drop — knock out 5 rides before 10am. Stay late for fireworks at 10pm. Leave midday for pool/nap and return in the evening.
- Day 3
🦁 Animal Kingdom
- · 🚌 FREE 24hr Disney bus — no booking needed
- · Kilimanjaro Safaris — go first thing!
- · 🦒 Safari before 9am — animals most active at opening
- · Explore at your own pace
- · ✅ Done by 1pm — head back for nap + pool
- · Back to hotel by 4–5pm
Safari at rope drop — animals most active before 10am. Festival of Lion King is the best live show at Disney World. Done by 1pm — go back to the hotel pool.
- Day 4
🛍️ Disney Springs Stroll
- · Sleep in — no rush!
- · Head to Disney Springs (free entry — no ticket needed)
- · Browse World of Disney store
- · Lunch at a Disney Springs restaurant
- · Let kids ride the free boat across the lake
- · Back to hotel by 4pm
Disney Springs is completely free to enter. Great food, shops, and a relaxed vibe — perfect between big park days.
- Day 5
🌍 EPCOT
- · 🚌 FREE 24hr Disney bus — no booking needed
- · Frozen Ever After — go first thing!
- · Explore at your own pace
- · Lunch break + shade break at 12pm
- · Back to hotel by 4–5pm
Frozen Ever After — go at rope drop or use Lightning Lane. World Showcase opens at 11am. Food and culture make this one the best for adults.
- Day 6
🛫 Fly Home
- · Check out → Airport
- · 🚗 Uber or Mears Connect to MCO (~$40–55 or ~$25/person shared)
- · Safe travels!
- · Start planning the next trip 😄
Book a late enough flight — don't rush the morning with toddlers. Mears Connect shared shuttle is cheaper than Uber for families.