Favorite non-Disney part of a Disney vacation

[JasonDeyoung]

Driving from Tampa (home) - Seeing the first Disney World exit sign. Passing the big Walt Disney World entrance sign

Flying - Walking off the plane into MCO, taking the monorail and getting on the Magical Express. Pulling into your resort entrance and exciting the bus

 

[blueboxdoctor]

Taking in how many rear wheel drive sports cars are there then remembering you live in the snowy northeast where RWD is useless in the winter.

Going to Publix has basically become a tradition.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Getting the heck out of Maine, leaving the business and lifes worries behind. Listening to all the Disney CDs in the car and knowing every mile brings me closer to the real thing. Stopping someplace to eat some real southern food. Crossing into the Southern most part of the US and seeing the first palm trees on the drive. Reading the unique billboard signs on the drive ( Maine outlawed them years ago ) Driving past the "Welcome to Florida" sign. Seeing the first direction signs painted with the unique Disney colors.

 

[LAKid53]

What my daughter calls the Disney Bridge on 429 (the high part of the road where you can see EPCOT, the Contemporary and other Disney landmarks in the distance) - we know we are only a few minutes from Western Way. And in my excitement, I have to remember to not drive 100 mph to get there.

 

[DizneyPryncess]

Yes and the welcome center when we enter Florida. We always stop and get a picture of our boys by the sign! It's nice to see how they've grown over the years. Our other non-Disney tradition is a day at Kennedy Space Center on the way in (last trip is was on the way out, so we could make the last day of SWW) I also love my day at the outlet malls (usually just go for the Disney ones)

We do the same thing with the welcome sign!

 

[Squigglove]

I can't choose between the departure/flight going to; or the souvenir shopping on Irlo Bronson and International Hwy!

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Trips to Cocoa Beach!

 

[WondersOfLife]

Favorite non-disney part of a Disney vacation.... The Great Movie Ride!

(most of it, at least)

 

[bethymouse]

Counting the Pedro signs ( South of the Border) and counting the number of RVs on the highway. We also check out the license plates on the way ( 14 hours).

 

[Dead2009]

Watching Disney stuff at home on the internet. It still counts as not being on vacation lol.

 

[tmitch]

My 2 old son is very fond of the monorail tram at mco

 

[ColoradoEquestrian]

The moisture/humidity. Coming from Colorado, my skin usually feels like a 100-year-old thirsty leather boot. After Disney, my hands actually look like a woman's hands again!

 

[LauraRose]

Something about staying up the night before and falling asleep in the airport screams Disney to me. Also love the smell of a hotel and overwhelming air conditioning

 

[LauraRose]

The moisture/humidity. Coming from Colorado, my skin usually feels like a 100-year-old thirsty leather boot. After Disney, my hands actually look like a woman's hands again!

Humidity for me as well! I'm from England and the heat is all fun and game's when you first arrive!

 

[ColoradoEquestrian]

Humidity for me as well! I'm from England and the heat is all fun and game's when you first arrive!

Completely agree! I lived in England twice, so I can thoroughly appreciate this from your side of the pond as well!

 

[WondersOfLife]

Counting the Pedro signs ( South of the Border)

I get a different number every time!!!

 

[ShoalFox]

My flight is only half an hour (Miami), so it just makes the transition that much shorter especially since MIA and MCO are fantastic airports IMHO.

 

[righttrack]

Riding the tram in the airport with people who probably have never ridden a subway before and are somehow amazed by this and it's technology. Wow, we're inside, now we're goin outside? wow! They don't quite know how to "surf" to be able to stand with it moving. Living in the greater NYC area, this is second nature

Also riding a bus without a seat, same deal

 

[Bugz]

Seeing the first Disney colored road signs!

 

[fireworksandfairytales]

I think just waking up the morning of and putting on my magicband and getting in the car knowing that in a few hours we'll be starting another fantastic vacation is just the best feeling in the world.