Our step-by-step Disney vacation guide is crafted for first-timers, covering everything. From how to plan and book each part of your Disney vacation—like setting a budget and booking resorts—to making dining reservations and using Lightning Lane, our guide ensures you’re prepared for every detail. With checklists and downloadable PDFs, you’ll have a complete roadmap to a magical Disney experience!

There are four separate theme parks and two water parks at Walt Disney World, an outdoor shopping area, and a sports complex. Your theme parks are Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach are your two water parks. Disney Springs is your themed dining, retail, and entertainment center and ESPN Wide World of Sports is the sports complex.