12 Days is the Perfect Amount of Time for a Trip

“Not sure how many days you need at Disney? We think the perfect length is 12 days: 2 lost for traveling, 10 left for enjoying everything!”

Hey look, another controversial tip!  Before I go into why 12 days is the perfect amount of time to stay at Disney, let me say that the first time we ever went we stayed for only 5 days and that still, in our minds, was the best trip we ever took.  And that was in spite of me being flu-ridden so badly we needed to take afternoon naps every day! So it is possible to have a super fun time at Disney in less that 12 days, but we have found that 12 days is the perfect amount of time for us so that we don’t leave exhausted or feeling like we missed something.

Travel usually eats up 2 days: when you get there and when you go home, which leaves 10 days for you to enjoy everything Disney has to offer! Now there are four major parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Disney Hollywood Studios) that you’re going to spend most of your time in, but as you have certainly learned from reading this blog there are lots of OTHER things to do at Disney as well like two water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach), a downtown shopping and entertainment area (Downtown Disney and Disney Quest) and lots of other things that can occupy your time like sitting by the pool, exploring resorts, or just taking a day to veg in your room and watch those Hannah Montana reruns. Those 10 full days that you have remaining mean that you can hit each major park twice and still have 2 whole days “off” to visit both water parks or just sit by your resort pool and relax. And we treasure those relaxing days, believe me.  By Day 12 you’re ready to go home but you’re not super exhausted and you’re not super homesick but you’re ready to not hear Disney music/ads wherever you go and looking forward to the next time you come back. 

And that is why I suggest 12 days as the “perfect” amount of time.