How long are your Disney World trips???

[Boopuff]

We started out doing a 3 night trip way back when, next trip, 5 then 7 and now I think the sweet spot (for my family) is 8-10 nights. We go in September (our other sweet spot for everyones vacation time).

 

[kanerf]

I currently do 3 10 day trips each year in Jan, May and Oct. Changing a bit next year as I have two cruises planned.

 

[Genie+]

More often than not we stay 5 or 6 nights - over 65% of our WDW trips.

Flew down for as little as a 2 night trip (D23 Tron preview). Longest was 8 nights a few times.

We seem to get more done during 5-6 nights than 7-8 nights Too much lollygaggin’ thinking there’s plenty of time!

 

[Chili327]

I’ve really only been a few times, and I plan to go 9-13 days most of the time, but I did write up the ideal scenarios…

Ideal trips

6 Days (not often)

• Sun-Fri - 5 nights (0 Weekend Nights)
• 4 Day Hopper

9 Days (most common)

• Sat-Sun - 8 nights (3 Weekend Nights)
• 7 Day Hopper (6-8 day hopper)
• Best use of time off work

13 Days (full vacation)

• Sun-Fri - 12 nights (2 Weekend Nights)
• 10 Day Hopper
• Best use of points

20 Days (retirement trips)

• Sun-Fri - 19 nights (4 Weekend Nights)
• 14 Day Hopper (UK)

 

[-djd-]

If you visit more than once per year, think about the length of one typical trip, not the total number of nights per year.

Would be interesting to see # of nights per trip VS # of trips per year.

 

[Genie+]

Over the last decade we average 2 trips a year and around 10-14 nights total.

 

[-djd-]

We are typically once per 18-24 months and 3-5 nights each visit.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

We started off as 6-7 night trips back in 2010, then as school schedules got more intense, we did 4-5 nights 2-3 times a year. Last year, we did our first 8 night trip as a family, and then 4 nights just DH and I. This year it will be 7 nights with the fam. I would say the sweet spot is 7-8 nights for us. Due to college schedules, internships and differing school breaks in 2026 for my kids, we will probably do 4-6 nights for a couple of years. The cost has also gotten much more with the LLMP and LLSP, so my "spending money" budget has gone up quite a bit and going as frequently is decreasing.