Are you honeymooning at Walt Disney World? That’s the place we honeymooned, and it was a good time with scrumptious eating, luxurious lodge stays, late night time grownup leisure, and extra. This information covers find out how to have an unimaginable “Disneymoon” with ideas & methods from our expertise over a decade in the past that also maintain true as we speak! (Up to date June 14, 2025.)
As we publish the most recent replace to this information, it was 15 years this week that our personal Disneymoon began. 15 years! We spent the primary a number of of these years as Disney Adults taking frequent journeys to Walt Disney World, then have been locals for ~5 years, and now are vacationers once more. However this time as mother and father to a toddler.
All of the whereas, although, we’ve continued to “take a look at” our personal recommendation and study new methods to expertise Walt Disney World like newlyweds. To not get all sappy or something, however that continues to at the present time. Some individuals have Las Vegas, however our glad place–and one which helps preserve the spark lit–is Walt Disney World.
Suffice to say, we’re diehard Disney followers. We knew precisely what we wished to do for our honeymoon, and started planning it out shortly after we obtained engaged (additionally at Walt Disney World) over 2 years earlier than our marriage ceremony. If you happen to’re not as accustomed to Walt Disney World, determining find out how to method your fortunately ever after journey is usually a bit overwhelming…and also you may not do fairly as a lot advance planning.
There are a whole lot of ways in which you’ll need to method your Disneymoon similar to a daily journey, following the very best practices specified by our Walt Disney World Trip Planning Information. That covers the fundamentals, like how lengthy to go to, transportation ideas, ticket sorts, Lightning Lanes, and far more. Nevertheless, there are additionally some ways through which your honeymoon will, presumably, be so much completely different from the typical household journey to Florida.
For one factor, you’ll presumably be doing Walt Disney World as a pair with out kids in your honeymoon. That is hardly a revolutionary idea–you would possibly’ve even seen disparaging articles about Disney Adults on different web sites–and also you definitely is not going to be or really feel misplaced at Walt Disney World. It’s more and more common with {couples}.
Actually, there are tons of how to get pleasure from Walt Disney World with out youngsters–and in addition with out being whole weirdos. (We’d wish to assume we’re solely partial weirdos.) Walt Disney World is a big vacation spot for conventions and conferences, anniversaries, and different extra grownup sorts of journeys. And that features honeymoons!
In no specific order, listed below are our prime 10 ideas for a Walt Disney World honeymoon…
10. Splurge On Your Resort
Firstly, this implies staying on property. Granted, you can discover a very luxurious resort off-property, however for comfort’s sake, which shall be essential for the opposite ideas, keep on property.
Learn our Walt Disney World Resort Opinions for a rundown of all choices. If that’s overwhelming otherwise you’re unsure the place to start out, we’d advocate first studying our Rankings of ALL Walt Disney World Motels from Worst to Greatest. The highest 10 particularly is extremely helpful, with choices for all budgets and priorities.
For Walt Disney World honeymoons, we extremely advocate staying at one of many Crescent Lake Resorts: BoardWalk, Seashore Membership, Yacht Membership, or the Swan and Dolphin Resorts. If that’s an excessive amount of of a stretch, different really helpful choices embrace Coronado Springs, Port Orleans French Quarter, or Pop Century.
There are additionally loads of Deluxe Resort choices elsewhere. Many followers will advocate the Polynesian or Grand Floridian, they usually aren’t unsuitable. We’re additionally huge followers of each Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge in case you’ll be spending extra time on the resort. There’s no unsuitable reply, we simply favor Crescent Lake for adult-oriented journeys.
These resorts are inside strolling, boat, or Skyliner gondola distance of two theme parks, Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and are a stroll plus a monorail journey to the Magic Kingdom. These resorts are additionally inside strolling distance of each other, and in addition supply distinctive eating choices, together with Flying Fish and Yachtsman Steakhouse, and lots of wonderful non-Disney choices within the Swan and Dolphin accommodations.
Most significantly, they’re inside strolling distance of Epcot’s World Showcase, which is a good place to spend time in your honeymoon. There’s nothing magical a few rental automobile in your honeymoon, until you share a mutual love for visitors and highway rage, so avoiding standard types of transportation in your honeymoon can actually improve the journey.
If you happen to examine the rack charge costs on these resorts, they usually appear costly, concern not. You may often discover charges on the Swan and Dolphin for round $175/night time in any case resort charges and taxes. If the BoardWalk Resort or Seashore Membership Resort are extra to your liking, we making an attempt renting Disney Trip Membership factors, which may deliver the prices of those resorts all the way down to lower than $200 per night time, and which additionally allows you to buy the Disney Eating Plan, which we truly advocate throughout your honeymoon.
Once more, it’s most likely value consulting our a lot lengthier Rankings of Each Walt Disney World Resort Resort from Worst to Greatest. The resort alternative is arguably the largest determination of your trip, and also you don’t need to make it on a whim. You would possibly even need to take into account a cut up keep for the very best of a number of worlds!
9. Dine Finely
As talked about above, we’re usually considerably skeptical of the Disney Eating Plan. Nevertheless, in your honeymoon, you completely should buy it. The very last thing you have to be fearful about in your honeymoon is prices, and one of many advantages of the Eating Plan is the disconnect between meal costs and the value of the Eating Plan. Now, in case you’re a very mild eater or vegetarian, you would possibly need to give this some thought, however in case you love steaks and desserts, simply e-book it.
Most of the most romantic or enjoyable Walt Disney World eating places are additionally the preferred. If staying on-site, you’re in a position to make eating reservations 60 (+10) days upfront of your journey, so make sure you avail your self of this chance! Nothing can be worse than being caught consuming nothing however counter service pizza since you didn’t do the correct planning. I don’t find out about you, however the place I come from, that isn’t precisely the epitome of enjoyment.
You do a whole lot of planning in your marriage ceremony, so do at the very least a bit of in your honeymoon…it ought to simply be exponentially extra essential than the marriage. 😉 Since eating is an integral a part of any Disney trip, it’s an essential a part of your honeymoon planning! In addition to romantic eating places, a few of the greatest eating places for honeymooners embrace these with fireworks views. There are additionally enjoyable eating places like Seashores & Cream in Disney’s Seashore Membership Resort. See if the 2 of you possibly can conquer the Kitchen Sink–we did!
The most effective eating places in Walt Disney World are all good, enjoyable choices. The #1 restaurant on that listing, and top-of-the-line eating places in all of Florida, is Victoria & Albert’s. It is a excellent place in your honeymoon. With that mentioned, Victoria & Albert’s can also be insanely costly and has actually doubled in value since our honeymoon. It’s nonetheless arguably value a splurge in your honeymoon.
Since we did Victoria & Albert’s, plus a number of different eating places that have been objectively poor makes use of of Disney Eating Plan credit, we truly did a cut up keep (our first ever!) throughout our Disneymoon. We’ve since turn into big advocates of Break up Stays at Walt Disney World, together with for honeymoons. That is each a fantastic possibility for lodging and consuming at Walt Disney World.
As a basic matter, we extremely advocate a mix of enjoyable and high quality eating in your honeymoon. Not each restaurant must be romantic. Not solely is doing that solely costly, however these marathon meals are additionally exhausting. And over a decade later, a few of our fondest recollections are of the foolish and themed meals we did throughout our honeymoon. For extra sensible suggestions see this listing of our favourite eating places at Walt Disney World by class.
8. Purchase A Customized Memento
Walt Disney World sells a whole lot of generic souvenirs that can find yourself on eBay or in your storage sale in a few years. As an alternative, we advocate shopping for one thing that you just’ll preserve a lifetime, and shall be an omnipresent reminder of your honeymoon. In case your finances is massive and also you’re loopy about Disney, cease within the Artwork of Disney and purchase some framed artwork. This may most likely set you again at the very least $400.
Alternatively, in case you solely need to spend $30 or much less, get a custom-painted Mickey-Mouse head Christmas decoration. Now, this received’t precisely function a relentless reminder of your honeymoon until you defy social {custom} and depart up your tree yr ’spherical, however it’s low cost, distinctive, and one thing you’ll cherish for a lifetime. After Sarah and I obtained engaged on the seashore of Disney’s Polynesian Resort, we bought one among these hand-personalized ornaments the subsequent day to commemorate the event. It’s with out query our most prized Christmas decoration!
7. Do A Photoshoot
Though we don’t often advocate buying Disney’s Reminiscence Maker, it may be buy in your honeymoon. Regardless, the PhotoPass photographers can take pictures of you with your individual digicam, so don’t really feel uncomfortable asking. We want this method over shopping for Reminiscence Maker, however that may be value a splurge in your honeymoon.
For what it’s value, the entire pictures of us on this submit are technically “selfies” (though I don’t assume that time period existed again within the day of our Disneymoon!), taken with both a tripod or a digicam perched on a garbage can. Whilst you most likely do not need to lug round a tripod all day, your telephone on the self-timer propped up on a trash can or sitting on the bottom can seize some nice recollections!
Moreover, there are photographers in a few of the Deluxe Resorts that appear to be the higher echelon of PhotoPass photographers. Whereas I’d nonetheless be reluctant to make use of one among these pricier photographers with out seeing some samples (taken by the precise photographer you’d be utilizing), they appear to be at the very least a greater possibility than the in-park photographers.
If you happen to’re keen to have pictures taken on the resorts, take into account hiring Orlando space photographers who don’t work for Disney. They’re usually higher and infrequently less expensive.
6. Drink (Or Snack!) Round World Showcase
Right here is why that Crescent Lake Space Resort shall be essential. In Epcot’s World Showcase, every of the nations have desserts and grownup drinks which can be distinctive to that nation. Whereas a whole lot of these purportedly distinctive drinks are issues you can discover in your native grocery store, the desserts are usually actually good, and there are a number of standout drinks value making an attempt.
Benefit from the slower tempo of your honeymoon and spend a day in Epcot absorbing the beautiful particulars of the World Showcase, and ingesting and consuming “world wide.” Resulting from school ‘ingesting groups’ and raucous bachelor and bachelorette events, ingesting world wide has gotten a foul rap in recent times–however it’s potential to imbibe accountability and use it to reinforce a leisurely journey round World Showcase.
Try our Consuming Across the World Showcase at Epcot Suggestions for our drink suggestions and different technique for this enjoyable exercise. If ingesting isn’t your factor, otherwise you need some meals to take in the alcohol, we even have Suggestions for Snacking Across the World Showcase at Epcot that can assist.
With this, we once more need to stress the significance of slowing down and having fun with your self. Within the theme parks, there may be the temptation to go at breakneck velocity to perform as a lot as potential. For some journeys, that is high quality.
Your honeymoon ought to be about having fun with the corporate of each other and stress-free. Whereas I couldn’t let you know what number of instances we rode House Mountain, Soarin’, Splash Mountain or Maelstrom (Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Frozen Ever After didn’t exist again then!) or some other attraction on our honeymoon, I can recite even essentially the most inconsequential particulars of our afternoon ingesting world wide.
We had a good time with each other, and as soon as we had a few drinks in us, it grew to become a tremendous journey the place we met some very fascinating individuals. I *assume* we nonetheless might personal a donkey in Spain someplace. Like I mentioned, it was an actual journey! Staying in an Epcot Space Resort is good for this, because it’s a brief stumble (kidding–drink responsibly) again to your resort whenever you’re completed.
5. Get “Fortunately Ever After” Buttons
Bride and groom mouse-ears are one other cute possibility right here that make for enjoyable pictures. We opted for the extra discreet (and free!) “Simply Married” buttons, which are actually “Fortunately Ever After” buttons. We have been inundated with “congratulations” because of this, and in addition obtained some particular therapy from some Solid Members who went above and past, which actually made our day.
We’d strongly warning in opposition to getting these buttons with the expectation of receiving particular therapy or “free stuff.” That’s setting your self up for disappointment, particularly in as we speak’s social media period when stuff like this has turn into a TikTok hack for particular therapy.
As an alternative, put on these equipment since you need to share with the world that you just simply obtained married! You’ll be amazed at what number of random individuals will strike up dialog with you due to the buttons (so in case you’re shy, they may be a foul thought). On our honeymoon, we spoke with a pair celebrating their fortieth anniversary, and lots of different {couples} who shared tales of their lengthy and glad marriages. Some even gave us suggestions! For us, this was a fantastic expertise and it was great seeing different Company and Solid Members so keen to “make the magic” for us.
4. Slooooow Doooown!
Have I made it clear-enough but that this journey will not be like your typical Disney journey? That is an particularly essential tip for Disney vets, and one which we didn’t at all times comply with. If you happen to’re drained, don’t rise up for Early Entry or rope drop.
Depart the park through the hottest and busiest a part of the day to loosen up by the pool. Return to your lodge and go to mattress–and in addition get some sleep–through the center of the day. Relaxation and loosen up when the climate and crowds are worst, so you possibly can keep out late, the instances when the parks are least busy and most nice.
Cease and get ice cream–a whole lot of ice cream–and eat it in out of the way in which locations just like the Tomorrowland Terrace with a view of Cinderella Fortress and the water. Spend a while animal–or individuals–watching. Purchase the surprise Hidden Mickeys e-book and spend a while monitoring down essentially the most elusive Mickeys!
3. Chill out On The Seashore
Resulting from rabid man-eating micro organism in Walt Disney World’s our bodies of water, you possibly can’t precisely swim within the water (until you need to die a grim dying by having your flesh eaten…or one thing like that). Nevertheless, that’s not the suggestion.
As an alternative, we advise that you just head out to one of many seashores on the Magic Kingdom resorts after an early dinner one night time, loosen up in a hammock, benefit from the sundown, and watch the Electrical Water Pageant and Fortunately Ever After from the seashore earlier than heading to the Magic Kingdom for a peaceable night time.
Bonus factors in case you do that on an night time with Prolonged Night Hours. With these late hours, you get a quasi-VIP expertise at EPCOT or Magic Kingdom and may get pleasure from sights with minimal waits since many of the youngsters are in mattress.
Standing in line to pilot Dumbo the Flying Elephant will not be enjoyable within the noon warmth with a whole lot of screaming tots throughout (though it could reinforce the notion that it is advisable “watch out!”), however you’d be shocked how enjoyable it’s to fly excessive late at night time when few others are round!
2. Social gathering Like It’s 1999!!!
One of many largest items of recommendation we want we may give our previous selves for our honeymoon is to do fewer counter service eating places and extra bars & lounges, however not for ingesting.
Bars and lounges are far and away the very best and best strategy to eat at Walt Disney World. It is a actually essential level as a result of many Walt Disney World followers assume that bars and lounges are solely–or largely–for drinkers. A few of them are, however that’s largely not the case–we by no means order alcohol when eating at these spots.
What bars and lounges supply is meals menus at comparatively cheap costs, better effectivity, and flexibility. In an excellent world, we’d plan an enormous lunch for day by day of our Disneymoon Redux, after which comply with that up with a lighter dinner at a lounge. Sadly, that’s not totally potential on account of most Signature Eating places solely being open for dinner.
In that case, we’d do a lighter (early) lunch at a lounge, a elaborate high quality eating (early) dinner, adopted by a late night time post-park closing lounge go to for extra grazing. One thing like 11 am, 4 pm, and 11 pm. This is able to permit us to unfold out our meals, whereas additionally not lacking the very best time of day–night time–within the parks.
If you happen to’re on the lookout for suggestions, seek the advice of our Record of the Greatest 23 Bars & Lounges at Walt Disney World. There are some nice choices and lots of are open late. The ambiance at lounges additionally tends to be unmatched–decompressing and chill. Though most of those spots are household pleasant, we often see extra youngsters at Signature Eating places than throughout late night time meals on the lounges.
If you happen to’re on the lookout for the bona fide bar scene, Disney Springs provides the very best nightlife. Our favourite areas right here embrace Raglan Street, the Edison, Boathouse, Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, Wine Bar George, STK, Jaleo, Homecomin’, and Morimoto Asia. Raglan Street is a longtime favourite and an actual crowd-pleaser. It has nice Irish meals, and wonderful leisure.
For a very distinctive nightlife expertise, we advocate Dealer Sam’s Grog Grotto at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. There’s additionally La Cava del Tequila in Mexico or GEO-82 inside Spaceship at EPCOT, Tune-In Lounge (a part of the 50s Prime Time Cafe) at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Nomad Lounge or Dawa Bar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Magic Kingdom is getting a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed bar, however that’s not open till late 2025–and it’ll most likely be extra family-friendly.
1. Be Imaginative & Have Enjoyable!
Walt Disney World is without doubt one of the few locations the place it’s okay for 20, 30, 40, 50, and even 90 yr olds (however not 51-89 yr olds!) to behave like they’re 6 years outdated. Always remember this. Let free. Nothing is simply too foolish or juvenile at Walt Disney World. If you happen to assume it may be enjoyable to race across the Tomorrowland Speedway with the tykes, or fly excessive in Dumbo, don’t have reservations as a result of these sights are “for the youngsters.” You received’t be the primary grownup to goof round with Goofy.
If you happen to see a foolish Pluto hat that you just assume can be enjoyable to put on for some pictures, purchase it. Likewise, you’re by no means too outdated for personalized Mickey Mouse ears. Make loopy monster faces whenever you meet your favourite characters! Don’t be dismissive of one thing that you just assume would possibly in any other case be enjoyable since you’re embarrassed that you just’re “too outdated” for it.
Walt Disney World is the right place to let free, and have enjoyable. Walt Disney constructed Disneyland for the younger and the “younger at coronary heart.” The identical philosophy was carried over to Walt Disney World. Embrace the younger at coronary heart inside your self. Seize these enjoyable and foolish moments with pictures that’ll crack your future youngsters up in a decade…and can embarrass them in 15 years!
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Your Ideas…
If you happen to’ve honeymooned at Walt Disney World, what do you advocate to others that made your journey particular? Planning on one thing not on the listing that you just assume others would possibly need to attempt? Any eating places, add-ons, occasions, excursions, or the rest that made your Disneymoon even higher? Do you agree or disagree with our recommendation? Any questions we will help you reply? Listening to your suggestions—even whenever you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
