50 Best Ways to Count Down to Your Disney World Vacation
Addicted to the Mouse: Disney Podcast | Disney World, Universal, & Cruise Vacation Planning
Dan and Leslie Lowry
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On today’s Disney Podcast, we are talking about the 50 best ways to build hype before your next Walt Disney World Vacation. We all know anticipation of coming to Disney World is one of the most exciting parts about planning a Disney Vacation and we always want to maximize that as much as possible. From making your own Mickey Waffles to scavenger hunts, these are all the best ways to build anticipation prior to your vacation. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | We are talking today about one of the most exciting parts of planning a Disney World vacation, |
| 0:06.6 | and that is the anticipation and the buildup prior to going on it. |
| 0:10.1 | Hello and welcome to a dick to the mouse. |
| 0:11.3 | Today is Wednesday, February 18th, released in episode number 773, |
| 0:14.9 | and these are the best ways to build excitement for your next Disney World vacation. |
| 0:34.5 | Thank you. build excitement for your next Disney World vacation. Hey everybody, Dan Leslie here. Thanks for joining us today. You said February 18th and I was like, wait, what? No, no, it's not February 18th. It is February 18th. How the heck? Is it already February 18th? I don't know. This is crazy. I mean, didn't we just ring in the new year? I mean, yeah, a month and a half ago. But it feels like, |
| 0:56.1 | oh, it's just time. Time is a thief. It moves so fast. It does. It does. All right. |
| 1:04.8 | Well, we don't have any news this week. It's been a shocking. I mean, well, okay. Stop, take that |
| 1:10.6 | back. |
| 1:11.0 | We do have the same news that we announced the last two podcasts. |
| 1:13.8 | And that is, this week is the week for summer 2027 DCL sailings. |
| 1:19.6 | So, Pearl was Monday. |
| 1:21.5 | Platinum was yesterday. |
| 1:22.9 | Today was gold castaway club members. |
| 1:24.9 | Tomorrow is silver. |
| 1:25.9 | And then Monday. |
| 1:26.7 | So the 22nd, 23rd. So Monday the |
| 1:30.6 | 23rd is the full release for all Disney Cruise Line sailings for summer of 2027 for everyone to be |
| 1:37.5 | able to book if you have not sailed with Disney Cruise Line before. And as a reminder, if you book |
| 1:41.5 | with fantastical vacations, you will get an onboard credit from us as a thank you to you for choosing us as your travel agency of choice. |
| 1:49.3 | Yes. Oh, my goodness. So I was going to say it's been a quiet week, but not really quiet. It's just been a quiet news week. But it's been a busy week. |
| 1:58.0 | I mean, booking lots of cruises over here this week. Yeah. It's definitely been a busy week. I'm not complaining. Thank you to everyone out there who has trusted us with your vacation, whether it's me or one of our other wonderful fantastical advisors. We just, we so appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts. So, all right, a quick review. Okay. This is from Joe Roller 84. |
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