74 • Before you travel
Before you travel
Getting around
Walt Disney Worl
Guests with special needs
We provide a range of services for
our disabled and younger guests.
Wheelchair rentals, Braille guides, a
tapes and sign-language interpreta
among many other services are all
available at
Walt Disney World
Resor
Strollers and pushchairs are availabl
to rent throughout
Walt Disney Worl
Theme Parks and the
Downtown Di
Area. Require a double stroller?
No problem; we can provide those
too, as well as wheelchairs and
mobility scooters.
Getting around
Walt Disisney Worl
Passports and visas
If you’re a UK passport holder travelling to
Walt Disney World
Resort in Florida, you’ll
need to either register with the Electronic
System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) or
apply for a U.S. visa, dependant on what type
of passport you hold.
British passport holders may enter the United
States without a visa under the Visa Waiver
Program (VWP) if they hold a machine-
readable passport and register with the
United States through ESTA in advance of
their travel. The majority of‘new style’red
British passports are machine readable.
To complete your registration visit:
Should your passport not be machine
readable, it will be necessary for you to either
obtain a new passport or apply for a U.S. visa.
Your passport must also be valid for at least
six months beyond your return date.
For the latest information on passports and
US visa requirements, visit the UK Passport
service at
If you’re a non-UK passport holder, or your
passport’s endorsed in any way, check your
visa requirements at the US Embassy website:
Health precautions & vaccinations
If you’ve got specific health needs, seek
advice as early as possible. The good news is,
at the time of print, there are NO obligatory
vaccinations for the USA for those travelling
direct from the UK.
However, precautions recommended by
the health authorities can change at any
time. Sources of information include the
Department of Health’s free leaflet‘Health
Advice for Travellers’which is available online
at
or by phoning
0870 155 5455
.
Travel Insurance
If you want to forget your worries, remember
your travel insurance! Comprehensive
travel insurance for you and your party, for
the duration of your holiday, is STRONGLY
recommended.
And make sure it has adequate cover against
sickness or injury. Remember, hospitals in the
US can sometimes ask for proof of insurance
before any treatment can commence.
Walking
So let’s take a look at your transport options,
starting from the ground up. Your feet will be
your best friends on holiday. But only if you’re
wearing comfy shoes! You’ll be amazed how
much ground you cover in the Parks when
you’re having fun.
Even if you use the itinerary on the back of
this guide to plan your visit to the max, you’ll
still be walking a lot.
Complimentary transport
Of course, for travel BETWEEN the Parks you
can sit back and take the weight off with our
complimentary transport, including boat,
mono-rail and air-conditioned buses.
If you’re staying in a
Walt Disney World
Resort
Hotel, there’s FREE transport from Orlando
International Airport available to get you to
the resort.
Disney’s Magical Express
will zip you
effortlessly to the Resort along with your bags.
Car hire
Hiring a car is easy from any of the airports or
from the car care centre near
Magic Kingdom
Park. In fact, cars are pretty handy for getting
around generally because they’re not big on
pavements in Orlando itself.
Or if you don’t fancy driving all the tim
there’s plenty of cabs and public transp
you to take advantage of.
efore you travel
Before y u travel
Getting around
Walt Disney World
Guests with sp cial needs
We provide a range of services for
our disabled and younger guests.
Wheelchair rentals, Br ille guides, udio
tapes and sign-language i terpretatio
among many other services ar all
available at
Walt Disney or d
Resort.
Strollers and pushch irs are avail ble
to rent throughou
Walt Disney Wor d
Theme Parks and the
Dow town Disney
Area. Require a double stroller?
No problem; we can provid those
too, as well as wheelchair and
mobility scooters.
Getting around
Walt Disisney World
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rts and vi as
e a UK passport holder travelling to
isney World
Resort in F orida, you’ll
o either r gister with the El ctronic
for Travel Authoriz tion (ESTA) or
or a U.S. visa, dependant on what type
port y u hold.
passpo t holder may enter the United
withou visa under the Visa Waiver
m (VW ) if they hold a machine-
le passport and register with the
States through ESTA in advance of
avel. The majority of‘new style’red
passpo ts are machine readable.
plete y ur registrati n visit:
//esta
your passport not be machine
le, it will be n cessary for you to either
a new passport or a ply f a U.S. visa.
assport must al o be valid for at l ast
nths beyond your r tur date.
latest information o passp rts a d
requirements, visit the UK Pa sport
at
direct.gov.
e a non-UK passp rt holder, or your
rt’s endor ed in a y way, check our
uirements at th US Embassy website:
sem
Health precautions & v cc nations
If y u’ve got specific health needs, seek
advice as early as pos ible. The g od news is,
at the time of print, th re are NO oblig tory
vaccinations for the USA for those travelling
direct from the UK.
However, precautions recomme ded by
the health aut orities c n c ang at any
time. Sources of inf rmation i clude he
Department of Health’s free leaflet‘Health
Advice for Travellers’which is available online
at
dh.gov.uk
,
0870 155 5455
.
Travel Insuranc
If you want to f rget your w ri s, remember
your travel insurance! Comp ehensive
travel insurance for yo d y ur party, for
the duration of yo holiday, is STRONGLY
recommended.
And make sure it has adequa e cover ag inst
sickness or injury. Remember, hospitals in t e
US can sometimes a k for proof of insurance
before any treatm nt can co mence.
Walking
So let’s take a l ok a your transport op io ,
starting from he ground up. Your feet will be
your best friends on holiday. But only if ou’re
wearing comfy shoes! You’ll be amazed how
much ground you cover in the Parks when
you’re having f n.
Even if you use the itinerary on the back f
this guide to plan your visit to the max, y u’ll
still be walking a lot.
Complimentary transport
Of course, for travel BETWEEN the Parks you
can sit back and take the weight off with our
complimentary transpor , including boat,
mono-rail and air-conditioned buses.
If you’re staying in a
Walt Disney World
Resort
Hotel, there’s FREE transport from Orlando
International Airpor avai able to get you to
the resort.
Disn y’s Magical Express
w ll zip you
effortlessly to the R ort along with your bags.
Car hire
Hiring a car is easy from any of the airports or
from the car care centre ne
Magic Ki gdom
Park. In fact, c rs are pre ty handy for getti g
around generally becaus they’r not big on
pavements in Orlando itself.
Or if you don’t fancy drivi g ll the t me, then
there’s plenty of cabs a d public tr sport for
you to take advantage of.
