Long Flight Club
I thought I'd start a form for owners who are a 5+ hour flight from Disney World since we tend to travel differently than locals.
West Coasters, UK folk, anyone else who has to spend an entire day traveling to get there.
Where are you from and what's your travel time?
Supporter
We are in Oregon, a 6 hour flight to WDW if I'm able to get a nonstop flight, and 8ish hours if we have a layover. I typically spring for the nonstop flights on Alaska Air even though they are much higher priced. We try to get to WDW twice a year and tend to spend 7-8 days there at a time. Disneyland is closer for us at about 2 hours, but we only go there once a year because WDW has been our favorite. If we had a shorter flight to WDW I'm sure we'd be there much more frequently. Since two of our vacation days are traveling each direction, it really tears into our time off from work.
juliebee
DVC Owner at 🌴 Polynesian and 🚂 Boulder Ridge
We're in AZ, so it's about a 6 hr drive to Disneyland or a ~4.5 hr direct flight to WDW. We own resale at Aulani, so that's a long flight from PHX to HNL.
When we've gone to WDW, it's for 7-10 days. By comparison, when we go to Disneyland, it's usually for 2-3 days in the parks.
DVC resale owner since 2025. Home resort: 🌺Aulani
Roughly 8 hours flight from the UK mostly arriving around 4pm so the only bonus is no waiting for room. Infact when your phone gets a signal and logs on to the US network, usually when listening to Buddy Dyer 😉, your email pops up with your room number.
David
I'm out of Vancouver. My choices are a layover for a 10-11 hour total flight time or drive 3 hours to Seattle then fly 6 hours.
Which is still better than every year as. a kid we would do a red eye flight followed immediately by a day at Hollywood Studios.
I've since learned HS is not the worst park, we were just really tired.
I'm hoping Vancouver brings back direct flights in a few years.
I'm out of Vancouver. My choices are a layover for a 10-11 hour total flight time or drive 3 hours to Seattle then fly 6 hours. Which is still better ...
I've done a few redeye flights from the West Coast to Disney and we've decided to never again do that. I remember one year falling asleep in the quick service as I was trying to eat breakfast. Everyone was grumpy that day until we got our room and a nap. If you are the type of person that can sleep on the plane or are extra energetic, maybe those red eye flights work, but they are not for me. 😴
juliebee
DVC Owner at 🌴 Polynesian and 🚂 Boulder Ridge