Adventures by Disney provides planned and guided family vacations to various domestic and international destinations. It is jointly managed between Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises...

, and the Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated

Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated

The Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated, along with the Walt Disney World Company, the Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation and the Reedy Creek Improvement District, owns the land in the Walt Disney World Resort...

. Both of these are units of The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...

.

Format

On an Adventures by Disney vacation, guests are taken on themed expeditions that often feature activities designed just for kids (or 'Junior Adventurers').

Two Disney-trained Adventure Guides (Cast Members) look after a group of no more than 40 guests on an Adventure, and are described as being 'part concierge, guide and storyteller'. Local guides also join the vacations at various points and give guests firsthand knowledge from someone native to the area.

History

Adventures by Disney's first operating season was in summer of 2005 and featured just 2 destinations (Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

 and Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 - both in the USA). These were both invitation-only trips which gave the Company an idea of whether the business would work. This grew to 7 destinations in 2006, 12 destinations in 2007, 17 destinations in 2008, 22 destinations in the 2009 season. The new trips for the 2012 season will be added in August 2011.

Locations

Asia, Africa, Australia
•Australia
•China, 12-Night
•China, 10-Night
•Egypt, 9-Night
•Egypt, 7-Night
•South Africa

Central and South America
•Costa Rica
•Costa Rica Signature
•Ecuador and Galapagos Islands
•Peru

Europe
•Barcelona Escape with Disney
Cruise Line®
•England & France Gateway
•England & France
•Germany
•Ireland
•Italy Gateway
•Italy
•Italy Signature
•Central Italy
•Mediterranean Magic, 7-Night
with Disney Cruise Line®
•Mediterranean Magic, 10/11-Night
with Disney Cruise Line®
•The Alps

North America
•Alaska
•Alaskan Wonders with Disney
Cruise Line®
•American Southwest - Grand Canyon
•Glacier & Banff National Parks
•Hollywood & Disneyland® Resort
•Mid-Atlantic - Washington, D.C.
•Wyoming - Yellowstone
•Vancouver Escape with Disney
Cruise Line®

External links

• Adventures by Disney