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'''Adventures by Disney''' is the guided group travel business of [[The Walt Disney Company]], operated as Adventures by Disney Travel Services, Inc. within the [[Disney Experiences]] segment. Launched in 2005, it sells premium, fully escorted family vacations to destinations around the world, applying Disney's service standards and storytelling approach to real places rather than to theme parks. Its headquarters are in Celebration, Florida.<ref>[https://disneyexperiences.com/app/uploads/sites/4/2022/05/fact_sheet_adventures_by_disney_2022_Q2.pdf Adventures by Disney fact sheet — Disney Experiences]</ref> On most itineraries there are no Disney characters and no park theming; what guests are buying is logistics handled invisibly, access arranged in advance, and guides trained to hold the attention of children and adults at the same time.

== History ==
Adventures by Disney began operating in 2005 with just two United States itineraries, to Wyoming and to Hawai'i. The first vacation the company ran visited Jackson Hole and the Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming. Growth in the early years was driven largely by word of mouth from returning guests, and the catalogue widened steadily beyond North America to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_by_Disney Adventures by Disney — Wikipedia]</ref>

By 2010 the programme offered 19 itineraries across six continents. Disney's own fact sheet in 2022 counted more than 45 itineraries in over 30 countries, and the range has continued to expand since, passing 50 vacation experiences when shorter trips and cruises are counted alongside the main land programme. New destinations added in the 2020s have included Colombia and Morocco, along with expedition sailings in the Adriatic.

== How the trips work ==
Every land departure is led by two Disney-trained Adventure Guides, who travel with the group throughout, handle luggage, tickets, meals and transfers, and act as storytellers for each destination. They are joined at individual stops by local experts, from historians and naturalists to chefs and artisans. Groups on the standard land adventures are capped at roughly 40 to 44 guests.

Activities are planned in two layers: a main programme for everyone, and parallel activities pitched at younger travellers, whom the guides call Junior Adventurers, so that a museum visit or a historic site comes with something hands-on for children to do. Signature touches across itineraries include after-hours or backstage access at famous sites, private performances, and meetings with local people, from flamenco dancers to samurai instructors. Most meals, activities, internal transport and gratuities for guides and drivers are bundled into the price, which places Adventures by Disney at the premium end of the escorted-tour market. A minority of departures are designated adult-exclusive.

== Trip formats ==
The core product is the Land Adventure, typically seven to twelve days in a single country or region. Alongside it sit several shorter and specialised formats. Short Escapes are brief trips of a few days, designed to stand alone or to be added before or after a [[Disney Cruise Line]] sailing or a parks vacation. Private Jet Adventures carry guests around the world by chartered jet, visiting a dozen or so landmarks across several continents on a single itinerary.

In April 2015 Adventures by Disney announced its first river cruises, in partnership with the river-cruise line AmaWaterways. The first sailings, in the summer of 2016, were four week-long Danube voyages aboard the new 170-passenger ''AmaViola'', calling in Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, plus a Christmas-markets sailing that December.<ref>[https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2015/04/13/adventures-by-disney-launches-river-cruises/ "Adventures by Disney Launches River Cruises" — Laughing Place, April 13, 2015]</ref> The ships were configured for families, with connecting staterooms able to sleep up to five, a rarity in river cruising, and each sailing carried a team of Adventure Guides in addition to the ship's crew. River cruising has since become a standing part of the programme on several European rivers. More recently the company has added small-ship expedition cruises, including sailings to Antarctica, the Arctic and the Galápagos, extending its reach to all seven continents.

== Place within Disney ==
Adventures by Disney sits in Disney Experiences alongside the theme parks, [[Disney Cruise Line]] and [[Disney Vacation Club]] as part of the company's premium "signature" vacation businesses. Its history is intertwined with the parks leadership: [[Josh D'Amaro]], later chairman of Disney Experiences and then chief executive of the whole company, served as a vice president of Adventures by Disney early in his executive career.

== See also ==
* [[Disney Experiences]]
* [[Disney Cruise Line]]
* [[Disney Vacation Club]]
* [[Josh D'Amaro]]
* [[Aulani]]

== References ==
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