Walt Disney World is always coming up with something new. One of the things that we have decided when we are visiting is that we have to do at least one thing we have not done before. That could mean going to a new restaurant, meeting a new character, or watching a new show. We are always looking for a new experience. One way that we do that is by trying to complete different challenges around the parks. It is always great to see if you can accomplish something you haven’t done before (even if means nothing in the grand scheme of things). Below are some of our favorite Disney World challenges we have tried over the years. Some are easy, but some will test your Disney skill level.

4 Park Challenge

This is the classic Disney World challenge. The general idea behind this is that you have to go to each park in one calendar day. In order to participate in this challenge you obviously have to have a park hopper ticket or some sort of annual pass. There are a ton of different takes on this challenge. For us, in order for it to qualify as a four park challenge day we have to take a picture in front of the icon, ride one e-ticket attraction, watch one show, and get one thing to eat at each park. We love to do this on our last day of our trip so that we can say goodbye to each park.

Around The World Challenge

This challenge is an EPCOT specific challenge. The goal of this challenge is to walk around the world and get something to eat or drink in each country. This is a super fun challenge and a great way for Silas to have fun doing the KidCot or some of the other festival scavenger hunts while we enjoy some yummy food and drink. There is no better time to do this than when the sun is going down over World Showcase Lagoon.

Close Down The Park Challenge

This is one of the truly difficult challenges that will test your endurance. In order to win the Close Down The Park Challenge you must be at either one of the four parks at rope drop (when the park opens) and stay there for the entire day. You are not allowed to leave until the park is officially closed. There is no going back to the resort for an afternoon break. This one is serious. Don’t try this in the middle of the summer. It is best to do this on one of the 12-hour days.

Roller Coaster Challenge

This challenge is just how it sounds. You have to do all of the roller coasters at Walt Disney World. This is one of the most fun Disney World challenges. As of the writing of this post, there are 8 roller coasters at the World. Magic Kingdom has 4 (Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Barnstormer), Animal Kingdom has 2 (Expedition Everest, Primeval Whirl), and Hollywood Studios has 2 (Rockin’ Roller Coaster, Slinky Dog Dash). In the next couple of years EPCOT is getting the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster and Magic Kingdom is adding TRON. This will put the total to 10. Go ahead and do this challenge now and see if you can complete it again when the other two are finished.

Instagram Walls of Challenge

If you didn’t already know this, Instagram is a huge deal amongst Disney fans. It is so big that there are a bunch of different walls that have their own Instagram pages. The most famous of these is the Purple Wall in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom. However, there are many more that are making a name for themselves. The goal of this challenge is to take a picture in front of as many Instagram walls that you can find. A fun take on this is to come up with some new walls as you are walking around. It is a great way to pay attention to the details of Disney. You will see so many new things just by going on a little scavenger hunt.

All Attractions Challenge

Now we are getting to some of the big ones. In the All Attractions Challenge you must experience every attraction that a park (pick one of the 4) has to offer. Remember, at WDW attractions are more than just rides. This can be a daunting task but one that you can accomplish. Animal Kingdom currently has 38 official attractions per the WDW website. However, things like lions and hippos are each mentioned. These (and many others) can be seen at one time by going on Kilimanjaro Safaris. There is plenty of overlap. Really those 38 are more like 22 when you look at it like that. Of course, Magic Kingdom has a ton more – but on a longer day you can definitely do it! Officially, there are 167 total attractions at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Chillax Challenge

This is a challenge that Silas made up on one of our trips. We were on our last day and he wanted to check out a couple of things in each park. We had absolutely no to-do list. All we wanted to do was take our time in each park and enjoy the day. We had an awesome breakfast and stroll around the World Showcase at Epcot played Toy Story Mania at Hollywood Studios, rode Space Mountain one last time and got an ice cream at the Plaza in Magic Kingdom, and snagged a Flight of Passage FastPass at Animal Kingdom. We just did some of our faves at each park chillaxing the whole time. No rush, just fun.

Transportation Challenge

This is one that we haven’t done yet but will on our next time down there. We want to ride all of the (free) Disney transportation in a day outside of the actual theme parks. Right now, the different modes/areas of transportation are monorail (to MK and EPCOT), tram, resort bus, ferry to MK, friendship boats between HS and EPCOT, friendship boats from Disney Springs, resort boats to MK, and soon the gondolas. There might be more that we are missing, but we think that is it. Our suggested route is park at MK parking lot, tram to ticket and transportation center, monorail to MK entrance, ferry back to TTC, monorail to EPCOT, boat to HS, gondola to Art of Animation Resort, bus to Disney Springs, boat to Port Orleans, bus to MK, resort boat to Polynesian, walk to TCC. Sounds ridiculous, but could be fun?

All Rides Challenge

This, in my humble opinion, is the most difficult of all of the Disney World challenges. If you can complete this than you are truly a Disney master. The idea of this challenge is to ride every ride on property in one park day. If you are going to do this one, your FastPass game needs to be on point!

There are different ideas for what a ride is. I do not have an issue with anyones definition of a ride, but I do have my own. For this challenge, I define a ride as something that is open all day and is not primarily a show. Because of this, I take Main Street Vehicles (those old-timey cars and fire trucks) off of the list because they are not operating the whole day, just at the beginning of the day. I also take Carousel of Progress off of the ride list. If you have those two on your list, that is awesome, one of the best things about Disney is that you can do it however you want to! As of the writing of this post there are 46 rides at the four main parks.

I have tried this challenge only one time. I was able to join the 40 club, but fell short ending at 43. Unfortunately, I lost the challenge for three reasons that cost me about three hours of my day. Someone got sick on Mission Space and I was stuck on the ride for 40 minutes. When I got on Spaceship Earth the ride broke down for 25 minutes. I could not get a FastPass for Flight of Passage and had to stand in line for about two hours. Fun fact, that day was the only day that I did not get a FOP FP when I tried to. Every other time I have tried I was able to get one. If everything would have broke right for me, I think I could have accomplished it. These guys had a different experience.

Also, I walked over 25 miles that day and the next day I could hardly walk. I needed a whole day to recover. Vacation is relaxing.

Have you tried some of these Disney World challenges? Which one would you like to do? What are some of your favorite Disney World challenges that we need to try?