Travel Shoes to Pack for a Disney Vacation

So you're going on a Disney Vacation and now you need to figure out which walking shoes to pack for your holiday? Experts suggest that travelers pack light and limiting the number of travel shoes you bring is the best way to accomplish that. Here's how you can pare down the list of travel shoes you'll need to bring with you to tour Walt Disney World:

The Water Shoe

A Disney vacation will be filled with opportunities to enjoy the water, surf and sand. Don't go without protection for your feet. In days past, a simple plastic water shoe would have been your best choice in travel shoes. But vacation footwear has come a long way, and the design of water shoes has vastly improved. Some of them are even attractive.

A shoe that keeps your foot enclosed in a protective mesh and drains through the bottom will not only protect your feet, but keep out abrasive sand and grit. Moreover, the key to finding only four shoes to pack for your Disney vacation is to make sure that your shoes serve more than one purpose. To that end, look for an amphibious shoe that you can wear in the water or on dry land. Because of the mesh, the shoe will act like a sandal to keep your feet cool during those hot tours. The right water shoe can even give you all the support of an athletic walking shoe.

You can pack a high end water shoe for your vacation, like Columbia's Aquatooth or you can go for something simpler, like Lands' End's Sea-to-Shore Sport Shoes. Both shoes will provide enough walking shoe comfort for waiting in lines. If you prefer to pack a lower profile shoe for your trip, consider Salomon's Amphibia which is as stylish as it is functional. All three water shoes can do double duty, saving you precious space in your suitcase.

The Walking Shoe