6. Hit the links

Whether you’re into championship golf courses or miniature golf courses, Disney has you covered. There are four championship courses – which range from Oak Trail, a walking course that’s appropriate for younger golfers as well as seasoned ones, to Magnolia, which features water hazards on 11 of its 18 holes and 97 bunkers. For mini-golf fans, there are Fantasia Gardens and Fairways as well as Winter Summerland courses.

7. Set sail

Free boat trips are available around Crescent Lake, which loops around Epcot, the BoardWalk, the Yacht and Beach Club, the Swan and Dolphin and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You can also take a boat ride around the Magic Kingdom, Contemporary, Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness, or another ride around the Polynesian, Grand Floridian and Magic Kingdom. Or, if you’d like to venture out on your own, you can rent anything from a small two-person Sea Raycer boat to a yacht at most deluxe resorts and some moderate hotels. Bay Lake at the Contemporary Resort also offers tubing, parasailing and water-skiing.

8. Relax by the pools

Disney has some of the best-themed pools that you could ever find, and while admission is available only to guests, if you’re staying at a Disney resort, make sure you don’t miss out on a pool day. Even if you’re not a guest, you can walk around and admire the architecture. The best pools on Disney property are probably Stormalong Bay at the Yacht and Beach Club, which has a huge “shipwreck” with a slide; the Mayan ruin-themed pool at Coronado Springs; and the pool at the Wilderness Lodge, which starts as a “spring” in the resort’s lobby, cascades down a waterfall and ends in a geyser.

9. Go (slightly) out of town

Located within a 10-minute drive of Walt Disney World is Celebration, a planned community that’s pedestrian-friendly. There’s an old-fashioned downtown area called Market Street, with small boutiques and galleries as well as events planned throughout each month. Near the winter holidays, the street even has an event called “Now Snowing Nightly,” when it “snows” on the street four times a night. There are also miles of nature trails and walking paths and award-winning restaurants in the small town.

10. Choose your own adventure

Create your own fun by going on a scavenger hunt for Hidden Mickeys, going fishing at Port Orleans Riverside or Fort Wilderness, watching a free Disney movie and enjoying a campfire at several resorts, and taking in the Electrical Water Pageant and fireworks from some resorts' beaches.

If you’ve been to Walt Disney World several times, why not try a trip where you never enter a park? There are so many things to do outside of the parks that they might not be missed much at all.