If, like me, you grew up watching Disney movies on VHS, you’ll remember that longing feeling that the opening few minutes of the video caused. The music would come on, Tinkerbell would wave her wand over Cinderella’s castle and the advert for Walt Disney World in Orlando would commence, leading you to dream listlessly of what it would be like to actually go.

I never made it to any form of Disney World or Land as a child – despite what I’m sure were endless hours of badgering my much maligned parents – and I’m sure I’m not alone in that fact. It is simply too expensive for many UK families. 

So when I finally made it, in my 30s, to Orlando earlier this year, my expectations were high but tinged...