About Magical Families
A 2028 FLAR trip being planned around connection, care, and joy.
Magical Families is being planned as a future 2028 FLAR trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. The destination may be magical, but the heart of the trip is connection, shared memories, and a welcoming experience shaped with care. The exact length of the trip, timing, lodging approach, support needs, and group experiences are still being explored, which is why FLAR is inviting families to help guide the planning now.
Why Magical Families Matters
A space where FLAR families are the reason we gather.
For many foster, adoptive, and kinship families, everyday life can include questions, complexities, and experiences that not everyone understands. Magical Families is being shaped as a space for meaningful connection, joyful memories, and moments where families can simply be together.
Families understood
For foster, adoptive, and kinship families, being surrounded by people who understand can make room for more ease, belonging, and joy.
Meaningful connection
Magical Families is being shaped to create space for conversations, friendships, and shared moments that can stay with families long after the trip ends.
Safe shared spaces
FLAR hopes this experience can create safe, welcoming spaces where foster, adoptive, and kinship families feel understood, supported, and surrounded by others who share some of the same realities.
More Than Park Days
Meaningful moments can happen beyond the parks too.
While Walt Disney World is the planned destination, Magical Families is not only about time inside the theme parks. As planning continues, FLAR hopes to include connection points outside the parks as well, such as possible gatherings, shared meals, meetups, or other moments where families can spend time together.
Every family may approach the trip differently. Some may prefer a lighter park schedule, build in rest days, or look for additional ways to connect. Families should not have to feel like every meaningful part of the trip depends on a full park day. The planning process will help FLAR understand what kinds of shared experiences would be most helpful.
Shaped Around Real Families
Careful planning matters here.
A trip like this needs to reflect real family needs. Cost, lodging, accessibility, sensory considerations, downtime, and support all matter if Magical Families is going to feel realistic, meaningful, and welcoming.
Family size and travel timing
Budget, lodging, and support needs
Accessibility, sensory needs, and downtime
What kinds of group moments would feel most meaningful
Still in the Planning Stage
FLAR is listening before final decisions are made.
Registration is not open yet, and final trip details have not been announced. At this stage, planning forms simply help FLAR understand interest, needs, and what support families may want before decisions are made about trip length, timing, lodging, registration, park days, and possible shared experiences.
Not registration
Completing a planning form does not commit your family to attending. It simply helps FLAR understand what families may need.
Details still taking shape
Trip length, timing, lodging, support, park days, and possible shared experiences are still being explored.
A FLAR Kind of Magic
Have thoughts, questions, or ideas? Help us shape Magical Families from the beginning.
Magical Families is about more than visiting a destination. It is about creating a shared experience where foster, adoptive, and kinship families can feel seen, supported, and connected. That is the kind of magic FLAR hopes to build.