Both players have returned from recent injury setbacks, and flew out with Sir Alex Ferguson's squad early on Tuesday.
Ferguson has yet to decide whether to name the duo in his line-up for the crunch second leg at the San Siro, which United will begin with a 3-2 lead from the first leg at Old Trafford a week ago.
But he knows the presence of Vidic and Ferdinand could be invaluable as they look to preserve their narrow lead.
Ferdinand aggravated a groin injury against Middlesbrough 10 days ago and Vidic has not played since breaking a collarbone in the Premiership triumph over Blackburn on March 31.
However, Ferguson was optimistic enough over both players to name them in his travelling party.
"It is too early to say whether they will play," said the Scot.
"They will travel and we will assess the situation after training tonight."
With Patrice Evra suspended, the odds are at least one of them will play, allowing Gabriel Heinze to switch into his favoured left-back role.
Louis Saha could be on the bench despite his recent hamstring problems although the absence of Gary Neville will only fuel speculation the United skipper's ankle injury will rule him out for the season.
Three men: Heinze, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes - who famously missed the 1999 Champions League final - are one caution away from a ban, although Ferguson will hope the trio remain fully focused on steering United to what would be only their third European Cup final.
Twice before, in 1958 and 1969, United have fallen to Milan at this stage of the competition. Ferguson himself has suffered semi-final defeats against Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
But, a better statistic for United followers is that their club have not lost a European tie after winning the first leg since 1985 and have never done so under Ferguson.
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