I go quite a few solo trips and I like going for 6 days I feel like I am not rushed and I can get a lot done.
That was part of what I liked about the trip with my mom - even though we only had six days there, we never really felt rushed. I know we must have missed
so much - we never even made it to the back section of Epcot! - but we had a great time.
How long is too long, well that's a tough question. I personally like to travel and the longest I spent on solo vacation was a month, however that was not all Disney. The lonest I spent on a solo Disney vacation was 14 days and if didn't plan other non-Disney activities to mix things up it might have been too long. Good luck with your planning.
Holy cow, a month! That must have been an awesome time. I don't think I could handle a month's vacation unless I was renting a place with a kitchen, the lack of "real food" would probably kill me. I think 14 days would probably be towards my limit as well.
When I go solo during F&W I keep uping the amount of days, I started with 4, that wasn't enough so I went to 5 and this year I'm going for 6 nights 7 days and I'm pretty sure that is not going to be enough. I tend to schedule too much for the festival then don't get quality park time in. I go twice a year so 7 nights per trip is good for me. I know when we used to go every other year, 7 nights was not enough. I like to spend time at the pool, time just wandering around the parks and sitting and relaxing and soaking it all in.
I hear the F&W festival is pretty amazing, though. I'd like to go someday myself. Maybe I could wrangle my dad into a trip down, he's a wine connoisseur and would probably get a kick out of it. I totally agree that if you're going more than once a year, shorter trips become more appealing. I don't think I'd want to do a 2-week-long trip twice a year, but as a one-time graduation trip I think it would work. I'm also not sure when the next time I'd be able to go on a trip would be, since after that will come grad school and then job hunting.
My first solo trip was in the slow season (Sept) and I was there for 12 days.
It wasn't too long for me. I could have stayed longer. Another 5-6 days
would have been great. I'd love to try a month to see if it was "too long"
a stay.
If you do end up staying for a month, let me know how you liked it!
Jen_G, I'm actually planning a solo trip the exact time you are, the end of January and into February. I'm planning (as of now) doing 10 days. I've done mostly 7 days in the past but I'd like to relax more and have a couple of non-park days. I'll probably be staying at one of the All Star resorts so it's more affordable but might do a few days at at a moderate or deluxe for a few days at the end of the trip.
Heeeey! Hello there, trip buddy! Here's hoping we get some nice weather (although anything is going to be better than winter in New England). I've actually started looking in to renting a DVC studio at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, since the Value studios aren't that much more expensive than a room at an All-Star, but the fact that I'd have to rent them so far in advance in order to have a shot at a reservation is worrying me a little. I've never stayed at a deluxe before, and it sounds pretty spectacular - I hope you're able to get one for a couple of days too.
I think 10 days is about right for me most of the time with a few non-full days in the park mixed in. It's nice to look forward to a pool day, a shopping day, another theme park (I've done Universal, Busch Gardens, Sea World and even the Kennedy Space Center) for a change of pace. Around 10 days is also when I get the hankering to go home, eat real food, sleep in my bed, see my everyday friends, etc...
Have a fantastic trip!
I'm going with my cousin and her son to Orlando in May, and I know that she would like to do a day or two at Universal. I've kind of avoided it in the past because I've heard that a lot of their rides are not really fat-friendly, and I didn't want the stress of wondering if I was going to get turned away, but if things go well in May then I could definitely add a few days there to the schedule. Does Busch Gardens still have an animal park section, or are they all rides these days? I haven't been to one in ages, and I don't think I ever visited the one in Florida, just Williamsburg.
