14 park days or 11? start APs on arrival day or wait?

[newholidayx2]

Going back n forth on this - not sure what to do
We're arriving in WDW Sat Aug 13th
1) not use APs until Tues 16th - instead Typhoon Lagoon, pools, Downtown Disney, etc
2) start APs immediately

the reason Im hesitating is we have a DCL planned for next Aug. Waiting until the 16th would give us 5days we can use the APs before the cruise next yr.

But what if something happens and we dont do that cruise? change in dates, cruiselines, etc?

what would you do?

 

[jenndisney]

If you are doing the other sites anyway, I would do them and try to save the AP activation since you may have a trip next year. But if you get there and change your mind, you can easily activate them and head to the parks. Also, have you thought of the 10 day passes with no expiration? That way you could save the days until your return. ----just a thought.......