I would love to know what your family does when the parks close? Do you just crash at your resort or do you indulge in Disney nightlife? I know there are times of the year when the parks are open to the wee hours of the AM but I want to know what you do with the rest of your evening when the park closes at dusk (AK) or when MK closes at 9 PM?
Ah! Well you can see how I missed
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I went a year without an AP in 05-06, and still spent a lot of time at Disney! In fact, I recommend it! Forces one to find out what is there! And there is a lot!
Resort tours are the first thing one might think of, but I also spent an afternoon lying on the beach at Ft Wilderness after taking the boat over from Wilderness Lodge. Saw some peacocks that were a bit scary! Noisy things! And don't like to share the path if they are on it!
Have also gone to the beach at the Poly to watch the MK Fireworks and on one of the bridges at the Epcot Resorts to watch Illuminations.
And have sat on the beach and at the campground for movies!
The first "return" year, after having been away since the 70's, I was there in January, and on one day tickets, so after the parks closed, I would go do one of the many dinner theaters in the area. Arabian Knights was by far the finest- and still is, though none of them are what they were back then.
And most recently, after leaving the park at closing, I hit the pool at Y&BC! And did the slide! And the whirlpool and the sinking sand! I think if I were staying on prop and was out of the parks, it would be the pool for me in most cases!
Jud