zanzibar138
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Hi all, starting to plan a bit more strategy for our January trip. For context, this is part of our honeymoon and will be the first trip for both of us (and possibly the only one coming from west coast Australia). We'll be arriving from Vegas on a Monday, flight departing 8:45am and arriving at 4:10pm. I'm estimating we should get to WDW by 6pm unless there are major delays somewhere, but also not sure what's realistic for timing. We'll be staying for 14 nights across Poly, BLT and AKV.
After an early start, a tiring day of travel and dealing with time zone changes, I was thinking it might be nice to 'stay in' that night - have a nice dinner, maybe an adult beverage or 2, and watch the fireworks and/or EWP from the resort. I really wanted a resort with a view for that reason and have settled on Poly (which was surprisingly more available/affordable than the EPCOT resorts via DVC rental).
However, I've now realised that there will very likely be EEH at EPCOT that night, and I'm wondering if it's a 'waste' if we don't go? We'll have another EPCOT EEH a week later, plus 2 at MK. Park admission isn't a problem as we have the 14-day park hoppers for international guests that will allow us to go into the parks every day of our trip if we want to. At this stage, if our Poly reservation comes through, we won't be able to change it to an EPCOT area resort (not that there were any suitably priced ones available anyway!).
What would you do? Relaxing night at the resort ready to hit the ground running the next day, or start the trip with a bang at EPCOT?
After an early start, a tiring day of travel and dealing with time zone changes, I was thinking it might be nice to 'stay in' that night - have a nice dinner, maybe an adult beverage or 2, and watch the fireworks and/or EWP from the resort. I really wanted a resort with a view for that reason and have settled on Poly (which was surprisingly more available/affordable than the EPCOT resorts via DVC rental).
However, I've now realised that there will very likely be EEH at EPCOT that night, and I'm wondering if it's a 'waste' if we don't go? We'll have another EPCOT EEH a week later, plus 2 at MK. Park admission isn't a problem as we have the 14-day park hoppers for international guests that will allow us to go into the parks every day of our trip if we want to. At this stage, if our Poly reservation comes through, we won't be able to change it to an EPCOT area resort (not that there were any suitably priced ones available anyway!).
What would you do? Relaxing night at the resort ready to hit the ground running the next day, or start the trip with a bang at EPCOT?
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