How do I decide which parks to do on which days?!?!
We will be arriving at GKTW on a Thursday, which is awesome because we can start the week off with Christmas! The only downside is that we won't land until 3:10 (still haven't gotten confirmed times but that's what I was told) so I will have to go to the 7:45 orientation, which means I'll miss some of Christmas. I wish I could send dh to the orientation, but he'd forget what they tell him before he even walked out!
Now for planning... how in the world do I decide which parks to do first, in which order?? Since we are starting out on a weekend, should we avoid MK until Monday or later to have less of a crowd?
Going with a 3 year old, 5 year old, 15 year old and 34 year old kid.... do I need to plan 2 days for Universal and IOA or can they both be done the same day while pleasing both the big and small age groups?
I am not really interested in going around to all the countries in Epcot, but would like to still go for the popular rides and attractions. Could these be done in a partial day? Are we missing out on too much by skipping the World Showcase? Do you end up meeting a lot of characters going through?
I really can't decide what to do about character dining. I see so many posts about it and I feel like we are going to be missing out on something if we don't try it, but I have no idea what we'd want to do and if it would really be worth it. I know I don't want princess dining, and would prefer lunch over breakfast but that's all I know. Any suggestions??
There are plenty more thoughts running through my head, but I won't throw them all at you at once