furb & dez
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I don't get the planning thing. The only reservation I made for my 5-day trip was for a lunch at the Morocco pavilion in Epcot due to all the doom-and-gloom Disney dining talk.
Due to all the "planplanplanplanplan" talk on forums like these, we had actually only planned to see two parks over four (possibly five) days, that is, Epcot and the Magic Kingdom (because, surely we'll have so much to do and do so much walking that we'll be taking a slower pace!).
On day 1, we went to Epcot since it was a Extra Magic Morning at Magic Kingdom that day, and did everything there was to do there. I was struck at how little repeatability there was in the attractions there (though we did go on both Living with the Land and the Maelstrom twice).
On day 2, we went to Magic Kingdom and did nearly everything there was to do. So at this point, we had to re-strategize. We had no interest in returning to Epcot except for maybe a meal, but since we didn't buy parkhoppers, we nixed that. We decided to go to Animal Kingdom on day 3 instead.
On day 3, we went to Animal Kingdom and did basically everything there was to do... and went on Expedition Everest quite a few times. I heartily recommend the buffetit was so nice to see relatively "exotic" food at a Disney park ("exotic" as in unfamiliar and scary to people who think butter is a spice and bell peppers are potent). I mean really, samosas! Samosas! Samosas!
(got my Indian food quota for the month!) We left Animal Kingdom early after running out of things to do and having little interest in riding Expedition Everest yet again.
On day 4, we returned to Magic Kingdom and did all the (few) things we missed the on day 2, then did our favorites again for the rest of the day. This is the only day we stayed to "close the park down." I did think it was a little insidiously tacky how Disney closes down the counter service food locations in the evening to force you into more expensive dining venues.
On day 5, we had half a day before having to head to the airport, so we did Disney's Hollywood Studios. We saw a good chunk of the park (basically everything except the stunt shows, which are far down the interest list anyway), with enough left over to pique our interest for a future visit. I have to admit that I liked the theming in this tiny park.
So in 5 days, we saw virtually all of Walt Disney World's attractions. Frankly, though I had a wonderful time, I was disappointed in how little there actually was to do. This is why I don't understand the "planplanplan" mentality, because personally we learned by experience that it's not needed.
Walt Disney World has been put on our "eh, we'll come back in 4 or 5 years and see it again then" list. As always, YMMV.
Due to all the "planplanplanplanplan" talk on forums like these, we had actually only planned to see two parks over four (possibly five) days, that is, Epcot and the Magic Kingdom (because, surely we'll have so much to do and do so much walking that we'll be taking a slower pace!).
On day 1, we went to Epcot since it was a Extra Magic Morning at Magic Kingdom that day, and did everything there was to do there. I was struck at how little repeatability there was in the attractions there (though we did go on both Living with the Land and the Maelstrom twice).
On day 2, we went to Magic Kingdom and did nearly everything there was to do. So at this point, we had to re-strategize. We had no interest in returning to Epcot except for maybe a meal, but since we didn't buy parkhoppers, we nixed that. We decided to go to Animal Kingdom on day 3 instead.
On day 3, we went to Animal Kingdom and did basically everything there was to do... and went on Expedition Everest quite a few times. I heartily recommend the buffetit was so nice to see relatively "exotic" food at a Disney park ("exotic" as in unfamiliar and scary to people who think butter is a spice and bell peppers are potent). I mean really, samosas! Samosas! Samosas!
(got my Indian food quota for the month!) We left Animal Kingdom early after running out of things to do and having little interest in riding Expedition Everest yet again.On day 4, we returned to Magic Kingdom and did all the (few) things we missed the on day 2, then did our favorites again for the rest of the day. This is the only day we stayed to "close the park down." I did think it was a little insidiously tacky how Disney closes down the counter service food locations in the evening to force you into more expensive dining venues.
On day 5, we had half a day before having to head to the airport, so we did Disney's Hollywood Studios. We saw a good chunk of the park (basically everything except the stunt shows, which are far down the interest list anyway), with enough left over to pique our interest for a future visit. I have to admit that I liked the theming in this tiny park.
So in 5 days, we saw virtually all of Walt Disney World's attractions. Frankly, though I had a wonderful time, I was disappointed in how little there actually was to do. This is why I don't understand the "planplanplan" mentality, because personally we learned by experience that it's not needed.
Walt Disney World has been put on our "eh, we'll come back in 4 or 5 years and see it again then" list. As always, YMMV.
