My family's Disney vacation two years ago was perfect in almost every way, and I really think it will be hard to top. My kids were 4 and 7 at the time. I really enjoyed planning that trip, and treated it as a once in a lifetime kind of trip (even though I'd been to Disney a bunch before, and we'd all been there in a trip with extended family when the kids were babies/toddlers). But the last trip was the complete package -- we were there for 8 days, stayed at the Poly; tons of character meals, including CRT; had all of the hard to get fast passes; took advantage of PPO breakfasts to get no wait access to popular rides; Jedi training, etc. We saw pretty much everything we wanted to see with minimal waits, spent our afternoons relaxing at our resort, and returned in the evenings at a more relaxed pace than our mornings.
We're planning to do a combined Disney/Universal trip next summer. It is my kids first choice for a vacation. But I'm having a hard time getting excited about planning. I worry the next trip will feel like a letdown. I'd like this trip to be a little more budget conscious. Plus I had thought that Star Wars land would be open but it looks like it is now not opening until late fall 2019. And my daughter is over princesses so that aspect of Disney that made the last trip so special won’t be there. And for Universal, my daughter is still just 45ish inches, so there’s a good chance she won’t be 48 inches by next summer which would make Universal kind of pointless to go to (for us).
For all repeat visitors, what gets you excited to go back year after year? My kids will be 7 and 10. My 7 year old will be able to ride things like Everest and Space Mountain that she was too short for last time. And I know Pandora and Toy Story Land are new. Any other new things to get excited about? Or classics that never get old? Or secret/little things we can looks forward to (e.g., one of our favorite activities last time was the Pirate adventure treasure map activity in Adventure Land -- there were really cool special effects and we found it to be the perfect activity to do when ride lines were long).
We're planning to do a combined Disney/Universal trip next summer. It is my kids first choice for a vacation. But I'm having a hard time getting excited about planning. I worry the next trip will feel like a letdown. I'd like this trip to be a little more budget conscious. Plus I had thought that Star Wars land would be open but it looks like it is now not opening until late fall 2019. And my daughter is over princesses so that aspect of Disney that made the last trip so special won’t be there. And for Universal, my daughter is still just 45ish inches, so there’s a good chance she won’t be 48 inches by next summer which would make Universal kind of pointless to go to (for us).
For all repeat visitors, what gets you excited to go back year after year? My kids will be 7 and 10. My 7 year old will be able to ride things like Everest and Space Mountain that she was too short for last time. And I know Pandora and Toy Story Land are new. Any other new things to get excited about? Or classics that never get old? Or secret/little things we can looks forward to (e.g., one of our favorite activities last time was the Pirate adventure treasure map activity in Adventure Land -- there were really cool special effects and we found it to be the perfect activity to do when ride lines were long).
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