Honeymoon at WDW - is it crazy?

[cathdisfan]

We are trying to decide what to do for a honeymoon in October. I would like to go to Disney, but I would rather not have a crazy go, go, go honeymoon. Is Disney worth it at a slower pace? and what do you recomend we do?

 

[Boston Disney Bride]

We are trying to decide what to do for a honeymoon in October. I would like to go to Disney, but I would rather not have a crazy go, go, go honeymoon. Is Disney worth it at a slower pace? and what do you recomend we do?

My personal opinion is No it is not worth doing Disney at a slow pace. But that may just be because I am one of those people who try to fit everything into Disney trip...I recommend you have a tropical all inclusive honeymoon where all you have to worry about is getting a beach chair close to the pool.. But that's just my opinion

 

[tric8783]

We always take Disney slow, but we are fortunate to be able to go often. We usually wake up when we want, grab breakfast, then venture to the parks and do a few rides, come back to the hotel and lounge around, go to the pool, go back to the room and nap, get ready and go to dinner, have drinks or go back in a park etc. We could never stay in a park all day from open to close, we'd go nuts! lol You can definitely be relaxed and still enjoy Disney! I think you can definitely do it if you go for long enough so that you can still do everything, just at a slower pace! You can also schedule a few nice dinners, so that you can lounge at the hotel all day, maybe rent a cabana at the pool, then take your time getting ready for your nice dinner, and make it very romantic!

We love going the last week of September/first week of October- end of Sept isn't too crowded and then F&W starts in October!

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

I 110% agree with tricia I love doing disney slow. My favorite thing to do is grab a funnel cake and a coke or lemonade pick a place in the hub to sit and then just people watch. I think taking Disney slow is one of the best ways to enjoy it and see everything. I also like walking around taking cool pictures and doing hidden mickey hunts. Lounging by the pools is also amazingly fun

Teresa

 

[Clareathon]

I've done WDW at a breakneck pace and at a slow pace. It's a way better experience at a slow pace. Give yourself plenty of time (at least 8 days) and you can see everything you want without feeling rushed. You can linger over dinners, you can people-watch, you can discover out of the way areas, you can go back to your room for a nooner! I would probably never go to WDW for less than a week ever again. I enjoy being able to spend Sunday afternoon watching football at the ESPN Club without thinking I'm missing out on rides!

 

[Boston Disney Bride]

I 110% agree with tricia I love doing disney slow. My favorite thing to do is grab a funnel cake and a coke or lemonade pick a place in the hub to sit and then just people watch. I think taking Disney slow is one of the best ways to enjoy it and see everything. I also like walking around taking cool pictures and doing hidden mickey hunts. Lounging by the pools is also amazingly fun

Teresa

We always take Disney slow, but we are fortunate to be able to go often. We usually wake up when we want, grab breakfast, then venture to the parks and do a few rides, come back to the hotel and lounge around, go to the pool, go back to the room and nap, get ready and go to dinner, have drinks or go back in a park etc. We could never stay in a park all day from open to close, we'd go nuts! lol You can definitely be relaxed and still enjoy Disney! I think you can definitely do it if you go for long enough so that you can still do everything, just at a slower pace! You can also schedule a few nice dinners, so that you can lounge at the hotel all day, maybe rent a cabana at the pool, then take your time getting ready for your nice dinner, and make it very romantic!

We love going the last week of September/first week of October- end of Sept isn't too crowded and then F&W starts in October!

Gosh! I need to be more like you guys when we go to Disney! DH hates when I wake him up at the butt crack of dawn to do EMH..lol. Gosh if I wasn't so type A..your trips sound so relaxing. After 8 days in Disney for me, I need a vacation from my vacation

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I think that it all really depends on the type of people you are and how often you visit WDW. For our honeymoon, we stayed at the GF, and wanted to spend a lot of time there because we had never stayed there before and it is a bit expensive. We had annual passes at the time, so if we decided to only do half of a day at a park, it didn't feel like we were wasting money. If you are paying for full price tickets with no expiration, this might be harder for you to do. I have also been to WDW many times, so I have a much easier time going slow and really enjoying myself now. Some days I want to get up early and do EMH, or stay at a park late or something - and I do that. But some days we wanted to spend half of a day sitting by the pool and relaxing, and we did that as well. My last few WDW trips have been much more relaxing than the trips before them - I have done it all before, so I don't feel the need to do every single thing on every single trip.

 

[Crickety]

I think Disney at a slow pace is definitely possible. We are actually doing something similar.

You are fortunate to be going during the Wine and Food festival. If I were going during that time I would probably schedule in one of the dining experiences or a wine tasting.

You can stroll around the world. Take advantage of the extra magic hours. We are late risers so late night hours without massive crowds is much more relaxing. Spend the day lounging at the pool or napping during the middle of the day rather than fighting the crowds. Make reservations at a signature restaurant your dying to try. Go shopping in Downtown Disney. Take a backstage tour. Go on a romantic fireworks boat ride. There are endless possibilities for a romantic and relaxing Disney honeymoon.

 

[polkadotsyellowheels]

I'm engaged right now and we are thinking the same thing... so we are seriously considering doing disney's vero beach resort for disney theming and customer service but for a slow and relaxing honeymoon and maybe going to the actual world for a day on the drive home.

 

[shells4]

Your trip is what you make it. It is much easier to be relaxed if you've been to Disney before. Going at a slower time definately helps since you don't have to wait in long too long for rides. We spent a week at WDW for our honeymoon but had been there several times before. We are night owls. We slept in everyday. Hung out at the pools, ate at great restarants, stayed late at the parks at night. Loved the EMH late at night because the parks were empty. Usually we would go back to the pool after park closing and they were also empty. We have children and the trip is much busier when they are there. It was wonderful to have an adult only trip, many things the kids would be bored with that we loved. Then when we take the kids we do whatever they want because we felt like we have already done the things they wouldn't be interested in. Disney can be very romantic and we loved our honeymoon there.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

All of our trips to Disney are slow paced (I don't think I've ever used an alarm at Disney). We're getting married at Discovery Cove in December and have rented a one bedroom room at OKW for the rest of the week. We're referring to it as our "semi-honeymoon" because we really wanted to do an Alaskan cruise right after we get married, but we have to wait until May to do that (you know, being winter and all ).

My family is leaving the day after we get married, but his family is sticking around for the week. I'm so excited to hang out with them and have a relaxing vacation. The day after the wedding will just be us, we'll probably just hang out at the resort or get stuff to make margaritas at the room and hang out at the pool. The rest of the week we only have about 3-4 Disney days and we're going back to Discovery Cove the day before we leave.

I have had one true beach vacation in my life (I live in Virginia Beach so we don't vacation much to beaches). We went to St. Croix for a week and I was beyond bored sitting around the resort or pool. The resort was gorgeous, but I like to go and do things and have fun and explore! That's what I love about Disney, fun things to do every day if you want, while still having plenty of quiet, relaxing times.

As far as things to do that are relaxing, there's plenty: rent kayaks/boats at several of the resorts, get a stack of books/crossword puzzles/magazines and head for a beach/pool chair, rent a surrey bike at the resorts or campground, find a swing or hammock around the resort to relax in, most resorts have a movie night, go to the campfire sing-a-long at the campground, rent a golf cart for the day and explore the campground, get ice cream from the to-go window at Beaches 'n Cream and take a stroll around the boardwalk, etc.

 

[EvilQueenT]

my husband and i often celebrate our anniversary at wdw. i agree with taking a longer trip so you can have both the park experience but still take the time to do more of a relaxing honeymoon and enjoy some of the slower activities offered. when we go we book signature dinners, we always keep some time open for spending at the resort, once my husband arranged a picnic for the two of us while we watched wishes from the beach at the poly. i'm the go go go park fanatic who knows exactly how many mickey park minutes we have for our trip and my husband likes a really slow vacation so it's a good mix. we also go when the park hours are longer giving us more options. my husband thought disney was only for taking the kids until i got him to go just the two of us for the first time in 07...now he jokes saying he doesn't understand why anyone would want to take the kids when it's so much fun to honeymoon.

 

[geek+nerd]

I definitely agree about doing a longer trip if possible. DH and I were fortunate to be able to do 14 days, 4 days before the wedding and 10 days after. We did take things slower the second week on certain days. One of my favorite days was when we had dinner reservations at Jiko. We spent the morning in Epcot doing a few rides, and then headed back to the condo to get ready for dinner. We had a lovely dinner at Jiko and then headed over to Boardwalk and spent the rest of the evening hanging out there. We got cupcakes at the bakery and sat and ate them near the water and then just strolled around the whole place. It was wonderful. We also went miniature golfing one morning, which is something I wouldn't normally take time out of the parks to do on a shorter trip. My favorite part of being there for a longer period of time was being able to really explore the countries in Epcot. Neither of us is big drinkers, but we do like to eat, so we ate around the world

You can definitely do it at a slower pace, and it can be amazing and romantic!

 

[Adri]

My husband and I have no qualms about going to Disney World for our honeymoon (it's a belated honeymoon that will actually be just before our first wedding anniversary!) because we appear to be constitutionally incapable of taking a slow, relaxing vacation. Every time we go on a trip anywhere, we like to fill our time with as much stuff as possible and we are always on the go. I would be immensely bored lying around at a beach, and if we want to chill out and do nothing, then we just do that at home.

I realize that most people aren't like us, and I also don't have much experience that can contribute to the conversation. I've only actually been to WDW on family vacations years ago when the World was much smaller and less crowded. But I think you'd have a great time if 1) you took things at a slower pace and accepted the fact that you're not going to be able to do and see every single thing you'd like to, or if 2) you're lucky enough to have the time and money to take a longer trip where you can check out all the rides, shows, etc. you want, but still have time to relax. Like other people have said, some of your most memorable moments aren't going to be things like fireworks and roller coasters, they're going to be the little things that you didn't and couldn't plan.

 

[herb102211]

Have you thought about a Disney cruise/Disney world honeymoon? You could relax and go to the beach on the cruise and then head to the parks for a few days either before or after the cruise. Last year, we did a few days at the parks and then the 3 night cruise to the Bahamas and loved it. For our honeymoon, we stayed at the Beach Club for 8 days and it was go, go, go for the most part. We did go to Typhoon Lagoon to relax on the beach there and at the Beach Club, but I don’t think we’ve ever done an entire Disney trip at a slow place.

With that said, I think it really depends on how much you are looking to do and what you’re looking to see, but it also depends on where you’re staying and for how long. If you’re staying at an Epcot area resort (Beach Club/Boardwalk/Yacht Club), you can walk to Hollywood Studios and Epcot. If you have a park hopper you can take the monorail from Epcot to MK. You’ll end up saving a lot of time by doing that instead of waiting around for the busses to the parks all of the time. If you are looking for a slower pace trip, you could hang out at the beach/pools during the day, grab dinner, and then head to the parks at night. I would also recommend staying for 10 days or so, if you plan on doing that. We were at WDW last October for our honeymoon and I’d highly recommend going to the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at MK. I think October is one of the best times of the year to go to WDW. The crowds are low and the weather is great.

Enjoy your honeymoon!

 

[DisneyObsession]

October is a great time of year to go to Disney!!!

My husband & I went to celebrate our 25th Anniversary and knew going in we wouldn't get to see & do everything...that is just not possible in any trip. We took it slow and absorbed everything we got to do. One of the things I enjoyed was getting to spend time alone with my husband. Isn't that what the honeymoon is for?

 

[AndreeaScott]

Have a great wedding. Enjoy it, it goes by real fast. Have a great time WDW and the cruise. My MIL thought we should've went there on our honeymoon but we decided to go Hawaii (somewhere where we would never go again).