How many "days off" do you take at WDW?

[elgerber]

We never do a day off, we are always in a park for at least a while on each day.

 

[ajwolfe]

My prediction: You'll come back to the hotel in the late afternoon, your kids will jump in the pool (where your friends have been hanging out all day), and then you will head back to the parks (either with or without your friends).

You are probably right on a day or two..I would imagine most days my kids will keep on, but I'm sure they will jump at the chance to swim a few times.

 

[Planogirl]

I like to go for about 10 days and visit the parks (both Disney and not) 8-9 days. That includes taking time to rest in the afternoons most days.

We've seen just about everything at WDW many, many times and only try to see new stuff and revisit old favorites. We don't feel the need to keep seeing the same things over and over again. Besides we've discovered that Florida is really a pretty amazing state full of tons of things to see and do.

 

[#1DopeyFan]

No days off...RD until 9-10pm every day.

 

[princessbrulee]

We generally try to take a day off during our 9-10 day trips. But I always buy enough tickets for each day, because of the miniscule price difference. Sometimes we pop into a park briefly on our "resort days," mostly to enjoy the evening entertainment.

 

[Aliceacc]

We're both teachers, so we only go during the summer.

We don't ever take a day off. Instead, we get back to the resort pool every single afternoon for a few hours. In the summer, the parks reach the Point of Diminishing Returns at about 1 pm-- all you accomplish is getting frustrated and hot and uncomfortable as you wait on endless lines. Far better to go back for a swim until dinner time.

We'll be there for 7 nights, so we have 8 day parkhopper tickets. And we'll use them every single day.

 

[Rgonzalez79]

We're going for 14 days in May (I can hardly contain my excitement), we're taking 7 total park days (6 Disney, 1 Universal/IOA).

We do stay at the parks from rope drop through to closing so I feel like taking the day after to sleep in and kind of hang around the resort pool and review everything we saw and did the day before just adds to the experience and the appreciation of the event.

We also like to spend some time at the Boardwalk, DD loves the magicians at night and we're trying to get DW on one of those bikes this year, taking our time at the Downtown Disney shops or just driving around and having lunch down in Celebration or some other random place we find.

This is just my family and I completely understand others taking 1 non-park day or even 0, I think each family must set their own pace depending on what they want out of the vacation and how everyone copes with the schedule.

Good luck!

 

[kidd_freeper]

This July we will be near WDW for 11 days. We bought 5-day Premium YES tix (5 theme park days plus 5 "fun" days)

We use the "fun" days as days to rest in between theme park days and will plan to go to a theme park every other day.

 

[wallskm]

Zero! We do a couple days where we build in the option for rest (like plan on leaving the park early and not coming back) or have a whole day where we don't have any specific plans and can choose to rest if we want to. But no full rest days. Last year we planned a rest day and ended up at MK by about 4 that afternoon, and the same went for our water park day- came back to the room and napped then ended up at MK after dinner and stayed until midnight .

 

[Kellykins1218]

If we're there for 14 days, we have 14 park days. The 50 weeks we're at home are our non-park days & we don't want to miss a second of our DW time.

 

[ameliahyde]

On our upcoming trip, we are doing the parks every day, but we plan to do some late days (one very late for MNSSHP and another few late arrivals in the morning). Other days, we plan to leave for long afternoon breaks, and then some days involve early departures, I.e. animal kingdom at 5 pm close and MK at 7pm close. We plan rope drop on about 4 mornings of our 9 day trip. I have a 2 and 4 year old, so all day every day is not feasible for us.

 

[disfanforlife]

We do not go to a park on arrival day or departure day. But, we do not have a rest day either. Typically, we stay for 7 nights and get 6 days MYW tickets.

 

[cedricandsophie]

Out of 10 days in Msrch we went to all 4 parks in one day but that's enough for us. I just don't see the charm or fun in bucking crowds for rides that we have been on many many times. Much prefer the pool. How did we do it without a fastpass even ? Animal kingdom had early open. Got there as gates opened and went on 3 or 4 rides without much line. Left at 11 and went to Hollywood studios to have lunch at brown derby. Hit the car show and a couple rides. Went back to hotel for a few hours. Went to Epcot to look at flower show and have dinner. Ended at MK for electric light parade, a few rides and fireworks. Left at midnight happy and satisfied. The other nine days we spent a pool, a movie, playing tennis and a braves baseball game.

 

[#1DopeyFan]

The 50 weeks we're at home are our non-park days & we don't want to miss a second of our DW time.

 

[txtricia]

We are going for 12 nights in May/June. We don't technically take any off days but we do purchase the water park fun and more pass so right now we arrive late on day 0, we have 1 day set aside for Blizzard beach and Disney Quest, and 1 day for Typhoon Lagoon. Plus are taking it easy on Animal Kingdom day. All other days are full park days. We have a pool at home so swimming at the hotel pool does not hold a huge appeal but every family has different needs.

 

[redsbe]

We can not afford the time or money for more than 5 days max at WDW (plus we like to use money and other vacation time each year for other a non-WDW trip plus visiting family), so we take NO complete days out of parks while at WDW.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

For a week long visit (7 to 8 days), we usually spend 4 days in the parks. We have always had the Water Park Fun & More add on so there is PLENTY to do on our non park days (water parks, Disney Quest, mini golf, regular golf, Downtown Disney, tour the resorts, etc). My family (teens) really prefers a more relaxed vacation. They'd kill me if I made them go to the parks every day!

 

[MaggieMouse]

Right now I have our arrival day as our down day/DTD visit day. We are going to Sea World on our second day to get it out of the way (DD really wants to go). The rest of the days we'll be doing two parks a day. My dd doesn't really care for roller coasters or fast rides so that will eliminate a lot of the waiting for us. I do have midday breaks planned so afternoons will be go with the flow except when we have ADR's.

 

[bookgirl]

I don't take any 'days off' from the parks. At least not completely.


I usually only go once a year (this year it's 2-3 so it's an odd one). So If I'm there, I'm generally in the parks at least part of everyday.

I did have one trip with 6 park days and honestly on day 6 I only went for an hour or two then I spent the rest of the day packing or doing some last minute shopping at DTD. I was tired.

Now I plan for trips with 3-4 actual park days with a travel day before and after. I'd rather have shorter visits with just the right amount of days then to pay for a day in the middle to rest.


I do have a week planned tentatively this summer. But we are offsite due to the nature of the visit and I will only be doing partial park visits in between other activities and we have two days planned completely away from Orlando.

 

[P00H1010]

In our opinion the more time we can spend there the better! We have never taken any days off during our trips. We go to the parks on our arrival and departure days even though they are partial days. We are avid park hoppers and generally take time to go the waterparks or other activities but we still go to atleast one park per day.