How many hours a day do you spend in the parks?

[teamagic]

Before our kids, we were there from rope drop to park closing. Our DD(5) requires a lot less sleep than our DS(3). Both of our kids are up at sunrise, so we are still there for the rope dropping. On our trip in April, one of us left the park with DS so that he could nap. If our DD left the park it was so she could spend some time in the pool.

The first night we were at Disney, she finally fell asleep around 11 and woke up at 1am to ask if it was time to get up and go to the parks. She was back up at 4am and finally at 6:30. I felt like she was one of the kids in the Disney commercial - "I'm too excited to sleep" The day we stayed for Wishes, we made her go back to the room and lay down for a nap.

I agree with the OP that if the parks are open, we are there. Disney and relaxing just don't seem to fit together.

 

[buckylarue]

We used to go and hit the parks from opening to closing most days, hopping to Epcot if the other parks closed early, then to PI for a few hours afterwards. But, now that we're old and decrepit, we get up when we get up, get to the parks for a few hours or more, take an afternoon break, back to a park for a bit in the evening, then back to the hotel to sleep. At least we joined DVC several years ago, so we know we will get back every year and don't feel the need to try and 'do it all' every trip!

 

[sleepingbeautymama]

It was 11 years ago when I last went but we hit the parks in the morning and left in the afternoon. Then we usually got in our car and did a little road trip in the early evening outside of WDW and then after that went back to the hotel for an evening swim. We went to the quiet pool and were usually the only ones there.

 

[hamlet35_2000]

Me and My partner are going at the end of July and my itenerey has us there all day long. I don't think I could get him out anyway even if I wanted to leave for a break in the middle of the day.

Looking forward to Friday night when the MK is open until 2 am! That is going to be awesome!

We cannot wait!