How much time in each park?

[pacman9a]

Hi we have 21 days booked in August and have 14 day tickets for the Disney parks and are planning to take afternoon breaks to escape the sun.

Bearing all that in mind, I was wondering how many morning and evening sessions to allocate to each park?

If possible we also want to work in Universal, Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Busch Gardens and Kennedy and if possible some of the water parks......is this too much for 21 days????

Me
DW
DS13
DD11

 

[Dizneemad]

One thing to bear in mind if you have the 14 day ultimate ticket from the UK it is only valid for 14 consecutive days. If you where only planning on doing Disney first/last or middle 14 days then that is fine but other wise you could have some days to kill. The other option is to purchase the 21 day ultimate ticket it is only £10-20 more but gives you much more flexability.

 

[Elise79]

One thing to bear in mind if you have the 14 day ultimate ticket from the UK it is only valid for 14 consecutive days. If you where only planning on doing Disney first/last or middle 14 days then that is fine but other wise you could have some days to kill. The other option is to purchase the 21 day ultimate ticket it is only £10-20 more but gives you much more flexability.

I agree with this for the few extra £'s the 21 day tickets might be better.

I would plan on doing at least one evening at MK, Epcot & DHS. You will probably want to allow 2 mornings at all 4 Disney parks as you get a lot more done before the crowds get too bad around lunchtime.

You will need one maybe two days at Seaworld depending on the shows you want to see and their schedule.

One day at KSC/Busch gardens will be ok (just remember you have about 1 hour drive to both).

Water parks you can do of a morning when you are going to a main park of an evening

 

[Lizzybear]

We managed to fit all of those parks into 2 weeks and, although it was VERY full on, we felt we did all the parks justice It was bf's first trip and I didn't want to miss anything out as I wasnt sure when we'd next be going. I think 21 days would enable you to have a fair few rest days if you wanted them, and is certainly enough time for all those parks

 

[Shooby doo]

Firstly I will start by saying that we're not split the day up people-when we're in the park we're in & when we're out we've had enough for the day! But if we were to split it up,firstly I would be in the park for opening:MK-2 mornings,leave when the queues start getting to 90 mins approx mid-day,evening wise I would pick & choose-I've been in MK at 23.30 with Space still showing lines of +90 mins with park closing at 12
Ep likewise unfortunately World Showcase doesn't open until 11.00 so you have no way of getting round that.HS & AK are very similar by this I mean that they have roughly equal number of attractions so it is very easy for them to be really busy.I would split HS into one morning/early aft & one evening for Fantasmic.AK I would treat as one full day,it closes the earliest so most peolpe are going there first & then on to another park at closing.
I would avoid the other parks at weekends as this is where most of the "locals" go so they can be very busy,IOA can be very do-able in @4 hours depending on queues.On our last 3 trips US has been the busiest by miles.
HTH SD

 

[~Piglet~]

is this too much for 21 days????

We managed to do everything on your list except Kennedy, in two weeks. BG we planned to do whilst spending time in Clearwater. I think it depends on what you want to do at each Park We wrote out a list of all 'musts' that we really wanted to do/see and went from there. We stayed at the Pop which was handy to come back to in the afternoon and rest by the pool before heading back out in the evening. That said it was just me and DF, next time we will have to make allowances for DD

AK we did in half a day (early start EMH) and IOA and US are do-able in a day, again i think it depends on how many rides you want to go on! A full day at Seaworld would be ample, using your daily schedule (on arrival at SW) you should be able to see most shows.

However much / little you do, you will have a great time

 

[pacman9a]

Thank you for all your advice and comments