Darth Insidious
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We are taking a trip to Disney next February. My older kids (12 and 14) have been to Disney and Wizarding World when they were 5 and 7. Our youngest will turn 6 just before the trip.
We recently went to Six Flags and basically my kids don’t like most rides. There’s plenty of non-ride stuff to do at Disney so this isn’t a big deal. But originally my husband said not to try to do Universal this time, we’d come back in a year or two and just do Universal. I doubt that will happen now for multiple reasons.
My 12 yo really wants to do Wizarding World again (mostly for the shopping but wants a wand and robe, see the sights). My 5 yo thinks anything where you can dress up and pretend sounds fun but says she won’t set foot on a ride. So I was thinking of working Universal in.
There are two options.
1. Go to universal on arrival day (direct flight lands at 10:45). Spend the night at universal but would probably leave early afternoon the next day to get settled in at Disney. This would be February 14th and 15th. Would probably do the 1pm escape room the next day and leave after that. Potential to do things we didn’t get done the day before that morning if needed. This will likely result in no Disney Springs day (original plan for arrival day). My little one wants to design her own Lego character and build an Dino at the Trex restaurant and my oldest would like to hit the soccer shop. 12 yo wants to shop. There will be some disappointment if they don’t do that so that’s a reason to strongly consider option 2.
2. Do a day trip the next week (probably Wednesday of President’s week. Would potentially get a room for express pass and to rest from 4-6 then do the Jurassic World escape room. I realize Express pass will likely only be used on 3 things (Hogwarts express both ways and Jurassic park river ride) but may be worth it trying to cram it all one day and I don’t think the 5 yo can make it that long without a rest break. My concern here is it’s too much in one day. We would not come for early entry. I did that last trip and everyone hated being up that early to drive from Disney. We would probably arrive around 10. Have about 6 hours to do Wizarding World and Jurassic park stuff I mentioned, then to hotel to rest for 2 hours, then do the escape room. I do think it’s potentially doable since we aren’t doing rides in HP except Hogwarts express.
We would want to get wands and robes, do a few wand tricks, see the sights and hit most of the shops, try to do castle tour, maybe go in Gringott’s line a bit to see the inside or tour if they have it, ride Hogwarts Express, eat at one of the HP restaurants, and do the Shutter Buttons photography.
Outside of Wizarding World, my 12 yo wants to meet Blue (raptor), possible ride Jurassic Park River ride, and look around the Jurassic Park area. She also wants to do the escape room on City Walk.
Do you think it’s reasonable to do all of that in a day? What should I be considering?
Thank you!
We recently went to Six Flags and basically my kids don’t like most rides. There’s plenty of non-ride stuff to do at Disney so this isn’t a big deal. But originally my husband said not to try to do Universal this time, we’d come back in a year or two and just do Universal. I doubt that will happen now for multiple reasons.
My 12 yo really wants to do Wizarding World again (mostly for the shopping but wants a wand and robe, see the sights). My 5 yo thinks anything where you can dress up and pretend sounds fun but says she won’t set foot on a ride. So I was thinking of working Universal in.
There are two options.
1. Go to universal on arrival day (direct flight lands at 10:45). Spend the night at universal but would probably leave early afternoon the next day to get settled in at Disney. This would be February 14th and 15th. Would probably do the 1pm escape room the next day and leave after that. Potential to do things we didn’t get done the day before that morning if needed. This will likely result in no Disney Springs day (original plan for arrival day). My little one wants to design her own Lego character and build an Dino at the Trex restaurant and my oldest would like to hit the soccer shop. 12 yo wants to shop. There will be some disappointment if they don’t do that so that’s a reason to strongly consider option 2.
2. Do a day trip the next week (probably Wednesday of President’s week. Would potentially get a room for express pass and to rest from 4-6 then do the Jurassic World escape room. I realize Express pass will likely only be used on 3 things (Hogwarts express both ways and Jurassic park river ride) but may be worth it trying to cram it all one day and I don’t think the 5 yo can make it that long without a rest break. My concern here is it’s too much in one day. We would not come for early entry. I did that last trip and everyone hated being up that early to drive from Disney. We would probably arrive around 10. Have about 6 hours to do Wizarding World and Jurassic park stuff I mentioned, then to hotel to rest for 2 hours, then do the escape room. I do think it’s potentially doable since we aren’t doing rides in HP except Hogwarts express.
We would want to get wands and robes, do a few wand tricks, see the sights and hit most of the shops, try to do castle tour, maybe go in Gringott’s line a bit to see the inside or tour if they have it, ride Hogwarts Express, eat at one of the HP restaurants, and do the Shutter Buttons photography.
Outside of Wizarding World, my 12 yo wants to meet Blue (raptor), possible ride Jurassic Park River ride, and look around the Jurassic Park area. She also wants to do the escape room on City Walk.
Do you think it’s reasonable to do all of that in a day? What should I be considering?
Thank you!
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