marciemi
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First the background - the kids have been several times, but probably really only remember our last visit nearly 2 years ago (will be 2.5 by the time we go). We did a 3 day, whirlwind, mid-Jan, no crowds, accomplish everything major in 16 hour days type visit. This was before Soaring and EE. Fun but exhausting obviously!
This time we'll be there for 2 weeks, spending 10 days (not all consecutive) at WDW. We'll be offsite, so no EMH's, but will plan to be at the parks well before opening on those 10 mornings. Since it will be July/August, our plan is to spend from 9am opening until about 1:30 at a park on each of those days, with the afternoons for relaxing or swimming in the pool at our rental house, and the evenings for waterparks (like 5-7pm), Disney Quest, or golf. Probably squeeze Fantasmic and Spectro in too, although we wouldn't die if we missed those and are more in bed by 9pm type people.
My boys are big thrills kids and will be 12, 14 and 15 on the visit. Obviously EE at AK, all the mountains at MK plus Buzz, Soaring, TT, and Mission Space at Epcot, and TOT and RnR at MGM. But we also want to do all the other rides at least once, and have time to do all those things we missed last time (Innoventions, the exploration areas after the big rides in Epcot, etc.) (Am I being WAY overoptimistic here?)
Right now my thought is 3 days at Epcot (hitting Soaring and TT each day, then alternating through other stuff), 3 days at MK (because there's SO much to do there - hitting Tomorrowland with Space and Buzz one day then other stuff, Splash/Thunder then other stuff another, then the third to do favorites and what we missed), then 2 each at AK and MGM hitting the big ones each time.
Does this seem like too much, too little, anywhere? Do we need 2 days at AK? Is EE THAT big of a draw, or if we do it twice in the morning we're there will that be enough? Same for MGM with TOT/RNR? I know we easily accomplished everything we wanted to there in 4 hours last time (including Millionaire twice which we won't have this time), but obviously January made that possible. With kids this age would you go for 4 at Epcot and 2 at MK or will summer crowds not make accomplishing everything at MK possible in 2 long mornings. We're all type A people and have the UG and TGM to help!
Thanks for any suggestions, feedback, etc!
This time we'll be there for 2 weeks, spending 10 days (not all consecutive) at WDW. We'll be offsite, so no EMH's, but will plan to be at the parks well before opening on those 10 mornings. Since it will be July/August, our plan is to spend from 9am opening until about 1:30 at a park on each of those days, with the afternoons for relaxing or swimming in the pool at our rental house, and the evenings for waterparks (like 5-7pm), Disney Quest, or golf. Probably squeeze Fantasmic and Spectro in too, although we wouldn't die if we missed those and are more in bed by 9pm type people.
My boys are big thrills kids and will be 12, 14 and 15 on the visit. Obviously EE at AK, all the mountains at MK plus Buzz, Soaring, TT, and Mission Space at Epcot, and TOT and RnR at MGM. But we also want to do all the other rides at least once, and have time to do all those things we missed last time (Innoventions, the exploration areas after the big rides in Epcot, etc.) (Am I being WAY overoptimistic here?)
Right now my thought is 3 days at Epcot (hitting Soaring and TT each day, then alternating through other stuff), 3 days at MK (because there's SO much to do there - hitting Tomorrowland with Space and Buzz one day then other stuff, Splash/Thunder then other stuff another, then the third to do favorites and what we missed), then 2 each at AK and MGM hitting the big ones each time.
Does this seem like too much, too little, anywhere? Do we need 2 days at AK? Is EE THAT big of a draw, or if we do it twice in the morning we're there will that be enough? Same for MGM with TOT/RNR? I know we easily accomplished everything we wanted to there in 4 hours last time (including Millionaire twice which we won't have this time), but obviously January made that possible. With kids this age would you go for 4 at Epcot and 2 at MK or will summer crowds not make accomplishing everything at MK possible in 2 long mornings. We're all type A people and have the UG and TGM to help!
Thanks for any suggestions, feedback, etc!
