Land and sea question

[WDWCPAlumni]

So I am doing a surprise trip with 4 park days and a 3 or 4 night cruise. My husband has some health problems but i also will have 4 kids ages 11 to 17 ready to run. Should i do 2 days at the park and then cruise and then 2 more park days or should i do all park and then cruise. We will not be going to a park on any travel/check in or out days. This is not a money question, just thinking down time in the middle may be good....

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So I am doing a surprise trip with 4 park days and a 3 or 4 night cruise. My husband has some health problems but i also will have 4 kids ages 11 to 17 ready to run. Should i do 2 days at the park and then cruise and then 2 more park days or should i do all park and then cruise. We will not be going to a park on any travel/check in or out days. This is not a money question, just thinking down time in the middle may be good....

That's a lot of packing/unpacking and travel between things. For me, I'd do the whole WDW trip, then cruise.

 

[Shanti]

I'd do the cruise, then the parks. I wouldn't split the parks into before & after cruise.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Downtime is definitely a bonus, but I'd rather it was a land day off than a pack/unpack 'rest'. Most people here say the cruise after the parks works well, as the cruise is very relaxing. I liked having a day in the parks after the cruise because it was like postponing the trip back to reality. I surprised myself by welling up on the way off the ship, so it was nice to know it wasn't just off to the airport.