My Itinery

[silverka2002]

Tues ~ arrive
Wed ~ MGM
Thurs ~ Seaworld/ dine with Shamu (booked)
Fri ~ Wet and Wild
Sat ~ Magic Kingdom/ PS booked (my birthday)
Sun ~ Universal Studios
Mon ~ Discovery Cove (booked)
Tues ~ Typhoon Lagoon
Wed ~ Busch Gardens
Thurs ~ IOA
Fri GOOD FRIDAY ~ Free
Sat ~ Animal Kingdom (am) Epcot (pm)
Sunday EASTER SUNDAY ~ Wet and Wild (pm)
Mon EASTER MONDAY ~ KSC (booked hire car for this day)
Tues ~ day we travel home

We've got a 4 day park hopper (disney) and a 5 park flexi ticket (universal)

Is this ok for us? Any tips or suggestions greatfully received.

Gill

 

[keswick1uk]

We have just returned home and with the dollar rate as it is I would highly recommend two things..1. Shopping in Orlando Premium Mall and 2. Booking a PS for Boma (Cost us $85..two adults, two children...all you can eat superb african buffet at Disneys Animal Kingdom Lodge)..We added this at 5.30 on a water park day.

 

[signtalker]

I dont think you will need 2 days at seaworld, or 2 days at wet and wild personally.
Why not consider universal, as I see youve got IOA down, also boggy creaks airboat ride, you could do this on route to KSC, as you wont need the day there even with the drive included!

jules

 

[Peebee]

As Jules says, maybe swap one of the Seaworld/Wet and Wild days for Universal, and maybe split AK and Epcot out onto separate days - I only count 3 days out of your 4-day hopper being used at the moment.

Paul

 

[silverka2002]

The reason we've got 2 days down for seaworld is due to a friends recomendation. She was in Florida 2 years ago and went to seaworld more than twice because her daughter loved it so much. Our daughters are very similar so I took her advice. Its not set in stone and obviously if after one visit we have the freedom to change our minds.

We haven't added the fourth disney day so that we can decide when we've been to the parks which one we might like to do again.

Lots of people on these forums say half a day is enough at animal kingdom??

DD loves water parks thats the reason for 2 visits, even if its only for a couple of hours.

I thought IOA is Universal? ooops maybe not maybe I'll add that in for the first Sunday instead of Seaworld.

Thats the reason I posted the itinary so you could notice what I've missed!!!

Thanks for the ideas tho.

 

[Peebee]

I know what you mean about AK - some people say half a day, whereas others say your can spend a full day there and still not see everything. If you think your daughter is likely to be a fan of Seaworld you might find AK is a big hit as well.

The idea of picking a favourite Disney park to go back to makes a lot of sense. My only other thought is to leave a day free after you've visited them all so you can take full advantage of the last hopper day.

Have a great time

Paul

 

[silverka2002]

Thanks Paul

I'm sure we will........just can't wait 'til tuesday now!!!!

Gill

 

[signtalker]

Why dont you keep one day free and use the remaining day and hop round all the parks in one day and do your favourite rides in each, we do this as it finishes the holiday off nicely!

Universal and IOA are seperate parks!, next to each other and are definatelty worth doing.

I see you dont have any of the fireworks/parades etc on your schedule are you going to do these??

Fantasmic -mgm
wishes/Share a dream come true parade - Magic Kingdom
Illuminations-Epcot

Are you doing any character meals?

 

[silverka2002]

Originally posted by signtalker
Why dont you keep one day free and use the remaining day and hop round all the parks in one day and do your favourite rides in each, we do this as it finishes the holiday off nicely!

Good Friday is a Free Day

Universal and IOA are seperate parks!, next to each other and are definatelty worth doing. Already added

I see you dont have any of the fireworks/parades etc on your schedule are you going to do these?? Yes on the days we are visiting

Fantasmic -mgm
wishes/Share a dream come true parade - Magic Kingdom
Illuminations-Epcot

Are you doing any character meals? Yes at MK (booked)

 

[juliebro]

Hi there - I see you're flying out the day before us!

I think I would probably give Wet n Wild a miss on Easter Sunday. We went there on our first visit - and it wasn't even the actual Easter weekend and it was absolutely packed - I wasn't too keen on it either - it was nowhere near as good (imho!) as the Disney waterparks, although it is 3 years since we went there so things may have changed.

We find Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach much better.

It's my birthday too while we are there - don't forget to ask Guest Services for a birthday badge!

Also, we are planning KSC on Easter Monday - might see you there!!!!

Have a great time. I'm sure it will not be your last visit! You'll get the Disney bug like the rest of us.

Julie

 

[richard3330]

2 days at Wet 'n' Wild???

Honestly, I don't think you should even spend one day there. We visited WnW on our first trip and ... will visit never again. No theming - it is just a ton of concrete right beside International Drive - IMHO it is a complete waste of time - especially when there are Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon right near by which are both exceptional!

Everything else looks great! - Have a fantastic time - we might see you out there!

Richard.

 

[silverka2002]

I wasn't sure what to do on Easter Sunday so I put that down. It's all depending on how much we enjoy when we go there the first time.

Some of the days have things booked so we have to do them on that particular day but any others can change once we're out there.

DP checked the weather for orlando this morning and it doesn't look that good thunderstorms ......... I thought they didn't get them at this time of year!!!

 

[Korbs]

I have to second the comments about wet n wild. We went because we had the flexiticket as well and it wasn't busy when we were there, (i think it will be on a weekend), but i just didn't like it. In fact, we left after about an hour and a half. Maybe, it was cause we'd already been to the disney waterparks, which are absolutely fantastic by the way, but it wasn't for us. There was no theming, (which i didn't expect there to be), but there was just no atmosphere either. We are not going back this time, we're going to to have an extra day in TL or BB. If i were you, i would spend maybe an afternoon/morning in wet n wild, just so you can see for yourself, but the the whole day you've got planned there, i would swap to one of the disney water parks. You just can't compare them, they're great. I think it would be worth it.

 

[silverka2002]

We have planned to go to Typhoon Lagoon....it's on the itinery.

Just been chatting to my friend who's been to Florida 4/5 times and he said they enjoyed Wet and Wild..........so maybe we'll just see for ourselves.

 

[Korbs]

Originally posted by silverka2002
We have planned to go to Typhoon Lagoon....it's on the itinery.

Duh, maybe i should try looking at it!

Just been chatting to my friend who's been to Florida 4/5 times and he said they enjoyed Wet and Wild..........so maybe we'll just see for ourselves.

Good idea! Have fun!

 

[Mrs Dazzle]

Sea World is a great place - might even be worth arriving back there one evening for the fireworks if you've been during the day. They're not on the same scale as Disney's but you cannot miss Shamu Rocks night time show, then the fireworks. Awesome!

Have a wonderful time, whatever you do you'll have so much fun. It's going to be busy when you're there, so leave room to be a little flexible if the parks do get silly . . . just enjoy yourselves

 

[silverka2002]

Oh well , it's our last day at home.... nearly all packed. Just off to town to change DD's birthday money into dollars for her.

Catch u all when we get back