Planning DCL and WDW trip

[OnceUponAMelodye]

Hello cruise experts! My dw and I are planning our first cruise on dcl and are wanting to combine it with a few days at wdw. Do you you prefer to go wdw before or after your cruise? Let me mention that we are two adults looking for a relaxing time. Also that we are cruising in late January/early February for 7 days. Crowd calendar looks to be about the same (3-5) on the days leading up to and following our cruise.

As first time cruisers we would love to get any fun advice on what to do, excursions, or onboard activities!
Thank you!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Hello cruise experts! My dw and I are planning our first cruise on dcl and are wanting to combine it with a few days at wdw. Do you you prefer to go wdw before or after your cruise? Let me mention that we are two adults looking for a relaxing time. Also that we are cruising in late January/early February for 7 days. Crowd calendar looks to be about the same (3-5) on the days leading up to and following our cruise.

As first time cruisers we would love to get any fun advice on what to do, excursions, or onboard activities!
Thank you!

Parks first, cruise second. The parks are go, go, go. The cruise is relaxing after all that activity.

 

[party-of-five]

We've done it both ways, and the whole family agrees that doing WDW before the cruise was more enjoyable. But that's not to say we didn't enjoy it the other way too. WDW is so go-go-go, it was nice to follow that up with relaxing on the cruise.