Planning first trip to WDW, need tips...

[disneycutie84]

Just wanted to ask a few questions as I am planning my first trip to WDW. My DBF and I are going May 2007, right after we both graduate from college!
We will be staying at Pop Century for 6 nights/7 days. I was planning one day for each park (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, AK, MGM) and one day to hang out and do whatever we wanted. Is that enough time? I am not counting my arrival/departure days, although on our arrival night we want to go to DTD. Not sure if I should add one more day or not.
I am a Disneyland veteran so I was wondering if anyone could post specific things that would be good to see while we are there. Especially things that are unique to WDW.
Thanks!!!

 

[disneymagicgirl]

I always give us one day for each park, and we don't do any parks on arrival/departure days. If u want to squeeze in a waterpark or two, u will need a day for each of those. I highly recommend them, they are awesome!! However, they get really crowded, just like the 4 main parks, so u will need plenty of time. The line for summit pummit will be super long, but well worth the wait. Disney is a blast w/o kids. Have fun!!

 

[disneycutie84]

Bump.
(haha, I bumped my own post)

 

[Donald is #1]

If you can afford it/have the time, I would add a day or two to allow you to go back to your favorite parks. I like to plan 1 day per park plus a couple of extra days. In my first 4 days, I dedicate 1 day to each park. If I finish a park before the end of a day (MGM & AK in my case), then I usually will hop over to another park. My next day or 2, I use to go back to whichever park I didn't finish or I want to go again. Normally on these days, I go to 2 parks with the day split approximately in half.

Now since you said that you will be a college graduate, I am going to assume that you will be at least 21. So my next advice, is to take time in EPCOT to stop for a beer in the afternoon at the British pub. I didn't do this when I was your age on my first trip. (We ran ourselves ragged.) But when I went back in my 30's we started stopping for a beer in the afternoon. It ended up being a great idea. Not only did we have a really good English beer, it also got us to stop for a few minutes, sit down, and relax.

 

[disneycutie84]

Thanks for the great tips!
The pub idea is a good one. DBF and I are both drinkers (not heavy, but we do occasionally) and I am sure he would LOVE to try some good beer.

Keep em coming folks!

 

[Daryl]

Try the Adventurers Club at Downtown Disney. Imagine an old english explorers club full of eccentric characters. They interact with the guests and late at night they can get a little rambunctious!

Don't miss Test Track and be sure to try Tower of Terror. Its different from its Disneyland counterpart.