Rough Plan July 2016 - Any issues?

[DaniB1234]

Okay so we are going to orlando in July, we are staying in Cabana Bay Beach Resort, it will be out second time in Orlando, however the first time we didn't visit disney so are planning a couple of trips to disney this time around. We haven't reached the 30 day mark for fastpass yet but want to get a idea of which park we going to before that so i've made a rough plan. There are 3 of us me (21) & my parents. Does this plan look suitable, were hoping one day in each park is enough as the taxi's fare will start to add up.

Monday July 11th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Tuesday July 12th AK 9am - 11pm The Jungle Book 9pm or 10:30 pm Rivers Of LIght??
Wednesday July 13th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Thursday July 14th MK 9am - 10pm Celebrate The Magic 9:45pm Wishes 10pm
Friday July 15th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Saturday July 16th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Sunday July 17th EP 9am - 9pm Illuminations 9pm
Monday July 18th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Tuesday July 19th US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Wednesday July 20th HS 9am - 8:30pm Fantasmic 9pm
Thursday July 21st US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Friday July 22nd US/IOS 8am - 10pm
Saturday July 23rd US/IOS 8am - 10pm Maybe Extra Day At Magic Kingdom?
Sunday July 24th US/IOS 8am - 10pm

 

[Portugal1000]

Definitely a good idea to have a couple of days at MK. It's a big park and hard to cover in one day especially in July heat. In all the times we have been to Disney I don't think we ever managed to spend the whole day.
Have you thought about hiring a car. Super easy to drive from Cabana to Disney. Probably cost about the same as all the taxis and will give you much more flexibility and be able to eat off site. You can get a car locally if you don't want to drive from airport.
What type of Disney tickets are you getting. The Waterparks are definitely worth a visit if included with your ticket.

 

[Guyton dis lover]

Be ready for the heat. Good luck!

 

[DaniB1234]

Definitely a good idea to have a couple of days at MK. It's a big park and hard to cover in one day especially in July heat. In all the times we have been to Disney I don't think we ever managed to spend the whole day.
Have you thought about hiring a car. Super easy to drive from Cabana to Disney. Probably cost about the same as all the taxis and will give you much more flexibility and be able to eat off site. You can get a car locally if you don't want to drive from airport.
What type of Disney tickets are you getting. The Waterparks are definitely worth a visit if included with your ticket.

Thank you - yeah it looked like there is more to do in MK which is why I though about adding the second day - just looked up renting a car & it $23 dollars a day as it won't be used on the days were in universal + the parking charges I think we're still better off using UBER - we won't venture off site on universal days. We're also not big on water parks - will probably use the pool/lazy river in our hotel but that's it.

 

[saintrob]

Purely personal here but I wouldn't want so much time at US/IOA. We usually do both parks fully in three days. Granted we don't have much down time and save that for when we're on site at Disney but I couldn't find enough to occupy me for so long at Universal. Have you thought about more time for Epcot? There's a lot to see especially just wandering around World Showcase.

 

[DaniB1234]

Purely personal here but I wouldn't want so much time at US/IOA. We usually do both parks fully in three days. Granted we don't have much down time and save that for when we're on site at Disney but I couldn't find enough to occupy me for so long at Universal. Have you thought about more time for Epcot? There's a lot to see especially just wandering around World Showcase.

It's not all in the parks - that will be out downtime aswell as we are staying at Cabana Bay Beach, we are gonna look at another day in the Disney parks when we get there if we don't do everything we want to do. World showcase doesn't really interest us that much.

 

[Elise79]

Realistically, in July you are not going to cover everything in one day at each park. We go that time every year and by mid day most lines are a minimum of an hour.

MK needs 2 or 3 days as does Epcot. AK & DHS you probably can cover in a day.

Uber will be cheaper than a car as you have to pay to park at Universal hotels.

 

[stephensmum]

I don't think you'll need a full day in HS, you could do it with Epcot by getting the boat from HS to Epcot & vice versa.
Have you thought of staying at a value for one night, if you take off 1 journey there & back it might not be too much + you could plan it for say MK extra am hours+ Epcot evening. You'll get so much more done & would be able to have a break at the hotel.
If not staying over be carefully not to go to a park with extra magic hours morning.