Sample Itinerary?

[justaddphotos]

This is my first time on this board. Here's my dilemma:

I'm becoming overwhelmed with my vacation planning! I sent away for a Disney vacation planning dvd, and ended up convinced that in order to get the most out of my Disney/Orlando vacation, what I REALLY needed to do was move to Florida, and do a little every weekend. Welllllll, that's not really an option, so I thought I'd stop in here and see if anyone would offer up their itinerary for me to look over, and tweak a little to fit my family.

We have four kids, 3, 4 12 and 16.

Thanks!

 

[lindakmonty]

Welcome to the board. I would seriously consider joining tour guide mike! I've been to WDW before and still decided to join just because his valuable info. he gives you what days to go to what parks and what to do when for your family according to their ages and everything! I would really check it out! on his site you have to promise not to share...sorry!

 

[lindakmonty]

Welcome to the board. I would seriously consider joining tour guide mike! I've been to WDW before and still decided to join just because his valuable info. he gives you what days to go to what parks and what to do when for your family according to their ages and everything! I would really check it out! on his site you have to promise not to share...sorry! there are sites w/blank itineraries. there is also one on the disney world website called "my vacation" or something?

 

[lindakmonty]

Welcome to the board. I would seriously consider joining tour guide mike! I've been to WDW before and still decided to join just because his valuable info. he gives you what days to go to what parks and what to do when for your family according to their ages and everything! I would really check it out! on his site you have to promise not to share...sorry! there are sites w/blank itineraries. there is also one on the disney world website called "my vacation" or something?


SORRY ABOUT THE DOUBLE POST...

 

[catherines_mama]

I think the 1st thing you have to do is not try to do it all / see it all. Being overwhelmed will only be a drag on your good time.

Our trips are just me and DD (5 *today*) so I doubt ours would be much help, but if you want to see it just PM me your email and I'll send it over. A lot of friends have liked the format and used it at least. Good luck!

 

[mjmcca]

This is my first time on this board. Here's my dilemma:

I'm becoming overwhelmed with my vacation planning! I sent away for a Disney vacation planning dvd, and ended up convinced that in order to get the most out of my Disney/Orlando vacation, what I REALLY needed to do was move to Florida, and do a little every weekend. Welllllll, that's not really an option, so I thought I'd stop in here and see if anyone would offer up their itinerary for me to look over, and tweak a little to fit my family.

We have four kids, 3, 4 12 and 16.

Thanks!

The best advice I can give you is don't try and do it all. You will be overwhelmed.

 

[Evil Queen]

Planning is a task, but it should be fun too. Take a few days and observe the boards and research, research, research.

I don't belong to Tour Guide Mike's, but I have heard nothing but great things.

My gang's ages range are DS23, DSFriend22, DS10 and myself.

There is way too much too do, for you to experience it all.

Most of our trips move rather smoothly, and we have tried different times of the year. But please note, I have NOT done ALL I would like to do yet. But was never disappointed in our trips.

 

[Karnak]

I always make my own personal daily touring plans for the parks at WDW. Those made by someone else just don’t fit my preferences. For example I have some attractions at each park that I don’t care to experience at all, and some that I like to do at least twice; so simply using someone else’s plan, which always includes things I’m not interested in, basically makes the plan unworkable. Also, I don’t like to backtrack all over the park as some plans require. If I want to walk a bunch, I’ll get myself a treadmill. (In other words, I’m on VACATION.) In addition, I like to plan my meal locations to fit my daily plan, and a preplanned itinerary won’t work well in that regard either.

So here’s basically what I do:

1. Determine the park’s opening and closing time. (I’m not into parade watching at Disney; but I do make note of the parade times so that my itinerary won’t trap me in one area of the park when it’s time to move to another part of the park.)
2. Make a list of all the attractions I’d like to experience at the park (listing them in the logical order one would come upon them while walking in the park), and noting the minutes required to watch the show, or ride the ride, and noting the attractions where a fastpass is available. Then, looking at a park map, allow for time to wait in line, (based upon the expected crowd level on the day I plan to be there), as well as time to walk from one attraction to the next.
NOTE: During this part of my itinerary making I also make note of the starting times for any shows I’d like to see during the day. I plan the shows making any adjustments to my walking plan necessary; usually not a problem. (This part of my planning only applies to Animal Kingdom and the Studios.)
3. Looking at the park map, I add two meal stops. (I have breakfast at my resort’s food court.) Lunch is normally at a counter service spot, and I make a reservation for dinner. Both of these meals are planned to be not far from the last attraction visited.
4. I put it all together on one sheet of paper, adding travel time to and from my resort to the day’s park.

My daily itinerary almost always results in a really enjoyable day at the park, and I often find myself with extra time during the day to sit on a bench and enjoy people watching, enjoy street performers, listen to the music, and have a cool refreshment from time to time.

Enjoy.

 

[clonetothebone]

Our first trip (2003 CSR)was a disaster because we didn't plan. DW had been 2 or 3 times before as a young adult so I relied on her to know what to do. We stood around a lot trying to decide what to do and ended up doing a lot of nothing.

When we got back I bought Unofficial Guide and have bought it every year since even though this year will be first time back since first disaster. It is very blunt and honest and doesn't sugar coat everything like a lot of the others. Plus, you can join touringplans.com for a small fee and get all of their tested plans and then modify them to your own taste.

I know a lot of people prefer Tourguide Mike but I found his website to be very confusing.