oceanmarina
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Hi all,
Have you ever compared Disney trips with a friend or colleague and they had a completely different touring strategy and wondered if you were doing it all wrong?
So here's our deal, DH and I have been to WDW with our kids (who are now 8 and 11) about 8 times over the years. Our routine is usually the same;
-Travel time - Always mid August - Always stay on site - Usually do deluxe dining
- Character breakfast at 9:00 - 9:15
- After breakfast maybe an hour at the park - but usually gets so dang hot we hightail it back to
the resort pool (NOTE : DH and DS are very, very heat sensitive so I don't want to burn them out)
- Hang out at the pool till 3/3:30, go in and shower up for dinner (lunch poolside, i'll pick up a quick service meal and bring to the pool)
- Usually have a 5:15 dining ADR
- Go to the park for 2 hours or so after dinner
- Head back to hotel around 8ish, Go to the game room or community hall in the hotel
- If we have a theme park room watch fireworks from balcony (DH hates the mass exodous from a park after the fireworks are over)
- Kids love to hang out in the hotel room and stay up late - hence why we are not up for EMH
We usually only go August due to our schedules. I would love to do early morning at the park, we did a PPO Crystal palace breakfast once and I loved walking down main street without the crowds, but the kids always have fun playing in the hotel room and stay up late. I would have to wake them up early - which DH feels is very un-vacation like. I always think it's important to swim once a day - I like to make memories at the resort swimming (and did I mention how hot it is in August
). But I recently talked to a colleague of mine who had her kids (who are younger then mine) at rope drop every morning of their trip and I was wondering to myself - am I doing this all wrong!?!
I'm just wondering what my fellow DIS boarders think of my touring plan. I appreciate any feedback!
Love, Marina xoxox
Have you ever compared Disney trips with a friend or colleague and they had a completely different touring strategy and wondered if you were doing it all wrong?
So here's our deal, DH and I have been to WDW with our kids (who are now 8 and 11) about 8 times over the years. Our routine is usually the same;
-Travel time - Always mid August - Always stay on site - Usually do deluxe dining
- Character breakfast at 9:00 - 9:15
- After breakfast maybe an hour at the park - but usually gets so dang hot we hightail it back to
the resort pool (NOTE : DH and DS are very, very heat sensitive so I don't want to burn them out)
- Hang out at the pool till 3/3:30, go in and shower up for dinner (lunch poolside, i'll pick up a quick service meal and bring to the pool)
- Usually have a 5:15 dining ADR
- Go to the park for 2 hours or so after dinner
- Head back to hotel around 8ish, Go to the game room or community hall in the hotel
- If we have a theme park room watch fireworks from balcony (DH hates the mass exodous from a park after the fireworks are over)
- Kids love to hang out in the hotel room and stay up late - hence why we are not up for EMH
We usually only go August due to our schedules. I would love to do early morning at the park, we did a PPO Crystal palace breakfast once and I loved walking down main street without the crowds, but the kids always have fun playing in the hotel room and stay up late. I would have to wake them up early - which DH feels is very un-vacation like. I always think it's important to swim once a day - I like to make memories at the resort swimming (and did I mention how hot it is in August

I'm just wondering what my fellow DIS boarders think of my touring plan. I appreciate any feedback!
Love, Marina xoxox
