Third weekend in June

[reeddi]

I am from NC and will be traveling by car to Orlando.
This will be an adults only weekend (kids going to grandma's).
Here are my questions.

If we go halfway on Friday and finish up Saturday morning (arriving say noon) is it worth it to go to the parks or wait till Sunday.
We will be there till tuesday morning.
Also I am looking at all the ticket prices and can't decide which might be better.
Bonus Pass 5 days for the price of 2 at $89.95 each or Power Pass at $99.95 each.
The only reason I am looking at the power pass is that we are planning a trip with the family (kids and grandparents on one side) to Disney next March. I don't know that we would make it considering having to buy tickets for everyone else. But just in case we take a day to ourselves.

Also we are staying off site:
How much is parking daily?
Which day for which park?
Will it be dreadfullly crowded that weekend (third one in June)?
What are the not to miss things to do?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

If you buy the 5 day or power pass, I would certainly go on Saturday after arriving. We're driving down from Maryland next Saturday and are driving to Jacksonville on Saturday so we'll just have about 2 hours to finish driving on Sunday morning and can get to the parks fairly early. If the dates work it seems that the power pass would be a good option to you.

T&B

 

[reeddi]

Thanks, I think we will get the power pass just in case.

Is it crowded that weekend?
What are the not miss?
How is City Walk at night?

 

[robvia]

Of coarse it's worth going that Saturday.

If anything, you can walk around the parks and see what's going on. When you arrive at noon, the place will be packed, but don't get frustrated. Get your passes processed, then goto USF and see some shows as they can hold alot of people.

Parking is $8, if you really wanted to save it, you park across the street from the garage next to the Holiday Inn in the TGIFridays parking lot.

3rd week of June, all kids are just out of school. It could be worse, July/August are the worst months. The trick is to be at the gate of IOA at 08:30am each morning, even if it means waking up at 6am. You'd be surprised how many people are waiting there at 08:30am. Being there early gives you a lap of walkon rides. You finish up around 11am, and then the crowd has arrived. You walk out and go back to your hotel for a rest or over to USF, and there's hundreds of people walking to the gate at 11am, what are they thinking? Then you come back that night as the tired are leaving. Park stays open till 8pm 3rd week of June.

You'll get to see everything in 2 full days.