To much to do and to little time

[supergoofy]

The more I look the more I find to do and its killing me.

Made our airfare and hotel so it is what it is.

Plan thus far

Arrive Friday at 4ish, grab rental car, check into offsite hotel dinner DTD

Saturday doing MK

Sunday 4-5 hours water park and Disneyquest

Monday offsite at LEGOLAND

Tuesday at Studios

Wednesday at Epcot

Thursday breakfast at Kona then water park again 4-5 hours then open park

Friday AK then DTD

Saturday have to leave parks at 130 ish so going to finish with MK



I am fully aware we will not get to see/do everything. I know if we had twice the time we would still find stuff.



So I have to ask if there is anything I can do to tweak my planning to maximize what time we have? Going the last week in August.

 

[maj42169]

Perhaps just hit the watermark once, unless that is a must do for your family.

 

[supergoofy]

Perhaps just hit the watermark once, unless that is a must do for your family.

That was the plan originally to hit 1 water park for 1/2 day.

Got the planning DVD and now kids want to do both. Have 4 kids going.


Looked at doing them on back to back days and doing one in the am and then do the other next but neither seem to pan out.


At this point I explained if we do both we lose park time and they feel like me that these are parks.

 

[JCornell]

You know your families likes more than any of us so that's hard to say. Personally we don't usually make time for the water parks or DQ, and LegoLand would probably never make our list but I know others see it differently.

As for doing it all, you just have to accept that will never happen. We've been going every year for the last 12 years and still haven't done it all.

 

[GigiDisneyfreak]

Perhaps just hit the watermark once, unless that is a must do for your family.

I agree. I can't imagine just 1 1/2 days at MK but if that is what you are comfortable with go for it. My daughter's are 21 and 15 and they prefer to have more park time. Have you been to WDW before? If not and the kids decide they like the parks you can then adjust your schedule. I would keep your plan the way you have it but then have a backup in case they decide to give up the second water park day. Either way you will have fun there just is never enough time.

 

[flutterby3744]

I agree with PP. We are going for 7 days and the water parks, legoland, and DQ aren't even in our radar. But that's my family. There is a legoland 30 minutes away from me, I am surrounded by 4 smaller water parks (one is 3 minutes from my house, we are 3 hours away from Wisconsin Dells (far superior water parks IMO), and there are countless other water parks within a 2 hours drive. DQ, well I just don't care for.

You know your family best though. Remember no plan is set in stone. After the first water park, you may say nah, lets skip the other one, or whatever. Go and have a great time whatever you choose!

 

[DRDISNEYMD]

The more I look the more I find to do and its killing me.

Made our airfare and hotel so it is what it is.

Plan thus far

Arrive Friday at 4ish, grab rental car, check into offsite hotel dinner DTD

Saturday doing MK

Sunday 4-5 hours water park and Disneyquest

Monday offsite at LEGOLAND

Tuesday at Studios

Wednesday at Epcot

Thursday breakfast at Kona then water park again 4-5 hours then open park

Friday AK then DTD

Saturday have to leave parks at 130 ish so going to finish with MK



I am fully aware we will not get to see/do everything. I know if we had twice the time we would still find stuff.



So I have to ask if there is anything I can do to tweak my planning to maximize what time we have? Going the last week in August.

~This looks pretty good to me. As long as you have an idea of what you want to see and ride in the parks and where you want to dine each day, you should be fine.

~You can take a deep breath and relax -- that is, until hurricane season approaches. j/k Have fun!

 

[supergoofy]

We(me, dw and dd) did the World for 4 days a decade ago so I'd say we are newbies to the world. Youngest DD, DS and DDBFF have never been.

We have done the Land numerous times so MK while new it is also some what been done.


As far as LEGOLAND goes when we went to the Land several years ago Southern California got hit by a monsoon. The first day at LL most of the rides were shut down and the second day the closed the park completely so we missed it. I don't know when we will hit it in CA again if ever. Needless to say my boy was disappointed. I figured we would do it while at the World.


It all sounded good and looked good until I started planning. We did 4 days and now 8. Issue I am facing is a 16 year old DD as by the time we go again she will be in college and time off may be hard for her so trying to do it all.

 

[Planogirl]

You might not like this but I would skip DisneyQuest. I would go to the waterpark early, maybe rest a few hours afterward and head to MK or Epcot that evening. That gives you more time than it initially appears.

I would keep LEGOLAND because a break of that sort is always nice IMO. One day each for DHS and AK should be enough.

 

[Brian Noble]

I have to ask if there is anything I can do to tweak my planning to maximize what time we have?

What is your goal? To see as much as possible, or to have a great vacation with your family?

Either is a fine goal, but thinking about this question might help.

 

[disneyerin]

It makes me nervous to see MK only on Saturdays. I'd find a way to go to MK on a weekday at least once.

 

[supergoofy]

What is your goal? To see as much as possible, or to have a great vacation with your family?

Either is a fine goal, but thinking about this question might help.

That's a great question.

To me I know we cannot see everything and hoping to get rest of party to understand this.

I want a great vacation.

It makes me nervous to see MK only on Saturdays. I'd find a way to go to MK on a weekday at least once.

May have to go after our second water park day.

I don't see us starting at any other park nor ending else where.

 

[4xmom]

We have been going for years and we have in no way seen or done nearly everything. We have never done a water park, but that is because I have thing about water parks. Disney Quest seems like going to a large arcade. That just seems like something we could do elsewhere. We try to do something new each time that we can't do anywhere else.

 

[sflinch63]

I think Im in trouble......we only have MK planned for one day Staying at Bonnet Creek for 5 days, and thought we could lounge there, and possibly do a few other non-DW things.