Took the kids to WDW and didn't let them ride any rides

[hasabigrock]

In March we took our first ever Disney Cruise. Afterwards we had an entire day free due to airline scheduling.

We thought about going into a park, but we didn't feel like paying hundreds of dollars to fight massive crowds.

So instead we decided on a very unique challenge. To set foot in all the Disney theme parks and resorts accessible by Disney Transportation. We like seeing new resorts, but typically don't have time or energy to do it during a busy WDW vacation. Originally we told the kids we weren't even going to eat and so we called it our "WDW Hunger Games Tour".

From any park you can get a bus to any hotel, from any hotel you can get a bus to any park, so we worked this way until we saw everything.

Here is a short montage video of our day showing us at every resort and every park. 26 in all.

Funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByB-QUjc0Ww

So we started early at Downtown Disney and parked our rental car. From Downtown Disney we just caught the very first bus for a resort, Old Key West. From there we went to Hollywood Studios, then took a boat to see the EPCOT resorts and so on.

BTW, you know you've been to WDW too many times when you tell the kids they won't be going into the parks and they don't complain at all, not even a little bit.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has done something like this?

Log for the day:

• Parked at Downtown Disney
• Walk to Disney Marketplace
• Funny bus to Old Key West
• Bus to MGM
• Friendship boat to Swan
• Walk to Dolphin
• Walk to Boardwalk ($5 water)
• Walk to Beach Club
• Lunch at Beaches and Cream for Kitchen Sink and drinks ($44.24)
• Walk to Yaht Club
• Taxi to Caribbean
• Bus to EPCOT
• Bus to Pop Century
• Bus to Blizzard Beach & WinterSummerland
• Bus to Allstar Sports
• Bus to Allstar Music
• Bus to Allstar Movies
• Bus to Animal Kingdom
• Bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge
• Taxi to Coronado Springs
• Bus to Magic Kingdom
• Bus to Polynesian
• Dinner at Kona
• Monorail to Grand Floridian
• Monorail to Contemporary
• Boat to Wilderness Lodge
• Bus to Fort Wilderness
• Bus to EPCOT
• Bus to Saratoga Springs
• Cab to Port Orleans
• Bus to Downtown Disney
• Rental car back to Marriott Courtyard

 

[dwaters]

Thanks for sharing.

Now THAT is a day. I don't think I could convince my family to go along with that.

Did you walk around each resort or just get on and off at the bus stop area?
Did you go into the parks or just the gate area.

I guess I'll watch the video to find out. I've heard of people doing four parks in a day, but never anything like this. Bravo.

Watched it- it looks exhausting, but fun. I love how the Kitchen Sink counts as a lunch.

 

[JeanetteK]

That was amazing! Such a cool idea. The girls really did look like they were enjoying it Thanks for sharing that