Touring Strategies-Rest Days?

[Elk Grove Chris]

Hi

Looking at a 10 day trip for the second half of August of 2015. I was thinking of doing each park for a day (probably getting hoppers just in case for food choices or extra hours), then doing two days at Universal, then one more day each at MK and Epcot.

Sounds like a lot, I don't want to burn everyone out. Our kids will be 19 and 14 at the time of the trip and we are taking my Mom who will be 65, with some knee issues. We more than likely will take a break each day to recover from the crowds and heat/humidity.

First question, breaking up in the middle to hit Universal make sense?

Second question, is this just too much for most without a solid rest day or two in there somewhere?

When we do Disneyland we do 3-4 days commando style, sometimes taking a rest, sometimes not. At WDW, we do not plan to see everything, we will concentrate on the different attractions and shows we do not have on the West Coast.

 

[ArwenMarie]

I think putting Universal in the middle makes sense.

I would play it by ear on the rest day. Ten days is a nice long trip. Since August is so hot, I would spread out your plans over the ten days and leave enough time to rest each day, rather than focus on building a whole rest day in there. Make sure you get up and going early each morning, the midday heat is brutal and Frogg Toggs are your friend. And then of course the storms almost every afternoon.

And then play it by ear when you are there...if you need a rest day, take one.

Have fun planning

 

[catra121]

Personally...I would still want to go to the parks every day. Sleep late some days, maybe hit a waterpark one morning and a park in the evening, take time to do the slower paced things in the parks, maybe do a day of no rides and only shows...whatever floats your boat really. You can relax and still be in the parks.

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

Thanks for the input!