What are your favorite on-property activities outside the parks?

[ChairborneRangr]

Keep it clean, folks

I haven't been there enough to have seen it all (yet ). Our favorite thing right now is to prowl around other resorts that we haven't seen before.

 

[FloridaCat]

We like to go to Ft. Wilderness Campground. They have a Campfire behind Meadows Trading Post. You can buy a bag of Smore fixings, including two sticks, just a few bucks. You can also get Hot Dogs, Popcorn and the usual fare from the Chuck Wagon. There is a 30 minute sing a long of Disney songs, Chip N Dale make the rounds and then a full featured Disney movie. Free for all WDW guests. Starts at 7:00 PM during the winter and8:00 PM during the summer.

 

[aunt kelly]

When we're not at the parks, our kids want to be at the pool at our resort. Last trip we stayed at the Dolphin and they had almost as much fun playing in the grotto pool as they did in the parks!

 

[GEM]

We've been to WDW 12 times now, so we find our selves spending more time outside the parks these days. We like to relax and take things a little slower.

We LOVE to play mini golf, so we always make sure and hit both Fantasia Gardens and Winter-Summerland.

We always spend a night at the Boardwalk. We like to have dinner at Spoodles, do some shopping, watch the strolling entertainers, and then end the evening at Jellyrolls!

We also make sure to spend some time swimming, renting bikes and boats, just exploring, etc. at our resort. We love the Disney resorts and we go to WDW just as much for the resorts as for the parks.

We also venture off Disney property (gasp ) to hit the outlet malls. My husband is a major outlet mall shopper!

 

[HappyGramma]

Love the Boardwalk. There are always people out walking or riding those surreys. There are kiosks where kids can get their face painted or hair braided and beaded. The restaurants and clubs are nice. Just a great place to spend an evening. You can even see part of Illuminations if you stand at the end near the ESPN club. Also like taking an afternoon to relax at the pool, read a book and take a nap.

 

[TINK61]

Ditto for the campfire show at FW. I also like to go to Downtown Disney and do some shopping there so I don't have to spend time in the parks shopping. Or just to walk around in there and sight see is enjoyable.

 

[WIcruizer]

DTD. Boat ride out in the bay, Lego store, browsing through all the Disney shops... I almost feel like I'm in a park at DTD. Even when we go on a Disney cruise, we'll fly in the night before and stay in the LBV area and walk around DTD. Not enough time usually to take in a park...but always time for a touch of magic at DTD.

We also enjoy checking out Wilderness Lodge and AKL...though not every year.

 

[monarchsfan16]

We like to ride the monorail. By the end of a week I can recite everything in that speech on the monorail. My mom thinks I'm crazy, but it's fun! Just riding the monorail you can see a lot, while sitting and relaxing, and not have to pay.

 

[esulerzy]

all 99 holes, over and over

 

[banks37]

On our honeymoon my wife and I rented a pontoon boat from Dixie Landings at the time) and took about an hour ride down to Pleasure Island on the Sassagoula River. It was a great way to spend a couple of hours.