Hi, I am a newbie to these boards. I am planning a land/cruise vacation for May, 2006 for my daughter's 6th birthday. My son will be 4 by then as well. With hubby, that makes 4 of us. I know its early, but I've heard that on the cruise part, you'd better figure things out early.
We plan to do 4 or 5 days on land, possibly w/one day at sea world. We aren't sure if we are going to do onsite or offsite yet, but I guess if its a package, its onsite. We aren't sure if we'll rent a car or just hire transportation when necessary. I like the idea of having a rental car so we can go and do what we want when we want, including seaworld, and I've heard that avis has a shuttle stop at the pier to drop off/pick up car before/after cruise portion, but am not sure which would be cheaper; ie. rental car versus shuttles from airport to hotel, hotel to seaworld, seaworld back to hotel, hotel to pier, and then pier back to airport.
In any event, I have done previous cruise and other vacations where I have planned them out and purchased items separately cheaper than a TA's package deal so I could do that here. I'm just wondering what everyone's experience has been w/disney packages. Do they tend to be cheaper, the same as, or more expensive than piecemealing your own together? What is your preference and why?
Thanks!
We plan to do 4 or 5 days on land, possibly w/one day at sea world. We aren't sure if we are going to do onsite or offsite yet, but I guess if its a package, its onsite. We aren't sure if we'll rent a car or just hire transportation when necessary. I like the idea of having a rental car so we can go and do what we want when we want, including seaworld, and I've heard that avis has a shuttle stop at the pier to drop off/pick up car before/after cruise portion, but am not sure which would be cheaper; ie. rental car versus shuttles from airport to hotel, hotel to seaworld, seaworld back to hotel, hotel to pier, and then pier back to airport.
In any event, I have done previous cruise and other vacations where I have planned them out and purchased items separately cheaper than a TA's package deal so I could do that here. I'm just wondering what everyone's experience has been w/disney packages. Do they tend to be cheaper, the same as, or more expensive than piecemealing your own together? What is your preference and why?
Thanks!
