What to do with 8-9 hours...

[minnie56]

booked a pretty last minute Disney cruise for March 5 ..our flight home upon disembarkation isn't until 9:40 pm ..what to do for the day? We talked outlet malls and mall at millennia but with our dollar ..not feeling very inspired! Then we thought of a park ..but lot of $$$ for clock watching. So, we toying with downtown Disney and ?? What? We could scurry off the ship ..but I still think the soonest we'd make WDW would be 11:00 a.m.

Thoughts?

 

[mshanson3121]

booked a pretty last minute Disney cruise for March 5 ..our flight home upon disembarkation isn't until 9:40 pm ..what to do for the day? We talked outlet malls and mall at millennia but with our dollar ..not feeling very inspired! Then we thought of a park ..but lot of $$$ for clock watching. So, we toying with downtown Disney and ?? What? We could scurry off the ship ..but I still think the soonest we'd make WDW would be 11:00 a.m.

Thoughts?

What about taking in some of the fun stuff at the Contemporary resort? Rent a boat for a few hours?
You could visit Disney Springs
Visit Fort Wilderness and do some stuff there - trail ride, carriage ride, with a lunch etc...

I really don't think I could justify spending $210 US for 8 hours in park, because by the time you get there at 11:00, you'll need to be leaving by 7:30 to get to the airport in time for your flight home.

 

[minnie56]

Good ideas...thank you!

 

[kuhltiffany]

Space Centre! https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

I would do the Orlando Eye, Sea Life Aquarium and Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. Tickets are super reasonable ($39 pp for all three attractions), parking is free, and its an easy drive from there to the airport. The I-Drive 360 complex has much more to offer, IMHO, than Disney Springs.

 

[LemonNeko]

We checked had a similar amount of time before and parked at Disney Springs and took a bus over to AKL to look at the animals. We came back and spent the rest of the time at Disney Springs.

 

[tgropp]

We were in the same position last year. We took our time getting off the ship and rented a day room at the Hyatt in the Orlando airport. Relax by the pool and enjoyed the last of the Florida sunshine before we boarded the plane

 

[DizzyDis]

I think resort hopping sound like an awesome idea, could you make a dinner or late lunch reservation at a resort you haven't been to before? You may be food-ed out after your cruise, but you could get a light meal somewhere. You could even spend time walking the Boardwalk if you haven't been there before. And in case plans run late, you haven't spent any $$ if you need to adjust on the fly.

 

[jeremyleo]

Thanks minnie56 for starting this thread. We are in a similar situation - we leave Orlando on a Friday at 9:40pm (back to Ottawa) and have been debating what to do that day. We are at an off-site timeshare, which we technically have until the next day, so we have the luxury of a resort and pool to take in, but having a full day presents many opportunities, and some great options have been suggested already. Thanks!

 

[minnie56]

Great suggestions! Appreciate it

 

[YukiPhnx]

We've done this before! We got off the ship early, had breakfast in Disney Springs and spent our time resort hopping, starting with boat ride to POR.