Slartibartfast
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2003
I need some Disney experts to help me out. We'll be staying at CYM in Downtown Disney Aug 10-15. (Just couldn't pass up that incredible rate). I'm having a terrible time figuring out the logistics.
The background:
DS is 6, DD is 5. We'll de driving down. Even though we're getting the low hotel rate, we still can't afford to spend a bundle on this vacation. So the plan is to drive 8 hrs from Nashville to Destin, stay with my parents there on Sat night, then drive 4-5 hours to Orlando on Sunday. After the fun, we'll drive back to Destin, spend the night, then back to Nashville.
This means we have 4 days surrounded by 2 half-days. So logic would say get the 4-day Park-Hopper. No use blowing a PH day on a partial day.
But if we go to MK twice (as most people suggest), WE'LL HAVE TO SKIP ANOTHER PARK!
How the heck do I choose which park to miss? Conventional wisdom says EPCOT because of my kids ages, but I really wanted to do Princess Storybook Breakfast for DD. DW and I really want to do 50's Cafe in MGM.
Another parameter: both kids are very skittish about rides. We probably won't get them on any but the most tame ones. SO:
Do we 1) Do MK twice and Skip EPCOT, AK or MGM?
2) Do MK once (since kids are scared of most rides)?
3) Bite the bullet and drive the whole way down on Saturday, stay in a cheapie offsite, then do MK Sunday with a 5-day PH. If so, what's a cheapie (but safe) offsite?
Sorry so long, I'm just frazzled thinking about all this.
The background:
DS is 6, DD is 5. We'll de driving down. Even though we're getting the low hotel rate, we still can't afford to spend a bundle on this vacation. So the plan is to drive 8 hrs from Nashville to Destin, stay with my parents there on Sat night, then drive 4-5 hours to Orlando on Sunday. After the fun, we'll drive back to Destin, spend the night, then back to Nashville.
This means we have 4 days surrounded by 2 half-days. So logic would say get the 4-day Park-Hopper. No use blowing a PH day on a partial day.
But if we go to MK twice (as most people suggest), WE'LL HAVE TO SKIP ANOTHER PARK!
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Another parameter: both kids are very skittish about rides. We probably won't get them on any but the most tame ones. SO:
Do we 1) Do MK twice and Skip EPCOT, AK or MGM?
2) Do MK once (since kids are scared of most rides)?
3) Bite the bullet and drive the whole way down on Saturday, stay in a cheapie offsite, then do MK Sunday with a 5-day PH. If so, what's a cheapie (but safe) offsite?
Sorry so long, I'm just frazzled thinking about all this.