First timers and we need advice!

[buffylovesdane4]

Hi well we are doing two weeks with 4 kids ages 17 months, 6 years, 11 years and 13 years! So this is the plan

Friday - flight lands at 4:15pm so get our hired car, get to villa, order pizza and crash out!
Saturday - Go for breakfast, go food shopping, come back and unpack, head down to MGM for Fantasmic!
Sunday - MK ALL DAY!
Monday - Go courthouse for marriage licence and spent the day clothes and wedding shopping!
Tuesday - Disney quest in the morning then TL afternoon
Wednesday - Pirates Cove golf, Lunch at Olive Garden, chill by the pool, Pirates dinner show!
Thursday - BBB at DTD, Wedding, Pool party!
Friday - AK ALL DAY
Saurday - Clearwater beach
Sunday - BB
Monday and Tuesday - Epcot
Wednesday - MGM
Thursday - Pack, DTD shops, MK FOR WISHES!
Friday - Early Morning airboat, meal, check in and chill in Royal Palm Lounge!

Can I have some suggestions on my plan? e.g too much, too little! Just trying to pace ourselfs as we do have a large brood!!!

[debs1505]

Looks good but why only 1/2 day for TL?

Happy Wedding!!! :wavey:

[mousse]

:wavey: Looks good, not sure about BB on a Sunday would it be too busy? Personally I would do TL for the whole day, but then our kids love water. We did Disney Quest but after a couple of hours we'd had enough. I think we did that on a Sunday morning as soon as it was open as we used Sunday as a rest day had rest in afternoon then did Illuminations at night.

Have a great time and a brilliant wedding:wavey:

[edie_w]

Hello. Your itinerary sounds quite leisurely compared to our usual one! We do the Universal parks, Sea World and BG, too!

The general principle sounds OK but you have picked very busy days for some of your Disney activities. The Touringplans website has some very accurate predictions: http://www.touringplans.com/tp2/UG2_index.php?PageID=14

I'm guessing at your departure date from your countdown, so here goes....

Saturday 21st - You'll be up very early and very tired by the end of the day. Also MGM (aka Disney Studios) is busy today. I'd try Epcot (even if there are queues you can do World Showcase and generally get a feel for the place), and plan to be back at the villa for tea and a swim for those who can keep their eyes open!

Sunday 22 - again a busy MK day. I'd try AK, or perhaps MGM and you're more likely to have the staying power to get you to Fantasmic! Alternatively, forget the parks and do your wedding shopping today.

Monday 23 - It's a quiet day in the water parks today, so maybe try BB or TL after picking up your marriage licence, and then doing something in the evening (Pirates show, Epcot for the evening fireworks, MK just for parade and Wishes). Or you could try MK all day, but it looks like the crowd levels are quite high.

Tuesday 24 - Looks like a great day for MK today.

Wednesday 25 - MGM (DS) would be an alternative to your plan.

Thursday 26 - a perfect day to get married :grin: :inlove:

Friday 27 - Your plan - Animal Kingdom - is what I'd do today. :) It closes relatively early so you can get an early night ahead of tomorrow's drive.

Saturday 28 - Clearwater sounds good to me. I've never been!

Sunday 29 - Everywhere is busy today. I'd vote for shopping/chilling/golf and possibly visiting one of the parks in the evening for fireworks etc. If you do go to BB, apparently it's best to get there really early and then leave when it gets busy, leaving the rest of the day to chill/shop. TL is just opposite DTD, so that might be an option instead of BB.

Monday 30 - Epcot sounds good.

Tuesday 1 May - I'd swap Epcot for MGM - it looks quieter.

Wednesday 2 May - Epcot again, or MK.

Thursday 3 May - I'd always choose a park over shopping, and looking at the crowd levels I'd suggest Epcot, provided you did MK the day before. Ending your holiday with IllumiNations (you MUST see IllumiNations at least once!) is the only way to leave Orlando. :cry:

Friday - sounds fine to me!

Where's your villa?

Have a fantastic time. :wavey:

[Iloveflorida]

All i can say is you sound like you are going to have loads of fun but be very busy

[Tinker]

Your itinerary looks great, have a fantastic wedding and holiday.

[Minnie's Sal]

Sounds good to me - we're out there at a similar time to you but I don't think our itineraries cross at all.

Have a wonderful wedding :thumbs-up

[chris16sarah7]

Have a lovely holiday and wedding!!

[Zedbeded]

Hi,

We organised my sister in laws wedding at short notice 2 years ago in Orlando. They were getting married up in Winter Park so my advice to you is download the Wedding License forms from the internet before you go, this will save you a lot of time once you get to the courthouse. The day we went for the license we waited in the Q for about 1.5 hours! if we had waited until we got to the courthouse we would have been told to go away and fill in the forms which would have meant joining the back of the Q again!!

Hope this helps, have a great holiday and in true Disney style live happily ever after!:smile:

[buffylovesdane4]

Hi everyone and thanks for all you advice, i doubt we will end up sticking to our plans as we never do! Well the 26th i suppose we will have to! Its the first time abroad for the whole six of us, so we are all really excited!!! The 4 children have no idea we are getting married so we will have to try and get our Wedding attire on the plane and purchase a license without their knowledge (I doubt it very much) Can I just thank you all for all your advice over the past months, dont know how I would of done it without you guys!!! Wish I could take one of you with me for the whole 2 weeks to advise me cos im sooo dizzy! Laura x