any idas for itinerary

[kellsbells123]

hello its our first florida trip
we are going 13 - 29 march 08
me and my husband
2 children boys age 6 & 3
gran and grandad

any ideas for an itinary will be appricated

kels :wave: :wave:

[loadsapixiedust]

:wavey: You're going the same time as we are, you could just follow us around, but I guarantee you'll be exhausted! ;)

Do you know which parks you want to see, which tickets you'll buy, where you are staying?
Give us an idea of what sort of things you like to do and we'll see what we can do.

[hayleyandhilda]

is there anything you don't want to see?

[kellsbells123]

we are staying at a villa in indian creek
my kids are 6 and 3
so really want to do the disney parks
seaworld
a water park
kennedy space centre
universal

and anything else that would good for kids
were not to fussed
as its our 1st trip of probably many

also not sure which are the best tickets to get

thanks

kels :wavey:

[Serendipity]

There is a shuttle launch scheduled for March 21st so you could put that on your list.

You can see it from the pool deck of the villa, but nothing beats seeing it close up, it's awesome!

Unfortunately the launches often get delayed so there is no guarantee, but fingers crossed.

Event: Atlas 5 - ICO G1
Date: 3/21/2008
Time: 05:46:00 PM EST
Details: The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket (AV-014) will launch a mobile communications satellite for ICO North America. Space Systems/Loral is building the geostationary spacecraft. The rocket will fly in the 421 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, two solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. ULA will conduct this commercial launch.

Launch Schedules Here (http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches/scheduleStatus.asp)

[.x.sophiie.x.]

the first day you arrive i would have this day to unpack relax & sleep so your refreshed for the first proper day of your magical holiday
for a first day i woud def say MK as it really is amazing ! and the kids will love it ! as it really is the heart of the magic
second day maybe do a water park ? blizzard beach is great so many different things to do while your there
third day maybe do sea world or another disney park ?
fourth day i would leave as a relax by the pool sort of day maybe do a bit of shoppin ?

we did this for all 3 of our disney holidays 3 days of oparks then 1 day of chillin it orked really well as we werent all exhausted from doing to many parks in one go plus the late nights in the disney parks can really take effect on you if you do too many
hope this helps and you have a mickytastic time x

[Spider666]

Going also around that time for my first time! I Wondered though what would be a good park to go to on Easter Sunday as that will be our first day there after arriving on Saturday. I believe MK will be Packed a friend recommended Epcot as it's BIG??

[tonymc]

I would also reiterate the point made above regarding "rest days" - we have made sure we have a day at a water park every three days (last year we had three nights at Clearwater beach doing absolutely nothing!).

It may be worth looking at some of the busy day guides to get an idea of the least busy days for visiting particular parks e.g. http://www.askdaisy.net/orlando/busy_day_guide.asp. This does make the visit less stressful.

It is also worth considering maybe not going to the park for opening, but having the morning around the pool then going to the park around lunchtime - you would still have 7 or 8 hours in Magic Kingdom, Disney Studios and Epcot.

We also found that Seaworld has quite a lot of shows, so you do spend quite a bit of time there sitting down in the shade.

Ticket wise, I think you can get a Seaworld 7 day ticket for the price of a single day. Disney wise, there are a number of tickets available - check the links on the left of the Home page.

HTH

[kellsbells123]

will definatly want to do the space shuttle launch, hope it dosent get delayed,
what tickets do you need for the space centre to see the shuttle launch ?

[PLUTOXX]

u wanna make sure u have enough rest then, with ur two young lads, and the grandparents too.
it wil be hard if u wanna do evrything orlando. but, just make sure u put a shopping day, and water parks days inbetween, it will give u time to have a little rest.

[Serendipity]

You can either pay for a ticket to watch the launch from the viewing area at Kennedy but if it is cancelled I don't think you get a refund - someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

We have always watched it from Titusville - there are plenty of viewing areas along there and it's a great view and a great atmosphere.

[kellsbells123]

hopefully we wont cram too much in, as im hopeing it will be the first of many trips!!!
also does anyone know what the car parks charge ?

[hel1304]

Hi Kellsbells. If you are going to go MK on your 1st day - why don't you book a character breakfast. You will be up very early & it is a really nice start to the holiday (& boys will be able to get lots of autographs!)

What I would also recommend is that you will go again so try not to cram everything in!! We went in Jan 07 & only really done 1/2 of each park. As soon as girls (or us) were tired, we would leave park & go back to pool! There is nothing worse than tired kids who will be miserable & not enjoy it.

I was recommended to get Ultimate tickets for Disney - 14 days come & go as you please. These were excellent. I have heard about Freedom tickets which include everything so it might be worth you pricing up these tickets xx