3 week itinery - what do you think

[son2307]

Hello everyone - please excuse me if I woffle a bit - i'm very new to all this. I thought I would put my itinery down for you all to comment on and advise me of any points which may need improving. 3 weeks holiday is a lot to plan!

21st July - 11.15am flight from Gawick to arrive MCO apprx 4-5pm
Head straight to hotel (Disney beach club resort) to explore, eat and relax - followed by early night (I should imagine we'll all be exhausted by then!!) LOL

22nd July - Spending the day around the hotel and Boardwalk exploring and swimming in Stormalong Bay

23rd July - My 40th birthday. VIP character breakfast at the Grand Floridian, then spend the rest of the day in MK

24th July - Day at Seaworld

25th July - Day at Universal Studios

26th July - Shopping and other Orlando attractions such as Wonder Works, Ripleys etc. Afternoon at downtown disney. Cirque do Soleil in the evening (pre-booked).

27th July - Busch Gardens for the day.

28th July - Relax at Acquatica for the day

29th July - Epcot for the day

30th July - Hollywood Studios for the day

31st July - Shopping and other Orlando attractions such as Gatorland etc. Arabian Nights Dinner Show in the evening.

1st August - MK for the day

2nd August - Discovery Cove for the day (pre-booked)

3rd August - Universal Islands of Adventure for the day

4th August - AM - Shopping, PM - Animal Kingdom

5th August - Blizzard Beach for the day

6th August - Seaworld for the day, Makahiki Luau Dinner in the evening at Seaworld.

7th August - Thinking about Daytona500 (for our 10 year old son)??

8th August - Epcot for the day (may split the day with Hollywood Studios??)

9th August - Typhoon Lagoon for the day.

10th August - Animal Kingdom for the day (may change this??)

11th August - Flying home today. Book in luggage at Virgin downtown disney in the morning then the day is ours to do what we want.

[Grumpy&Happy]

Looks good to me!

Looks similar to what we did in April when we went for 3 weeks.

A word of warning, because we were there for 3 weeks we tended to put things off thinking we had plenty of time and then ended up craming loads into the last couple of days which I had kept free for things we wanted to revisit.

An example being some rides had waiting times of 140 minutes so we said we will do it later or on another day, thinking we had plenty of time but 3 weeks really flew by!

[bigcol300866]

WOW!!! talk about organised :blush: i wish you would re arrange and plan our 3 weeks i think i may just change the dates and copy what you guys are doing.
I don't think i know you will have a great time.:wavey:
All the best Colin:thumbs-up

[missl]

looks great nice and crammed the way i like it

[sylvy]

:wavey: Wow your all organised,sounds good to me.:thumbs-up

[Wildhog]

I would suggest taking some time for R&R planning half days with returns to your hotel, as well as more frequent rest days, rather than large blocks of 4 whole days in 4 separate parks, I'm in pretty good shape, and 4 parks in 4 days, felt like a real feat of endurance, even with a middday break.

[ticky15]

Hello everyone - please excuse me if I woffle a bit - i'm very new to all this. I thought I would put my itinery down for you all to comment on and advise me of any points which may need improving. 3 weeks holiday is a lot to plan!

21st July - 11.15am flight from Gawick to arrive MCO apprx 4-5pm
Head straight to hotel (Disney beach club resort) to explore, eat and relax - followed by early night (I should imagine we'll all be exhausted by then!!) LOL

22nd July - Spending the day around the hotel and Boardwalk exploring and swimming in Stormalong Bay

23rd July - My 40th birthday. VIP character breakfast at the Grand Floridian, then spend the rest of the day in MK

24th July - Day at Seaworld

25th July - Day at Universal Studios

26th July - Shopping and other Orlando attractions such as Wonder Works, Ripleys etc. Afternoon at downtown disney. Cirque do Soleil in the evening (pre-booked).

27th July - Busch Gardens for the day.

28th July - Relax at Acquatica for the day

29th July - Epcot for the day

30th July - Hollywood Studios for the day

31st July - Shopping and other Orlando attractions such as Gatorland etc. Arabian Nights Dinner Show in the evening.

1st August - MK for the day

2nd August - Discovery Cove for the day (pre-booked)

3rd August - Universal Islands of Adventure for the day

4th August - AM - Shopping, PM - Animal Kingdom

5th August - Blizzard Beach for the day

6th August - Seaworld for the day, Makahiki Luau Dinner in the evening at Seaworld.

7th August - Thinking about Daytona500 (for our 10 year old son)??

8th August - Epcot for the day (may split the day with Hollywood Studios??)

9th August - Typhoon Lagoon for the day.

10th August - Animal Kingdom for the day (may change this??)

11th August - Flying home today. Book in luggage at Virgin downtown disney in the morning then the day is ours to do what we want.

Yip looks good, you go the same day as us...why not do a park on your first day , you'll be up early ;)

[son2307]

We thought about doing a park on the first day but decided to have a lazy day exploring the hotel and its lovely surroundings. We are staying at the Beach Club Resort which I understand has a very nice swimming area. Boardwalk is close by so I think there will be plenty to do. Might go to one of the parks later in the afternoon/evening. Although we will be able to see the Epcot illuminations from our hotel - that'll be a bonus!
The plan is only a guide, we may decide to change around a few days once there - just going to see how things are with the heat and how the kids cope with it.
I'm glad our itinery looks o.k. to most of you - I must say it has taken all of us ages to agree on what we wanted to do on what days. I feel exhausted just organising the trip - I NEED A HOLIDAY!!!! lol:spin:

[angelic angel]

looks good to me, i find that we are all really excited on the 1st day and do a park its normally the 2nd and 3rd day that we are shattered and take it easy. your going to love it no matter what you do!

[Whiteley26]

Looks good to me!

Looks similar to what we did in April when we went for 3 weeks.

A word of warning, because we were there for 3 weeks we tended to put things off thinking we had plenty of time and then ended up craming loads into the last couple of days which I had kept free for things we wanted to revisit.

An example being some rides had waiting times of 140 minutes so we said we will do it later or on another day, thinking we had plenty of time but 3 weeks really flew by!

We did the same as you thought we had plenty of time but you know what they say 'time flys when your having fun' There are always going to be thing that you miss but what an excuse to keep going back. We found that for the first week due to jet lag we were up early and in the parks first thing but as the holiday progressed itgo later and later.

[Georgia&Dani]

This looks a really good itinary. Your'e so organised.
Incidentely, does it cost much more staying for 3 weeks, instead of 2?

You've put an idea in my head;)
Georgia

[Grumpy&Happy]

This looks a really good itinary. Your'e so organised.
Incidentely, does it cost much more staying for 3 weeks, instead of 2?

You've put an idea in my head;)
Georgia

We went for 3 weeks in April this year with Virgin and it cost £200 more than 2 weeks with First choice and that was for a family of 4.

You just need to shop around a see what you can find.

[Bridget]

Sounds good. I need a 3 week itinerary to copy ;)

The only advice I can give is try not to go to bed too early first night you'll be up at about 3am :)

I've always found I am wide awake once there as SOO excited. :spin:

Love how you're doing so much stuff too - sounds like a fantastic holiday to me :D

[tiniegil]

Hello there :wavey: one thing I always think makes a bit of sense is the first couple of days out there you tend to wake up earlier (re time diff) we tend to go to AK then so to catche the animals early ,or MK to see the opening......just a thought!

[SamsCalling]

Hello there :wavey: one thing I always think makes a bit of sense is the first couple of days out there you tend to wake up earlier (re time diff) we tend to go to AK then so to catche the animals early ,or MK to see the opening......just a thought!

My thinking too!! I'm always up at a very early hour itching to go!!

Your plan looks great to me :D

[Suzie&Stuart]

Its lookin' good.

Stuart