Our proposed Itinerary

[SteveC]

Would appreciate anyones thoughts on this. We - myself, my wife and our 16, 14, and 6 year old boys - go Saturday April 9th landing at around 6pm, staying in Kissimmee. We need to shop on the first full day as we aren't buying any holiday clothes before we go!

Sat - A meal out followed by bedtime probably
Sun - Welcome meet/Walmart/Belz/Typhoon Lagoon
Mon - Magic Kingdom
Tue - Universal Studios
Wed - Universal Islands of Adventure
Thu - Shopping/Downtown Disney
Fri - Epcot (will it be very busy being the first day of the Flower Festival?)
Sat - Animal Kingdom
Sun - MGM Studios
Mon - Universal and UIA again (last chance before tickets expire)
Tue - Trip to Clearwater incl o/night stay courtesy of Holiday Inn reward points
Wed - Return from Clearwater/Magic Kingdom again (late afternoon/evening)
Thu - Epcot Center again/Blizzard Beach
Fri - Sea World
Sat - Last chance for a half day at a Disney park or shopping (hopefully not the latter)

[REH]

The water parks are busier at the weekends and it could be easier to visit BB in th morning then go to Epcot.

[Jools99]

Water parks are busy at weekends. I would also try and visit the water parks in the morning then go to one of the main parks later in day/evening.

Looks like a good plan though:wink :wink :wink

Jools

[Claire_L]

I would personally change the last Thurs and Fri to -

Thu - Seaworld
Fri - Blizzard Beach, Epcot Center again Illuminations

Reasons are the waterparks get busier as the day goes on and if a hot sunny day may be either closed or have no loungers left. Also EPCOT Illuminations must be seen and Friday is a non EMH evening so should be quieter.

As you sat the first day of the Flower Festival may be busy so would swap to like this -

Thu - EPCOT leave by mid afternoon evening at leisure
Fri - Shopping/Downtown Disney

By leaving mid afternoon should miss the evening crowds for EMH.

Oh and noticed you have AK and MGM on the EMH days so would swap like this -

Sat - MGM for Fantasmic
Sun - Animal Kingdom

Hope this helps :)

Claire :wink

[Claire_L]

Oh and do you need to go to the welcome meet? Alot of the time they are just a sales pitch and if familiar with WDW a bit of a waste of time to be honest, cutting into valuable holiday time. Not sure about TL on a Sunday afternoon could be busy with locals.
Claire :wink

[SteveC]

Thanks for the advice. It's appreciated.

Plan B now looks like this:

Sat - A meal out followed by bedtime probably
Sun - Walmart/Belz/Downtown Disney
Mon - Magic Kingdom
Tue - Universal Studios
Wed - Universal Islands of Adventure
Thu - Epcot until mid afternoon
Fri - Typhoon Lagoon/Shopping/Downtown Disney
Sat - MGM Studios incl Fantasmic
Sun - Animal Kingdom
Mon - Universal and UIA again (last chance before tickets expire)
Tue - Trip to Clearwater incl o/night stay courtesy of Holiday Inn reward points
Wed - Return from Clearwater/Magic Kingdom again (late afternoon/evening)
Thu - Sea World
Fri - Blizzard Beach/Epcot Center again incl Illuminations this time
Sat - Last chance for a half day at a Disney park or shopping (hopefully not the latter)

[Claire_L]

Looking good Steve :D :) I am sure you will have a fantastic time.
Oh and for other good shopping try Premiuim Outlets (http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=17) a 5 minute drive from DTD.
Claire :wink

[keswick1uk]

Looking good. I'd swap your first two days as I can't wait to get to MK! Admire your restraint :)

[SteveC]

My wife and older lads need to get the desire to do some cheap shopping out of their system early on.

Me and the littl'un wouldn't go inside a shop for the fortnight if it was up to us.