Avoiding Memorial Day Crowds

[lefthanded]

May 2006 - this is what we are planning:

1. Sat 20th May Flight Out 1st Night in Miami
2. Sun 21st May Explore Miami 2nd Night in Miami
3. Mon 22nd May Explore Miami 3rd Night in Miami
4. Tue 23rd May Drive to Orlando 1st Nt in Orlando
5. Wed 24th May Animal Kingdom 2ndNt in Orlando
6. Thu 25th May EPCOT 3rd Nt in Orlando
7. Fri 26th May Rest 4th Nt in Orlando
8. Sat 27th May Typhoon Lagoon 5th Nt in Orlando
9. Sun 28th May Rest 6th Nt in Orlando
10. Mon 29th May Rest 7th Nt in Orlando
11. Tue 30th May US/IoA 8th Nt in Orlando
12. Wed 31st May SeaWorld 9th Nt in Orlando
13. Thu 1st June Drive to St Pete's 1st Nt St Pete's
14. Fri 2nd June Rest 2nd Nt St Pete's
15. Sat 3rd June Rest 3rd Nt St Pete's
16. Sun 4th June Rest 4th Nt St Pete's
17. Mon 5th June Busch Gardens 5th Nt St Pete's
18. Tue 6th June Rest 6th Nt St Pete's
19. Wed 7th June Rest 7th Nt St Pete's
20. Thu 8th June Rest 8thNt St Pete's
21. Fri 9th June Rest 9th Nt St Pete's
22. Sat 10th June Drive back to Orlando and fly home
23. Sun 11th June Arrive Gatwick. Drive home.
24. Mon 12th June Take day off to recover from jetlag.

Notes:
We will be having 5 park Flextickets which last 14 days from first use - so we have to go to Busch Gardens not later than the 5th, which will be the 14th day after we first use them in IoA.

We will not be going to MK or MGM. We did these two last year.

I have only allowed one day for US/IoA but we will be staying on-site (Hard Rock) and will have the Flextickets, so I can in fact go in and out as much as I want while DW is in the pool!

Monday 29th May will be Memorial Day. I have left it as a rest day.

Grateful to hear anybody's views.

lefthanded

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Looking good to me
Claire

[Guest]

We are doing the same - keeping the Saturday through Monday free of any definate plans - we will keep clear of the parks and probably do even more retail therapy! Plan to do the 2 Universale parks and Sea World on the Tuesday through Friday after the holiday weekend.

Darryl

[sharonb]

Looks good we're be out there the same time we arrive on the 19th, the best bit going at Memorial Weekend is the sales have done them now for the last couple of years and they are brilliant especially Bloomingdales.

Sharon

[lefthanded]

We have had to change our itinerary slightly due to problems with the flight out. Going out one day earlier than planned would have given us one extra day in Miami.

BUT, I have always wanted to visit Key West - so after some soul-searching (and measuring the miles), the first week our our 2006 itinerary now looks like this:

Friday 19th May. Fly Heathrow to Miami
Saturday 20th May. Explore Miami
Sunday 21st May. Drive Miami to Key West
Monday 22nd May. Drive Key West to Naples
Tuesday 23rd May. Drive Naples to Orlando
Wednesday 24th May. Continue as planned.

I know that his doesn't give us any time in Key West, but that's OK. We just want to go there, take a few photos, and visit the Hard Rock Cafe. The rest of the Keys can wait for another holiday.

If anyone else has ever paid a flying visit to Key West I would be pleased to hear about it.

What do you think, folks - am I crazy to attempt such a trip?

lefthanded

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