Wow... I am exhausted.

oateyboy · 9 Apr 17, 10:59 PM

I have a cruise booked for November 2019 leaving Fort Lauderdale so I thought I would try and plan another 10 or 11 days around the cruise.

We have decided to skip Disney and book Universal for a week. I got a great deal on my Universal 3 park passes. I thought I would look at flights for November 2018. Being so far out, I was very restricted. I went to my local Virgin shop, called Virgin, Kenwood Travel, Ocean Florida, Travel City Direct etc etc. I found a price that I was happy with and paid my deposit.

I am laying here on my sofa absolutely shattered. I have 2 nights prior to my cruise and 3 nights after that I need to plan around, I feel that I cant do it without you guys. Any ideas of places I could try away from Orlando for these two stints. My wife fancies Miami but I have no idea regarding areas/things to do etc?

Please help

Cocobean121 · 9 Apr 17, 11:04 PM

Sounds like a great trip planned! I have no knowledge of Miami, but we are doing the odd night at Clearwater npbeach before we move to our villa, do you both fancy the beach?

A lot of Dibbers love Anna Maria island too, there's lots of lovely places to choose from in the gulf coast.

Happy planning, I'm sure there will be lots of suggestions from seasoned Dibbers!

feelingnuts · 10 Apr 17, 12:08 AM

We loved Miami the beach is fab and the general atmosphere was good I'd probably only do 2 nights max though and it's fairly expensive to eat and drink around Miami.

**PPM** · 10 Apr 17, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by oateyboy

I have a cruise booked for November 2019 leaving Fort Lauderdale so I thought I would try and plan another 10 or 11 days around the cruise.

We have decided to skip Disney and book Universal for a week. I got a great deal on my Universal 3 park passes. I thought I would look at flights for November 2018. Being so far out, I was very restricted. I went to my local Virgin shop, called Virgin, Kenwood Travel, Ocean Florida, Travel City Direct etc etc. I found a price that I was happy with and paid my deposit.

I am laying here on my sofa absolutely shattered. I have 2 nights prior to my cruise and 3 nights after that I need to plan around, I feel that I cant do it without you guys. Any ideas of places I could try away from Orlando for these two stints. My wife fancies Miami but I have no idea regarding areas/things to do etc?

Please help

Can you advise where you got your Universal three park tickets for Nov 2019? That's over 2 1/2 years away. Some ticket sellers aren't even selling 2018 tickets yet. It would be good to know as it can help some long term planners on here.

oateyboy · 10 Apr 17, 05:28 PM

So sorry... should have read 2018.

I told you I was exhausted

thebig40 · 14 Apr 17, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by oateyboy

I have a cruise booked for November 2019 leaving Fort Lauderdale so I thought I would try and plan another 10 or 11 days around the cruise.

We have decided to skip Disney and book Universal for a week. I got a great deal on my Universal 3 park passes. I thought I would look at flights for November 2018. Being so far out, I was very restricted. I went to my local Virgin shop, called Virgin, Kenwood Travel, Ocean Florida, Travel City Direct etc etc. I found a price that I was happy with and paid my deposit.

I am laying here on my sofa absolutely shattered. I have 2 nights prior to my cruise and 3 nights after that I need to plan around, I feel that I cant do it without you guys. Any ideas of places I could try away from Orlando for these two stints. My wife fancies Miami but I have no idea regarding areas/things to do etc?

Please help

We stayed in Cape Coral last August after 2 weeks in the parks and it was marvellous, I'd definitely recommend it.
We went on day trips to Sanibel Islands, Captiva, an airboat tour in the Everglades, Vanderbilt beach, dolphin watching cruise etc. Gorgeous!

You can hire a boat easily too and visit the outer barrier islands.

duchy · 14 Apr 17, 08:05 AM

Have you looked at St Augustine ?

**Gabblemum** · 14 Apr 17, 08:37 AM

We went Clearwater for the day and agreed we would have liked to stay longer. Some lovely hotels right on the beach. Took a boat trip to see dolphins and boy, did we strike gold. We had about 10-20 Dolphins jumping in and out of the water right next to the boat. It was brilliant. We did Little Toot! The drive to Clearwater was amazing too. Water either side. So maybe Miami before and a mini road trip on west coast Florida after (or vice Verda) ? I do want to go to Anna Maria Island as heard such great things on The Dibb about it. Also I haven't been (yet) but you could do Busch Gardens or the one with (is it) Summer the dolphin in the film with an artificial tail ?

Enjoy 😊

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	9 Apr 17, 10:59 PM oateyboy Excited about Disney
oateyboy Excited about Disney Join Date: Apr 10	Wow... I am exhausted. I have a cruise booked for November 2019 leaving Fort Lauderdale so I thought I would try and plan another 10 or 11 days around the cruise. We have decided to skip Disney and book Universal for a week. I got a great deal on my Universal 3 park passes. I thought I would look at flights for November 2018. Being so far out, I was very restricted. I went to my local Virgin shop, called Virgin, Kenwood Travel, Ocean Florida, Travel City Direct etc etc. I found a price that I was happy with and paid my deposit. I am laying here on my sofa absolutely shattered. I have 2 nights prior to my cruise and 3 nights after that I need to plan around, I feel that I cant do it without you guys. Any ideas of places I could try away from Orlando for these two stints. My wife fancies Miami but I have no idea regarding areas/things to do etc? Please help

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	10 Apr 17, 05:28 PM oateyboy Excited about Disney Thread Starter
oateyboy Thread Starter Excited about Disney Join Date: Apr 10	So sorry... should have read 2018. I told you I was exhausted

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	14 Apr 17, 08:05 AM duchy Imagineer
duchy Imagineer Join Date: May 04 Location: Kent	Have you looked at St Augustine ?