NON Disney Vacation You Would Do Again

[indytraveler]

Just read some posts about not going to certain vacation spots, Pigeon Forge, Myrtle Beach,Wisconsin Dells, etc. But I want to hear about the places outside of Disney that you'd recommend to the rest of us.

My first place is The Grand Canyon. Went without the kids 3 years ago, 20 yr anniversary gift. and took the kids back the very next year.

Stayed in Sedona, AZ and spent 5 days in the area rock climbing, hiking, and visiting the different National Parks in the area. Would definitely go back yet again

[Kairi_7378]

I adore visiting the Finger Lakes region in New York State. I have also enjoyed Bar Harbor, Maine.

Took a trip to San Diego last summer and fell in love. Can't wait to go back there, either!

[caryrae]

Driving the Florida Keys to or from Key West is awesome and something everyone should do once in their life, we have done it twice. One was we flew into Key West, stayed for a few days then drove to the Everglades which was awesome, then drove over to Naples and stayed a couple days and visited Sanibel Island. We would love to do that trip again.

Would also like to visit the Smoky Mountains again. We drove through them last year on our road trip to WDW and it was really fun but did hate driving through the Dollywood area, traffic was horrible.

[BrerGnat]

Alaska Cruise

Caribbean Cruise

San Francisco, CA

San Diego, CA

These are three places I've visited that I would always be happy to vacation at again. I went on an Alaska Cruise 20 years ago (yikes!) and I really want to do another one with my husband and kids.

[DizneyRox]

Cruise through the Panama Canal! 11 days on board a ship (11 days is just right!) and just fantastic!

[Belle of the Ball 051411]

Cruises, Europe, California, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Palm Beach, Sanibel/Captiva Islands.

[SBETigg]

We like to try new destinations, but we do tend to repeat Disney and Ogunquit/Wells Maine.

[disneydeb]

Louisiana! A couple years ago, my dd2 and I drove to St. Francisville and stayed at Myrtles Plantation (haunted B&B). The next morning after breakfast we toured some other plantation homes in the area, all beautiful!

Then we drove about 50 miles to New Orleans and stayed at the Monteleone in the French Quarter. We were given a tour of the city by a friend we had met on Intercot and at the anniversary party a few years back. We toured parts of the swamp on a boat and saw many alligators in their natural habitat. Before we left, we did a ghost tour of the FQ. Awesome adventure!!

One may ask if we had any encounters on our ghostly hunt, we didn't think so... until we came home and loaded our pics into the computer!!!

[Melanie]

As much as I love all things Disney, I love to travel and there is a whole "world" out there besides Disney. So many places I've yet been to, and so many I'd love to return to.

[buzznwoodysmom]

We tend to travel a lot and a "problem" we keep running into is that we keep wanting to return to so many places we fall in love with!

Places that stand out in my mind as places we either did return to, or would like to return to, to are Colorado, Florida Keys, Grapevine, Texas (Dallas area), Lake Lanier Island, Georgia, Destin, Florida, Asheville, North Carolina, Big Cedar Lodge in the Branson area, Arkansas, and of course being from Louisiana, New Orleans.

[NJGIRL]

Washington DC
Williamsburg, VA
Niagara Falls
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Boston, MA
Salem, MA
Las Vegas
Newport, RI
Ocean City, NJ
Wildwood, NJ
Italy....Anywhere
Baltimore, MD
Philly, PA
Finger Lakes, NY
Mexico
Jackson Hole
Toronto, Canada
Any of the Caribbean Islands (Cruise only)

I can honestly say we have enjoyed each vacation we have gone on. As much as we love the Orlando area there are too many places that we want to see to go there every year.

The only vacation that we took that we were a little bored was Cape Cod. We probably won't go back there again.

We also will only do a Caribbean Island on a cruise. We have done a couple of Islands for a week long and there wasn't enough to keep us busy. On our vacations we like being on the go and sitting on a beach for 7 days in a row is not for us. A day or two on each island is long enough for us.

[disney obsessed]

I love to travel. The top two are the big island of hawaii and antigua.

[Janmac]

Besides the Grand Canyon - north rim:

Bryce Canyon

Organ Pipe Cactus Nat'l Monument, Arizona

Death Valley

Sequoia - King's Canyon

Crater Lake

Mt St Helens

Mt Rainier

Olympia Nat'l Park - especially Hoh Rain Forest and Ruby Beach

Yellowstone

Grand Teton

Dinosaur Nat'l Monument

Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park - west side especially

Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park (I think it's not a Monument any more)

Glacier Nat'l Park - take the red bus tour

Acadia Nat'l Park

Gettysburg

Smithsonian Museums

Arlington Nat'l Cemetary

to name a few . . .

Jan

[Mickey'sGirl]

Nice to see some international locations! We have travelled a lot, but these are my favourite Non-Disney vacations so far:

Barbados
England
Wales
Italy (Particularly Sorrento, the most beautiful place I have ever been)
Germany
Normandy, France
Monterrey CA
Quebec City
New York City
Prince Edward Island

[Bethanymouse]

Some of our favorite Non-Disney trips:

Sanibel Island- Florida
Boston
Long Beach Island, NJ
Bermuda
Washington DC

[Hammer]

Like others have said, there is a whole "world" out there and I enjoy experiencing other places. Some of my favorite places that I've visited (or lived) are-

Boston
New York City
Dallas
New Orleans
Sedona, AZ
San Francisco
Baltimore
Montreal
Toronto
and of course Philly. I've been known to check into a hotel for a weekend and enjoy strolling the Independence Mall and Rittenhouse Square areas.

[DisneyLandMomma]

We're road trippers, so far.

So far our favs and can't wait to go back are Sedona, AZ area(from there we visited the south rim Grand Canyon) and St George, UT area(Zion, Bryce Canyon, North Grand Canyon).

And what we are doing again this summer, driving from southern california to the pacific northwest. We drive up the 5 and drive back down along the coast...beautiful!!

[disney obsessed]

I'd like to add Alassio Italy to my list

[luvdiznee]

Vegas & Grand Canyon combined and another Royal Caribbean Cruise...

[joonyer]

Camping/hiking almost anywhere, especially in the Appalachians and Rockies. Even at the beach, especially uncrowded ones.

Haven't been yet, but am dreaming of a backcountry trip to New Zealand & Australia.