B. Sounds like our past trips with grandma . the only difference is we would eat at Kona's before the party and stay for the second parade.
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I would go in with D. Take a flight the night before, stay at a hotel near MCO with free shuttle. Get a decent night's sleep (say 6AM-7AM). Head over to DME (with your luggage) and get on when you want.
For DME, you can just give a different flight number that comes in about the time you want to get there. They do not check flights. We did this, got a 4* hotel for $50, got to DME at 6:30AM, at resort at 7:30AM, checked in, on bus to parks at 8:15AM.
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Update:
So here's what we decided. We were going to visit Universal next summer, but since crowds (and weather) will be better in December, we are spending some time there!
Thursday: early flight, drive to Universal, do IOA (staying onsite at Royal Pacific)
Friday: Universal Studios, check into Pop Century in evening
Saturday: AK, then Epcot
Sunday: MK until leaving for airport at 4
Thanks for all the advice!
Kathy
Many trips from childhood to 2008, WDW/DLP
8/09: Ultimate Adventurer Trip, WL Concierge/AKL
6/10: POFQ
12/10: Mousefan Reunion (Pop)
8/11, 7/12: AKL Concierge
10/12: ICOT 15th solo trip (Pop)
4/13: Pop
7/13: Hilton Bonnet Creek
7/14: 3 nights at BLT
12/14: US, IOA, and WDW
You will like the Royal Pacific! We were just there in August and really enjoyed the resort. The complimentary Express Passes were awesome and well worth the cost of the resort.
I would recommend the Park-to-Park passes though, other wise you won't be able to use the Hogwart's Express. Which is IMHO is worth the added cost of the pass. We rode it back and forth a couple times between the parks just to make sure we saw everything.
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Gregandmel;2435749 wrote: I'm sure you will get a variety of answers on this but I would go with A. We always take the earliest flight we can get (6:30am - 7:00am) which means getting up early (can't hardly sleep anyways). If you pre-check in your hotel room might be ready (we did this on our last trip and got to our hotel at 11:45am and our room was ready - probably because we did on-line check in and knew we would be there around 11:30am- stayed at POFQ).
We enjoy having 3-4 hours after check in to get settled, have lunch, freshen up, then head out around 3 or 4pm for whatever "night time" activity we have planned. If you are doing the Christmas party this would be a nice pace to take on the first day.
EVERYONE is different with what works for them though. One thing my husband and I both dislike is RUSHING from one thing to another - it makes us anxious and can't really enjoy stuff.
So - that's my vote but you will get a variety of answers. Again - we personally enjoy having a large stretch of time between check in and our activity on the first day. Keeps us calm. :thumbsup:
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exactly what I would do..:D
Been there, done that and going back!!! See ya real soon !!!
