Florida --the touristy bit

monster · 09-27-2009, 07:51 PM

Looks like we're doing Disney in feb with my sis, BIL and 6yo niece from UK. What to do, what not to do, how to get best deals on park entrance...? All non-spam imput appreciated. Probably staying in a villa they're renting -input on that also appreciated.

thanks

Juniper · 09-27-2009, 11:26 PM

Get meal plan. Eat at all-you-can-eat places. May not need reservations in Feb., but you can make them so there's no waiting. The food is one of the very best things about Disney! Oooooh, the food! My two favorites were the German place in Epcot and the African place in Animal Kingdom. Yum yum!

Pico and ME · 06-24-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Get meal plan. Eat at all-you-can-eat places. May not need reservations in Feb., but you can make them so there's no waiting. The food is one of the very best things about Disney! Oooooh, the food! My two favorites were the German place in Epcot and the African place in Animal Kingdom. Yum yum!

Hey Juni, I'm going this July and I purchased the meal plan for me and my husband for 3 nights, but now I am getting cold feet. I'm worried that tying down our day for a dinner reservation is just going to aggravate me. On one hand I want the freedom to be spontaneous and on the other hand I like the cost savings - but of course, thats only if ever meal gets used.

How did you use yours? Did you make the reservations way ahead of time?

Sundae · 09-28-2009, 08:13 AM

I'll ask my bro, I think they go every year (

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Clodfobble · 09-28-2009, 11:57 AM

Do Epcott, if you can. I was just a kid, but I remember thinking Epcott was way cooler than the main Disney park.

And I know you're not doing Universal Studios, but if you were, you should make sure to stop by the big caricature booth and say hi to my cousin Glenn.

jinx · 09-28-2009, 02:23 PM

I was just a kid but I remember Busch Gardens Africa being much cooler than Disney. And the run of the mill water park being best all around.... but it was summertime in FL.

monster · 09-29-2009, 09:41 PM

The villa is booked! Aunt Scary, Uncle Elvis and my 6yo niece are coming over from the UK for two weeks, We're going down for a week or so, doing Disney and the like....

SteveDallas · 09-29-2009, 10:41 PM

I dunno... we're toying with a trip. Miss Dallas' school orchestra is doing a Disneyworld trip in April. We're toying with heading down at the same time, to hear them play and hang out at the park.

Shawnee123 · 09-30-2009, 08:13 AM

I would love to revisit Disney, and see Epcot and Universal.

I was at Disneyworld ONCE. My family never went when I was a kid. I got to go because one spring my previous college roommate had transferred to Embry-Riddle and another girl and I went to visit and took a day to go to Disney.

I think I'd really like Epcot.

Pie · 09-30-2009, 10:27 AM

I would rather gouge my eye out with a fork than endure anything <shudder> Disney.

Cape Canaveral. Srsly.

Shawnee123 · 09-30-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

I would rather gouge my eye out with a fork than endure anything <shudder> Disney.

Cape Canaveral. Srsly.

That is the one FL thing my parents DID take us to.

I'm not a big fan of Disney either, one of the anti-christs along with Wally World and Time-Warner, but I love amusement parks and the like.

Juniper · 09-30-2009, 02:46 PM

I thought I would also hate Disney, but I didn't, not at all.

monster · 09-30-2009, 10:01 PM

I'm also not Disney. but I still want to see first hand, and so do the kids. So tell us how to do it cheap and kick disney one in the financial nuts!

casimendocina · 06-27-2010, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

I'm also not Disney. but I still want to see first hand, and so do the kids. So tell us how to do it cheap and kick disney one in the financial nuts!

To kick Disney in the ideological nuts while you're there, organise a photo with an amputee.

richlevy · 10-31-2010, 12:15 PM

Off to the Miami area soon for some family rec time. We're staying at a beach timeshare. The significant other insisted on a rental car for the entire trip, so we are mobile.

Any recommendations?

I have a lot of restaurant.com credits racked up, so I'm looking for ideas there, too.

I like jazz, blues, and salsa music, but I don't like to dance.

09-27-2009, 07:51 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Florida --the touristy bit Looks like we're doing Disney in feb with my sis, BIL and 6yo niece from UK. What to do, what not to do, how to get best deals on park entrance...? All non-spam imput appreciated. Probably staying in a villa they're renting -input on that also appreciated. thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-28-2009, 08:13 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'll ask my bro, I think they go every year () __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-28-2009, 11:57 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Do Epcott, if you can. I was just a kid, but I remember thinking Epcott was way cooler than the main Disney park. And I know you're not doing Universal Studios, but if you were, you should make sure to stop by the big caricature booth and say hi to my cousin Glenn. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-28-2009, 02:23 PM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I was just a kid but I remember Busch Gardens Africa being much cooler than Disney. And the run of the mill water park being best all around.... but it was summertime in FL. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

09-29-2009, 09:41 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The villa is booked! Aunt Scary, Uncle Elvis and my 6yo niece are coming over from the UK for two weeks, We're going down for a week or so, doing Disney and the like.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-27-2009, 11:26 PM	#2
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Get meal plan. Eat at all-you-can-eat places. May not need reservations in Feb., but you can make them so there's no waiting. The food is one of the very best things about Disney! Oooooh, the food! My two favorites were the German place in Epcot and the African place in Animal Kingdom. Yum yum!

09-29-2009, 10:41 PM	#8
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I dunno... we're toying with a trip. Miss Dallas' school orchestra is doing a Disneyworld trip in April. We're toying with heading down at the same time, to hear them play and hang out at the park.

09-30-2009, 08:13 AM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I would love to revisit Disney, and see Epcot and Universal. I was at Disneyworld ONCE. My family never went when I was a kid. I got to go because one spring my previous college roommate had transferred to Embry-Riddle and another girl and I went to visit and took a day to go to Disney. I think I'd really like Epcot. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-30-2009, 10:27 AM	#10
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I would rather gouge my eye out with a fork than endure anything <shudder> Disney. Cape Canaveral. Srsly. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-30-2009, 02:46 PM	#12
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I thought I would also hate Disney, but I didn't, not at all.

09-30-2009, 10:01 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm also not Disney. but I still want to see first hand, and so do the kids. So tell us how to do it cheap and kick disney one in the financial nuts! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-31-2010, 12:15 PM	#15
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Off to the Miami area soon for some family rec time. We're staying at a beach timeshare. The significant other insisted on a rental car for the entire trip, so we are mobile. Any recommendations? I have a lot of restaurant.com credits racked up, so I'm looking for ideas there, too. I like jazz, blues, and salsa music, but I don't like to dance. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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