kittylady1972
Disneyholic
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2003
Welcome one and all to my next trip, and my first for 2020! After trying (unsuccessfully) to NOT visit any Disney parks in 2019, I'm now going to attempt to hold off on visiting Walt Disney World parks until fall of 2020 for various reasons. We will see how that goes.
The purpose of this thread is to document my March 2020 trip which is coming up very soon.
Cast of Characters: Me, Hubby, DS 19, DD 17, DS 16 and FIL (77)
Plans: We are spending just THREE nights in Walt Disney World and right now we don't plan to visit ANY Disney parks...as the main purpose of this trip is actually to eat in a few Disney restaurants, mainly Flying Fish (for my DS 19 who is a foodie, and his grandfather/my FIL who is also one) but also Toledo.
Yes this trip came about because the flights to Orlando are cheap on one of the "discount" airlines, we are DVC members so our resort is also free (mostly) and it was a great way to celebrate my birthday a bit late and my son's birthday (20 in March) a bit early.
I just finalized our resort stays this week...we will stay one night at Shades of Green in a Family Suite and then 2 nights in a 2BR Villa at Boulder Ridge at Wilderness Lodge. I'm really looking to a return stay at Wilderness Lodge...we haven't stayed there in about 10 years maybe more. I'm also curious to stay in the Family Suite at SOG...we've done rooms there before but never the suite....and all 6 of us will be in that 1BR suite.
We are still working on the details of how to fill our days since 2 of the evenings are for our dining reservations. Right now it's looking highly likely we will spend a day at BG Tampa and another day at Sea World. We haven't been to either of these parks in several years but we definitely enjoy them, though not as much as Disney. BG Tampa has Cheetah Hunt which is by far one of our FAVORITE coasters ever. We can't wait to ride again and experience the new rides in both parks. The nice thing is that these parks can both be easily done in a morning/afternoon if you aren't concerned about seeing shows or other stuff. I'm looking forward to this trip.
Still up for debate is how we will fill that 3rd day...as I'm tempted to maybe do a 1 day 1 park Disney ticket...but the question is WHICH park to choose? I'm thinking EPCOT simply because Flower and Garden Festival will be happening and it's so lovely. My DD is really pushing for MK...she just loves it so much and that is the ONE Disney park we visited as a family back in August of 2019...only for the Halloween Party. We could do a 1 day hopper, but the parks aren't open very late at all during our days there and I'm not sure it would be worth it since we would have to leave early for dinner anyway.
Stay tuned to see how things work out for us...and I may also use this report to mention my planning for our other BIG trip this year...to Europe where we plan to visit Disneyland Paris (and the Studios park there) which many people have told me I'll be disappointed in but no matter...it's a Disney park right?
The purpose of this thread is to document my March 2020 trip which is coming up very soon.
Cast of Characters: Me, Hubby, DS 19, DD 17, DS 16 and FIL (77)
Plans: We are spending just THREE nights in Walt Disney World and right now we don't plan to visit ANY Disney parks...as the main purpose of this trip is actually to eat in a few Disney restaurants, mainly Flying Fish (for my DS 19 who is a foodie, and his grandfather/my FIL who is also one) but also Toledo.
Yes this trip came about because the flights to Orlando are cheap on one of the "discount" airlines, we are DVC members so our resort is also free (mostly) and it was a great way to celebrate my birthday a bit late and my son's birthday (20 in March) a bit early.
I just finalized our resort stays this week...we will stay one night at Shades of Green in a Family Suite and then 2 nights in a 2BR Villa at Boulder Ridge at Wilderness Lodge. I'm really looking to a return stay at Wilderness Lodge...we haven't stayed there in about 10 years maybe more. I'm also curious to stay in the Family Suite at SOG...we've done rooms there before but never the suite....and all 6 of us will be in that 1BR suite.
We are still working on the details of how to fill our days since 2 of the evenings are for our dining reservations. Right now it's looking highly likely we will spend a day at BG Tampa and another day at Sea World. We haven't been to either of these parks in several years but we definitely enjoy them, though not as much as Disney. BG Tampa has Cheetah Hunt which is by far one of our FAVORITE coasters ever. We can't wait to ride again and experience the new rides in both parks. The nice thing is that these parks can both be easily done in a morning/afternoon if you aren't concerned about seeing shows or other stuff. I'm looking forward to this trip.
Still up for debate is how we will fill that 3rd day...as I'm tempted to maybe do a 1 day 1 park Disney ticket...but the question is WHICH park to choose? I'm thinking EPCOT simply because Flower and Garden Festival will be happening and it's so lovely. My DD is really pushing for MK...she just loves it so much and that is the ONE Disney park we visited as a family back in August of 2019...only for the Halloween Party. We could do a 1 day hopper, but the parks aren't open very late at all during our days there and I'm not sure it would be worth it since we would have to leave early for dinner anyway.
Stay tuned to see how things work out for us...and I may also use this report to mention my planning for our other BIG trip this year...to Europe where we plan to visit Disneyland Paris (and the Studios park there) which many people have told me I'll be disappointed in but no matter...it's a Disney park right?
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