its just what we could fit in now. How about you? What is your ideal length of trip (realistically not if you won Lotto , that's another discussion.)
So I voted 4-5 days but really our averages are 2-4 days. Our longest trip ever was 4 park days and 5 hotel nights and our shortest trips have been just 1 day as we drive in so no real travel required. I'd say our sweet spot is 3 park days and 4 nights. We might skip a park or hop (especially a lot more now since you have to have a park reservation and there are times we only book a few days prior so I just take what I can) and like to do 5 nights but we usually tack on family visits, beach time or other travel with Disney so we cut it short. I could see if we only went every 2-3 years then we would probably stay longer. I laugh when people say they only have 6 or 7 days in the park, how will they get it all done, it's like seriously, how could you not get it all done, that seems like so much time.Lately we have been going for 5 days which IMHO is too short
Belle, I'm just curious are you a Floridian? I could see 2-4 days being ideal if I lived within an hour or so. We're retiring to Florida in about six years and I expect that's probably going to be my average stay once when we do.
Counter-intuitively this isn't actually an issue in the parks, since on-average, crowds are thinner and wait times are shorter on the weekends according to Thrill Data. This seemed to be accurate with what we observed when we were there in April. Possible exceptions include epcot weekends during festivals, but even then, thrill data shows that it's mostly a wash compared to weekdays.
Former Floridian, we're South Carolinians and about 6-7 hours away depending on traffic. We just like to torture ourselves by driving lol. We've gone down for weekends, quick day trips when we've tied disney into a family visit etc and we've decided to go down sometimes as late as two days before however we don't do that as much anymore since our kids have so much more going on with school and park passes block us out sometimes. If we had to fly, we'd def not go as much. We might be on the same plan, not retiring but looking to move back when our kids finish high school.
Our son is in College in SC and the last 2 years we pick him up at the end of the semester drive to WDW spend 5-6 days and fly home. This trip I cheated and I am flying directly to WDW a day ahead **AHEM** to get the hotel room "ready" so they just come straight to the room after driving. It's a sacrifice, I know having a whole day at WDW by myself but somehow I will struggle through.
