nacho113
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2012
Our preference has always been longer stay but with some down days or beach days. Taking the time to enjoy the vacation.Hello, WDW experts!
I have been planning for a big trip in late Feb/early Mar 2021 -- our longest stay ever with 8 nights and 7 full park days. My husband has expressed some reluctance about the length of the trip (9 days, including travel). As much as he has come to appreciate Disney parks, he worries he will get major Disney fatigue and that our children (age 4) will be exhausted by a trip that long. He would prefer a shorter trip of 6 nights and 5 park days. My counter argument is that a longer trip allows us to slow down, enjoy the moment, and avoid fatigue by not cramming so much into our days (especially as we may have grandparents with us, which definitely slows down touring.)
The main goals of the trip are to:
*Note: We plan to stay Club Level and to purchase CL FPs, and we would likely also book a morning magic or after hours event. (We seriously hate standing in lines.) So these things would expedite touring.
- Include one day that is a birthday celebration for our girls (relaxed day of characters, fireworks, parades - limited rides)
- Hit most of the headliners and everything new in the past 5 years
- Hit most of the rides aimed at small children
- Do multiple character meals
- Do a few non-park, non-home-resort meals, like Hoop de Doo and Sebastian's
With these things in mind, I would love opinions on whether we should do 5 park days, 6 park days or 7 park days.
On a 2 week trip we will usually get 7-8 day tickets but several of our park days will be partial days...morning extra magic hours or just an evening for fireworks show.
Nothing worse than coming home from vacation feeling like I need a vacation...from the vacation