Vernie822
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- Mar 14, 2014
Hi everyone! I mostly post/lurk on the WDW side of the forums. My fiance and I are heading west for our honeymoon next September.
Our original plan was this:
Sunday 9/4: Day after wedding. Fly PIT to LAX. Drive to DLR.
Monday - Weds (9/5-9/7): 3 days at DLR, most likely 1.5 at each park or 2 at DLR and 1 at CA.
Tuesday 9/8: Fly LAX to HNL. Check in to Aulani sometime mid-afternoon.
Friday-Weds (9/9-9/14): Stay at Aulani & tour Oahu
Weds 9/14: Fly HNL to Maui (sometime in the morning)
Weds-Fri (9/14-9/16): Spend time in Maui
Fri 9/16: Fly back to HNL (most likely) and then back to LAX.
Sat 9/17: Fly LAX -> PIT (we have airline miles via Southwest so we would only need to pay for flights to/from Hawaii and the PIT/LAX and back would be "free").
Sunday: Collapse.
Now that flights are out for next year, I am starting to plan and I am re-thinking this strategy. I have never been farther than a 1 hour time difference and my fiance was only at DLR once about 20 years ago. So I think this whole jet-lag thing will really affect us.
Is 3 days at DLR enough for 2 experienced WDW travelers?
After the stress of the wedding, I think jumping headfirst into 3 days at DLR would be way too much. I am starting to think maybe we should just do DLR separately in a few years when we have the time. Given the above plan, would you... Stick with it, drop Maui, drop Disneyland (and in this case spend more time at Maui and possibly a third island), or swap things around to do DLR at the end? (We can't extend the trip any longer.. we are already using enough vacation for the wedding and honeymoon). Thoughts?
Our original plan was this:
Sunday 9/4: Day after wedding. Fly PIT to LAX. Drive to DLR.
Monday - Weds (9/5-9/7): 3 days at DLR, most likely 1.5 at each park or 2 at DLR and 1 at CA.
Tuesday 9/8: Fly LAX to HNL. Check in to Aulani sometime mid-afternoon.
Friday-Weds (9/9-9/14): Stay at Aulani & tour Oahu
Weds 9/14: Fly HNL to Maui (sometime in the morning)
Weds-Fri (9/14-9/16): Spend time in Maui
Fri 9/16: Fly back to HNL (most likely) and then back to LAX.
Sat 9/17: Fly LAX -> PIT (we have airline miles via Southwest so we would only need to pay for flights to/from Hawaii and the PIT/LAX and back would be "free").
Sunday: Collapse.
Now that flights are out for next year, I am starting to plan and I am re-thinking this strategy. I have never been farther than a 1 hour time difference and my fiance was only at DLR once about 20 years ago. So I think this whole jet-lag thing will really affect us.
Is 3 days at DLR enough for 2 experienced WDW travelers?
After the stress of the wedding, I think jumping headfirst into 3 days at DLR would be way too much. I am starting to think maybe we should just do DLR separately in a few years when we have the time. Given the above plan, would you... Stick with it, drop Maui, drop Disneyland (and in this case spend more time at Maui and possibly a third island), or swap things around to do DLR at the end? (We can't extend the trip any longer.. we are already using enough vacation for the wedding and honeymoon). Thoughts?
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