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first day of trip suggestions
What do people do the first day? Do you usually hang out in the hotel or get some part time in. What does everybody think about this idea? If we're arriving at the airport around noon and then going to the hotel, we were planning on having lunch at the hotel, going to a park for a few hours, and then going to dinner reservations. Seems the best thing to do to get some park time in, but I don't want to be too tired the next day.
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I like you're plan. Thats usually what I do. I play it by ear after dinner. If we are too tired or we need to get to park early the next AM, then we will head back to resort and relax.
Rob
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We always take the earliest flight down to Orlando so we can get checked in and have a full day in the parks. On our last trip in September, we were in MK by 10:15am.
Of course, the parks aren't open extremely late in September, so we really don't get worn out that first day....
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We take the earliest flight so we get almost a full day in. We will get in around 10:30AM at the resort. Checked in and settled by 11AM. We will hop which ever bus comes first or just wait for AK. The reason we do AK is our DD is only 4. Getting up early will wear her down and she will most likely not nap the first day. AK closes at 5PM. We get a good 5-6 hours in the park, watch the parade, and back to the resort for pool and relaxation. Then, usually 7-8PM, she is out like a light for the night. This way she is rested for MK bright and early.
1 Week at Wyndham Bonnet Creek 06/17/17 - 06/24/17; 1 Week at Orange Lake Resort 06/24/17 - 06/30/17; 1 week at OKW 12/03/17 - 12/10/17
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The first day of arrival we never go to a park. Its all what you feel like doing. We stroll around the hotel, go to dinner and usually head to downtown disney for the night.
Next day is bright and early for the parks!!!
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This last trip we spent the first day at DTD, didn't have to use a park ticket and there's plenty to do.
Of course, when we stayed at AK there was plenty to see and do at the resort too.
But personally, I like as much time in the parks as possible.
1980 Disneyland
2004 & 2006 Pop
2008 AKL
2010 CBR
2011 POFQ & WL
2012 CSR & Contemporary
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2016 Move to Florida and AP Holder
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Our first day starts with arrival at MCO at 6:30am. We check into the hotel, check our thing with the bell services and head to Epcot. Have lunch at LeCellier then head back to the room for a nap before dinner and the evening at MK.
Marci
Many visits. Live 20 minutes from the parks.
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We try to get there early. Usually checked in and at a park by 2:00. Make reservations at a TS for lunch, this year Coral Reef, and then just spend the rest of the time enjoying our time.
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When we have AP's we head to a park. This trip (Feb 2-7 no AP's) we arrive around 2pm, will hang out by the pool and then head over to DTD for dinner.
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We usually get in around 3 pm. We check in, take a shower, and head downtown to see a movie and eat or over to Winter Summerland to play some golf and try and get in the bed early for a full day of park touring the next morning. Have fun!
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We are staying at POFQ on our upcoming April trip. OUr flight lands at 10:45am and we should arrive around 12:15 or so at the resort. Our plan is to just chill the rest of the day. HAve lunch at the food court, check in, unpack, swim, then visit the POR area and we DO have 5:30pm carriage ride reservations. We simply like to check out our resort and not have anything structured. We know the next day we want to hit a park at park opening and after getting up at 3:30am to hit the first flight out, we are ready to hit the sack around 8:30pm. So.....everyone is different, you just have to know what your "speed" is. Some people hit the park running as soon as they land it seems. But we will be there for 8 days, so there is no reason to rush the first day we are there. HAve a blast!!!!
Melinda
Trips:
Offsite - June 1997
WL - October 2008
POFQ - April/May 2010
RPH - Universal - May 7th-11th 2014
POFQ - Sept. 27-30, 2014 (just the two of us!)
Royal Pacific Hotel - Universal - June 27th - July 1st, 2015
POFQ - Sept 2017
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We are arriving on April 10 (last day of peak season) for a 9-night stay so we did room only reservation for the first night to save money on our dining plan for the rest of our trip. We will get in around 10:30 in the morning. Since our vacation package with tickets and dining plan does not start until the next day we decided to do Downtown Disney that first day and will also spend some time exploring our resort a bit more and maybe do a carriage ride that evening. Works out well because we have to be up early to get checked in for our vacation package in order to make it to Crystal Palace for an early morning reservation.
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Apr 2010 WDW-POR-30th Anniversary!
Aug 2012 DL-first time in 54 yrs!
Apr 2014 DL-34th Anniversary!!
Nov 2016 WDW-Retirement!
Apr 2018 Disney-DGD's 1st trip!
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Our WDW tradition is to head over to DTD after we check in (usually aroun noon - 2), shop, have dinner & return to Pop for some pool time & then unpack & try to hit the hay at a decent hour so we can be bright eyed & bushy tailed for our first park day! We almost always leave home on the earliest flight - 6 - 7 AM & so we're already tired that day & we want to take it easy & get to bed early enough to catch up on sleep so we don't start our vaca tired! This has always worked great for us.
Shari
-"There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow..."
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'08 - Offsite/Pop Century
'13, '21 - Offsite
'17 - Port Orleans/French Quarter!
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I'd just say to prepare to be flexible. Both times we travelled we ended up with HUGE travel delays - the first year we expected to arrive between 4 and 5 so we were talking about dinner, swimming, maybe even hitting a park....yeah, we got there at 10:00 :-( The next time we expected to get there at 8 and didnt' get there until nearly midnight! So, plan for the worst and hope for the best, I guess :-)
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We always get there around in the am and eat breakfast at resort, play and look around resort, then we like to just go ride the monorail loop for fun, then its downtown dis for shopping and dinner. This year we will arrive at 11:00pm and just sleep and get up and do everything the same but be more rested.
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We take the first flight out of PIT in the morning and usually arrive at MCO around 9:30ish......we grab our car, stop at a grocery store for "supplies" then head for the hotel to check in. Sometimes our room is ready (most times it has been) we drop our gear, change into warm weather clothes if need be and get going.....we hit the ground running and continue until we go home!
Our first day though, by the time we get into a park it's usually around 1 pm, so we do DHS and we're usually finished by 6 or 7 pm (it's not our favorite park and we have boys, so there is a little less to do there for us we feel).
This last trip though, DH threw a wrench in our traditional plans.....he thought we should just RELAX and take it easy the first day!!! Man were DS1 and I bored.....DH and DS2 seemed fine with the pace though (DS2 is 18 mo). We did ride the monorail around the loop, stopped in the CR and kicked around and shopped, then rode over to Epcot and back; then we went to DTD later in the afternoon/early evening and back to the hotel for dinner around 7ish.....it was just too slow of a day for DS1 and I, but it worked -- we should have "accomplished" something though, b/c both kids took turns being ill during our week stay.
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*Aug '94/July 01 offsite
*July 01 Offsite
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*Dec 08 AKL
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*July 14- weekend trips from Daytona
*July 15- day trips from Daytona
*Oct 15 CST
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We usually are coming from Universal on our first day at Disney (this year we are going to be driving from Savannah.) We usually go grocery shopping around noon and checking in to our hotel. That night depending on the schedule we go to a park, if the MK or Epcot are the Evening EMH that night we go there, if DHS has Fantasmic that night we go there, and if neither of those are true we would probably go to whatever park is opened the latest (Epcot or MK.)
That is also the night we dont use a TS meal so that we can do a character breakfast one morning and still have dinner at a TS.
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I think my kids would mutiny if we said we weren't going to the parks on the first day! We get there as quick as we can after checking in, and it's always MK!
May '06 - offsite
Dec. '07 - Poly
Feb. '09 - WL
Oct. '09 - CBR
May '10 - POFQ/AKL
Oct. '10 - BWI
Jan./Feb. '11 - All Star Music
March '12 - Poly
Dec. '12 - Pop Century
April '13 - Disneyland!
Nov '13 - 1st Disney Cruise!
June '14 - All Star Sports
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I'd need a bit more info to give you some thoughts. You didn't mention, for example, if you're staying with the Mouse and have dinner ressies in a Park. The obvious slant being: if you're already in a Park... grab some attractions. If you're on property and have plenty of Park Pass Days, the same goes... But, if you are either staying outside or having dinner somewhere outside a Park, or are not interested in burning a day without getting your bang, then I'd suggest something similar to what we have done so often- We'd pull in before lunch, walk the grounds and settle in. Take a swim, have a cold one and "be" the vacation. Later, we usually had ressies for O'hana (a family fave) and took the long way there... Bus to MK, Monorail to Poly, have dinner, watch Fireworks across the Lagoon, take a Water Launch back to MK and bus back home. Just a different kinda "day one"....
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ASSp- June 2 - 5, 2008
CBR - August 18 - 22, 2008
CBR - October 16 - 20, 2008
Pop - February 17 - 20, 2010
ASMu - April 16 - 21, 2010
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Since we usually drive in (12-14 hrs), our arrival time is around 4-5 pm. So, our 1st night is spent in DTD at one of the hotels there. A light supper, and a stroll around helps stretch our legs after being in a vehicle that long. Also, gives me an opportunity to get most of my shopping done. And then, early to bed and early to rise. Check in @ our resort around 7-7:30 am, (to get our preferred accomodations), check our luggage, and off to our chosen park for the morning!
1974 - Off Property
1975 - Poly
1980 - Golf Resort (Honeymoon)
1881 - Golf Resort
1982 - Poly
1983 - Contemporary
1989 - CBR (10th anniversay)
1998 - CBR (DD 1st trip )
2001 - CBR
2003 - WL
2004 - WL (25th anniversary)
2005 - WL
2006 - WL
2010 - WL
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