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Disney World for Adults

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Spooner

Lifer
Planning a trip there with my fiancee at the end of March

Flights/hotel are booked. Now we need to plan activities

Questions:
- Best place to purchase discounted tickets?
- Disney World, Universal, Sea World likely on the agenda - other suggestions for adults?
- Will we need a car?
- Dinner suggestions?

Which of these are "must see" vs. "only if you have time"
Also, which of these can be combined and viewed on the same day?

Disney World:
· Magic Kingdom®
· Epcot®
· Disney's Hollywood Studios™
· Disney's Animal Kingdom®
Water Parks
· Blizzard Beach
· Typhoon Lagoon
· DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park
· Disney's Wide World of Sports® Complex (valid only on event days; some events require an additional admission charge)
Universal Studios
· Universal Studios Florida®
· Islands of Adventure®
Sea World
· SeaWorld® Orlando
· Aquatica

I'm thinking of this as a tentative itinerary, comments are welcomed:

S - Travel (arrive 930pm)
M - Discovery Cove
T - Universal Studios / city walk at night
W - Universal Islands of Adventure
Th - Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom
F - Busch Gardens
Sat - Disney Hollywood Studios / Epcot
Sun - Travel (1030am flight)
 
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You won't find too much of a discount on Disney tickets, but Undercover Tourist has been reliable for me in the past. Also see MouseSavers for more info/ideas.

You don't specify where you are staying. Disney resorts and the Downtown Disney hotels have excellent bus service to the parks and do not require a car, but other hotels may not have the same good service. Of course, you may also need a car if you want to reach non-Disney attractions.

I just posted this in another thread, but the 5-course chef's table wine dinner at the Flying Fish Cafe is a great experience if you can afford it.
 
See the other thread for my restaurant comments.

My favorite: Epcot World Showcase, easy to spend a day.

Also: visit the premium resorts. Just the places, stores, restaurants are entertaining.
Grand Floridian and Fort Wilderness especially (where you can rent a motorboat on a lake, go horseback riding...) The monorail also takes you to the not as nice Contemperary Resort, Polynesian...

I have a hard time recommending other entertainment. They have a 'Medieval Times', but unless that's what you are after...

You won't forget a dinner at Bern's in Tampa. Aso Romantic, Contemperary Resort's Califoria Cafe or the expensive Victoria and Albert's in Grand Floridian.

I think a car is convenient for off-Disney travel.

If you haven't been to Disneyland, plan a day to go to Magic Kiingdom, which is a very similar park, almost a copy.
 
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Do the kid stuff. That's what makes Disney special, and it's still fun for adults. You can do adult crap anywhere.
 
Drink around the world in Epcot. Not an easy task.


Also, Fulton's Crab House and Le Cellier are good.
 
You'll have a blast. My wife and I took our 7 year old and met our friends (couple with no kids) there and we all vacationed together. We all had an absolute blast. Didn't matter if it was kid stuff or adult stuff, we had a ton of fun.
 
Do you have any flexibility on the dates or was going during spring break intentional? Wear comfortable shoes, there will be a lot of standing involved.

-KeithP
 
undercover tourist like someone else said.
i was just there in nov, had a blast.
you don't need a car if staying in the resort unless you plan
to go out and about on your own. if so i would check out the outlets there.

as for food, texas de brazil 🙂 that place friggen rocks
 
EPCOT is where you'll want to be. Islands of Adventure also. Universal less so. Magic kingdom - only if you like the rugrats.
Which disney parks do you have tickets for?

Where is your hotel? (to answer the next question - do you need a car)

As for stuff for people to do - There is always teh Wonderworks - a somewhat cool timewaster that'll run ya $40 a person. Ripley's costs about the same, for about the same amount of time. Really cool though. You can get pretty much anything you want to eat for cheap as hell. Breakfast at either of the sizzlers is <$5 - they just let you take as much bacon as you want.

The worlds largest mcdonalds or something is insanely popular for some reason. If you take a normal mcdonalds, multiply its size by 4 and fill it with arcade games, bowling, kitschy tourist games like the claw machine, etc. there ya go.

I've been to every chinese buffet - they should all be avoided. Don't try for the cheap eats (you'll see something too good to be true, like brazilian steakhouse with rodizio for like $18 advertised.) No freakin Way man. Spend the money and go to Texas de Brazil.
 
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Is this what you mean?

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Are you going to get Mickey's autograph?

I have never understood why adults would want to go to Disney without kids.
Do you guys have Pooh and Goofy tattoo on your calves?
 
edro said:
Are you going to get Mickey's autograph?

I have never understood why adults would want to go to Disney without kids.
Do you guys have Pooh and Goofy tattoo on your calves?
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I'd go by myself. I thought Disney was great. I'm not a big fan of Disney in general, but I was super impressed by their parks. The attention to detail is astounding, and they do an impeccable job of hiding the real world while you're at their sites.
 
KeithP said:
Do you have any flexibility on the dates or was going during spring break intentional? Wear comfortable shoes, there will be a lot of standing involved.

-KeithP
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not flexible on dates unfortunately, but most schools have spring break before then i think
 
Spooner said:
$220/week

i think we will get by by taxi. Not sure of the official hotel yet, but we will be in the orlando/kissimee area
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beware, taxis aren't cheap. We made a 10 mile trip in one the previous year on the business trip and it was $40+. Also, there are added fees from the airport.

Did you try to book through the Southwest Airlines portal? That's how we did it.
 
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beware, taxis aren't cheap. We made a 10 mile trip in one the previous year on the business trip and it was $40+. Also, there are added fees from the airport.

Did you try to book through the Southwest Airlines portal? That's how we did it.
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jsut tried there, same price
 
beware, taxis aren't cheap. We made a 10 mile trip in one the previous year on the business trip and it was $40+. Also, there are added fees from the airport.
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QFT - if you are verrrry rigid on your dates and times you can make it work. If you are off disney-property it'll be MUCH easier and cheaper to taxi/walk/use the bus. Also some hotels have a dedicated disney park shuttle.

If you are on-property - may as well stay there, it won't be worth it to leave unless you rent a car.
 
I wish they had an "Adults-only" day at Disney, I'm not going to shovel over $80 to hear a bunch of kids whining and being annoying all day.

Epcot used to be my favorite though.
 
Was just at Disneyworld with the family in December. I thought Animal Kingdom was excellent if you're into that kind of thing. The safari that they have there is pretty cool (maybe not real thing cool, but not bad considering). Also, I thought the American Idol Experience (at Hollywood Studios) had very good production values, and I'm not even much of a fan of the show. Epcot is pretty cool for adults (not so much for the kids, as evidenced by my kids wanting to go to a different park the whole time we were in Epcot). Mission to Mars and TestTrack were actually interesting rides, and Captain Eo looks dated but will bring a sense of nostalgia. Fulton Crab House in Downtown Disney, as someone recommended, is pretty good, but pricey. As always, the turkey leg remains one of the best values at Disney. 😛

As others have said, if you are staying at Disney, the bus transport system is pretty extensive. One annoying thing, and I'm not sure this applies to all the on-property Disney resorts, you can't go direct from one park to another (Downtown Disney included). You have to catch a bus back to your resort and catch another to the new destination. There are some places where the parks are connected (i.e. monorail between Magic Kingdom and Epcot), but most places require you to go back first, which can be irritating if you have Parkhopper passes (that allow you to go to multiple Disney parks each day). One more thing, if you're staying on property and want to rent a car, the official on Disney rental car locations are rather expensive. If you don't mind taking the Disney bus to Downtown Disney, and crossing a somewhat busy road, there is a Dollar desk at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista where the rates were more than 30-40% cheaper (for me at least, booked online a month+ in advance).

So to answer your original question:
Animal Kingdom - must see
Hollywood Studios - must see if you like American Idol, or live stunt shows.
Epcot - some cool rides, global feel, worth going
Magic Kingdom, as adults, go if you have time.
Other Disney - either haven't been there or just not worth going.

Universal - eh, go if you have time
Islands of Adventure - we went for Harry Potter world (super crowded, like rush hour on a NYC subway kind of crowded). Jurassic Park, Lost world thing, Marvel - worth going

Sea World - haven't been there in a long time (5+ yrs) so can't say objectively.
 
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