Hey readers, time to give you all a bit of a break from my cruise news and chat about my next trip which is less than a week away. I am so excited!
To round out my summer of travel, I will be heading to Disney World with a group of close college friends. It is crazy to think that we all haven’t been together, since October of 2019! How times and life has flown by since.
Our last girls trip together was actually to Disney World in the Fall of 2016 and we are doing it way bigger this time.
We will be staying for 5 nights with 4 full days exploring the Happiest Place on Earth.
Where are we staying?
Like the fiscally responsible adults we are, we decided to cut back budget on our room, knowing we would not be there much.
While we still wanted to stay close to, if not on property, we did not want to be shelling out thousands to stay at a Disney Hotel. Plus, we have all been there and done that.
Instead, we opted to stay at the Holiday Inn Orlando-Disney Springs Area. This was the best of both worlds. Since it is an official Disney world hotel, we will get benefits like transportation to the parks as well as being on property in the Disney Springs resort area. As a group of young adults being close to the action and restaurants at Disney Springs was a huge plus.
What are we doing?
While going to Disney should be pretty self-explanatory of what we will be doing… having a ton of fun. It is important to refresh you all on some of the new “hurdles” it takes when planning a Disney trip in 2022.
While last time we went, we bought tickets once we arrived. This time we had to purchase way in advance and verify there was theme park availability. And I will say coordinating with 4 girls to make sure we all purchased tickets and made reservations at the same time was not easy.
Thankfully, we made it happened and with our park hopper tickets we will be able to enjoy everything Disney has to offer over our 4 days.
However, park hopping does not resemble what it use to be. Today as it stands you can only start parking hopping after you scanned into your original theme park reservation, and only after 2pm. It sure makes trying to hit up 4 parks in 1 day very difficult.
This was a big reason we decided to splurge and spend the extra money for 4 full days instead of trying to cram everything into 2 or 3 days like we have done in the past.
While coming up with a schedule of parks so far out was a challenge. We did try to keep in mind day of week popularity and what parks we would spend the most time in.
Unfortunately, booking months in advance we couldn’t predict weather or how tired we may be, which of course affects which park is best.
But as of now this is what our schedule looks like:
Tuesday: Check in
Wednesday: Hollywood Studios
Thursday: Magic Kingdom
Friday: Epcot
Saturday: Animal Kingdom
I have already packed my comfiest shoes, clothes that hopefully will show little sweat, plenty of water, and a rain jacket. After all it is August in Florida. Hopefully all the fun will distract from the intense heat.
Wish us luck!
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