SingingPixie
02-02-2012, 11:41 AM
We (myself, boyfriend, brother and a friend- all in the second half of our 20s) are toying with the idea of heading down to run the Wine and Dine Half Marathon the second weekend in November. It would be a short/budget trip- probably work a half-day friday, fly down in the afternoon, rest up Saturday during the day, run the race at night, and then do the parks Sunday and Monday before getting the first flight out Tuesday morning to head straight to work.
This is a very different type of trip than the others I have taken, where we went for a week and tried to see as much as we possibly could. The only realistic thing I can see to do would be to make a list of "highlights" of each park and plan on only doing those. So here's what I'm thinking:
The party after the race lasts until 3am in Epcot, after which we'd walk back to the Boardwalk (hoping to rent DVC points and get a studio within our budget) and go to bed. Sunday will be a recovery day, so rope drop is out. I'd like to do MGM and Epcot this day, since they're closer to the hotel. We'd head to MGM, see what we can (at least ToT, RnRC and Star Tours- I'd love to do Toy Story but I'm not sure how feasable that is if we don't arrive until 10:30 or so). Then head over to Epcot for a relaxing afternoon/evening.
On Monday we'd probably do morning at AK (KS, Everest, Dinosaur, either FOTLK or Nemo, the animal trails) until lunchtime and then the rest of the day in MK (mountains, Pirates, Philharmagic). I think it's reasonable to do rope drop or even early entry today, and then stay until we're done, playing the evening by ear.
What do you think about this general approach? Should I just write off Toy Story as an impossibility with these constraints? Thanks so much!
This is a very different type of trip than the others I have taken, where we went for a week and tried to see as much as we possibly could. The only realistic thing I can see to do would be to make a list of "highlights" of each park and plan on only doing those. So here's what I'm thinking:
The party after the race lasts until 3am in Epcot, after which we'd walk back to the Boardwalk (hoping to rent DVC points and get a studio within our budget) and go to bed. Sunday will be a recovery day, so rope drop is out. I'd like to do MGM and Epcot this day, since they're closer to the hotel. We'd head to MGM, see what we can (at least ToT, RnRC and Star Tours- I'd love to do Toy Story but I'm not sure how feasable that is if we don't arrive until 10:30 or so). Then head over to Epcot for a relaxing afternoon/evening.
On Monday we'd probably do morning at AK (KS, Everest, Dinosaur, either FOTLK or Nemo, the animal trails) until lunchtime and then the rest of the day in MK (mountains, Pirates, Philharmagic). I think it's reasonable to do rope drop or even early entry today, and then stay until we're done, playing the evening by ear.
What do you think about this general approach? Should I just write off Toy Story as an impossibility with these constraints? Thanks so much!