I was attempting small talk with some other moms at a child\u2019s birthday party the other day when the conversation took a pleasant turn for the better.\u00a0 It seems that everyone I know is has either just returned from, is currently at, or is in the planning stages of a Walt Disney World vacation.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the moms announced that she was thinking of a Disney trip and did anyone know where to start.\u00a0 Ha!\u00a0 That was all I needed to jump right in and offer some words of advice!\u00a0 I started like I always do by recommending my favorite travel agency, The Magic For Less, giving the website information and the name of my agent (Jessica).\u00a0 Then I wait for the inevitable barrage of questions that always follows once it is known that I have made more than one pilgrimage to the Mouse Mecca.\u00a0\u00a0 I love to answer questions \u00a0and was not let down.\u00a0 I always enjoy seeing\u00a0 how the conversation will flow and what the focus will turn to.\u00a0 This time it was \u201chow long should we go for?\u201d\u00a0 Now you know as well as I do that there is different answer for everyone when answering this question.\u00a0 However the person who was asking me was a friend with children who are close to the same age as my children and she wanted to know what I thought so I told her my opinion.\u00a0 I said that a week was nice for a lot of reasons, but before I could get started on my reasoning another friend jumped in and said that they went last year for four days and that was \u201cLONG ENOUGH!\u201d\u00a0 She proceeded to tell that by the end of day three they were exhausted and the thrill was losing momentum.\u00a0 That ended up being the perfect lead into my whole point of why a week was a nice length of time.\u00a0 I held my ground and started in on why seven full days is better than four.<\/p>\n
My thoughts are that with a full week, you have time to relax and smell the flowers in the parks and you also have time for the all important down day in the middle of the trip.\u00a0 I like to have three park days, a down day for swimming and laundry, and then two or three more park days.\u00a0 The down day in the middle is essential for sleeping in and catching some extra zzzzz\u2019s.\u00a0 We take this morning to have a late breakfast at Chef Mickey\u2019s so that our morning rope drop at the parks is not compromised, but we still have the character breakfast experience.\u00a0 After we are sufficiently stuffed we head back to the resort and let the kids go nuts at the pool.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, the kids want to swim so we might as well make time to use some of the amenities that we are paying for.\u00a0 I get to do a few loads of laundry (Hooray! Insert heavy sarcasm here.) which is desperately needed after three sweaty days in the parks and rest my feet while lounging poolside as my kids splash the afternoon away.\u00a0 When everyone is water logged we head back to the room for a late afternoon nap\/cartoon time. \u00a0The evening is whatever we feel like doing, shopping at Downtown Disney, ice cream, more swimming after dinner or just hanging out at the resort.\u00a0 Whatever we decide to do, my only rule is that we have an early bedtime that night.\u00a0 The whole point of the down day, is to be relaxed and well rested so that when we head back to the parks, no one is tired \u00a0and cranky.\u00a0 The day after our down day is almost as exciting as that first park day.\u00a0 We head out first thing in the morning ready for rope drop and a full day of fun.<\/p>\n
I do understand that not everyone has the time or desire to spend a full week at Disney World, but this is the way we like to do it.\u00a0 The friends that I were talking to were surprised that I had such concrete reasons for our \u201clength of stay\u201d and the woman that said that four days was too many at the beginning of the conversation admitted that my way sounded much nicer after I explained myself.\u00a0 She said she had visions of showing up at rope drop and not leaving until the park closed in the evening for seven straight days!\u00a0 I told her that as much as I loved going to Disney World, that was even too much for me!\u00a0 It is a vacation after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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