NicoleLarson
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Quick question - culinary tour. Kids allowed?
Yes! I can't say they were super entertained but our DD5 and DS2 went, no problem
Quick question - culinary tour. Kids allowed?
Yes! I can't say they were super entertained but our DD5 and DS2 went, no problem
Thanks! My kids are older and enjoy "unique things" as far as food goes. I will add this to my list Any chance you remember any of the offerings?
We do non park trips all the time. We love the YC and the pool at the resort is amazing. I'm sure there are cheaper hotels in other areas that are just as nice and I'm sure less expensive. However, there are so many other things to do on Disney property that justify the price I pay for the hotel. I can park my car at the resort and I do not have to drive anywhere the entire week. We can rent boats, play mini golf, hang out at Disney Springs and relax. We can watch the fireworks at Epcot from the boardwalk. I personally don't feel purchasing a ticket to the parks is worth the price. We love Disney and the service they provide, in the 20 years we have been traveling there any issues we have are always taken care of.
I personally would not want to stay at a resort off site, even if comparable to the YC. It would require us to get in the car and battle traffic on I4 or I drive.
When we went to the parks we would do rope drop a few times, we never spent all day at any of the parks. We have to travel in the summer due to school and work. It's hot, it's crowded and everyone tires easily. My boys would rather head back to the hotel and swim than wait in line for a ride the have done 20 times. So I started to feel like it was a waste to buy tickets.We do all the non theme park things listed here on our trips with the theme parks. Some days we just decide not to go into the theme parks, but we know that we can change our mind and go if we want.
However, we often only go to the theme park for an hour or two, or maybe to get lunch at BOG and then we're done. WE are NOT rope drop to close people. We often go to the theme parks and don't get on a single ride - just walk around - especially at the AK or in Epcot WS. We get AP's so we can go into whichever park we desire whenever we want. I never worry about getting my 'money's worth' out of a ticket. The ability to go or not is 'worth it' to me.
There also have been times that I have bought a 7-10 day ticket - even then sometimes I just used one of those days just to go into a park's gift shop or to do one FP+ ride. It is part of being in the "Disney Bubble' to me. I would hate to be in the theme parks all day - it would get old and tiring really quickly. Just way too busy for us. However, I would hate staying in the Poly, for example, and feeling that I can't go to the MK if I want to do so.
When on vacation I often stop to think "What would feel good right now?" If the answer is a coffee on my balcony, then I cancel any FP+ and head back to my resort to do just that. We really enjoy every moment.
To each their own, but we prefer to do a mixture of relaxing and fun and exciting on every trip. If I had to go on a no parks trip, I would undoubtedly stay offsite, but forced somehow onsite, it would have to AKL (where you at least aren't looking at the parks). I don't expect that it will ever happen, though.
I'm guessing that 'no parks this trip' people do rope drop to close on other trips, or at least rope drop to 'too tired to do the other stuff'. This trip, then, is the time to do and see all the other things that WDW offers. And there certainly is a lot to see, do and enjoy.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
That would be a wonderful date night idea!@SouperK128 Culinary tour should be added to the itinerary