Suggestions for Non Park day

jenbarnwell · 02-09-2005

Inspired by the other thread, I was wondering if anyone could give us suggestions for a Non Park day while we are at disney. We will be there End of feb until middle of Mar. We have a four year old girl, one year old boy, 18 and 15 year old girls. TIA

woohoo · 02-09-2005

Take them to DTD and play in the fountains!!! That is my kids favorite thing to do!

BuzzLightyear · 02-09-2005

We love to go and see the other WDW resorts.

disyady · 02-09-2005

We love Downtown Disney as well!! The adults and older kids would like Disney Quest and the whole family can play mini golf (I think there are two on Disney property). Resort hopping is fun - just grab a bus to any theme park and board a bus the the resort that you want to visit. Our most favorite thing to do on an off-park day, though, is to just enjoy your own resort. Hang out by the pool, visit the arcade, check out your gift shop and just RELAX!! Have a great time!!!!!

**ddoll** · 02-09-2005

Definitely enjoy your resort. Many people tend to skip all the wonderful details in their resort because they spend so much time at the parks and return dog tired.

karliebug · 02-09-2005

How about a water park? Exploring ft. wilderness petting zoo and horseback riding? renting one of those watercraft things to zip around the lagoon in? Do a dinner show like hoop de doo or luau? Rent a bike and ride around the resort? go on a horse drawn carriage ride around POR? Explore DTD?

lisalovesmickey · 02-09-2005

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Originally Posted by karliebug

How about a water park? Exploring ft. wilderness petting zoo and horseback riding? renting one of those watercraft things to zip around the lagoon in? Do a dinner show like hoop de doo or luau? Rent a bike and ride around the resort? go on a horse drawn carriage ride around POR? Explore DTD?

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Go off site to the Outlet Malls. I hear you can get great deals on Disney Merchandise.

Lisa

SoThisIsLove · 02-09-2005

My fam and i set aside special days to just relax at the resort pool. Heck, you're in Florida! (or california) Enjoy the sunshine! We also enjoy going to downtown disney. we also just ride around on the monorails (lol its fun!) and try to catch some of the fireworks from the parks from the monorails or the parking lot where you catch the tram.

snow'sfriend · 02-09-2005

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Originally Posted by lisalovesmickey

Ditto

PLUS

Go off site to the Outlet Malls. I hear you can get great deals on Disney Merchandise.

Lisa

We go to the outlet malls all the time and get Disney merchandise really cheap.

MJD · 02-09-2005

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SoThisIsLove · 02-09-2005

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jenbarnwell · 02-09-2005

Unfortunately, we are not staying at a resort, We are staying at a private home that we rented through greatrentals.com Our home has our own pool, but I don't know if it will be warm enough to swim in. Thanks for the great ideas.

SoThisIsLove · 02-09-2005

O. O well, the waterparks are cool, you can swim there. And Downtown Disney has the BEST shops. I LOVE Pooh's Corner.

Disneyfever · 02-09-2005

We had a great time renting the little two-person boats at the Contemporary and riding them all over the lake. What a blast! Also, DTD and DQ are fun. I guess you would not be interested in other parks, but we loved spending a day at Islands of Adventure/Universal. It was a nice change.

dznygrl · 02-10-2005

I LOVE the non-park days!! Sometimes they end up being my favorite parts of the trip!

My suggestions:
*rent WaterMice (on Bay Lake/Seven Seas Lagoon--you have a lot more room to play out there, and these things are a blast!)
*explore on-site Disney resorts, using the Disney transportation system
*get a spa treatment at the Grand Floridian spa (you can stick to one small treatment to save $$, and still feel like royalty!)
*rent bikes at a resort like POFQ or FW, and spend some time exploring (they're cheap to rent and can keep you entertained for hours!)
*see a dinner show like the Hoop-De-Doo!
*pack a picnic and eat it on the beach at the Poly! (or pick up snacks at Captain Cook's for a picnic)
*see Cirque du Soleil
*shop at DTD and enjoy the little things
*enjoy the BoardWalk, and maybe eat dinner at Spoodles
*play a round of miniature golf (on or off-site)

I'm sure there are more things I could come up with--there's so much to do!! Hope some of these suggestions help!

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jenbarnwell Mouse Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,481	Suggestions for Non Park day Inspired by the other thread, I was wondering if anyone could give us suggestions for a Non Park day while we are at disney. We will be there End of feb until middle of Mar. We have a four year old girl, one year old boy, 18 and 15 year old girls. TIA __________________ Jen # 2 http://www.myspace.com/jenvance1 2008 ~ Feb ~ Caribbean Beach and off-site ALL by ourselves!! 2007 ~ Sept ~ Coronado Springs Resort with family and Mom 2007 ~ Jan. ~ Pop Century with the family 2006 ~ Caribbean Beach Resort with DMIL 2005 ~ WDW ~ off-site with my sisters I MouseBuzz, these are the people I have met so far: JEN!! MY BFF!, Erin ( I Erin), Cavey and Lil, Gingita, Empress Jenny, Bali, Catfish, Mickaholic, and Soundgod. My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Baby's first Trip!!! 116 days 12 hours 0 minutes

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woohoo Newest DVC Neighbor!!!! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Twains World Parytime Excellent Posts: 3,644	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day Take them to DTD and play in the fountains!!! That is my kids favorite thing to do! __________________ avitar a day at the castle with Mama "Dorkman" and her little "dorkmans"

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BuzzLightyear MB Cast Member ® Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Space Mountain Posts: 3,908	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day We love to go and see the other WDW resorts. __________________ 86,92,96 Offsite * 2002 AKL * 2003 BCV * 2004 Contemporary * 2005 WL * 2006 BWV* 2008 CSR * My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Next trip to Disney World!! Just back 8/30. Next trip unsure...........

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disyady Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada/DVC Posts: 248	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day We love Downtown Disney as well!! The adults and older kids would like Disney Quest and the whole family can play mini golf (I think there are two on Disney property). Resort hopping is fun - just grab a bus to any theme park and board a bus the the resort that you want to visit. Our most favorite thing to do on an off-park day, though, is to just enjoy your own resort. Hang out by the pool, visit the arcade, check out your gift shop and just RELAX!! Have a great time!!!!!

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ddoll Your Friendly Singing Mod Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: RI Posts: 4,417	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day Definitely enjoy your resort. Many people tend to skip all the wonderful details in their resort because they spend so much time at the parks and return dog tired. __________________ DVC, Disney Co Moderator • 3/96 Offsite • 9/98 Villa • 10/98 Dixie Landings • 8/00 Villa • 6/01 Disneyland, CA • 5/02 Villa • 6/03 Villa • 11/03 Wilderness Lodge • 8/04 PopCentury, Swan and Royal Pacific • 12/04 Swan • 8/05 Swan and Hard Rock Hotel • 11/05 Swan • 1/06 Swan • 9/06 Disneyland, CA• 12/06 Swan & HRH • 1/07 Swan • 10/07 Hard Rock Hotel • 12/07 Hard Rock and Swan • 1/08 Boardwalk• 10/08 Villa My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Playing Tourguide to WDW Newbies 51 days 14 hours 0 minutes

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karliebug Queenbee of MB Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pocono Mts. PA Posts: 2,283	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day How about a water park? Exploring ft. wilderness petting zoo and horseback riding? renting one of those watercraft things to zip around the lagoon in? Do a dinner show like hoop de doo or luau? Rent a bike and ride around the resort? go on a horse drawn carriage ride around POR? Explore DTD?

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SoThisIsLove Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 196	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day My fam and i set aside special days to just relax at the resort pool. Heck, you're in Florida! (or california) Enjoy the sunshine! We also enjoy going to downtown disney. we also just ride around on the monorails (lol its fun!) and try to catch some of the fireworks from the parks from the monorails or the parking lot where you catch the tram.

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jenbarnwell Mouse Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,481	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day Unfortunately, we are not staying at a resort, We are staying at a private home that we rented through greatrentals.com Our home has our own pool, but I don't know if it will be warm enough to swim in. Thanks for the great ideas. __________________ Jen # 2 http://www.myspace.com/jenvance1 2008 ~ Feb ~ Caribbean Beach and off-site ALL by ourselves!! 2007 ~ Sept ~ Coronado Springs Resort with family and Mom 2007 ~ Jan. ~ Pop Century with the family 2006 ~ Caribbean Beach Resort with DMIL 2005 ~ WDW ~ off-site with my sisters I MouseBuzz, these are the people I have met so far: JEN!! MY BFF!, Erin ( I Erin), Cavey and Lil, Gingita, Empress Jenny, Bali, Catfish, Mickaholic, and Soundgod. My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Baby's first Trip!!! 116 days 12 hours 0 minutes

02-09-2005	#13 (permalink)
SoThisIsLove Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 196	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day O. O well, the waterparks are cool, you can swim there. And Downtown Disney has the BEST shops. I LOVE Pooh's Corner.

02-09-2005	#14 (permalink)
Disneyfever Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 784	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day We had a great time renting the little two-person boats at the Contemporary and riding them all over the lake. What a blast! Also, DTD and DQ are fun. I guess you would not be interested in other parks, but we loved spending a day at Islands of Adventure/Universal. It was a nice change. __________________ x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´xxxxxx(¸.•`xxx Judy *´¨) July 2000 - DL PP April 2001 - POFQ March 2002 - WDW offsite Oct 2004 - CR March 2005 - All Star Sports Nov 2005 - DL offsite Sept 2006 - Poly

02-10-2005	#15 (permalink)
dznygrl aka dizzygirl Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Beaver State Posts: 8,480	Re: Suggestions for Non Park day I LOVE the non-park days!! Sometimes they end up being my favorite parts of the trip! My suggestions: rent WaterMice (on Bay Lake/Seven Seas Lagoon--you have a lot more room to play out there, and these things are a blast!) explore on-site Disney resorts, using the Disney transportation system get a spa treatment at the Grand Floridian spa (you can stick to one small treatment to save $$, and still feel like royalty!) rent bikes at a resort like POFQ or FW, and spend some time exploring (they're cheap to rent and can keep you entertained for hours!) see a dinner show like the Hoop-De-Doo! pack a picnic and eat it on the beach at the Poly! (or pick up snacks at Captain Cook's for a picnic) see Cirque du Soleil shop at DTD and enjoy the little things enjoy the BoardWalk, and maybe eat dinner at Spoodles play a round of miniature golf (on or off-site) I'm sure there are more things I could come up with--there's so much to do!! Hope some of these suggestions help! __________________ Proud former 2-time Disneyland CM Pass the Tab and Deltaco Dizzygirl & Bella = MB BFF 2000 ~ off-site 2002 ~ Polynesian 2003 ~ All-Star Movies 2008 ~ All-Star Music

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