[cksgranny]

We took our DGSs, ages 10 & 8, for their first time this past June. We just did one park a day but it was hard even to get them to go from one ride to another. They'd find one they really liked, then want to go on it again and again. (Luckily the lines weren't too bad.) I think what the problem was, they just flat didn't realize how much there was to see and do at the parks.

[Dana]

Originally posted by garada3
It sounds as if many DC'ers park hop. I do not plan on hopping. I have a park scheduled for each day figuring that it will take an entire day to see as much as we can. I also don't think my kids will understand leaving one park when we haven't done everything there. Will we be missing out on anything? What advantages are there to park hopping?

Thanks.

With Early entry, you can go to the early entry park, hit the EE rides and then park hop to another park when the crowds start to get larger. The park that has EE tends to get very crowded later in the morning. I also only spend a half day at some parks and then jump to another to do something else. It's just personal preference. I usually don't go (never) with a attraction by attraction plan. I just play it by ear. I always get to hit every ride I want, but am never in a rush to do it. I feel to stressed and pressed to do everything in one day other wise. Then I end up getting frustrated and forget what being there is all about. You arent missing anything if you don't park hop. Only you know what is best or works best for you and your family. That just happens to work out better for me and my daughter. :) :)