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If it makes you feel better, I felt almost exactly the same way before we went. But I had a great time in spite of it.
@RPMdawg That Disney magic.
We can say it's for real
Ditto on that. I dont like crowds either. It ended up not being anything like I thought. Took advantage of the fast pass or what ever it was called a few times.
Lol. Didnt know until I got there, but I was our pack mule. Used a book bag to carry whatever we may need. We froze bottles of water . As it thawed we drank it while standing in lines at rides
Took wife down back in mid Jan, that’s the perfect time. Cool temps, crowds not so bad. Last week was to celebrate my daughters 5th bday, big crowd and cranky kid makes for long days but well worth it.
We’re big fans of late-September, the weather is good and the crowds aren’t insane and there’s the Food & Wine Festival going on at Epcot. If you’ve never done F&W and you like DW then it’s a must do someday. It’s not cheap (what at Disney is?) but with the right people it’s a great time consuming a bunch of different food and alcohol.
Late Sept or early Nov for us. Lowest crowds. I'm worried about what's going to happen with crowds when Star Wars opens.
Studios will be nuts, more time in the other parks.
@JoelSidneyKelly none of that surprises me in the least! It’s fun to imagine you running around WDW like a kid! My husband and I went there for our honeymoon, which might seem weird. But it’s even better as an adult. We literally spent our whole honeymoon eating and drinking ourselves into oblivion. It was amazing!
We did the same for ours, 4 days at the parks and then a 3 night cruise on the Dream, it was a blast! I’m excited to take our 4 month old twins someday when they can enjoy it, but really I think I’m most excited to take them when they’re adults and can drink with us lol
Perhaps there should be a Walt Disney World Travel topic in Off Topic category?
Recall being in an IHOP one Saturday, late 1960s, in the ATL area seeing a guy with blueprints of something called Buena Vista (something - may have been Lake Buena Vista something). This was before WDW opened and most did not know what was planned (it had been announced per Wikipedia). So, tells me that some ATL firms were very involved with the project.
Recall seeing an odd looking guy on a flight down to Orlando. Turns out he was a street performer at WDW. He was on the return flight, so he might not have worked out.
Stayed at the Dolphin soon after it opened. In spite of being a non-Disney hotel, a Disney character or two appeared at breakfast some mornings. Also saw a family - Japanese - with a "Japanese Breakfast" - some sort of rice porridge along with fruit and ?.
Never saw the fascination with EPCOT. Liked the restaurants, but must have missed the real attractions there. Tomorrowland was well out of date even in the 1990s.
For what it's worth, I tried to change the subject title to reflect the DW discussion since that's what the thread evolved into. But I couldn't figure out how.
I think that the mods can do it? @Kasey or one of the others should be able to help if you tell them what you want it changed to
Changed it and if you want anything different, just let me know.
Fun topic!
It’s obviously not my thread so I’ll defer to @RxDawg but thank you for the help!