How many days would I need to go to all of the Disney World Parks including the water parks plus Universal Stu?

First of all I'd like to say you've got a bit of a misconception with the "Skipping the kiddie style rides" There are lots of fun rides that you might count off as Kiddie rides, like Dumbo or Whinnie the Pooh. I'm not saying you want to go on every single ride there, but never pass over something because it looks too young. You're at Disney afterall. Anyway, ten days at Disney would give you one day in each park (including water parks) and four days to revisit parks you're more interested in. That sounds pretty good. You'll be able to hit the high-lights in each park and not rush yourself. Yeah, four for universal is probably fine but I personally wouldn't do more than three. Two for IOA and one for Universal. That's just me though, I'm not overly thrilled by a lot of Universal's stuff. If there's a ton you want to do spend all four there.

you're going to the wrong places if you want as many thrill rides crammed into as small of a space as possible! MOST attractions at disney world and universal for that matter are family friendly and slow moving mild rides with child friendly themes. you would be doing yourself a big injustice if you skipped 90% of the attractions just cuz you saw them as "kiddie rides". disney world: -magic kingdom: 2 days -epcot: 1-1/2 days -hollywood studios: 1 day -animal kingdom: 3/4 of a day -typhoon lagoon: 3/4 of a day -blizzard beach: 3/4 of a day that would be 8 days universal orlando: -universal studios: 1 day -islands of adventure: 1 day that would be 2 days. that is 10 days total for theme parks/water parks then i would recommend AT LEAST one relax day where you just sleep in, swim at the hotel, go to downtown disney for the afternoon/evening... considering that you "want to do it all" i'd recommend a good 3 days in there for relaxing.

Just want to cleat up some things. There is no place called Harry Potter World. It is a sector at a Universal Resorts theme park called Islands of Adventure. Also i seem to believe that you like many other visitors think that Disney World is some kind of a State Fair or amusement park. I see no problem with kiddie rides. In all the four Disney theme parks there are only 12, what you might call roller coaster types. Much more emphasis on parades - shows and fireworks. I do hope you and your family have budgeted all your expenses for your trip/ You are planning a 14 day trup for 5 adults. That would mean 70 paying days at the parks. Many think $200 a day per person per day for tickets, hotel, food and anything unforeseen is possible. That means your trip could possibly cost close to $14000,without expensive souvenirs.

One park each day would be 8 days. Disney has 4 theme parks and 2 water parks and universal has 2 theme parks

For all of the Disney, from my experience despite never having been to any of the water parks, I would say about five to six days, I think. Because the main parks should take about 3-4 days visitation. Universal though can usually be done in two to three days tops, since it's actually a bit smaller. You can cover all of the main Universal park in one day, even if you ride certain rides more than once, and you can cover the Islands of Adventure Universal Park in about a day, as well. But I don't recommend skipping the "kiddie" rides at Disney. They might not sound appealing, but the true spirit of Walt Disney is for people of all ages. Not to mention many of those "kiddie" rides are showcases of original Walt Disney innovations and technological inventions which are pretty astounding. If you're going to Disney and you skip everything like "Peter Pan's Flight", "It's A Small World", and "Dumbo", there isn't much difference between Disney and your average theme park, because you'll see that skipping those takes away a lot of the magic. For instance, Peter Pan's Flight was the very first dark ride ever to use a "flight" system, because that was one of Disney's first inventions. I mean, I'm 20 and I can still enjoy little things like that, and I don't see whats wrong if you're my age or older and you still enjoy a good Walt Disney classic, either. Believe me, you say you'll skip that stuff now, but wait until you get there and see it for yourselves. This is coming from someone who has asked three times to be taken to Disney for her birthday, and gotten to go each time and has always enjoyed everything truly Disney.

I think you are more on target with 10 days for Disney than most of the respondents. I spent far more time there than that and still didn't see everything. The more you go, the more you discover. It's been years since I've been to Universal but I suspect 4 days is plenty of time for those two parks. Keep in mind too that you may want to spend more than one day at each water park. Have a great trip!

Kiddie Style Rides? Seriously? You will need 2 weeks to do all you want to do. Hope you bring or buy your best energy supplements. You will be wore out. I'm 57 years old still like to ride its a small world, Peter Pan and dumbo. The only attraction I don't really like is Stitches great escape everything else is fun even the buzz lighthearted video ride

Technically, you could "do" Disney World in six days...one day for each of the four parks and two water parks. I've never been to Universal Studios, so I can't help you there.

Magic Kingdom-1, Epcot-1, Animal Kingdom-1, MGM-1, Typhoon Lagoon-1, Blizzard Beach-1, Downtown Disney-1, Universal Studios- 2 (at the most), island of Adventure-2 (at the most), plus one day for arrival (most likely can't do that much in that day, so go to a park that you like). For a total of 12 days at the most. There are a lot of rides that seem to be kiddy style rides, but don't count them out. However, in Universal Studios, there are a few kiddy rides and shows, so you may not want to watch or ride those. Another solution would be to divide the water parks into 1 day. Like going to one park from arrival til lunch than the other from lunch to end of the day.