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Help planning holiday to Orlando?

• my daughter(16), my son(12) and I are going to Orlando for 2 weeks. I have never been before so don't know what parks to do in what order, and also if we can do any on the same day. On the first we are hopefully ariving at around half 4 in the afternoon, so wont be able to go to a big park. Please help me plan each day- Day1 - 2-magic kingdom on the first day for definate 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- leaving at around 2 o'clock parks and places we want to visit- Magic Kingdom Animal Kingdom Epcot Hollywood Studios Blizzard Beach Typhoon Lagoon Universal Studios Islands Of adventure Sea world Discovery Cove Busch Gardens Wet & Wild Aquatica Wonderworks Florida Mall Boardwalk Also if there is any we could do on the same day e.g two water parks maybe or parks that you dont stay for the afternoon so could do something else afterwoods, Thanks (If all big parks dont fit, feel free to leave out aquatica/wet n wild, whatever you think would be best.) also want to know what order

• Answer:

  We go every year and we still haven't done everything! Magic Kingdom has something for everyone. The parade is on at 3pm, by which time you'll need a sit down! Mickey's Philhar Magic and Monsters inc Laugh floor are MUSTS. There are characters everywhere! The Crystal Palace is a fantastic restaurant and costs around $150 for a family of four & is worth it. Alternatively, Cosmic Rays near Tomorrowland is great - burgers, ribs and chicken for around $15pp. In Hollywood Studios the best place to eat is Hollywood and Vine for around the same price as The Crystal Palace. If you go there for Dinner(tea), you'll get a VIP pass for Fantasmic, (MUST SEE) or you can que, but for good seats(the stadium holds thousands!) you'll need to get there around two hours before the show starts. Epcot and Animal Kingdom are different. They don't have as many rides but they do have more shows. The ride you must go on in Epcot is Soarin.Getting around is easy. There are buses that take you from park to park, and the monorail goes form MK to Epcot. Typhoon Lagoon is relaxing and the wave pool is fab. Blizzard Beach is also good but gets busy - you can spend a lot of time queueing. Downtown Disney has shops, restaurants and Disney Quest where you get to make your own virtual roller-coaster. Disney merchandise is quite pricey, but its impossible to not buy anything! There is tonnes to do at universal. My ultimate MUST is Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. They do a Meal deal for $20 each which lets you eat as much as you want at selected restaurants the whole day, and if you buy a sippie cup for $8.99 its free refills. If you visit again but don't want a meal deal take your cup back with you as refills are only 75 cents - save loads! Island of Adventure is THE theme park to go to. Be prepared to que at Harry Potter World. We had to que to get in the shops! (Which are expensive). In Honeydukes you can get all the sweets from the book/film, Chocolate frogs are $10 and most of the treats in there are $10 and up. Butter beers are YUM but Pumpkin juice is YUK, - my opinion. In Olivanders you can choose your own wand for $30! As for the rides, Hogwarts Castle will amaze you. There'll probably be a long que, but you'll want to do it again and again! We don't always go to Sea world because there's really only 4 good rides and a couple of good shows, but it depends what you like. Aquatica is good, - Disney's water parks and wet n wild are way better. We haven't done Discovery Cove, Bush Gardens is great - about 30 Min's away & Sea world put on a coach to take you there & back. Wonder works is average- don't bother with the magic dinner show, its rubbish. If you are going to do a dinner show though it's got to be Pirate dinner Adventure. The foods quite nice & the show is really good.If your staying on I-Drive and not driving buy an I ride pass (about $18pp for 14 days). Parking in the parks is $15 per day. Good restaurants for breakfast are Ponderosa and the Golden Corral. The Golden Corral is the BIGGEST buffet you'll see on IDrive. Its $11 each for dinner and there is so much to choose from its unbelievable. There are loads of shops on IDrive but the best is the one at the top - I-Ride stop 1. Loads of designer shops, a great food court and sales to be had EVERYWHERE! You should also play Pirates golf on I-Drive and congo river golf where you can feed the gators! TOP TIPS; always get park maps and check for show times at the start of the day. Take a jumper of Cardi cos it can get a little chilly on the night. If you plan to eat at any of the Disney restaurants (apart from quick serve places), make reservations BEFORE you actually fly out (details on their www.). Make sure you take 1 day a week away from the parks or you'll wear yourselves out! ALL restaurants expect tips of around $5 for a meal that costs about $50 for the lot of you, (and that's being tight!) ALWAYS remember that if you're buying something other than food to add 7.5% to the final bill as the price they advertise is the price before tax. Finally, if your on a budget only take a certain amount out with you each day because its very easy to over spend - We eat out all the time, buy loads of clothes, and visit the Idrive attractions and shows. We take $2000-$2500 in travellers cheques and still end up putting about £300 on the card. (there are 4 of us)Well, if there is anything else you want to know I'm happy to help. Have a lovely time!