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1 Lisa { 06.17.11 at 9:54 am }

I want to schedule a 3 night/4 day trip to Disney in December (arriving on 12/1) with my 2 ADULT children. HELP!! What is your recommendations for an itinerary/place to stay/meal plan. I would REALLY like to hear from you. Also, it is possible to squeeze in a trip to Universal Orlando too!!

2 Dave { 06.17.11 at 10:15 am }

Hi Lisa!

See the links on the home page. All of your issues except for your itinerary are addressed there or on the links that start there! It’s at http://yourfirstvisit.net/

For designing your itinerary, see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/planning-your-first-family-trip/how-long-to-stay/other-trip-lengths/designing-your-own-walt-disney-world-itinerary/

Re Universal, your Disney trip itself is less than half as long as I’d recommend. That said, you can do anything you want

3 Teneall { 09.07.11 at 10:26 am }

Dave,
I am taking my husband to Disney World for his first time (I have been but it was a while ago). It is a surprise anniversary gift. Since both of us work jobs that don’t allow for much time off we are going Thurs 9/22-Sun 9/25. Would you recommend some things not to miss. Like a top 5 list of things to do and places to eat? I love your site. Hope it is still up in a few years, when we have kids I would definitely come longer and use the complete guide! Thanks so much for any help

4 Dave { 09.07.11 at 11:13 am }

Hi Teneall, sounds like fun!

For rides, parades and shows, see the right side of the graphic on this page, especially the underlined items: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/03/09/the-comprehensive-guide-to-walt-disney-world-rides-and-attractions/

For where to eat, tell me a little more–are you thinking the finest and most interesting dining, the most romantic dining, the most “Disney” dining (but optimized more for adults than families) or some of all three??

5 Teneall { 09.10.11 at 12:45 pm }

Since we are only going to be there three nights, I was hopingin to have one night of “Disney” dining optimized for adults, and one night of romantic dining for us to celebrate. The third night could be anything I also would you recommend going to the “Mickey’s Not so scary Halloween event” (He loves loves Halloween) If we do that on Friday night my guess would be to eat dinner at one of the places open in the park that night.

6 Dave { 09.10.11 at 3:11 pm }

For romantic dining, try the California Grille at the Contemporary Resort, or Citricos at the Grand Floridian.

For “Disney” dining on the evening of the halloween party try the Crystal Palace at the Magic Kingdom, but have your meal before or right at the beginning of the halloween party–you don’t want to miss the parade or fireworks…

For something that’s both romantic and Disney, try the San Angel Inn at the Mexico pavilion at Epcot….

7 Teneall { 09.11.11 at 10:15 am }

Thank you so much for your help! And your site has been a huge help, I would have never thought to have an itinerary for a vacation, but realizing we only have a couple days, your site has helped me with planning to make sure we see and do as much as we can on our trip!!

8 Dave { 09.11.11 at 11:25 am }

Your’re welcome and have a great visit!

9 CJ { 10.11.11 at 10:34 pm }

Which itinerary do I use for summer visits?

10 Dave { 10.12.11 at 8:37 am }

Hi CJ! Use this as a starting point for June-mid-August: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/12/06/summer-itinerary-for-walt-disney-world-v2/

Once Disney releases its calendars for these dates (usually six months ahead or so) I post any changes here: http://yourfirstvisit.net/planning-your-first-family-trip/basic-itinerary/alternative-itineraries/

11 Brian { 01.23.12 at 9:20 pm }

Hi! We are going to Disney on October 13, but I can not find the link to your recommended itinerary. Please help!

12 Dave { 01.24.12 at 7:56 am }

Hi Brian, I will be posting October itinerariess after Disney puts out the Ocotber operating schedule…around two months from now…

13 Taria { 02.21.12 at 10:34 am }

When to they start putting up Christmas lights? This is my first time, so I don’t really want to go when they will be this.

14 Dave { 02.22.12 at 6:22 am }

Hi Taria, the Christmas program starts going up in early November, and is fully in place by the Friday after Thanksgiving

15 James { 03.27.12 at 11:09 pm }

Dave,
We are leaving for DW on 4/21/12. When do you think you may have your updated itineraries ready? Thanks for the great site.

16 Dave { 03.28.12 at 5:50 am }

Hi James–the updates won’t be out for months, but the current ones work pretty well!

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