Originally Posted By Elderp ... gone to any park (this includes the main four, blizzard beach, typhoon lagoon, and DQ) at all? Just curious if anyone has done it. Disney always say WDW is a resort destination that is more than just their parks.
Originally Posted By DrBro22 Actually I haven't but you're right. It is much more than just their parks. If you want to do that go right ahead. Think of it like this. It's a big hotel with theme parks in the back yard!
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I've never done the water parks, but they look like they'd be a lot of fun if I only had the guts to try them.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys We've always gone to the parks, but little by little we find ourselfs hanging around the Yacht Club pool and just relaxing. Since my wife and I visit WDW 2-3 times a year, we sometimes just stroll over to the parks and walk around and get something to eat or just sit on a bench and watch the people walk by. Without the frantic rush of trying to get on every attraction like we did when our kids were small, we can appreciate the beauty of the parks themselves and always manage to find some little thing that we have never seen before.
Originally Posted By DrBro22 >I've never done the water parks, but they look like they'd be a lot of fun if I only had the guts to try them.< You should definately try them. The only scary ride (I think) is Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach. If you're scared of water slides, definately don't do that one.
Originally Posted By Superjosiah I think that I could go to Animal Kingdom Lodge and not go to any parks... But only if it were located in another state... I mean come on, there are cool parks there!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I've never done the water parks, but they look like they'd be a lot of fun if I only had the guts to try them.<< OMG.. you have got to try the water parks, as they are the most fun aspect of any vacation at WDW. I would even suggest you skip MGM and head to one of the water parks instead. Kick back, chill, and read a book under a palm tree... very relaxing if you are not into going in the pools and slides. As for this topic... does going to WDW on any given day, for lunch at DTD and not going into any of the parks... would that count?
Originally Posted By Elderp That would totally count as long as you didn't go to DQ because that requires a ticket.
Originally Posted By Elderp but my next question would be A) Are yo a local? or B) Was this just one day of your total vacation and on the next day you went to a park?
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp We qualify - have gone to eat lunch at one of the resorts, and enjoyed ourselves riding the transportation. Like to ride the boats from WL/FW around Bay Lake, then ridden over to Bay lake and ride the small boats around from MK to GF and the Poly and back, then catch the ferry to TTC, take the monorail to EPCOT and return and catch the bus to our car. It's fun, and never need an admission ticket. And yes, we are local, and have APs, so we don't feel the need to actually enter one of the parks.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I would think this could apply on a short trip for a local, but for most who travel 1x per year or less, the main reason to go is to go to the parks. Now I can say in 25+ trips to WDW I have never gone to DQ -- We used to have one in Chicago - and in Chicago I thought it was actually pretty cool - there's too much else to do in WDW also we only go to one water park per trip - our trips are usually 7 - 10 days in duration so I have never gone and not gone to one of 4 main parks - do them all each time.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 "OMG.. you have got to try the water parks, as they are the most fun aspect of any vacation at WDW. " OMG.. you don't know what a coward I am. Although, last trip my son got me to do Soarin'. It was great! But I would have been more comfortable if it was "Floatin'" Will I do it again? you bet. I like Star Tours, but there are a couple times when I have to look down. But Soarin, I couldn't take my eyes off it.
Originally Posted By fkurucz My in laws visited their son (my BIL) who lives in Tampa. He took them to WDW and the only thing they visited was DtD
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I have never gone to DQ -- We used to have one in Chicago - and in Chicago I thought it was actually pretty cool - there's too much else to do in WDW<< You don't miss much at DQ. Stupid video games at that's about it. One thing I only enjoyed there... the elevator ride with Genie as you enter the building... other than that, skip like the plague. >>OMG.. you don't know what a coward I am.<< STOP THAT! You have nothing to fear at the water parks. Most everything they have is sedated fun. Even the "fast" slides are tame by nature. Only at Blizzard Beach, the Summit Plummit is the only ride that I would concider scary, and only because of the height and not the speed.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I would think this could apply on a short trip for a local, but for most who travel 1x per year or less, the main reason to go is to go to the parks.< I agree with vbdad. As a local I would love to just stop in at a hotel and have dinner, maybe watch fireworks from a beach somewhere, and then head on home. But if I'm looking for a general vacation at a nice hotel, I wouldn't pick WDW if it weren't for the parks. Not that there's anything wrong with the hotels. But you're paying a pretty high premium to just lounge by the pool.
Originally Posted By Mr X I've done that plenty...many locals frequent Downtown Disney and the Boardwalk areas at night without going into the parks. And, I've taken monorails rides just to enjoy the vibe and maybe stop off at the Polynesian for a bite, etc... But, again, I was local. And I, too, have never checked out the water parks (although I did a sort of "tour" of Blizzard Beach once, so I know what it looks like but didn't swim). Not cause I'm afraid, but because I do not like to display my fat body for all to see at waterparks!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Oh please.. fat bodies galore at WDW, and are on display everywhere. You'd be right at home. I know I am.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Yeah, my Dad and I went to WDW for a week and did'nt step foot in any park the whole time last November.
