MomOTwins
The Mommy Fairy
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- Mar 5, 2018
We are going on a Disney Cruise in November. Because of my work schedule, I can't take off any days before the cruise, but I CAN stay an extra night immediately after the cruise (a saturday). We have a single night booked at the Caribbean beach resort for the night after our cruise, and then will fly out first thing the next day (I tried to persuade DH to do an evening flight on sunday to get two park days, but he likes to get home in time to unpack and decompress before the work week). So we have just one day, Saturday, to enjoy the parks.
Assuming our cruise arrives on time, best case scenario is probably arriving at the parks sometime between 9:30-10:30, so we won't have a full day, and certainly won't be able to take advantage of any extra magic hours. It may even be later if the ship is delayed for any reason. The kids' first preference is to do Star Wars land, but I worry there is just no hope of getting in with us arriving that late, and if we did, the ride wait time will be astronomical. So here are my thoughts on options (feel free to fill in any I have overlooked).
1--Buy a one day, one park ticket for the price of (ugh) $139 a ticket. Then try to find out if Star Wars is at at capacity once we get there and if so opt for a different park.
2--Buy a one day, park hopper ticket for (double ugh) $199 per ticket. Then, if Star Wars land is unavailable we can go to Epcot and try to get in later in to Star Wars later in the day if people leave.
3--Don't buy any ticket now. Wait and see reports of how packed Star Wars land is in the weeks leading up to our cruise, and wait to buy a ticket until we have a sense of what to expect, knowing that means tickets will probably be even more pricey, and we won't be able to book advance fastpasses anywhere.
Assuming our cruise arrives on time, best case scenario is probably arriving at the parks sometime between 9:30-10:30, so we won't have a full day, and certainly won't be able to take advantage of any extra magic hours. It may even be later if the ship is delayed for any reason. The kids' first preference is to do Star Wars land, but I worry there is just no hope of getting in with us arriving that late, and if we did, the ride wait time will be astronomical. So here are my thoughts on options (feel free to fill in any I have overlooked).
1--Buy a one day, one park ticket for the price of (ugh) $139 a ticket. Then try to find out if Star Wars is at at capacity once we get there and if so opt for a different park.
2--Buy a one day, park hopper ticket for (double ugh) $199 per ticket. Then, if Star Wars land is unavailable we can go to Epcot and try to get in later in to Star Wars later in the day if people leave.
3--Don't buy any ticket now. Wait and see reports of how packed Star Wars land is in the weeks leading up to our cruise, and wait to buy a ticket until we have a sense of what to expect, knowing that means tickets will probably be even more pricey, and we won't be able to book advance fastpasses anywhere.