I will be attending a conference at the Grand Californian Memorial day weekend (not ideal, but I don't pick the conference dates!) But I want to make sure we are getting the most out of our park time. I'm traveling with my Husband and two kids, 5 and 7. We are arriving early with the full Thursday before to spend in the parks. I was planning to do Max Pass that day to make sure we have a full day.
My dilemma is what to do for the conferences. They are scheduled from like 7am- 2 on Friday and then 7a-1:15 Saturday and Sunday. I don't have to attend everything, and usually pick and choose what topics are interesting and just attend those portions... but I don't know if it would be better to skip the morning lecture and take advantage of the early morning access for hotel guests and get my family to the parks, and then go to some sessions, or if I should start at the conference and then duck out at 10 or 11 depending on if any of the topics interest me. I could do both, so maybe an early morning one or two of the days and a later start the others?
My husband is not a fan of travel and crowds, so I don't know how much he will want to do with the kids without me, but I don't want them to miss out either. We are only doing parks Thursday- Sunday and I'm expecting big crowds due to the holiday... but we can stay all evening and I think the kids will power through (they loved staying until close at WDW last year).
Related questions regarding max pass- do you need the phone to redeem it, or will it be linked to the ticket? Like can I be setting up fast passes from my conference while they are in the parks redeeming them without the smart phone?
Has anybody attended a conference at the parks? I'd apprecate any advice Long time lurker on DIS and finally had a topic prompting me to register!!
My dilemma is what to do for the conferences. They are scheduled from like 7am- 2 on Friday and then 7a-1:15 Saturday and Sunday. I don't have to attend everything, and usually pick and choose what topics are interesting and just attend those portions... but I don't know if it would be better to skip the morning lecture and take advantage of the early morning access for hotel guests and get my family to the parks, and then go to some sessions, or if I should start at the conference and then duck out at 10 or 11 depending on if any of the topics interest me. I could do both, so maybe an early morning one or two of the days and a later start the others?
My husband is not a fan of travel and crowds, so I don't know how much he will want to do with the kids without me, but I don't want them to miss out either. We are only doing parks Thursday- Sunday and I'm expecting big crowds due to the holiday... but we can stay all evening and I think the kids will power through (they loved staying until close at WDW last year).
Related questions regarding max pass- do you need the phone to redeem it, or will it be linked to the ticket? Like can I be setting up fast passes from my conference while they are in the parks redeeming them without the smart phone?
Has anybody attended a conference at the parks? I'd apprecate any advice Long time lurker on DIS and finally had a topic prompting me to register!!