Recent content by JCP

We'll be coming off a Carnival Cruise at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) on Jan 2nd, 2020, then coming to WDW. What is the best way to get from there to WDW? Bus? Train? Is there an option directly from the Port, or will we have to uber into a bus depot etc? We won't have a car rental, so...

I don't know anything about restaurants at this stage. Haven't heard about any of them, but I'll do some reading in the forums and we might book in to a couple for a treat. Food is one area where we'll need to take the cheap option where possible.

I can see we're going to have to stretch our days to spend more time at the parks. Harry Potter is definitely our focus, so that's a must. She also desperately wants to do Magic Kingdom. Your advice is great and gives me a better idea of areas to focus on. I think our teenager would like...

See, that's why I love these boards. As a foreigner to the area, I hadn't considered how much travel time I'd lose. I can see the worth of staying on-site for travel alone. Thanks for the feedback.

I really appreciate the info that's been shared. I didn't realise it would take so long to see the parks. We have ONE theme park in New Zealand and it's so small you can do all the rides and be finished in a handful of hours. :D We can extend our theme park days to 3-10 Jan, but may have to...

Ahh, see how new I am to this? Thanks for your advice. We may be able to add a couple of days to the start of the week, but again, it comes down to cost.

We're a family of 4 from New Zealand with two daughters aged 13 & 16. We'll be doing our first ever WDW & Universal trip from 5-10 Jan 2020. This is a once in a life-time trip for us, and while the exchange rate isn't great and we have to make every cent count, we still want to have a great...