If you can't ride the rides, how would you spend your day?

disneygirl76

Carey Poppins - Nanny and Disney Enthusiest
Hi everyone,

I'm compiling a list of things to do at Disney in 10 days. Yeah! :)

If you couldn't ride the rides, how would you spend your days at the parks - all parks and any resort - but not Downtown Disney, water parks, or mini golf?

Thanks!
 

mrsmtc

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plaz10

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Eating! Even with rides I usually make a list of foods I want to try in Disney and check them off as I go (if I don't get them all - there is always next trip!)

Explore less crowded areas of the parks - like around Ellen's Energy in EPCOT - there are some nice quiet areas. It's cool to feel like you're one of the only people in the parks.

People watching. Head to a bench and take in the sights. Train Station bench overlooking Main St USA or benches in front of Test Track.

As many have said - check out World Showcase. So many shops and details that get overlooked and there is SO much to see!
 
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coachwnh

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In the Parks
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I love people watching! That never gets old, but Id want to do other things as well. Id pick new places to eat. Id take lots of pictures. Probably schedule a tour in MK. Take a private fireworks cruise or the dessert party in MK (maybe both). My wife loves the spa at the GF! The pool would be nice. And I also love just sitting on the balcony of the resort relaxing.
 
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HouCuseChickie

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Taking pictures of anything and everything would be my #1. Eating would be #2. #3- Trying to take in all of the little things I don't normally get a chance to soak up...like the entertainers in various parts of the parks. #4 is probably touring the various resorts. And finally, while I'm not big on buying stuff at WDW- #5 would be popping into the various stores and checking out the merch.
 
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tiaragirl

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Eating! Even with rides I usually make a list of foods I want to try in Disney and check them off as I go (if I don't get them all - there is always next trip!)

Explore less crowded areas of the parks - like around Ellen's Energy in EPCOT - there are some nice quiet areas. It's cool to feel like you're one of the only people in the parks.

People watching. Head to a bench and take in the sights. Train Station bench overlooking Main St USA or benches in front of Test Track.

As many have said - check out World Showcase. So many shops and details that get overlooked and there is SO much to see!

Also, if it was up to Jess and I, we'd spend most of the time in tears..

I'd suggest a nice coffee/cupcake combo at Starring Rolls. It's a great corner to perch on and it smells delicious!
 
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6laurac

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I hope you have a wonderful time and relax. Reminiscence on how your future trips are going to be and enjoy your favorite easy to do things on this one. Nap!

Crossing my fingers that you get the child of your heart, too.
 
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morningstar

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I would explore the resorts, especially the non-monorail ones, since it's hard to make time for them on a busy theme park day. Take a stroll at POR, watch the animals at AKL, hang out by the fire at WL.

Of course I would get in some monorail rides as well.

If I were to think of what to do at the parks, I tend to think of things that would be gray areas of the rules. What count as rides? I very much enjoy Tom Sawyer Island and the HISTK playground. You can enter The Seas without riding with Nemo and Friends. For that matter I assume you can go backwards into any Epcot post-show, though only in the case of The Seas is the post-show really the main event. Other people have already mentioned shows, which as an attraction that is an experience with a set beginning and end seems to fall more in the category with rides.

Suppose anything designated as an "attraction" on the WDW website is off-limits. Then I would hang out in Mexico, my favorite environment of World Showcase. I'd spend some time watching the throngs in the Land. I'd walk the walkway past the Odyssey, and play with the fountains at Imagination. Yep, mostly I think of Epcot. There are some spaces I really like at the Magic Kingdom, like the train station at the entrance, Adventureland between the Tiki Room and Jungle Cruise, and Frontierland at the dock for TSI, but they don't encourage you to linger like you can at Epcot.
 
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Ben_since_1971

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- People watching
- Exploring parts of the parks that are usually unexplored (the paths in and around the Tree of Life, the Rose Garden path at Epcot, Tom Sawyer Island)
- Tours
- Innoventions
- Photography
- Eat and rink and drink and eat
- Do shows count???
 
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