Trouble With a Trip Plan

[pizzawanabe]

Background- I am a first time poster. (Kinda Nervous)My family is going to Orlando from Dec. 22 to Dec. 30. This is our first time going to Disneyworld/Universal Orlando and we are staying offsite at a house 5 minutes away. We live next to Disneyland in California and have an annual pass to Disneyland and Universal Studios. I am the youngest kid in my family (only 13) and I am basically the planner of the trip. Being the so called "Too Obsessive Disney Fan", I am left to coordinate the things we do at Disneyworld.

Question- With that being said, I need a way to work out this hectic Christmas week. Our family wants to Universal and IOA while we are their. Is their any way to fully experience both theme parks in 2 days or less? We also want to do all of The four Disney theme parks but don't know where to start. We are pretty set on getting 9 day park tickets so we can do disney everyday. On the days when we go to IOA and Universal, we want to finish the parks and go to Disney right after to get the fullest time their. We arrive at 5:30 and depart at 6:30 so we have half days on those days. Please help us coordinate this trip so we can build some structure to our trip. Thank you so much for helping my family out.~ pizzawanabe

 

[dreamfinder]

What exactly are the world story tellers? I would like to know if this could be a factor that can make us choose EPCOT for Christmas Day.

During the holiday season, Epcot has CMs that tell stories of Christmas/other winter holidays in the appropriate pavilions. So the UK Pavillion has Father Christmas, France has Pere Noel, America usually has someone telling about Kwanza and Hanukkah etc. It's not Christmas day only, I believe it is usually most of December. You can find some more info and see pictures here -> http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/holidays-around-the-world-at-epcot.htm (May need to scroll down a little bit to find the pics and info) It doesn't change much year to year, the schedule may change some, but they purposely stagger it which makes getting to all of them a challenge.