Where else do Disney fans vacation?

devoy1701

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We spend a week at the beach (Amelia Island) every year.
We spend a week somewhere in the mountains every other year (this is one of them)
We take a BIG trip overseas every few years (this is one of them)

We live in FL, so WDW is usually just a long weekend. And we spend long weekends around the country (and sometimes Canada) on business, sporting events, or visiting family.

More or less the same with us. We spend a week in the Smokies every year. Living in Florida it's so relaxing and awe-inspiring to rent a cabin high up some mountain with a great view of a valley. I think this is also why we love the Wilderness Lodge so much...it gives us a sense of escape from typical Florida.

We usually do 2 or 3 long weekends to WDW every year (we're currently on hiatus right now though). Being so close day trips are much more common...I don't think we've spent more than 5 days in one stretch out there.
 

mickeysbrother

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Its funny!!!!! How all our friends and family say there are other places to visit other then DISNEY all the time. The FUNNY part is that we all do go to other places but always find time to go to Disney. They just never realize or look past all the other places we go. :) kuddos to all Disney travelers that actually have a sense of exploration and for prooving all our friends and family wrong.
 

Patrick_Ears

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Great question!!! We love the beach as in Pensacola, FL. Plus Tennessee Smoky Mountains. Six Flags along with Orange Beach in Alabama.
 

LowesChevy

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We also like to visit Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ, Key West, & Minneapolis to visit my brother during the year. This summer we are headed to Colorado for the first time.
 

David S.

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DISNEYLAND! :)

Not as often as I would like, though, as it is more than three times further away than WDW, and I don't fly. I'm planning a long-awaited return trip to Cali for 2012 or 2013 that will include Disneyland, DCA, Knott's Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, Sea World San Diego, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, and then up to the Bay area for Walt Disney Family Museum, Great America, Marine World, Bonfante Gardens, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and maybe some of the other zoos and national parks in the state, depending on how much time I have.

Theme parks are my biggest passion in life, and Disney are my favorite parks for the theming, atmosphere, characters, songs, stories, and all-around happy vibe. But I also love roller-coasters, and enjoy the large "regional theme parks" that sprang up in the major metropolitan areas around the US in the 70's and 80's; and traditional "mom and pop" parks. So, ALL of my trips are planned around visiting theme/amusement parks. Since I also love animals and zoos, I also hit some of the zoos and animal attractions that are in the area of the parks I visit.

For instance, if I go to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and nearby Kings Dominion, and then up to Hersheypark and/or Great Adventure, I'll also hit the National Zoo or another one/s in the area. When I visit Dollywood I do the Knoxville Zoo and some hiking in the Smokies, and if I go home through Chattanooga I like to check out things like The Lost Sea, Rock City Gardens (especially during their Christmas light display), etc. A trip to Six Flags parks in cities like Atlanta, St Louis, Chicago, Dallas, and San Antonio will also include the zoos and various attractions in those respective cities. (And in the case of San Antonio, Sea World, which, like BG Williamsburg and Sea World San Diego, is free on my Busch Gardens/Sea World Florida Platinum Pass!) Metropolitan zoos are easy to include on my trips even though I tend to travel at the times when the regional theme/amusement parks are open weekends only, because the zoos are generally open almost 365 days year round.

To date, I've now visited 54 theme/amusement parks, approximately 30 zoos/aquariums, about 7 National parks, various nature trails and hiking areas, and several tourist attractions that don't fit any of these categories. Most of these are in the southeast, northeast, midwest, and east Texas, as I can generally get to any location in these regions in just a one day drive. (unlike Cali, which takes three days or two very LONG ones! ;)

I've "only" been to 12 waterparks though (7 of which are in Florida), since I like to travel in the fall, winter, or early spring to avoid the heat, and most waterparks are seasonal and are closed when I am near them. The Fall months in particular are a favorite time to travel throughout the country, because I enjoy the fall foliage, cool temps, and the fact that the regional parks have really late hours in October for night rides on the coasters. This is because they do night-oriented Halloween events which, ironically, I have zero interest in, other than the fact that they offer late hours on cool October evenings.

Christmas events, however, are another story, as that is my favorite holiday and I really get into the Spirit of the Season. I enjoy my annual stint at WDW beginning around December 28 ( in time to see all the decorations, Christmas entertainment, and music loops, and it's all FREE with your AP at the MK during this time and not an after-hours upcharge :), Besides WDW, my favorite theme park Christmas events are the ones at Dollywood and its sister park Silver Dollar City, which thankfully begin in early November so I can visit before Thanksgiving. These charming mountain parks are transformed into a Winter Wonderland of lights and have excellent Christmas entertainment, and all rides are open except the water rides! These award winning (Amusement Today's Golden Ticket) Christmas events are highly recommended.
 

Mickey_777

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Well we Love Myrtle Beach been going there for many years. But a couple years ago caught the Cruising bug and Love it(its amazing how many disney fans you find on a Carnival Ship!)

My wife and I too :)

We go to the beach every summer for 3 or 4 days and other than that we do cruises out of Florida or Los Angeles and add on 2 or 3 days at WDW or DL. Still haven't done Disney cruise line....yet. Cruises are awesome though...
 

rsoxguy

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We really enjoy Washington DC.
Boston and its surrounding areas is also fun. Anything with history.
One thing that we have avoided is overseas trips. I think its a bit irrational, but we have nonetheless.
 

ElvisMickey

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At least a week in Disney is my main vacation each year. However I do take mini trips throughout the year...long weekends. These aren't annual like my Disney trips, but over the last couple of years I've done long weekends to Chicago (to see the Bears), Memphis (huge Elvis fan), Vegas. Since I'm in NJ, I've done the local sites too. Hershey, Gettysburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia. Every few years I will swap out my Orlando Disney trip for a week in California Disneyland.
 

bgraham34

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If we can we like to take a cruise or goto an island for a week. This year we are going to the Outer Banks and we already did Disney.
 

Mukta

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I have traveled all over the USA. I also try to leave the USA each year. I have set foot on every continent except Antarctica and I hope to go there someday. Travelling is my passion.
 

stratman50th

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As I was growing up, we vacationed in Florida a lot because I had family in Ft. Lauderdale and Jacksonville.
My Grandfather was a federal warden and we would visit them in the summer wherever they happened to be stationed. In 1965 he was the warden at Terminal Island prison in California. That was the first time I went to Disneyland. Went to Knotts Berry Farm that year too. Don't remember much as I was only 5.
1968 He was the Warden at McNeil Island prison in Puget Sound near Steilacoom Washington. That year we took a car trip to Vancouver BC, the Olympic national rain forest, Mt Rainier, etc.
My Grandfather retired in 1970 to Lake Havasu City Arizona and we started spending summers there. Saw a lot of the west throughout those years. At least a lot of Arizona.
In 1976 we took a car trip, as someone else said, Giswald style. We drove through South Dakota and saw the Badlands, the Black Hills, Devil's Tower, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and ended up at my Grandparents in Arizona. In 1978 we did another Griswald but took the southern route through Texas. Went to a dude ranch. That was pretty fun. Also went to Disneyland and Universal in Cali that year.
This is getting too long now, but we hit Disney World as a family the first time I think in 1988. We traded back and forth with Myrtle beach and Arizona, then started doing more and more Disney. It finally got to be a family tradition and now we only do WDW every year.
Wow, sorry, that was way too long.
 

Lisalyn

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First off, all you Myrtle Beach fans...where do you stay? :wave:

On to the thread....we do a couple mini trips in addition to the yearly disney trip. Last year Tybee Island, this year Ameila and Cumberland Islands...I keep hoping to do a Myrtle Beach long weekend trip...but little beach trips and then the disney trip.
 

foreverbelle

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Besides Disney, which is our main attraction. I seem to have stuck to the East Coast mainly.

But other places I have vacationed:

Boston-besides Disney, I have an extreme love for this city.
NYC
Nags Head NC
Vero Beach-thanks to DVC
Williamsburg VA
VA beach
Austin MN-in law family

We also try to enjoy some of the places in VA that this state has to offer. I have found some quiet and relaxing B&B's in southern VA that are fabulous.
 

powlessfamily4

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Hawaii, San Diego CA, Atlantic City, Dallas Texas ... this year will be Baton Rouge LA and the gulf. It all depends on what is going on as to where we will be. One place you will always find me.... will be Disney World :) It ia always the vacation I look forward to.
 

ArtieJim

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Cape May, NJ is my favorite destination that isn't Disney. Those are the two places I've been going to since I was a kid with my family so they'll always be special to me. I have some family out in southern California now but I consider that more visiting than vacation. Same goes for some friends scattered throughout the northeast.
 

JillC LI

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We try to go to Disney every other year, and the off years we are all over the globe: Caribbean, Europe, South Africa, Canada, different parts of the US, etc. We want to see the world but still get our Disney fix :D
 

Patrick_Ears

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Hawaii, San Diego CA, Atlantic City, Dallas Texas ... this year will be Baton Rouge LA and the gulf. It all depends on what is going on as to where we will be. One place you will always find me.... will be Disney World :) It ia always the vacation I look forward to.

Hey if you make it in the summer for Baton Rouge you have to try Blue Bayou / Dixie Landing Park. If i need a roller coaster fix that's the place to get it from.
 

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