2 nights, 1 full day in Orlando with no kids, which park....

[Freddie328]

......and where would you stay?

We will have a car but will not want to use it in the evenings.

[Freddie328]

Should have said that we are not into thrill rides!

Am now leaning toward Epcot as the Int'l Food & Wine Festival will have just started.

[Freddie328]

We land in Orlando late afternoon/early evening after 3 days in New Orleans. We have rented a Corvette convertible and are driving down to Miami for a couple of nights followed by the Keys, Naples and Anna Maria Island before we fly back form Tampa. Having never been to Florida before, we thought we couldn't really go there without seeing something of either Disney or Universal! Hence the 2 nights, gives us 1 full day there.

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Muzzer79 said:

Drive out to Cape Canaveral for the day.

If you must stay in Orlando; SeaWorld. It's the best theme park there.

I was thinking we could maybe do KSC on our way to Miami.

SeaWorld was my choice originally but then changed it to Epcot.

I have trawled through countless posts on Tripadvisor, and appear to be going round in circles - Discovery Cove looks good too!!

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pherlopolus said:

Added benefit of Discovery cove is you get free Sea world passes so you could do that as well + all food is provided on the day

But as we only have 1 day would we be able to fit both in?

Have been looking at swimming with Dolphins in the Keys so probably wouldn't do it here as well.

[Freddie328]

Is Magic Kingdom not more for kids?

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NPI said:

If you do choose that, then what's your hotel budget? You could splash out and stay at Disney's Boardwalk etc, or a little cheaper would be the Swan or Dolphin which are more business orientated hotels and not owned by Disney.

That is my next dilemma! We didn't want to spend too much on accommodation in Orlando as we figured we'd hardly be spending any time in the hotel so we've splashed out more on some of the other places on our roadtrip. Some of the more recent reviews of the Swan & Dolphin seem to say it is need of a refurb & update but then I guess you get what you pay for comparing it to Boardwalk!

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Countdown said:

Not sure what would be good in Orlando for a grown-up on his own....

LOL I'm a 'her' not a 'his' and I won't be on my own but with a 'him'! And we don't always act like grown ups!

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Countdown said:

Sorry

In that case I'd go Magic Kingdom - simply because it has the most rides so you're more likely to find something you like.

No need to apologise!! Easy mistake - Freddie is not the most feminine name is it!!

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pherlopolus said:

Old town is great, it's an evening thing especially Friday/Saturday (car show nights).

Unfortunately we'll be there on a Sunday & Monday night!

Excuse my ignorance but when you say 'Old Town', where is that?

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Saleen836 said:

I hope you don't have a lot of luggage!

The only downside - no shopping!!

We had one a couple of years ago on the West Coast (a C6, am really hoping Hertz will have upgraded their fleet to the C7 by September!) and we have done a couple of Alpine Tours in the R8 so have become masters of travelling light!