20th Anniversary in January: Disney World or Disney Cruise?
I need help. DH and I will be celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary in January 2014. We plan on renewing our vows at home with family, and then want to take a grand 2nd Honeymoon. So, here's my dilema, should we take a Disney Cruise or go to Disney World? I know a lot of attractions are closed for work, etc. in January/February. However, on our last trip with DS and my parents, we missed a lot of EPCOT and HS and would love to go back and explore more. We can adjust the dates some, but like the idea of going relatively close to our actual anniversary on January 8. I welcome any suggestions, pros/cons etc. on both options. Thanks all.
My Previous Trips First visit 1980 when Epcot opened; many visits with parents; 1986 three times - Band, ROTC and parents; 1989 Grad Nite; 1990 with future DH and parents (dad spent most of time in hospital) ; 1996 - weekend to visit parents on their make-up trip from '90; 2004 with DH - after reschedules due to Hurricanes in Florida and Louisiana.
Add a few days to your trip to explore the parks either before or after your cruise, or both. 20 years is a great reason to celebrate!
Personally, I prefer to do sea then land, but opinions vary.
Congratulations and good luck with your plans!
My vote goes for a cruise, but it depends on what type of vacation experience you want to have. If you want to relax in the lap of luxury then take a cruise. If you want to go exploring and have adventure then do the parks...or do what everyone else is suggesting and do both! The more the merrier, right?
I've never done a Disney cruise so I can't comment on that but my husband and I have celebrated our anniversary at Disney and it was fabulous in so many ways.
Congratulations on celebrating 20 years! My hubby and are I celebrating our 20th next April and are headed to Disney for 10 days with no kids! We had gone twice before with kids, parents & other relatives, and like you, missed a LOT! So we are looking forward to going back and exploring those places we missed. And this time we are doing the dining plan and looking forward to some nice meals too! We have never gone on any type of cruise, so I can't give any advice on that.
We celebrated our 25th anniversary June 2012 with our 2 boys aboard a Disney cruise and it was awesome!!!! We were both pleasantly surprised at how much "adult" activities there were. It was so elegant, romantic and fun!!!
I LOVE the idea of doing both. Do a 3 or 4 day cruise and then spend the other 3 or 4 days at WDW! Disney offers transfers between the port and WDW because people do this all of the time. It is on my wishlist as well - as soon as I save up enough money! Our 20th is coming up in June 2016, so maybe I will have the money by then.
Of course, I also told DH that I wanted to go to Europe for our 20th... Oh! It's so hard to make choices sometimes!
Last edited by ANGSWIN; 09-07-2013 at 02:27 PM..
January is a great time to tour the parks because crowds tend to be very low! However, it can get cold! So if you are picturing a nice tropical romantic second honeymoon - go with the cruise! It will be more relaxing for sure. However if you really have your heart set on checking out some of those things you missed, it will be a great time to do so at the parks!