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About my land and sea trip – PREP136

WDW Prep School → WDW Prep To Go Podcast → Featured → About my land and sea trip – PREP136
  • Shannon Albert
  • October 10, 2016
  • August 5, 2017

Today I want to tell you about my recent land and sea trip, including my first time staying at The Contemporary and taking a DCL cruise.

I also have a quick tip if you plan to visit a park later in the day rather than at park opening.

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Shannon started this site in May of 2012 to help people plan Disney World trips. Since then, she's visited monthly and stayed in every resort several times. You can find her on social media as well as her weekly podcast, WDW Prep To Go.

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10 Comments

  1. Robin Baber June 8, 2017 Reply

    My family has decided that for our second trip, sleeping in (till 8 for an approximate 11 am park arrival) is a requirement. If we have 2 days at both EPCOT​ and HS, will it alleviate some of the challenge of sleeping in and using tiered FP+’say’?

    Thanks! Love your podcasts!

  2. Kim October 24, 2016 Reply

    Hey, Shannon! LOVE the podcast! I, too, have been on several WDW vacations, as well as 1 DCL 4-night vacation on the Magic to the Bahamas. My family loved the cruise line itself, and we adored Castaway Cay, Although I found DCL to be much nicer than other lines, I, too, much prefer WDW over cruising. There are several reasons that I prefer the land option. 1) Because I’m such a “planner”, I miss much of that aspect with planning a cruise. 2) I like having the option to make my own schedule and do as much as I want to. I found that, with cruising, if I didn’t get to a particular activity when it was offered, I was just out of luck. 3) I can check in at WDW any day/time that I choose, which I can make work around school schedules. One is not as fortunate with cruising – you take the dates that are offered, or miss out. 4) I can look out for discounts to help alleviate the expense of a WDW vacation. However, I find it very difficult to do that with DCL. I’m by no means saying that DCL is not awesome. I’m simply saying that, I, too, feel that I’m more of a WDW gal, rather than a cruiser. Thanks for all you do!

  3. Lisa October 22, 2016 Reply

    Love your shoes in this picture, do you mind sharing who makes them?

    • Shannon Albert October 22, 2016

      Thanks! Bernie Mev is the brand. They come in lots of colors and patterns. Easiest to order them online.

  4. Gina October 11, 2016 Reply

    Does it make any difference walking to MK if stay at bay tower, main tower or garden wing? I will assume it will take longer to walk to MK from garden wing. Thinking about taking my 2 girls, 4 and 2 to WDW, trying to figure out if it will be easier to go back to hotel during the day. Thank you.

    • Shannon Albert October 11, 2016

      They’re all really convenient and use the same path to MK.

  5. Lauren Friedberg October 11, 2016 Reply

    I’ve also done a Land and Sea trip with the parks first and the cruise second. I don’t think I heard you mention how you got from WDW to the port. Did you use Magical Express or your own transportation? Curious because when we used Magical Express I regretted my choice. They took so long to pick us up and get us to the port that we didn’t get to enjoy any time in the parks and felt like we had a wasted travel day in the middle of our vacation. Wondering if others have had a better experience. If I do it again I would definitely do Sea first and Land second.

    • Shannon Albert October 11, 2016

      I got to ride with somebody that I know, and many people in our group used private car services. Definitely seems to be a more efficient way to get there.

  6. Rebecca H October 10, 2016 Reply

    I just returned from a land and sea trip too (I did sea then land). I used your website to plan most of the land part! We absolutely loved DCL (I will never cruise with anyone else again!) Looking forward to hearing about your experiences.

  7. Sylvia Nishimoto October 10, 2016 Reply

    Hi I will be going to Disney World in December, my husband and I have been there 6 times. This time its only him and I. We will be taking two tours. Backstage tour and D lights tour. they are pricey, but we decided to splurge. My question is how much do you tip the guide for two?

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