Disneyland, Legoland and Cedar Point early July 2009

[MichaelD]

Hi all,

 

I'm hoping for some feedback on some trip plans we're forming for our next trip to the US. We're going on the Deep South and Texas TPR tours, but want to arrive a couple of weeks early to both acclimatize (coming from the middle of winter and the opposite side of the world) and to revisit a few places we loved from our last trip.

 

I'm a bit worried about the time of year being peak season, being as it would appear to be Summer break for all school levels and the 4th July will fall within our visit.

 

Here's what I'm thinking would work best ("least worst");

 

Thursday 25th June to Thursday 2nd July - Disneyland CA

Friday 3rd July - Sunday 5th July - Legoland

Monday 6th July - Friday 10th July - Cedar Point

Saturday 11th July - join TPR trip.

 

The logic I'm following is that I figure anything to do with the 4th July will probably be a write-off as far as Disneyland or Cedar Point go, so we might as well chance several days at Legoland during this time as it's possibly a little more off the tourist radar.

 

Any comments on this will be appreciated.

[brilinjo]

unless you're going with smallish kids, you'll breeze through Legoland in half a day. 7 days in DLR also seems a long time to me. But enjoy your trip, I'm envious.

[MichaelD]

^re Legoland. Last time we went, I allocated one full day on a quiet weekday.

 

My daughter likes to ride and reride (and reride and reride...), something which we didn't have the opportunity to do last time we went due to the sheer number of different rides at Legoland and the limited hours - this was one of her favourite parks - she ranked it up there with Cedar Point from her point of view - and it was clear that we would get value out of a multi-day visit (+ my wife likes the Carlsbad area).

 

^re DLR. Pretty much all we'll do for the 7 days is sleep for the first two days to get over the jetlag, then ride and reride Space Mountain, California Screamin' and Big Thunder (+ swim). Bit dull for me after the 20th ride, but it's what my daughter likes to do so I get my enjoyment from observing her.

[Carnage]

5 days at Cedar Point is also probably a bit much, even in mid summer. You could possibly drive down to Kings Island for Diamondback if you wanted to. Or maybe Kennywood.