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I was considering booking a week in WDW before going on my cruise on the Fantasy. I know this is a popular thing to do. I'm just worried that I'll be "Disney'd out" after WDW and the cruise won't be as special.
Does anyone have any experience with this? How does it feel to do a week in the World followed by a cruise.
This would be my second time in WDW and my very first cruise.
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We did this last year, 1 week at wdw and then 4 nights on the Dream. It was the best vacation EVER! We go to WDW every year and come home so tired because we run and run and run through the parks. Being on the cruise after all of the running relaxed us and it was great! I think you should do it!
The cruise and theme park experiences are very different. Whichever you do first, the other will be a substantial change of pace. While someone who doesn't like Disney in general (movies as well as parks) may go into overload, the folks who visit this site aren't likely to feel that way.
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We've just spent nine days in Disney World, then did a seven night cruise on the Fantasy, and we loved both. We certainly weren't "Disneyed out" by the first portion of our trip.
We're doing this. We haven't been on vacation in forever. We used to go every year-year and a half. So we're doing a week in Disney, a day at Islands of Adventure, and a 3 night cruise. It will be our first cruise, but all of us have been to Disney multiple times. I like the idea of the cruise at the end because we know how busy the parks are in the heat of June and will enjoy the relaxation.
I would certainly say you are barking up the wrong tree if you're looking for anyone here who says there's such a thing as "too much Disney"
The Land/Sea vacation is very popular but I certainly would recommend doing WDW before, as you mentioned. The parks are a bit more "go go go" than the cruise so you can use the cruise to unwind and relax.
You could always lower the number of days in WDW before the cruise if you're worried about a Disney overload, maybe a 5 day WDW trip and then the 7-night cruise?
We recently went to the parks the day before and the day of the start of our Fantasy cruise Believe it or not, you can see a lot in just a couple days. If you think it will be too long to do a week at WDW followed by the cruise, you can do less and still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Of course, since we visit WDW at least once a year, it didn't necessarily bother us to be at the parks for the limited amount of time we had prior to the cruise.
I would actually prefer to go to WDW after the cruise (though we have never done it this way) because, as much as we love DCL, we love the parks more!
We did a week last year prior to our Christmas Eve departure on a 6 night holiday sailing aboard the Magic! We enjoyed it so much that we are doing 3 days before AND after our 7night cruise on the Fantasy in Feb!! (And this one is just adults only). We are just as excited about WDW as we are the cruise!!
We have done the Land/Sea, and I will say, like Dave did, they are two very different experiences. You can choose how much Disney you want on the cruise. So if, for some unknown reason, you are Disneyed out after visiting the parks first, you can tone down the amount of Disney you have on the cruise.
I have a totally different take than most on these boards about this topic. We always do our cruise first and then do WDW. Why you ask??? Well, after we did it the other way around once I got a serious case of post Disney blues! The cruise is just so magical and special. We feel so spoiled and pampered that stepping from the ships back into daily life is a slap in the face. Of course visiting WDW is special as well, but we can take our time and ease back into reality a bit. We are usually exhausted when we get home, but seriously no one who has done WDW at least once can honestly say it is a truly relaxing experience
We did that last year. It was wonderful. We did Animal Kingdom Lodge and the parks before we went on the cruise and we found the cruise to be a relaxing experience after the parks. They are definitely two different experiences. Then after the cruise we went back to the parks...which I though was a little overwhelming. I definitely recommend...land...then sea...the cruise gives you a chance to recover and relax.
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Believe it or not, you can see a lot in just a couple days. If you think it will be too long to do a week at WDW followed by the cruise, you can do less and still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Of course, since we visit WDW at least once a year, it didn't necessarily bother us to be at the parks for the limited amount of time we had prior to the cruise. 
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