Obviously if this is going to be your only trip for some time you want to hit the big stuff. But if you let the day flow and enjoy everything in the parks and not jsut the 6 or 7 big big rides and all the other popular stuff, you might enjoy it more.
What are these "big stuff" you talk about? Never been to Disneyworld.Understand the wife HATES rides and my daughter will only be 8 years old so rides won't be the main attraction for us.
I got a feeling we will be walking around every day bugged eyed (
) not having a clue where to go next.
Dang virgins...
Depends on what you want. If rides aren't your thing there are shows/animatronic shows/ movie type things like Mickey's Philharmagic which is 3D.If you enjoy tours, there are backstage tours and in depth behind the scene tours.
If you like sports, there is golf, water sports, miniature golf, and a bunch of other things.
If you want to just walk around and take in visual things, there are little things/games you can play. There is a book out there called "Hidden Mickey's" that is really cool. Basically, throughout the entire park and all the hotels and everything in the Disney World universe - there are hidden mickey's everywhere. Basically little mickey heads in various poses everywhere. One of the clouds in the Big Thunder Mountian is a hidden Mickey. There a literally thousands of them. Walk around and look for them - the book has a guide to hlpe you.
You can walk around the Animal Kingdom and check out all that stuff - not too many ride type things there.
In Epcot, you have the World Showcase which is my place. Basically, start eating and drinking in England and don't stop until you hit Mexico. There are also very easy to take boat rides in Norway and Mexico which are more tour-like then excitement-like.
In MGM you can just walk around and take it all in. At Christmas time, the entire MGM Studio park is covered in Christmas lights. It's some family's lights from Arkansas who donated them to Disney. It's really cool.
Then there is Disney Marketplace which are just shops and toy stores. There is always some kind of outdoor concert or school choir or something.
You can stay there for a week and never go on a ride and still have a great time.
Make sure that you take in some of the food joints, though. Some of them are just outstanding. The Italy pavilion is some of the best Italian food I've ever had. The Japanese place is suposed to be real good to.
But - if you want the big rides that everyone wants to see you have:
Magic Kingdom - All three mountain rides, Pirates of Caribbean
Epcot - Spaceship Earth, Sorin, Test TRack, Mission Space
Animal Kingdom - Arctic Mountain (something like that) is opening soon
MGM - Rockin Rollercoaster
There are others, but those are the real real big ones that everyone wants to hit.
And then there are the water parks.