Steighvo
TS Member
Hi all - long time 'lurker' first time poster (or at least since I made a new account a few years ago!)
As an avid life long coaster fan I have never been lucky enough to make it over to Florida to experience Disney/Busch/Universal which has been a 'bucket list' goal of mine since I was around 10, roughly 25 years ago (I'm really that old). After several failed attempts at plans in the past myself and my partner finally planned a Florida trip for November 2023 however, 2 months before we was due to head out to the US we had to postpone our trip as our house move was set to fall at the exact same time! When it was time to re-book my significant other admitted they actually no longer wanted to go and had only ever really wanted to go for my sake but with the extortionate costs (including the 2 week dog sitter!) building, we agreed for financial (and relationship lasting) reasons, they would no longer be coming with me.
I've given up trying to find any of my friends who could:
a) Fund their ticket/travel
b) keep up with my relentless theme park pace
c) actually want to go...
So I have decided to do it alone! Which gets me to the long winded point of this post, please feel free to offer any advice on any of the following:
- Firstly, opinion on actually doing the trip alone (roughly 2 weeks with Disney, Universal and Busch being a must...) am I crazy?
- Best time of year to go to avoid crowds, kids and major events (I'm also not fussy about waiting for Epic Universe to open and if anything, plan to make the most of people waiting for its summer 2025 opening by going beforehand)
- Does anyone know of any enthusiast groups that may facilitate this kind of trip that would be worth me considering as a solo traveller?
- Any other thoughts or opinions?
Apologies for the long winded post!
As an avid life long coaster fan I have never been lucky enough to make it over to Florida to experience Disney/Busch/Universal which has been a 'bucket list' goal of mine since I was around 10, roughly 25 years ago (I'm really that old). After several failed attempts at plans in the past myself and my partner finally planned a Florida trip for November 2023 however, 2 months before we was due to head out to the US we had to postpone our trip as our house move was set to fall at the exact same time! When it was time to re-book my significant other admitted they actually no longer wanted to go and had only ever really wanted to go for my sake but with the extortionate costs (including the 2 week dog sitter!) building, we agreed for financial (and relationship lasting) reasons, they would no longer be coming with me.
I've given up trying to find any of my friends who could:
a) Fund their ticket/travel
b) keep up with my relentless theme park pace
c) actually want to go...
So I have decided to do it alone! Which gets me to the long winded point of this post, please feel free to offer any advice on any of the following:
- Firstly, opinion on actually doing the trip alone (roughly 2 weeks with Disney, Universal and Busch being a must...) am I crazy?
- Best time of year to go to avoid crowds, kids and major events (I'm also not fussy about waiting for Epic Universe to open and if anything, plan to make the most of people waiting for its summer 2025 opening by going beforehand)
- Does anyone know of any enthusiast groups that may facilitate this kind of trip that would be worth me considering as a solo traveller?
- Any other thoughts or opinions?
Apologies for the long winded post!