To ask what do adults do in Disneyland for two weeks? Just go on the rides everyday? Is Florida better than California?

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I've only been to Disneyland Paris. Would like to go to the Florida or California one but couldn't imagine myself there for any more than a few days?

What do you do all day for two weeks if you're an adult? Is there other stuff there apart from rides?

Also is Florida much better than California?

Thanks :)

If Disney and theme parks aren't the focus, then I would agree California. I would go to San Fran and skip Southern California altogether, unless you have at least a month. California is huge. You can't nip from SF to LA in a day!

San Fran has great food and wonderful state and national parks near-ish.

But if you wNt a theme park blow out, it has to be Orlando. Perhaps with a week at the beach on the south west coast of FL as a wind down.

We go to florida every year and have done since the eldest was 10 ish. We have been once as a couple. Different experience with just the 2 of us but we spent a lot of time eating at Disney Signature restaurants (yes the food is excellent at the signature restaurants and no, I would NOT pay for the dining plan as this does not go very far if you want to eat at the better restaurants), some time on our favourite rides/shows etc and a lot of time kind of pretending that we lived there (had a villa) which sounds childish but was great fun. Fab holiday. We do other holidays too; canal barges, fly and flops to all sorts of destinations and we love good food and have eaten at lots of Michelin starred restaurants all over the world but we still love Disney/Universal!

Just goes to show how different we all are. I couldn't bear to do Disney every year. I went 30 years ago and this year. I feel that I have done enough them parks to last me a lifetime.

Me neither Nickname. If I never go to another theme park in my life it will be too soon. We did Florida DW last year and it's done, now we can get on with holidays we enjoy. Next year we are doing the west coast and won't be touching a theme park, no way, not even if the children beg & beg & beg us.

I'm quite surprised how many on here have been to Anna Maria Island. One of my favourite places in Florida.

Florida is brilliant.
Go to the parks in the morning and the water parks in the afternoon. Or there is Gatorland, Kennedy space station, universal, the hotel pool. There is loads to do and you will not be bored. It's brilliant

Unless you want to do Disney non stop I'd pick California any day. So much more to do other than Disney, even if you stay in the LA area only. The climate is nicer, not so humid. On the downside it's a bigger time change.

You could easily spend 2 weeks going round different theme and water parks in Orlando, but if you get tired of the parks there are plenty of other things to do.
Some of the things we've done in Florida are: other touristy things like dinner shows (murder mystery shows and medieval shows with jousting etc) or theatre, visited an animal sanctuary, hiking - although the way we do it it's really just slow walking, riding, hired a car and just went off and explored -there are lots of small, interesting places away from the main drag, hired a Harley Davidson and explored again - stopping At lots of interesting looking diners and restaurants, went out into the Everglades to do some nature stuff - a highlight was a night time gator spotting expedition on an airboat, we ended up covered in bug-splats but it was so much fun we didn't mind.

I like Disney, but there is so much more to Florida than just the parks.

Anna Maria is nice. These barrier islands get better and better the further south you go. Sanibel and Captiva Islands are really good. Siesta key, just a bit further south from Anna Maria has a highly acclaimed "sugar sand" beach.

I came home from Sanibel on Friday EllyMayClampett. We've been going there for the last four years. Amazing place. Pinocchio's does THE BEST ice cream.

Total opposite to Disney!

Hi OP.
I think it depends on a number of things eg how into rides you are, whether you enjoy meeting Disney characters, whether it is just adults and what pace you want to go at.
We stayed at a Disney hotel sharing a room with 15 year old and got 2 weeks for price of 1 with all the Disney parks and both water parks included. We felt water parks need a day each and other parks 2 days each.
In July it was so hot and humid that we could only go at a slow pace.
Ideally Universal Studios and Universal Islands of Adventure warrants 3 days - Harry Potter rides and scenery are stunning.
We found Disney was better organised but Universal rides more interesting and in July you really need express passes there which is very expensive.
We bought the mid-price Disney dining plan which we felt was worth it if you book the better restaurants and wish to do character dining.
We hired a car which gave us more freedom and we used it to get to Disney parks, go shopping at the Florida Mall and to visit Kennedy Space Centre which was great and needs a whole day to do it justice.
We did not bother with Sea World ( DD strongly objects) but many enjoy it and Discovery Cove. Downtown Disney also has shopping and the cirque du soleil. Add in a lazy day around hotel pool and there is plenty to do!
Not been to Cali but people who have tell me they have had to travel around different bases.

That is because California offers a completely different type of holiday to Florida. If you aren't into theme parks and humid heat then California is far more interesting.

You can't really compare the two, except for the fact that
California has Disneyland and the original Universal Studios. It would be like comparing Scotland with the South of France as holiday destinations.

Agree that California v Florida doesn't really work, as two different types of holidays.

Florida - 4 Disney Parks, 2 Universal Parks, 3+ big water parks, plus other theme parks

California - 2 Disney Parks (which are smaller), 1 Universal Park

We do Florida for theme parks. We spend a fortnight pretty much doing theme parks, water parks or a full on activity day every day. Actually we tend to only go for a week at a time now.

This summer we went to California for a whole lot of other reasons. We did do 3 days of theme parks, but the other 11 were spent doing other types of activities.

We've been to Florida a few times. There's so much more to it than theme parks.
The best (and cheapest) activity we've done was a trip up to Crystal River to swim with the manatees. We got a boat and guide for 4 hours and it only cost $50 each.That also included wet suit, fins and mask hire.
The guide was brilliant, she knew the best spots away from the busy areas and took loads of photos for us.
We also like the Gulf Coast, Treasure Island is great. Loads of cheap but nice hotels, and plenty of restaurants and Fort de Soto beach is beautiful.
Discovery Cove is nice for a relaxing day, don't bother with the dolphin swim as it's really not worth it.
There's also so many shopping outlets you're spoilt for choice. Even though the exchange rate is rubbish there are still plenty of bargains.

Been to both. Florida we went for 2 weeks, went to all the Disney parks/water parks. universal and Busch gardens. We also drove to Miami and several beaches (cocoa beach, Clearwater etc).

In California we went to both Disney parks and spent the majority of time sightseeing (Hollywood, etc).

If you're interested in a more theme park experience I'd go for Florida.

Nice to hear that I am not the only "fan" Claireshh. It's a "classier" (shudder, I hate the word, but it's the right word here) option than the beaches around Tampa Bay. I think few people make it past the Tampa Bay area. Even just going an extra hour south to Sarasota beaches makes a big difference.