Have you thought about doing a short 3 or 4 night Disney cruise - they can be very reasonable if booked through a specialist US T/A rather than through the tour operators in this country......its a whole new world, to quote a certain song (lol) - they are absolutely fantastic and a totally new Disney experience.Prices start as little as £175pp and with current exchange rates there's never been a better time to book.

Port Canaveral is less than an hour and getting transport there (though it is a VERY easy drive) is also quite easy from Orlando.

- the only danger being, that they are also highly addictive, and you may want to do more !!

Just a thought

Thats a great idea, thanks for that.
Do you know if it expensive on board for drinks and shore excursions etc?
Where do they go and can you tell me a bit more about them please?
We are going on a cruise for the first time a week on tuesday Can't wait.

Cheers Liz.

The short ones go to the Bahamas;

3 night (2 days) to Nassau and Disneys private island Castaway Cay.
4 night (3 days) to Nassau, Castaway Cay and a day at sea.
There are longer (but more expensive ones) that either do the Western or Eastern Caribbean - though there are some special cruises next year to East, and also the West, coast of Mexico)

All food and soft drinks are all inclusive - as is most entertainment. Shore excursions are extra but IMO unnecessary on such a short cruise - at least for a first one !
Main payable extras are alcoholic drinks and tips (there is a set scale that you can look up).

I would strongly advise you to book wit a US T/A to save some serious money - these are some reputable ones;
Dreamsunlimited
Vacationstogo
Costco
Allseasons
Mouse Ear Vacations

You will find loads of information on the Dreamsunlimited website and other very good sources of information are the cruise sections of the following specialist Disney discussion boards ; The American 'Dis Board', and the UK version of this call the 'Dibb'.

Even better value are Royal Caribbean cruises,have a look at Sovereign of the Seas for a 3 or 4 night trip to the Bahamas,(Nassau and Cococay)-you can swim with dolphins onone of their excursions- or if you want a week then look at Mariner of the Seas, both are super ships,sailing from Port Canaveral -she goes to the Caribbean-the port is the easiest of drives from Orlando- or RCCl will shuttleyou to the port from the airport if you don't want to drive. Mariner has a lot of WOW- main promenade with shops, theatres, an ice skating rink,sports court, inline skating ring,putt putt golf, 4pools,rock climbing wall- never ending variety of things to do and see and it's all included in the cost of the cruise. You can be as hectic or as relaxed as you want to be.

Yes, I have to agree with the above post, Disney cruises are certainly not the cheapest !!

....but it I suppose it will depend how much you still want to carry on with the Disney experience whilst in Florida.One thing I can say, Disney cruises are done to the same Disney quality standards you find at WDW.

Thankyou both

I am going to look into this, I would do 3days max as we are in a party who have never been to USA so want to show them around but this certainly would give us a few days to ourself and its a change from the norm.

Thanks again Liz.