Family oriented vacations

[mommyof4]

Don't have time to give a lot of specifics, but Omaha's Henry Doorley Zoo is fantastic. Omaha is big enough to find things for the family to do, but not impossible to get around in.

[DebbieL]

I absolutely LOVE going to Disneyland for family vacations (3-4 people), and highly recommend it because you can do the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knotts Berry Farm, etc. as well as Disneyland. However, I don't know if I would want to try to do it in a group as large as you are talking about. Lots of people do go there as large families and love it, but I don't think it would be my thing.

PS - I don't recommend Disneyland at any time that school is out or holiday weekends, etc. I like going in October (great weather, lighter crowds), or early December (decked out for the holidays but before the extremely busy Christmas rush).

[triton]

What about out of country?
We just got back from Tulum Mexico and it was amazing!! Tulum is about 2hrs south of Cancun. It is not very touristy the beach there is rated 2nd in the caribbean. I know you said no beach but...there is so much to see and do besides the beach. We went to two ruins the Tulum ruins which are on a cliff over looking the ocean and Coba which is inland in the jungle(this one was amazing). Chechen itza(I'm sure I spelled that wrong) is about 1.5 hrs away. There are also Cenotes which are sinkholes in the limestone and the water is crystal clear. I have to say the cenote was the highlight of the trip they are amazing!! Look them up if you have never seen one.
We also snorkeled with sea turtles there were about 8 of them the day we were there, along with sting rays which were bigger than my arm span.
The reef is not too far off the beach and on a calm day swimming out to it is easy. We took a boat to it because of the kids.
The best part about Tulum is that it is not touristy like Cancun, Playa, and Cozumel on any given day we could look both ways up the beach and maybe see 5 people.
We rented a house that slept 12 but there is another really cute resort(no big high rise hotels here just cabanas on the beach) that with your group size you could rent out the whole thing..
I also forgot to say that there were 12 of us including 4 kids ages (13-3).
We have been to disney (more times than we can count), been to Denmark (traveled all over), and to Seoul Korea and I have to say that Tulum beat them all hands down and it was safe never felt unsafe like we did in Korea and one time in Denmark.
We rented a large van to get around and it was very easy, not scary like everyone told us.
Well I could go on and on.... If you want more info PM me or post here.
Good luck with you decision
PS...I am not a travel agent just someone who is addicted to traveling(as DH says it's my drug)...

[tripods68]

We don't multi-family vacations for the simply fact it just CHAOS. We rather do our own family thing, follow our itinerary and be a certain place at specified time.

Consider also LegoLand in Carlsbad California. Excellent vacation trip for family with kids ages 4-9.

[fruitbowlk]

I haven't been yet but I'm going this summer.


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[mommyof4]

Another great place are the Black Hills in South Dakota- absolutely beautiful, you can hit Mt. Rushmore, caves, shopping, hiking, swimming, etc, and it's all reasonably priced, too.