Two years ago, I went to WDW with my wife, my then 2 1/2-year-old daughter, brother and sister-in-law, and their 2-year-old daughter, and three grandparents. My brother and I took it as a challenge to visit many of the top attractions, both for kids and adults, while never having to wait in line. The other adults put their trust in us, told us the attractions they were most interested in seeing, and we formulated a plan. One morning at MK is a good example of our craziness. Here's what we did (editing out time for potty breaks, snacks, random "playing").
1) Waited (the whole group) for the rope drop in the castle. When the rope dropped, my brother and I, carrying our kids, sprinted to Dumbo, rode the first ride without waiting.
2) Our wives got in line about 25 people behind us. When we completed the ride, we handed off the kids to them, and the kids rode again without waiting.
3) During the second Dumbo ride, I ran to Pooh, saw the Fastpass time opened up 5 minutes later. Got Fastpasses for the family.
4) The kids rode the Merry Go Round. We noticed the Pooh Fastpass time had opened up, so my brother ran to Splash Mountain and back, getting Fastpasses for the family there (which opened up in 15 minutes).
5) Went on Pooh with Fastpasses, no wait (the regular line was up to 10-15 minutes).
5a) Met Donald Duck
6) Went to Splash Mountain, rode it with no wait (rather than switching off, one adult stayed with the kids who played in a playground area near there).
7) Kids took the train to Mickey's land. I ran across the park, got Fastpasses for Space mountain for the adults, and met the kids at Donald's Boat.
8) Kids rode Goofy's coaster (got lucky, no wait yet), played for a while in Mickey's land.
9) Went to Space Moutain, adults rode with no wait.
10) Went on Tommorrowland Transit Authority, no wait.
11) Went to Main Street (laughed at all the people still arriving), took train to back of park.
12) Got Fastpasses for Haunted Mansion (the wait was short, but why not make it shorter?)
13) Arrived at Country Bear Jamboree just before show began. Did show with no wait.
14) Did Pirates of the Carribean (no wait)
15) One of us ran to get Peter Pan Fastpasses while the rest did Haunted Mansion (no wait)
16) It's a Small World (as always, no wait)
17) Peter Pan (no wait with Fastpasses)
18) Went back to hotel for naps with very happy kids who didn't wait for anything. Laughed at 1 hour lines for Dumbo, 30 minute waits for other rides. Laughed at people (still) just arriving now at the parks
Okay, so my brother and I got a good workout from running between all the Fastpass machines. But it was worth it! (And it makes a great "We conquered the Magic Kingdom" story.)
Anybody else have similar crazy "beat the lines" stories?
1) Waited (the whole group) for the rope drop in the castle. When the rope dropped, my brother and I, carrying our kids, sprinted to Dumbo, rode the first ride without waiting.
2) Our wives got in line about 25 people behind us. When we completed the ride, we handed off the kids to them, and the kids rode again without waiting.
3) During the second Dumbo ride, I ran to Pooh, saw the Fastpass time opened up 5 minutes later. Got Fastpasses for the family.
4) The kids rode the Merry Go Round. We noticed the Pooh Fastpass time had opened up, so my brother ran to Splash Mountain and back, getting Fastpasses for the family there (which opened up in 15 minutes).
5) Went on Pooh with Fastpasses, no wait (the regular line was up to 10-15 minutes).
5a) Met Donald Duck
6) Went to Splash Mountain, rode it with no wait (rather than switching off, one adult stayed with the kids who played in a playground area near there).
7) Kids took the train to Mickey's land. I ran across the park, got Fastpasses for Space mountain for the adults, and met the kids at Donald's Boat.
8) Kids rode Goofy's coaster (got lucky, no wait yet), played for a while in Mickey's land.
9) Went to Space Moutain, adults rode with no wait.
10) Went on Tommorrowland Transit Authority, no wait.
11) Went to Main Street (laughed at all the people still arriving), took train to back of park.
12) Got Fastpasses for Haunted Mansion (the wait was short, but why not make it shorter?)
13) Arrived at Country Bear Jamboree just before show began. Did show with no wait.
14) Did Pirates of the Carribean (no wait)
15) One of us ran to get Peter Pan Fastpasses while the rest did Haunted Mansion (no wait)
16) It's a Small World (as always, no wait)
17) Peter Pan (no wait with Fastpasses)
18) Went back to hotel for naps with very happy kids who didn't wait for anything. Laughed at 1 hour lines for Dumbo, 30 minute waits for other rides. Laughed at people (still) just arriving now at the parks
Okay, so my brother and I got a good workout from running between all the Fastpass machines. But it was worth it! (And it makes a great "We conquered the Magic Kingdom" story.)
Anybody else have similar crazy "beat the lines" stories?