javy2004
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Be warned, this is very wordy and long with something that may not even be that big a deal, given that this will take place during not such a busy time of year. So really, thank you if you have helpful words for what I'm asking about.
I'm planning on a trip with my sis from Jan 17th TH-21st M and I'm trying to be as efficient with my 4 day hopper as i can be. We're driving up on the 17th from Miami with the intent of making it to our hotel by 745-8am to hopefully be at rope drop for animal kingdom at 9am. Its our first time at any park other than MK, (I was 7 and she was 3 when we went to EPCOT in 92' I'm not counting that
) so I'm not sure how long we will be at AK. Since the park closes at 5pm, I figured we'd hop to EPCOT since they close at 9pm. The plan for Friday the 18th would be rope drop at HS and staying through to Fantasmic that night at 6:30 and then hop there to EPCOT being that they're open until 11pm for EMH. This was my original plans.
What I'm thinking now to do maybe is do HS our first day, reading that Thurs are not as busy, and I want my sis to be able to see Fantasmic with hopefully not a crazy huge crowd. I love the show, but I've already seen the show at DL and want to make sure my sis really enjoys it as well. Doing this would give us enough time to hop to EPCOT to maybe ride one or two less busy attractions and view Illuminations since HS closes at 7pm. i say maybe because I don't know how the rush is of people hopping from HS to EPCOT to do the same thing I'm thinking about doing. I'll consider it a win if i make it in time for Illuminations honestly. Day 2 would then be AK at rope drop then EPCOT for the rest of the day until 11 for EMH.
What is more worth it if you had to decide? I'll give more context for what my sis and I will want to experience at the parks.We're not so big into non-evening parades, meet and greets or musical shows.
At AK, we'll probably want to walk most or all the trails, ride Kilimanjaro Safaris, see Flights of Wonder and It's Tough to Be a Bug, the rides minus Triceratops Spin and Kali River Rapids (too cold) and will want a few rides on EE and Dinosaur.
At HS, we'll probably want to ride ST, TSMM, ToT, and RnR 2-3 times each, check out Indy, MV-3D, LMA, GMR, SBT as well and of course, Fantasmic.
At EPCOT, the only attractions I see us visiting more than once is TT and M:S. Gran Fiesta Tour and Maelstrom are the only WS attractions we plan on seeing. Soarin' isn't that big a deal to me (got to ride a couple of times in DCA) and I feel my sis will feel the same, so we'll ride it once along with the rest of FS. I wanna check out some things foodwise in WS, such as the Grand Marnier slush, Boulangerie Patisserie, Karamell-Küche, and La Cantina de San Angel. We aren't able to afford a lot of the more expensive food options (we're saving that for ADRs at Crystal Palace before opening and BoG) so at least we'd like to try a handful of less expensive offerings at EPCOT. I doubt we'll eat at all these spots, but they're on my list of places I want us to check out.
Saturday the 19th is our non-park day. We have breakfast ADRs at Kona Cafe' and we're going to check out some of the other hotels, more than likely the Poly and AKL and will check out DTD as well. I figured giving us a break from the parks will get us ready for the second half of the trip.
Sunday the 20th is when we have both of our ADRs and MK has evening EMHs so it'll be 15 hours at that park. No MSEP on this night though.
Monday the 21st will have us checking out of our hotel and using our last day to revisit whatever we liked best on previous days, maybe us starting with viewing the rope drop show at MK and ending up back at MK to catch the 7PM MSEP 8PM Wishes and right then heading back for Miami.
Halfway through I decided to include a brief description of days 3-5 if anyone has any suggestions to help us get the most out of our times at the park. My sis really likes Disney, but I want her to LOVE IT like I do
Again thanks to anyone that has any helpful words for us.
WHOO!! I think I took waaaay too long writing this out!
I'm planning on a trip with my sis from Jan 17th TH-21st M and I'm trying to be as efficient with my 4 day hopper as i can be. We're driving up on the 17th from Miami with the intent of making it to our hotel by 745-8am to hopefully be at rope drop for animal kingdom at 9am. Its our first time at any park other than MK, (I was 7 and she was 3 when we went to EPCOT in 92' I'm not counting that
What I'm thinking now to do maybe is do HS our first day, reading that Thurs are not as busy, and I want my sis to be able to see Fantasmic with hopefully not a crazy huge crowd. I love the show, but I've already seen the show at DL and want to make sure my sis really enjoys it as well. Doing this would give us enough time to hop to EPCOT to maybe ride one or two less busy attractions and view Illuminations since HS closes at 7pm. i say maybe because I don't know how the rush is of people hopping from HS to EPCOT to do the same thing I'm thinking about doing. I'll consider it a win if i make it in time for Illuminations honestly. Day 2 would then be AK at rope drop then EPCOT for the rest of the day until 11 for EMH.
What is more worth it if you had to decide? I'll give more context for what my sis and I will want to experience at the parks.We're not so big into non-evening parades, meet and greets or musical shows.
At AK, we'll probably want to walk most or all the trails, ride Kilimanjaro Safaris, see Flights of Wonder and It's Tough to Be a Bug, the rides minus Triceratops Spin and Kali River Rapids (too cold) and will want a few rides on EE and Dinosaur.
At HS, we'll probably want to ride ST, TSMM, ToT, and RnR 2-3 times each, check out Indy, MV-3D, LMA, GMR, SBT as well and of course, Fantasmic.
At EPCOT, the only attractions I see us visiting more than once is TT and M:S. Gran Fiesta Tour and Maelstrom are the only WS attractions we plan on seeing. Soarin' isn't that big a deal to me (got to ride a couple of times in DCA) and I feel my sis will feel the same, so we'll ride it once along with the rest of FS. I wanna check out some things foodwise in WS, such as the Grand Marnier slush, Boulangerie Patisserie, Karamell-Küche, and La Cantina de San Angel. We aren't able to afford a lot of the more expensive food options (we're saving that for ADRs at Crystal Palace before opening and BoG) so at least we'd like to try a handful of less expensive offerings at EPCOT. I doubt we'll eat at all these spots, but they're on my list of places I want us to check out.
Saturday the 19th is our non-park day. We have breakfast ADRs at Kona Cafe' and we're going to check out some of the other hotels, more than likely the Poly and AKL and will check out DTD as well. I figured giving us a break from the parks will get us ready for the second half of the trip.
Sunday the 20th is when we have both of our ADRs and MK has evening EMHs so it'll be 15 hours at that park. No MSEP on this night though.
Monday the 21st will have us checking out of our hotel and using our last day to revisit whatever we liked best on previous days, maybe us starting with viewing the rope drop show at MK and ending up back at MK to catch the 7PM MSEP 8PM Wishes and right then heading back for Miami.
Halfway through I decided to include a brief description of days 3-5 if anyone has any suggestions to help us get the most out of our times at the park. My sis really likes Disney, but I want her to LOVE IT like I do
WHOO!! I think I took waaaay too long writing this out!