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All 4 Parks in one day, can it be done?
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4everDory
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Yep! We did it! We even ate a TS meal at Sci-Fi for lunch that day. You have to start early and finish at a park w/ evening EMH. The biggest problem is transportation from park-to-park...it can eat up some of your time. Our problem was that we ended up leaving MK at closing and needed to get to Epcot to finish out the night...lines were HORRIBLE! We ended up taking the bus to YC/BC and walking to Epcot from there. Would we do it again? Probably not...I was SO TIRED that I had to take the elevator to the 2nd floor...my legs were too numb to walk up the steps. Are we glad we did it? You bet! Major accomplishment for DD9 (it was her idea 
) DH and DD13 made it to 3 of 4...DD13 has Aspergers, and was just too physically worn out to continue, but we were SO proud of her going all day! Major accomplishment for her, too 
Wish there were a trading pin, though, that says "4 Parks in a Day!"
) DH and DD13 made it to 3 of 4...DD13 has Aspergers, and was just too physically worn out to continue, but we were SO proud of her going all day! Major accomplishment for her, too Wish there were a trading pin, though, that says "4 Parks in a Day!"
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It's a mission, not for the faint of heart I guess! We have a pretty fast moving group and know what we want to hit (9 rides/shows at MK, 4 at HS, 3 at AK and 4 at Epcot). We will have a rental car so hopefully that will cut down on travel time at 40 minutes a ride that is 13 hours! That doesn't take into consideration travel time and stops for snacks and bathroom or maybe lunch. I guesstimate that it will be a solid 15 hours of park hopping craziness. We can then take the remaining 3 days to chill out at the resort and do the other recreational activities.
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sbkline
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If you estimate 3 hours per park, that's 12 hours, plus travel time so we'll assume maybe an hour or so eaten up in travel time. 12 hours would be like 9 AM to 9 PM, so you could probably even make it 4 hours per park (on average...so perhaps 5 at Magic Kingdom and 3 at Animal Kingdom), for a total of 16 hours. So if you factor in an hour to travel, that would be 17 hours. But that would be like 9 AM to 2 AM and the only way that would be possible would be to make it on a Magic Kingdom EMH night when MK would normally close at 11 and is open until 2 AM for EMH guests.
Problem is, since most of your attractions that you want to do are at MK, I would suggest doing that park FIRST...get there when it first opens and hit all the attractions quick. Perhaps even go on morning EMH day for Magic Kingdom. Get there at 8 AM, quickly knock out everything you can during that hour, and for anything that might not participate in morning EMH, do it last, after 9 AM. Theoretically, you could have those 9 things at MK done in an hour or two, then high tale it to the next park and so on.
But if you're really serious about wanting to do this, you need to strategically plan it based on park hours. For example, if Animal Kingdom closes at 6 PM that day, you naturally don't want to plan to make that park your last stop. So maybe do it right after Magic Kingdom (if you do decide to do MK first for the reasons I gave). Or maybe do Animal Kingdom first, on AK morning EMH day. Then rush over to Magic Kingdom. Either way, since Animal Kingdom always closes around 6 PM at the latest (except on EMH night, when it may be open till 9 or so), I wouldn't plan on making this park the last stop under any circumstance, even evening EMH.
I've never tried it, but as I think about it, I would think that certain conditions would have to be present in order for this to be "doable". If you're talking about a peak time, then I don't see how it could be possible. The first park, sure...before all the crowds arrive. But once the crowds come and the fastpasses start backing up, every ride you might want to do at a park may have huge lines and fastpass return times several hours away. I would think that this would only be doable if you go during a time of year when you can have relatively easy access to the rides.
Another option would be to go on that one day during the week (usually Monday, I think) when there are two parks doing EMH: Animal Kingdom for AM and Hollywood Studios for PM. That way, you can start at 8 AM at AK, knock out everything you want to do there, do MK and Epcot (in whichever order, probably MK first since you have more there to do) and then close the day out with evening EMH at DHS.
But I would strongly suggest taking advantage of morning EMH at whichever park you want to do first because, it seems to me that you can get alot more done in that one hour before the park opens than you can in the 3 hours after a park closes. During AM EMH, you beat all the sleepy heads to the park and have it to yourself for an hour. But during evening EMH, you're there with massive throngs of people who are wide awake and ready to spend more time in the park. I've been at Epcot before for evening EMH and was able to walk right onto such rides as Maelstrom, Grand Fiesta, Living with the Land and Nemo, but when it comes to Soarin', Test Track and Mission Space, forget it.
Sorry if I rambled too much and you fell asleep reading my long post. But I just wanted to throw a few thoughts out there on how to execute this plan. But like I said, I would suggest either doing MK first on morning EMH day, or finding the day that has a morning EMH for one park and an evening EMH for another (and this only happens on one day of the week) in order to maximize your time and take the best advantage of a dead park.
Problem is, since most of your attractions that you want to do are at MK, I would suggest doing that park FIRST...get there when it first opens and hit all the attractions quick. Perhaps even go on morning EMH day for Magic Kingdom. Get there at 8 AM, quickly knock out everything you can during that hour, and for anything that might not participate in morning EMH, do it last, after 9 AM. Theoretically, you could have those 9 things at MK done in an hour or two, then high tale it to the next park and so on.
But if you're really serious about wanting to do this, you need to strategically plan it based on park hours. For example, if Animal Kingdom closes at 6 PM that day, you naturally don't want to plan to make that park your last stop. So maybe do it right after Magic Kingdom (if you do decide to do MK first for the reasons I gave). Or maybe do Animal Kingdom first, on AK morning EMH day. Then rush over to Magic Kingdom. Either way, since Animal Kingdom always closes around 6 PM at the latest (except on EMH night, when it may be open till 9 or so), I wouldn't plan on making this park the last stop under any circumstance, even evening EMH.
I've never tried it, but as I think about it, I would think that certain conditions would have to be present in order for this to be "doable". If you're talking about a peak time, then I don't see how it could be possible. The first park, sure...before all the crowds arrive. But once the crowds come and the fastpasses start backing up, every ride you might want to do at a park may have huge lines and fastpass return times several hours away. I would think that this would only be doable if you go during a time of year when you can have relatively easy access to the rides.
Another option would be to go on that one day during the week (usually Monday, I think) when there are two parks doing EMH: Animal Kingdom for AM and Hollywood Studios for PM. That way, you can start at 8 AM at AK, knock out everything you want to do there, do MK and Epcot (in whichever order, probably MK first since you have more there to do) and then close the day out with evening EMH at DHS.
But I would strongly suggest taking advantage of morning EMH at whichever park you want to do first because, it seems to me that you can get alot more done in that one hour before the park opens than you can in the 3 hours after a park closes. During AM EMH, you beat all the sleepy heads to the park and have it to yourself for an hour. But during evening EMH, you're there with massive throngs of people who are wide awake and ready to spend more time in the park. I've been at Epcot before for evening EMH and was able to walk right onto such rides as Maelstrom, Grand Fiesta, Living with the Land and Nemo, but when it comes to Soarin', Test Track and Mission Space, forget it.
Sorry if I rambled too much and you fell asleep reading my long post. But I just wanted to throw a few thoughts out there on how to execute this plan. But like I said, I would suggest either doing MK first on morning EMH day, or finding the day that has a morning EMH for one park and an evening EMH for another (and this only happens on one day of the week) in order to maximize your time and take the best advantage of a dead park.
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By no means did you ramble, I appreciate all the info and it has given me tons of food for thought. Since we will likely be there the day before Thanksgiving-that Sunday I have to pick the right day. Obviously that weekend is one of the busiest of the year but it does not say how busy it is Wed and Thursday (actual thanksgiving day). I'm thinking many people will be home sharing turkey with there loved ones and that may be the day to go to the parks. I'm not sure. I definately have to get a firm plan together and then execute it.
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GenerationX
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Pick a day with morning EMH at the MK. Two reasons:
1. That's the park with the most attractions you want to see, and you can get more of them done quickly during morning EMH.
2. The time it takes to get from the parking lot to the entrance is substantially longer at the MK than at the other parks. You can then absorb that time drain before your day begins, rather than in the middle of it.
1. That's the park with the most attractions you want to see, and you can get more of them done quickly during morning EMH.
2. The time it takes to get from the parking lot to the entrance is substantially longer at the MK than at the other parks. You can then absorb that time drain before your day begins, rather than in the middle of it.
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I hope this is just a challange of a lifetime, and not a vacation. You will be up (and walking) from 8:00AM to 2:00AM, a total of 17 hours !!!!!!!
The most important thing is not what park, but what Month! Years ago, my son, wife, went in march (I think), we were able to walk onto every ride in MK with absolutly no wait. Try Touringplans.com to find a date that is rated 1 out of 10, and go that day.
Stay at the Contemporary, so you can use the EMH and walk from the MK.
I would recomend doing this on a day that MK has 3 EMH evening hours. Then hit the parks in the order of AK then HS, then Epcot, then MK.
Every park grab a FP, and do 1 main attaction, 1 minor attarction, then the FP attraction, then if you have time 1 show.
Get to AK Early(8:00), do Tuskars Charactor B-fast, do 3 rides in less than 2 hours, Grab a Pizza and a drink , then at get a TAXI from AK to the HS
Get to HS around (12:00). At HS, do 4 Rides in less than 3 hours, the see Pixar Pal Parade at 3:00. Get as Close to the entrance as possible. Get a TAXI from HS to Epcot. TRY to catch a Nap in the taxi.
Get to Epcot by 4:00. Do 4 rides in less than 3 Hours. Grab a bratwurst in Germany, and while eating walk out the "Swan" exit, to grab a Taxi to MK. Tell the driver to go slow to catch 39 winks.
Get to MK by 8:00. Grab a sugar ladden snack, like fudge or cotten candy at a Main Street shop and watch the fireworks as you eat. Do "closing" rides first, then do as many EMH rides as possible. Carry your kids back to the Contemporary, and fall into bed still wearing your Micky Mouse ears.:lol:
The Next day, sleep into 9:00AM, and go to the Chef Micky B-Fast, suck down some caffine, and swear you will never EVER do somthing this dumb again!!!
The most important thing is not what park, but what Month! Years ago, my son, wife, went in march (I think), we were able to walk onto every ride in MK with absolutly no wait. Try Touringplans.com to find a date that is rated 1 out of 10, and go that day.
Stay at the Contemporary, so you can use the EMH and walk from the MK.
I would recomend doing this on a day that MK has 3 EMH evening hours. Then hit the parks in the order of AK then HS, then Epcot, then MK.
Every park grab a FP, and do 1 main attaction, 1 minor attarction, then the FP attraction, then if you have time 1 show.
Get to AK Early(8:00), do Tuskars Charactor B-fast, do 3 rides in less than 2 hours, Grab a Pizza and a drink , then at get a TAXI from AK to the HS
Get to HS around (12:00). At HS, do 4 Rides in less than 3 hours, the see Pixar Pal Parade at 3:00. Get as Close to the entrance as possible. Get a TAXI from HS to Epcot. TRY to catch a Nap in the taxi.
Get to Epcot by 4:00. Do 4 rides in less than 3 Hours. Grab a bratwurst in Germany, and while eating walk out the "Swan" exit, to grab a Taxi to MK. Tell the driver to go slow to catch 39 winks.
Get to MK by 8:00. Grab a sugar ladden snack, like fudge or cotten candy at a Main Street shop and watch the fireworks as you eat. Do "closing" rides first, then do as many EMH rides as possible. Carry your kids back to the Contemporary, and fall into bed still wearing your Micky Mouse ears.:lol:
The Next day, sleep into 9:00AM, and go to the Chef Micky B-Fast, suck down some caffine, and swear you will never EVER do somthing this dumb again!!!
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Dad 2 M & M
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BY using WDW transportation you could start at the The Magic Kingdom and move to Epcot by monorail, then to Hollywood Studios by boat or by walking. The Animal Kingdom is the only park that buses would be needed to move to or from another WDW park.
It is attainable, but the only way I see an E ticket could be ridden at each park is getting lucky in the two "middle" (not first in morning or last in evening) parks with short lines.
Give it a shot anyway.....your party will want to come back!
It is attainable, but the only way I see an E ticket could be ridden at each park is getting lucky in the two "middle" (not first in morning or last in evening) parks with short lines.
Give it a shot anyway.....your party will want to come back!
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DWLove
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Yes it can be done. This past August, even with it being super busy my sister and I were able to do Everest at AK, ToT 2 times at DHS, Test Track at EP and Space Mountain 2 times at MK and then got back to ASM before to Magical Express picked us up at 3:45, and we had time to sit and eat breakfast before we left for the park that morning and have lunch back at the hotel before getting on the magical express
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We will be staying at either AK Lodge or WL Lodge. We will definately hit M.K. first as it's the busiest park and the earlier you get there the better. We will not be using Disney Transportation exclusively. I plan on driving to Grand Floridian, parking there and hopping on the monorail. The first stop is MK. When done with MK, back to monorail and car to drive to AK. Then park at Boardwalk and hit DS, take boat from DS to Epcot. Once done with Epcot take boat back to Boardwalk then back to car! AK will be the only park where we have to park in the lot and do the ride to the entrance thing.
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s8film40
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Yes it can be done, but I wouldn't suggest it as an enjoyable experience unless you will be satisfied with doing just a few things in each park and leaving it at that.
I actually visited all 6 US parks in one day, it was a very tiring day but it gave me a really neat experience being able to compare each of the parks with them all very fresh in my memory.
I actually visited all 6 US parks in one day, it was a very tiring day but it gave me a really neat experience being able to compare each of the parks with them all very fresh in my memory.
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Mr Wizard
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Yes, certianly. My DW and I just did it a few years back. And for two kinda out of shape 50+ people we thought we did pretty good. Of course we realised there was no way of doing even most of the rides in any one park. So we picked our faves, got an early start, used the EMH and had a ball. Oh yeah, and we were done by 10:00PM. And I do mean DONE! As I recall the next day was a "pool day".
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sbkline
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Not trying to be argumentative or confrontational or anything, but I'm just curious what your rationale is for coming to the above conclusion? I'm not understanding how one could think that the E-ticket rides can best be done in the middle parks, rather than the first park of the day? It has been my experience that once you hit 11 AM, or noon or so, the lines for the E-Tickets are getting quite long and the fastpass return times could be anywhere from 2 PM to 7 PM, depending on how busy the park is. It has been my experience that you can hit the most rides, including "E-Ticket" rides by getting there at rope drop, or preferably, AM extra magic hours. For example, last time, we ate breakfast at Crystal Palace and were done before park opening. So we decided to start our day at FantasyLand, and we were at the castle waiting for rope drop. At rope drop, we promptly knocked out most of FantasyLand, then were able to go over to Haunted Mansion and hit a few other rides, and we had several rides under our belt by 10 AM. Granted, those weren't "E-ticket" rides, but we have gotten to the Magic Kingdom in the past, either for AM EMH, or right at rope drop and being able to knock out either Splash Mountain/Thunder Mountain, or Space Mountain (depending on which way we went) without any problem. Even when we did Space Mountain first, I don't think we had any problem trekking over to FrontierLand and doing the Mountains over there before the crowds started to build up.
When getting to Epcot first thing in the morning, we can normally walk right onto Test Track, and then at least get a fastpass for Soarin', and when we get to HollyWood Studios first thing, I can normally walk right onto the two E-tickets on Sunset Boulevard with no problem.
And just curious, were you suggesting that he save Animal Kingdom for last? That is the earliest park to close, so if he saves that one for last, he's likely to not be able to even get in, let alone have time to do what he needs to do there, IMO.
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loveofamouse
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it''s not that hard. my cousins and I did it and we hit all 4 in less than 2hrs. In fact, Security flagged us because we swiped our tickets 4 times in barely an hour. They thought it was fraud. lol
Now there were a few things working in our favor. Crowds were really low making transportation easy. Also made lines at rides really nonexistant. We were also teens and doing alot of running. lol. We went to every park hitting all of the e ticket rides.
Now there were a few things working in our favor. Crowds were really low making transportation easy. Also made lines at rides really nonexistant. We were also teens and doing alot of running. lol. We went to every park hitting all of the e ticket rides.
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yoyoflamingo
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MiceChat actually did a Gumball Rally in WDW a few years ago to try it. 4 attractions per park, some of which weren't short (Hall of Presidents, Backlot Tour, etc.). If I remember correctly, we had about 10 hours to complete (10AM-8PM) Most people did finish, but Carousel of Progress broke down on us, so we missed the answer to that one!
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Disney Dawg88
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Like one of the other posters asked, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? Just stepping foot in each park in one day (obviously it can easily be done) or are you planning on going to all four parks and riding several rides? If it's the later of the two then in all honesty you're picking the wrong time of year to try to accomplish this. I have never been to the parks on the holidays, actually I avoid them at all costs, but from what I've read Thanksgiving Day is the "slowest"
lookaroun) day of Thanksgiving week . . . but it's still going to be really packed. I'm just not sure that this is the best time to try to accomplish this especially if you're trying to go on a bunch of rides. I've gone to all four parks in one day several times and I was able to ride all of the rides in each park that I wanted to go on, but it definitely wasn't during a holiday period.
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