Anyone have a plan, even a loose plan for each day of the week?

[Dad 2 M & M]

Roughly based on our speculation on crowds, here is our generic plan for each day of the week:

Mondays - AK followed by late P.M. MK - this may change now that AK is open late
Tuesdays - MK followed by evening DHS
Wednesdays - Nothing solid...Epcot usually and evening at MK
Thursdays - DHS midday to close
Fridays - DHS A.M. and evening at Epcot
Saturdays - we avoid MK until late, no preference of Park, but have to be in one early A.M.
Sundays - Breakfast ressie in a Park, evening at MK

Above is way over-simplified and does not take into consideration trips of 3 days or less, and certainly doesn't cover any changes due to holidays, ressies or FPs....

 

[DisneyJoe]

We've had similar plans over the years, but much depends on the time of year, park hours, who is traveling, special events, purpose of the trip, crowd calendar, etc, although I have never exactly tied something specifically to the day of the week, too many variables.

 

[DHoy]

We always arrive on Saturday and leave the following Saturday

Sunday - MK all day
Monday - pool
Tuesday - animal kingdom
Wednesday - studios
Thursday - water park or pool
Friday -Epcot
Saturday - leave

 

[Plowboy]

We usually go during Food & Wine, so we plan our park days around park hours and which bands play "eat to the beat" when we're there.

 

[HurricaneHanna]

We always make a plan before our trips but it's not the same from one trip to the next and it's not tied to the day of the week. I usually start out by getting reservations in place for the hardest to get dining situations such as California Grill during Wishes, pre park opening breakfasts, BOG dinner, etc. I also consider park hours and take advantage of whichever park is open latest. We never stay in any one place for longer than 3-4 hours. We park hop and we spend time at our resort daily. We also go to DS at least once. I try to make the plan such that we never bus more than once each day round trip. We tend to favor the parks that we can walk to and since we usually stay at YC or BC that means lots of time in Epcot (especially WS) and a few quick trips to Hollywood Studios.

 

[smbarr]

We have a plan as well, but it changes with each trip and is dependent on what is happening. During Flower and Garden and Food and Wine, we spend more time at Epcot. During the holidays, we spend more time at MK because of the parties. AK is my favorite park, so we always add extra time around that as well.

 

[KikoKea]

We always have a plan for each day based on EMHs, ADRs, and park hours. We park hop, and usually give HS and AK a morning, with a day in the middle of the trip to resort hop. Have fun!

 

[bsiev1977]

I plan each day around park hours and ADRs.

The only thing that is absolute from trip to trip is that the last day is spent at MK.

 

[Disney4family]

We always have a plan. We do the parks everyday and flip/flop between the pool and the parks at night (leaning more towards the parks). The kids enjoy the pool, but even they know that while they could always swim at home, they can't get their pixie dust fix there.
Since we stay at BLT, the MK is the first place we head to when we get of the "Mickey Bus" and the last place we see (through tears) when we reluctantly head home.
Dinnertime becomes a toss up of talking about what we'll be doing 6 months from now...6 weeks from now... and "would you rather...?"
Half the fun of a trip is the planning and anticipating!

 

[KikoKea]

I plan each day around park hours and ADRs.

The only thing that is absolute from trip to trip is that the last day is spent at MK.

We do the same! Every now and then, we can't so always make that last night at Epcot- next trip, our last day (2 Oct) is a MK party night. We love Epcot, though, so lingering by the fountain and SE is a pretty good 2nd choice.

 

[PaulaT]

We always have a plan, this upcoming trip is 10 days and includes water parks. Usually is made around ADR's but the this trip the first full day is my birthday so it's everything I wanted to do and the last day we are going to hit one ride in all 4 parks (we did it last year and was so much fun--)

 

[Tinkerfan4ever]

We always have some sort of plan. When we go with another family - our plan is a little more structured to ensure that we try to do everything that family wants to do. When it is just the 4 of us in our family, our plan is a little more relaxed.
This is our rough plan for this year... we are trying a bunch of new restaurants too, which we don't normally do when someone is with us.

Fri - Arrive late - get to Poly and sleep
Sat - Blizzard Beach & Last Hoop De Doo Show (new)
Sun - Magic Kingdom & lunch at Liberty Tree (new)
Mon - Animal Kingdom & supper at Yak & Yeti (new)
Tue - no park plans (we will end up somewhere) & dinner at Whispering Canyon
Wed - Typhoon Lagoon & dinner at Ohana & Late EMH at MK (if we aren't exhausted)
Thur - Epcot & dinner at La Hacienda de San Angel (new - hopeing to see Illuminations from here... 745 reservation)
Fri - Hollywood Studios & fantasmic dining package at Mama Melrose (new)
Sat - we have a later flight out so we will probably pack up and head to get food and to a park somewhere.

 

[Pinoke76]

I couldn't imagine turning up without our detailed daily plan, and usually set that plan at 180 days when I can make my ADRs.
We tend to travel specifically to avoid peak crowds, so there is always some flexibility in the plan for weather or sickness.

Our last day is usually the nearest park to where we are staying, unless another has morning extra magic hours. We like to make the most of the final day