Best time of day to go to each park in mid-July?

[buddy9797]

Trying to plan out my Disney itinerary for our trip next Friday!

We are going to Magic Kingdom for when it opens, and will be at Epcot in the early evening, ending with the IllumiNations fireworks show at the end of the night.

What is the best time of day to go to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios? We want to go during a time where the crowds are less busy, especially with Toy Story opening recently and Avatar's Flight of Passage still seeing long wait times. If we can only make it to three parks we'd eliminate Animal Kingdom.

 

[Brainleech419]

rope drop. but this is the wrong section of the forums

 

[scottriehm]

I agree that rope drop is probably the best time to visit any park as far as crowds and lines go. I personally love the Magic Kingdom during evening extra magic hours because there is certainly a lot fewer people than at rope drop, and with thinned out crowds and the dark, it seems like a completely different park altogether.

 

[allgiggles]

We usually go to Disney during the 3rd or 4th week of June. We like to do rope drop; stay until lunch time; head back to the resort for a swim or just cooling off in the a/c; back to a park for the evening.

 

[flynnibus]

Trying to plan out my Disney itinerary for our trip next Friday!

We are going to Magic Kingdom for when it opens, and will be at Epcot in the early evening, ending with the IllumiNations fireworks show at the end of the night.

What is the best time of day to go to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios? We want to go during a time where the crowds are less busy, especially with Toy Story opening recently and Avatar's Flight of Passage still seeing long wait times. If we can only make it to three parks we'd eliminate Animal Kingdom.

The only real way to see Pandora without huge waits is being there 30mins or more before park opening. But Pandora is also worth seeing at night! DHS, just use your Fast Pass strategy to see the highlights.

Flight of Passage is worth organizing your trip around IMO if you have any sort of thrill seekers in the group.

 

[JohnyKaz2078]

Trying to plan out my Disney itinerary for our trip next Friday!

We are going to Magic Kingdom for when it opens, and will be at Epcot in the early evening, ending with the IllumiNations fireworks show at the end of the night.

What is the best time of day to go to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios? We want to go during a time where the crowds are less busy, especially with Toy Story opening recently and Avatar's Flight of Passage still seeing long wait times. If we can only make it to three parks we'd eliminate Animal Kingdom.

Animal Kingdom is worth at least half a day. Hollywood Studios isn't a full-day park yet so you can spend your morning in AK go back to your resort and relax and then go to HS in early evening. If you have thrill seekers in the group you should definitely go to AK for FOP, Everest and Dinosaur.

If you wanna go to FOP, be there at least 30 minutes before park opening. For TSL you can visit it last thing at night (looks awesome at night btw).

 

[JIMINYCR]

Early, early, early. With the crowds building you want to try getting in long before everyone mobs the park. Plan out your most desired attractions and target them first. Have a good plan set in your mind and know the way around the parks. Get your FP+ arranged so you can use them and lock in your next one before the best ones get locked out. The other advantage of getting in early is being able to beat the more intense heat and humidity.