Going to Disneyworld in april, need tips please

MK-fan

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Hello all, ill be going to disneyworld from april 5-11, we will be at the parks from the thurs the 6th to the Sunday the 10th, would like to know which days are best to go to certain parks, also how busy do you think it will be? Which attractions should i get fastpasses for at each park? Whats the best bang for my buck for dinner at the parks? Thanks, any other tips would be appreciated.
 

Disney4family

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We went over spring break two years ago. It's crowded (honestly when is it not these days), but you'll have a blast.
There are many ways to plan. You can base your days on:
a) whether or not your family would like to get up early or not and enjoy Extra Magic Hours in the parks (for example - 4/7 has an extra hour in the morning at MK, 4/8 at AK, 4/9 at MK & HS, 4/10 at MK & AK)
b) whether or not your family likes to stay up late & would enjoy EMH in the evening in the parks (for example - 4/6 has 2 extra hours in the evening at Epcot)
c) you want to enjoy a table-service meal in the park you are enjoying that day
d) whether or not you wish to add a Park Hopper to your ticket to enjoy more than one park a day
e) the ages & interests of your family as far as attractions & FPs go
There's tons of information on this site and others (as well as Disney's actual site). I also love to play around on this site -
http://allears.net/pl/planning.htm
Good luck. Don't worry. Whatever you end up doing, you'll have fun. It's a special place for many people in their own special way.
 

Marco226

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Don't plan too much! lol
I mean, yeah, reserve whatever you need asap, but I would balance all of the planned stuff with things you can do on the fly, like shopping and dining at Disney Springs or pool time at whatever hotel. You'd be surprised at how much fun you can still have at WDW with a relaxed, spontaneous day thrown in the mix.
 

Sonconato

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As other posters have mentioned, there really is no slow season anymore and since it's during the Spring Break Season that will also add to the crowd level. Just to give you a heads up, Saturdays at MK and EPCOT are very crowded, so if I were you I would plan around that. In fact, you'll find that the crowds are mostly increased at all the Parks on Saturdays with Sundays following in second place.

Also, I would recommend you schedule your Fastpasses as early as you can based on when you plan to arrive at the Park of choice. Also, schedule the more popular rides you most desire and schedule them one right after the other. For example, if you plan arriving at 9:00 am, you can schedule your first one at 9, second at 10 and third at 11. Once you've used them all, you can continue with scheduling more for the rest of the day. Some people make the mistake of scheduling 2 in the morning and 1 at night, like at 8 or 9:00 pm, which means you can't make anymore Fastpasses until after your last one is used. We often will schedule Fastpasses back to back and we can hit a total of 5 or 6 rides and do some browsing through shops all within just a few hours. I hope that makes sense.

Again, as @Disney4family mentioned, it all depends on other plans.
 

EvilQueen-T

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Epcot on the weekends is always busier than during the week. MK is always crazy. Just be patient and realistic with what you want to get done in a day. Make dining reservations or be prepared for quick serve. You're missing Easter so that will help but a lot of people hit Spring break anywhere from mid March to mid April so that can increase the crowds but otherwise you've picked a good time of year to go. If you've never been to FL before be aware it's already getting pretty warm by April...usually upper 80s sometimes into the 90s by then. While most places are just getting warm in April we're already in the 80s now in mid Feb.
 

rufio

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Which days are best to go to certain parks?
I'd recommend taking a look at a crowd calendar! Undercover Tourist and Kenny the Pirate are two I look at regularly!

How busy do you think it will be?
Extremely busy. Be prepared to stand in lines and fight through a few crowds.

Which attractions should I get FastPasses for at each park?
Magic Kingdom:
Seven Dwarves Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight, Space Mountain
Epcot: Soarin, Test Track, Frozen Ever After
Animal Kingdom: Kilimanjaro Safari, Expedition Everest, Kali River Rapids
Hollywood Studios: Rock N' Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror

Whats the best bang for my buck for dinner at the parks?
This really depends on whether you're looking for table or quick service.
 

thomas998

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Which attractions should I get FastPasses for at each park?
Magic Kingdom:
Seven Dwarves Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight, Space Mountain
Epcot: Soarin, Test Track, Frozen Ever After
Animal Kingdom: Kilimanjaro Safari, Expedition Everest, Kali River Rapids
Hollywood Studios: Rock N' Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror

I would not waste a pass on Space Mountain, just try to hit it early in the morning because it doesn't tend to get that crowded for maybe an hour or 2 after the park opens. We've been able to ride it, get off and ride again 3 times in a row in the mornings when ever we've hit it right as the park opens... Now if you wait it will get a serious line later on. But don't waste a pass on it... Instead use it for Thunder Mountain or Splash Mountain depending on which you prefer, they will likely have worse lines. Frankly I think you've probably already missed the mine train window and the passes are probably already gone by now. If that's the case you need to be ready to hit that ride early one day and still be ready to stand in line for at least an hour or more.

I would also consider putting Dinosaurs as one of the three Animal Kingdom so you really have 4 decent rides and need to pick which you prefer and then try to hit the other early when you first arrive with no pass.

Hollywood studios you should add Star Tours to your list as it can get crowded.


In general you didn't say if you were doing a park hopper or single park per day. If you do the single park per day then look at a calendar and make sure you do a park on the day it is open the maximum number of hours. No point in going to AK on a day that MK has longer hours because your wasting park time.

If on the other hand you are doing a park hopper then try to hit AK or HS with as early as possible fastpasses and then possibly use the later half of the day to hit the other park because honestly AK and HS aren't what I would call full day parks and if you could cram those two on to a single day it would give you 2 days for MK and 2 full days at EPCOT. At the very least try for 2 days at MK if you are dedicated to 1 full day at each of the other parks because it will probably require the most time to do it all in.

As for food, that's a personal thing.... Are you wanting to eat because of the quality of the food or the atmosphere because some places have lots of atmosphere but really bad food (Be Our Guest for any meal and Cinderella's castle for breakfast are two of the worst places for food taste wise but considered great places for atmosphere). Also consider what you can get with your meal, a character meal while costing more than a normal meal does have the benefit of getting meet and greets and autographs with some characters so you don't have to stand in line for them later so really you are buying some free time with them that gets you out of a line. So if you have kids that want Pooh and friend you do a Crystal Palace and then don't have to stand in line for an autograph else where.... If you want Cinderella you can do either a meal in the castle (not very tasty) or at 1200 Park Fare (at dinner and decent)..... But unless you say what your looking for no one will be able to give you any good advice only random advice.

Also are you staying on site or off-site because if you are on-site you can already start signing up for the fastpass.

Also a couple of things about the fastpass... when you first pick attractions for a day don't get too worried about them being spread out throughout the day you can change the times on individual picks after you've got your initial picks completed.

Also if you do get all your passes in say the morning then you can add an additional pass for that afternoon if they are available but only from inside the park want the pass from. So if you knock off all your passes in AK by noon you can sign up for another AK attractions but if you wanted to try for something like an MK attraction that afternoon you need to go to MK to sign up for it because it wont let you sign up for attractions after the first three in a park you aren't already inside.
 

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