Need help figuring out FP for a park hopper day

[ELG13]

I found something to plan! Yay!
I know we have to use all three fp at our first park and we get the fourth rolling to use at the next park. I guess I need advice on how to do this with HS/Epcot. I think we probably are just going to have to decide what we want to do more and plan accordingly but I'm not sure about fp availability on the day of for some rides so maybe y'all can help. So these are the rides we want to do at each and feel free to tell me what you think would be the best bet to get them all in (I know it's not guaranteed).
Hollywood Studios:
Tier 1
Runaway railway
Possibly slinky dog but it's not a necessity
Tier 2
You story mania
Swirling saucers

Epcot
Frozen

After organizing that I realize I just need to know which place i have a better shot at getting our tier 1 booked same day and maybe recommendations for rides at Epcot. We have a 9 and 5 year old. Neither of which are very adventurous and I will be 7 months pregnant so fairly limited as well. We have dining reservations in Epcot this night so the original plan was to start at Hollywood studios then head to Epcot but if we need to start at Epcot go to Hollywood studios and then go back to Epcot I'd be okay with that as well. Hollywood studios doesn't seem like it's going to offer much for us simply because we don't really get into a lot of shows and we are actually quite excited about the flower and garden festival that will be going on when we're there. I should also mention we're going on a Wednesday in May so we're hoping crowds will be lower than normal anyways so I'm hoping that gives us a better chance of getting on some good rides. Sorry if this is scatterbrained and makes no sense. I don't know much about HS or Epcot. I've done "research" but I'm definitely a person who learns better by doing and experiencing things so I need real tips from y'all.

 

[nickys]

A couple of questions and something that might help.

Will you be able to be at a park 30 minutes before park opening? And are you staying onsite?

If park hopping you do not need to book three FPs in the first park before being able to book another in the second park.
All your pre-booked Fps must be in the same park, but if you only pre-book one or two, you can book a third in the second park as soon as you tap in to your first FP. And that can be another tier 1 ride.

I would be tempted to rope drop DHS and do either the Runaway Railway or Slinky first, with an FP for the other one. Maybe also book an FP for Toy Story.

And when you enter the first FP, whilst still in line then try and get FEA for later on.

At the moment as far as booking FPs go, Slinky should be possible in the morning at 60+3, MMRR at 60+2. Maybe a day earlier for each with a bit of luck.

If you can’t get either, then rope drop MMRR since that’s your #1 priority, book an FP for TSMM. Same as before, try for FEA as soon as you tap into TSMM.

As far as Epcot goes, you could also do the 3 Caballeros in the Mexico pavilion, Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush in The Seas, Imagination, Living with the Land. And Spaceship Earth of course. All of which might be possible to get FPs for on the day (3 Caballeros doesn’t have FP).

If you just book TSMM, you could hopefully get FEA and Spaceship Earth as #2&3. And then see what you can pick up to help with the rest.

 

[ELG13]

A couple of questions and something that might help.

Will you be able to be at a park 30 minutes before park opening? And are you staying onsite?

If park hopping you do not need to book three FPs in the first park before being able to book another in the second park.
All your pre-booked Fps must be in the same park, but if you only pre-book one or two, you can book a third in the second park as soon as you tap in to your first FP. And that can be another tier 1 ride.

I would be tempted to rope drop DHS and do either the Runaway Railway or Slinky first, with an FP for the other one. Maybe also book an FP for Toy Story.

And when you enter the first FP, whilst still in line then try and get FEA for later on.

At the moment as far as booking FPs go, Slinky should be possible in the morning at 60+3, MMRR at 60+2. Maybe a day earlier for each with a bit of luck.

If you can’t get either, then rope drop MMRR since that’s your #1 priority, book an FP for TSMM. Same as before, try for FEA as soon as you tap into TSMM.

As far as Epcot goes, you could also do the 3 Caballeros in the Mexico pavilion, Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush in The Seas, Imagination, Living with the Land. And Spaceship Earth of course. All of which might be possible to get FPs for on the day (3 Caballeros doesn’t have FP).

If you just book TSMM, you could hopefully get FEA and Spaceship Earth as #2&3. And then see what you can pick up to help with the rest.

Thank you for the info!! TSMM is toy story mania right? What's the second M? Lol.

When you say 60+3...do you mean 63 days out? I thought we could only book 60 days out.
Also, if we only prebook 2 and wait on the 3rd fp, does that give some sort of priority booking? Or does it just save you the time of having to get all three out of the way before being able to book the 4th?
We don't usually rope drop and in all honesty, seeing how crazy HS is with everything right now, I don't think I could handle that chaos. We are staying at ft wilderness so we are on property. We also have a half day we can use if we need to. We always do a half day at animal kingdom because we like to do a sunset safari and dinner there so we could always go somewhere that morning.

 

[nickys]

Thank you for the info!! TSMM is toy story mania right? What's the second M? Lol.

When you say 60+3...do you mean 63 days out? I thought we could only book 60 days out.
Also, if we only prebook 2 and wait on the 3rd fp, does that give some sort of priority booking? Or does it just save you the time of having to get all three out of the way before being able to book the 4th?
We don't usually rope drop and in all honesty, seeing how crazy HS is with everything right now, I don't think I could handle that chaos. We are staying at ft wilderness so we are on property. We also have a half day we can use if we need to. We always do a half day at animal kingdom because we like to do a sunset safari and dinner there so we could always go somewhere that morning.

TSMM is Toy Story Midway Mania, although I think they dropped the Midway.

At 60 days out you can book for your whole stay. So 60+3 is your 4th day, arrival day being day 60.

If you don’t pre-book 3 FPs, it just means you can get the remainder up to 3 much sooner. Even if you book 2, you can get #3 as soon as you tap into the first. Which means you have a better chance than those who’ve booked all 3, as they will take longer to use them. And because you’re hopping you can get FEA even though it’s also a tier 1 ride. Between parks the tiers don’t matter. Within a park they do.

 

[ELG13]

TSMM is Toy Story Midway Mania, although I think they dropped the Midway.

At 60 days out you can book for your whole stay. So 60+3 is your 4th day, arrival day being day 60.

If you don’t pre-book 3 FPs, it just means you can get the remainder up to 3 much sooner. Even if you book 2, you can get #3 as soon as you tap into the first. Which means you have a better chance than those who’ve booked all 3, as they will take longer to use them. And because you’re hopping you can get FEA even though it’s also a tier 1 ride. Between parks the tiers don’t matter. Within a park they do.

Oh duh!!! 60+3! Oversight on my part!! Thanks for all the info!! I feel like I have a much better grasp on things.