Working on planning a trip for late '26, and trying to figure out exactly how many days I would need for the parks. I know crowds can vary, but I'm thinking the only park I would possibly need multiple days for would be Magic Kingdom. The others seem like 1-Day parks no matter what. At least based on our families specific situation:
1.) Animal Kingdom: I feel like there's only a handful of rides, with lightning lane, I feel like there's not enough that it would take multiple days. Maybe we miss a show? Or we don't see every animal exhibit? We live in SoCal, so with San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, we are okay if we miss seeing some animals.
2.) Hollywood Studios: Living in SoCal, we visit Disneyland at least once a year. So we're fine if we skip Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Midway Mania. If we remove those, I feel like the rest of the park should be doable no matter the crowds.
3.) Epcot: When I went just with my wife 10 years ago, we spent two days at the park. Drinking around the World accomplished! However, this time we're bringing our 7-year-old. So besides the rides, I don't think we're going to spending much time in the World Area. I can't see him wanting to explore that area much, and frankly we're okay with that. So then the focus will just be on the rides. We're also looking at possibly staying at Swan/Dolphin possibly to get the early entry perk to hit up Frozen/Remy's as efficiently as possible. We are find skipping Soarin' as well.
4.) Magic Kingdom: So many rides! I could see if the crowds were insane, that this could take 2 days as well.
I feel like it's cheaper to add an extra day to the park ticket rather than try to get an Lightning Lane Premier for that one park. Also, I think we can save on the hopper, as we'd rather relax and hit a park a day instead.
Does that logic sound good? 5-Days to get everything that's new or unique to the east coast? We're going to also have some rest days sprinkled in there. (And for Universal, I think with Express we could easily finish each park in a day.)
1.) Animal Kingdom: I feel like there's only a handful of rides, with lightning lane, I feel like there's not enough that it would take multiple days. Maybe we miss a show? Or we don't see every animal exhibit? We live in SoCal, so with San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, we are okay if we miss seeing some animals.
2.) Hollywood Studios: Living in SoCal, we visit Disneyland at least once a year. So we're fine if we skip Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Midway Mania. If we remove those, I feel like the rest of the park should be doable no matter the crowds.
3.) Epcot: When I went just with my wife 10 years ago, we spent two days at the park. Drinking around the World accomplished! However, this time we're bringing our 7-year-old. So besides the rides, I don't think we're going to spending much time in the World Area. I can't see him wanting to explore that area much, and frankly we're okay with that. So then the focus will just be on the rides. We're also looking at possibly staying at Swan/Dolphin possibly to get the early entry perk to hit up Frozen/Remy's as efficiently as possible. We are find skipping Soarin' as well.
4.) Magic Kingdom: So many rides! I could see if the crowds were insane, that this could take 2 days as well.
I feel like it's cheaper to add an extra day to the park ticket rather than try to get an Lightning Lane Premier for that one park. Also, I think we can save on the hopper, as we'd rather relax and hit a park a day instead.
Does that logic sound good? 5-Days to get everything that's new or unique to the east coast? We're going to also have some rest days sprinkled in there. (And for Universal, I think with Express we could easily finish each park in a day.)
