1st timer - Best way to create touring plan & choose FPs

[notwifezilla]

Our ADRs, airline tickets, and reservations are booked. We're less than 6 months out, and now I want to try and figure out how to plan our days and select FPs.

I've read up some on Kenny the Pirate, saw the Touring Plans site, and have a few other lesser known sites pinned on pinterest, however I want some real world feedback. We're staying 9/23-29 at BLT.

Our plan in relation to ADRs is:
Arrival Day - MK afternoon/early evening
Thursday: AK/MK
Friday: Epcot (F&W opening day)
Saturday: EMH at HS
Sunday: MK
Monday: Epcot
Tuesday: MK (later flight home)

 

[mesaboy2]

My FP suggestions can be found in the green link in my signature.

 

[Alesia]

As far as a touring plan goes, my advice is to start with the cheat sheets at easywdw.com and just take out what doesn't interest you.

 

[soniam]

Subscribe to the Touring Plans site and download the Lines app. Use one of their stock plans that most closely fits your needs, then modify for your specifics, and optimize. Remember to reoptimize closer to your vacation for the most up-to-date data and times. Also, definitely read Mesaboy's thread about FP+. I wish I had seen it for our first FP+ trip.

 

[kay1864]

I love RideMax, and it's of great help in planning my FP times. Here's how I've used it:

1. Use easywdw.com or RideMax.com to select which days/which parks (looks like you've done this already?)

2. Use mesaboy's list to select your 3 FastPass attractions for each park.

3. Use RideMax to generate the touring plans, which include recommended FP times.

4. Go to My Disney Experience to select the FPs and times for the people in your group, based on the FP times in the RideMax schedule.

 

[AriesAriel]

I subscribed to Touring Plans and LOVE it. There's a map so you can make logical sense of your touring and it even calculates expected waits and such. So I didn't feel blind setting the times on my FP.

 

[MommyKara]

I have no advice because I'm new--been to WDW once 25 years ago! Yesterday I booked our family's first trip for November, so I am interested in everyone's tips as well