3 day Park Plan....feasible?

[SandraC]

Hello All ~ We have 3 park days planned for our stay at CBR. Last year we enjoyed relaxing so much at WDW, that we decided to limit our park days to 3 this trip.

However, we plan to make the most of the 3 days.

Is this plan feasible?

PARK DAY 1....The HIGHLIGHTS~Family Favorites Day
This is the day we'd like to visit all four parks for our families FAV attractions.

* MK~8:30am breakky in the castle...already booked.
Hit the kids favourite ~ SPLASH Mountain and then do the new Pirates.

*Monorail over to Epcot for Test Track and a walk thru Future World

*Bus to AK for Exhibition Everest

*Bus to MGM for ToT, RnR & dinner and FANTASMIC!

*Bus to Resort

Park Day 2

Half Day at AK, Half Day at Epcot and see Illuminations

Park Day 3

Half Day MGM, Half Day MK for Crystal Palace, SpectroMagic & Wishes



Park Day 1 ~ Is a quick tour

Park Days 2 & 3 ~ Are more leisurely tours


What do you think? Blessings, Sandra

 

[hockey mom]

I think you are going to be exhausted after that first day.

By the time you get to AK you might have quite a wait for EE also.

 

[CanadianGuy]

You're going to drive yourself crazy and spend more time on the transportation BETWEEN parks than actually riding attractions or IN the parks.

Seriously. Max 2 parks per day.. otherwise you'll just drive yourself and those who love and care about you -- crazy. I know what you're trying to do and I think it would be cool to pull it off.. but I think you'll drive yourself nuts trying.

If I was going without ANY kids.. and only one other adult who I KNEW never got cranky or whiney.. I *might* try what you're suggesting.. but probably not.

Four parks in one day? You could be looking at as much as an hour in transit between each park.. from inside the first park to inside the second park. That's four hours just getting between parks. You're going in March.. there WILL be crowds and there WILL be lines.

So if you think about the time you get done breakfast, let's say it's 9:30am (only 60 minutes to get seated, eat.. and get out -- not long) .. the wait for Splash will be at least 45-60 minutes.. same for PoTC. Assuming you FastPass one of them.. No way are you out of the MK before 11:30am.

By the time you get to Epcot at 12:30.., the wait for Test Track could exceed 60 minutes. So let's say you Fastpass that and go eat lunch. Giving you 75 minutes to find a place, order, everyone eats and you come back to TT at 1:45 and you're outta there by 2:15pm. And this is assuming you forget about the walk around the park. No time for leisurely walks..

By the time you get to AK it's 3:15pm. It'll take you 15 minute to get from the gate of the park to the EE ride. The wait for EE at this point will be 75-90 minutes (anytime in March). And FastPasses for the day will be gone. (or so far in the future as to be pointless).. So.. You're done at EE by 5:15pm.. Bus to MGM and it's now 6:15 when you arrive at the entrance.

The wait for RnR will be 75 to 90 minutes and Fastpasses will be gone for the day. ToT might be a reasonable 60 minutes but more likely it's 75 to 90 and FastPasses will either be gone or for hours in the future. You want to eat and Fantasmic is at 8;30.

You're outta time.

Add to that.. you're exhausted. You're hungry and you're cranky. Bad combo.

HALT = Hungry, Angry Lonely or Tired.

I can't suggest strongly enough that you re-think this.

I overplanned on our last trip and I regretted it.

The one 'crazy' thing I was actually able to pull off.. was this. We watched Illuminations at Epcot.. RACED to the car.. drive to the TTC.. got on the monorail.. ran into the Magic Kingom and JUST arrived for the start of the 10:30pm Wishes.

Our friends raced us. They took the monorail from Epcot to TTC and then TTC To MK. We beat them by a long shot.. why? There were HUNDREDS of other people leaving Epcot going to the TTC. The wait was enormous.

Your plan works only if none of the attractions reach their peak crowds, the Disney Transportation is working flawlessly.. you eat like maniacs and you run between everything.

Given that you're going March.. those stars are not going to line up like that. Transportation will be crowded.. Lines will be long and Fastpasses will go quickly.. Restaurants and counter service will be crowded with long lines.. etc.

Don't do that to yourself. Please. It's a vacation. Relax.

J

 

[disyady]

Sandra - will you have a GAC?

 

[dancin Disney style]

I agree!!! WAY TO MUCH!!!!for one day.

Our last trip we decided to just leasurely roam around and do whatever struck us at the time. It was really relaxing.There was no presure to "do it all". We did have a plan for where we would be on each day and there were a few absolute "must do" attractions but that was all.

 

[SandraC]

I'm thinking of taking AK out of the first day. We can park at the Poly, do breakky & MK, then monorail to Epcot, boat to MGM, then bus back to the Poly. I think that's doable. Yes, we will have a GAC. Thanks! Sandra

 

[CanadianGuy]

Take AK out of the equation.. and I think you're looking at one awesome day.. still hectic.. but.. fun!

J

 

[disyady]

I'm thinking of taking AK out of the first day. We can park at the Poly, do breakky & MK, then monorail to Epcot, boat to MGM, then bus back to the Poly. I think that's doable. Yes, we will have a GAC. Thanks! Sandra

Will they let you park at the Poly w/o an ADR for one of their restaurants? Without AK and with a GAC, it's probably doable.

 

[hockey mom]

You will only have a 2 hour time limit at Poly if you have Brekky reservations.

 

[SandraC]

I'm going to park at the MK parking lot....since we'll be there before 8am, we'll get a great spot.

I think I'll play the first day by-ear. MK for Cindy's [already booked], then MK fav rides....we will end the day at MGM for Fantasmic. We will "wing-it" for everything in the middle.....I'd like to do Epcot at some point since I can monorail it over....but that's up for debate. S

 

[murcor]

I like R&R days too but try not to squeeze EVERYTHING into your other days.

We went to the parks 3 days out of 12 and the kids got to choose the parks.

We came home rested and happy

 

[SandraC]

Since we've done everything at WDW several times....we only really need to hit our favs.

Cindys, Splash, Pirates [since the changes]. Spectro, Wishes

ToT, RnR, Fantasmic

EE at AK

Test Track & World Showcase at Epcot.

Monorails & Boats

The rest of the time is meandering and enjoying. S

 

[dancin Disney style]

Since we've done everything at WDW several times....we only really need to hit our favs.

Cindys, Splash, Pirates [since the changes]. Spectro, Wishes

ToT, RnR, Fantasmic

EE at AK

Test Track & World Showcase at Epcot.

Monorails & Boats

The rest of the time is meandering and enjoying. S

That sounds like a relaxing plan!!!

BTW, brain not functioning right now what's GAC?

 

[mtmbyck]

Have you already done Soarin??

Also Turtle Talk with Crush and Nemo at EPCOT and the Nemo show at AK. And my DD's will kill me if we don't catch at least one performance of High School Musical.

Just wanted to mention the newer things in case you missed them.

 

[princess pooh]

We've only spent 3 days at the parks before but we did things a bit differently. We spend one day at MK, one day at Epcot, and split a day between AK and MGM.