We were able to do 3 parks in one day last Sunday (President's Day weekend). Thanks to all the people who gave me great
advice on how to do that! Of course, once we got into it, we decided to forego seeing any fireworks or parades. But we still managed to experience alot.I got the parkhopper passes on ebay from someone who had received them as comps from their resort. They were only $80 a piece and they worked just fine!
We parked at the transportation and ticket center and took the monorail to epcot. We entered Epcot right when it opened at 9am. We went immediately to Soarin to get fastpasses. There was mass humanity all trying to get into the Land to ride Soarin! Our return time was 10am so we waited in the standby line. It took about 40 min. Since we didn't have much longer
to wait for our fastpasses to mature, we just sat down and waited for 10am. Then immediately snagged more fastpasses, and used our first fastpasses. (The return time on the 2nd set was 12:30-1:30).
After that we headed for Mission Space. My sister did not want to risk getting sick since she noticed that it involved spinning. So we waited in the single rider line and she exited as I entered the ride. The wait was probably 15 min or less.
Then we waited 20-30 for Spaceship Earth.
By then the fastpass return time for TestTrack was 4:30 (we weren't able to get any fastpasses earlier than our return times on previous fastpasses) and we weren't planning on being at epcot then, so we waited in the single rider line. We were glad we did because we had forgotten how much fun Test Track can be.
By then it was time to return to Soarin to use our fastpass. And of course, there were no more fastpasses available at that time. So we felt free to leave epcot after that last soarin ride.
WE exited thru International Gateway and then got ourselves lost so we hauled butt to the first water taxi we saw. Fortunately it was going directly to mgm! (Haven't run that fast in a long time!)
Once thru the gate, we went immediately to check out fastpass times for tower of terror and rocknroller coaster. TOT seemed like less of a wait. It was only 2:30 and RocknRollercoaster's return time was 5:45 and standby was 60min. So I decided to get a fastpass for that so we wouldn't miss out on it. Figured we could wait in the short line for TOT.
We then ate at the outdoor food court nearby. After that we tried to get fastpasses to tot but we had to wait until the 2hrs had passed from obtaining the rocknrollercoaster ones. So we walked the short walk to the Great Movie Ride. The attendant turned us away with our drinks. So my resourceful sister came up with the idea to empty our water bottles and fill them up
with our sodas. The paper cups bent easily into a v funnel, and we were able to transfer the soda without any mess! And we entered the Great Movie Ride. (20 min wait.)
AFter that we browsed shops on our way back to TOT. By then the 2hrs had passed so we got fastpasses for TOT (it was 4:30, return time was 6:00pm). We decided to wait in standby line. It was nicely shaded and it was a pleasant day. It wasn't long before people were complaining and leaving the line in front of us because some elevators were out of service. They were very angry and complaining that the line hadn't moved, The wait was an hour and a half, etc. Didn't take us more than 40 min if that to get thru the line. We just played pinball on my phone to pass the time. And now TOT is one of my new favorite rides!
After that it wasn't quite time for our fastpass for TOT, so we went to RocknRollercoaster. While I was buying our souvenir photos, I sent my sister on to get fastpasses for TOT. She came back to meet me as I finished paying. Our return time was 7:20pm. WE went back to use our first fastpass for TOT and noticed as we passed that the fastpass machines were closed! My sister got our last ones in the nick of time! WE used our first fastpass, then waited in the standby line (not more than 30min), and then used 2nd fastpass.
It was around 8pm then so we headed for the exit. We took the epcot bus, and 2 monorails to get to magic kingdom. We were glad for the chance to sit down! After all was said and done it was about 9pm when we entered magic kingdom so we got caught behind the parade. So we did get to see one show. Although we probably would have rather avoided the crowd and been sitting down!
We looked in a shop while we waiting for the parade to move further on down the line. Then fought the crowds to get to Space Mt (my favorite) at 9:40. Once we were inside the mountain, the line didn't seem that bad since we could sit on the railing.
There were technical problems and once again there were the little angry troll people getting out of line and shouting angrily at us, "it's broke!" and doing their best to convince the rest of us to be angry and get out of line too. I knew that it was an extra magic evening so I figured there was no way that they would shut down the ride this early, plus all pa announcements gave us no indication of that eventuality. And heck, the line was moving faster now that the ride had stopped than previously! All of the optimists in the line were having such a good time that we didn't care about waiting. There was
one guy further back in the line who sounded like the Get 'er Done redneck comedienne. All of a sudden he shouted out, "Y'all be quiet! I hear the darn thing! It's running!" I about wet myself laughing! And he was actually right, the line started flying then. We got our of Space mt at 10:40.
Then we rode on Peter Pan's Flight (a favorite of my sister's) and on Haunted Mansion. After that we shopped.
Didn't get back to our hotel until 2am!
WE were glad that we got the parkhopper experience. Since we had been to the parks before, we were glad to hit the highlights and get the atmosphere of all 3 parks!
Summary
Soarin-3 times
Mission Space - 1 time
Spaceship EArth - 1 time
Test Track - 1 time
Great Movie Ride - 1 time
Tower of Terror - 4 times
RocknRollercoaster - 1 time
Space Mountain - 1 time
Peter Pan's Flight - 1 time
Haunted Mansion - 1 time
advice on how to do that! Of course, once we got into it, we decided to forego seeing any fireworks or parades. But we still managed to experience alot.I got the parkhopper passes on ebay from someone who had received them as comps from their resort. They were only $80 a piece and they worked just fine!
We parked at the transportation and ticket center and took the monorail to epcot. We entered Epcot right when it opened at 9am. We went immediately to Soarin to get fastpasses. There was mass humanity all trying to get into the Land to ride Soarin! Our return time was 10am so we waited in the standby line. It took about 40 min. Since we didn't have much longer
to wait for our fastpasses to mature, we just sat down and waited for 10am. Then immediately snagged more fastpasses, and used our first fastpasses. (The return time on the 2nd set was 12:30-1:30).
After that we headed for Mission Space. My sister did not want to risk getting sick since she noticed that it involved spinning. So we waited in the single rider line and she exited as I entered the ride. The wait was probably 15 min or less.
Then we waited 20-30 for Spaceship Earth.
By then the fastpass return time for TestTrack was 4:30 (we weren't able to get any fastpasses earlier than our return times on previous fastpasses) and we weren't planning on being at epcot then, so we waited in the single rider line. We were glad we did because we had forgotten how much fun Test Track can be.
By then it was time to return to Soarin to use our fastpass. And of course, there were no more fastpasses available at that time. So we felt free to leave epcot after that last soarin ride.
WE exited thru International Gateway and then got ourselves lost so we hauled butt to the first water taxi we saw. Fortunately it was going directly to mgm! (Haven't run that fast in a long time!)
Once thru the gate, we went immediately to check out fastpass times for tower of terror and rocknroller coaster. TOT seemed like less of a wait. It was only 2:30 and RocknRollercoaster's return time was 5:45 and standby was 60min. So I decided to get a fastpass for that so we wouldn't miss out on it. Figured we could wait in the short line for TOT.
We then ate at the outdoor food court nearby. After that we tried to get fastpasses to tot but we had to wait until the 2hrs had passed from obtaining the rocknrollercoaster ones. So we walked the short walk to the Great Movie Ride. The attendant turned us away with our drinks. So my resourceful sister came up with the idea to empty our water bottles and fill them up
with our sodas. The paper cups bent easily into a v funnel, and we were able to transfer the soda without any mess! And we entered the Great Movie Ride. (20 min wait.)
AFter that we browsed shops on our way back to TOT. By then the 2hrs had passed so we got fastpasses for TOT (it was 4:30, return time was 6:00pm). We decided to wait in standby line. It was nicely shaded and it was a pleasant day. It wasn't long before people were complaining and leaving the line in front of us because some elevators were out of service. They were very angry and complaining that the line hadn't moved, The wait was an hour and a half, etc. Didn't take us more than 40 min if that to get thru the line. We just played pinball on my phone to pass the time. And now TOT is one of my new favorite rides!
After that it wasn't quite time for our fastpass for TOT, so we went to RocknRollercoaster. While I was buying our souvenir photos, I sent my sister on to get fastpasses for TOT. She came back to meet me as I finished paying. Our return time was 7:20pm. WE went back to use our first fastpass for TOT and noticed as we passed that the fastpass machines were closed! My sister got our last ones in the nick of time! WE used our first fastpass, then waited in the standby line (not more than 30min), and then used 2nd fastpass.
It was around 8pm then so we headed for the exit. We took the epcot bus, and 2 monorails to get to magic kingdom. We were glad for the chance to sit down! After all was said and done it was about 9pm when we entered magic kingdom so we got caught behind the parade. So we did get to see one show. Although we probably would have rather avoided the crowd and been sitting down!
We looked in a shop while we waiting for the parade to move further on down the line. Then fought the crowds to get to Space Mt (my favorite) at 9:40. Once we were inside the mountain, the line didn't seem that bad since we could sit on the railing.
There were technical problems and once again there were the little angry troll people getting out of line and shouting angrily at us, "it's broke!" and doing their best to convince the rest of us to be angry and get out of line too. I knew that it was an extra magic evening so I figured there was no way that they would shut down the ride this early, plus all pa announcements gave us no indication of that eventuality. And heck, the line was moving faster now that the ride had stopped than previously! All of the optimists in the line were having such a good time that we didn't care about waiting. There was
one guy further back in the line who sounded like the Get 'er Done redneck comedienne. All of a sudden he shouted out, "Y'all be quiet! I hear the darn thing! It's running!" I about wet myself laughing! And he was actually right, the line started flying then. We got our of Space mt at 10:40.
Then we rode on Peter Pan's Flight (a favorite of my sister's) and on Haunted Mansion. After that we shopped.
Didn't get back to our hotel until 2am!
WE were glad that we got the parkhopper experience. Since we had been to the parks before, we were glad to hit the highlights and get the atmosphere of all 3 parks!
Summary
Soarin-3 times
Mission Space - 1 time
Spaceship EArth - 1 time
Test Track - 1 time
Great Movie Ride - 1 time
Tower of Terror - 4 times
RocknRollercoaster - 1 time
Space Mountain - 1 time
Peter Pan's Flight - 1 time
Haunted Mansion - 1 time
