4.5 day plan advice

[d0naldduck123]

I'm planning on going from Dec 12th to 17th. My flight lands around 3pm and we plan on taking ME. On departure day, our flight is around 4pm-ish. Our plan is to do 1 day per park, but haven't decided what to do with the half day on arrival day/departure day. First I planned on departure day and spending arrival day either at DS or dinner at a resort (if I can get a reservation).

But, I just realized that Epcot has evening EMH (9:30 - 11:30) on our arrival day. So now it has me considering if I should just do Epcot on arrival day instead of a full day and use that full day at another park...

Another option would be to do 1 full day per park then either HS or AK on arrival day for Fantasmic or ROL. The thing with HS is that on our HS day, F! is at 8:30 and the star wars fireworks is at 9, so the easiest way to see both would be to go to HS on the 12th for Fantasmic and do the star wars fireworks on our regular full day.

I've never done Epcot evening EMH so am not sure how crowded it will be, but I've also never seen the Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular. I've only seen the Symphony in the Stars back in January of 2016. Any help/advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

 

[madchatter]

One thing I would definitely do is AK last. That gives you the best chance to get FP+ for FoP at the times you want.

I know they’ve released some additional availability in recent weeks, but you may have better/more options on day 3 or 4.

To me, Star Wars fireworks are better than ROL. If I had choose one, it would be that.

I like the idea of opening the trip with DHS. Epcot EMH May be slammed since that is probably a party night at MK. But on the other hand, a quick night at Epcot would allow you to do one of the tier one FP then and another on your regular Epcot day. Maybe do most of future world on that first night with Soarin. And then do world showcase on the second time with Frozen.

Sounds like you may not have park hopper tickets. So two attempts at Epcot isn’t a bad play.