4 Parks in 3 Days?

[Bowen9475]

I am going with my 11 yo daughter for a Mommy & Me weekend from late Thursday night 5/13 through early Monday morning 5/17. We plan to hit all 4 parks over the weekend. We have both been several times, most recently in February, and do not have to see and do everything (just most everything ) I think I have our schedule planned but how would you do it? Which parks would share a day? Our plan is MK on Friday, AK Saturday through lunch and then onto Epcot - mostly FW (do you think we will be able to ride Soarin and Test Track after lunch time) and Japan for pick a pearl - and HS on Sunday. On this schedule we will be able to see Wishes on Friday night (a must) and there are two showings of Fantasmic on Sunday if we decide to stay for it (but it is a night time EMH). What do you think?

 

[BrittLeshea]

Whenever I split a park day, I usually do Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom on the same day. If you don't really plan on checking out too much of World Showcase at Epcot, though, then I think Animal Kingdom and Epcot could share a day, too. Hit Epcot first so you can do the major rides early!

 

[imthatgirl]

We went for a 3 day quicky in 2006. Our itinerary was...Day 1:HS in the morning, swim in the afternoon, then MK in the evening. Day 2: MK in the morning and Epcot in the evening. Day3. AK in the morning an a farewell to MK in the evening.
for us it worked great because MK is out favorite park.

 

[thumbalyna]

in december we arrived around 8 friday and were departing on monday
we did epcot our first day (it was also EMH there) saturday we did animal kingdom and MK (EMH at MK) and sunday we did epcot and HS (EMH at HS)

 

[Lou Holtz]

I'd split Epcot into two nights. One morning go to AK, the next go to DHS the next. Hop over to Epcot both nights after you're done. If you want to see Fantasmic, I guess do the DHS day the other way around.

 

[plutotek]

Our itinerary is Day 1: MK, all day (GAD pass); Day 2: split, starting at AK, ending at HS; Day 3: Epcot (Hopper passes). Like you, we've been there before, so we know where we want to go. If we decide to stay onsite (still looking at the financials) we'll be able to extend those days w/EMH.

 

[djp0630]

I am going with my 11 yo daughter for a Mommy & Me weekend from late Thursday night 5/13 through early Monday morning 5/17. We plan to hit all 4 parks over the weekend. We have both been several times, most recently in February, and do not have to see and do everything (just most everything ) I think I have our schedule planned but how would you do it? Which parks would share a day? Our plan is MK on Friday, AK Saturday through lunch and then onto Epcot - mostly FW (do you think we will be able to ride Soarin and Test Track after lunch time) and Japan for pick a pearl - and HS on Sunday. On this schedule we will be able to see Wishes on Friday night (a must) and there are two showings of Fantasmic on Sunday if we decide to stay for it (but it is a night time EMH). What do you think?

Honestly, if you want to see Test Track & Soarin', you should go to Epcot first. I think FPs will be gone in the afternoon and the wait will be minimally be an hour for each, could be up to 2 hours. So you can ride them, but you'll have to wait.

 

[cmcinc]

When we do 3 days: 1 full day at MK, one full day at Epcot and then half day at HS and AK.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I agree with the idea of doing an MK day, an Epcot day, and splitting DHS and AK.

AK closes earlier than DHS, but if you want to ride Toy Story Mania, you need to go to DHS in the morning.

 

[Befferk]

We'll be there around the same time as you:

5/16 - Full day @ Epcot
5/17 - Full day @ MK
5/18 - Morning @ AK, Afternoon/evening @ HS

 

[Orsino]

We did 4 parks in 3 days last year. We had planned on going back to MK/Epcot on our fourth day, but got so much done on the previous days that we didn't feel it was necessary and decided to go to BB instead.

We did MK one day. Epcot one day. Split AK and DHS one day. We went to DHS first, for Toy Story and RNR then hopped to AK for the afternoon and evening EMH. DHS is our least favorite park so that worked for us. For this plan the AK evening EMH was key. Otherwise the park would have closed at 5PM.

 

[HsvTeacher]

When we do 3 days: 1 full day at MK, one full day at Epcot and then half day at HS and AK.

This is what I would do. On the split day, I would go to DHS first, so I could get FPs for TSMM.

 

[3floridarays]

We actually did 4 parks in 48 hours back in February. We didn't really plan it that way, it just kinda happened. We were staying at DTD Hilton and had our own car. Here's what we did:

Friday
Arrived at Epcot 5:45pm
Coral Reef 6:30 ADR
Illuminations at 9pm
EMH 9pm-12am (did Soarin', Mission:Space, TT, Nemo & Turtle Talk)

Saturday
Arrived at DHS for EMH 8-9am.
Before lunch - TSM twice, ToT, RRC, watched street performers
Lunch at 50's PT at 11am (walk-in)
After lunch - Star Tours, Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground, Shopping
Depart DHS at 2:30pm

Arrived MK at 3pm
Did PotC, Buzz, SF Treehouse, HM
Dinner at Columbia Harbor House
Dole Whip Break (yummm)
Philharmagic
Wishes at 8pm
Spectro Parade at 9pm
Shopping till close

Sunday
Arrived at AK 9:30am
Did Dino, KS, EE, It's Tough to be a Bug
Bird-watching, shopping, etc
Departed AK at 1:45pm

With an extra day, we probably would have gone back to MK or Epcot again.