4 parks in one day, 30 rides in 12 hours on 10/4

[MacClemsons]

So I posted a question a week ago asking people's opinion on my strategy for getting as many rides as possible in all 4 parks in one day. I mostly had replies telling me that my plan was unrealistic.

On Friday 10/4 we did 30 rides in 12 hours. Probably could have done a few more rides, but by the end of the day, DH and I both had blisters on our feet. (Still ran the ToT on Sat night though.)

(Times of rides are when completed, not when we got in line. So they take into account walking - we are fast walkers, wait and ride time.)

It was a GREAT day at the parks. LOW crowds. We started at HS because of EMH, then to AK, MK had MNSSHP and closed at 7p, finished at EP with dinner at Le Cellier ADR at 8:40) We drove between parks except for MK and EP - took the monorail. We used every type of FP available - MBs and double dipping with annual passes and our KTTW cards (stayed on property). We did not have our 4 children with us. We did not carry bags in HS or AK so we could skip those lines.

Arrive at HS at 7:30 for EMH
Inside HS at 8:01
TSM 8:13
RnR 8:29
ToT 8:42
Star Tours 9:01
Got our picture in front of hat
OUt of HS at 9:07
In car at 9:12
Arrive at AK at 9:25
Got our picture by AK sign outside turnstiles
In AK at 9:32
Got FPs for Safari and Kali
(Kali ended up being down all morning while we were there)
EE 9:50
Primevil Whirl 10:00
Dinosaur was down so we went to Safari
Safari with FP 10:42
Dinosaur 11:05
ate at Flame Tree 11:22
Out of AK at 11:37
In car at 11:45
Arrived at TTC lot 11:56
On monorail at 12:05
Arrive MK 12:05
Bag check and in MK at 12:12
Photo in front of castle
Got FPs for Splash and BTMRR
POTC 12:37
HM 12:58
Get FP for LM
BTMRR with FP 1:20
Splash was down so we were able to use our FP for later
Carousel 1:41
Get FP for Pooh
LM with FP 1:55
Dumbo 2:09
Teacups 2:15
Pooh with FP 2:27
Get FP for Space Mt and Buzz
Speedway 2:46
Small world 3:13 (because Pan was down for refurb lines were longer than usual)
Space Mt with FP 3:30
Astro Orbiter 3:48
Buzz with FP 3:58
Splash using FP from earlier 4:24
Magic Carpets Aladdin 4:40
(We didn't do Jungle Cruise or People mover because we had FP+ at Epcot between 5&6)
Out MK 4:48
On monorail at 4:49
Off 4:54
On EP monorail at 5:00
Arrive EP via monorail 5:09
Bag check 5:16
Picture in front of Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth 5:34
Soarin with FP+ 6:00
Livin with Land 6:16
Nemo 6:29
Journey into Imagination 6:42
Test Track with FP+ 7:18
Mission Space 7:47 (5min wait for green so we didn't use FP+)
Stumbled to Le Celier and waited for our 8:40 reservation. Not enough time for Ellen's Energy and couldn't walk to Mexico or Norway.

It was fun, but don't think we could do it again.

 

[NancyK]

I read your post from my Disney hotel room a few days ago and although I didn't reply at the time, I actually thought your plan was pretty doable. The crowds were very low this past week. We drove to every park (including MK) and found the driving time to be much faster than waiting for buses. We've done four parks in one day on past trips, but never tried to accomplish as much as you did. Congratulations!

 

[jlowejd5]

Nicely done. Last January, we did 104 attractions in four days. That was a heckuva trip. I'm still tired.

 

[Sean1814]

In September we did 3 parks in one day 13 attractions, 2 restaurants. I thought that was awesome but you have us beat-- and we were exhausted by the end!! :O

 

[glowskull9]

how did you keep getting fastpasses for 2 rides at once?

 

[EagleScout]

how did you keep getting fastpasses for 2 rides at once?

Regarding fastpasses, as they said, they were triple-dipping- they had the three pre-reserved fastpass plus (at one of the parks), and then could use annual pass and kttw for overlapping/simultaneous "regular/old" fastpass at all four parks - so triple-dipping at one park, and double-dipping at other three. This ambitious plan required 3 things - going at very uncrowded time of year (which we also do), doing triple-dipping fastpass (which will presumably end soon when fastpass plus completely eliminates old fastpass), and a desire/ability/mindset to go pretty full commando rather than a more leisurely pace (we much prefer a more leisurely pace, but if this is your thing, then go for it, and congrats).

 

[msp2mco]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing your day with us. It looks like a lot of fun. I'm glad you could enjoy a fabulous dinner at the end.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I've moved this thread to the Disney Trip Reports board.

 

[MacClemsons]

how did you keep getting fastpasses for 2 rides at once?

We double dipped. During MB trials, KTTW cards can get FPs and so can our APs. So obviously, we wouldn't be able to do this under normal circumstances.