4 Parks, One Day?

[BUPhiSig1997]

For our last day at WDW, We'd like to attempt hitting all four parks in one day. We will have from opening until about 5pm. We are four adults, been to Disney multiple times, no mobility issues, and will have no children with us.

We are staying at BWV, so our thinking was to start at Animal Kingdom (Furthest out), then go to Magic Kingdom, Monorail to Epcot, then walk or boat to DHS, then back to BWV to pick up the car.

What's the best way to accomplish this? We love a challenge, and are not above running to accomplish this goal. Thanks!

 

[DisneyObsessed87]

It probably depends on how many attractions you are planning to do in each park. On our last day my DS (then 5) and I did all 4 parks. We did any rides we missed and repeated all favorites. It was fun. Sounds like you already have a good plan in place.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

I think it is very doable depending on your ride preferences. I'd love to see it documented though.

 

[cedricandsophie]

We did that in march. Started at animal kingdom because it opened early...got in Safari ride, Everest and a few others. Left about 11 and went to Hollywood studios where we did a few minor rides and the stunt show. Had lunch at brown derby. Went to hotel for a few hours. Then Epcot for dinner and to see the flower show. Left there and headed to magic kingdom, which was open until 1. Got in the parade, several good rides and fireworks. Left about midnight. This is the only day we went to parks out of 10 days at Disney. More sbout the resorts than the parks for us. Also five years ago we purchased the 10 day park hopper that never expires, we still have 4 days on it. We are going to Disney in December for a week and will use another day plus the ticket for the Very Merry Christmas Party. And back again in March for another 10 days and one more day in parks. So we are getting 2014 park days at 2009 prices. Works for us.

 

[2012DisneyWorldBride]

We did it in Sept 2012. We started at the first park at opening but if a park has extra magic hours in the morning for your first park it would be easier. We ended up finishing around 5 PM to drive home (we're annual pass holders so we just went for the day to do the 4 parks in one day. We rode 4 rides in each park, did 1 show, ate a snack or meal, traded a pin, and took a photo pass picture in front of the symbol (castle, globe, tree, and hat). It's do able and very fun... Only thing is we did this with the old fast pass system which I think made it easier than FP+. And we had our own car that we drove to each park.

Good luck!!!

 

[JoeA]

Wife and I did three in May. We were going for the 4th but...well, too much celebration!

We started at HS at 8:30 and did Star Tours, Toy Story, RRC and ToT.

From there we went to AK and did EE, lunch at Yak, EE again and then KRR.

We then went to EPCOT and visited too many F&G festival kiosks! Our original plan was to hit MK at night but we were staying at BWV and were just too close to "home" to mess with the buses.

If we went to MK from AK then it would have been very doable! But not all before 5:00!!

 

[cubuffalo36]

That sounds like a pretty cool idea! We'll have to try that one of these days, more likely when our kids are a lot older. We don't parkhop very much, we try to get what we can done in one park because it does tend to take a lot for us to travel back and forth, then head back to relax at the resort pool. But sounds like a great idea, I'd like to hear how you ended up doing it, i.e. what you accomplished in your time at each park, after you do it!

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

We did the following on June 6 between noon and midnight. The key was to having fast passes at one park then hitting the other 3 a few hours before closing time. Lines are much shorter late in the day than any other time:

Noon- arrived at DHS and caught the end of the Star Wars motorcade. Rode Tower 3x, RnR and Star Tours.

3:30 - drove to the McDonalds on Sherbeth Rd for lunch.

4:30 - Arrived at AK. Rode Dino, Everest 4x, Kali and Safari.

8 pm - Arrived at Epcot via Monorail. Rode Test Track and watched Illuminations. Bought some stuff in Mouse Gear. Returned to MK via Monorail.

9:59 pm- Boarded the MK ferry. I now have a new favorite place to watch Wishes from.

Until midnight - Rode Space, Splash & Big Thunder 2x.

12:15 - Had our first ever Dole Whip. Sweet!

12:45 - Back to the Fort.

4 Parks -1 Day is complete.

 

[fizbobunny]

I did it back.kn march. My goal was to ride 3 rides in each park. We rd DHS, used fpp at Epcot (fp soarin and mission space, single rider line test track)' went to ak around 3 when the crowds were leaving, then finished up with evening EMH at MK. Worked wonderfully. We drove from park to park except MK. After leaving ak we took a resort break, ate QS, then bus to MK.

 

[MOM POPPINS]

We just did this a few weeks back:

Arrived at Animal at Rope Drop stayed until after lunch. We rode all the rides but we didn't do any of the shows.

Took the Bus to Hollywood where we used our Fast Pass Pluses. We had to use our fast passes here to see Mark Hamill for Star Wars Weekend. We also rode Star Tours and the Great Movie Ride.

Took the Boat Epcot for Dinner around the countries, we rode Maelstrom using the 4th. Fast Pass. We also rode the Mexico ride and Soarin at 8:30 which was a walk on.

Took the Monorail to Magic for Wishes. We also rode a few other rides and got a dole whip. We got in line for the mine train at 11:45 it stated an 85 minute wait but it was only 25.

We were tired but we did have fun! It was our last day so we just went for it!

 

[juliebug1997]

I think Mesaboy did this. If you can find his FP+ thread, you can check out his signature and see if the link is there.

 

[mesaboy2]

I think Mesaboy did this. If you can find his FP+ thread, you can check out his signature and see if the link is there.

Plus 2. Four is so boring.

The link is below entitled "The Six-Park Six-Pack".

 

[karly05]

This is my Mission for next year's solo trip. I think how you tackle it depends on what your goals are as far as attractions & eating. My preliminary plan with "must dos":

DHS Rope Drop (would love to have an AM EMH day here): TSM, Star Tours, get my picture with Sorcerer Mickey at the Animation bldg.

Boat to Epcot: Attractions TBD, QS lunch, get my picture with Mickey at Character Spot.

Bus to AK: Nemo Show, get my picture with Mickey at Adventurer's Outpost.

Bus to MK: Attractions TBD, QS dinner, FP+ here including one to meet Mickey to be sure I can get my picture with Mickey at Town Square Theatre.

I thought it would be fun to get a pic with Mickey at each park as "documentation." I wanted to be at Epcot or MK for meals. The Nemo show is my primary goal at AK (so can't go there first), and I wanted DHS for rope drop so I could do TSM without a FP+. Trip's not booked yet, but I plan to be at POFQ and this will be a Wednesday (my 4th out of 5 full days), probably either February 11 or April 22 (Easter is April 5 next year). I love planning!

 

[wareagle57]

I did this a few weeks ago. I called it WDW24. 24 rides in one day. I did all the e-ticket rides and more. I'd say the order isn't as important as which parks open first and which one is open latest. Pick a day where MK is open really late. I'd start at Epcot or HS because you can't book FP for both the headliners so rope drop there will be better. try to hit AK the last 2 hours since they close early. that way you get a rope drop and 2 park closings.

 

[juliebug1997]

Plus 2. Four is so boring.

The link is below entitled "The Six-Park Six-Pack".

I summoned you and you appeared like the Genie!