AK & AKL ADRs - too much for one day?

[Jessirip]

Need some opinions on if this may be too much. We are a party of 4, me, husband and then our 2 kids who are 3 & 6. Here is our loose plan:

10:00: Leave for AK busstop from AoA (sleeping in as this will be a long day)
10:45: Tusker House ROL package
12:00ish - 4:00: Tour AK based on FP's we can get (day 60+6)
4:15: Head to AKL busstop
4:45: Sanaa for 5:00pm ADR (request window table, fingers crossed as this is first dinner seating)
6:00: Done eating? Head back to AK via bus.
6:45ish - 8:00: Back at AK. Tour some more. EE single rider line?
8:30: ROL, head back to AoA after. (Sleeping in the next morning as it is check out day - wah!)

I picked our AK day for Sanaa figuring that we'll be the closest transportation wise. We're relying on the bus this trip. Also since we are seeing ROL, we'll have a need to head back to the park which is where we'd catch the bus back to AoA anyway.

My major worry is I am pretty much giving up our midday break for the kids by going to Sanaa. If we don't go to Sanaa, we'd go to AK earlier in the morning, then head back to AoA for a rest around 3:00, returning at 6:30 for a quick service dinner and ROL. But, because I semi-remember that AK is a lot of wandering, I am hoping it will be a little easier day and they may even nap in the double stroller.

Option 2 is save it for next trip in a few years when we are most likely staying at AKL (AoA suite is too perfect for their ages right now). I can live with that, but may need your experience to tell me that is the right thing.

Please let me know what you think and / or if that includes I am being to gung-ho. Thank you!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Personally, I wouldn't do it. There is no restaurant in the world worth giving up a toddler nap time. If you really want to make it to ROL in the evening, I would keep the afternoon open to rest when need be and not be tied to two ADR's in one day, particularly one that requires transportation.

 

[Jessirip]

Personally, I wouldn't do it. There is no restaurant in the world worth giving up a toddler nap time. If you really want to make it to ROL in the evening, I would keep the afternoon open to rest when need be and not be tied to two ADR's in one day, particularly one that requires transportation.

Yeah you have a point there. I also know Sanaa is a little quieter and I don't want to disrupt others meals. We just really want to try it, but may need to look forward to next time.

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

I think that you know your children best and if that schedule seems within their energy levels, I say go for it. If your kids hit the wall like mine do, they eventually crash but getting to the crash is where we sometimes run into trouble. However as far as your scheduling goes, I think the day you have planned sounds great. It seems very doable but I will say having 2 ADR's in a day does take a good bit of time away from other things. I always forget that when I plan and then I remember I always say not to do that again but I always do....never fails for me, LOL!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Yeah you have a point there. I also know Sanaa is a little quieter and I don't want to disrupt others meals. We just really want to try it, but may need to look forward to next time.

Sanaa is really good, I just know when my DS was younger, he would fall asleep at really unexpected times at WDW and sleep either longer or shorter than I expected in the afternoons. It was just so hard to plan those evening ADR's. Sometimes he would even fall asleep in the stroller before lunch (I remember distinctly one time when Yak and Yeti let us come in with the stroller so he could sleep and we could keep our ADR). If ROL is important, I would keep TH and plan on doing the evening show. If during the day you think your child has the energy you could always try to snag a Sanaa ADR then. I would rather try to do it on the fly than make the ADR and feel pressured to keep it even if it would be better to rest.