All 4 parks in one day?

[dawne577]

My DH and myself are spending a few days at WDW before our cruise and had planned on spending one day at a park. But I don't think I can resist the other 3. Has anyone gone into all 4 parks in one day and just done a few of there favorite things? Did you feel completely rushed or did it give you that Disney fix you needed?

 

[Rajah]

Yup, we've done it. And yup, we felt rushed. But since all we wanted to do was a couple of things in each park that day, it worked out for us. I think we did Dinosaur, Tarzan, and Maharajah Jungle Trek (tigers) at AK, Rock N Roller at MGM, I don't remember what at MK, and Illuminations and dinner at Epcot.

 

[jmclester]

Wow! Talk about commando style!! I would definitely do some microscopic planning, i.e. early entry to one park and visit the one which closes latest last. It's possible but you could easily spend 2+ hours in bus lines and transit time. For some odd reason it sounds really intriguing to me but my fam would have me put away if I tried it!!


8 days and counting!!

 

[shatzjsl]

If you've got the energy and stamina then I say go for it! I bet it would be fun to do! Have a great trip!

 

[AJKMOM]

Just make sure your pass is a Park Hopper. You can't go to all four with a one day pass.

 

[vgsmom]

We did 4 parks in one day Nov. 2003 with 12 twelve people. Granted, we really didn't spend too much time in the last three but we had a great adventure. We started at MK and had lunch at CP then went to Epcot to try to do Mission: Space but fastpass was too far away so we did Innoventions and my DH got a birthday button. We headed over to AK just to see the last show of FOTLK. We were headed in when everyone else was headed out it was pretty funny. Then we ended over to MGM mostly because some of our party wanted to shop there again, but we did do Voyage, Star Tours, RNR, and TT. It was a great way to end our trip. This was all on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The women tried to talk the rest of the group into heading back to MK for Wishes after MGM but the logic of the drivers for the 24 hour trip home the next day won out.

I say go for it!!

vgsmom

 

[Poohbear123]

I have done it before, and it was exciting to say the least!

 

[JustHolly]

Four parks in one day is exhausting. We started out at MK and did Space Mountain, Buzz Light Year, Mickey's Philharmagic and a princess breakfast at the castle.

Next, onto DisneyMGM Studios where we did Tower of Terror three times, Rock and Roller Coaster twice and the backlot tour.

Next we went to the Animal Kingdom to await the parade. We tdid the Safari and walked around the paths. It started to pour and the parade was cancelled.

Onto Epcot where we did the Living Seas, Living with The Land boat ride, Journey into your Imagination, Test Track, Spaceship Earth and walked the world showcase.

We returned to the Magic Kingdom for Wishes and did Buzz LIght year again as well as Carousel of Progress.

It was an exhausting day, and it was done in September between hurricanes when attendance was at an alltime low. Our niece was visiting from up north for the weekend and tried to squeeze it all in on a leftover parkhopper from her previous trip.

I say do it once, go for it. You'll have a blast, but you'll never want to do it again!

 

[Aimeedyan]

We've done it. It was exhausting and I wouldn't do it again, but it can be done. Just be a good planner and don't stop to eat! =)

 

[jiminyfan]

we usually do at least two parks a day as we like to not seem trapped inone park. But, then we are FREQUENT visitors to WDW, so we do not need to see everything on each trip.

Yes, we have done all four in one day and picked one of two attractions in each park to see, this usually occurs at the end of a trip when we ask my son what he wants to do before we go home. It is a lot of fun and gives us one last fill of each park before we have to leave the magic behind.

 

[LvsTnk]

yep...Christmas Day!

 

[forgetyourtroubles!]

My 12 yr old daughter and I did that just 8 days ago! Our group of 9 hung in there through most of it, too. They skipped out on Magic Kingdom, though. We did:
AK- Tough to Be a Bug, Safari, Festival of Lion King, Lunch at Tusker House
MGM- Rockin'x2, Tower x2, Mermaid, Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Drew Carrey sound thing,
Epcot- O Canada, Food from Food and Wine, Illuminations, ride w/ Captain in Monorail front car, see start of Wishes from monorail,
MK- Wishes, Splash, Big Thunder, Splash again, Space Mountain, Spectromagic, and back to our room.
CRAZY! FUN! We didn't plan it that way until after Epcot closed and she asked if we could keep going. What the heck!? We were tired the next day, however. I run several miles a day at home and I was really tired from this!
I would consider making it a tradition.

 

[Kala]

We just got back Saturday and we did all 4 parks on our first (half)day. We didn't get checked into the hotel til almost 2 and the room wasn't ready yet. We took off to AK starving and went to Kilamanjari Safari first to get Fast Passes, then next door to Tusker House for a quick (and yummy) lunch. We then called and our room was ready so we stopped back by there to check out the room, then it was off to MGM for a fast pass ride on TOT and stand by ride on RNR, then found some quick seats and saw most of Fantasmic. We left when the Charachter Boat came around and ran to the Friendship Boat and rode to EPCOT just in time to see Illiminations and try a couple of booths at Food and Wine. We started walking towards the front before it was over and caught the Monorail to TTC, transferred to MK monorail and got there in time for the 10:00 Wishes and the 11:00 Spectromagic. We then had an unbelievable wait to get out and on the bus and we were really exhausted, but it was fun. Just did it to see if we could. We had been up since 3am to get to the airport to catch the flight, so we slept really well and did not do Early Entry the next day.

Try it if you feel like it. You could always stop if it's too much.

 

[Diznut84]

I personally don't like to hop to more than two parks in one day. Too much transportation time between parks...

 

[swilphil]

I agree with Diznut. The transportation time would get to me. Now I have done three parks in one day (skipped AK) and that wasn't too bad. MGM and Epcot are so close and you can even take the monorail between MK and Epcot. That way you don't have to spend two to three hours of your day riding and waiting for a bus!

 

[Kala]

I agree, it's not my preferred way to see the parks, we just wanted to see if we could comfortably do it. Also wanted to get "just a taste" of each park that first day. Sometimes when we go, there is a park that we don't even get to til several days into the trip. We really felt that it was fun to be in all the parks right off the bat. Since we didn't even start til late in the day, we figured we couldn't really do much in any one park anyway, but we got to see all the nighttime shows the first night and that was kinda fun. We usually do 2 parks a day. One in the morning, then another in the afternoon after a break back at the room.

 

[stlrod]

Been there, done that...and boy was it fun. On 12/23 a couple of years ago, we went to AK (Safari Ride), MK (I don't remember what), Studios (ToT and RnR), back to the Boardwalk for a swim and then over to EPCOT for Test Track through the singles lane, dinner in Canada, the CP and fireworks. We had a terrific sense of accompishment at the end of the day and it seemed like all we talked about at dinner was how much fun the challenge had been. We didn't set our alram the next day before heading to Vero and then to Universal.