All four Disney Parks in one day!

[wtpntigger2]

We did it this past June. We were in town for a funeral and had a one day hopper left over from 2000 that we decided to use up. We had a car, but still ended up taking all of Disney's modes of transportation.

We started the day by driving to AK where we rode EE, had a snack, and did a character interaction. We then drove over to DHS where we had our FP+ for the day for TOT and RnR. We also had lunch there and went through the animation studio. From DHS we took the boat to Epcot where we just walked around and did some shopping and pin trading. We tried to get on TT, but the line was too long of a wait to allow us to spend the time we wanted at MK. From Epcot we took the Monorail to MK where we had dinner and rode BTMRR, HM, Buzz, Laugh Factory, and SpM. We watched the beginning of Wishes, but headed out to take a bus back to DHS before it ended.

It was an exhausting day and we didn't get to do much in any one park, but we'll probably never get hoppers again, so I thought this was the best use of the one day hopper we had.

 

[karly05]

Great video! I've seen several of yours now, always enjoyable. I really need to catch Illuminations one night next year; haven't seen that since 2012.

I did 4 parks/1 day this year and it was awesome! Luckily the weather was beautiful, which helped. (I got drenched at AK on a separate day this year, so I know what you're talking about.) I started with RD at DHS, rode TSM and ST standby, then boat to Epcot for my favorite lamb shawarma lunch at Tangierine Cafe, strolled and took some photos of Flower & Garden/topiaries, bus to AK for Safari and Maharajah Jungle Trek, finally to MK for 7DMT, Buzz, IASW, Monsters Inc, saw the Move It Shake It parade/party, flatbread from Pinocchio's, stayed for Wishes. I got photos with Mickey & Minnie at each park. High point of my day, though, was probably my annual visit to Phineas & Ferb: I was wearing my "Phineas outfit" (orange/white striped T, dark blue capris, black socks and black & white sneakers) and the boys loved it; I told them it was from their "summer all the time" fashion collection (an episode), and how their around-the-world-in-one-day adventure had inspired me to go around Disney World in one day; they were awesome and made a big fuss over me. It was a long day but exhausting in a good and satisfying way.

Anyone who thinks they might like to do a 4-park day but hasn't tried it yet, I say go for it!

 

[kneemeister]

I did it last fall on my last day, Drove to DAK and was pixie dusted with the "special parking": Rode EE and Dino, drove to Studios and rode RRC (single rider line) and then Star Tours, went to MK parking lot and took Monorail to Epcot had lunch and a ride on SE, then back to MK to close out the park.

 

[madjohn]

It sounds harder then I thought. I was thinking of taking a day on our next trip and hit the 4 parks, riding 2 or 3 rides in each one. My plan was to start in MK, at rope drop, and ride Space Mountain and Splash Mountain, and maybe one more, take Disney transport to AK and ride EE in single rider line and then one more, take Disney transport to HS and ride RR and TT and then walk over to EP and do TT and Soarin. Probably get FP for HS rides. I thought it would take to late afternoon. Am I crazy with the plan and timing? Thoughts?

John

 

[DOOM1001]

I've done all 4 Disney Parks in one day twice along with Downtown Disney.I'm more proud of the day I left my house in Miami at 5am went to Tampa and did Busch Gardens until like noon,then drove to Sea World and stayed there until 4pm,then hopping over and doing both Universal parks until 9-10pm before finishing the day going to Downtown Disney to eat at House of Blues when they had late night special half off appetizers.

 

[Anchored]

Just did it last week!
Started off with rope drop at AK
Met rafiki at the park entrance
Rode EE twice back to back with no wait
Rode Kali twice back to back with no wait
went to Tamu Tamu and got a coconut rum dole whip then headed to a bus for Epcot
Got there and ran to Mulan for a character meet - walked over to germany for caramel popcorn
took the friendship boats back to future world. Stopped in Club Cool for some drinks
Rode Soarin with a 20 minute wait (low crowd day)
Hopped on a bus to HS (had SCi FI lunch ressies and FP+ booked here)
got there earlier than planned so rode RNRR single rider - out in 15 minutes
Ate lunch at Sci Fi
Rode TSMM
Rode ToT
It was about 3:30 at this point, so we went back to our room to shower and take a short nap
at 7:45 we headed back out to MK. We had seen Wishes and the MSEP earlier in the week so we just wandered a bit to find short lines
Went to ETWB, the carousel, philharmagic, it was getting close to Wishes time so we did peter pan (about 25 min wait, posted time was 40) then during Wishes we rode SDMT with about a 20 minute wait
then BTMRR, Jungle Cruise, and Aladdins carpets in the last 45 minutes. Walked EXTRA slow to the front of the park. Shopped until 12:00 when they played the "good night kiss" then boarded a practically empty bus back to AKL. Fantastic day for us! Buses between parks didn't take long at all, but it was really low crowds last week

 

[Stoneking]

we did it once. We made a game of it. We took the first park bus that came to our resort in the morning. we had to meet a character, get a picture with the park icon, find a hidden mickey and do at least one attraction. PLus a snack. we had to take disney transportation. It was a lot of fun!!

Sounds like fun! I bet taking Disney Transportation makes it a lot more interesting!

 

[salpoohfan]

We are going to try it on check out day. Stay until park closing, drive to the airport for a 5:15 am flight back to the west coast. Should make sleeping on the flight easy. We will start and end at MK.

 

[johde]

I've done it a few times. My last time was January.

Started at Animal Kingdom for EMH rode Kilimanjaro Safari, Everest, and Dinosaur.
Hopped bus over to DHS- rode TSMM(FP+), Great Movie Ride, Tower of Terror(FP+), Star Tours(FP+), saw Muppetvision 3d, and ate lunch at commissary, had a surprising good steak dinner.

Took the boat most of the way to EPCOT (walked part of it)
At EPCOT rode Imagination and Spaceship earth in hindsight could have ridden 1 more ride.

Rode monorail to MK - Arrived about 1/2 hour before 3:00 parade (goal was to make it for parade), did most of the "classic" attractions Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Splash Mountain, Tiki Room, Country Bears, It's a Small World, Haunted Mansion, Little Mermaid, Pooh, Buzz Light Year etc., The Train, TTA, Carousel of Progress. and met Mickey Mouse, Saw Main Street Electrical Parade, and Wishes. Planned on riding 7dmt at park closing but the line moved quickly enough I was able to ride it then head over to Peter Pan to see the new queue. Ate dinner at Columbia Harbor House in there somewhere, and got some ice cream on the way out of the park. Most of the afternoon, and evening I grabbed what FP+'s I could that were close in time and distance, filled in with "show" attractions, then after the fireworks made one final loop starting at Adventureland hitting the things I missed.

I was doing SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Universal for the bulk of the trip so I focused on rides that "screamed Disney" avoiding many of the of the Thrill Rides helped me get so much done.

It was a fun but exhausting day. Taking non-bus Disney Transportation as much as possible helped with making transportation not seem so bad. For Example, riding the monorail is a ride in addition to transportation.

 

[Stoneking]

We did it this past June. We were in town for a funeral and had a one day hopper left over from 2000 that we decided to use up. We had a car, but still ended up taking all of Disney's modes of transportation.

We started the day by driving to AK where we rode EE, had a snack, and did a character interaction. We then drove over to DHS where we had our FP+ for the day for TOT and RnR. We also had lunch there and went through the animation studio. From DHS we took the boat to Epcot where we just walked around and did some shopping and pin trading. We tried to get on TT, but the line was too long of a wait to allow us to spend the time we wanted at MK. From Epcot we took the Monorail to MK where we had dinner and rode BTMRR, HM, Buzz, Laugh Factory, and SpM. We watched the beginning of Wishes, but headed out to take a bus back to DHS before it ended.

It was an exhausting day and we didn't get to do much in any one park, but we'll probably never get hoppers again, so I thought this was the best use of the one day hopper we had.

That's really awesome! I'm sorry for the circumstances that led to your visit, but it sounds like you all had a really nice day!

 

[JennyDrake]

I've done it a few times, solo and using WDW transportation. BUT I travel in the "off" season--though there are no SLOW times as we once know them.

I took bus to AK, bus to MK, monorail to Epcot, then walked to DHS.

 

[cjnix29]

It sounds harder then I thought. I was thinking of taking a day on our next trip and hit the 4 parks, riding 2 or 3 rides in each one. My plan was to start in MK, at rope drop, and ride Space Mountain and Splash Mountain, and maybe one more, take Disney transport to AK and ride EE in single rider line and then one more, take Disney transport to HS and ride RR and TT and then walk over to EP and do TT and Soarin. Probably get FP for HS rides. I thought it would take to late afternoon. Am I crazy with the plan and timing? Thoughts?

John

If you are taking Disney transport, make it the easiest you can....make sure you go from MK to Epcot by monorail, and then walk to HS from Epcot or take the boats. Think about your transportation options when you make the plan. Can make things way easier! Have fun!!! Also, then you can manage to get in all methods of Disney transportation in the mix...monorail, bus, boat...

 

[Stoneking]

We are going to try it on check out day. Stay until park closing, drive to the airport for a 5:15 am flight back to the west coast. Should make sleeping on the flight easy. We will start and end at MK.

Best of luck to you! Drink lots of water and have fun!

 

[silverhaze269]

It's a last-day ritual for us to hit all 4 parks that day. Sometimes we're not in a park for very long, but it's enough to say we were there. We usually end our night with Wishes in the MK if we can, but sometimes because of MNSSHP or MVMCP that's not possible, so we opt for Illuminations over at Epcot instead. It makes for a long "whirlwind tour" of a day (especially if you're there during a busy time of year ), but it's totally worth it! We always use the disney transportation and haven't had an issue with not getting everything done we wanted to accomplish. As long as you plan your day accordingly, it's a really fun time!

 

[AuroraRora]

We've done this no problem! Its not unusual for us to park hop between HS and AK, then go to Epcot for Illuminations and immediately jump the monorail and catch Wishes at MK the same night. That said, four parks in general isn't hard, particularly with EMH. First park until 11 or noon, second park until 3ish, third park until maybe 7 and then head to your 4th park (MK or Epcot for the fireworks). We usually do at least three if not four parks on our last day, just to see everything one last time.

 

[fsupharm77]

We are going to do all 4 parks on November 6th!! Love seeing and reading peoples plans for this. We are doing all 4 parks, a ride at each, a character, photo and a drink. Can't wait!

 

[Stoneking]

It's a last-day ritual for us to hit all 4 parks that day. Sometimes we're not in a park for very long, but it's enough to say we were there. We usually end our night with Wishes in the MK if we can, but sometimes because of MNSSHP or MVMCP that's not possible, so we opt for Illuminations over at Epcot instead. It makes for a long "whirlwind tour" of a day (especially if you're there during a busy time of year ), but it's totally worth it! We always use the disney transportation and haven't had an issue with not getting everything done we wanted to accomplish. As long as you plan your day accordingly, it's a really fun time!

That's awesome! Glad to hear that Disney Transportation doesn't slow you down too much. I think next time were gonna park and use only busses/boats, will make it a little more interesting!

 

[Stoneking]

Great video! I've seen several of yours now, always enjoyable. I really need to catch Illuminations one night next year; haven't seen that since 2012.

I did 4 parks/1 day this year and it was awesome! Luckily the weather was beautiful, which helped. (I got drenched at AK on a separate day this year, so I know what you're talking about.) I started with RD at DHS, rode TSM and ST standby, then boat to Epcot for my favorite lamb shawarma lunch at Tangierine Cafe, strolled and took some photos of Flower & Garden/topiaries, bus to AK for Safari and Maharajah Jungle Trek, finally to MK for 7DMT, Buzz, IASW, Monsters Inc, saw the Move It Shake It parade/party, flatbread from Pinocchio's, stayed for Wishes. I got photos with Mickey & Minnie at each park. High point of my day, though, was probably my annual visit to Phineas & Ferb: I was wearing my "Phineas outfit" (orange/white striped T, dark blue capris, black socks and black & white sneakers) and the boys loved it; I told them it was from their "summer all the time" fashion collection (an episode), and how their around-the-world-in-one-day adventure had inspired me to go around Disney World in one day; they were awesome and made a big fuss over me. It was a long day but exhausting in a good and satisfying way.

Anyone who thinks they might like to do a 4-park day but hasn't tried it yet, I say go for it!

Hey! Thanks a lot! We're glad to hear you enjoy them I second that, anyone who hasn't done all four yet, needs to give it a shot.

 

[Stoneking]

We are going to do all 4 parks on November 6th!! Love seeing and reading peoples plans for this. We are doing all 4 parks, a ride at each, a character, photo and a drink. Can't wait!

Awesome, best of luck to you! It will be so nice and cool around that time, have fun!