Am I Prioritizing FP Attractions Correctly?

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Nothing like waiting until the last minute to put together a game plan for our first DL trip this Saturday. It is just DH and I. I am listing the must see attractions in the order I plan to get FPs. We will be at the parks for opening. I would appreciate your thoughts if you see any red flags? Do I need FPs for all of these attractions. Is it realistic to see all of these attractions over the course of 2 1/2 days with pool time in the afternoon at the Grand California Hotel. We have dinner reservations at Steak 55 and Wine Trattoria. TIA!

California Adventure
RSR
TSM
TOT
Grizzley River Run
Monster's Inc.
Aladin
I will do CA Screamin as a single rider

Disneyland
Indiana Jones
Buzz
Space Mountain
BTMR
Jungle Cruise
Haunted Mansion
POC
Fit in railroad, Tiki Room and Innovations
 
Nothing like waiting until the last minute to put together a game plan for our first DL trip this Saturday. It is just DH and I. I am listing the must see attractions in the order I plan to get FPs. We will be at the parks for opening. I would appreciate your thoughts if you see any red flags? Do I need FPs for all of these attractions. Is it realistic to see all of these attractions over the course of 2 1/2 days with pool time in the afternoon at the Grand California Hotel. We have dinner reservations at Steak 55 and Wine Trattoria. TIA!

California Adventure
RSR
TSM
TOT
Grizzley River Run
Monster's Inc.
Aladin
I will do CA Screamin as a single rider

Disneyland
Indiana Jones
Buzz
Space Mountain
BTMR
Jungle Cruise
Haunted Mansion
POC
Fit in railroad, Tiki Room and Innovations
Here is the list of attractions with FP:
https://disneyland.disney.go.com/guest-services/fastpass/
About half of your list doesn't use FP.
 
Nothing like waiting until the last minute to put together a game plan for our first DL trip this Saturday. It is just DH and I. I am listing the must see attractions in the order I plan to get FPs. We will be at the parks for opening. I would appreciate your thoughts if you see any red flags? Do I need FPs for all of these attractions. Is it realistic to see all of these attractions over the course of 2 1/2 days with pool time in the afternoon at the Grand California Hotel. We have dinner reservations at Steak 55 and Wine Trattoria. TIA!

California Adventure
RSR
TSM
TOT
Grizzley River Run
Monster's Inc.
Aladin
I will do CA Screamin as a single rider

Disneyland
Indiana Jones
Buzz
Space Mountain
BTMR
Jungle Cruise
Haunted Mansion
POC
Fit in railroad, Tiki Room and Innovations

If you get there When the parks first open this is absolutely doable. You could pull a fast pass for RSR, do toy story mania then do tower of terror and monsters inc. California screamin lines moves very fast. See Aladdin in the afternoon when you need a break.
For Disneyalnd I would pull a FP or do IJ first thing your second day. Then do POTC, BIg thunder, haunted mansion jungle cruise while you wait for IJ fastpass. Then pull a space mountain fastpass, do buzz, railroad or whatever while you wait for Soace Mountain.
You should have tons of time to do everything on your list if you maximize each land while waiting for your fast pass. times.
 
Our last busy day we we went, we pulled a IJ fastpass, rode Big Thunder POTC and HM. Then it was FP for IJ. Then lunch. Then We pulled a fastpass for space mountain. Did Buzz and star tours Then SM fastpass.it was super busy that day and we left by 5 I think?
 

Not all of the attractions that you've listed have FP available or will be necessary to use a FP for. For example, Buzz and Monster's Inc. usually have short lines, and many of the other attractions have lines that can be very short or go very quickly as well. As others have said, it is often a good strategy to start in a certain land and pull a FP for the most high-profile ride there (Space Mountain in Tomorrowland, Indiana Jones in Adventureland, RSR in Carsland) and then check out the other attractions in the area before your FP time comes valid. In the mornings, almost everything will have short lines, so you can get a lot done in the first couple of hours. Lines start to grow around 11 am and are worst in mid-afternoon. Use those times to go to the pool, watch Aladdin, or go to Innoventions (which is never crowded).
 
You could easily do all of the attractions you listed in one day. If you get there when DCA opens and pull a RSR fastpass for the morning, you could easily be on all of those attractions by 1pm
 
Thank you to all for your help. I'm so used to WDW attractions all having FPs and assumed the same would be true for DL. I'm glad that we will be able to see everything on our list and return to the parks at night for WOC and Fantasmic. I'm especially looking forward to paper FPs again!
 




















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