Anyone want to critique my FP+ selections?

[Keyser]

I'm looking for a sanity check for my FP+ selections - if any planner-obsessed people out there would like to give feedback, please do! The situation: we'll be there July 6-9, and will go to each park once, though we will later return for a second half-day at Epcot and full day at MK. So, even though I am choosing what should be the "good" day to go to each park, it's going to be a very busy time. I'm wondering if I should handle this differently. Here's the FP+s I chose:

Epcot:
Mission: Space Orange: 10:00
Spaceship Earth: 11:00
Soarin': 7:30
General plan: Test Track at rope drop, then Future World for morning (would love to fit in Soarin', but probably can't), World Showcase for lunch and early afternoon. Save Soarin' for one ride in the evening after dinner, before Illuminations. On our next day at Epcot, we'll probably go for Frozen (if available). Would we be better to get an early Soarin' or Test Track fastpass, and then hope to get a 4th one once we use the Spaceship Earth one at 11 (this seems risky)?

MK:
Peter Pan: 10:35
Enchanted Tales: 11:40
7DMT: 12:40
General plan: Rope drop to Future World (Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear), then to Fantasyland for the rest of the morning (snack in there somewhere), lunch at BoG at 1:30. Fill in the gaps in this schedule and with other rides in Tomorrowland/Fantasyland and that general area. We'll be leaving this park after lunch, so no need for a late FP.

AK:
Everest: 9:55
Kali: 11:35
Safari: 2:35
General plan: Start in dinoland, then ride Everest, then see Nemo, then head to Asia until lunch. After lunch go to Africa. Could move the Safari to nighttime if (when) the times get updated. Or, should I aim to use my FPs up early, and then hope for a 4th one later on?

DHS:
Tower of Terror: 9:50
Star Tours 12:00
TSMM 7:15
General plan: Rope drop Rock n Roller Coaster, then head to Great Movie Ride and Voyage of Little Mermaid, return to Tower of Terror and Beauty and the Beast, get a snack, head to Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Muppets, (and maybe Frozen), before a 1:30 lunch at Mama Melrose. Then, return in the evening to ride TSMM and see Fantasmic and Fireworks. Again, would we be better to have an early TSMM, and hope to get another as a 4th FP?

I guess on all of these, my biggest question is whether it is better to use my FPs early and plan to get another for the evening, or to go with the "sure thing" and get a later FP at a time I'm pretty sure I'd like to have one... But, if my schedule seems way off in some other way, I hope someone will let me know that, also.

 

[g-dad66]

I think your plan is best the way it is rather than going for the 4th FP.

At Magic Kingdom, you can get 4th, 5th, etc. FPs for rides that are worth it, but at both Epcot and Hollywood Studios, the chances of getting a 4th FP for a popular ride are mighty slim. (You could get a 4th FP at DHS for Fantasmic if your TSMM were earlier, but you don't really need a FP for Fantasmic.)

Animal Kingdom has some potential for getting a 4th FP for someting like Everest (if you wanted to ride it more than once). Something to keep in mind is there may be FP for the new Jungle Book evening show, but no data to go on at this point as to how difficult that might be as a 4th FP (or even how necessary FP will be).

 

[Keyser]

Thanks - that's helpful! I think I'll stick with my current plan, in that case.

 

[Vgraves2003]

This has helped me think of plans for my trip (like what to FP and what to rope drop!) Thank you!

 

[River Country]

I'm looking for a sanity check for my FP+ selections - if any planner-obsessed people out there would like to give feedback, please do! The situation: we'll be there July 6-9, and will go to each park once, though we will later return for a second half-day at Epcot and full day at MK. So, even though I am choosing what should be the "good" day to go to each park, it's going to be a very busy time. I'm wondering if I should handle this differently. Here's the FP+s I chose:

Epcot:
Mission: Space Orange: 10:00
Spaceship Earth: 11:00
Soarin': 7:30
General plan: Test Track at rope drop, then Future World for morning (would love to fit in Soarin', but probably can't), World Showcase for lunch and early afternoon. Save Soarin' for one ride in the evening after dinner, before Illuminations. On our next day at Epcot, we'll probably go for Frozen (if available). Would we be better to get an early Soarin' or Test Track fastpass, and then hope to get a 4th one once we use the Spaceship Earth one at 11 (this seems risky)?The only thing I can say with this is your second Epcot day Frozen when available will be a Tier 1 ride along with the M/G so I would keep Soarin in your original plan and hopefully snag a frozen FP if available for your second day.

MK:
Peter Pan: 10:35
Enchanted Tales: 11:40
7DMT: 12:40
General plan: Rope drop to Future World (Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear), then to Fantasyland for the rest of the morning (snack in there somewhere), lunch at BoG at 1:30. Fill in the gaps in this schedule and with other rides in Tomorrowland/Fantasyland and that general area. We'll be leaving this park after lunch, so no need for a late FP.Looks good to me

AK:
Everest: 9:55
Kali: 11:35
Safari: 2:35
General plan: Start in dinoland, then ride Everest, then see Nemo, then head to Asia until lunch. After lunch go to Africa. Could move the Safari to nighttime if (when) the times get updated. Or, should I aim to use my FPs up early, and then hope for a 4th one later on?Yea you could do this but IMHO the safari in the morning first thing is when you will see an abundance of animals. Safari at 2:35 in July I would switch Everest and the Safari. Where are you doing lunch. Flame Tree BBQ is good for a QS

DHS:
Tower of Terror: 9:50
Star Tours 12:00
TSMM 7:15
General plan: Rope drop Rock n Roller Coaster, then head to Great Movie Ride and Voyage of Little Mermaid, return to Tower of Terror and Beauty and the Beast, get a snack, head to Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Muppets, (and maybe Frozen), before a 1:30 lunch at Mama Melrose. Then, return in the evening to ride TSMM and see Fantasmic and Fireworks. Again, would we be better to have an early TSMM, and hope to get another as a 4th FP?When is RD this day? even if it is 830 you will have a tough time doing RnRC GMR VLM all before your 950 FP for ToT but I guess you have until 10:50 to get there so that may be enough time. The GMR sometimes has a 1/2 hour to 45 minute wait or better. Then the second part to see the Beauty and the beast show Indiana Jones Star Tours and Muppets all before 130 at Mama's that is going to be extremely difficult. I would re-think this plan: Move your ToT FP up to as early as you can say 9:05. RD run to RnRC then use FP to ToT so you do not need to walk back to that part of the park. Then go Beauty Beauty and Beast show at 11 after show grab a snack go to Movie Ride use your FP for Star Tours catch muppets go to lunch then leave and come back for you TSMM and F!. I think you will have to cut out Indiana Jones unless its a non-negotiable must do.

I guess on all of these, my biggest question is whether it is better to use my FPs early and plan to get another for the evening, or to go with the "sure thing" and get a later FP at a time I'm pretty sure I'd like to have one... But, if my schedule seems way off in some other way, I hope someone will let me know that, also.

 

[Keyser]

DHS:
Tower of Terror: 9:50
Star Tours 12:00
TSMM 7:15
General plan: Rope drop Rock n Roller Coaster, then head to Great Movie Ride and Voyage of Little Mermaid, return to Tower of Terror and Beauty and the Beast, get a snack, head to Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Muppets, (and maybe Frozen), before a 1:30 lunch at Mama Melrose. Then, return in the evening to ride TSMM and see Fantasmic and Fireworks. Again, would we be better to have an early TSMM, and hope to get another as a 4th FP?

When is RD this day? even if it is 830 you will have a tough time doing RnRC GMR VLM all before your 950 FP for ToT but I guess you have until 10:50 to get there so that may be enough time. The GMR sometimes has a 1/2 hour to 45 minute wait or better. Then the second part to see the Beauty and the beast show Indiana Jones Star Tours and Muppets all before 130 at Mama's that is going to be extremely difficult. I would re-think this plan: Move your ToT FP up to as early as you can say 9:05. RD run to RnRC then use FP to ToT so you do not need to walk back to that part of the park. Then go Beauty Beauty and Beast show at 11 after show grab a snack go to Movie Ride use your FP for Star Tours catch muppets go to lunch then leave and come back for you TSMM and F!. I think you will have to cut out Indiana Jones unless its a non-negotiable must do.

Thanks. I was going off of the touringplans schedule, but it seems they might have made things a little too tight. The park opens at 9, and so the plan was: RnRC at rope drop, finish by 9:20; walk to VotLM for the 9:30-9:47 show, then GMR finishing by 10:15, at which point walk back to ToT to use the fast pass and then catch 11:00 BatB show. Maybe I could try that, and if I miss the 9:30 VotLM I just go straight to GMR, or if the line is long at VotLM (touringplans estimated only 7 minutes) we skip that and just go on from there. Or, is it just totally undoable - i.e. should we just forget about possibly doing all of that and still making the 11:00 Beauty and the Beast show? If I go for the early Tower of Terror, could I maybe try to see GMR before the 10:25 VotLM (and then if we got out of that, would we have time to get to BatB?

After Beauty and the Beast, it seems that seeing the 12:00 Indiana Jones, followed by Star Tours (with FP) and Muppets should be doable before our ADR at Mama Melrose, or we could do GMR instead of Indiana Jones. We've never done the Indiana Jones show or the Great Movie Ride, so we were hoping to see them this trip, but we'd probably be willing to drop one of them if it was a choice between that and one of the others we want to see.

Thanks again!

 

[River Country]

Thanks. I was going off of the touringplans schedule, but it seems they might have made things a little too tight. The park opens at 9, and so the plan was: RnRC at rope drop, finish by 9:20; walk to VotLM for the 9:30-9:47 show, then GMR finishing by 10:15, at which point walk back to ToT to use the fast pass and then catch 11:00 BatB show. Maybe I could try that, and if I miss the 9:30 VotLM I just go straight to GMR, or if the line is long at VotLM (touringplans estimated only 7 minutes) we skip that and just go on from there. Or, is it just totally undoable - i.e. should we just forget about possibly doing all of that and still making the 11:00 Beauty and the Beast show? If I go for the early Tower of Terror, could I maybe try to see GMR before the 10:25 VotLM (and then if we got out of that, would we have time to get to BatB?

After Beauty and the Beast, it seems that seeing the 12:00 Indiana Jones, followed by Star Tours (with FP) and Muppets should be doable before our ADR at Mama Melrose, or we could do GMR instead of Indiana Jones. We've never done the Indiana Jones show or the Great Movie Ride, so we were hoping to see them this trip, but we'd probably be willing to drop one of them if it was a choice between that and one of the others we want to see.

Thanks again!

I just don't see how you will end the VotLM at 9:47 and be off GMR 28 minutes later. Yes its close to one another but this will more than likely be closer to 10:30 which will leave you a 5-10 minute walk to ToT now 10:40 off ToT 10:55 maybe even 11:00 I don't think you will make BatB at 11. You are attempting to complete 2 popular attractions in 73 minutes with travel time and 1 FP I just don't think it is doable. Just my opinion