Anal Annie
at least I KNOW I'm a kook...I just can't help it
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OK, so we're planning a 2 day / 1 night adventure from WDW to U / IoA in the middle of our August vaca. I sort of figured we'd just take a taxi and bring a duffle or backpack with what we need for the night (booked at HRH). Since we'll be returning to WDW by taxi again at the end of our 2nd day I was wondering if our best option is to bring our day bag to the parks & put it in a locker (there ARE lockers, right?) or should we leave it with bell services and then go back to the hotel to retrieve it & pick up a taxi? Also, I looked at the park hours and the week we're there the park hours go from opening at 8:00 am the previous week to 9:00 am the week we're there (both close at 10:00). Does this mean that the early entry for resort guests will be at 8:00 am? The early opening will just be for IoA, right? I was thinking we should try to grab a taxi & leave WDW around 7:00 am so we could get to the HRH by about 7:30ish to check in and get our tix for the day...that means we can get the early entry into IoA at 8:00, right? Does the timing sound about right? (We will be staying at the Boardwalk Villas if where we're staying makes any time difference.)
Would you try to do both early mornings at IoA (WWoHP) and then park hop to the Studios later or would you just do the Studios one day & IoA the other day? What's the most efficient use of our time? We always park hop at Disney but then we know what we want to do there. If we do the Studios on our first day is there enough time to finish everything and still have time for an R & R / pool break in the afternoon and then go back in the evening? I would kind of like to have time to enjoy this $225 room a little bit.
Do people do touring plans for U / IoA like they do for the Disney parks? Disney we know inside & out but we don't know what we're doing here...do I need to make a plan of some sort or just wing it? Which rides are known to have THE worst waits (or will it not matter so much with the onsite express pass thing)?
Would you try to do both early mornings at IoA (WWoHP) and then park hop to the Studios later or would you just do the Studios one day & IoA the other day? What's the most efficient use of our time? We always park hop at Disney but then we know what we want to do there. If we do the Studios on our first day is there enough time to finish everything and still have time for an R & R / pool break in the afternoon and then go back in the evening? I would kind of like to have time to enjoy this $225 room a little bit.

Do people do touring plans for U / IoA like they do for the Disney parks? Disney we know inside & out but we don't know what we're doing here...do I need to make a plan of some sort or just wing it? Which rides are known to have THE worst waits (or will it not matter so much with the onsite express pass thing)?