Best days for each park...

[mommy1212]

Hi All!
My family & I (DH, DD6, DS3 and my parents) will be in WDW June 17-23 2006. Do you have any suggustions for when we should tour each of the parks...we have hopper passes too. Thanks!

 

[Jackie H.]

You would probably get more responses on the main Theme Park Board

My main piece of advice has always been to avoid the Magic Kingdom on Saturdays.

Now withe Extra Magic Hours you can take one of two approaches:

1 - if you are staying onsite you can take advantage of the EMH and get there early and stay late

2 - avoid at all costs the EMH park and visit the park that had it the day before (example: if the MK has EMH on Monday, go to MK on Tuesday)...which has always been our approach - but we don't go in June.

 

[DisneyDotty]

Highly recommend you buy the Unofficial Guide to WDW. It gives very specific and helpful info re: which parks to go to on which days. We went to WDW mid-June this year and relied on the Guide. As a result, we never waited more than 15-20 minutes for an attraction. And it was crowded then! Enjoy your trip!

 

[Cinderella94]

I'd also recommend avoiding MK on a Monday. Maybe try AK that day or Epcot?

 

[cruiseonmagic]

You would probably get more responses on the main Theme Park Board

My main piece of advice has always been to avoid the Magic Kingdom on Saturdays.

Now withe Extra Magic Hours you can take one of two approaches:

1 - if you are staying onsite you can take advantage of the EMH and get there early and stay late

2 - avoid at all costs the EMH park and visit the park that had it the day before (example: if the MK has EMH on Monday, go to MK on Tuesday)...which has always been our approach - but we don't go in June.

ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY EMH! 100% of the time! There are so many guests that sleep in on vacation, or go to breakfast before the parks it is unbelievable. Don't give up the one hour/day that outside guests will not be in the parks. If you are at the gates when they open on early emh, you will be able to do more in the first 2 hrs than you will be able to do the entire rest of the day. I've done 8 rides and have gotten 2 fast passes in the first 2 hrs at MK during spring break!

I've seen some guide books that recommend going to MK on Monday--sorry, not me. Of course the authors must have some info that I don't know about. All I can go by is working 70+ mondays over the past 2.5 years and seeing full ferryboats(600 guests per boat for each of the 3 boats) from 830am until 1pm. Remember that Sunday is a travel day for a lot of people, and the first thing they want to do is go to see the castle on the first full day of their vacation. Any other park is fine. MK is usually decent on Sunday(because it's a travel day), or later in the week (wed, or thurs)

 

[the kabuki]

From allearsnet.com

recent inquiry of Disney regarding which days to visit which parks had the following response:

"During regular attendance periods, our parks tend to be the busiest on the following days:

Magic Kingdom: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday

Epcot: Tuesday and Friday

Disney-MGM Studios: Sunday and Wednesday

Disney's Animal Kingdom: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday"

From http://www.disneytravelagents.com/DStour/VI/faq.html

Also, during regular attendance periods, Parks tend to be the busiest on the following days:

Magic Kingdom® Park: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
Epcot®: Tuesday and Friday
Disney-MGM Studios: Sunday and Wednesday
Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

From http://www.orlandosecret.com/Secrets.htm

Also, during regular attendance periods, the parks tend to be the busiest on the following days:

Magic Kingdom® Park: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
Epcot® : Tuesday and Friday
Disney-MGM Studios: Sunday and Wednesday
Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

And lastly if you'd like to look up your specific dates check out this site:
http://www.touringplans.com/BestDays.htm