Calling all park experts (u no who u r).

[iluvepcot]

Please Help? We arrive Wed(10/ 27) late. and leave for airport 5:00pm(11/1) Sun. I have firm plans for Friday and Sun. We are staying in World ,so can do EE but should we?

Friday
Breakfast at Boma
Resort time (relax) at the POP
4:05 LTT (can be admitted to MK without using PHP)
MNSSHP

Sunday
EE MK
11:20 CM Brunch
5:00 HDDR
9:00 Hayride

Please help with Thurs/Sat/Mon. 4 adults,3 children 4,5 and 7yrs.

Which parks which day? Do I try to fit in Wishes(we see FW with
MNSSSHP) and Spectro, they are only there on Sat? Want to try to see Ilum and Fantasmic.

I do want to do dinner at 1990 (Cinderella) girls only. (still trying to get cindy or SBP cx) What do we have Boys do at that time, Sci fi? But are MGM and MK same day a good match?

What about Sat, worried about wine Fest in Epcot but also worried about EE day MGM?

When to do AKL?

Intrested in any suggestions or ideas!!!!Thankyou, thankyou thankyou.

:thewave:

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I will try to help if I can....

I am confused with your Sunday plans--it says Hoop Dee Doo Review at 5pm, but your flight is at 5pm? Please clarify. (I see November 1st is a Monday, so maybe just a mistake and Sunday departure is really a Monday departure )

How late are you arriving on Wednesday--if you arrive too late, EE will be next to impossible, especially if you are crossing time zones. That might be a good day to hit Animal Kingdom which is a more "relaxed" part--not so busy busy if you know what I mean.


IAs Far as EPCOT--you shouldn't let the Food Wine Festival bother you--they just have many more vendors selling various international wines--I don't think it really impacts the crowds. The actual "real" festival is in the evening when guests spend about $100+ to do a food and wine tasting dinner. And I think they are in the old Millenium Village Building and would be out of your way.

So let's see...what I would do in your shoes....

Thurs AK AM, EPCOT PM (if kids would get bored too quickly there)
Illuminations is awesome!! Restaurants are Awesome!

Friday Your Schedule

Saturday If kids can are tall enough do EE at MGM . If the kids aren't tall enough for the rides, wait until regular hours, remember you'll be up late the night before. IT is very easy to be able to stay here all day b/c of all of the shows and their schedules. The girls can head to Cindy's at Dinner (allow an hour for transportation--even more if you wish to return to your hotel and change) and the boys can stay and do sci fi...if you do your dinner ressie early enough you can head back to MGM for Fantasmic--though it will be REALLY REALLY tough to find the rest of the family. If you wish to sit together..have a definite meeting spot AWAY from the line-up area so that you can all go in together.

Sunday--Point on the CM Brunch and HDDR on the SAME day--both are all you care to eat and you are highly likely to get full...if you are doing EE for MK--I would push your brunch to earlier in the morning--say about 10ish...you will have had 2 hours in the park by that time if you got there early. And it gives you more time to play in MK after brunch and time to go back to hotel and get ready for HDDR...you'll want to plan on leaving your hotel between 3:30 and 4:00 to head to FW (always allow an hour for property to property transportation). The other option is to change your HDDR for the 7ish show.

Good luck and happy trip!

 

[iluvepcot]

Lisa, Thank you this is exactly what I needed a fresh look at things and some diffrent ideas. Yes, this is a typo for Sunday, our flight out is Monday. See how confused this planning makes me! I like your thinking about EE MK on Thurs may not be the best idea and to do AK instead. Also, your idea about CM being too close to HDDR. We can not change HDDR due to wanting to do the haunted hayride on halloween. We will probably just head right to HDDR from boat dock at MK. You did not give ideas for Monday. We still have 1 more day on PHP.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My apologies on Mondays...we live locally--so usually departure day is drive home day--we really don't stick around.

Perhaps hmmmm....do whatever you felt like you didn't get enough of....

I only gave you a half day in my suggestion for EPCOT...perhaps on that first day, just do the countries and have a nice dinner and do illuminations...

But then on Monday go back and do future world for the rides and exhibits. At 11am when the countries open you can hit some of the countries you might have missed on that first day and see some of the shows in the countries like the chinese acrobats or Off Kilter.

If you do it this way, this allows you to leave Animal kingdom sometime in the afternoon (about 2-3ish) instead of right at lunchtime.

As far as HDDR--be at the boat dock about 4:15ish or so--that way you have a relaxing boatride over...you can check out the general store (I'm a sucker for resort gift shops ) and then you can go check in for HDDR--they take your pics before hand..if you get the timing right it will be little or no wait and then when the doors open at 5pm, you can mozy on in for the dinner and show.

If you have a rental car, I would go ahead and park at whatever theme park you are going to on MOnday. That way you can actually leave for the airport at 5pm...otherwise, you'll have to build in that travel time.

Enjoy your trip!

 

[iluvepcot]

Thank you Lisa, I already cx CM for the same day as HDDR and made CM for Monday instead. From CM on Monday we can head out to any of the other parks to finish the trip. Obviously I would vote for Epcot, hence my sign in name, but we will go with where the group wants to go. I have been to disney before but my sister and family have never been. That is why I am trying to get it all in for them.

I posted this also on the tips board and will look for other ideas. I like all your suggestions. Good reasons and thought behind your ideas. Thanks again