can someone help me figure out what day to do what park

grumpy&princess

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We are now going Dec 20th-27th to get the dining plan.
20th-
21st- MK
22nd-
23rd-MK? cause of the am and pm extra hours
24th-
25th- MK
26th-
27th-

other than that I am not sure what parks to go to. Can someone help me out? We want to include two days of EP 2 days HS and 1 day AK.

I have never stayed onsite so never done the dining plan either so trying to make ressies and need to figure out what parks to go to, to make them
 
I would check out easywdw.com and go from there. They have really great park recommendation. Also, avoid Extra Magic Hours. I think it will be busy no matter where you go, but that should atleast help! Good luck!
 
Are you absolutely dead set on going to MK on Christmas morning? I would go to AK that day and do MK the next.
 
I am by no means an expert at which parks to go to when. I haven't been to WDW since 1981, before EP opened :eek:. But I read the following tips from 2 different posters. Maybe these will help you.

Do Animal Kingdom early on in your trip when you have lots of energy, and wear your best walking shoes for that park! There is a lot of walking on very hilly terrain.

Go to Epcot early in the week because it has the most walking; go to MGM (Hollywood, whatever) last because it has the least walking –

Not sure how true this is though. I'm sure others will chime in... Enjoy! :)
 

My only suggestion is to not do MK on Christmas Day. We went in December last year, and after reading many different threads about how crazy it is on the 25th, I decided against it. ( I read things like wall to wall people, can't ride anything the lines are so long, pushing and shoving, getting stepped on, etc)

We went on Christmas Eve and it was very magical and doable. Yes, crowded, but not crazy. We had Crystal Palace for dinner, got to watch the lighting of the castle while waiting, and watched a very magical Wishes.

We slept in on Christmas, and went to Hollywood Studios. It too, got busy later, but not too bad.
 
We went the week of Christmas and I can not remember what days we did what, except we were advised to stay away from MK on Christmas day and we did, we went to Epcot on Christmas day and did the Candlelight processional that day. We did MK on the 23rd and DTD on the 24th for some last minute shopping. I do recall going back to Epcot for New Years eve as well. I also know we went to MK AFTER Christmas as the Fairy Godmother at CRT teased my husband terribly about being Scrooge. Just do what you feel is right and know it is a very crowded time and expect very long lines, keep in mind, the parks get crowded early.
 
As PP's have mentioned, stay away from MK on Christmas Day and avoid any parks with EMH - all parks will be busy - but EMH parks and MK on Christmas Day will be a ZOO.
 














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