Changing itinerary due to ROL delays? Opinions please

[disneyfam31]

I am considering switching our itinerary for our upcoming May trip due to the AK Rivers of Light / evening activity delays. However, we have never been to AK, so I want to make sure I am planning enough time for that park.

I would love to get some opinions on what you think about the following options:

Original plan
Friday:
MK all day

Saturday:
DHS morning
AK afternoon/evening

Option 2
Friday:
AK morning 9 am - 1 pm (is this enough time?)
MK afternoon 2pm till evening (BBB reservation for DD and Pirates league for DS - 4 pm)
Note: this is an early magic hours day for MK

Saturday:
MK morning till early afternoon - I was able to secure early ADR in MK; however, this is also a day they are offering the early morning magic in fantasyland. Is it reasonable to keep this ADR and try and beat the rope drop crowds at 9am to the opening Frontierland instead?
DHS afternoon / evening

Option 3
Friday:
MK all day

Saturday:
AK morning
Another park TBD for rest of afternoon/evening when we finish at AK

 

[GillianP1301]

Are those your only two park days? Assuming so, then I would go with Option 3 and really just flip around your AK & DHS (or whatever 2nd park you decide on) from your original plan. You won't do everything in AK in half a day, but you can cover quite a bit of ground and with 2 park days, I would not allocate more than the half day you have planned.

 

[UnderTheRialto]

I'd do 3! I also find that when I rope drop AK I really don't need FP, you could save them for the afternoon park.

 

[disneyfam31]

We actually will be at WDW for much longer. These are the last two days of our trip. We have another full day at MK earlier in the trip; however, we are waiting to go to AK until the end because we have other people joining us at that time and none of us have ever been to AK.