jbee
Earning My Ears
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Hi All! I've been planning our October '16 trip for more than a year but with so many recent changes/additions, I'd love some feedback from you all as to whether I should make any changes to our touring plans. I make my FP+ reservations tomorrow morning so the only thing set right now are my dining reservations, FP+ times are all guesstimates. It's just my fiancé & I from Sunday, October 23rd to Saturday, October 29th staying at Pop Century without park hopper. It's our third time going together as adults, our second time staying at Pop, and our first trip during the fall!
Sunday
Arrive at MCO @ 10:45am - lunch @ resort or Flame Tree (depending on how hungry we are) - hop on a bus to AK by 1pm - first FP+ @ 1:30pm for Kilimanjaro Safaris - we want to make the 3pm showing of FOTLK so we'll walk through Gorilla Falls before or after (depending on time) - head over to Asia for FP+ @ 3:30pm for Expedition Everest - will do Maharaja Jungle Trek before or after, depending on time - possibly Finding Nemo or meeting characters next - last FP+ will be @ 5pm for Dinosaur - park is scheduled to close @ 7pm so we'll spend the rest of our time taking in the nighttime offerings or whatever else we'd like to do - after closing, we'll take a bus over to Saratoga Springs so we can walk over to Disney Springs for our 8:30pm reservation @ Raglan Road (at my fiancé's request) - we'll probably head right home after dinner
Monday
Head to the bus stop by 8am for 9am opening @ Epcot - head to the Land first to ride Soarin' without a FP+ and possibly ride one more time after if the wait is <20 minutes - Living with the Land next - head over to Test Track for FP+ scheduled 9:15-10:15am (is that enough time?) - Mission Space: Orange next - head to the Festival Center to pick up a passport booklet for F&WF - then Spaceship Earth with FP+ scheduled 10:15-11:15am - still not sure where to schedule my last FP+ (I'm thinking maybe the Character Spot since Mission Space doesn't typically have long waits in the morning- what do you think?) - spend the rest of the afternoon in World Showcase enjoying the F&WF - leave the park whenever we're ready - we have no set plans at night so we'll either head back to Epcot, make a last minute dining reservation, or just hang by pool and grab dinner at Pop/AoA
Tuesday
Head to the bus stop by 7:45am for 9am opening @ Magic Kingdom (definitely want to be there for the welcome show) - head to PPF first - Winnie the Pooh - Under the Sea - then 7DMT with FP+ scheduled 9:15-10:15am - next is Haunted Mansion - Splash Mountain with FP+ - Pirates - then our last FP+ at Space Mountain - hopefully leave the park by 11:30-12pm - spend the afternoon at the pool and/or relaxing at resort - head to the bus stop for MNSSHP by 4:30pm - dinner @ QS in Magic Kingdom - spend some time doing Tomorrowland attractions before getting our spot for the first parade - grab a snack before Hallowishes - our plan is to stick around for the Kiss Goodnight so we'll spend the rest of the night meeting characters, riding attractions, watching the Hocus Pocus Villain Spectacular, etc.
Wednesday
Sleep in after our late night - spend some time at the pool if weather permits - maybe head to Disney Springs for lunch @ the Boathouse (I'm dying to try!) and check out some of the new spots - no set plans until our 7:40pm dinner reservation @ California Grill and we'll stick around after dinner to see Wishes from the observation deck
Thursday
Really long, full day at Universal/IOA - I'm thinking we'll grab an Uber by around 9:30am and we'll spend the entire day at both parks and stay for HHN - it's a ridiculously long day and I'm kind of nervous about it but I think we'll be able to rally - we may push back our arrival time but I'm not sure how much of a difference it'll make, we're pretty early risers anyway
Friday
My original plan was to get to Hollywood Studios for opening but I may just plan to sleep in after our long day on Thursday - we have a 1pm reservation at Sci-Fi and I'll schedule our FP+ reservations a little later so we'll have some flexibility on our arrival time (RnR @ 11am, ToT @ 12pm, Star Tours @ 2:15) - we'll fit in TSMM without a FP+ sometime between our FP+ reservations and lunch - we'd also like to make a showing of Beauty & the Beast but not a must do - we have dining reservations @ Narcoossee's at 8pm
Saturday
Wake up early and head to Magic Kingdom whenever we've finished packing up and checking our luggage - FP+ to meet Mickey @ 10:00am - spend some time shopping - FP+ for 7DMT @ 11am - lunch @ Be Our Guest for 12pm - not sure where to schedule our last FP+ (maybe Space?) - our DME will pick us up at 4:30pm so we'll spend the rest of the afternoon exploring MK or head over to Disney Springs for some last minute shopping
Sunday
Arrive at MCO @ 10:45am - lunch @ resort or Flame Tree (depending on how hungry we are) - hop on a bus to AK by 1pm - first FP+ @ 1:30pm for Kilimanjaro Safaris - we want to make the 3pm showing of FOTLK so we'll walk through Gorilla Falls before or after (depending on time) - head over to Asia for FP+ @ 3:30pm for Expedition Everest - will do Maharaja Jungle Trek before or after, depending on time - possibly Finding Nemo or meeting characters next - last FP+ will be @ 5pm for Dinosaur - park is scheduled to close @ 7pm so we'll spend the rest of our time taking in the nighttime offerings or whatever else we'd like to do - after closing, we'll take a bus over to Saratoga Springs so we can walk over to Disney Springs for our 8:30pm reservation @ Raglan Road (at my fiancé's request) - we'll probably head right home after dinner
Monday
Head to the bus stop by 8am for 9am opening @ Epcot - head to the Land first to ride Soarin' without a FP+ and possibly ride one more time after if the wait is <20 minutes - Living with the Land next - head over to Test Track for FP+ scheduled 9:15-10:15am (is that enough time?) - Mission Space: Orange next - head to the Festival Center to pick up a passport booklet for F&WF - then Spaceship Earth with FP+ scheduled 10:15-11:15am - still not sure where to schedule my last FP+ (I'm thinking maybe the Character Spot since Mission Space doesn't typically have long waits in the morning- what do you think?) - spend the rest of the afternoon in World Showcase enjoying the F&WF - leave the park whenever we're ready - we have no set plans at night so we'll either head back to Epcot, make a last minute dining reservation, or just hang by pool and grab dinner at Pop/AoA
Tuesday
Head to the bus stop by 7:45am for 9am opening @ Magic Kingdom (definitely want to be there for the welcome show) - head to PPF first - Winnie the Pooh - Under the Sea - then 7DMT with FP+ scheduled 9:15-10:15am - next is Haunted Mansion - Splash Mountain with FP+ - Pirates - then our last FP+ at Space Mountain - hopefully leave the park by 11:30-12pm - spend the afternoon at the pool and/or relaxing at resort - head to the bus stop for MNSSHP by 4:30pm - dinner @ QS in Magic Kingdom - spend some time doing Tomorrowland attractions before getting our spot for the first parade - grab a snack before Hallowishes - our plan is to stick around for the Kiss Goodnight so we'll spend the rest of the night meeting characters, riding attractions, watching the Hocus Pocus Villain Spectacular, etc.
Wednesday
Sleep in after our late night - spend some time at the pool if weather permits - maybe head to Disney Springs for lunch @ the Boathouse (I'm dying to try!) and check out some of the new spots - no set plans until our 7:40pm dinner reservation @ California Grill and we'll stick around after dinner to see Wishes from the observation deck
Thursday
Really long, full day at Universal/IOA - I'm thinking we'll grab an Uber by around 9:30am and we'll spend the entire day at both parks and stay for HHN - it's a ridiculously long day and I'm kind of nervous about it but I think we'll be able to rally - we may push back our arrival time but I'm not sure how much of a difference it'll make, we're pretty early risers anyway
Friday
My original plan was to get to Hollywood Studios for opening but I may just plan to sleep in after our long day on Thursday - we have a 1pm reservation at Sci-Fi and I'll schedule our FP+ reservations a little later so we'll have some flexibility on our arrival time (RnR @ 11am, ToT @ 12pm, Star Tours @ 2:15) - we'll fit in TSMM without a FP+ sometime between our FP+ reservations and lunch - we'd also like to make a showing of Beauty & the Beast but not a must do - we have dining reservations @ Narcoossee's at 8pm
Saturday
Wake up early and head to Magic Kingdom whenever we've finished packing up and checking our luggage - FP+ to meet Mickey @ 10:00am - spend some time shopping - FP+ for 7DMT @ 11am - lunch @ Be Our Guest for 12pm - not sure where to schedule our last FP+ (maybe Space?) - our DME will pick us up at 4:30pm so we'll spend the rest of the afternoon exploring MK or head over to Disney Springs for some last minute shopping
lol i definitely agree with you, this is our third time going so i'm hoping it'll feel a little more relaxed since the first two i was trying to cram in as much as possible. if we can't get to something this time around i won't be heartbroken. a girls trip sounds amazing, i'd love to plan something like that- thank you and you have a great trip as well!!
