DHS & EPCOT both in 1/2 day

[Clare Voince]

I've booked a very short 2 night stay over labor day weekend 9/1-9/3. I'm flying in on Saturday, and planning on spending all of Sunday in the MK. I won't be able to visit a park on Monday before flying out.

I would like to split my arrival day between DHS and Epcot, and what I want to do may be difficult. I will be arriving in the afternoon, so I can't rope drop, but I would like to visit both Toy Story Mania in DHS and Frozen Ever After in Epcot. Since I can only get a FP+ for one of those rides, and neither are likely to have same day FP+ available, one will have to be standby. I would also like to see Illuminations, so I'd probably head to DHS first. Should I FP+ TSMM and do standby at Frozen, or risk a long afternoon standby line at TSMM to get an evening FP+ at Frozen? I'm leaning towards FP+ TSMM, and hoping the standby line gets shorter at Frozen as Illuminations nears. Or would I risk missing Illuminations doing that?

 

[CAS239]

Probably won't be able to tell until after Toy Story Land opens up. It could help drop the toy story waits or it could boost it.

As of right now, I'd fp TSMM then try to grab frozen as a 4th FP. Even if you can't get a same day frozen fp, it's wait time closer to Illuminations is likely to be lower vs TSMM middday.

To make sure you see Illuminations I'd get in line early enough to give an extra 10-15 min window. So if it says it's a 45 min wait, I'd get in line 60 min before I'd want to be out the ride. You can find a great spot for Illuminations about 15 min prior to the show so I wouldn't worry about missing it

 

[Clare Voince]

Thanks! I haven't done Illuminations in a long while, so I wasn't sure how early I had to wait for a spot. That helps a lot.