Disney Touring Masters - Please critique my Epcot touring plans :)

[PDXmouse]

There are four of us and we'll be in the parks for 9 partial days in late January 2018. Myself, DH, DD11 and DS9. We're coming from the west coast so jet lag will be a real thing the first couple of days.

Rather than take full days off we're opting to go to the parks every day, but most days are not full days. We plan to be in Epcot day 7 and day 9. We are staying on property (probably Port Orleans.)

The most important part is the FP and ADRs. The rest is flexible. If we're running ahead of time we can repeat rides or take more breaks. If we're running behind we'll skip less exciting items on the agenda.

Day 7, Thursday
Arrive at noon. Leave sometime after dinner when we're tired.

1) Biergarten Restaurant (12:00 reservations)
2) Reflections of China
3) China Pavilion
4) Norway Pavilion
5) Frozen Ever After (Use FP for 2:00-3:00 pm)
6) Italy Pavilion
7) The American Adventure
8) Japan Pavilion
9) Morocco Pavilion
10) Le Cellier Steakhouse (5:05 pm reservations)
11) Impressions de France
12) Canada Pavilion
13) MAYBE the Illuminations dessert party and illuminations, but we'll probably skip. (We are planning to see HEA and SWAGS on other nights for sure.)

What other FP might we use on this day^? Any other thoughts?

Day 9, Saturday
Arrive at 8:15 am for rope drop. Leave after an early dinner.

1) Soarin (rope drop)
2) Test Track (Use FP 9:00-10:00 am)
3) Mission: SPACE (Use FP 10:00-11:00 am)
4) Spaceship Earth
5) Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (11:30 am reservations)
6) Living with the Land
7) The Seas with Nemo & Friends
8) Turtle Talk with Crush (Use FP 1:00-2:00 pm)
9) Mexico Pavilion
10) Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
11) Agent P's World Showcase Adventure
12) Chefs de France (4:00 pm reservations)

Would you recommend different uses of the FP system? What about our rope drop strategy?
Does the pacing look ok? Are our feet going to be killing us?
If the parks open at 9:00 am is 8:15 an ok arrival time?
Any "must haves" that we're missing?
Any recommended snack stops?



PDXmouse

 

[sharonabe]

For me, your Biergarten and Le Cellier ADRs are too close together. You'll have just finished eating a buffet at 2:00 and then be eating again at 4:30.
You said you wanted to leave after dinner, but then you have Illuminations plans. Are you leaving and coming back or are you not leaving?

Your second day is a lot of walking. You can take a boat across the lagoon to Via Napoli, but you're still walking from the very front of the park (Spaceship Earth) to where the boats pick up and then walking back from the boat dock to The Land and then The Seas and then back to World Showcase. I'm not saying it's not doable, and I don't see any way around it other than not eating at VN, but just be prepared.