Epcot afternoon hop to MK evening Genie+ advice?

otterpop

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I am trying to come up with a plan on how to proceed using Genie + for a brief Epcot afternoon followed by hopping to MK for the evening. Any advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Here are the details:
I am planning on arriving at Epcot around 2:00 from the IG, walking through Epcot, to take the monorail to MK. While I am walking through Epcot, I would like to (hopefully) use 1-2 LL's for Frozen, TT, and/or Soarin'. I would then head to MK around 4ish and use as many LL's as possible until MK close.

This will be my first time using G+. If I understand it correctly, when my booking window opens up at 7am, it's not going to provide me any benefit for my above scenario; if I try to book an Epcot LL at 7am, the return windows will be before 2:00 and if I try to book an LL for MK, it would probably be for a return window right at 2:00.

Again, if I understand G+ correctly, I was thinking that my plan of attack should be to start refreshing at 7am until an Epcot return time of 2:00 shows up (based on looking at the Thrill Data graphs, shows around 7:10ish-7:20). After I get my first LL and 2 hours after Epcot park open, book my second LL and hope I can get one for Epcot for around 2-3ish and if not, then start booking LL's for MK.

It also appears that Frozen and TT go sooner than Soarin', so I should try for one of those first at the 7am window and then for my second LL, try for Soarin'?

Does the above sound correct or am I missing something?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions!
 
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You have exactly the right idea.

It shouldn't take long after 7am to get a 2:00-ish LL time for either Frozen or Test Track.

Epcot is currently opening at 8:30, so you would be eligible for second LL at 10:30. Today at 10:30, nothing in Epcot had a return time anywhere close to 2:00 pm or later (except Frozen and TT, both with evening LL times). My recommendation would be to book Jungle Cruise at MK (today at 10:30, Jungle Cruise had 6:00 LL).

Then at 12:30 when you are eligible for LL #3, Soarin might have an LL time after 2:00. If not, it shouldn't take long for Soarin LL time to be 2:00 or later.

When you tap into Soarin, you are then eligible to get LL #4 at Magic Kingdom.
 
You have exactly the right idea.

It shouldn't take long after 7am to get a 2:00-ish LL time for either Frozen or Test Track.

Epcot is currently opening at 8:30, so you would be eligible for second LL at 10:30. Today at 10:30, nothing in Epcot had a return time anywhere close to 2:00 pm or later (except Frozen and TT, both with evening LL times). My recommendation would be to book Jungle Cruise at MK (today at 10:30, Jungle Cruise had 6:00 LL).

Then at 12:30 when you are eligible for LL #3, Soarin might have an LL time after 2:00. If not, it shouldn't take long for Soarin LL time to be 2:00 or later.

When you tap into Soarin, you are then eligible to get LL #4 at Magic Kingdom.
Thank you!!! Wasn't even thinking that approach of going #1 Epcot, #2 MK, #3 Epcot...
 












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