Epcot itinery - please critique

[Monima]

I received some great tips on our AK itinery, so i wanted to see about our Epcot day. We are using DDP and some of us (2 out of 4) need regular sit down breaks and meals. This is our first trip to Disney.
8.05 b'fast garden grill
8.45 get in line for test track since FP does not allow for "build a car"
10.00 FP soarin
10.45 FP mission space
11.15 FP meet and greet and try to get SDFP for frozen for after 2pm or after 7pm
12.00 UK meet Mary poppins
12.15 serveur amusant
12.50 lunch chef de la france, planning on splitting 2 or 3 meals
2.00 Japan matsuriza drummer
2.45 Japan meet Jasmine
3.30 Italy get some gelati, can't wait for that
4.50 China meet Mulan
5.10 China jeweled dragon acrobats
6.00 dinner Biergarten, meet snow white
7.30 FP frozen if we are lucky
Definitely want to see Morocco
Also want to make this a somewhat shorter day as we are going to MK the next day
Appreciate all the feedback and suggestions.

 

[No.1000]

I don't think there is a FP for Anna and Elsa M&G. Also, you are missing an awful lot of future world. I would at least recommend Spaceship Earth. Living with the Land is great and in the same building as Soarin. And you are not touching the Seas or Imagination at all. Check out Club Cool, too. Have fun!

 

[bitty246]

I second Club Cool if you are first time visitors. You have to do the Beverly "surprise" pic. I've done it to my kids twice and can't wait to do it again. (They were younger and won't remember. Bad mom!! LOL)

 

[pitpat]

Garden Grill, across the park to TT, back across to Soarin, then back across to Mission Space is brutal. Find some way to do GG and Soarin, then TT and MS.

and Jasmine meets in Morocco.

 

[Delirium]

I don't think you can start a breakfast at Garden Grill at 8:05 and be in line for Test Track at 8:45.

 

[IsThatYouTigger]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty positive that you DO get to design a car at Test Track when using a FP. It's the single rider line that skips the create your own car portion. Not sure if knowing that would change how you use you FP's!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

I received some great tips on our AK itinery, so i wanted to see about our Epcot day. We are using DDP and some of us (2 out of 4) need regular sit down breaks and meals. This is our first trip to Disney.
8.05 b'fast garden grill
8.45 get in line for test track since FP does not allow for "build a car"
10.00 FP soarin
10.45 FP mission space
11.15 FP meet and greet and try to get SDFP for frozen for after 2pm or after 7pm
12.00 UK meet Mary poppins
12.15 serveur amusant
12.50 lunch chef de la france, planning on splitting 2 or 3 meals
2.00 Japan matsuriza drummer
2.45 Japan meet Jasmine
3.30 Italy get some gelati, can't wait for that
4.50 China meet Mulan
5.10 China jeweled dragon acrobats
6.00 dinner Biergarten, meet snow white
7.30 FP frozen if we are lucky
Definitely want to see Morocco
Also want to make this a somewhat shorter day as we are going to MK the next day
Appreciate all the feedback and suggestions.

I chimed in on your AK question, so will try to be helpful here if possible. You can absolutely build a car with Test Track FP+ (you may be thinking "single rider" where you bypass the car design area), however, if you want to ride Frozen, I would DEFINITELY get a FP+ for Frozen. The chances of you getting SDFP for Frozen are slim-to-none.

Right now, you are criss-crossing FW three times (GG to TT, TT back to Soarin', Soarin' to Mission Space). I would consider doing this:

B'fast at GG
ride Soarin' as soon as you are done with breakfast without FP+
ride TT without FP+ (if you want to do the single rider line AND design a car, go through the gift shop and design your car in the exit area. You can then head back to the front of TT and ride single rider to try to save time. Or simply go to the standby line)
Ride Mission Space (TT and Mission Space are right next to each. No need to criss-cross the park). Use FP+ if you'd like
Character Spot FP+
UK for Mary Poppins
Serveur Amusant and Chefs de France lunch
Meet Jasmine in Morocco (Morocco is between France and Japan - Jasmine won't be found in Japan)
Japan
Italy
Germany - meet Snow White
China
Norway - FEA FP+
Do you have to eat at Biergarten? That's a bit of backtracking. If you do, would you consider reversing WS and starting in Mexico, having lunch in Germany and either dinner in Chefs (though that will be very close to lunch), somewhere in FW or even heading out IG to on of the EP resort restaurants and taking a cab or uber back to your resort so you don't have to exit through FW (would save on walking).

 

[Mickeymouseisking]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty positive that you DO get to design a car at Test Track when using a FP. It's the single rider line that skips the create your own car portion. Not sure if knowing that would change how you use you FP's!

Yes, unless something has changed FP does build a car. It's the single rider line that doesn't.

I think you need to be aware that you don't get into restaurants exactly at the time of your ADR. We've waited half an hour after checking in many times. In my opinion, you should book an ADR if you're interested in enjoying the restaurant. Otherwise, you can just rope drop straight to where you want to go.

As previously mentioned, your plan includes lots of crossing back and forth between Future World East and West, and that's a BIG distance to walk back and forth. Better to stick to one and then go over to the other. Test Track and Mission Space are on one side. Soarin, character spot and The Seas with Nemo and Friends is on the other. The Seas pavilion is great!! I love the nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush is a must, IMHO.

 

[Elsaalltheway]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty positive that you DO get to design a car at Test Track when using a FP. It's the single rider line that skips the create your own car portion. Not sure if knowing that would change how you use you FP's!

Honestly this I cant answer. but this is the place right before you enter for the cars. I know that you even get to do it if you single rider it.

 

[Monima]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty positive that you DO get to design a car at Test Track when using a FP. It's the single rider line that skips the create your own car portion. Not sure if knowing that would change how you use you FP's!

Yes, that would definitely change my plan as we would not have to run back and forth.
We would just do Soarin right after b'fast and FP test track.
Love this site, you guys are awesome.
We did look at the whole sea adventure area and nemo and so forth and decided to skip it. I am worried that trying to cram too much into the day will exhaust us.

 

[Monima]

I chimed in on your AK question, so will try to be helpful here if possible. You can absolutely build a car with Test Track FP+ (you may be thinking "single rider" where you bypass the car design area), however, if you want to ride Frozen, I would DEFINITELY get a FP+ for Frozen. The chances of you getting SDFP for Frozen are slim-to-none.

Right now, you are criss-crossing FW three times (GG to TT, TT back to Soarin', Soarin' to Mission Space). I would consider doing this:

B'fast at GG
ride Soarin' as soon as you are done with breakfast without FP+
ride TT without FP+ (if you want to do the single rider line AND design a car, go through the gift shop and design your car in the exit area. You can then head back to the front of TT and ride single rider to try to save time. Or simply go to the standby line)
Ride Mission Space (TT and Mission Space are right next to each. No need to criss-cross the park). Use FP+ if you'd like
Character Spot FP+
UK for Mary Poppins
Serveur Amusant and Chefs de France lunch
Meet Jasmine in Morocco (Morocco is between France and Japan - Jasmine won't be found in Japan)
Japan
Italy
Germany - meet Snow White
China
Norway - FEA FP+
Do you have to eat at Biergarten? That's a bit of backtracking. If you do, would you consider reversing WS and starting in Mexico, having lunch in Germany and either dinner in Chefs (though that will be very close to lunch), somewhere in FW or even heading out IG to on of the EP resort restaurants and taking a cab or uber back to your resort so you don't have to exit through FW (would save on walking).

Thanks for cleaning this up for me, lol. That looks great. What time should we make the mission space FP for ?
And yes, I have to eat at Biergarten, lol.
I am from Germany and haven't had a good German meal in a loooong time. So looking forward to this dinner.
And yes, oops I had Jasmine in the wrong country.

 

[Monima]

Yes, unless something has changed FP does build a car. It's the single rider line that doesn't.

I think you need to be aware that you don't get into restaurants exactly at the time of your ADR. We've waited half an hour after checking in many times. In my opinion, you should book an ADR if you're interested in enjoying the restaurant. Otherwise, you can just rope drop straight to where you want to go.

As previously mentioned, your plan includes lots of crossing back and forth between Future World East and West, and that's a BIG distance to walk back and forth. Better to stick to one and then go over to the other. Test Track and Mission Space are on one side. Soarin, character spot and The Seas with Nemo and Friends is on the other. The Seas pavilion is great!! I love the nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush is a must, IMHO.

Thank you so much for your feedback.
We did look at the sea area and decided to skip it. Our youngest decided she was too old for nemo. She really wants to spend time shopping in Epcot, preferably something from each country, lol. Hope her chore money is holding out.

 

[Monima]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty positive that you DO get to design a car at Test Track when using a FP. It's the single rider line that skips the create your own car portion. Not sure if knowing that would change how you use you FP's!

That would make things a lot easier. I will double check
Thank you

 

[Shanti]

I received some great tips on our AK itinery, so i wanted to see about our Epcot day. We are using DDP and some of us (2 out of 4) need regular sit down breaks and meals. This is our first trip to Disney.
8.05 b'fast garden grill
8.45 get in line for test track since FP does not allow for "build a car"
10.00 FP soarin
10.45 FP mission space
11.15 FP meet and greet and try to get SDFP for frozen for after 2pm or after 7pm
12.00 UK meet Mary poppins
12.15 serveur amusant
12.50 lunch chef de la france, planning on splitting 2 or 3 meals
2.00 Japan matsuriza drummer
2.45 Japan meet Jasmine
3.30 Italy get some gelati, can't wait for that
4.50 China meet Mulan
5.10 China jeweled dragon acrobats
6.00 dinner Biergarten, meet snow white
7.30 FP frozen if we are lucky
Definitely want to see Morocco
Also want to make this a somewhat shorter day as we are going to MK the next day
Appreciate all the feedback and suggestions.

FP does allow for build a car at Test Track. There is no reason not to FP Test Track.

 

[Monima]

I chimed in on your AK question, so will try to be helpful here if possible. You can absolutely build a car with Test Track FP+ (you may be thinking "single rider" where you bypass the car design area), however, if you want to ride Frozen, I would DEFINITELY get a FP+ for Frozen. The chances of you getting SDFP for Frozen are slim-to-none.

Right now, you are criss-crossing FW three times (GG to TT, TT back to Soarin', Soarin' to Mission Space). I would consider doing this:

B'fast at GG
ride Soarin' as soon as you are done with breakfast without FP+
ride TT without FP+ (if you want to do the single rider line AND design a car, go through the gift shop and design your car in the exit area. You can then head back to the front of TT and ride single rider to try to save time. Or simply go to the standby line)
Ride Mission Space (TT and Mission Space are right next to each. No need to criss-cross the park). Use FP+ if you'd like
Character Spot FP+
UK for Mary Poppins
Serveur Amusant and Chefs de France lunch
Meet Jasmine in Morocco (Morocco is between France and Japan - Jasmine won't be found in Japan)
Japan
Italy
Germany - meet Snow White
China
Norway - FEA FP+
Do you have to eat at Biergarten? That's a bit of backtracking. If you do, would you consider reversing WS and starting in Mexico, having lunch in Germany and either dinner in Chefs (though that will be very close to lunch), somewhere in FW or even heading out IG to on of the EP resort restaurants and taking a cab or uber back to your resort so you don't have to exit through FW (would save on walking).

I have been checking the dining page almost every day and it seems as if there is not much available anymore. But I will see if I can reverse it and have lunch in Germany.
Oh, and by the way, DisneyWishes14, we have one more day planned in MK .
I would love it if you would provide guidenance. Will post that one next week

 

[wareagle57]

11.15 FP meet and greet and try to get SDFP for frozen for after 2pm or after 7pm

Is there something magical about these 2 and 7pm timelines I don't know about? Do they release more FP at that time? As far as I know it's not possible to get a SDFP for Frozen unless you just get extremely lucky and someone happens to cancel while you are looking.

 

[Monima]

Is there something magical about these 2 and 7pm timelines I don't know about? Do they release more FP at that time? As far as I know it's not possible to get a SDFP for Frozen unless you just get extremely lucky and someone happens to cancel while you are looking.

No, nothing special about that time. That is just when it would have for in our original itinery.

 

[IsThatYouTigger]

That would make things a lot easier. I will double check
Thank you

So glad I could help! I knew I was right about designing the car, but always get a little nervous before posting ! It will make it so much easier to FP Test Track and enjoy breakfast before heading downstairs for Soarin!

 

[Linkura]

Can 100% confirm you do the designing with a FP+ on Test Track. DEFINITELY do Soarin' first after breakfast and then use your FP+ for Test Track after. Another question I have is, is FEA or TT more important to your family? I would assume TT since you want to do it first thing and want a FP+ for it. But it'd also be a lot easier to get a 4th FP+ for it as opposed to FEA. It can be hard to get a FEA same day FP+ even with lots of refreshing.

 

[Monima]

Can 100% confirm you do the designing with a FP+ on Test Track. DEFINITELY do Soarin' first after breakfast and then use your FP+ for Test Track after. Another question I have is, is FEA or TT more important to your family? I would assume TT since you want to do it first thing and want a FP+ for it. But it'd also be a lot easier to get a 4th FP+ for it as opposed to FEA. It can be hard to get a FEA same day FP+ even with lots of refreshing.

That one is a real toss up. Our youngest would love FEA , but we heard that you could get wet and our oldest would not be happy about that. All 4 of us will love the TT for sure.
So you think it would be easier to get a FP for TT like after dinner on the way out ?