Epcot - One day, Spring Break, Staying Offsite

[Eeebee620]

Hey All! Happy New Year!! Have a trip planned for the week of Mar 19th, realize with Easter being late this year, this will be a busy Spring Break week but its when all the kids are out of school. We will have a party of 10 (6 adults, 4 kids) and will be spending the week offsite. Objective of the trip is mostly swimming time but we want to do 1 day at the parks. My SIL wants to go to Epcot because its the one park her kids have not been to. My family has had had multiple trips so everyone is basically leaving it up to us for the planning. Our last trip was onsite, all parks, for Spring Break 2021 so I am totally lost when it comes to Genie +, LL, the LL you pay for, etc. Have tried looking around these various threads but most seem geared to onsite guests.

Since we only have one day, I am willing to make everyone pay for Genie +, paid LL, whatever we need to do (minus a VIP tour) to minimize wait times (and get on Remy and Frozen) during a busy time. It will be a challenge to get everyone there at rope drop but feeling like that might be our only option to get through most of the rides early in the day to spend the afternoon / evening touring World Showcase. We also have Touring Plans, would that help?? Not planning to do any sit down meals in order to maximize ride time. Open to any other suggestions that anyone might have or if you can point me in the direction of "Genie + / LL for Dummies"

Thank you in advance!!

 

[g-dad66]

If you buy ILL$ for Remy and Frozen, and if you buy G+ so you can use LL for Test Track, you will definitely minimize your waits. Nothing else will have bad standby waits, although G+ will also come in handy for Soarin.

On the other hand, the $ adds up to a lot for 10 people.

Since you are staying offsite, waits for Test Track and Frozen could be 50 minutes or more by the time you enter the park, but they will only get worse until late in the evening. You can probably get Virtual Queue for Remy and save $ there, but reports are that you typically wait 30-45 minutes in line once your Boarding Group number is called.

Balancing time vs. money can be a tough choice.