Epcot Touring Plan

[slbgnb]

Going in Sept, so Soarin' should be back up and running. Was wondering the best plan for Epcot.

FP TT and ride Soarin' right at RD, then head over with FP to TT?

We are hoping to eat at Akershus at 1030. And of course, who knows how Frozen ride and Anna/Elsa will fit into anything once they are open.

If this is the best way to do it, would 9:45 be a good time to FP TT?

When should I plan for MS? I think it would be a pain to head back to MS once we go to Akershus.

Thanks!

 

[ktlm]

With Soarin opening as an entirely new ride (Soarin Over the World as opposed to Soarin Over California), I would FP+ Soarin and head to TT at rope drop. The lines for the old Soarin were huge, it will be crazy for a while with it being an entirely new film. BUT- I expect that the Frozen ride will be tier one and that you might find yourself having to make the FP+ choice between Frozen, Soarin, and TT. It would be a pain to head back to MS after going to Akershus. Are you just doing 1 EPCOT day? If so, I would hope to rush to TT at rope drop, then hit MS (if you are doing green in our experience it is usually walk on in the 1st hour), and then do Soarin FP+ before heading to Akershus. This might be tight, as it is quite a walk to Akershus and you need to heading there at the absolute latest at 10:10 (and if you head that direction that late you need to book it). Even with FP, Soarin usually takes 20 to 25 minutes from the time you walk in the building to the time you are walking out. If you can't fit in MS before Akershus, I would plan to do WS after Akershus, and then to head back to FW in the evening hours for MS. Again, if Frozen is tier one, which I expect it will be, that is really going to change things for you. I would think that the Frozen FP+ would probably be the one to pick. Then, you will want to rush to Soarin at rope drop. Without any FP+ for either, I don't know that you will have time to do both Soarin and TT before Akershus at 10:30. Are any kids old enough for the single rider line at TT? If so, then if the line has built up by the time you finish Soarin, the single rider line might still be short enough to get a ride in before breakfast.

 

[slbgnb]

With Soarin opening as an entirely new ride (Soarin Over the World as opposed to Soarin Over California), I would FP+ Soarin and head to TT at rope drop. The lines for the old Soarin were huge, it will be crazy for a while with it being an entirely new film. BUT- I expect that the Frozen ride will be tier one and that you might find yourself having to make the FP+ choice between Frozen, Soarin, and TT. It would be a pain to head back to MS after going to Akershus. Are you just doing 1 EPCOT day? If so, I would hope to rush to TT at rope drop, then hit MS (if you are doing green in our experience it is usually walk on in the 1st hour), and then do Soarin FP+ before heading to Akershus. This might be tight, as it is quite a walk to Akershus and you need to heading there at the absolute latest at 10:10 (and if you head that direction that late you need to book it). Even with FP, Soarin usually takes 20 to 25 minutes from the time you walk in the building to the time you are walking out. If you can't fit in MS before Akershus, I would plan to do WS after Akershus, and then to head back to FW in the evening hours for MS. Again, if Frozen is tier one, which I expect it will be, that is really going to change things for you. I would think that the Frozen FP+ would probably be the one to pick. Then, you will want to rush to Soarin at rope drop. Without any FP+ for either, I don't know that you will have time to do both Soarin and TT before Akershus at 10:30. Are any kids old enough for the single rider line at TT? If so, then if the line has built up by the time you finish Soarin, the single rider line might still be short enough to get a ride in before breakfast.

This is SO what I was afraid of. We only have 1 full day at Epcot, but we MIGHT do 1/2 day another day. With Soarin', TT and Frozen all Tier 1, I just don't know what to do! Maybe we'll have to skip Akershus to make it all work. Epcot with the new FP+ is super tricky. We never had a problem with it when it was paper FP. Thanks for your thoughts!