Epcot touring plan...?

[DisneyMom5]

Ok, since Soarin' has been a BIG success, and Mission Space has been slower, is it still advisable to go to Test track first (per un-updated 2005 UG)?
We don't do MS anyway, so I was thinking Soarin', then head for TTrack. And how does Turtle Talk figure in to this. (I would say these three are our priorities in FW)
Thoughts?

 

[poohluvr]

I would definitely do TT early. We went on 6/25, and by the time we went back to TT to use our fastpasses, there was like a 40 min. wait with FP! Unfortunately because we had others waiting we had to skip it. I also know that the stand by line for Soarin was 2 hours when we were there, around 6 pm. Some man got upset because he had been waiting 2 hours and they were letting FP people go right in. Soarin is great but no ride is worth waiting 2 hours for. I felt really bad for those people as we ran past them with our FP's.

 

[Queen Be]

Two weeks ago we did test track first thing in the morning, then walked over for Soarin FP, followed by Living Seas for Turtle Talk, and then back to the Land to use Soarin FP. Since Test Track is on one side of the park and almost everything else we wanted to do was on the other, it made most sense for us to get TT out of the way and then spend our time on the other side of FW. Funny, we waited the longest for Turtle Talk! Remember you can skip the movie in Living Seas and go stright from the circular waiting area to the elevator type thing to go down to the "lab" area where Turtle Talk is located.

 

[lentesta]

The updated 2005 (and 2006) UGs have the same advice, almost exactly because of what Queen Be says; there's more stuff to see in FWW, which reduces your backtracking.

Hope this helps!

Len

 

[Daydreamer]

I would agree, hit Test Track as early as possible then jump to Soarin' to get Fastpasses. If the line isn't too long go ahead and ride but you will probably be better off to get FP. This strategy will save you time and a good bit of walking.

 

[DisneyMom5]

Thanks so much everyone! That does make good sense.