First day at Magic kingdom with our little 5 year old princess! HELP!

[ZoeysMommy0308]

We will be going over spring break...not ideal I know! But I want to plan my tail off and make the most of it, crowds or no crowds! The first day we visit the park will be Friday March 25th. We have an 8 AM BBB appointment and a 9:25 breakfast reservation at CRT. The Park is open 8am-12am. What is a good plan of action for us as far as fast passes go after CRT. I figure its a 90 minute experience so around 11 we will be ready to roll. Then we have a dinner reservation at 5:30 at Be Our Guest. We have atleast one other day we plan to visit magic kingdom..possibly two. So we will have other days to catch what we missed.

 

[sharonabe]

Since she will be in her finery, I think I would stick with Fantasyland...Enchanted Tales w/Belle, Little Mermaid, Winnie the Pooh, Meet n Greets. Just do all you can in and around that area until 5:30 with perhaps the afternoon parade thrown in. Of course, if you can get a Seven Dwarves FP, I'd go with that as well.

 

[Skywise]

Do you think you'll need "downtime" for the afternoon for your 5 year old? If not, I'd shoot for a lunch around 1-ish and plan your FPs for the afternoon. If she can do coasters or splash mountain, prioritize them - If not, I'd use them on things like meet and greets or IASW, POTC, maybe Haunted Mansion. If you're table service types of people or on the DDP also look into TS restaurants at the park you can make ADRs for - it'll make things less stressful then trying to find a seat at a QS - Especially if you're planning on crowded days. Aside from that, standard theme park rules apply - Try to pick a direction from Cinderella's castle and plan to ride all the rides in one direction. (For example I did a line from CRT up "north east" through Fantasyland then picked up the train up there and rode it to Frontierland to ride POTC then continued on before stopping at Liberty Tree Tavern to eat. That way you're not doubling back and wasting energy/time - Good luck!

 

[orna14]

Like Skywise said, if anyone is interested in doing coasters, I'd prioritize them. If not, try and focus in on one or two lands, the most ideal being Fantasyland and Tomorrowland - Winnie the pooh, Buzz Lightyear, maybe stop in for lunch (either before or after the lunch rush, it can get crowded ) at Pinnochios Haus. Try out Its a Small World, do some meet and greets - the highlights of the other lands are more fast paced rides, but if you want to visit a character or step on a ride, I'd recomend taking the train, in case little ones aren't up for walking. Good luck and have a great time!!