Four Parks in One Day

[disneypookies]

This will be my second time visiting WDW, and it will be a weekend trip. The first time I went we did 4 parks in two days. This time we're going to try doing it in one since it is only a weekend trip. The second day will be spent at the resort. All Star Movies. Recommendations? Possibilities? Hidden things? Thanks guys

 

[JMD]

4 parks in one day is really pushing it. Its possible, but you will only be able to see a few things at each park. Your best bet would be to take advantage of Extra Magic Hours if possible. For example, i was there last week and we hit MK for early EMH at 8am, then did MGM in the afternoon and hit Epcot in the evening for EHM until 12am. I don't usually recommend seeing the parks this way, but its possible if its your only option.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

I'm sure four parks in one day is doable but not enjoyable. You would be wasting so much time traveling from park to park. If you really only had one day for parks I would pick the two I wanted to see the most. Be at the first for rope drop and stay until lunch. Hopefully the second park will have late EMH and you could really get a lot done. Good luck.

 

[disneypookies]

There is no other option unfortunately. I really didn't want to miss out on Fantasmic but I also didn't want to do the things I missed in epcot. but, then again I didn't want to go to wdw without going to mk! heheh maybe I can leave out AK this time around.

 

[3PRINCESSMOM]

It was our last day of an 8 day vacation, and our 3rd trip to WDW inside of 12 months. We had covered every one of our "must do's." We checked out of our hotel, but had an evening flight home. DH came up with an idea, everyone got to pick one attraction to visit one last time. It didn't matter where it was.

We started with breakfast at Chef Mickey's. Walked to MK. Rode the Railroad to Frontierland. Rode BTM, (DD7's choice). Walked to Tommorland. Rode Buzz (my choice). Left MK at a leisurely pace. Drove to MGM. Proceeded to RnR, (DD11's choice)...only she and I rode. Left MGM and drove to Epcot. Went directly to JITI, (DD5's choice). Our last stop was DAK. We now had to pick-up the pace a bit so we booked-it to KS, (DH's choice). After riding we grabbed a bucket of popcorn and watched the parade. Left DAK and proceeded to MCO.

It isn't something that we'd choose to do to end every trip. However, we had a ball. (BTW, it was December and temps were really cool). Our girls thought we were crazy! They couldn't believe we were allowing them to pick any ride in any park! It is a fabulous memory!

 

[dkostel]

I did this solo in January. I went for the EE preview and ended up hitting my favs in all 4 parks. It was pretty tiring but loads of fun.

 

[Disneyrsh]

yeah but why?

The time you waste commuting to the other parks could be spent on enjoying one park, or even two.

Instead you're going to spend it on a bus or in the car; I totally don't get it.

Leave something for next time, it will encourage a 'next time'.

 

[disneypookies]

Reason is, the last time we went we left one day park hopper on our tickets which expires soon. So we will be using it up instead of letting it go. I think I will be knocking out AK, and enjoying Epcot and MK more and leave fantasmic for the end.

 

[Skwinkles]

DH and I did 3 parks in one day last weekend (May 20th) and had a great time. We decided ahead of time which rides we wanted to do at each park. We started the day at AK, as we really wanted to try out Everest - that was in fact the only must do there since we've been there many times. We were sure to be there well before opening and headed straight to Everest. We rode Everest 5 times (combination of standby, fast pass and single rider), Dinosaur, Primeval Whirl, and Pangani Trail. I would say we definitely could have done the Safari and Kali if we hadn't wanted to ride EE so many times! We headed out around 11:15.

Next, we caught the bus over to Epcot. There were were able to do Mission Space twice, Test Track twice, Journey into Imagination, Spaceship Earth, Lunch at the Sunshine Seasons Food Court and a trip over to the World Showcase to check out more of the Flower and Garden Stuff and browse through a few stores. The line for Soarin was too long for us (50 minutes) and the return time of 6pm was past when we were going to move along. I think we left Epcot at about 4.

Finally we ended the day at MK, as it was open the latest that night (11pm). We were able to do Space Mountain twice, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain twice, Winnie the Pooh, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear 4 times (twice with no line during Wishes), dinner at Columbia Harbor House and watched most of SpectroMagic before heading out at about 10:45pm.

We were exhausted by the end, but it was very doable and we had a great time.