Four Parks One Day

[mi*vida*loca]

So my plan is to try this with DD on our last full park day. Per last years hours MK "should" have PM EMH until 2 am (Veteran's Day Weekend).

We are staying at BWV and my initial plan was to do:

Epcot RD
DHS -FP+ at this park (TSMM, RnRC, ToT) and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
AK
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

But now I'm thinking I really want to do FOP on our last day. It'll be day 9 of our trip so I doubt I'll have a problem getting a 9 am FP+ for it. I don't want to count on getting a same day FP+ for FOP. So maybe I should switch our order to:

AK RD - Get FP+ for FOP and EE and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
DHS
Epcot
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

What would be our best bet? Our plan is to do 2-3 rides at each park and take a picture in each park. If we can squeeze in a picture with Mickey that'll be icing on the cake.

I think I'm leaning towards RDing AK.

 

[piratepride]

Better have your Five Hour Energy ready!

 

[Lesley Wake]

So my plan is to try this with DD on our last full park day. Per last years hours MK "should" have PM EMH until 2 am (Veteran's Day Weekend).

We are staying at BWV and my initial plan was to do:

Epcot RD
DHS -FP+ at this park (TSMM, RnRC, ToT) and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
AK
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

But now I'm thinking I really want to do FOP on our last day. It'll be day 9 of our trip so I doubt I'll have a problem getting a 9 am FP+ for it. I don't want to count on getting a same day FP+ for FOP. So maybe I should switch our order to:

AK RD - Get FP+ for FOP and EE and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
DHS
Epcot
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

What would be our best bet? Our plan is to do 2-3 rides at each park and take a picture in each park. If we can squeeze in a picture with Mickey that'll be icing on the cake.

I think I'm leaning towards RDing AK.

We did AK-DHS-Epcot-MK. I liked that way since it was easier to get around (boat from DHS-Epcot, and monorail from Epcot-MK) as well as made sense geographically.

Once you scan in at FoP you can start searching for FPS in the other parks.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Better have your Five Hour Energy ready!

My daughter won't let me fail! The day before we are sleeping in and only doing DHS in the evening so I'm pregaming with the rest. lol

 

[mi*vida*loca]

We did AK-DHS-Epcot-MK. I liked that way since it was easier to get around (boat from DHS-Epcot, and monorail from Epcot-MK) as well as made sense geographically.

Once you scan in at FoP you can start searching for FPS in the other parks.

Thank you! I just thought I should start at Epcot since we are staying at BWV but either way I'm traveling to or from AK so I would prefer to start at AK, scan FOP and then look for FP+ at DHS and Epcot.

Question: Once I scan at FOP can I get a FP at DHS AND Epcot or just one park at a time?

 

[Laura's Dad]

We did AK-DHS-Epcot-MK. I liked that way since it was easier to get around (boat from DHS-Epcot, and monorail from Epcot-MK) as well as made sense geographically.

Once you scan in at FoP you can start searching for FPS in the other parks.

That is the exact order that I went with. I did three attractions at each park. I was in the front of the turnstiles at the AK and did KS, EE, Bug's Life. Didn't use any FP at AK. This was pre-Pandora.
Rode the bus to DHS and had FP for Star Tours, ToT and RnR. As soon as I checked in at RnR got a FP for Spaceship Earth. Rode the boat to Epcot and ate lunch at the Noway pavilion. Had an unbelievable sandwich with ham/cheese/and apples. Rode Test Track (single rider line), Finding Nemo ride at Living Seas, then used my FP at Spaceship Earth. As soon as I used the FP for Spaceship Earth I got a FP for Haunted Mansion. Rode monorail to MK and saw Mickey's Philharmagic, did Haunted Mansion with FP, and then rode Small World (I was tired and SW had the shortest wait time). I think AK opened at 8 and I was done by 4. It helped that I did this alone. The rest of the family thought I was crazy and took a day off. I was pretty well beat at the end.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

That is the exact order that I went with. I did three attractions at each park. I was in the front of the turnstiles at the AK and did KS, EE, Bug's Life. Didn't use any FP at AK. This was pre-Pandora.
Rode the bus to DHS and had FP for Star Tours, ToT and RnR. As soon as I checked in at RnR got a FP for Spaceship Earth. Rode the boat to Epcot and ate lunch at the Noway pavilion. Had an unbelievable sandwich with ham/cheese/and apples. Rode Test Track (single rider line), Finding Nemo ride at Living Seas, then used my FP at Spaceship Earth. As soon as I used the FP for Spaceship Earth I got a FP for Haunted Mansion. Rode monorail to MK and saw Mickey's Philharmagic, did Haunted Mansion with FP, and then rode Small World (I was tired and SW had the shortest wait time). I think AK opened at 8 and I was done by 4. It helped that I did this alone. The rest of the family thought I was crazy and took a day off. I was pretty well beat at the end.

Sounds great!! I built in a break/nap for us because DD definitely wants to stay up until 2 am for EMH at MK (if they have it). Our two days before this are pretty light. Sleeping in both days with MVMCP on the Thursday night and then sleeping in again and doing DHS in the PM/evening. Then 4 parks one day on our last day which is Saturday. We fly home Sunday.

 

[gap2368]

So my plan is to try this with DD on our last full park day. Per last years hours MK "should" have PM EMH until 2 am (Veteran's Day Weekend).

We are staying at BWV and my initial plan was to do:

Epcot RD
DHS -FP+ at this park (TSMM, RnRC, ToT) and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
AK
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

But now I'm thinking I really want to do FOP on our last day. It'll be day 9 of our trip so I doubt I'll have a problem getting a 9 am FP+ for it. I don't want to count on getting a same day FP+ for FOP. So maybe I should switch our order to:

AK RD - Get FP+ for FOP and EE and then roll over the FP+ for the next park
DHS
Epcot
break at BWV
7:30 pm CG ADR
MK PM EMH

What would be our best bet? Our plan is to do 2-3 rides at each park and take a picture in each park. If we can squeeze in a picture with Mickey that'll be icing on the cake.

I think I'm leaning towards RDing AK.

I do the 4 parks in one day at lest 2x a year for about 4 years now this is how I have done it

RD

AK hoping to do FOP ( before pandora I would do EE a few times) and mybe the safari

then HS I have FP for RnR and TOT ( I think at 11 and 12)

then to EPCOT, I will pick up a FP for whatever I can get normally figment or sea with Nemo and friends maybe do spaceship earth and walk around some

Then I head to MK sometimes I can make it for flag retreat at 5 pm if I can I will watch this and get a FP for what ever I can.

 

[hvanes]

We did 4 parks in 1 day with 7 of us last August. It was such a fun day, and not nearly as hard as I expected. We did a ride (more in our RD and closing parks), took a photo, and ate something in each park. We got major pixie dust while making our AK FP and snagged 7 overlapping FOP FPs in mid-afternoon. By refreshing I was able to get Test Track in Epcot and Splash in MK too. Great memories! Have fun!

 

[Pmlocke]

My wife and I did the four parks in-a-day on my 60th birthday back in 2013. We were able to do a park and two rides (no FP's) at each park before moving on to the next park. We spent 3 hours in each park starting with AK and ending with MK. What a great way to celebrate 60 years on this earth.

 

[Oneanne]

I also did the AK-DS-EPCOT-MK route. AK had early EMH, plus with that route I was able to use the boat between DS and EPCOT, and my path thru EPCOT was back to front, where I caught the Monorail to MK. My criteria was do to three things in each park, eat something and have my picture taken with the park icon in the background. I didn't use an FP+, I just picked from what was easily available. It was smoother and faster than I thought, but my pictures are pretty funny as you can see the progression from fresh and energetic to droopy... but happy. It was a blast and I will do it again at some point.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Seems like the AK - DS - EP - MK route is a popular one!!

We will walk back to our studio at BWV after Epcot instead of going straight to MK. We will rest for a bit and get refreshed. I'm hoping to do dinner at CG at 7:30 pm, watch the fireworks from the observation deck and then hit PM EMH at MK. So I'm hoping to be back in our room by 2-3 pm and doing an Uber to CR for dinner just so we can save time and any additional steps.

 

[dlavender]

When we did this, we put AK last and got in line for FOP about 10 mins before closing.

We did this because FP's seem to be hard for us to snag at HS, since there are only like 5 options...

Either way you go it will be fun!

 

[Laura's Dad]

Sounds great!! I built in a break/nap for us because DD definitely wants to stay up until 2 am for EMH at MK (if they have it). Our two days before this are pretty light. Sleeping in both days with MVMCP on the Thursday night and then sleeping in again and doing DHS in the PM/evening. Then 4 parks one day on our last day which is Saturday. We fly home Sunday.

It is much fun.