Fourth time - but different....

[jubileegirl]

We're very excited to be revisiting Orlando at the end of July!! We last came in 1999 with another family and all 3 of our kids, also visits in 1996 and 1993 again with the 3 kids.

Now we only have one 'at homer' and the other two don't want to come (foolish children!).

Anyway, we're going to tour round Florida and will be at WDW for 3 full days, plus part of Day 4. We're staying 'offsite' (boohoo) but apparently very near to the Animal Kingdom. We arrive late on a Wednesday so our 3 days are Thurs., Fri., and Sat. plus part of Sunday. I would really love someone with more experience to suggest which park we should do on which day bearing in mind..........

* we don't mind park hopping
* we want to visit all 4 parks
* we will get up at the crack of dawn and we're very good at napping to recharge the batteries in the afternoon
* we really want to have dinner one night at Boma's
* we really want to eat either lunch or dinner at 50's Prime Time
* we think we would like to eat at Epcot one night but that's not essential
* parades are desirable (but not too many). Fireworks probably more essential

Please remove from the equation things like tiredness (pretend we are superhuman!) 'cause we can adjust how much we do in each park according to how we're feeling on the day. We wouldn't be too heartbroken to skip some things we've done on other visits.
We've tried to convince ourselves that we should really pick a couple of Parks and do them in a relaxed fashion, but we nearly fell out over which ones to leave out. (I suggested not going to MK and DD was totally shocked that I should even consider it.) So, I know it looks crazy but we've gotta do what we've gotta do. Can anyone give us an itinerary, please?

 

[jcemom]

Well, I'm by no means an expert, but here's what I'd do:

Thu- MK's EMH/ break if needed/ Dinner at Epcot and Illuminations
Fri- AK's EMH/ break if needed/ early Dinner at Boma then to MGM for Fantasmic
Sat- MGM's EMH with lunch at 50's PTC/ break if needed/ MK for Spectro and Wishes
Sun- whichever park(s) you feel you didn't see enough of

If you stay in a park long enough to catch the afternoon parade(s) that would be "icing on the cake."

 

[wdwrich]

I believe the original poster said they were staying off site, so EMH is not an option.

 

[jcemom]

Originally posted by wdwrich
I believe the original poster said they were staying off site, so EMH is not an option.

Goes to show how well I read...lol jubileegirl, sorry... I think I fixated on the "get up early" part and didn't notice the "off site" part! You seem to be flexible enough that many options would work for you. I'd definitely choose Friday morning for MK, though. Maybe:

Thurs-MGM and 50's PTC, break or just stay all day for Fantasmic
Fri-MK/ break/ Epcot with dinner and Illuminations
Sat-AK/ break/ dinner at Boma then on to MK for Spectro and Wishes
Sun-still open for whatever you want to do

 

[jubileegirl]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, jcemom!!

Now I have a skeleton plan to work around and I'm very happy!