FP+ plan, critique please!

[AddictedtoDoleWhip]

So I get to pick my FP+ options in 5 days!!

Here are my ideas for my FP+ options, feel free to critique them or give me some ideas. I am still not sure if there will be a FP+ option for the Mine Train, if it will be open by then... but I have an (*) by the ride that I will substitute for the Mine Train.

Animal Kingdom:
Expedition Everest
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro Safari
[I may switch Dinosaur with the Kali River Rapids, I know it gets hot at AK, and is one of the hotter parks so more than likely I will switch Kali River Rapids with Dinosaur and use the Dinosaur FP+ on our departure day..does that sound like a good idea?]

EPCOT:
TT
Living with the Land
Spaceship Earth.
[plan on going straight to Soarin' when it opens.]

Hollywood Studios:
Toy Story Midway Mania
Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror
Star Tours: The Adventure Begins.
(I was thinking of doing Rock 'N' Roller Coaster instead of TSMM, but do you think it would be better to go straight to RnRC right at opening since most people will go to TSMM? I would like to ride TSMM twice, but that would mean going straight to TSMM and then straight to RnRC. would that be doable?)
Fantasmic Dining Package!

Magic Kingdom:
Space Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (*)
Peter Pan's Flight

EPCOT:
First thing run to TT.
Soarin FP+
Journey into Imagination with Figment
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
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I didn't want to do Mission Space because my Mom gets motion sickness, and the last thing I want to do is have my Mom get sick and have the day be lost. I wasn't sure if Maelstrom would be worth a FP+, should we go from TT straight to Maelstrom? I don't think I will do the Character Spot either. It was fun the last time I went, but I figure if I do the character breakfasts that will be enough.

Magic Kingdom:
Splash Mountain
Space Mountain
Buzz Lightyear

Animal Kingdom:
Expedition Everest
Dinosaur
Safari.

 

[uccats97]

I would absolutely use FP+ for Maelstrom instead of Journey into Imagination! JMO.

 

[DividedSky]

I would absolutely use FP+ for Maelstrom instead of Journey into Imagination! JMO.

Maelstrom is tier 1

 

[PJGP]

It is hard to plan with only 3 FP+ and the grouping at EPCOT and DHS. Here are my thoughts.
At Magic Kingdom: space, big thunder and peter pan. Definitely the Mine Train if possible.

At Animal Kingdom: do rope drop (or as early as possible) Safari (animals more active), then use FP+ for Everest, Kali Rapids and Dinosaur or Nemo!

At EPCOT: FP+ Soarin not TT. Because you can do first thing TT and then try single rider to repeat. You can't do Maelstrom or characters because those are in the same group as Soarin. Do journey and something else?

At DHS: another hard one. I'll try FP+ TSMM, tower of terror and star tours. If you are there at rope drop, you could even run to TSMM then run to RnRC with no much of a line if you are lucky. Then you can repeat TSMM w/FP+. I always do fantasmic package!

Just a couple of ideas. Hope it helps. I am counting my days to WDW too!!!

 

[DHSbutcher]

No kali river rapids at AK? In 60ish days it will be hot!! And the lines will be outrageous for it. Always are. Better to book kali if your hesitant and you can always switch for a different ride day or or before if weather says it's cold or rainy or something.

 

[uccats97]

Maelstrom is tier 1

You're right. Totally forgot.

 

[KatieCharlotte]

Maelstrom doesn't open until 11 a.m. with the rest of World Showcase, correct?
I would make sure you have a FP+ for Soarin on one of your days, in case you can't make it there before the line builds too much. You could always switch it to Maelstrom if you rode Soarin standby on your first Epcot day and don't want to ride again, assuming you have a smart phone/i-device. I think there's plenty of last-minute availability for Maelstrom because not many people are picking it as their tier one. But I think you'd be fine riding Maelstrom w/o a fastpass when it opens. The line will never be anything like the lines for Soarin and TT.

 

[AddictedtoDoleWhip]

Maelstrom doesn't open until 11 a.m. with the rest of World Showcase, correct?
I would make sure you have a FP+ for Soarin on one of your days, in case you can't make it there before the line builds too much. You could always switch it to Maelstrom if you rode Soarin standby on your first Epcot day and don't want to ride again, assuming you have a smart phone/i-device. I think there's plenty of last-minute availability for Maelstrom because not many people are picking it as their tier one. But I think you'd be fine riding Maelstrom w/o a fastpass when it opens. The line will never be anything like the lines for Soarin and TT.

I am using a FP+ for Soarin on my second day at EPCOT.

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I'll probably switch the Dinosaur FP+ for Kali River Rapids, if I can get to Safari fast enough then I can always switch the FP+ to Dinosaur. I figure since I am going to be going to Animal Kingdom twice, I hopefully won't miss out on to much.

 

[AddictedtoDoleWhip]

Tomorrow is selection day!!! I have to make sure I am awake early for FP+ selections! I think I will use kali river rapids.

Do you think that the day of the 24 hour disney events fast passes will be hard to get? My plan is to use those for later in the day.