Help me with my AK FPs

[jawa7400]

My FP booking window opens in the morning (April 24) and I'm unsure of how to schedule my AK day. No ADRs and I know we want the following FPs: pandora river journey, safari (prefer evening since we've only ever done morning), and rivers of light. I'm relatively unfamiliar with this park and layout/distance. We don't plan to rope drop plan to rope drop, but will arrive in the morning and stay all day. TIA!

 

[barbliny]

With 'stay all day' and safari preference in the evening - I would be reluctant to tell you to use a FP in the evening for the safari. If you schedule the other 2 attractions in the morning and the safari at sunset time - that is a large block of time where you are leaving those wait times for attractions and shows reaching capacity up to chance.

Based on tomorrow being FP booking day, that means that you are visiting in mid-late July - peak, peak season. I think you need to be able to leverage 4th, 5th, etc fastpasses while you're in AK. Of course, there is no guarantee that there will be availability, I think there is definitely a possibility.

I assume 'stay all day' is because of not having hoppers? I think with Pandora, the easiest way to do AK successfully will become 2 half-days vs. one full day. That way you would be able to book 2 sets of fp for both the old favorites and Pandora.

I would probably try to book a ROL meal package at Tusker House or Tiffins. It opens up that ROL fastpass you want to book - because if you book a fastpass for the show - you again run into not being able to try for more fastpasses while you are there.

I would try and book a ROL meal package right now - Tusker House is only a few dollars more than the meal alone. And it would be a good break for when the parks hits peak crowds and heat in the afternoon.
I would absolutely try to get there as early as possible - schedule pandora river and 2 other rides back to back - NOT safari.
As soon as you tap into that 3rd ride - try and get a 4th fp - I think you have a good chance at Safari in the evening. Maybe you book it as the 4th, maybe you gamble and try something else as a 4th, and safari as a 5th (that risk is up to you).

When we were there on Martin Luther King Weekend in January (very crowded) - we had a fastpass for safari around sunset, but the standby line at that time was only 25 minutes. Things could be very different in mid-summer crowds and with Pandora.

 

[robndani]

I agree with everything above and couldn't have said it better (and now I don't have to try)!

 

[Mambo Junkie]

We are not staying all day, but we want to see Pocahontas, next have Kali fp, then see the Lion King, dinner at TH for the VIP ROL pass (have to eat somewhere and fulfills the character encounters as well), evening Safari and then Avatar River ride. Early ROL. However, until July 4th, the park is staying open late for Avatar, from 11 to 1 am, and since my booking time was 2 days ago, I assume you'll be there end of June. I just checked and there are lots of fps left for everything, including both ROL shows. Curious, in my MDE it shows one ROL show at 9:15 but the fps have 2 shows.

 

[barbliny]

However, until July 4th, the park is staying open late for Avatar, from 11 to 1 am, and since my booking time was 2 days ago, I assume you'll be there end of June. I just checked and there are lots of fps left for everything, including both ROL shows. Curious, in my MDE it shows one ROL show at 9:15 but the fps have 2 shows.

Ahh! Oops,bad math on my side!! Those 2 hours of EMH from 11 pm - 1 am are helpful!!

 

[Mambo Junkie]

Ahh! Oops,bad math on my side!! Those 2 hours of EMH from 11 pm - 1 am are helpful!!

Lol I figured it was a typo.