HELP! What Parks would you do together with Park Hopper???

[TinkAriel111]

So I am going to Disney for my Bachelorette Trip in October

However, I am having a hard time trying to figure out a plan (stressful and shocking since I have been 11 times)

Problem I am having is we are only going to have 2 park days but we have park hoppers! We will be going to the parks on Friday and Saturday. Epcot will need to be an evening for Drinking Around the World. What two parks together do you suggest? I keep flip flopping on what I think we should do.... HELP!

 

[EllieJedi]

Are you trying to hit all 4 parks on this trip, or no? HS and Epcot are super easy to hop between with the Skyliner. I would do MK then for your other day. I would likely skip AK with only 2 days.

 

[Sacahara]

First of all: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Secondly: I've always done HS and Epcot as park hopper parks but I guess it really depends on what you want to do for this trip? Are you prioritizing rides or food? Do you want to hit all of the parks?

 

[Sacahara]

Are you trying to hit all 4 parks on this trip, or no? HS and Epcot are super easy to hop between with the Skyliner. I would do MK then for your other day. I would likely skip AK with only 2 days.

lol you beat me!

 

[TinkAriel111]

Are you trying to hit all 4 parks on this trip, or no? HS and Epcot are super easy to hop between with the Skyliner. I would do MK then for your other day. I would likely skip AK with only 2 days.

lol you beat me!

So we are trying to go to all 4 as I have some that have not been to Disney is 10+ years!
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I know we will need to have Genie to try and hit anything.

 

[Sacahara]

So we are trying to go to all 4 as I have some that have not been to Disney is 10+ years!
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I know we will need to have Genie to try and hit anything.

Well I favor AK as an evening park because of the night safari and Pandora look amazing after dark.

 

[EllieJedi]

So we are trying to go to all 4 as I have some that have not been to Disney is 10+ years!
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I know we will need to have Genie to try and hit anything.

Ok, knowing that and since you are working with a Friday and Saturday in October this is what I would do.

Friday:
Start at MK. Park will likely close early for MNSSHP anyway. Hop to AK for the evening.

Saturday:
Start at HS. Hop to EP for your evening of drinking around the world.

If you’re staying onsite and can take advantage of early entry, and can get everyone up early it would be helpful.

And yes CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

[TinkAriel111]

Ok, knowing that and since you are working with a Friday and Saturday in October this is what I would do.

Friday:
Start at MK. Park will likely close early for MNSSHP anyway. Hop to AK for the evening.

Saturday:
Start at HS. Hop to EP for your evening of drinking around the world.

If you’re staying onsite and can take advantage of early entry, and can get everyone up early it would be helpful.

And yes CONGRATULATIONS!!

Thanks! I am truly so excited!! I have been working on a Pre-Trip Report and I am sad since I don't really have any updates to share and do not want to overload my girls by talking about it so to Disboards it is LOL
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Yeah I am worried about the MNSSHP messing with everything.

 

[ziravan]

We do HS and MK together because that works the best for Genie+. Book Slinky and MFSR with Genie, rope drop RNR and ToT and then start stacking LL into MK for the evening.

1. Book Slinky at 7 if staying on site.
2. You can book either every 2 hrs after park opens or when you use a LL. Assume Slinky is after the first 2 hrs, say it’s booked at noon - and park opens at 9. So. Book Slinky at 7 (time of booking not ride time) and MFSR at 9 (time of booking not ride time).
3. At 11, and every 2 hrs after, book (stack) an evening MK ride.

So if you want all 4 parks I would do HS/MK Fri and AK/EP on Sat. Buy Genie plus on Fri but not necessary for Sat.

 

[loves to dive]

I would do AK in the morning and hop to MK. AK closes earlier than the other parks and the animals tend to be more active in the morning before it gets too hot. MK usually stays open later than all the other parks. This is assuming MK isn't having a party. If MK is having a party, I'd do AK in the morning then hop to Epcot on Friday. Saturday nights in Epcot during F&W is usually wall to wall people and I know you want to drink around the world but being able to actually move is important. I'd do MK Sat. morning then hop to HS, using Genie plus on that day. Depending what and how many rides you actually want to do, it's easy enough to do a 3 park hop and not be rushed if you aren't focused on trying to ride as many rides as you can but just riding some rides and enjoying the parks.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Thanks! I am truly so excited!! I have been working on a Pre-Trip Report and I am sad since I don't really have any updates to share and do not want to overload my girls by talking about it so to Disboards it is LOL
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Yeah I am worried about the MNSSHP messing with everything.

If MNSSHP is on one of your days, it really may work in your favour! Historically the crowds on party days are down as people feel the early close takes away park time. It does but, due to it scaring people away, waits tend to be far more reasonable in the MK on party days! We book the majority of our MK days on party days!

I just checked historical data on Touring Plans and in 2022 MK crowds were lowest on party days. Also, in Oct AK was open until 8PM on Fridays. It can change, but thought 2022 info might be helpful.

I just quickly grabbed info to show how MK crowds are lower on party days. (Party days are highlighted in yellow. Non party days in pink.) The data with the box around it is MK. Second column is EP. While EP crowds are consistent, MK definitely drops on party days!

 

[TinkAriel111]

If MNSSHP is on one of your days, it really may work in your favour! Historically the crowds on party days are down as people feel the early close takes away park time. It does but, due to it scaring people away, waits tend to be far more reasonable in the MK on party days! We book the majority of our MK days on party days!

I just checked historical data on Touring Plans and in 2022 MK crowds were lowest on party days. Also, in Oct AK was open until 8PM on Fridays. It can change, but thought 2022 info might be helpful.

I just quickly grabbed info to show how MK crowds are lower on party days. (Party days are highlighted in yellow. Non party days in pink.) The data with the box around it is MK. Second column is EP. While EP crowds are consistent, MK definitely drops on party days!

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Thank you so much!
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I have considered should a party night be on the day we do Magic Kingdom we would do Hollywood Studios in the evening. This was a I will miss Happily Ever After I will get to see Fantasmic since I haven't seen it since before COVID.

 

[glocon]

We do HS and MK together because that works the best for Genie+. Book Slinky and MFSR with Genie, rope drop RNR and ToT and then start stacking LL into MK for the evening.

1. Book Slinky at 7 if staying on site.
2. You can book either every 2 hrs after park opens or when you use a LL. Assume Slinky is after the first 2 hrs, say it’s booked at noon - and park opens at 9. So. Book Slinky at 7 (time of booking not ride time) and MFSR at 9 (time of booking not ride time).
3. At 11, and every 2 hrs after, book (stack) an evening MK ride.

So if you want all 4 parks I would do HS/MK Fri and AK/EP on Sat. Buy Genie plus on Fri but not necessary for Sat.

I could be wrong since I haven’t used g+ yet, but I think you can book first G+ at 7 then second 2 hours after park open, not at 9.

Unless park open is at 7, then I guess you can book your second g+ at 9 (but I don’t think mk opens that early).

But if park open is at 9, your second g+ would be bookable at 11.

So first g+ at 7 then second g+ at 11.