Help with 4 parks one day plan-especially rest stops

[CherylA]

We are cruising on the Disney Magic next month and have a stop at Disney for the day with hoppers. We were just in Disney World for a week in April so we've seen a lot of what we wanted to then. So for our 1 day we want to hit all 4 parks and do a couple highlights in each. We will be eating counter service. We are on a 7am bus from the ship and will head to Magic Kingdom first, do a few rides and monorail to Epcot. Have lunch at food & wine and ride Frozen and the new Soarin with our fast passes. Leaving through the international gateway we will take the boat over to Hollywood Studios where the hubby and kids will ride a couple of attractions and I will grab a drink and try to put my feet up at the tune in lounge. Last a taxi over to AK where I hope to catch the safari at sunset and finally take the bus back to the ship. 1st of all, any pointers on doing all the parks in one day, assuming we do 2-3 attractions per park max how does it look? Most importantly any suggestions for places to rest and ideally put up my feet? I'm afraid by 3pm I'm going to be an absolute mess if I can't snag some rest.

 

[sharonabe]

You've already built in a little rest. The monorail should give you some time to put your feet up. The boat over to HS will take 15-20 min. You should be good to go! But if not, see if the Indy or Beauty & the Beast show matches with your timing. Grab a drink and go enjoy.

 

[The Hendies]

We did all 4 parks in one day a few years ago, but we traveled with our 2 adult children. 'Rest' occurred on monorail/bus/boat rides! We did throw in People Mover, Muppets, Spaceship Earth, etc for a few sit-down rides. Be sure to get a photo at the entrance of each park! Have fun!

 

[Accident]

the boat and the monorail between some parks will give you a little break.. other than that, pick a bench or maybe sit down where they have power outlets to recharge your electronics (see the maps, they are easy to overlook where they are, some are indoors if weather helps you decide to not be on a bench).

 

[Oneanne]

I did the reverse route my last trip and had a blast. My criteria was 3 attractions in each park, as well as a picture of me with the park icon and having something to eat/drink. I started at AK at RD and ended up at MK around 6pm. For me the key was to not have any ADR's or FP+ and to just go with the flow of what was available/had short waits. I can see why you'd want to pre-book Frozen and Soaring but are both Tier 1, so you won't be able to FP+ them both.

Hope you have a great time!