Help with Epcot and AK planning

[Amunet]

Okay, I have these ideas in my head and I need to get some feedback

Monday, Sept. 12th (Epcot)
Park opens at 9am
We have a Garden Grill ADR @ 9:40am
FPs for Nemo @ 11:40am & Frozen @ 1pm

This is DBFs first WDW trip and he's having a hard time choosing between the Joy and Sadness Meet or Test Track.
We ARE planning on doing rope drop.
Would it be possible to RD Joy and Sadness, then go to Test Track, then ride Living with the Land prior to our ADR?

If not, I do have a holder fp for 9am-10am and hoping a time will be available for Test Track after that slot opens.

I know Joy and Sadness fills up quick and there is no way to do TT and then the meet x.x

Saturday, Sept. 10th (AK/HS)
Starting with EMH @ 8-9am for AK
Breakfast ADR for Tusker @ 9:45am
No FP+ for AK
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HS FP+ for Toy Story @ 5:20pm, Star Tours @ 6:25pm
Club Villian ADR @ 8:30pm

Okay, so we will be there for rope drop for the EMH at AK. I'm hoping to hit Everest and Kilimanjaro Safari before our Breakfast ADR. Do you think this plan works with the times? Think we need to add more?
Afterwards, we must meet Rafiki (up at Rafiki's Planet watch), watch the Flight show, Lion King and Nemo. Those are the musts. Oh, and buy one of those lotus buckets o.o
We do not want to ride the rapids.
About when do you think we can get all of this done?

My plan is to head out of the park by around 1pm or so and go to the resort for a breather/QS Or have QS at AK prior to leaving.

Then, park hop over to HS for our FPs and enjoy some of the star wars attractions. I do have a FP filler @ 9:05-10:05am so that when it is done, I'm hoping I can get a 7:30pm RnR before our Club Villian event.
I'm HOPING to be to at HS by 5pm.

Would this leave us ANY TIME at our resort to rest for a tad or take a nap?

SO excited about the Club Villian though ... so excited o.o

Any feedback on timing would be wonderful ^_^

Thank you!

 

[henry72]

I think you have too much planned before your morning ADRs.
At Epcot you probably can do ONE thing before your ADR. (Remember they recommend you show up 10-15 minutes BEFORE your ADR.) I think you could get Joy and Sadness done. I don't recall how long Living with Land done but you might be able to do this but not TT.

As for AK - Safari is a 20 minute ride. I was going to say you might not have time for both but just realized you said it was an EMH. You probably can do both as long as the line for Safari doesn't get too long after you do Everest.

As for if you can get three shows done by 1 p.m., I am thinking doubtful. If you get seated on time at your ADR, then let's just say you get done by 11 am. That would give you two hours to do 3 shows and a character visit. Timing really would depend on the show times for each.

As for your filler FPs, I believe that all 3 of your FP must be used (or time passed) before you can book a 4th. (But I could be wrong about that and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.)

 

[Tomh]

I don't see that Epcot morning plan working at all. You have to use all 3 of your pre booked FP+ before you can book a 4th. Out of the first 3, you can only have ONE tier 1 which included Frozen, TT, and Soarin'

You absolutely do not have enough time before that 9:40 ADR to do two things. You MIGHT be able to do TT right at rope drop, but you would then have to do the Joy and Sadness M&G later as a standby.

AK, your morning will work ok, but you aren't going to fit all that other stuff in between your ADR, and 1:00. Going out to Planet Watch is gong to take you at least an hour. There is a line to wait in for a train, then the train ride, then a walk from the train station up to Planet Watch, then . . . Rafiki is not always out, you may have to wait a bit to meet him, then reverse it all, it takes time. The rest are shows, and run on a set schedule. You should find out what their schedule is for the day you are visiting. Seeing those, obviously, depends on what times they are showing.

9:45 ADR, assuming you are seated at 9:45, I always figure an hour and a half for table service. It is a nice bonus if you finish early, so 11:15 you get done. You have 1 hour and 45 minutes until 1. The hour is eaten up by Planet Watch, leaving you 45 minutes. Depending on timing, that might be long enough to see ONE of your shows.

My advice here, give up on the rest break at the resort, plan on staying at AK until maybe 3:00, giving you 2 more hours to see the other shows, and plan on grabbing a quick CS lunch at AK, then hop directly over to DHS.

In DHS, Toy Story and Rock n Roller Coaster are both Tier one attractions. You can not get FP+ for both UNLESS . . .. you use all 3 of your pre booked FP+ (meaning you pick attractions for them, and use them, with one attraction being tier 1, and the other two being tier 2) and THEN make a 4th fast pass selection. At that point, the 4th fast pass COULD be a tier one attraction, IF there are still fast passes available for it. PLEASE . .. take a moment, and make sure you understand how this works, because it presents a serious problem for your plans both on your EPCOT day, AND on your AK / DHS day.

 

[sharonabe]

Your breakfast ADRs are really messing with your plans. I'd either move these to a pre-park opening ADR or to 10:30-45, so you have more of those first park hours to do your touring.

As PPs said, all THREE FP+ have to be used or time expired before you can get another FP. So on your EP day after 2:00 or after you've used it and for HS it will be 7:25 or after you finish with Star Tours. That one definitely doesn't give you much time before your ADR.

If you're willing to do single rider at TT, and you can change your ADR, you could do Joy & Sadness at rope drop, single rider TT or hope for a shortish standby.