-Voices of Liberty at 4:15 followed by American Adventure at 4:30--Does that work? Are they really close together?
-Biergarten with 5:20 res or 6:30? Will there be a 15-20 minute wait typically? I was trying to time it for either the 5:55 or 7:00 oompha band. We normally eat at 5:30, but the 6:30 would work better with the schedule. Does Biergarten get much busier or noisier or anything then? Is one or the other preferable?
-It looks like I need to do the 6:30 dinner at Biergarten to get in both American activities before dinner to avoid backtracking. Is there a lot to do in American? That's the main one I think my men in the group will like, so I wanted to plunk there. How long should I allow?
-It's supposed to get dark at 6pm on that day. (I checked online.) What happens to Epcot in the dark? Is it harder to walk in or scary or more of a drinking environment at that point? I'll have a wobbly senior and an 8 yo boy in the group, so I'm concerned about basics like not falling, staying together, etc. I thought if it got dark while we were in the restaurant, it would be natural to slowly walk out, doing China and Mexico on the way out.
-Does anyone know if Illuminations indeed is being changed in January?
-Did I read somewhere that the rule of thumb is allow 1/2 hour per country in WS?
-Will it be odd if we go from Imagination (Nemo, Crush, etc.), go around and up to America, and just kind of SKIP everything along the way? Is there a short cut for that? A tram? No tram, sigh. Anything brilliant there? I think my dad would love the Biergarten and America, but that's a LOT of walking to get there. Lines is saying to plan 31 minutes from the Seas Main Tank and Exhibits to Voices of Liberty. Now granted, I have it set at Relaxed walking pace, because with this group that's probably as fast as we can go. How will that come across? Will it be pleasant? Would there maybe be something sort of half way there, going from Seas Main Tank to VOL to sort of break it up and let him sit? It seems like everything you could stop at is still STANDING.
I know my times sound odd. What I'm trying to plan is a split itinerary, where we go to the park for the 8 am EMH while Dad sleeps in. During that we do the half he can't do (Test Track, etc.). Then, when he comes in around one, we do the other half (Soarin, Nemo, etc.), America, Biergarten, and around to leave. That's why the plan sounds a little odd. I'm not attempting to go *in* any of the countries before America and Biergarten as we walk around, because one no time and two I'm going in them by myself the day before while the guys fish.
Does Soarin' go up in the air? Am I seeing that correctly in the pictures, that it leaves the ground? Do they wear some kind of coaster style harness? I'm trying to decide if my dad, who is sort of wobbly, would feel comfortable in this and think it was really cool. I *think* he might! It's right on the edge. I think the Frozen ride would overwhelm him. Some of these are so hard to guess!
Thanks for any suggestions!
-Biergarten with 5:20 res or 6:30? Will there be a 15-20 minute wait typically? I was trying to time it for either the 5:55 or 7:00 oompha band. We normally eat at 5:30, but the 6:30 would work better with the schedule. Does Biergarten get much busier or noisier or anything then? Is one or the other preferable?
-It looks like I need to do the 6:30 dinner at Biergarten to get in both American activities before dinner to avoid backtracking. Is there a lot to do in American? That's the main one I think my men in the group will like, so I wanted to plunk there. How long should I allow?
-It's supposed to get dark at 6pm on that day. (I checked online.) What happens to Epcot in the dark? Is it harder to walk in or scary or more of a drinking environment at that point? I'll have a wobbly senior and an 8 yo boy in the group, so I'm concerned about basics like not falling, staying together, etc. I thought if it got dark while we were in the restaurant, it would be natural to slowly walk out, doing China and Mexico on the way out.
-Does anyone know if Illuminations indeed is being changed in January?
-Did I read somewhere that the rule of thumb is allow 1/2 hour per country in WS?
-Will it be odd if we go from Imagination (Nemo, Crush, etc.), go around and up to America, and just kind of SKIP everything along the way? Is there a short cut for that? A tram? No tram, sigh. Anything brilliant there? I think my dad would love the Biergarten and America, but that's a LOT of walking to get there. Lines is saying to plan 31 minutes from the Seas Main Tank and Exhibits to Voices of Liberty. Now granted, I have it set at Relaxed walking pace, because with this group that's probably as fast as we can go. How will that come across? Will it be pleasant? Would there maybe be something sort of half way there, going from Seas Main Tank to VOL to sort of break it up and let him sit? It seems like everything you could stop at is still STANDING.
I know my times sound odd. What I'm trying to plan is a split itinerary, where we go to the park for the 8 am EMH while Dad sleeps in. During that we do the half he can't do (Test Track, etc.). Then, when he comes in around one, we do the other half (Soarin, Nemo, etc.), America, Biergarten, and around to leave. That's why the plan sounds a little odd. I'm not attempting to go *in* any of the countries before America and Biergarten as we walk around, because one no time and two I'm going in them by myself the day before while the guys fish.
Does Soarin' go up in the air? Am I seeing that correctly in the pictures, that it leaves the ground? Do they wear some kind of coaster style harness? I'm trying to decide if my dad, who is sort of wobbly, would feel comfortable in this and think it was really cool. I *think* he might! It's right on the edge. I think the Frozen ride would overwhelm him. Some of these are so hard to guess!
Thanks for any suggestions!
That makes it a LOT easier to let him have fun without wearing him out. Apparently the last time he walked a 3 mile trail with us, he was wiped out for a week! So now that he knows this is even MORE walking, he's totally onboard with an 
