How does my plan sound (with dining and FP included)?

[jacobsmommy]

I am able to make my FP reservations on Friday morning. We will be at WDW for 7 days/6 nights starting on May 30th. It'll be me, dh, 13 yo ds, and 9 yo dd. We arrive at MCO at 11:55 and are taking MCO to POR (first time staying at a moderate). We have the regular dining plan and do not have park hoppers.

Arrival day: heading to DHS after checking in, first FP will be Star Tours 2:30-3:30 (only 3 of us will actually use them), next FP will be TOT for ds and I with Frozen sing along for dh and dd 3:30-4:30, and last FP will be TSMM for all of us 4:30-5:30... I am hoping to snag a Fantastic FP after our FP are used.

May 31: Epcot for rope drop and head to Test Track, Soarin FP from 10:00-11:00, Film Festival FP from 11:00-12:00, Via Napoli lunch ADR at 11:50, Spaceship Earth FP from 2:00-3:00, head back to resort and then to Disney Springs for the evening

June 1: Magic Kingdom for rope drop, Peter Pan FP from 9:30-10:30, Splash Mountain FP for dh and ds from 10:30-11:30 and Dumbo for dd and I same time, Seven Dwarves Mine Train FP from 11:30-12:30, lunch at Crystal Palace at 12:00, break at resort, back for fireworks

June 2: Animal Kingdom for rope drop, Navi River FP from 10:00-11:00, Kali River Rapids from 11:00-12:00, break at resort, dinner at Rainforest Cafe at 5:15 (or would lunch be better??), trying to decide if I should do a Dinosaur FP at 4:30 or after dinner... We don't care about the nighttime show but want to see Pandora and the Tree of life at night.

June 3: Epcot for rope drop, Character Spot FP from 9:30-10:30, 10:40 ADR at Bon Voyage Breakfast, Frozen Ever After FP from 12:00-1:00, and not sure what to use the 3rd FP on??? Probably only staying until early evening because we don't care about Illuminations

June 4: Magic Kingdom for rope drop, Space Mountain FP for ds and I with Meeting Ariel FP for dd and dh, Splash Mountain FP 11:00-12:00 for ds and I with Speedway FP for dd and dh, Jungle Cruise FP from 12:00-1:00, Chef Mickey's ADR at 1:10, back to MK for 3:00 parade, leaving for resort in the early evening

June 5: departure day at Magic Kingdom- Seven Dwarves Mine Train FP from 9:00-10:00, Splash FP for ds and I with Haunted Mansion for dh and dd from 10:00-11:00, Supercalifragilistic Breakfast at 11:10, not sure what to use our last FP for???

I am considering swapping our June 1 and June 5 ADRs. I can get a breakfast time at 1900 Park Fare on the 1st but not sure about being able to get a Crystal Palace ADR on departure day...

 

[jacobsmommy]

So I can swap an 11:10 1900 Park Fare breakfast for my 12:00 Crystal Palace on June 1 and on departure day (June 5) I can do a 12:30 Crystal Palace lunch instead of the 11:10 Park Fare breakfast. Which would you do???

 

[sharonabe]

So I can swap an 11:10 1900 Park Fare breakfast for my 12:00 Crystal Palace on June 1 and on departure day (June 5) I can do a 12:30 Crystal Palace lunch instead of the 11:10 Park Fare breakfast. Which would you do???

What time is your flight out?

Arrival day: heading to DHS after checking in, first FP will be
Star Tours 2:30-3:30

That's a little early with an 11:55 arrival at MCO. You'll probably just make it at the 3:30 mark, but I'd try for 3:00-4:00 to give yourself a little breathing room.

June 1: Magic Kingdom for rope drop, Peter Pan FP from 9:30-10:30, Splash Mountain FP for dh and ds from 10:30-11:30 and Dumbo for dd and I same time, Seven Dwarves Mine Train FP from 11:30-12:30, lunch at Crystal Palace at 12:00, break at resort, back for fireworks

Poor DH and DS have a lot of running to do. I'm a little concerned with your noon ADR (if you keep it). Even if you're at SDMT at 11:30, I don't see you getting through the FP line and the ride and over to CP by noon. Start from the hour, 9:00, so you're SDMT is at 11:00. If you change to 1900 PF, you'll have to do SDMT after lunch.

Jungle Cruise FP from 12:00-1:00, Chef Mickey's ADR at 1:10,

This one is also a little too close. Even if you're off Jungle Cruise by 12:30 (which I doubt), you'll need to do some fast walking to get to CM.

 

[MisterPat]

May 31...Your Film Festival and Via Napoli are very tight. The film runs 18 minutes, so if you arrive at 11:00 and a seating has just closed, you will be about 35 minutes and have only 15 minutes to hike all the way to the back of Italy.

Which ride are you rope dropping on June 1? The PP FP+ may not be necessary at that time, if you can rope drop that one. The queue is worth seeing but you'll bypass it if you use FP+. Maybe switch that FP+ for something else at that time.

June 2...I'd suggest the FP+ for Dinosaur from 12:00-1:00. Then Rainforest Cafe for lunch on your way out. You could make a FP+ for later that day while you are at lunch. Definitely don't do Dinosaur before your dinner ADR (if you choose to do dinner). That's a lot of walking to Dinosaur and then back out of the park for your ADR. Might as well have your ADR as you are leaving (for lunch) or as you return before entering the park(for dinner).

 

[jacobsmommy]

Our departure flight leaves at 7:30 from MCO.

I will shift our DHS FP to start during the 3:00-4:00 time frame. Do you think we may still be able to get a Fantastic FP after our 3 FP are done?

On June 1st we can start the day with Peter Pan and then do Seven Dwarves and then Dumbo/Splash with a BTMRR FP after that. Does that make more sense? I think I had us starting the day with BTMRR.

I'm thinking about a Rainforest Cafe lunch since the park opens at 8:00 instead of 9:00. We will probably be ready for lunch by 11:30. They had a ADR for 11:30.